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I had the benefit of a wise guide — the Holy Spirit — who gently shifted my hope from the physical to the eternal. He opened my eyes to a bigger truth and gave me eternal vision. I now enjoy a deep HOPE that nothing can destroy — neither moth nor decay, not even sickness or financial ruin. Because my hope is in my eternity with Jesus Christ. And NOTHING can take that away from me.

All we can manage is our OWN selves. If we, ourselves, focus on Christ, WE can become tiny harbingers of peace and love. That is all be can do. That is all we are called to do. FOCUS ON JESUS! HE will accomplish the rest. There is nothing good He cannot do through us when we only focus on HIM.

Only God knows the appointed days and hours. But I will say this. The prophecies in Revelation are now taking place all around us. Regardless of how much longer the Lord tarries before He returns (please come, Lord Jesus!), we should “wake up from [our] slumber… put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” !!

I have occasionally had visions where I am lying on a stone altar. Sometimes in my visions, the fiery glory of God consumes the altar. Sometimes, Jesus Himself stands over me and pierces my heart with a sword. These sound like terrible visions! But they are actually quite fantastic, the most wonderful visions I could ever wish for myself. These represent spiritual state — a dying to myself and my own will so that I might be completely surrendered to God’s will. This is my prayer for myself!

There are the five “enlarge my territory” things I pray to receive from God every day: I ask for wisdom, discernment, discipline, humility, and a heart that loves God above all else. If God grants me these requests, I will be rich indeed!

Jesus’ death and resurrection perfectly fulfilled the law of Moses. He lived a perfect life, never broke a single rule, and so became the holy sacrifice that covers all of our sins. Now salvation was available to EVERYONE! Now the Jews no longer needed to be our example of God’s favor. Jesus opened up God’s favor to ALL of us! Hallelujah!

Craig and I are prodigal Christians. Be both lived our own way without God for many years. We did a lot of bad things and made many terrible choices that hurt others and hurt ourselves. God saved us both in amazing, miraculous ways. We KNOW how bad we are without God. We KNOW we don’t deserve God’s mercy and forgiveness. We carry in our hearts a deep thankfulness that God reached down and saved us from ourselves.

GOD IS SOVEREIGN!!! I cannot shout it loud enough. HE, ONLY HE, is the ruler of the universe. He is in charge of EVERYTHING. No one is like Him.

Do you feel tired? Do you feel your soul groaning over the difficulties of this life? All of creation groans with us. But this cursed state is only temporary. The day is coming when we will be liberated from our “bondage to decay and brought into the freedom and glory of the children of God.”