Truth is paramount to clearing our vision…

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Moment by moment we actively choose to live in Jesus, and with our Comforter now present within us, His breath is now our breath because God personally sustains us while Jesus actively reigns in our life. And that is when we begin to see the Bible, in its entirety, coming to life, as well as seeing it in so many different, loving, limitless ways. Like, how it is a manifested compilation of Truths through which all things we physically encounter are filtered through. Truth binds and connects us to our Savior’s resurrected life, and as we actively live under His reign, Truth allows us to see the wrongness, or rightness of something. For instance, when we encounter something that doesn’t seem right, we stop our minds from rambling and trying to figure it out and instead, allow our inner ears to tune-in and wait until the Holy Spirit whispers a Biblical message or reminds us of a teaching He has brought us through. And likewise, He may reinforce the rightness of what we are seeing by releasing an encouraging reminder, or by adding further instruction in Truth. We live in Jesus, so we have to live through Truth, His Truth, the established Truth of our Creator, not what is sometimes said to be true, nor wrongly seen as truth. And only the Holy Spirit can release and instruct us into God’s Truth.

Unity with Jesus Preserves your Commitment to Abba…

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The profound and precise attention to detail and timing, the inner peace, the feeding strength, the soft encouragement, the enriching nourishment, and all of the other private gifts you have personally received through your intimate experiences with Jesus is not meant to just help you through the moment, but it is also instrumental in helping you in limitless ways. Each struggle and issue are experiences which reveal a whole new insight into the very real truth that Abba loves us more than anyone else ever could, and it sharpens our focus towards being able to see and understand an important truth: only He knows our inner struggles, our inner thoughts, and our needs, more so than what we know about ourselves. There is a danger of placing your struggles under a label, or rationalizing them away, or listing them under other “normal” conditions or similar things, or worse yet, claiming that “it could be worse.” Because when that happens, you begin to start undervaluing the victory over each individual struggle you encounter, tiny ones or big ones; and in-turn you begin to undervalue yourself, and more importantly undervalue the Lord’s Hand intimately involved in your life, which can then undervalue the unity between you and the Lord. What we deal with matters to our Abba, and each individual issue and struggle not only plays an important role in allowing us to miraculously experience the manifestation of our Lord’s active Hand involved in our life, but it also is a new opportunity to be passionately refined by Abba’s loving, refining fire. Only our Creator can refine us through the experiences, producing a beautiful, devoted and faithful child full of His love, safeguarded by the Holy Spirit and united with Jesus.

Actively following Jesus through His Resurrected Life, because it is His Life and only He knows how to live it…

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A miraculous, resurrected life unfolds before us as our focus remains fixated on Jesus. And that gives us a whole new perspective, outlook, and motivation. It also reveals something our “fleshy” minds sometimes have trouble accepting, because they often struggle and want to “see” and “know” our next move. But nevertheless, with guidance from the Holy Spirit, our hearts remind it: what we are equipped to handle today, may not be what we are equipped to handle tomorrow, it is in His timing, not in ours. Who we are led to turn to today may not be who we are led to turn to tomorrow, it is in His direction we move, not in ours. What we are shown today may not necessarily be what our physical eyes actually see, it is through His vision we see, not through ours. What we hear today may not be what our physical ears hear, because His voice has become louder to us than even our own voice. And after going through multiple experiences with Him we realize we will no longer struggle to try and see our next move, because we know it is protectively held in our Savior’s Hands and only He is able to see the subtle traps and dangers that are lurking, intently trying to build strongholds when we try to force things to happen, or when we strive to operate by ourselves. So, we choose to follow our Shepherd through the rough terrain, while we hear and see the amazing things unfold from actively living in His resurrected life, because it is His Life, and only He knows how to live it!

Independence of the flesh nurtures dependency on Jesus…

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As we intimately grow in Jesus, the Holy Spirit personally guides us to disconnect from an emotional and mental dependency on others. It happens even when we are not fully aware of it, and it is a profound process only the Great I Am can effectively handle. And as time goes by, as you continue to become more aware of Jesus’ active reign within every aspect of your life, there are moments when you realize you no longer depend on certain things for your happiness, or for peace and contentment to reign within. You are no longer confidently standing erect because of what has happened, or hasn’t happened in the flesh, and your world no longer tilts when the fierce winds of uncertainty blows, nor does your mind depend on having to know or understand things in order for you to be able to rest, trust, and expect the victory of your Lord. No, spiritually you clearly see how your mind is intimately cradled in your Savior’s Hands and surrounded by His peace. And when the fierce winds of uncertainty blows, you actively know your Shepherd’s Hands also secure your footing despite the fact your emotions and feelings may directly feel the harshness and stabbing pain of hopelessness. It is during those times the Holy Spirit reminds you, your Lord is Hope, and so while your focus clings to Jesus, those emotions and feelings are collectively healed by Him, God’s Grace, and the Holy Spirit’s utterances. And as your awareness of Jesus intensifies during each negative experience, you realize your happiness is now properly, intimately balanced by Him, and even though it may not be physically projected, you are cognizant of your Savior’s joy actively filling you. Dependency on Jesus allows us, as overcomers, to properly enjoy and appreciate others in a healthy fellowship, one where we can truly appreciate them as beloved, created beings of the Great I Am, instead of stumbling and trying to figure it all out. It allows us to enjoy this world, despite the chaos that strives to reign, and it allows us to clearly see and properly handle the wrongness that often times tries to prevail.  Dependency on Jesus allows us to uniquely enjoy and relish in the discovery of the limitless, miraculous experiences that only having a personal, private relationship with Abba can provide.