Son, when you hurt, of course you want the hurt to be removed. You want to feel better. And I desire you to seek me for all of your needs, especially when you are hurting. However, there is a higher place to go in your pain than just toward the removal of it. Your real

Son, I sent my own Son to earth for an assignment no one but me understood. From everyone’s perception but mine, the outcome of his life was a disaster. The disciples’ hearts were broken and they each died tragically for their faith in my Son. However, his life accomplished my purpose. The call I place

Son, I want you to know that what you are doing during your brief time on earth is going to determine the level of responsibility you will have in my eternal kingdom. Some think that we will be sitting around singing Kum Ba Yah and twirling our thumbs. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Son, do you recall my first encounter with my son Moses? I spoke to him through a common bush. Sometimes I speak through strange things. I told him to take off his shoes, because where my presence is, that place is holy. Remember that son. Because my presence is right there in your home with

Son, what you are seeing all around you are individuals and even whole nations that are building upon faulty foundations. When there is a crack in a foundation, that small unprotected opening will grow greater and greater. Debris will penetrate every available crack, piling up deterioration. When my sons and daughters open their lives up

Son, adversity is my currency for maturing a son or daughter to know me intimately and move my heart. The very thing you ask me to change is the thing that is making you the son that blesses me and others. Without these crises, you would fall into complacency and self-satisfaction. You would not seek

Son, many think that I am against financial prosperity. Actually, I love giving wealth to my sons and daughters who know how to use it and steward it. Abraham and Job were two of my wealthy sons and David became wealthy, too. However, for some, wealth can be a noose around their neck because it

Son, many think that I am against financial prosperity. Actually, I love giving wealth to my sons and daughters who know how to use it and steward it. Abraham and Job were two of my wealthy sons and David became wealthy, too. However, for some, wealth can be a noose around their neck because it

Son, my word is my covenant. I never violate my word. You have learned that covenant is faithfulness in the face of unfaithfulness. To walk that out, one must willingly place “self” on the cross and live instead to benefit me and those you are called to love and stand in the gap for (Ezek

Son, you have been thinking that your faith is too small for the mountain you are trying to move. I want you to know you are wrong. You only need faith the size of a mustard seed to take that mountain, and I can assure you that your faith is way bigger than any mustard

Son, storms have a particular purpose in my nature and order. They bring stress upon the environment. Weak limbs yield to the wind and fall to the ground. My major storms bring down entire trees and those things that have weak foundations give way to wind and rain. In essence, storms reveal the strength of

Son, there is an idol many are tempted to embrace. It is the “Feel Good” idol. Somewhere along life’s journey, my sons and daughters got the idea that if they did all the right Christian things life would work in an orderly and fulfilling way. It is true that a relationship with my Son gives

Son, when my spirit comes to reside in your spirit, light dispels all the dark places of your soul. My light casts out all shadows. Shame can longer abide. Evil can no longer abide. Remember that in my Son is life, and his life was the light of men. His light shines in the darkness,

Son, I made fruit trees to bear fruit. Each tree bears fruit in its own time. For some it only requires one year, for others it may take many years. So it is with my sons and daughters. There is a time for fruit-bearing in every life. The problem is that you cannot determine when

Son, many people are satisfied just to know about me when they could actually know me personally. Many are satisfied to attend their local congregations each week, but they do not know me. Knowing about me does not get one into heaven with me. Even our enemy knows about me. Job thought he knew who

Son, when you were very young and just learning to walk, you bumped into things and you broke a few of your mom’s nick-nacks. She knew this was to be expected. Your parents loved you and embraced this process. I also embrace this process in you, son. There are places where you have fallen, but

Son, notice how I worked among the believers in the early days after my Son returned to me in heaven.Once the Holy Spirit became a vital part of my sons and daughters, I released my power in and through them. They began to move in a high degree of unity. They operated as one people.

Son, Moses had to wait 40 years. Joseph had to wait 13 years. Naomi waited 10 years. Abraham waited for decades. And my sons of Israel had to wait 400 years. Sometimes many years pass before my hand is clearly visible. Those who move ahead of my perfect plan often birth “Ishmaels.” Abraham had to

Son, when your life is devoted to satisfying lesser desires, you begin arranging all your days for that express purpose. This leads to idolatry and a spirit of entitlement. You begin serving the god of “feel better.” Encounters with extreme pain bring you to a crossroads of choice; you are enticed with options of bitterness,

Son, many of my sons and daughters have a shipwrecked faith. They view me as a Father who could do something about their situations but chooses not to. They simply believe I do nothing on their behalf. If I exist at all they think I only do the big things. That is what Naomi thought

Son, when you walk through a season of pain and disappointment, I want you to enter that pain with me. Do not attempt to deaden the ache through some pleasurable thing. That is a mistake many of my sons and daughters make. It will prevent you from receiving the fruit designed to come from the

Son, you are sad. I know why you are sad. Many of my greatest sons struggled with their circumstances. Consider Isaiah. He struggled to understand his very existence and purpose (Isa 49:4). All my sons and daughters have these doubts at times. I want to encourage you to do something that is contrary to what

Today is your birthday, my son. I thought of you way before you were ever born. Your name was written on a white stone in heaven. My plans for you have been established from the beginning of time (Jer 29:11). My ultimate purpose for you was not that you perform for me, but for us

Son, sometimes delays are self-inflicted. You must know that my heart is always to deliver, always to bless my sons and daughters. However, it cannot be at the expense of obedience. The freedom you have in your relationship with me comes withimperative boundaries. Take my sons in Israel for example. Their journey to the Promised

Do you recall when my son Paul got caught in a storm on the sea and circumstances seemed to threaten his life and all those on board? Paul had received a word from me and it was confirmed through an angel during the night on the ship that he would reach his destination. Sometimes circumstances

Son, I know you at the deepest level of your soul. There is nothing I do not know about you. I know your feelings of disappointment. I know the sadness you experience on a regular basis. I know your heartaches. I will not let your grief overtake you. They will not be more than you

Son, you have noted well that I typically choose to work through teams. Jesus, the Holy Spirit and I are a team. My Son chose 12 unlikely men to change the world. By working together in a team, you are able to leverage what I have called you to do. Remember, “Five of you shall

Son, you must be proactive in repelling the arrows of the enemy. He is always at your ear, whispering deceptive messages designed to take you into a spiritual ditch. Unless you train yourself to ask “Who said that?” each time a voice speaks to you, the enemy will prevail. I give you a shield; use

Son, many times those closest to you will seek to prevent you from drinking from the cup I have reserved for you. Remember, even as you value their comfort, only you have been given the grace to walk this road and the insight to trust me through this. Your friends do not wish you to

Many of my sons are being snared by sexual addiction because they have never experienced true intimacy with me, their Father. This is also why some struggle with their sexual identities. Satan’s counterfeit for intimacy is sex. My sons that are caught up in that deception do not believe they are loved by me. Living

Son, I know you want things to change. I know you want me to move you into a different place and to resolve the issues you are trusting me to fulfill for you. Know this, my son. Your times are in my hand. No matter what perceived delays you believe are taking place, stop and