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tabernacleheart · 1 year
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You’re familiar with the old written law, ‘Love your friend,’ and its unwritten companion, ‘Hate your enemy.’ I’m challenging that. I’m telling you to [genuinely] love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond [not with churlish indignation but] with the supple moves of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. He gives his best— the sun to warm and the rain to nourish— to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that. [God is calling you to a higher standard-- one of spiritual maturity, not immature pride!] In a word, what I’m saying is, Grow up. You’re Kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.
Matthew 5:43-48 MSG
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It's Maundy Thursday. Below: Fra Angelico, Institution of the Eucharist (1441-42).
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I would insist the foundation of Jesus’ social program is what I will call non-idolatry, or the withdrawing of our enthrallment from all kingdoms except the Kingdom of God. This supports a much better agenda than feeling the need to attack things directly.
Nonattachment (freedom from loyalties to human-made, domination systems) is the best way I know of protecting people from religious zealotry or any kind of antagonistic thinking or behavior. There is nothing to be against. Just keep concentrating on the Big Thing you are for!
– Richard Rohr
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"The Master is not trapped in opposites. His this is also a that. He sees that life becomes death and death becomes life, that right has a kernel of wrong within it and wrong a kernel of right, that the true turns into the false and the false into the true. He understands that nothing is absolute, that since every point of view depends on the viewer, affirmation and denial are equally beside the point. The place where the this and the that are not opposed to each other is called "the pivot of the Tao." 
When we find this pivot, we find ourselves at the center of the circle, and here we sit, serene, while Yes and No keep chasing each other around the circumference, endlessly. Mind can only create the qualities of good and bad by comparing. Remove the comparison, and there go the qualities. What remains is the pure unknown: ungraspable object, ungraspable subject, and the clear light of awareness streaming through. The pivot of the Tao is the mind free of its thoughts. It doesn't believe that this is a this or that that is a that. 
Let Yes and No sprint around the circumference toward a finish line that doesn't exist. How can they stop trying to win the argument of life until you stop? When you do, you realize that you were the only one running. Yes was you, No was you, the whole circumference, with its colored banners, its pom-pom girls and frenzied crowds - that was you as well. At the center, the eyes open and again it's the sweet morning of the world. There's nothing here to limit you, no one here to draw a circumference. In fact, there's no one here - not even you." 
- Stephen Mitchell :: The Second Book of the Tao
[Thanks Whiskey River]
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wecanbeperfect · 2 years
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Wecanbeperfect. (Saturdays are The Sabbaths)
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echologname · 2 months
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What the Kingdom of God looks like
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The Kingdom of God is like this: when you give, you get. Pride is one of the worst sins because it's saying, "I don't need anyone but myself (not even God in some cases)!" And when God made man in His image, the Bible is almost never referring to outward appearance because God doesn't see our bodies like we do, He sees who people are in their hearts and He made man to NEED one another and to be a family like He is (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). And Christians are UNIFIED by being the collective body of Christ. The ENTIRE Bible is all about family relationships! Brothers, fathers, Mothers, daughters and sister tribes and sister nations, it all tells the story of how we're all human, we're all distant relatives from each other and we should act like it.
The two greatest commandments Jesus gave:
Jesus replied, “‘You must love the your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matt.22.37,Matt.22.38,Matt.22.39&version=NLT
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Also with our position in caring for Creation. Particularly with my puppies I find myself "in God's shoes." I love my puppies so much, I want to know what they're thinking and feeling, to experience what they do and through God's Spirit dwelling within us, He can have that satisfaction that I'm sure many of us can relate to. Also, dogs can be very smart, but still mentally comparable to a 2 year old human and we also have to account that they can't be as patient as us because their lifespans are so much shorter. There's so little we can never hope for them to understand but all they need to know is how much we love them. This is why Jesus used the analogy that He was like a human shepherd and us, His sheep, this human-animal relationship closely mirrors the one we have with God.
Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food. And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Gen.1.29,Gen.1.30&version=NLT
The godly care for their animals,but the wicked are always cruel. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Prov.12.10&version=NLT
So, in the Kingdom of God ALL of Creation serves our Creator and each other, man and animal alike since we ALL have the same breath of life.
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babythegod · 2 months
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yahsheartcry · 2 months
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What I learned this last week...
This is to all my fellow Believers in Christ...
This last week was definitely one of trust, obedience, and faith. I thought that my life was going to continue in one place, only to have to go back to a previous past place and not have any idea of my purpose or my assignment in this season. I was scared because my previous place had black mold in the house, and I had gotten very sick. I honestly felt like the woman with the issue of blood for 12 years, because I was spending a lot of time, money, and effort to try to get better. That's when Yah had told me to leave that house, or I might not make it. I didn't want to die in that house, so I left. I trusted that Yah was going to take care of me, and He did.
Now, that I am back here, with a house that has still not been fixed, I feel lost and don't really understand my assignment right now. I know I need to intercede for people while I am here, and love even though they may have betrayed me or hurt me. That in itself is hard, but I know that through this season, He is going to help me overcome, and overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the words of my testimony. What He has started in me, He will finish it. I do know that this is not my ending point, but just a resting point. It's a transition.
Being a Kingdom Woman is not easy. I know that there might be some Believers who ask, "What does that mean?" A Kingdom woman, or a Kingdom Man, are those who follow Christ with everything in them, sacrificing all, to follow their Savior and L-rd. Who would do anything for their King. Who have partnered with Him to spread His dominion and authority and Kingdom to the world. The apostles and disciples of Christ in the Bible were Kingdom Ambassadors. They were willing to sacrifice all, even their own lives, for the sake of the cause of Christ.
I was going to talk about something else this week, and the Holy Spirit wanted me to talk about my walk with Christ this last week. Needless to say, what I have been through is still ongoing and raw, but still a testimony to my faith in Christ and my ability to trust and obey even if I am kicking and screaming all the way through it. It's not easy trusting when things make no sense whatsoever. Even if they do make sense somewhat, knowing what the end product is, the end destination, aka Yeshua, is the ONLY thing that matters! He is our Ultimate Gift! He is our Ultimate Prize! What I have had to learn on this journey of constant unknowns, is that no matter the blessings that He decides to give me along the way, no matter the favor or anointing, no matter the endless amounts of mercy and grace given to me to complete His Kingdom Agenda, no matter what may come...I know that Yeshua is the bestest treasure I could ever ask for or desire. He is the Ultimate Treasure.
Through this journey, I have come to hear, know, and recognize my Daddy's (Yah's) voice very clear and confidently. I know that He loves me and is very protective of His little princess, and would never let anything happen to me. I know that He will always provide my needs. I know that He loves to see me do what He has called me to do. It gives Him great pleasure and delight to see me live out His laws and commandments. He loves to see me smile and laugh. He loves to see me dance and live life to the fullest. It hurts Him to see me hurting and crying. He loves to know that I desire Him, as much as He desires me.
Most people I have told my story to don't believe me, and that's okay. This journey isn't for them. It's for me. He wrote my story for me, and for those who are going to be blessed through me. All I know is that hopefully, through my words today, someone's faith and hope in Yah has been renewed and reignited. Just know that He does love you. He does want a relationship with you. He even desires to be in covenant with you. Just know that you are your Daddy's treasure, and all He wants is to make sure that you are treasured by Him, for Him, and through Him.
I love you all, and I hope that your week is blessed, favored, anointed, and given all for the glory of Yah. If you are reading this, and not a Believer yet, I pray that my words be the seed that will eventually be watered to see the love of your Heavenly Father for you.
Shalom and Forever Blessings to All!
~Hadassah Grace
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lettersfromgod · 3 months
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"For My people are those who keep My Commandments[16] and take pleasure in My Sabbaths. They abide in My love[17] and have the Testimony, and do not cease from doing those things which are pleasing in My sight.[18]
And behold, the Day is coming quickly
When The Rightful King shall rule...
And His Kingdom shall be a Sabbath,
Even one thousand years;
His reign, forever and ever!...
For The Lord has spoken, and so shall it be:
On earth as in Heaven.[19]"
~ Says The Lord
[16]: 1 John 2:3-4, 1 John 3:22-24, 1 John 5:2-3, 2 John 1:6, Revelation 12:17, Revelation 14:12, Revelation 22:14
[17]: John 15:10
[18]: 1 John 3:22
[19]: Matthew 6:10
📖 Excerpt from "Remember The Sabbath and Your God, and He Shall Remember You": https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/Remember_The_Sabbath_and_Your_God,_and_He_Shall_Remember_You
▶ Video (with voice over): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xYRmTGpwSo&list=PLE8FlkxQPQkNhyk7QOplwIcW788ErwTRh&index=27
▶ Video (with music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1LqfVQ8WoU&list=PLSVchFJ22QYLFnEgsgioj_Lej_q1CzyfH&index=32
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igate777 · 5 months
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forgodsoloved7 · 7 months
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October 2023
The Kingdom of GodPsalm 145 This teaching will be the most in depth regarding the Hebrew Language that we have ever done here at For God So Loved. We also will answer a question that many of you may have: what about the kingdom of God? I am looking forward to you reaping massive dividends from this regarding the kingdom manifesting in your life, and all these things being added unto you. I…
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tabernacleheart · 11 months
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Had ye believed in agnosticism ye would have believed in God, and had ye believed in God ye would have believed in agnosticism. Is not that paradoxical? Far from it; it is by keeping close company with Jesus Christ that we begin to know that God is unknowable, that He has kept some things wholly to Himself, that there is no searching of His understanding, and that He can only be knowable by condescension and by revelation. God is unknowable, but God has the power to make Himself known in the degree in which our capacity can receive Him. [Now] keep steadily in mind what the purpose of this meditation is, namely, to show that a right belief at the beginning [allows for such a capacity, and as it grows] compels a man to add to that belief everything that is kindred and cognate to its own quality and its own purpose... one belief necessitates another, [and] faith grows towards more faith in the degree in which it is originally true, intelligent, and sincerely held. [Thus] the great religion of the Bible takes into itself– by an absorption vindicated by fact and by spiritual righteousness– all that is true, beautiful, musical, benevolent, philanthropic; it will not allow one daisy to fall out of its lap, and it has accommodation enough for the planets. Know that your first faith is right, because you are growing in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [Yet] have we faith? The spirit of faith longs for more worlds for faith to conquer. Lord, increase our faith; give us vision after vision of Thy loveliness and Thy majesty, and give these visions to us, not in response to our vanity, intellectual or moral, but in response to an earnest desire to know somewhat more of the vastness of Thy kingdom, and the beneficence of Thine empire.
Joseph Parker
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In every age and every generation men have envisioned some promised land. Plato envisioned it in his republic as a time when justice would reign throughout society and philosophers would become kings and kings philosophers. Karl Marx envisioned it as a classless society in which the proletariat would finally conquer the reign of the bourgeoisie; out of that idea came the slogan, "from each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Bellamy, in Looking Backward, thought of it as a day when the inequalities of monopoly capitalism would pass away. Society would exist onthe basis of evenness of economic output. Christianity envisioned it as the Kingdom of God, a time when the will of God will reign supreme, and brotherhood, love, and right relationships will be the order of society. In every age and every generation men have dreamed of some promised land of fulfillment of freedom. Whether it was the right promised land or not, they dreamed of it. But in moving from some Egypt of slavery, whether in the intellectual, cultural or moral realm, toward some promised land, there is always the same temptation. Individuals will get bogged down in a particular mountain in a particular spot, and thereby become the victims of stagnant complacency. So, this afternoon, I would like to deal with three or four symbolic mountains that we have been in long enough-mountains that we must move out of if we are to go forward in our world and if civilization is to survive.
I think we have been in the mountain of moral and ethical relativism long enough. To dwell in this mountain has become something of a fad these days, so we have come to believe that morality is a matter of group consensus. We attempt to discover what is right by taking a sort of gallup poll of the majority opinion. Everybody is doing it, so it must be all right, and therefore we are caught in the clutches of conformity... In a sense, we are no longer concerned about the ten commandments-they are not too important. Everybody is busy, as I have said so often, trying to obey the eleventh commandment: "Thou shalt not get caught." And so, according to this view, it is all right to lie with a bit of finesse. It's all right to exploit, but be a dignified exploiter. It's all right to even hate, but dress your hate up into garments of love and make it appear that you are loving when you are actually hating. This type of moral and ethical relativism is sapping the very life's blood of the moral and spiritual life of our nation and our world. And I am convinced that if we are to be a great nation, and if we are to solve the problems of the world we must come out of this mountain. We have been in it too long. For if man fails to reorientate his life around moral and ethical values he may well destroy himself by the misuse of his own instrument.
—Martin Luther King Jr, "Keep Moving from this Mountain," Founders Day Address at the Sisters Chapel, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, Apr 11, 1960
[h/t Scott Horton]
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noisyfiremusic · 8 months
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Our warfare is not with flesh & blood!
According to Ephesians 6:11, “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye might be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” Verse 12, “FOR we wrestle not against fresh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” The Rulers of the darkness of this world are a classification of demonic…
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kdmiller55 · 8 months
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Faith Is Not Wishful Thinking
13 These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. 14 For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it…
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catsharky · 11 months
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Presenting: King Sidon, his wife Queen Yona and his boyfriend Link.
Yona is very supportive of everything except Sidon forgetting his ceremony cues.
(I had an atrocious week and TotK has been coming in clutch for keeping me sane.)
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preacheroftruthblog · 9 months
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The Nation of the Church
Granted, the church is not a nation like the United States or Russia is a nation.  The church is not a physical country. The church is a kingdom, though.  Members of the church are told that God transferred them into Christ’s kingdom (Col. 1:13).  Members of the church are told that they have received a kingdom which cannot be shaken (Heb. 12:28).  Thus, in that sense the church is like a…
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yahsheartcry · 2 months
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YHWH says I want you to be saved and sanctified! I want you to be Kingdom Ambassadors for the Kingdom!
To my kids,
This is your Abba. The Great I Am. The Beginning and the End. The Alpha and the Omega. Your Creator. Your safe place. Your refuge. Your defense. Your provider and protector. Your King. Your Daddy.
I wanted to let you know that I understand that there are so many of my kids who think that just being saved is good enough. I want you all to know that it's not. I desire you all to desire more than just saying a prayer to get saved. I require a relationship with my kids. For there to be an intimate relationship, there has to be a lot of communication between 2 people, trust, belief, and love. How can there be an intimate relationship if all you do is say a prayer and go to church 2x's a year? You can't and I will not accept that as okay! I want so much more than that! Any normal person who is in a relationship with someone else, would not be okay with you just saying that you are in a relationship, but then, never talk to them. Why would you think that I would be okay with that? I am not! I am literally telling you right now that I am not okay with you all just saying a prayer!
Here is what I do require:
Constant communication via prayer
Reading my Word, learning about Me and learning about what I like and what I do not like.
Praise and worship Me
Spend time with other Believers who desire Me
Doing these things are going to help me know that you actually want a relationship with Me. If you truly desire a relationship with Me, you're going to seek after Me (Matthew 6:33), and you are going to desire things that I want for you, and want it for yourself too.
A great example of this kind of relationship would be Daniel in the Bible, or even Joseph. They are both great men of G-d who desired me more than anything, and they were able to do amazing things for Me.
The next thing you might be wanting to know is..."Yes, they both had a great relationship with You, but they went through a lot of terrible things. Why would I want to go through terrible things? It's safer this way." Here is My response to that: If you aren't wanting to be in an intimate relationship with Me because of the fear of the possibility of you having to go through terrible things, then you aren't someone who I want in My Kingdom. Period. End of story. If you aren't willing to die for your King, then I can't trust you to be on My side. Scripture even states in the Old and New Covenant that you are going through hard times, that things won't be easy. I don't know why My kids think and feel like their life is going to be easy if they become a Believer. My Word literally says otherwise. It's obvious that so many of My kids don't really want Me. They want the "Get Out of Hell" Free Card, but they don't want Me. That breaks My heart. It really upsets Me to know that My kids don't really want Me. They claim Me, but they really don't want Me. They may desire the knowledge about Me, and try to understand My Word more, but that doesn't mean that they know Me. My kids can say that they do all these things in My name, but that doesn't mean that they know Me. There are so many of My kids who have been deceived into thinking that they are even mine at all. Just saying a prayer isn't good enough. Even getting baptized is good, but not enough. When you admit that you have sinned, and are a sinner and need a Savior. When you believe in the L-rd Yeshua (Jesus Christ), that He came to Earth as a baby, lived here on Earth working miracles, signs, and wonders and teaching the Old Covenant in a way that the people would understand it, and allowed them to see G-d in the flesh so that they could develop an intimate relationship with Him, and then, died on the cross and resurrected on the 3rd day. When you repent from all your sins, turn from your sins, and turn towards Me, and are baptized in water...then you are saved from your sins. You are a Believer in Yeshua (Jesus Christ) at that point. That means that you are in My family at that point! However, that is NOT the end of My requirements to be part of My Kingdom.
You might be saying, "What do you mean that is not the end of your requirements?" My response is this: I require more than just the bare minimum to be called Mine. You may get into the family, but if you live in sin still or if you don't forgive others, or you choose to live in the 9 sins that I am not okay with....that makes you no better than a Lukewarm Believer, and I will spit you out of My mouth! I would rather you be Hot or Cold. I absolutely hate it when people are lukewarm! If you would rather choose your idols (things, people, places, and ideas that you put above Me), then I am NOT okay with that! I am a jealous G-d! I desire your full attention! I desire your heart, your mind, your thoughts, your emotions, your soul, and your flesh. I want you! All of you, and NOT just a part. Too many are NOT willing to give Me everything. They hold on to what they want, and only give Me what they don't want. That is NOT okay either.
I want you to trust Me. If you can trust everyone and everything else, then why can't you trust Me? All I want is to give you a better life, a better way of living and being, so why are you fighting Me? Most people, don't trust Me due to their own traumas, and insecurities. They think that I want them to keep living and being like that. Uh....NO! I want you to be healed! I want you to be whole! I want you to be restored!
Once you say the prayer of repentance and get baptized, the rest of your journey with Me is called the Salvation Journey, or the Journey of Sanctification. Salvation can also be called justification or deliverance. Yeshua delivers sinners from their sins. He literally died on a cross, an agonizing death where He wasn't even recognizable afterwards, for you! I know it's hard to imagine that someone could do that for you, but guess what? My Son did. I do. I created you for a purpose. I made you for purpose for the Kingdom. I desire for you to be My hands, feet, eyes and ears to help Me reach My people on the Earth. Yet, there are so many who don't live out their true purpose because they would much rather be safe in their sins, or their traumas and insecurities, or even just safe in their "okay life." I have so much more for you! So much more! Just because you get saved, doesn't mean that you know Me. Just because you live a life that is sanctified, and can heal people, or prophecy, doesn't mean that you know Me. Those who are trying to live a life that is sanctified and holy, those people are a lot closer than those who simply just said a prayer. I desire My kids to be soldiers in My army! I want you all trained how to fight the Enemy! I want you all to have My power to reach the nations! I want you to be able to do greater works than even Yeshua (Jesus Christ) was able to do! But...that can't happen...if you don't know My voice, if you don't know My laws and commandments, if you don't know My likes and dislikes, if you don't follow what I tell you to follow...then, I really can't trust you with more if you can't even do what I've asked you to do already.
There are denominations that literally prevent My kids from being who they are supposed to be in Me. You might be thinking that I'm talking about a non-Christian faith, but you'd be wrong! There are so many denominations that restrict your fullness in Me. If you are in the "Once Saved, Always Saved," that's a false doctrine. If you are being taught that you don't need to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, then you are being taught a false doctrine. When you become a Believer in the faith, in My family, I need you to have everything that I have to give you to do your full purpose here on this Earth! That includes being filled in the Holy Spirit, and having His power! When you get saved, you do obtain the Holy Spirit, but you have to be baptized in the Holy Spirit, in order to fully ignite Him to get His full power. There are denominations that teach against that...it is wrong! All these denominations were man-made, not G-d-made. I didn't create them. The faith that was started with the Early Church, has not been shared correctly over the years. The people who shared it, were held accountable by the apostles; however, over time, that accountability went out the window, and that's when things went haywire. The Christian faith is NOT like the original one in the Bible. It's not even close! I desire the Body of Christ to rise up and want to be just like the original apostles. I desire to give you all My power, My authority, My dominion, and My love like never before! I have to have Kingdom Kids who actually desire Me, and who want to serve their King with everything in them! That's what I want!
I know that there are so many who think that My grace will cover everything that they are doing right now. Here is where you have been misled. My grace is for you for when you mess up and need to be covered by My Son's blood; however, when My kids think that they can live in sin constantly and all the time, and think that My grace is going to cover that...Uh...NO! That is NOT what My grace is for at all! At that point, you would be no better than a person in the world! I love you, but I am NOT okay with that! I AM holy! I require My kids to be holy too. You can't live in sin and be holy. It doesn't work that way. Sorry.
I need you to choose today whom you will serve. I need you to pick a side. If you want Me, then choose Me and live your life like you actually do want Me. If you would rather want what the world has to offer you instead, then you've chosen your side, and that is the Enemy's domain. I want you to be My kid, but I have rules. I have requirements in order to be Mine. I have a reputation on My name, and when you live your life in sin and claim to be Mine, you are giving Me a bad name and making Me look bad. I can't have that! Choose a side! Choose a side today! I'm done being made to look bad because of "Believers" who claim to want Me, but really don't want Me. They just want what I can give them. I don't work that way either. Pick a side.
Some of you may be wondering what the difference is between being a Christian and being a Kingdom Ambassador for Me. That will be discussed at a later time. Not today. Just know that there is a difference. The rewards, the blessings, the anointing, the favor are all different.
Please know that I love you. I do. I just want you to want ME, and not just about Me. Talk to Me. Tell Me that you want Me. Let's talk. I'd love to hear from you.
Looking forward to hearing from My kids,
Abba
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