Today’s Readings:
2 Corinthians 10:1-7
Hebrews 10
John 14:15-31
Isaiah 57:10-15
19 And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and without hesitation. 20 For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him! 21 And since we now have a magnificent High Priest to welcome us into God’s house, 22 we come closer to God and approach him with an open heart, fully convinced that nothing will keep us at a distance from him. For our hearts have been sprinkled with blood to remove impurity, and we have been freed from an accusing conscience. Now we are clean, unstained, and presentable to God inside and out! 23 So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!
Hebrews 10:19-23
Open Your Heart
The Lord says,
I long for my children to learn to love again. So many have built fortresses around their hearts to protect them from hurt, from disappointment, from mistakes. Hearts were not meant to be caged in like that. You need them open to fully experience life. You need them open to clearly hear from Me. I want My children to learn how to love Me again. Some have walled off their hearts because of hurts from the church, hurts from relationships, hypocrites and bad teachings. But none of these people and no amount of bad teaching and bad theology makes Me any less real or any less true. I Am the True One. I Am Truth itself. All of the hurts and lies and manipulation by others who have caused My little ones to back away from Me, all of it must be burnt up and bow to Me. My patience for power players in the church, for manipulators in the church, for abusers and evildoers in the church has run out. I desire for My people to love Me again — not four walls of a church building, not a denomination, not an intermediary — Me. Men and women have made religion a fortress that stands between Me and My People, and I will not tolerate it.
The way I’m moving, My Presence holiness movement, will burn up many institutions of old, much baggage of former experiences. My movement is pure and holy and has nothing – no extra requirements – added to it. It’s about drawing My people, restoring My people, and making it possible for My people to love Me again. Their eyes must be opened, their ears unplugged, their hearts have to be uncaged and healed in the light of My Presence. Their minds must be restored. And everything that stands between us, everything that exalts itself above the knowledge of Me must be burnt up. It will burn away in My Presence.
Freedom Is Available
The Lord says,
I desire freedom for My people. So much religion has caused people to be focused on rules, on acts, to rituals, on people. I Am the Lord God Most High. I made you in My image. What should stand between us? Not people, not rituals, not guilt nor shame, nor heartbreak nor fear. Nothing should stand between us. The veil of the Holy of Holies was torn in two when Jesus died on the cross. I tore it from the top down, so that we could be reunited, so that nothing could stand between us ever again. Don’t allow man, or fear or your own baggage to stand between us. I Am here. I Am available. My love knows no limits, and I long to for us to dwell together. I long for the return of love to your heart and eyes. Come closer, and let all of the baggage that has gotten between us burn up in the light of My Presence.
As you do, it will be so easy to learn to love Me again. The muscle memory of religion and past misunderstandings of Me may crop up. But you will learn to stay in love, to stay focused on love. You will learn that anything that hinders your love of Me must be examined and made to bow before Me. My Word is the truth. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life, and Holy Spirit is a guide and a comfort. He will help you with discernment and lead you into all righteousness. Leave your hurt from the church and religion behind. Don’t let that stand in the way of your coming home to Me.
How to Respond
- Examine your heart. Have you put a cage around it to protect yourself? Ask the Lord to help you dismantle that cage.
- Have you allowed baggage — hurts, manipulation, disillusionment with religion and the hypocrisy of people to come between you and Jesus? Why should you give any human or institution have that kind of power? Push those things aside and tell Jesus that you want to learn to love Him again, that you need healing and the ability to get rid of those things that have stood in the way and have hindered your ability to love Him.
- Read the Word. Ask Holy Spirit to teach you the real truths of God through the Word.
- Ask the Lord to give you some physical act to do to mark your decision to leave past hurts behind and your choice to walk toward Him and love Him again.
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