Year Two
10-1
Like a Pickpocket
Submission to the humble duties, despite injustice, brings peace. Complaining robs you of peace like a pickpocket quickly robs you of your gas money. Quickly accept Our Will. Be content with your current position. Peace will return and your heart will once again be guarded from assault.
Philippians 4:11-13 I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances. 12 I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need. 13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
10-2
The Star on Your Team
Want even more peace? Remember that I Am God, the Creator, and Lord over all. Now, know this . . . I Am Your God. I Am the star on your team. I Am the gas in your tank. I Am the money in your pocket. I Am your big Brother. I Am yours. Say of Me, “He is my God.” I belong to you.
Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
10-3
I Am a Lifeguard
I Am more than a bodyguard . . . I Am a Lifeguard. Say, “My God . . .” as I truly belong to you! Now check your peace-tank. Keep saying, “My God. He is my God. He is my God.” Speak the Truth. I give Myself to you!
Phil 4:19 and my God will supply every need of yours according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
WANT MORE POWER?
10-4
The Power Button
Do you want more power and control? Do you want changes in your life? I gave you one of the keys that unlock great power from My Kingdom. This key is the gift I gave you when you were born on Earth. It is the freedom to choose. You actually use this power “button” all day, every day.
Matthew 16:18 19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Deuteronomy 30:19-20 19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
10-5
Unleashing Power
Stop and think about all your small choices you made yesterday. Did they unleash power from My Kingdom or from Satan’s realm? Think about it.
Matthew 18:18 I assure you and most solemnly say to you, whatever you bind [forbid, declare to be improper and unlawful] on earth shall have [already] been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose [permit, declare lawful] on earth shall have [already] been loosed in heaven.
Mark 11:23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, “Be removed and be cast into the sea,” and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
Proverbs 12:8 The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
10-6
Two Kinds of Blindness
To further boost the power behind your freedom to choose, you can follow your choices with blindness. Blindness always boosts power into greater levels. There are two kinds of blindness.
2 Corinthians 4:18 As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Isaiah 6:9-10 And he said, “Go, and say to this people: “‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ Make the heart of this people dull, and their ears heavy, and blind their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
Matthew 13:10-13 Then the disciples came and said to him, “Why do you speak to them in parables?” And he answered them, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
10-7
Blind Faith in Who?
When you choose to follow darkness and its desires, you darken your sight. You are, in effect, choosing not to see what is real, which means you are blinding yourself. Therefore, your choices for darkness become blind faith or trust in the enemy and your desires.
Galatians 5:19-25 19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. 24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
10-8
Releasing Power
There are two kinds of blindness. But to choose righteousness and fellowship with Me is to follow My Voice and instructions while blindfolded. You will see Light, but not the future. When you choose Me without the benefit of seeing what will happen, you boost the power released from My Kingdom in greater proportions.
Ephesians 1:18-21 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints 19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength 20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come.
10-9
Nuclear Faith
Choice is power. Blind choice is a nuclear bomb. You have the freedom to use that power for Light or darkness. I gave you great power. Think about it. How will you choose to use it today? Every second you are choosing something.
Mark 10:29-30 29 Jesus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel’s 30 Who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.
Job 11:13-15 Surrender your heart to God, turn to him in prayer, 14 and give up your sins—even those you do in secret. 15 Then you won’t be ashamed; you will be confident and fearless.
Hebrews 11:32-35 32And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, 33 who by faith [that is, with an enduring trust in God and His promises] subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, 34 extinguished the power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in battle, putting enemy forces to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection;
10-10
The Blind Choice of Submission
There are more ways to increase the power of your will. Every time you choose Me and My ways, you release great power. When you add blindness to that choice, the power increases. If you want to further open the door to a great river of power from My Kingdom to the Earth, then add complete, blind choice of submission to My Will, no matter how humbling or costly or painful it is.
Hebrews 11:30-31 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days [by Joshua and the sons of Israel]. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed along with those who were disobedient, because she had welcomed the spies [sent by the sons of Israel] in peace.
2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,5 [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).
10-11
Choose Humility
Submission during difficult circumstances releases humility and chips away pride. Pride is a power-channel blocker. Choose humility during conflicts. Admit errors and faults. Hide nothing.
2 Kings 6:15 When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. Elisha’s servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do?16 [Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them. 17 Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
10-12
Duties of Each Day
Do not defend yourself. Take the injustices without complaint, but simply lean on Me. Accept the humble duties of each day. Choose the way of humility. Choose outward quietness while talking with Me in your thoughts.
James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor.
Micah 6:8 No, O people, the LORD has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Ezra 8:21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. 31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
10-13
Miracle-Making Power
Adding submission to the circumstances I bring to you, while humbly admitting your wrongs, releases miracle-making power. Lean on Me for help. Remain calm and talk with Me. I Love you!
Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
1 Samuel 2:7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth; he humbles and he exalts.
James 4:6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”
10-14
A Pre-Planned Day
Keep your eyes open to Light. You will know how to distinguish My Light from darkness when you ask Me to show you. Then use your will to choose Light. This can only be done if you first choose to follow Me all day. It must be pre-planned.
1 John 2:9-10 If we say that we are in the light, yet hate others, we are in the darkness to this very hour. If we love others, we live in the light, and so there is nothing in us that will cause someone else to sin.
1 John 1:5-7 Now the message that we have heard from his Son and announce is this: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions. But if we live in the light—just as he is in the light—then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from every sin.
10-15
Slow Down
You see, to choose to see the difference between Light and darkness, so you can then choose Light, you must slow down. You must take the time to inquire and receive Truth from Me.
Mark 4: 21-25 He also said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket or under a bed? Isn’t it to be put on a lampstand? 22 or nothing is concealed except to be revealed, and nothing hidden except to come to light. 23 If. anyone has ears to hear, he should listen!” 24 Then He said to them “Pay attention to what you hear. By the measure you use, it will be measured and added to you. 25 For to the one who has, it will be given, and from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.”
10-16
Stop, Ask, Listen, Follow
How can you choose with your will if you run through the choices without pausing? The enemy would have you rush through your day to prevent those Truth-telling pauses. Stop. Talk to Me. Detect Light or darkness. Then proceed with your choice.
James 1:19 Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.
Proverbs 18:13 If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame
Proverbs 1:7 The fear to the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
10-17
Increasing Productivity
Slow yourself down more and more each day. If you do, you will actually increase your productivity. You will spend less time cleaning up the effects of dark choices.
- 1 Chronicles 16:11 Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!
10-18
Who is Pressuring You?
If you are feeling the pressure to rush through a choice without first receiving from Me, then you are hearing the enemy speak through others. Do not blame anyone. Just come to Me for the understanding of My Will.
- Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
- 2 Corinthians 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will correspond to their deeds.
10-19
Rewarding Blind Faith
Take the time to be with Me. Even this choice will require blind faith while you are under pressure. I always reward blind faith and your seeking heart. I love it when you choose to follow Me. I will not lead you astray. My Way is the way of humble Love. Choose carefully today.
- Acts 17:27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
- Proverbs 8:17 I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.
- Psalm 9:10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
- Psalm 14:2 The LORD looks down from heaven on all mankind to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.
- Psalm 34:10 The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
10-20
Ask Me First
While you are seeking to choose My Will and release great power, recognize that you will not even do that without My help. All you have to do is look toward Me within your spirit and I will rush to help you.
- Luke 11:9-10 9 So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
- Deuteronomy 4:29-31 29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and obey him. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.
10-21
Make the Choice . . .
You can do nothing without My help. Ask Me to help you with every choice. Ask Me to help you to choose to make the choice of righteousness. I will give you the strength to choose to choose!
- Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
- Psalm 9:10 Those who know your name trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you.
- 1 Corinthians 10:13 Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.
10-22
I Give You Authority
Those who are poor have little power. When you choose Me, you receive power. I will give you power to overthrow all the chains that bind you. Praise Me and watch them fall.
- Matthew 28:18 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted. 18Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,…”
- Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys to the kingdom from heaven. Whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.
- Luke 10:19 Listen carefully: I have given you authority [that you now possess] to tread on serpents and scorpions, and [the ability to exercise authority] over all the power of the enemy (Satan); and nothing will [in any way] harm you.
10-23
Power, Love and a Sound Mind
No longer will you live in depression, hopelessness, foolishness, guilt, shame, fear, insecurity, and sorrow. I give you power, Love, and a sound mind. Use them to continue to choose intimacy with Me. Talk with Me. I will make you rich with freedom from oppression and darkness.
- Matthew 16:19 I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of heaven; what you prohibit on earth will be prohibited in heaven, and what you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fearfulness, but one of power, love, and sound judgment. - Romans 8:15 For the Spirit that God has given you does not make you slaves and cause you to be afraid; instead, the Spirit makes you God’s children, and by the Spirit’s power we cry out to God, “Father! my Father!”
- 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
10-24
Power Over Evil
You do not have to live in poverty of power any longer. Talk with Me. Use your thought-life to converse with Me. I will not leave you powerless. Praise and your choice to follow Me bring you power over evil. I Love you!
- Psalm 37:23-24 23 The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him; 24 though he may stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand.
- Deuteronomy 31:8 The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.
10-25
In Faith, Choose Me
Receiving power to overcome fear comes from a constant choosing to walk in faith. A walk consists of a series of steps. Choose to take one step at a time, as you follow Me blindly. Each step you take will lead you out from under the control of fear. Be patient with the process.
- Romans 8:38-39 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Isaiah 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
10-26
Talk to Me. I Am listening.
Talk with Me in your thoughts constantly. Listen to My Words speaking peace and Love to you, as you take each step. Together We will overcome all fear, one step at a time.
- Romans 10:17 So then faith [comes] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
- Isa 30:20-21 (NIV). Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your own eyes you will see them. Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
- John 10:2-5 (NIV). The man who enters by the gate is the shepherd of his sheep. The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.
10-27
Your Loving Father
Fathers, I tell you, stop misrepresenting Me to the children! You are driving them far away from you and Me! Who Am I? Am I an out-of-control selfish man? Am I vindictive and punishing? No! Heaven forbid that I be displayed as One such as this. Stop destroying the Truth within Our little ones. They are precious to Me!
- Ephesians 6:4 says, “And you Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.”
10-28
Talk to Me, I Am here
Children, when your parents accurately represent My Will for you and you obey them, then you are obeying Me. I promise to reward you when you honor Me as the source of Love and Wisdom for you. Submitting to My Will, no matter how difficult, will always bring you real Life. Show your parents the respect you would show Me. I will show you how faithful I Am to you. I Love you with an everlasting Love! I will not leave you. I Am your Father. Talk to Me. Let’s talk to each other all day.
- Ephesians 6:1 says, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother, . . . that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”
10-29
Beyond Your Imagination
Do not underestimate the enormity of My power. You cannot begin to imagine the tiniest part.
- Jeremiah 10:12-13 But God made the earth by his power, and he preserves it by his wisdom. With his own understanding, he stretched out the heavens. When he speaks in the thunder, the heavens roar with rain. He causes the clouds to rise over the earth. He sends the lightning with the rain and releases the wind from his storehouses.
- Psalm 147:4-5 He determines the number of the stars; he gives to all of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; his understanding is beyond measure
10-30
Behind the Veil
When two people are standing so close they can hear each other breathe, but there is a thin curtain between them, they can have fellowship. You cannot see Me, but you can sense My Presence, hear My Voice, feel My Love, and know that I can easily grab you. Occasionally I will slightly pull back the curtain just a little, so you can see My Glory, or ever so slightly experience a drop of My great power. If you experienced it all, you would faint from the shock. I Am great, but also gentle.
- 1 John 4:13 This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.
- John 4:18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
- 2 Chronicles 15:2 The Lord is with you when you are with him. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will forsake you.
- Psalm 139:7-10 Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
- Exodus 33:18-23 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory. 19 And the Lord said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the Lord, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But, he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.” 21 Then the Lord said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”
10-31
Obsessive Love
I want to be a part of every second of your days and nights. I want to be involved in your waking up and falling asleep. Invite Me into your thoughts and dreams. You are the object of My obsessive Love. My great power is available for you.
- Matthew 10:29-30 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
- Exodus 19:5 Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
- Joshua 1:9 Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
- Ephesians 1:4-5 Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will …
10-31
Protect My Little Ones
Parents, teachers, pastors: stop hurting My children by misrepresenting Me to them. It will be better for you to drown in the ocean than to face My anger toward you for making My precious little children run from Me, their Real Father Who Loves them tenderly.
- Matthew 18:6, 10 If anyone should cause one of these little ones to lose his faith in me, it would be better for that person to have a large millstone tied around his neck and be drowned in the deep sea. See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.
- Ephesians 6:4 And you, fathers, do not irritate your children, but bring them up tenderly with true Christian training and advice.