I woke up this morning from a quick dream and in it I was excitedly telling a woman about my love for Jesus and how real He was to me that my purpose was for HIM alone she agreed and we both kept talking just on our love for Jesus! Then my older sister abruptly started mocking me like yeah right I can't remember what all she said but I knew it had something to do with me being fanatic over the top, in real life I know they think this way, and I am completely ok with it because I know Jesus Christ is more real to me than anything in this world! When I woke up the Lord said its time to know who you are in Christ Jesus you will have your own family turn on you but KNOW that He is with us and Never leaves even until the end! Pray for your family and friends to have their eyes opened and closed to the world because in an instant you will have to make the choice on who you serve it is fast approaching trust not unto the arm of flesh! I got this scripture reference just now while typing this out WOW its powerful! " This is what the LORD says cursed is the man who trust in man who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord." Jeremiah 17;5
As I was finishing typing this out this song was playing its called " I am yours" by Terry clark THIS is the brides heart to our king take a listen I pray it blesses you all!
GOD Bless you, Mike.. Such a penetrating comfort to read A.W. Tozer's words.. they awakened tearful pangs so deep; cleansing tears from a bittersweet weeping, indeed. Glory to GOD in the highest that soon! soon! our joy shall be full -- we will taste the agony of loneliness no more!! as forevermore we bask in HIS holy Presence and our hearts at last! will rejoice, loving HIM face-to-face!! Halleluyah!! and overflowing in joy and HIS peace -- forever.. <3 <3 <3
Thank you for sharing that Mike, I had never read that quote before, he understands that lonely walk!
A quote from Tozer. The christian life is a lonely life. You won't find many whether family, friends or so called christians that have a true love for our Lord.
THE LONELINESS OF THE CHRISTIAN
By A.W. Tozer
The loneliness of the Christian results from his walk with God in an ungodly world, a walk that must often take him away from the fellowship of good Christians as well as from that of the unregenerate world. His God-given instincts cry out for companionship with others of his kind, others who can understand his longings, his aspirations, his absorption in the love of Christ; and because within his circle of friends there are so few who share his inner experiences he is forced to walk alone. The unsatisfied longings of the prophets for human understanding caused them to cry out in their complaint, and even our Lord Himself suffered in the same way.
The man [or woman] who has passed on into the divine Presence in actual inner experience will not find many who understand him. He finds few who care to talk about that which is the supreme object of his interest, so he is often silent and preoccupied in the midst of noisy religious shoptalk. For this he earns the reputation of being dull and over-serious, so he is avoided and the gulf between him and society widens. He searches for friends upon whose garments he can detect the smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia out of the ivory palaces, and finding few or none he, like Mary of old, keeps these things in his heart.
It is this very loneliness that throws him back upon God. His inability to find human companionship drives him to seek in God what he can find nowhere else.
"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death." -Revelation 12:11
I think it really is for everyone because these are the time that Jesus spoke of we are either for Him or against Him you can not serve two god's. Much love sister!
Thank you for sharing this dream feel was speaking to me directly. Had a situation occur last night w/a family member who turned on me saying some ugly things, not sure if can trust them any longer, so appropriate sharing this bible verse of Jer. 17:5, "trust not onto the arm of flesh"! So very sad though, how more alone I feel in times of trials not having family or friends to lean on for support! Guess another reason He wants me to press in & trust Him even more!
Dear Whitney... Thank You for sharing this message. I listened to Terry Clark's, "I Am Yours," and posted the link, below. As soon as he sang the chorus, the LORD reminded me of today's devotional page from Jesus Calling. In this message, HE reminds us all that we are HIS!! A beautiful mirror to Terry Clark's song, "I Am Yours.."
"August 17 - Find ME in the midst of the maelstrom. Sometimes events whirl around you so quickly that they become a blur. Whisper MY NAME (YAHUSHUA) in recognition that I AM still with you. Without skipping a beat in the activities that occupy you, you find strength and Peace through praying MY NAME. Later, when the happenings have run their course, you can talk with ME more fully.
Accept each day just as it comes to you. Do not waste your time and energy wishing for a different set of circumstances. Instead, trust ME enough to yield to MY design and purposes. Remember that nothing can separate you from MY loving Presence; you are MINE."
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"Therefore GOD exalted HIM to the highest place and gave HIM the NAME that is above every NAME, that at the NAME of JESUS (YAHUSHUA) every knee should bow, in Heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that JESUS CHRIST (YAHUSHUA HAMASHIACH) is LORD, to the glory of GOD the FATHER. (YAHUVEH)" -- Philippians 2:9-11
"But now, this is what the LORD says -- HE WHO created you, O! Jacob, HE WHO formed you, O! Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are MINE." -- Isaiah 43:1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkPBhK-_heY
“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved."
Matthew 10-21-22