Author: Renee Faul

February 05

Your Father Loves You

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WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM
(John 14:21).

Do you sometimes feel unloved and unlovable? I have discovered that when someone is rude and inconsiderate towards me, I feel unloved and unlovable. However, if I really come to think of it, it is not the person’s rudeness and inconsideration that make me feel that way, but the BELIEFS in my heart that result from the person’s rude behavior—that I am not worthy to be loved and that I am too bad to be lovable.  Usually, in times like these, I start defending myself to prove that I AM LOVED AND LOVABLE.  That usually just makes matters worse.

Beautiful One, I want you to know that these negative, destructive beliefs come from the father-of-lies and that these painful beliefs trigger sinful patterns of defense in you. Together, these beliefs and the vehement reaction they elicit from you form the sinful nature in you.

Child, I have come to set you free from the sinful nature—from the oppressing beliefs from the father-of-lies and your sinful reaction to them…but you need to turn to Me whenever you feel unloved and unlovable. I want to SHOW you that you are worthy to be loved and that you are capable of being lovable, even when someone is rude and inconsiderate toward you, but I need your participation—TO BE WILLING TO BRING YOUR OWN HEART TO ME.  This obedience means focusing on YOUR OWN HEART when someone is rude and inconsiderate towards you, instead of focusing on the person who displayed this unpleasant behavior.  Admit that you feel unloved and unlovable, turn your focus on Me, and ask Me to help you feel loved. Then, I will honor your obedience!  I will show you how much I love you!

HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM.

Know that it will not help to repay evil with evil, because this will not solve the pain in your own heart of feeling unloved and unlovable.  What WILL help is to love and obey God by inviting His Presence and Participation into the oppressing BELIEFS of your OWN HEART. Then, choose to love yourself and the other person with HIS LOVE.

PRAYER: Thank you, Lord Jesus, that You show Yourself to us whenever we love You enough to turn to You.  Most High, lead me into this obedience of focusing on my own heart when someone disrespects and dishonors me, to admit that I feel unloved and unlovable, and to turn to You for Truth. Keep me from running away from my own heart, and blaming my pain on my offenders.  Remind me, often, that if I turn to You, You will show Yourself to me…and I will know that I am loved and lovable, despite the circumstances.

Maintain an Awareness

And here lies the root to all our problems: not the FACTS we experienced during our childhood circumstances…but the CONCLUSIONS we made in response to these facts.

The Two Counsels
February 04

Obedient Surrender

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There came a point in my life when I yearned to experience the Perfect Father’s Presence, ALL THE TIME, the Voice of the Lord Jesus, EVERY DAY, and the input of the Holy Spirit, MOMENT-BY-MOMENT.  I asked Him how that was possible…and He answered me:

 WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM
(John 14:21).

Beautiful Child, I yearn to reveal Myself to you, all the time, every day, every moment. I long to unveil My Love to you, demonstrate My Power to You, and expose My Righteousness to you. I wish for you to see My Hope when you feel hopeless, to experience My Peace when you feel afraid, and to receive My Spirit when you feel alone. I long to be a constant Presence in your life, but there is something that stands in your way to experience Me—YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING.

TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT
(Proverbs 3:5).

Child, there is only one way to get your own understanding out of the way, so you could experience My Presence: moment-by-moment obedient surrender to the promptings of My Spirit to follow My Light, to accept My Truth, and to avail of My Hope. Whenever you love Me enough to surrender your own understanding to Me, even when you feel hopeless, helpless, and powerless, you will see Me, because YOUR MOMENT-BY-MOMENT OBEDIENCE RENDERS MY MOMENT-BY-MOMENT REVELATION.

SO NOW WE SERVE NOT UNDER [OBEDIENCE TO] THE OLD CODE OF WRITTEN REGULATIONS, BUT [UNDER OBEDIENCE TO THE PROMPTINGS] OF THE SPIRIT IN NEWNESS [OF LIFE]
(Romans 7:6 AMP).

How do you need to love and obey God’s Counsel today, in order to see His Power demonstrated in your life, His Hope manifested in your heart, and His Truth displayed in and around you?

PRAYER: Lord God, I yearn to experience Your Presence, all the time, and hear Your Voice, every day.  I know that this is only possible if I love and obey Your Counsel, instead of the counsel of the father-of-lies…if I follow Your moment-by-moment Guidance, instead of leaning on my own understanding…if I conform to Your Will, instead of inventing my own purpose.

Lord God, bring me to the place where I will love You with my entire spirit, soul, and body, even my thoughts.  Write obedient surrender on my heart, so I would follow Your Light, instead of darkness, and accept Your Truth, instead of the lies of the father-of-lies.

Maintain an Awareness

And here lies the root to all our problems: not the FACTS we experienced during our childhood circumstances…but the CONCLUSIONS we made in response to these facts.

The Two Counsels
February 03

The Holy Spirit Makes Alive

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IF YOU THEN, THOUGH YOU ARE EVIL, KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO YOUR CHILDREN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!
(Luke 11:13).

Precious Child, today, I want to remind you that I have sent you a Gift—My Holy Spirit. I want you to know that My Holy Spirit can do something very supernatural. He can make things that are dead come alive. He can change your darkness into Light, your brokenness into Wholeness, and your guilt into Blamelessness.

THE [HOLY] SPIRIT MAKES ALIVE
(2 Corinthians 3:6).

What need do you have, today, that needs the supernatural touch of My Gift, the Holy Spirit?  Is it hopelessness, helplessness, or powerlessness? Is it sadness? Is it confusion? Is it bitterness?  Maybe you need love for someone you have not been able to love.  Maybe you need to forgive someone you have not been able to forgive.  Maybe you need patience for the people in your life…or for your circumstances. Understand that the father-of-lies has come to kill you, steal from you, and destroy your heart from the inside out. But My Holy Spirit has come to make you alive, no matter how bad your circumstances are, no matter how bad the damage in your heart is, and no matter how black your darkness is. Will you receive My Gift, today?

NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES TO THINK ANY THING AS OF OURSELVES; BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS OF GOD
(2 Corinthians 3:5).

What is there in your life that is dead—that needs the touch of the Holy Spirit, in order to come alive? Name it and then ask the Holy Spirit to work His supernatural Life in your heart and life.

PRAYER: Perfect abounding Father, I thank You for Your Gift, the Holy Spirit, who came to make alive in me what is dead. Thank you that You did not abandon me here on earth to deal with life and death on my own.  How encouraged I am that Your Holy Spirit can do what I am not able to do.

Perfect Father, I am not adequate in myself, but my adequacy is from You. I need the help of Your Holy Spirit, every day, every hour, every moment. Come into my heart, Gift of God, and change my darkness into Light, my brokenness into Wholeness, and my guilt into Blamelessness.

Holy Spirit, come and create Love in my heart for those I have not been able to love.  Create Forgiveness in my heart for those I have not been able to forgive.  Create Patience in me, so I can deal with the difficult people and circumstances in my life. Make alive what is dead in me.

Maintain an Awareness

When God speaks to us, we receive a revelation—a secret or surprising fact that is made known to us by the Father through the Spirit of Truth.

The Two Counsels
February 02

The Two Counsels

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We all have life patterns of sin where we continually get disturbed by the same perturbing perceptions and then always react to them in the same way.  The father-of-lies does his job well.  He suggests unworthiness and we ACCEPT it, each time.  He introduces shame and we RECEIVE it, every day.  He offers hopelessness and we BOW to it, all the time.

DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT IF YOU CONTINUALLY SURRENDER YOURSELVES TO ANYONE TO DO HIS WILL, YOU ARE THE SLAVES OF HIM WHOM YOU OBEY, WHETHER THAT BE TO SIN, WHICH LEADS TO DEATH, OR TO OBEDIENCE WHICH LEADS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS?
(Romans 6:16 AMP).

Beloved One, you need to understand that if you CONTINUALLY accept the beliefs of unworthiness from the father-of-lies, you will be taken captive by them.  If you CONTINUALLY receive the thoughts of shame from the father-of-lies, you will become trapped by them.  If you CONTINUALLY bow down to the suggestions of hopelessness from the father-of-lies, you will be hobbled by them.  If you CONTINUALLY heed the counsel of the father-of-lies, you will become his slave, obligated to wait upon him, hand and foot, as you perform his duties.

BUT NOW THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SET FREE FROM SIN AND HAVE BECOME SLAVES OF GOD, THE BENEFIT YOU REAP LEADS TO HOLINESS, AND THE RESULT IS ETERNAL LIFE. FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD
(Romans 6:22-23).

Child, there is a different counsel available to you, every day, moment-by-moment—My Counsel of Hope, Love, and Truth. If you CONTINUALLY receive and believe My Counsel, your life will change. You will be set free from the suggestions of the father-of-lies and your reactions to these. The benefit you will reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal Life.

Whose counsel do you heed continually, every day, moment-by-moment: the deceitful counsel of the father-of-lies…or God’s Counsel of Hope, Love, and Truth?

I urge you to start living in a new way.  When the counsel of hopelessness comes, yield it to the Lord Jesus…and receive Hope.  When the counsel of unworthiness strikes, lay it at the feet of Jesus…and receive Truth.  When the counsel of shame enters your mind, surrender it to God…and you receive His Love.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, thank you for showing me that I become a slave to him whom I obey, moment-by-moment. Help me to choose and heed Your Counsel of Hope, Love, and Truth, today.

Maintain an Awareness

Know that you cannot be a friend of the Light and be a friend of darkness, at the same time. Darkness and Light do not mix. They are incompatible. You are either in the dark, or in the light.

The Two Counsels
February 01

Ask for the Living Water

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In this world, most of us need some sort of antidepressant to numb the pain we experience here.  It hides the pain from us and us from the pain.  We are afraid of pain.  We do not want to feel it; therefore, we avoid it.  The problem is that we might not pursue the pain, BUT THE PAIN WILL PURSUE US.

As a little girl, my earthly father had his own solution to pain.  Whenever I would share my pain with him and start crying, he would hush me with the words, “Don’t cry, then you will feel better.”  But it did not help.  The pain was still in my heart.  My daddy was afraid of pain and taught me to be afraid of it too.

JESUS ANSWERED HER, ‘IF YOU KNEW THE GIFT OF GOD…YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED HIM AND HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU LIVING WATER’
(John 4:10).

Precious Child, I, the Gift of God, am here with you. I am not afraid of pain. You do not have to be afraid of it, either. Rather, you need to understand pain—that it comes from the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies when he tells you that it is too late, now…that there is no hope, now…that all is lost, now. Beloved, I did not come to offer you a band aid for your pain, but to save you from the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies that are causing the pain in your heart.  I did not come to tell you to stop crying. Instead, I came to give you a drink of My Living Water of Truth that will flow deep into your wounds.  This will make your pain go away…and dry your tears. 

Life is full of pain.  There is the pain of feeling alone… companionless…forsaken.  Then there is the pain of rejection…non-acceptance…condemnation.  Still yet, there is the pain of shame—a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety.  There is also the pain of loss and of disappointment.  Which pain do YOU have, today?

Regardless of which pain you have, the determining question is, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH IT? Will you find the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that are causing your pain, today, and lay them before the Lord Jesus? Will you receive the cup of Living Water He is offering you? Will you let Him dry your tears?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, today I choose to EMBRACE my pain. I choose to find the negative, destructive beliefs from the father-of-lies that are causing my heart-ache; then, I choose to EXPOSE these oppressing beliefs to You. Today, I have decided to receive the cup of Living Water You are offering me—to allow You to EXCHANGE my pain for Your Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

Thus, the OLD MAN became the origin of sin that causes the effect of sin in each of us. The OLD MAN is where it all started and where it all ends…unless we are delivered from it.

The Two Counsels
January 31

Look Up!

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SINCE, THEN, YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.  SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS
(Colossians 3:1-2).

Where has your focus been, lately: on the present circumstances around you, on your past failures, or on the hopelessness of your future?

SO IF YOU’RE SERIOUS ABOUT LIVING THIS NEW RESURRECTION LIFE WITH CHRIST, ACT LIKE IT. PURSUE THE THINGS OVER WHICH CHRIST PRESIDES.  DON’T SHUFFLE ALONG, EYES TO THE GROUND, ABSORBED WITH THE THINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.  LOOK UP, AND BE ALERT TO WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND CHRIST—THAT’S WHERE THE ACTION IS. SEE THINGS FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE
(Colossians 3:1-2 MSG).

Beautiful One, do not shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with your own perspective. Instead, look up…and see Me. Up above is where the action is, not on the ground in front of you. As long as you are focusing on the circumstances, nothing is going to change. Set your heart on Me, because I have set my heart on you.  What is it that is bothering you? Tell Me. What is it that you want from Me? Show Me. What is it that you need, in order to be happy? Ask Me.

Lift up your eyes and call to Me. I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know about your present circumstances, about your past failures, and about your future. I will give you My Perspective…and you will live.

CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU AND TELL YOU GREAT AND UNSEARCHABLE THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW
(Jeremiah 33:3).

What is your sense of value: that you are worthless…that you do not count…that you do not matter? Look up and ask the Lord Jesus to give you His Perspective.

What is your frame of reference: that there is no hope…no answer…no way out for your problem?  Look up and ask God to show you His Answer.

What is your sense of proportion: that you are not enough…that you are too small…that you are too wounded? Look up and let your Savior show you great and unsearchable things that will change your life.

PRAYER:  Lord God, lift my eyes above the circumstances to see You at work: to see Your Hope…to see Your Answers…to see Your Perspective.  I worship You with gladness.

Maintain an Awareness

There is someone who came to bring Heaven to earth, into your troubled heart, into your dark mind, into your dead spirit, into your disease-ridden body, and into your broken life. His name is Jesus Christ, the Perfect Father’s Son.

The Two Counsels
January 30

You Can Do Nothing on Your Own

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Precious One, today, I want you to learn from Me—from My relationship with My Father. Know that I did NOTHING by Myself…NOTHING out of My own accord…NOTHING that glorified ME. No, I spoke only what My Father taught Me. I did only what I saw My Father doing. It was not about ME. It was about what the Father wanted to say and do through Me.

JESUS GAVE THEM THIS ANSWER: ‘I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, THE SON CAN DO NOTHING BY HIMSELF; HE CAN DO ONLY WHAT HE SEES HIS FATHER DOING, BECAUSE WHATEVER THE FATHER DOES THE SON ALSO DOES’
(John 5:19).

 I DO NOTHING ON MY OWN BUT SPEAK JUST WHAT THE FATHER HAS TAUGHT ME
(John 8:28).

Child, ponder the example I left you. Understand the relationship I had with My Father. Remember that it is not about you, but what the Father wants to say and do through Me, through you.

APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING
(John 15:5).

Will you let go of your own plans and let Me say through you what the Father wants Me to say? Will you let go of your own life and allow Me to do through you what the Father wants me to do? Will you let go of your own righteousness and permit Me to live My Righteousness through you—the Righteousness that comes from the Father and that is by My Faith? If you surrender your life to Me and allow Me to live My Life through you, the Father’s Will will be done, on earth, as it is in Heaven.

YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
(Matthew 6:10).

What is there is your life that you are trying to do on your own, right now? Is it working for you?

I urge you to try something new. Ponder the example the Lord Jesus left you. Then, ask Him, in faith, to live His Life in you and through you, according to what the Father is showing Him and telling Him. You will notice a huge difference in your life.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to understand that the Christian life is not a method, but Your Life that is lived out in me and through me by the Will of the Father. Help me to grasp that it is not about me and my life, but about the Father’ Will that needs to be done on earth, as it is in Heaven. Receive my plans, my life, and my righteousness, and come and live Your Life through me, according to what the Father shows You and according to what the Father tells You.

Maintain an Awareness

The father-of-lies opposes God’s Counsel by telling us the exact opposite of what God says. His deception provides the pink slippery world in our minds that do not make sense.

The Two Counsels
January 29

Let Him Flee from You

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SUBMIT YOURSELVES, THEN, TO GOD. RESIST THE DEVIL, AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU
(James 4:7).

Beautiful Child, do you sometimes hear people quote, “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”  Today, I want you to know that to “resist the devil” is not enough to ensure victory. There is a very important part that precedes the principle of resisting the devil—to SUBMIT TO ME. Know that you cannot resist without submitting to Me, first, because I AM the Conqueror.  I am He who brings you Truth when the devil tries to deceive you with the words: “You do not count. You do not matter. You are not important.” I am He who gives you Hope when the devil tries to drown you in hopelessness with the words: “You will never make it. You are not good enough. You do not have what it takes.” I am He who fills you with Love when the devil tries to destroy you with the words: “You have been abandoned. You have been orphaned. You have been left in the wilderness to fend for yourself.”

YOU, DEAR CHILDREN, ARE FROM GOD AND HAVE OVERCOME THEM, BECAUSE THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO IS IN THE WORLD
(1 John 4:4).

Be informed that the devil—a murderer, thief, and the father of lies—is always keeping an eye on you.  He is observing from a distance…keeping watch.  He is looking for an open door—the right moment to make his move.  He will come out of nowhere.  You will be taken by surprise.  Be on the lookout!  Stand guard!  Be ready to SUBMIT to Me at a moment’s notice, BECAUSE THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU IS GREATER THAN HE WHO IS IN THE WORLD.

Have you ever tried resisting the devil in your own strength? What was the outcome?

I urge you to try something new. Submit your perplexing problem, your upsetting emotion, or your perturbing perception to the Lord Jesus, first. Ask HIM to conquer it for you. Then, watch the devil flee from you.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, I praise You, for You have overcome the devil. I will fear no evil.

Remind me, daily, Lord God, to submit the disturbed emotion in my heart that causes me to feel hopeless, to You. Call me to surrender the perturbing perception in my heart that causes me to feel like an orphan, to You. Invite me to succumb the words in my heart that cause me to feel like a failure, to You. Then, You will be My Conqueror, for greater are You who are in me than he who is in the world. Worthy are You to receive honor and glory and blessing, forever and ever.

Maintain an Awareness

God wants you to desire a purpose from Him, because He has a purpose that He has been saving just for you.

The Two Counsels
January 28

Someone Understands

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PRAISE THE LORD, MY SOUL, AND FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS…WHO REDEEMS YOUR LIFE FROM THE PIT AND CROWNS YOU WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION
(Psalm 103:2, 4).

Often, after I have accepted and believed painful, accusatory beliefs from the father-of-lies, I fall into the deep pit of darkness where despair, doom, and damnation reign.  I have discovered that I only recover from this deep pit of darkness if someone loves me enough during this painful, emotional time to understand how I feel.  Usually, I do not want advice during this time.  I do not want someone to fix me.  I want someone who understands me: someone who is familiar with the same pain I am experiencing…someone who shows sympathy and empathy during a time when I feel lost.

FOR WE HAVE NOT AN HIGH PRIEST WHICH CANNOT BE TOUCHED WITH THE FEELING OF OUR INFIRMITIES; BUT WAS IN ALL POINTS TEMPTED LIKE AS WE ARE, YET WITHOUT SIN
(Hebrews 4:25).

Precious Child, I want you to know that you are not alone in your temptation. Although I never believed and received the negative, destructive beliefs of the father-of-lies, I was in all points tempted just like you are. I understand how you feel. I have been there. Because I suffered when I was tempted, I am able to HELP you during the times when you have fallen into the deep pit of darkness.  Invite Me into your heart. Tell Me how you feel. Let Me help you up. I will redeem your life from the pit and crown you with My Love and Compassion.

BECAUSE HE HIMSELF SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING TEMPTED
(Hebrews 2:18).

Have you fallen into the deep pit of darkness where doom, despair, and damnation reign?  Do you need someone to understand how you feel?  I urge you to invite the Presence of the Lord Jesus into that pit, and ask Him to help you up.  He understands how you feel…and He cares.

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, how encouraged I am that I am not alone when I am tempted: when the father-of-lies throws painful, accusatory lies of despair, doom, and damnation at me.

Remind me to always come to You, Lord Jesus, when I am tempted, instead of dying in the deep pit of darkness. Remind me that You are my High Priest, during these times—a High Priest who understands how I feel…a High Priest who can help…a High Priest who can redeem my life from the pit and crown me with Love and Compassion.

Maintain an Awareness

We need to make sure that we expect Truth from the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Perfect Father, and not try to come up with our own counterfeit truth by logically trying to reason things out for ourselves.

The Two Counsels
January 27

Be on the Alert

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BE OF SOBER SPIRIT, BE ON THE ALERT. YOUR ADVERSARY, THE DEVIL, PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION, SEEKING SOMEONE TO DEVOUR
(1 Peter 5:8).

In Africa, where I grew up, the roaring lion sometimes prowls around a herd of elephants (YES, ELEPHANTS!) in the hope of scaring a young one away from the rest of the herd.  As long as the little elephants stay in the presence of the adults, they are safe.  But sometimes, a young elephant panics, separates itself from the rest of the herd, and then starts to run.  That is exactly what the hungry lion wants.  The little elephant is now defenseless against the sharp claws of the lion that will tear it apart…until nothing is left.

THE THIEF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY; I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT TO THE FULL
(John 10:10).

Precious Child, be on your guard! You have a cruel, raging enemy, prowling around, incessantly, like a roaring lion, looking for a chance to tear you apart. He already has a path of destruction selected for you…and he wants to make sure that you take it. Know that your enemy does not attack from the outside.  Rather, he attacks from the inside, using his negative, destructive beliefs “YOU ARE UNLOVED AND UNLOVABLE” to lead you down his path of destruction.

I PRAY ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WILL BELIEVE IN ME THROUGH THEIR MESSAGE, THAT ALL OF THEM MAY BE ONE, FATHER, JUST AS YOU ARE IN ME AND I AM IN YOU
(John 17: 20-21).

Child, I can protect you from the roaring lion, but you need to cultivate ONENESS with Me. To be protected from the lion, it is not enough for Me to be IN YOU.  You also need to stay IN ME! When you come into My Truth, I will protect you from the enemy’s suggestions that you are unloved and unlovable.  Then you will not go down the path of destruction laid out for you.

What are you going to do about the suggestions in your mind that label you NOT LOVED and NOT LOVABLE?  Are you going to follow them down the path of destruction, or are you going to stay in God’s Presence and let Him protect you from the roaring lion with His Truth? Know that your choice will make the difference whether you will have Peace, Hope, and Love, today…or whether you will be destroyed by the roaring lion.

PRAYER: Perfect Father, how fully You have furnished us with Peace, Hope, and Love through Your Presence.  Not only have You sent us Your Son, so that we might live from Him and escape the cruel suggestions of the evil one, but You also sent us Your Spirit of Truth to protect us from the path of destruction. May I be willing to live my life in ONENESS with You, Perfect Father, in fellowship with the Lord Jesus, and in obedience to the Spirit of Truth.

Maintain an Awareness

If you would turn to the Desire of All Nations and receive the Love, Righteousness, and Purpose He has stored up for you in His Presence, you will be satisfied.

The Two Counsels