Friday, March 23, 2007

Today Someone...Tell My People to feed My lambs.


My flock is thirsting, thirsting for a revelation of Me, go forth and feed My lambs, refresh My sheep.
The time is coming when they will not follow the Shepard's voice, to the water...to the food of life.
You must work now while there is yet time.
Any little bit of inspiration to another that comes through Me will not go astray.
Trust in Me, share My Word with everyone you encounter... do not be afraid, do not be ashamed, do not be embarrassed...I am with you.
Trust in Me the Lord God Almighty, and do My Will.
I want My harvest of souls to be great.
I want the evil one to be ashamed of the river of blood that pours forth from his harvest that will be crushed in the wine-press outside My gates. I do not want him to have a flood two hundred miles long and five feet deep.
(Revelation14:20)
Turn those away from fulfilling their evil desires and receiving the judgement reserved for ‘him who deceives’.
Turn them to My riches in Glory, so that they may fully understand the love and MERCY of the Almighty God!

...Be an example.

Dear Lord,

Today Someone stands up for God's Word;
Let me be like...
He who professes to have knowledge of God,
He who styles himself as a child of the LORD.

The wicked say,
“Let us beset the just one, he is obnoxious to us;
He sets himself against our doings,
Reproaches us for our transgressions.

To us he is the censure of our thoughts;
Merely to see him is a hardship for us,
Because his life is not like that of others,
And different are his ways.

He judges us debased;
He holds aloof from our paths as from things impure.
He calls blest the destiny of the just,
And boasts that God is his Father.

Let us see whether his words be true;
Let us find out what will happen to him.
For if the just one be the son of God,
He will defend him and deliver him
from the hand of his foes.

With revilement and torture, let us put him to the test;
That we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.
Let us condemn him to a shameful death;
For according to his own words,
God will take care of him.”

These are their thoughts, but they err;
For their wickedness blinds them,
and they know not the hidden counsels of God;
Neither do they count on a recompense of holiness,
Nor discern the innocent souls’ reward.

Amen.

Revelation 14: 19-20.
19So the angel swung his scythe on the earth and stripped the grapes and gathered the vintage from the vines of the earth and cast it into the huge winepress of God's indignation and wrath.
20And the grapes in the winepress were trodden outside the city, and blood poured from the winepress, reaching as high as horses' bridles, for a distance of about 200 miles.


Monday, March 19, 2007

Today Someone...A Compassionate Heart.


This is compassionate love:
  • In compassion, we contact the authorities when we see children being abused, even though their parents might retaliate.
  • In compassion, we take meals to a sick neighbour, even though his illness is making him cranky and he's likely to lash out at you.
  • In compassion, we speak up for someone who's been misunderstood and rejected, even though we'll become the next target of condemnation.
  • In compassion, we advocate for employees who are being ill treated by their employers, even though we'll be disdained or fired or blacklisted for stirring up trouble.
Anything less than this is unChrist-like. When we get nailed for doing good deeds, we are truly being like Jesus.

We're taking our compassion all the way to the cross. We are taking CHRIST'S compassion to the crosses that He wants us to carry with Him.

Our compassion is His. Our crosses are His. We are intimately united to Him when we suffer for the sake of love.

Take a bold step forward in compassion:
  • Dare to follow your heart where others need the caring touch of Jesus.
  • Look for opportunities to be Jesus for others in ways that you've avoided before.
  • Stretch your ability to face the cross because of love for others.

The word "compassion" means "with passion"
--- you are with Jesus in His holy Passion!

by Terry A. Modica.
© March 2007
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A Compassionate Heart.

Dear Lord,

Today someone prays for
a compassionate heart.
Grant in her a Christ-like
love for others.

Let her hear,
really hear the cry from the heart of others.
Let her understand,
really understand what her neighbour is experiencing.

Let her know,
really know how long her friend has been suffering.
Let her love,
really love all those you put in her path today.

Let her respond,
really respond with love,
Understanding and the compassion
that can only come from You,
Our Lord, Jesus Christ.

Amen.

(Phil 1:9-10)
And this is my prayer:
That your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,
So that you may be able to discern what is best
And may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ.