Everyone is searching for a place to belong. Do not look for a group or human relationship to fulfill that desire within you. Belong to Me. I can more than fulfill your desire for identity, belonging, and intimacy. Ephesians 2:13-14 13 But now you belong to Christ Jesus. At one time you were far away from God. Now you have been brought close to Him. Christ did this for you when He gave His blood on the cross. 14 We have peace because of Christ. Isaiah 43:1 But now, thus says the Lord, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, Do not fear,  for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! John 17:6 I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

There is wrath to come, but it is not for My children. Leave it to Me. Remain focused on My Love for  you. Leave all else to Me. I Am the Lord. Trust Me. Romans 5:9-10 9 Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! 10 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

I Am your Father. Be My child. Be a child who looks just like his dad. I Am not offended or angry. You copy Me. Lay down your offenses. Forgive. Psalm 145:8 The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness.

Follow Me. Do as I do. I do not resent your sin. I do not bring it back to  you. Therefore, you do not resent the sin of the difficult ones.  You do not bring it back to them. I Am not angry with you. You do not allow yourself to be angry with others. Do as I do. Be as I Am. Follow Me. Exodus 34:6-7 Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin . . .

I Am not easily offended. My Love for you is eternal. I do not pull away from you to punish you. I will not put you outside or throw you away. You are My child . . .  forever. Do not be afraid. Psalm 103: 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

I Am not angry. I know who you are and where you live. I know what I Am working with. I do not get discouraged and quit like men do. I will not quit or walk away from you. I do not abandon you when you turn the wrong way. Keep following Me. Do not be afraid of Me because of your sin. Come back to Me in full honesty and We will clean up the mess together. I Am not angry. I Love you! Jonah 4:2 I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Owls and cats only need a sliver of light to see through the darkness. So do you. Focus on Me and not on the fearsome events, dark attitudes of others, or intimidating possible future occurrences. My Father and I are always working. Look for the Light of Our works. Then, like the owls and cats, you will see clearly past the darkness. Follow Me. I Am Light. Turn away from looking at the darkness. Leave it behind. Look into My Light. See what I Am doing. Trust Us. We are working. Change your focus. John 5:17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.”

Keep following Me. Other Voices are coming to distract you  and lead you  astray. Ask Me to reveal what is behind their voices. Ask Me to lift their masks. The fruit of a fruit tree tells you  what kind of tree it is. If a Voice and Life is full of Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, then it is Mine. All others are impostors. Do not focus on them. Turn them off. Galatians 5:1 Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— Galatians 5:11-12 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ. Galatains 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control

You are My Family. Salvation begins with My Family. When an apartment complex is on fire with a fireman’s wife and children inside, he will focus on saving them first. Once they are safe, then he returns for others. You are My Family. My salvation begins with you. Then, together, you and I will reach the others. The others will then see Us and want to be adopted into Our Family. I Am your rescuer. Focus on Me. Follow and Obey Me. I will lead you out into the open air of freedom.  You are My Family. I Love you! John 3:16-18  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. Romans 8:14-16 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”…For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. 1 John 1:12-13 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 1 John 3:10 See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 1 John 5:2 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome . . .

When you give your attention to a friend, you do not merely think of true facts about them, their characteristics, and past activities. When you give your attention to your friend, you focus on them as a living being. You listen to them. You remove your attention from other things and place it on them . . . their being. Do the same to Me. I Am here just as another human is here. Focus on My being. I Am the Living God. I Am within your spirit. I Am here. Focus on Me. I will reward you  every time. Hebrews 5:14 But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Isaiah 30:21 Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left. Jeremiah 33:3 Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. 

Focus on Me. I Am within your inner self as well as all around you. The more you focus on Me, the more you will hear My Voice. I will direct your thoughts. I will give you understanding. I will cause you to see what you have been missing. Focus on Me. Send distractions away. Focus your attention on Me over and over through the day. I will reward you. John 14:26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Revelation 3:10 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me Jeremiah 29:12-13 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

There is no freedom or real Love in the cell. It is a place of death that is in a disguise. Ask Me to pull off the disguise so you can see death. Then put both of your feet outside the cell door which I opened and follow Me, Jesus Christ, the real Lover of your soul, to freedom and true Life. Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. Psalm 97:10 Let those who love the Lord hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

The pathway to freedom that I will lead you on requires that you leave the place where you have been. Do not try to keep one foot within that prison cell while following Me with the other foot. You see how impossible that would be. Set both feet out of that place and walk away from it while I lead you to the fresh air of freedom. Matthew 11:28-30 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. James 1:25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

Salvation begins with the forgiveness of your sin just like salvation for a prisoner begins when the door to his cell is unlocked. The prisoner, in order to gain complete freedom or salvation, must then follow his deliverer through the maze of prison hallways and wait while he unlocks each door that eventually leads to the open air. Complete freedom is a process of following Me, waiting on Me, obeying My instructions and remaining in a state of trusting in Me. Focus on Me within your inner self. I will lead you to the open air of Life and peace. Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed

Focus on Me. The more you focus on Me the more you will be saved. Turn your inner self to Me and hold it there. Be still and listen. I will reward you every time you focus your inner self on Me. Jeremiah 29:12-14 12 Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you.13 Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.14 I will be found by you, says the Lord Psalm 116:1-2 1 I love the Lord, because He has heard [and now hears] my voice and my supplications. 2 Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live.

Salvation is not just a one-time experience.  You are on the road of My deliverance and salvation. I Am saving you, rescuing you, setting you free, awakening you, teaching you, coaching you, drawing you, and changing you every day. Focus on Me. The more you focus on Me the more you are saved from the effects of darkness and you are healed. I Am your Savior, Rescuer, Strong Hero. Cling to Me. My Name is Jesus Christ, Lord over all. Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 11:2 The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord- Colossians 2:2-3 My goal is that they may be encouraged in heart and united in love, so that they may have the full riches of complete understanding, in order that they may know the mystery of God, namely, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 1 John 4:4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Every task or service you perform, no matter how simple or mundane, when it is done for Me, with Me, to obey Me, representing My Love, is holy.  Would you like to be awakened? Would you like to be awakened from your own little world? Would you like to see outside your little box? Yes, there is a whole new world beyond your self. Ask Me to open it up to you. Ask me to remove the walls around your self. The removal process may be painful but it will be worth the pain.  You will like Truth more than your little box. Philippians 2:4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.  Romans 12:1-21 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another . . .

Wait on Me. While you are waiting, rest. Rest your spirit. Relax. Do not be agitated while you wait. Wait peacefully. Ask Holy Spirit to slow down your whirling emotions and relax. Rest on My Love as if it were a soft pillow for your head. Close your eyes and feel the pillow of My Love under your head. Rest your spirit even while you are busy during the day. Yes, this is possible. Ask Holy Spirit to give your spirit peaceful relaxation while you are performing your duties. Rest in My Love while you wait. Do not fret . . . it only causes harm. Wait peacefully. Psalm 37:7a Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret over the one who prospers in his way . 

The Valley of the Shadow of Death is not an easy place for your selfishness to grow. It is the place where self dies. If you accept the Valley of Death as My Will, then where there is loss, selfish demands die. Where there is pain the desire to serve others grows. Where there is a bleak future faith grows. Where there is pride the humble knowledge of your weakness takes over. Learn to Love the valleys. They are the truly good times of your life. Psalm 23 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

When times are good, what dies and what lives? Does selfishness die in good times? Does greed die? Does pride die? What about doubt, does it die? No. Good times cause those things within you to grow as moisture causes mold to grow. The more your flesh is given easy living, entertainment, and indulgences the more it grows and demands them. James 1:2 Consider it nothing but joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you fall into various trials 3 Be assured that the testing of your faith [through experience] produces endurance [leading to spiritual maturity, and inner peace]. 4 And let endurance have its perfect result and do a thorough work, so that you may be perfect and completely developed [in your faith], lacking in nothing.