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The Secret to Intimacy

December 7, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 11/6, altar of Love, bitterness, death of all that is unclean, death of all that is unclean within you, death of self, greed, idolatries, injustice, jealousy, Love is clean, lust, pain, persecution, pride, religion, self-centeredness, serving those difficult ones, unbelief, unforgiveness

My Love is clean. Therefore it requires the death of all that is unclean within you . . . your flesh (self-love). must die. You must allow Me to bring to your awareness the dirt within you so it can be removed . . . pride, self-centeredness, lust, greed, jealousy, unforgiveness, bitterness, religion, idolatries, and unbelief. This process requires a type of death . . . a death of self. Then there is death on the altar of Love, surrender and trust in Me. This death is serving those difficult ones despite injustice, persecution and pain. This death obeys My most difficult commands. Romans 12:1-2, 9-21 With eyes wide open to the mercies of God, I beg you, my brothers, as an act of intelligent worship, to give him your bodies, as a living sacrifice, consecrated to him and acceptable by him. Don’t let the world around you squeeze you into its own mold, but let God re-mold your minds from within, so that you may prove in practice that the plan of God for you is good, meets all his demands and moves towards the goal of true maturity. 9 Let us have no imitation Christian love. Let us have a genuine break with evil and a real devotion to good. 10 Let us have real warm affection for one another as between brothers, and a willingness to let the other man have the credit. 11 Let us not allow slackness to spoil our work and let us keep the fires of the spirit burning, as we do our work for God. 12 Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When trials come endure them patiently, steadfastly maintain the habit of prayer. 13 Give freely to fellow-Christians in want, never grudging a meal or a bed to those who need them. 14 And as for those who try to make your life a misery, bless them. Don’t curse, bless. 15 Share the happiness of those who are happy, the sorrow of those who are sad. 16 Live in harmony with each other. Don’t become snobbish but take a real interest in ordinary people. Don’t become set in your own opinions. 17 Don’t pay back a bad turn by a bad turn, to anyone. Don’t say “it doesn’t matter what people think”, but see that your public behavior is above criticism. 18 As far as your responsibility goes, live at peace with everyone. 19 Never take vengeance into your own hands, my dear friends: stand back and let God punish if he will. For it is written: ‘Vengeance is mine. I will repay.’ 20-21 … these are God’s words: ‘Therefore if your enemy hungers, feed him; if he thirsts, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head’. Don’t allow yourself to be overpowered with evil. Take the offensive—overpower evil by good!

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Be Free

November 7, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 10/8, anger, be free, blocks God's lve, fear, greed, idolatry, jealousy, love-blockers, lust, pride, religion, remove, remove anger, remove fear, remove idolatry, remove jealousy, remove lust, remove pride, remove religion, remove uncontrolled emotion, remove unforgiveness, truth and live, uncontrolled emotion, unforgiveness

Let Us remove the Love-blockers within you. What blocks you from receiving Our Love? Fear, pride, jealousy, lust, greed, idolatry, anger, unforgiveness, uncontrolled emotion, religion . . . these will replace Our Love in your heart. They must be removed so Truth and Life can take over. 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do not be deceived: No sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, or anyone practicing homosexuality, 10 no thieves, greedy people, drunkards, verbally abusive people or swindlers will inherit God’s kingdom. 11 And some of you used to be like this. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. 1 Peter 2:1 Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 1:22 Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. 23 For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

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Whose Voice?

October 13, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 9/9, condemnation, emotionally exhausted, energy, fear, follow Jesus, following a stranger, guilt, ministry, peace, pride, tactic of the enemy, time, voice, wear out his opponent

A tactic of the enemy is to wear out his opponent. When you are exhausted your emotions do not remain subdued. Truth and My Voice are more difficult to hear. Do not allow the enemy to keep you busy with work that is not from Me. Follow only Me. I will not lead you by guilt or condemnation, fear or pride. If you take on work or ministry motivated by those voices then you are following a stranger that wants to rob your time and energy and peace. Follow Me. John 10:27-30 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one. 2 Timothy 2:4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him. Ephesians 6:13 For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. 2 Corinthians 2:10 And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake, 11 in order that Satan might not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes. Hebrews 5:14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil. John 2:24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. 25 He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man. Isaiah 53:6 All of us had wandered off like sheep;each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him. Philippians 1:9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, Proverbs 16:28 A perverse person spreads dissension,and a gossip separates the closest friends. 1 Peter 2:12 and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. 2 Timothy 1:7 For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. 2 Corinthians 6:18. . . ”I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

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No Condemnation

July 17, 2023 / Leave a Comment / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 6/20, focus on God, judgmentalism, meditate, pride, self-condemnation, self-pity, self-righteousness, weakness

Do not meditate on your weakness. That leads to self-condemnation and self-pity. Do not rejoice in your strength. That leads to pride, judgmentalism and self-righteousness. Rather keep your focus on Me and listen for My Voice. You cannot follow what you do not focus on. Follow Me rather than your thoughts. John 10:27 27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one. Romans 8:1-2 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.

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Keep Your Eyes on Me

July 12, 2023 / Leave a Comment / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 6/14, focus, Focus on love, follow God, follow Jesus, judgmentalism, pride, self-centeredness, self-condemnation, self-punishment, self-righteousness, sin, unworthiness

When you self-punish for your sin you stop looking at Me and look only at yourself. You stop listening to Me and listen to yourself. Self-condemnation only leads to more pride, more self-righteousness, more judgmentalism, and more self-centeredness. You cannot follow Me when you take your focus off Me to stare at your sin and unworthiness. Focus on My Love. Romans 7: 24-25 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin.

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Let Me lift you up

May 15, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 5/5, exalt, forgive, humbling circumstances, humility, love, pride, servant-hood, unlovable

When I exalt you and make you shine, then you retain humility. When you lift your own head, then you exchange humility for pride. Let Me lift you up. Accept the humbling circumstances now. Accept the servant-hood of your position. Take every opportunity to humbly serve, forgive, and love the unlovable now while you are still on earth . . . you won’t have that opportunity later. Philippians 2:1-6 Is there any such thing as Christians cheering each other up? Do you love me enough to want to help me? Does it mean anything to you that we are brothers in the Lord, sharing the same Spirit? Are your hearts tender and sympathetic at all? 2 Then make me truly happy by loving each other and agreeing wholeheartedly with each other, working together with one heart and mind and purpose.3 Don’t be selfish; don’t live to make a good impression on others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourself. 4 Don’t just think about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and in what they are doing. 5 Your attitude should be the kind that was shown us by Jesus Christ, 6 who, though he was God, did not demand and cling to his rights as God

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The Path to Intimacy

April 19, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts, Uncategorized / letter-admin / 4/18, admit blind, be led, be strong, beware of pride, blind soul, God's ways, humble, love, man's ways, misled, natural strength, need guidance, pride, reveal weeds, stubborn

Ask Us to weaken your natural strength and reveal weeds. Then you will be strong with Us and Our Presence. Our ways are not man’s ways. Only those who admit they are blind and need guidance can be led. Humble yourself and We will lift you up and do all things in and through you. Pride leads you to be only a stubborn, misled, blind soul. Beware of pride. We love you! Proverbs 28:26 A man is a fool to trust himself! But those who use God’s wisdom are safe.

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Blindness grows dependence

February 25, 2023 / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 2/25, assume, Blinders, dependent, eyes, fear, guidance, horses, humbled, master, predict, pride, trust, warhorses

Blinders were used to keep warhorses from fear. The horses learned to trust the guidance of their master, rather than their eyes. The horses did not predict or assume. The blinders kept them from fear and pride. The humbled, dependent horses could walk through anything because they were limited in sight. Therefore, they grew in dependence. Psalm 121:1-2 He will not let your foot slip—he who watches over you will not slumber. Matthew 6:24 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. Isaiah 41:13 For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.

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Love Me, minister to others . . . this overcomes pride

February 8, 2023 / Leave a Comment / Pearls of Wisdom, Posts / letter-admin / 2/8, encouragement, glory, love, minister, moon, pride, reflect love, sacrifices, sun. Bookmark the permalink.

How about pride? “Love Me and others. When you love Me and others, you want glory to go to Me and encouragement (credit) to go to others. When you love yourself, you have pride. Only Love Me and have a ministering love toward others. Love is the opposite of sin. Use it as a preventative measure. Evaluate your Love toward each person I give to you. Soak in My Love, so like the moon reflects the sun, you reflect Love back to Me.” 1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up in honor. 1 John 1:9 Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. 10Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.

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Sin: It is alive; it is relentless

December 28, 2022 / Posts, Scripture Lessons / letter-admin / 4/26, anger, appetite, authority, bind darkness, breathing host, cast it out, desires, flesh, flesh-thoughts, freedom, greed, help, helpless, Holy Spirit, ignites, impatience, jealousy, keys of authority, living force, love, lust, manipulation, mind, nature, parasite, permission, pressure, pride, prison, reproduce, restless, sin, soul, spark, spirit, trigger

4-26 Sin: It is alive; it is relentless. Genesis 4:6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent? 7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Sin comes from within your flesh or nature, and also from outside. If you were to slow down the advance of sin upon your spirit, you would sense a pressure coming either from within your nature or from outside. It begins as a spark that quickly ignites and rises upward as it gains ground within your spirit. The more acceptance it receives, the faster it bursts into flame and advances. Sin is a living force, just as My Love is a Living force. My Love desires you. Sin also desires you. My Love wants to consume you. Sin also wants to eat you alive. Sin eats literal flesh. It eats the mind and the soul. Its appetite is never satisfied. It is relentless. It is alive. It is a being that, when allowed, masters you and eats you. It lives off you in the manner of parasites. A parasite cannot live without a breathing host. The irony is the sin or parasite must have a host to remain alive, but yet it literally eats its source of life. Think of anger. There is a trigger or spark from your selfish flesh or from outside you. It jumps into a flame in a second. You feel it climb upward as your flesh-thoughts give it acceptance. Your thoughts, which give sin permission, also give it authority to rule over your spirit. Now your spirit is locked in a prison, while the anger has freedom to roam your mind, emotions, and body. It continues to grow as it literally feeds on you, eating you alive. After a while, it calms down like a ravenous man calms down after eating a full meal. It still rules you, so it will become hungry and feed on you again. It will also open the door for more sin entities on the outside to join it. Together they feed on you and reproduce. What began as anger, then increased to include jealousy, pride, greed, lust, manipulation, and impatience. You are not helpless against sin. You have authority to rule over it. First, recognize what is happening. Identify the enemy in your flesh and invading from without. Ask Holy Spirit’s help. Then use your will to refuse to cooperate. Do not excuse it or give it permission to be within you. Then look to Me for help. I will remind you of your power that I gave you to bind darkness and cast it out. I gave you the key of authority. Use it.

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