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

Son, whenever I call my sons and daughters into leadership you can expect the enemy of your soul to bring a measured assault against you. He will seek to discredit you and turn your righteousness into unrighteousness. This is what Satan tried to do to my Son through the Pharisees. When I bring a new

Son, come before me, enter confidently into my presence, to dispel the fear and anxiety that disturbs you. You CAN have my peace in the midst of the storms. You can live above the dark clouds because my presence dispels the fiery darts of oppression. Faith is the key for appropriating my presence. Acknowledge my

Son, some of my sons and daughters live in defeat because there are still open doors of iniquity in their lives. An open door gives Satan a legal right to enter and cause havoc. My son Joshua learned this painfully when he led the Israelites into battle against the city of Ai and did not

Son, one of my required “graduate level courses” in leadership for my sons and daughters is a willingness to wash the feet of their Judases. Being wronged and rejected and taken advantage of by someone close to you is very difficult. It requires that you walk in a new level of my grace. Doing so

Son, the reality of your faith is based on how you live your life with me. Some can only speak of what they read about me; I seek those who can speak of what they personally know and have experienced by walking with me. Experience is the witness the world is looking for. Genuine faith

Son, sharing truth with others without relationship leads to rejection. All my sons and daughters are wired for relationship. If you try to share my truth before there is a trusting relationship established, you may find your message rejected. This includes your own children. And remember that discipline without relationship leads to anger. People want

Son, rarely do I extricate my sons and daughters from the difficult things in life. I more often choose to walk silently along side. When my son Paul was beaten and stoned almost to death, I did not send my angels to deliver him. When he was shipwrecked I did not send another boat to

Son, having impact on others is never about knowing scripture or sharing information about me or my Son. Converts are not to be viewed as a game of numbers to be achieved. It is about living your life through the power of my Spirit in all you do and with all people you meet. My

Son, when you make a vow, I want you to keep it no matter the consequences. When Moses decided not to circumcise his child, he was breaking a vow to honor this symbol of our covenant. Marriage is another of those sacred vows. I desire that marriage last forever. I never change my mind about

Son, I want you to be at peace with not seeing or understanding the entire picture. Only occasionally do I allow glimpses of future events, as I did with Abraham. “Why” questions are never answered on earth; only in heaven. There was a point in time when Abraham needed to know my plans (Gen 15:13-15).

Son, when you present a check to your bank for cash, the bank gives you the money based on what is in your account. There is a legal transaction that occurs. When I proclaim a promise through my Word, that, too is a legal transaction. You can trust that I will back my words with

Son, do you know how eagles teach their young to fly? From their home on the cleft of a high cliff, the mother decides it is time for them to fly so she literally pushes them out of the nest. Then she swoops under them, rescues them, carries them to new heights… and drops them

Son, sometimes your obedience will make life harder instead of easier. Life in the Kingdom is not a formula that will make life work in an orderly fashion. I do my greatest work in the haphazard daily grind of life. In the end, my purposes are accomplished in my order. But the process of walking