Today’s Readings:
Psalm 145-146
Romans 9:22-28
Acts 26
Isaiah 44:1-8
25 Remember the prophecy God gave in Hosea:
Romans 9:25-26
“To those who were rejected and not my people,
I will say to them: ‘You are mine.’
And to those who were unloved I will say:
‘You are my darling.’ ”
26 And:
“In the place where they were told, ‘You are nobody,’
this will be the very place where they will be renamed
‘Children of the living God.’ ”
Close the Gap Between You and Jesus
The Lord says,
Jesus is the lover of your soul. He loved you so much that He made a way for you when there was no way. He made a way to restore your right standing with Me. He wants your heart. He wants to walk with you and do life with you. Close any gap that remains between you and Jesus. He desires intimacy, partnership and an unbreakable connection to your heart, to you. He loves you. Remove anything that stands in the way of Jesus in your life. What could be more important? Who could bring greater fulfillment? Nothing and no one.
Stop filling your life with activities and things and people that cannot satisfy. Only the love and redemption of Jesus can satisfy. He is the very cornerstone of life, and everything else is additive. Everything else, He will add to restored relationship with Him. He will add it, and it will be aligned with His values and His ways, and it will be a blessing.
Close any gap that remains between you and Jesus. Clear any lingering doubt and any obstacles out of the way. Run to His arms and find rest, peace, forgiveness and life eternal. He will restore your hope, your spiritual eyes and ears. He will mend your broken and bruised heart, and He will come into the empty places and make you filled to overflowing.
Are you at a loss for what to do? Where to go? Are you lonely, hurting or confused? Come to the feet of Jesus. Ask Him to fill you, to restore you, to guide you from here on out, and He will do it. He will restore you, heal you, change you in the best ways. He will take you by the hand and guide you step by step, day by day, moment by moment, decision by decision. You will not be doing it alone anymore. He is faithful. He is trustworthy, and He is the endless source of wisdom. Come to Jesus. Close the gap. Find rest, relief and hope restored.
He’s the God of Restoration
The Lord says,
I long to see hearts restored, the broken healed, and the downtrodden rejuvenated with their faces lifted and the Light of My Countenance shining on them. I Am the God of restoration. I Am the God who makes all things new. I Am the God who stands outside of time and redeems lost time for you. I Am the God who partners and runs with you. I Am not a distant mythical concept. I Am a person. I Am the Lord, Your God who created you.
I created you because I longed to be in relationship with you. I made you in My image, and you bear it to this day. You are undeniably a child of God. Close the gap. Accept My outstretched hand, and find life restored, brand new life in Me. The pain, the hurt, the mistakes, the sin, and the darkness of the past have no hold over Me; and when you are in Me, these no longer have a right to torment you — no matter how dark or how awful. In Me, you have the authority to command those hurts of the past, the dark things, to be broken off and never return. You have the power to forgive, because I have forgiven you. You have the ability to walk in dignity, because you are a new creation in Christ Jesus.
Yes, redemption is sweet. Restored relationship with Jesus is the key, is everything. He will lead you in all righteousness. He will fill your heart and restore your soul. He alone is good, and His hand is outstretched toward you, asking you to come home, to come to Him, to find redemption, restoration, healing, hope and purpose. He can and will do all of that, if you humble yourself and take His outstretched hand. If you say, yes Jesus, I need you. I am sorry for doing life on my own, under my own steam, in my own wisdom. I have messed it up. What I want is to be restored in you. What I want is for you be My Lord, to lead me, to guide Me, to walk with me and to change my heart and my life forever. Save me from myself Jesus. He will do it, and the trajectory of your life will change forever. Close the gap, grasp his outstretched hand, and choose to follow Him from today forward.
The Lord’s Presence is Here and More Is Coming
The Lord says,
I Am here, and I Am continuing to come. More of Me, a greater awareness of Me, and My Tangible Presence is moving on and coming to the Earth. I am moving to bring freedom. I Am moving to restore joy and hope. I Am moving to bring celebration and to release unhindered worship. I Am moving to take the lid off of what is possible. I Am moving in an unprecedented way, touching an unprecedented number, and gathering many to Myself such as never has been seen before.
This is a time for a great awareness, a great receptivity, a great sensitivity. Be on alert. See when I highlight people to you that are eager to meet Me. Sharing the Gospel has never been easier. People are so hungry. You will say it, and they will immediately understand and grasp it. They may even directly ask you to tell them about Jesus.
This is a time of a growing, increasing awareness for the need of Jesus, for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, for freedom in Christ and for great celebrations. It is the year of Jubilee. I am cancelling the debts of many — the debts of sin, of regret, of heartbreak of dark pasts. I Am cancelling them and bringing whole, full, new lives, cleared balance sheets and restored accounts.
Can you feel the anticipation of My Presence rising in Your heart? I Am here, and I Am coming in greater and increasing measure. Welcome Me. Clear My path of all obstacles. Open the celebrations. Call out the worshippers. Dance for joy. Miracles are breaking forth. Many signs and wonders that have been laying dormant in the hearts of My Church will come bursting forth in a powerful and unexpected way. Raise your expectations. Put on faith. Put on hope. I Am calling you to lead the procession that welcomes My Presence, that welcomes My arrival. I Am here, and More of Me is coming. Wave after wave after wave of My Presence is coming to wash this nation and this world — to cleanse it, to restore it, and to raise it up to its rightful place.
How to Respond
- If there is anything standing between you and a right relationship with Jesus, clear it out and close the gap.
- Declare that the Presence of the Lord is welcome here.
- Declare that He is worthy, He is more than able, and He is bringing in a mighty harvest.
- Worship the Lord and cultivate an atmosphere of holiness that welcomes Him into Your heart and home.
- Be aware of the people the Lord puts on your heart and in your path. They may be looking for an introduction to Him. Your words in telling them the good news of Jesus don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be true, pure and honest. The story of Jesus’s impact on your life, your testimony, has the very power and irrefutable proof that people are looking for.
- Prepare your heart for a great celebration. Prepare to be touched in a mighty way by a move of the Lord.
- Declare that you and your family will all be swept up in the love and the restoration of the Holy Spirit’s move.
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