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I was given this number early this morning in a Spiritual dream. There is a person who reads this site that understands the importance of this number and will act accordingly.

Before you watch the following video (assuming Youtube doesn’t restrict it), read 1 Kings 18:20-45. The Holy Fire is what it took to deliver the people and end the famine of The Word. At the end of the video, this passage is referenced.

https://youtu.be/tLnOcUfjEJ8

Shared bya Beloved Sister:

Over the last month the word ‘TENDERISE” has been booming in my spirit. I have sat with the Lord and pondered this word before Him since then. I want to look at the meaning of the word TENDERISE: TENDERISE: make (meat) more tender by beating or slow cooking (Definition taken from Google) The Lord has showed me that in this season the body of Christ will either sit in two positions. The position of embracing the move of the Lord to bring tenderising in deeper ways to the hearts of His people, or they will stand in the place of stubbornness before the Lord. The Lord has been highlighting Proverbs 28:14 to me recently: Overjoyed is the one who with tender heart trembles before God,but the stubborn, unyielding heart will experience even greater evil. (Proverbs 28:14 – TPT) This is the hour where those that are close to the Lord and know His heart are in alignment with Him and the Holy Spirit is bringing a deeper tenderising to their heart and to the promptings of His Spirit and what He is saying. I released a word recently from a dream that I had recently where I heard the Lord say “I am going to SHOCK My people into alignment.” It was such a deep dream as the Lord was speaking deeply about revival. He was speaking about shocking His people into greater awakening and alignment but also the restoration of the fear of the Lord to the Church. Over and over and over in the last few months the Lord continues to highlight verses to me in Scripture about pride, stubbornness and being stiff-necked. This is a time to embrace the move of His Spirit by surrendering completely to the Lord, His ways, His wisdom and the new wineskin. This is a time where the Lord is shaking all that can be shaken and the Lord clearly showed me that those who stand in the position of pride and stubbornness and do not follow the prompting of the Holy Spirit and repent from pride, will be found wanting. The Lord is going to deal with pride in a way that we have never seen before and the Lord has been relentlessly encouraging the Church and calling the Church deeper into the place of humility, surrender and tenderness before Him. This is a time to truly be before the Lord and examining our hearts (Psalm 139:23-24) and anything He may highlight to respond in the posture of repentance before Him. In the continued shaking that will take place, it is out of His love that He is bringing the shaking, out of His grace, to deal with the areas of pride, stubbornness and the stiff-necked to bring proper alignment, because He SO loves His Church, He is SO passionate and desperate for His Church to be positioned and ready for the harvest to come in that He will SHAKE and SHAKE to tenderise and awake. SLOW COOKING When I looked at the definition of TENDERISE every word in the definition from Google spoke to me deeply. When I looked at the words “slow cooking” the Lord again spoke to me about this place of stillness, waiting upon the Lord, lingering, not running ahead. The Lord is calling His people closer to Himself, He is calling His people to wait upon Him, He is calling His people to a heart posture before Him of surrender, tenderness and to listen to what He has to say and HIS WISDOM on HIS TERMS. Not to hold onto old ways, or dig heels in, in control, but to be fully surrendered and following where He is leading. Walking in His wisdom, no matter what it looks like or what it costs. Proverbs 8:34-36 has been ringing deeply in my spirit lately: “Blessed is the man who listens to me,Watching daily at my gates,Waiting at my doorposts.For whoever finds me finds lifeand obtains favor from the Lord,but he who fails to find me injures himself;all who hate me love death.” (Proverbs 8:34 – ESV) “If you wait at wisdom’s doorway,longing to hear a word for every day,joy will break forth within you as you listen for what I’ll say.For the fountain of life pours into you every time that you find me,and this is the secret of growing in the delightand the favor of the Lord.But those who stumble and miss me will be sorry they did!For ignoring what I have to say will bring harm to your own soul.Those who hate me are simply flirting with death!” (Proverbs 8:34-36 TPT) The Lord is calling His people deeper into the place of lingering with Him, Exodus 33:11 says “Joshua lingered” in the presence of God. God is calling us as His people into that place, that heart posture, of lingering with Him and not running ahead. The Lord is repeating this over and over and over again because He wants us to get it. This beautiful invitation before the Lord to ‘linger with Him’ is what the Lord spoke to me again when I saw the words “slow cooking”. I heard the Lord say: “Those that linger with Me, those that wait for Me to speak, on My terms and what I am saying, in humility, THESE are the ones who will carry the MEAT of My Word, My deep REVELATION in this hour. The tenderhearted ones, will be the ones that carry My secrets.” We are in a time of intense shaking, intense tenderising and intense marinating with the Lord. Can I encourage you, to get before the Lord and ask the Holy Spirit to tenderise your hearts in deeper ways. Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal any areas of pride, stubbornness, any areas where there has been any posture of being ‘stiff necked’. This is a crucial posture for us all in this time. If He reveals any of those places, repent and surrender afresh to Him in humility and allow His love and presence to embrace you. He does not condemn you, He embraces you. He LOVES YOU! I feel this a strong warning from the Lord, to embrace what the Spirit is doing in the place of humility and surrender and allow His Spirit to continue to bring a tenderness of heart and to cry out for it. For the fruit of the tender hearts towards Him will be revealed in this hour, and these are the ones who will not be found, wanting.

ONE OF THE GREATEST PRAYERS THAT CAN BE PRAYED RIGHT NOW IS “LORD, TENDERISE MY HEART”by Lana Vawser Ministries

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Philippians chapter 1:

9 I continue to pray for your Love to grow and increase beyond measure, bringing you into the rich revelation of spiritual insight in all things.

10 This will enable you to choose the most excellent way of all—becoming pure and without offense until the unveiling of Christ. 11 And you will be filled completely with the fruits of righteousness that are found in Jesus, the Anointed One—bringing great praise and glory to God!

These words are also my prayer for those who read these writings.  The foundational intent is for these words The Holy Spirit gives me each day are to provide you with Spiritual insight in comprehending and fully walking in Agape Love toward all mankind.

How can this be expressed in a more concise manner!  The revelation of Love is of paramount importance for those who desire to walk as Sons and Daughters of GOD in this hour.

The Greek word for “insight” (aisthēsis) refers to practical understanding linked to life. It is a word that implies walking out the Truth that insight reveals. It could also be translated “experience.” Many translations render it “discernment,” yet it is more than discerning something—it means to experience the reality of something and apply it to life.

Ponder this for a moment.  We are meant to spiritually discern every situation and base our walk on this discernment.  I know of no time in my life when this has been more critical.  The unthinkable has happened and the chaos has turned the world upside down.  Fear has gripped the hearts of the masses and the world economies are in a spiral. 

We are at a time of major upheaval in just a few short months.  The Holy Spirit has warned us about these times in past writings and prepared the readers for the “then suddenly” so we would not be caught unaware.  In less than ninety days, full isolation occurred as instruments of the adversary have yielded to the global attempt to stop the “Great Awakening”.  Make no mistake, FATHER will not be mocked.

The demons are well aware of the maturing Sons and Daughters for they have been attempting to suppress the maturing process by searching out any weakness they can exploit.  However as we walk in Spiritual discernment, we will not allow ourselves to submit to such exploitation.

In Ephesians chapter 6, Paul also wrote by The Holy Spirit:

10 Now my beloved ones, I have saved these most important truths for last: Be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you.

11 Put on GOD’S complete set of armor provided for us, so that you will be protected as you fight against the evil strategies of the accuser! 12 Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage. 13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that GOD provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious.

14 Put on truth as a belt to strengthen you to stand in triumph. Put on Holiness as the protective armor that covers your heart. 15 Stand on your feet alert, then you’ll always be ready to share the blessings of peace.

16 In every battle, take faith as your wrap-around shield, for it is able to extinguish the blazing arrows coming at you from the Evil One! 17–18 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword of the spoken Word of GOD.

These words are definitely applicable in today’s environment like never before.  You and I have been prepared for a time such as this and we must walk in full Spiritual insight at all times.  It is not “business as usual” and we must be vigilant for we know our empowerment is being activated to overcome the enemy.

We are to pray passionately in the Spirit, as we constantly intercede with every form of prayer at all times. Pray the blessings of GOD upon all his believers.  In doing that, we will receive the appropriate Spiritual insight to walk out each day.

We are to be imitators of Our Heavenly Father in everything we do, for then we will represent FATHER as HIS beloved Sons and Daughters. How are we to do this?  We must continue to walk surrendered to the extravagant Agape Love of Our Lord Jesus Christ for he surrendered His life as a sacrifice for us. His great Love for us was pleasing to FATHER.

When we truly imitate FATHER, people will see HIM in us.  They will see Jesus in us.  They will encounter The Holy Spirit Who guides us in all our ways.  Isn’t that the essence of our mission on this earth?

We are to have nothing to do with sexual immorality, lust, or greed for you and I are His Holy ones.  By imitating Our Heavenly Father, no one will be able to accuse us of unrighteousness in any form.

We must guard our speech, forsaking obscenities and worthless insults; these are nonsensical words that bring disgrace and are unnecessary. Instead, let worship fill our hearts and spill out in our words.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 5:

5 For it has been made clear to you already that the kingdom of GOD cannot be accessed by anyone who is guilty of sexual sin, or who is impure or greedy—for greed is the essence of idolatry. How could they expect to have an inheritance in Christ’s Kingdom while doing those things?

Rather than being greedy, we should be actively generous in all our actions.  FATHER is certainly generous with HIS grace and mercy for which I am eternally grateful.  The world promotes scarcity and greed and that is one reason there are impoverished children.  The cycle of poverty needs to be broken and by planting seed in those kids, they are able to experience hope for a better future allowing them to become industrious by embracing their hopes and dreams.

FATHER is now exposing the sexual immorality, lust, and greed by HIS radiant light known as the Absolute Truth.  Those who continue to hide or accept such unrighteousness will suffer HIS judgment.

The Holy Spirit continues:

5 For it has been made clear to you already that the kingdom of God cannot be accessed by anyone who is guilty of sexual sin, or who is impure or greedy—for greed is the essence of idolatry. How could they expect to have an inheritance in Christ’s kingdom while doing those things?

Greed is further defined as being the essence of idolatry.  Withholding resources from those in need equates to making and worshiping an idol.  There is no room for idol worshipers in Christ’s Kingdom.  We must repent if we are guilty of greed and remove all “idols” from our lives.

6 Don’t be fooled by those who speak their empty words and deceptive teachings telling you otherwise. This is what brings GOD’S anger upon the rebellious! 7 Don’t listen to them or live like them at all. 8 Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of Our Lord shining through you because of your union with Him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light! 9 And the supernatural fruits of His light will be seen in you—goodness, righteousness, and Truth. 10 Then you will learn to choose what is beautiful to Our Lord.

I purpose to be totally sensitive to The Holy Spirit in everything I hear, read, speak, and write.  I am not interested in empty words or deceptive teachings.  Everything must pass the test of being fully aligned with FATHER’S Divine Intent. 

11 And don’t even associate with the servants of darkness because they have no fruit in them; instead, reveal truth to them. 12 The very things they do in secret are too vile and filthy to even mention. 13 Whatever the revelation-light exposes, it will also correct, and everything that reveals truth is light to the soul. 14 This is why the Scripture says,

“Arise, you sleeper! Rise up from the dead and the Anointed One will shine his light into you!”

We cannot fellowship with darkness but we can and should minister to those whom FATHER directs us so that our light will shine toward them and cause them to repent from their unrighteousness.  We are not to condone their lifestyle by passive acceptance associated with silence.  Jesus never taught us to walk in any manner other than to become imitators of FATHER in all we say and do.  Let us walk as imitators of GOD each and every day!

The disciples had just argued as to which of them should be considered the greatest.  Then Jesus spoke in Luke, chapter 22:

31 And the Lord said, “Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren.”

33 But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.”

34 Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”

And it wasn’t long before Peter had fulfilled those words:

54 Having arrested Him, they led Him and brought Him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed at a distance. 55 Now when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat among them. 56 And a certain servant girl, seeing him as he sat by the fire, looked intently at him and said, “This man was also with Him.”

57 But he denied Him, saying, “Woman, I do not know Him.”

58 And after a little while another saw him and said, “You also are of them.”

But Peter said, “Man, I am not!”

59 Then after about an hour had passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, “Surely this fellow also was with Him, for he is a Galilean.”

60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are saying!”

Immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed. 61 And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” 62 So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Peter spent 3 ½ years with Jesus and observed countless miracles and even was include on the Mount of Transfiguration.  However, observation of the Gospel did not change Peter.

After the resurrection, it is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Mark chapter 16:

6 But the angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid. I know that you’re here looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here—he has risen victoriously! Look! See the place where they laid him. 7 Run and tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is risen. He has gone ahead of you into Galilee and you will see him there, just like he told you.”

Peter was no longer included as one of the disciples for Jesus needed to restore him.  Did Peter lose his calling and opportunity to be included as one of the original twelve disciples?  No, Peter experienced restoration when Jesus ministered to him in John chapter 21:

15 After they had breakfast, Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you burn with love for me more than these?”

Peter answered, “Yes, Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my lambs,” Jesus said.

16 Jesus repeated his question the second time, “Simon, son of John, do you burn with love for me?”

Peter answered, “Yes, my Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my sheep,” Jesus said.

17 Then Jesus asked him again, “Peter, son of John, do you have great affection for me?”

Peter was saddened by being asked the third time and said, “My Lord, you know everything. You know that I burn with Love for you!”

Jesus replied, “Then feed my lambs!”

Peter had denied Christ three times but was restored after these three declarations. 

How long did it take Peter to go from denial of Christ to full empowerment by The Holy Spirit?

In Acts chapter 2, Peter spoke by the empowerment of The Holy Spirit:

37 When they heard this they were crushed and realized what they had done to Jesus. Deeply moved, they said to Peter and the other apostles, “What do we need to do, brothers?”

38 Peter replied, “Repent and return to God, and each one of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus, the Anointed One, to have your sins removed. Then you may take hold of the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For God’s promise of the Holy Spirit is for you and your families, for those yet to be born and for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

40 Peter preached to them and warned them with these words: “Be rescued from the wayward and perverse culture of this world!”

41 Those who believed the word that day numbered three thousand. They were all baptized and added to the church.

In just 50 days, Peter went from denial to publicly preaching the Gospel and adding 3,000 souls to the church in one day.  What prepared and changed Peter resulting in his empowerment?  The answer is found in Acts chapter 1:

1 To Theophilus, the lover of God.

I write to you again, my dear friend, to give you further details about the life of our Lord Jesus and all the things that He did and taught.

2 Just before He ascended into heaven, He left instructions for the apostles he had chosen by the Holy Spirit. 3 After the sufferings of his cross, Jesus appeared alive many times to these same apostles over a forty-day period. Jesus proved to them with many convincing signs that He had been resurrected.

During these encounters, He taught them the truths of GOD’S Kingdom realm 4 and shared meals with them.

Jesus instructed them, “Don’t leave Jerusalem, but wait here until you receive the gift I told you about, the gift THE FATHER has promised. 5 For John baptized you in water, but in a few days from now you will be baptized in The Holy Spirit!”

6 Every time they were gathered together, they asked Jesus, “Lord, is it the time now for You to free Israel and restore our kingdom?”

7 He answered, “The Father is the one who sets the fixed dates and the times of their fulfillment. You are not permitted to know the timing of all that he has prepared by his own authority. 8 But I promise you this—The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be My messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces—even to the remotest places on earth!”

The disciples repeatedly asked Jesus about timing and Jesus firmly responded that He wasn’t to answer that question.  Spreading the Gospel is the priority and their mandate was to act, not sit around waiting for some watch date they kept seeking.

In just fifty days after Jesus teaching Peter about FATHER’S Kingdom, he was empowered by The Holy Spirit to be fruitful for the Kingdom’s sake.  Forty days of pure instruction by Jesus and the baptism of The Holy Spirit produced the results.  Let this simple Truth provide each of us encouragement as we expect to walk in full maturity as Sons and Daughters!

We must adhere to The Word.  This Gospel unveils a continual revelation of GOD’S righteousness— a perfect righteousness given to us when we believe. And it moves us from receiving life through faith, to the power of living by faith. This is what the Scripture means when it says: “We are right with God through life-giving faith!”

The Power of GOD is founds in Its simplicity and this is why that a person’s intelligence does not define his or her ability to walk in the power of The Holy Spirit.  No one can claim ignorance of The Gospel as Paul wrote in Romans chapter 1:

20 Opposition to Truth cannot be excused on the basis of ignorance, because from the creation of the world, the invisible qualities of GOD’S nature have been made visible, such as his eternal power and transcendence. HE has made his wonderful attributes easily perceived, for seeing the visible makes us understand the invisible. So then, this leaves everyone without excuse.

21 Throughout human history the fingerprints of GOD were upon them, yet they refused to honor him as GOD or even be thankful for HIS kindness. Instead, they entertained corrupt and foolish thoughts about what GOD was like. This left them with nothing but misguided hearts, steeped in moral darkness. 22 Although claiming to be super-intelligent, they were in fact shallow fools. 23 For only a fool would trade the unfading splendor of the immortal GOD to worship the fading image of other humans, idols made to look like people, animals, birds, and even creeping reptiles!

The “super intelligent” are trying to convince us to accept their mandates because of the current chaos when in fact they caused the chaos.  Men create problems among the population so that they can fix the problems and then be exalted by the masses.  Men manipulate genetics without perfect knowledge resulting in the population suffering from the tampering.  The root of genetic tampering is greed.  These men think they have greater intelligence than FATHER’S Divine Intent which created the genetics of all life in the first place.  Unbelievable!  Wait, it doesn’t stop there.  The Holy Spirit further reveals to us through His vessel Paul:

24 This is why GOD lifted off HIS restraining Hand and let them have full expression of their sinful and shameful desires. They were given over to moral depravity, dishonoring their bodies by sexual perversion among themselves— 25 all because they traded the Truth of GOD for a lie. They worshiped and served the things GOD made rather than the GOD who made all things—glory and praises to him for eternity of eternities!] Amen!

26–27 For this reason GOD gave them over to their own disgraceful and vile passions. Enflamed with lust for one another, men and women ignored the natural order and exchanged normal sexual relations for homosexuality. Women engaged in lesbian conduct, and men committed shameful acts with men, receiving in themselves the due penalty for their deviation.

It is reported that in 2016, there were 623,471 abortions in the U.S.  As of yesterday, there were 90,113 deaths attributed to the coronavirus.  I suspect this number is inflated by including those with preconditions which were close to death already.  Which cause of death is worse?  What is New York doing to reduce abortions in their state?  Over 28% of the coronavirus deaths came from New York. 

Lust of the flesh has a serious toll.  Think about it!  It is time for repentance to sweep across this country as well as the rest of the world.  Do you think FATHER WHO knew all the babies before they were formed in the womb is simply looking the other way?  Has HE lifted HIS restraining hand?  Can you expect me to be silent when it is so clear that repentance is absolutely necessary?

Would anyone believe that countries could literally be shut down in 90 days preventing people from worshiping and fellowshipping in their respective churches?  Can it be any clearer that the devil’s attempt to prevent the Great Awakening is being implemented in final desperation? 

King Herod killed huge numbers of children in an attempt to keep the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ from occurring.  Herod failed just as the nefarious people who are behind the current chaos will fail.  They will be exposed as instruments of the adversary and the masses will get the opportunity to see Truth firsthand.

The Holy Spirit’s Words are timeless and They will come to pass now as They did when first written.  Corrective judgment is at hand and those who are led by The Holy Spirit will rise up and declare THE ALMIGHTY GOD so there will be no question of Absolute Truth as It towers over the global chaos in the sea of humanity.  We will look back at these events as another failed attempt to suppress The Gospel.

A Beloved Sister shared the following video. It contains many confirmations to what FATHER has been telling me lately:

Accountability is coming and our focus must be turned from inward to outward.  We must quit focusing on what the world is doing and turn to the priorities of Our Heavenly Father.  Jesus provided the example we are meant to follow when He was asked about the “prophetic”.

In Acts chapter 1, Jesus instructed the disciples:

1 To Theophilus, the lover of GOD.

I write to you again, my dear friend, to give you further details about the life of our Lord Jesus and all the things that He did and taught.

2 Just before He ascended into Heaven, He left instructions for the apostles He had chosen by the Holy Spirit. 3 After the sufferings of his cross, Jesus appeared alive many times to these same apostles over a forty-day period. Jesus proved to them with many convincing signs that He had been resurrected.

During these encounters, he taught them the truths of God’s kingdom realm 4 and shared meals with them.

Jesus instructed them, “Don’t leave Jerusalem, but wait here until you receive the gift I told you about, the gift the Father has promised. 5 For John baptized you in water, but in a few days from now you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit!”

6 Every time they were gathered together, they asked Jesus, “Lord, is it the time now for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?”

7 He answered, “The Father is the One who sets the fixed dates and the times of their fulfillment. You are not permitted to know the timing of all that HE has prepared by HIS own authority. 8 But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be My messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces—even to the remotest places on earth!”

The disciples wanted to pursue the “prophetic” and Jesus directed them back to their mission- spread the Gospel.  Over the years, I spent much time focused on the “prophetic” at the expense of spreading the Gospel.  Men’s souls are tweaked when prophecy teachers paint a detailed picture of what is imminent in world events. 

When their prophecies fail to occur, the prophecy teachers rationalize why their prophecies didn’t manifest, using also sorts of excuses.  For example, the fifteen year delay of Hezekiah’s death found in 2 Kings chapter 20 is applied to various dates prophesied by the teachers.  If The Holy Spirit gave them the dates of deliverance and/or destruction, why didn’t it manifest?  In the meantime, sinners continued their life without the salvation message which could have been given by those focused on their own agenda.  Over the last fifty years, I have heard a multitude of excuses why their prophecies did not come to pass but people still follow them.

Jesus effectively told the disciples “Focus on the current mandate of bringing The Kingdom to the earth and don’t worry about the future”.  We are to spread the Gospel in some form or fashion.  When we give to the poor, we spread the Gospel by our acts of Love.  When we express faith and hope, we spread the Gospel.  When we share the Good News, we are planting seed.

Can you or I affect the world events to coerce them into fitting into a prophecy so that we are exalted among the brethren?  We will all be accountable for the words we speak and the intent we project by our words and actions.  Repent and focus on spreading the Gospel for this will be pleasing to Our Lord Jesus whose instructions are still in effect.  Once the Gospel has been fully preached throughout the earth, then the end of the age will come.  Actually, spreading the Gospel is prophetic isn’t it!

This writing may be new to some but serves as a reminder to others.  One of the biggest issues Sons and Daughters deal with is the full assurance that their past has not been a waste of time causing guilt and regret.  Are you and I focused on “missed opportunities” of the past when we should forget them and focus on the here and now?  Am I focused too much on my age because the world says I am past my prime?  Who determines my “prime” and my ministry?

It is recorded by Moses, moved by The Holy Spirit of Glory, in Exodus chapter 7:

1 So the LORD said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land. 3 And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 But Pharaoh will not heed you, so that I may lay My hand on Egypt and bring My armies and My people, the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them.”

6 Then Moses and Aaron did so; just as the LORD commanded them, so they did. 7 And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.

Was the first eighty years of Moses’ life a waste?  What about Aaron?  No, both were being prepared for their specific ministries even though Moses had been content with tending sheep:  (Exodus 3: 1) Moses was tending the flock of Jethro when FATHER appeared in the burning bush.

Now is the time to embrace our individual callings and jettison the past.  We need to allow The Holy Spirit to energize each of us and embrace the here and now.  Quit looking at the circumstances and look into the “Burning Bush”, be devoted!

Peter wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2 Peter chapter 1:

5 So devote yourselves to lavishly supplementing your faith with goodness,

and to goodness add understanding,

6 and to understanding add the strength of self-control,

and to self-control add patient endurance,

and to patient endurance add godliness,

7 and to godliness add mercy toward your brothers and sisters,

and to mercy toward others add unending love.

8 Since these virtues are already planted deep within, and you possess them in abundant supply, they will keep you from being inactive or fruitless in your pursuit of knowing Jesus Christ more intimately. 9 But if anyone lacks these things, he is blind, constantly closing his eyes to the mysteries of our faith, and forgetting his innocence—for his past sins have been washed away.

10 For this reason, beloved ones, be eager to confirm and validate that God has invited you to salvation and claimed you as his own. If you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 As a result, the Kingdom’s gates will open wide to you as GOD choreographs your triumphant entrance into the Eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

This writing is exploding on the inside of me and let it do the same for you.  FATHER will not allow us to stumble for HE has provided and deposited everything we need to fulfill our callings.  Some of those virtues have been lying dormant and it is time to water them with The Word above and expect them to spring forth quickly with full assurance.  We will not stumble thus we cannot fail!

You need to reread this writing until your spirit leaps with joy unspeakable.