There are times, my son, when I hide you away. Consider this to be such a season you are in right now. It is a lonely time and you question “why this?” at this stage of your life. But the hidden place is where I have taken many of my sons and daughters to do

Son, whenever there is sin in a person, a city or a nation, there is an unresolved “I owe you” that requires payment. Your adversary knows this. He knows that he is legally entitled to attack when sin remains unconfessed. Sodom and Gomorrah were cities of such iniquity that the earth literally cried out against

Son, do you recall the first time I spoke audibly to my son, Moses? I told him to take off his sandals because he was on holy ground. My presence transformed a desert wasteland scattered with sheep and dung into a holy place. And in the same way, I make your daily work holy. I

Son, I am so pleased that you have been learning the value and importance of walking together with others and to carry one another’s burdens. I remind you of my son Paul’s words: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2). My world is made up of sons and daughters

Son, I want you to know and experience my love in unreserved abundance. I shared the importance of this through my son, Paul. “…that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through

Son, my sons and daughters must learn to move in a whole new dimension with me if they are going to see the world change its current course. You are called to love me with all your heart and soul, and to love others as yourself. This means loving those who do not believe or

Son, my promises to my sons and daughters are trustworthy. A covenant promise is one that will be kept regardless of what the other party does. I will fulfill my covenant promise to you, just as I did with Abraham, no matter what you do. I told Abraham there would be four hundred years during

Son, sometimes faith really is blind. You have only my Spirit to guide you, and no clear picture of what’s ahead. Do you remember that wilderness training you went through in your twenties? You were blindfolded and dropped off in the middle of the canyon lands. All you had was a map and a compass

Son, I know these days it often seems like you are living a slow drip of a life. The isolation and silence feels as if I have left you alone. But that is simply not true. There is an appointed time for all things to come together. Like Abraham, you too must persevere through this

Son, I want you to distinguish between the various voices that speak to you during your day. Whenever you hear something, ask yourself, “Who said that?” If what you hear does not line up with my word, you can be sure I did not say it. The adversary uses deception as one of his greatest

Son, there is a difference between belief and trust. Belief in something does not mean you are trusting in it. You can give mental assent to an idea, but not place your faith in it. You might believe that someone could carry you across Niagara Falls on a tightrope in a wheelbarrow. But until you

Son, it is vital for you to know that you were born into a war zone. You cannot see the spiritual realm as I can see, but you should know the enemy of your soul desires to destroy you. The greater the impact of your assignment on others, the greater warfare you can expect. My

Son, whenever I take a son or daughter to a low place, it is to accomplish something only that process can do. Job learned that “I reveal the deep things of darkness and bring deep shadows into the light” (Job 12:22). Job’s trials allowed him to learn things about me, himself and his friends. He

Son, I want you to know I am with you in your sorrow and grief. I understand sorrow. Sometimes it can be so heavy that you feel death itself upon your doorstep. My Son felt that in Gethsemane. He knew such anguish. “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted

Son, do you remember the story of the widow who cried out to the unjust judge to avenge her enemy? He finally answered her after she wore him down with her continual appeals. This is a picture of perseverance in prayer. This is where your battle will be won, rather than through your performance or

Son, shame is one of the enemy’s destructive tools designed to reduce our relationship to mere performance. Shame wants to bring condemnation and convince you that when you fail, you are one big Failure. On the other hand, guilt is my Holy Spirit designed to gently tell you when you miss the mark so that

Son, I am calling you to a path that is unfamiliar to you. It will require a level of trust that goes beyond your human ability. Only if you place your life in my hands will you be able to walk this path. There will be danger. Be watchful, for there are many adversaries that

Son, consider the faith of my son Abraham. I required him to believe something that seemed impossible – to have his wife bear a child way beyond childbearing age. He faltered by orchestrating Ishmael during the long wait, but his faith was resurrected over time and he believed my promise. It required both hope and

Son, the more you love me, the more my Son will manifest himself to you. You have read that I want you to love me with all your heart and soul and to love your neighbor as yourself (Lk 10:27). When you seek to love in that way I do something deep inside of you.

Son, today I want to teach you about sowing and reaping. You have read in my Word that whatever you sow, you shall surely reap. So plant according to your need, son. Your return is always in proportion to what you plant. “But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and

Son, there are times when your comfort is secondary to fulfilling my plan. I know this may seem like a hard word, but you need to know that this is what it really means to be a part of my plan for my kingdom. I hardened Pharaoh’s heart even though I knew greater hardship for

Son, faith is counting things that are not as though they were already done (Rom 4:17). When I give you a promise, I want you to stand on that promise until it manifests in the natural. I told Joshua I had given Jericho into his hands when the battle had not yet been fought, because

Son, do you recall the time my son Jacob wrestled with the angel? “So Jacob was left alone and a man wrestled with him till daybreak” (Gen 32:24). Jacob realized his hope was in me alone; only if I blessed him would he survive the ordeal. In the past, Jacob had been one who sought

Son, I desire you to seek me with all of your heart. When you do this, you will have a greater awareness of my presence in your life. It is human nature not to seek me unless you are in a place of pain or great need. But I desire my sons and daughters to

Son, so many of my sons and daughters struggle to hear my voice. They work to hear when they need to simply rest in me. I speak Spirit to spirit, not mind to mind. Often you hear me when you’re not focused on hearing me. The reason is I speak to your spirit. If a

Son, I want to remind you of the faith of my son Abraham. I called him to be the father of nations. But I first had to bring him to the end of his natural ability to make that happen, so he would realize it was I alone who would fulfill the promise. His job

Son, close your eyes and think about the most loving and caring person you have ever known. I don’t mean someone you knew about, but someone you knew personally. You experienced their love for you. Now imagine someone who is infinitely more loving, more sacrificial on your behalf and continually thinking about you. That is

Son, it saddens me that many think of me more as a judge than a loving Father. In reality, it is the enemy who accuses my sons and daughters when they fail. As for me, my forgiveness is instant when forgiveness is requested. There is total restoration, no matter how many failures (1 Jn 1:9).

Son, there are times when I draw my sons and daughters aside in order to chisel my nature deeper into each one. I speak tenderly in these places of solitude. The devil thought he placed my son Paul in prison cells, but it was there he wrote many letters for my people. It was there

Son, you are wondering if your daily intercession makes any difference in the outcome of your situation. Let me make this very clear to you. Prayer changes outcomes. When you stand in the gap for a situation that you know is already my will, you become the one who initiates the enforcement of my covenant

Many of my sons and daughters are not aware of the spiritual forces working behind the scenes to disrupt my plans for them. Son, you live in a war zone, not Disneyland. There are forces you cannot see that seek to destroy your life and your destiny. Be confident that I have put a shield