“DO YOU LONG FOR THE REST OF GOD?”

By Mary Lindow

“ All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.”
Psalm 38:9

I HAVE A DEEP STIRRING IN MY SPIRIT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT AS I WRITE THIS MESSAGE.
The Lord is revealing a sound in the earth coming from the hearts and deep cries of so many of His people right now.
Perhaps it might even be your as you read. There is a cry of hunger for His sure, safe, presence in difficult times and in
changing times.


A NEED FOR DEEP REST
The world and it's voices of influence, humanistic subtleties, and constant technology and it's sounds, bring about an
overload of weariness to all people, and there is a greater need for a place of rest for the warriors of truth who are very
aware of the pressures that have not stopped mounting for many years now.


DO YOU CRAVE THE SECRET REST OF GOD?
That intimate “you and Him” time? Not just the basic devotional readings or corporate worship and prayer gatherings. I
mean that “place” or room or location to go where you can wrestle, cry, wait, and listen. To rest in the arms of Peace.


IT IS A GOOD THING TO CRAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD!
Look at what the word craving means!

CRAVING

1: to ask for earnestly
2 a: to want greatly
2b: to yearn
3: an intense, urgent, or peculiar desire or longing


THESAURUS DEFINITIONS


Passion
Yearning
Desire
Appetite
Hunger
Hankering
Thirst
Longing


THERE IS MUCH TREACHERY OCCURRING IN THE EVIL PLANS OF DARKNESS
AND THE PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE BY IT THESE DAYS.
It can bring a real sense of despair, broken heartedness and shock when you encounter this type of thing and when it
attempts to destroy your hope and confidence in what the Lord Jesus has set you apart for to express in His Power and in
His name.


DELAYS DELAYS DELAYS!
I don't know fully why it seems as if good people who are sincere and pure hearted seem to go through so much
persecution and repeated difficulty.

"My soul faints with longing for your rescue,
but I have put my hope in your word."
Psalm 119:81


COURAGE FROM THE ONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT YOUR LONGING
"LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them."
Psalm 10:17

What is this verse saying to you and I right now?
It is saying that the Lord HIMSELF will encourage us!
That is why we must continue to fight for that place of Divine “sanctuary!”

That “get away from it all” place of craving and longing for His comfort. He knows our hurt, our loneliness, our scorched
and heart torn issues! He understands how agonizing and bled out we can get when it seems as if battle after battle we
begin to wonder if something might be wrong with us!

“Hope delayed makes the heart sick,
but when dreams come true,
there is life and joy.”
Proverbs 13:12 (NAT)


NOTHING CAN SATISFY DRY LIPS LIKE WATER!
We are in a time where no persons opinions, no one’s books no one’s podcasts are going to satisfy that craving, that need
for a thirst quenching drink of companionship with God.

We long to hear words from someone that tell us everything is going to be all right! That our children will be safe, our
homes protected, our basic needs provided! And yet! Nothing “out there” satisfies us fully!


You see Dear Beloved one…


THIS IS THE SEASON OF GREAT HUNGER FOR A SIMPLE WALK WITH YOUR SAVIOR.
Only time spent with him like a dear dear friend will fill the gaping ache you have.
He will speak, He will comfort, and He will show you what is true and what is false in the days ahead if you will return to
that Place of companionship with Him. Away from the opinions of men and the noise of this life.

“Every word you give me is a miracle word-
how could I help but obey?

Break open your words, let the light shine out,
let ordinary people see the meaning.

Mouth open and panting,
I wanted your commands more than anything.

Turn my way, look kindly on me,
as you always do to those who personally love you.”
Psalm 119:129-131 (The Message)


"A WORD OF PROPHECY"
“ Order you days first in My Presence, and watch the desires of your heart be fulfilled. Man and his council will always fall
short of the full truth of My Wisdom. I have blueprints and a Master plan for so many things yet to build upon in your life.

Come. Let us walk again together.

You are the temple, the house of my Holy Spirit. I desire to build you up in spiritual strength as you walk in prayer and
conversations WITH Me, not TO Me!

I will fulfill your longing for peace and direction as you step up again into a heavenly trust and rest.

People will change, man will fail you, friends will turn hard and cold if they are not seeking My Voice above the clamor of
the day. And you My child will fail others, if you listen to your own voice of reason and intelligence. As you turn to Me, you
will see My compassion poured out upon you and you will then have My power of pure godly compassion and grace to
pour out on others. You will see the anguish that they are enduring through my eyes, not through your own perceptions or
lack of merciful compassion.

Shake yourself! Waken you soul with the truth! Shake off presumption and the reasonings from your soul that justify your
lack of empathy and hardened heart. If you show mercy, I will see, and in your time if need for surley it will come to all,
Mercy will be shown to you.

I too, long for you as well! Seek Me - with all of your heart, your longings, your heartaches, your dreams, and I will be
there with arms of strength to rescue you from despair.”

“You will seek me and find me
when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13


“The LORD is good to those, whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him.”
Lamentations 3:25


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"THIS LONG SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING"

by Mary Lindow

Are you in a place where you risk laying down what might cost you your
past history and which will create a new and fresh beginning in the walk of
the saint on earth?

ARE YOU YEARNING FOR REFRESHING FROM THE HEART OF GOD THE
FATHER?

Sadly, many choose to return to the safe place of familiarity and control
to gain perspective, and lose the joy set before them.

THE FATHER IS WATCHING THOSE WHO ARE NOT CREATING AGENDAS
AND PROGRAMS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE AN "EDGE" DURING THIS LONG
SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING.

He is allowing the breaking and "coming to the end of ones' self" to
continue. Few have stepped over the line into the abandonment He desires
from those who claim that their lives are for His use.

IN THIS CRUCIAL HOUR
Yes… Right now even as you read and contemplate, the Lord is not
requiring acts of greatness and profound gatherings to bring glory to His
plans. The Lord Jesus says these words to those who will choose hear:

"THE SACRIFICE I WANT IS A BROKEN SPIRIT.
A BROKEN AND REPENTANT HEART,
THIS MY BRIDE, I WILL NOT DESPISE.
(PSALM 51:17)

WHAT IS IT THAT JESUS REALLY WANTS FROM US? REALLY?
The obedience to do the simple, and often at times, mundane acts of
“silencing our fleshly need for action and comfort."

JESUS REQUIRES THOSE WHO WOULD BE HIS FOLLOWERS TO A RADICAL
DEVOTION AND AN EVEN MORE RADICAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD.

His followers must be meek,(this does not mean weak)
Must not retaliate,
Must go beyond the Word of God’s “rules and regulations”
And instead, understand its spirit.
They must do what is right when only God is looking,
Must depend on God for their needs,
And pursue His interests rather than their own.

HIS DEVOTED FOLLOWERS MUST LEAVE SPIRITUAL MEASUREMENTS
OF OTHERS' HEARTS AND ACTIONS, “SEEMINGLY GOOD OR BAD”
- TO GOD.

In short, true people of The Kingdom live for God, not for themselves.

"ARE YOU IN AN “UNCOMFORTABLE” SEASON BECAUSE
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO WALK THE NARROW PATH?

"But small is the gate
and narrow the path that leads to life,
And only a few find it."
Matthew 7:14

THIS IS THE AGONY THAT TURNS INTO A GODLY CONTENTMENT!
When we fully realize that only God the Father can be the full and well
trusted Redeemer and Rescuer in all of our life situations right now, at this
moment, in this time of pruning and trimming away of the things we cling
to that bring a temporary band-aid to a deeper issue! Learning to trust and
know that God is truly, truly FOR us.

So Fear not!
He is dealing with the hearts of those who still cling to hidden control over
their brothers and sisters.

HE IS PROBING EACH HEART WHO CALLS HIM LORD!
He is allowing a spiritual discontentment and a holy frustration to stir up
all unsatisfied and unfulfilled hearts until they begin to wail out loud,
”How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?”
Psalm 13:1

THE LORD IS TRAINING US!
And if you wonder why there is such a limited level of joy and rest in your
heart, it is because until you have a heart that is broken and repentant for
assuming you are allowed to call the shots in your decision making in this
life, He will not expose you to His full measure of Glory!

Psalm 19:13 (CEV)
”Don't let me do wrong on purpose, Lord,
Or let sin have control over my life.
Then I will be innocent, and not guilty of some terrible fault.”

IT IS TRUE THAT THE KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE TO US ONLY
BY GRACE THROUGH TRUST.

But! Genuine faith (trust) means genuinely embracing and yielding to God's
supremacy, not simply acknowledging it and then passing it by as if it did
not exist.

The Kingdom is a supreme treasure, not just a nice “prize”, and those who
really believe this, will sacrifice everything else in their lives for its agenda.

Professed Christians who crave worldly wealth and position but are not
nearly as excited and consumed with the advancing of God's kingdom,
really need to take a brutal and laser piercing look at the true state of their
souls.

If you hear more talk of someone’s ministry title, mission statement
or the things that God has let them acquire, rather than the
stories of God’s redemption, salvation, and mercy, you will have
witnessed the “kingdom of selfish ambition” in the name of the Lord,
but most certainly not the Kingdom of God.
After all the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink
[one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a
person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 (Amplified Bible)

When we preach that people who simply “pray a prayer” will automatically
be saved from hell regardless of whether they truly commit their lives to
Christ and commit to trust that He is saving them from sin (from
selfishness, from going their way instead of his), we preach a message
other than the one our Lord has taught us.

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this
inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who
confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."

Romans 10:9 (CEV
So you will be saved, if you honestly say,
"Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart
that God raised him from death.

ONCE WE OBEY…HE WILL RETURN WITH HIS FRESH AND SWEET JOY!

Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—
Now let me rejoice.
Psalm 51:8

IT IS AN INTENSE STRUGGLE TO CHOOSE TO BE EXPOSED BEFORE GOD!
But the delight of allowing nothing of the soul to influence your decisions
when the Lord speaks and gives command far outweighs this present
suffering between spirit and flesh!

If you put yourself above others, you will be put down.
But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.
Matthew 23:12 (CEV)

MANY WHO ARE NOW HIDDEN AND YES, BEAT DOWN, TESTED, RIDICULED
AND SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN, WILL SHORTLY PASS THROUGH THE OPEN
DOORS OF FRESH OPPORTUNITIES…

…AND PATHWAYS OF TRUTH WILL LEAD THEM.
<br>He makes me strong again.
He leads me in the way of living right with Himself
Which brings honor to His name.
Psalm 23:3 (NLV)

THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SLOWLY ARISING FROM A HIDDEN PLACE
WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GROW IN WISDOM,
UNDERSTANDING, AND DYING TO SELF-LOVE…
…STAY THE COURSE!

”We are pressed on every side by troubles,
But we are not crushed and broken.
We are perplexed,
But we don't give up and quit.”
(2 Corinthians) 4:8

HE HIMSELF WILL BIND UP EVERYTHING BROKEN IN YOUR HEART,
YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR REPUTATION, WITH HIS OWN HAND,
AND HE WILL RESTORE YOUR JOY!

He heals the brokenhearted,
Binding up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3

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"DEEPER AND YET DEEPER STILL"

by Mary Lindow through the Holy Spirit

It will be an era like none other.
The setting forth of a new and fresh openness to God's supreme
directions.

A shaking off of youthful folly and petty “scrapping” over who

imparts the greatest message or anointing.

As the Lord continues to shake out and stir up the dross in the life of
each believer there will be a corresponding stirring again to deep repentance.
Believers will come out of their groggy existence and begin to allow the
deep purging and removal of fleshy perceptions about whom God has blessed
and whom God might use for his glory, and for His purposes.

Instead of well planned out speaking rosters for heavily and slickly
advertised conference invitations, there will continue to be spontaneous
and Divinely orchestrated gatherings throughout all nations.

It has already begun in several unannounced convocations.

It is being lit and ignited by the very hand of a Sovereign

and brilliantly strategic God.

Gatherings large and small, in halls, homes, and barns, have become a
focus of God's heart. He indeed has an agenda. It is to call the bride,
His beloved, the one He lavishly spent all of his life's blood upon,
to rise up from her slumber and be shaken and stirred to see that He is
beckoning her deeper and yet deeper still...
...to enter into a place of profound grace, mercy, and safety.

As the cry of repentance from dead works, and foolish masterminding of
plans and programs that only led the bride into morbid obesity, is stirred in the
hearts of those ailing and sickened by the results of such overindulgence, deeper
and deeper still will the Spirit of God draw his people into a communion of
body, spirit, and soul, with his plan and purpose.

Those that wait upon the Lord in their gatherings, in their brokenness, in
their humility, will begin to experience a hush of holiness falling upon their
gatherings. The hovering presence of the pleasure of God will invade and
permeate the hearts of those who have come simply to fellowship in the
power of His word and the presence of His Holiness.

THE WEIGHT OF HIS GLORY

This is not to be confused with what has been termed “The Anointing”

or “The Holy Spirit Falling Upon God’s People.”

Not a whisper, not a sound, not a song, nor a shout will be needed.

I have been in meetings the past year, while on ministry assignments or
as an attendee where believers who chose to enter into repentance and allowed
the “Dross work” of God to have full access to every
corner of their souls, where without warning or fanfare, weightiness
invaded the room, the conference, or the meeting halls.

It was as if a drenching tangible mass of warmth and comfort wrapped
itself around every human being present.
It mattered not whether they were youthful or stooped over in
the aging of their bodies.

The weight of the very glory and magnificence of the Supreme Being,
The Sovereign One was unmistakable.

Complicit stillness and sweetness flowed into and out of every soul
present. All who were sitting or standing in this weight of glory did not

need anyoneto tell them the phenomenon that transcended man's orchestration

was happening.

It did not last 5 minutes, 10 minutes, for 15 minutes. It came in waves
and beckoned with the mercy fragrance that only The Still Small Voice can
infuse a room with.

It seems that the more willing the hearts of those in these gatherings who
would simply sit in the weight of this glorious silence, the richer and
deeper the peace became.

And then again, the sweet song of the Lord would begin to sing out over
the people and the people would begin to sing out the sweet song of
repentance and devotion unto the Lord. It transcended ethnic backgrounds,

Deeper and yet deeper still His presence, His glory, His weightiness

would hover.

In one such meeting the waiting in His glory, in His presence, waiting
upon Him, lasted for 45 minutes. No one wanted to leave, and no one
had any personal formats, styles, preferences or agenda.

“Be still!” the Lord said.

“Be still and know.”

“That I am God!”

HEART WRENCHING REPENTANCE

“Repent, then,
And turn to God,
So that your sins may be wiped out,
That times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
Acts 3:19

There have been voices in the body of Christ crying out that she must
repent for her sluggishness, smugness, and presumption.
These voices will be amplified and multiplied throughout the year.

There will be required by the Lord, a setting apart in the heart of every
believer.

The call to separate the coarse and dry husks of chaff, suffocating the
grain of their lives, which was meant to be made into the bread of life so
that others may taste of true and sweet communion with the living God.

Deeper and deeper still will the call to shake off slumber, to once and for
all lay down the sins and arrogance that so the easily traps and ensnares

the life of the bride.

The life of each believer will be tested and the dross, the presumption,
and entitlement will be refined away in the lives of those who count
themselves as servants of Christ, not simply fans of Christ.

THE GREATER THE SURRENDER
THE GREATER THE INCREASE OF HIS GLORY

As each member of the body of Christ willingly steps in to the full scan of
the Holy Spirit's convicting radiance, a fresh awakening of the empowering courage
and strength of Christ as the glorious bridegroom will be brought to the forefront.

He will be the central focus and no longer will the bride lag behind in
adolescent drudgery and laziness.

Wave upon wave of adoration will be lifted up as a love sacrifice to the
Beloved One. And the weight of His glory will shake and rock religious agendas
until they crumble and strip off the need for the noise and glitter that has
cluttered and stifled the rightful honor due unto the King of glory.

When with deliberate consideration, the weight of God’s glory is given full
access to flow as it begins to invade and permeate, be prepared for
unbelievers who may be simply walking by a home gathering, a fellowship service, or
a conference, to be drawn into your gatherings as if wooed or summoned
by a fragrance or sound that they have had move them to go and seek out
where it was coming from. The Lord shall draw them and show them of His might,
His presence, and you shall lead them to Him…
… And they shall find salvation.

INSIGHT AND WARNING

Many are indeed standing in a difficult place, not knowing where to turn or
what to do, and will fall headlong into further disaster if they do not awaken
from the hardness of heart and spiritual presumption that have become
companions and corrupt habits.

Today you have heard His heart; you have heard His voice,
Harden not your heart, and instead quickly heed His voice.

Allow the shaking; willingly permit any condescension, elitism, control,
manipulation, cowardly blame shifting, hateful speech, competition,
anger, and vengeful and revengeful thoughts, to be once and for all
purged out of your soul!

Jump headlong into folly,

Or

Fall into the hands of the living breathing God.

“Take care, brethren,
That there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart
That falls away from the living God.”
Hebrews 3:12

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“Give instruction to a wise man,
And he will be still wiser,

Mentor a righteous man,
And he will increase his learning.”
~ Proverbs 9:9

"THE REAL PROOF OF YOUR PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION"

By the Holy Spirit through Mary Lindow

How blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust, And has not turned to the proud for worldly advise, Nor to those who lapse into tale bearing. Psalms 40:4

“My children. It is always amazing how people run to the proud and to the voices of false hope. As if these things they advise or promise might gain a place of security! You can only be blessed when you first come to ME! I never break my promises to You! NEVER! I use every opportunity in your life to train you to be an honest and humble guide to lead others to My way of success.

If you hear a man or woman boasting about too many great things that they have done, you will eventually find out that they are masters of manipulation and “embellished” liars. It’s all to make themselves look more powerful in your eyes. I do not deeply fellowship with this type of person. If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.

Deuteronomy 18:22 (NIV) I only share My keys and treasures of victory and success with those who do not peddle pride and do not posture for an audience. False humility is obvious to Me even when others cannot discern it. Trusting Me means to really believe that I AM all you need to have a vision and a future. Trust. Trust. Trust! Trust ME!” Be Quick To Listen,

Be Slow To Speak, Be Slow to get Angry. ~James 1:19 “The real proof of your personal transformation in Me is in evidence when you can practice the above verse without having to think about it too much! In order to truly be a voice for Me, one who cries out into the wilderness of other people’s lives, you must be able to hear My voice clearly! Speaking only what I tell you to speak, and to not REACT with anger when you have those who oppose My Voice, challenge you!

If you are suspicious of others motives and have secretly hidden the things of insecurity or entitlement in your own heart, you will be looking for a way to cast suspicion on others if you are the guilty presumptuous party of some wrongdoing. This opens a door to a hardness of heart, which allows the pride of life and love for position to blind you from a life of brokenness, and personal, private integrity.

Cleanliving creates a pure and clear conscious. “Keep me also from the sins I want to commit. May they not be my master. Then I will be without blame. I will not be guilty of any great sin against your word.” Psalm 19:13 (New International Reader's Version) I remained silent, like a lamb ready for slaughter! When My time to speak came, it changed eternity. It is finished! Father! Into Your hands I willingly turn over everything! My body, My soul, My spirit! Can you also turn all you hold dear in this life over to the Father? You will never be the same again! And you also will mark out a statement in eternity!” The Lord’s promises are pure.... Psalm 12:6a “I have no ulterior reasons to make a promise that has a hidden agenda! I am the spotless Lamb of God! All that I have ever promised to you and to those who love Me have always been with only good and blessing in mind! Purity has it’s own deep well of uniqueness to draw from. It looks for fairness for all. It only operates with absolute truthfulness. Purity is a value that never wears thin. When you minister to others, minister only from a pure motive to help, bless and restore. Impurity always shows up with self-promotion, intimidation and a pompous sense of personal power and personal vision. Purity. It is only a refined vessel that can walk in the power of this attribute!”

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While attending a gathering of believers who were hungry for a
deeper understanding of truly walking in the Lord’s presence, I
was shown a vision from the Lord while a teacher by the name of
Peter Stott from the United Kingdom was speaking in the main
session.

THE LORD SHOWED ME IN A SPIRITUAL SENSE,
A VISION …

…of the time that Elijah was hiding out under the juniper tree.
He was afraid, exhausted, and was really having a rough
conversation with God!
He had killed a bunch of false prophets with the sword, he had
commanded the rain to not fall for three years, and now, he was in
trouble with Jezebel who was coming to kill him! He was letting
God know that he had been a really good guy and had preached
and taught and obeyed God all this time, and now his life was
being threatened! He decided to tell God to just let him die. He
told God that he wasn't any better than the father's in the faith that
had gone on before him. (1 Kings 19:3-4)

THE LORD BEGAN TO SPEAK TO ME ABOUT THE WAY
ELIJAH RAN FROM RESPONSIBILITY…

…and even left his faithful friend and servant behind
to possibly suffer torture or even be killed! (I kings 19:3) This
servant had been sent before all of the depressed and angry actions
of Elijah took place, to go and look towards the sea one and seven
times. Eight times. On the seventh series of running and looking,
the servant saw a small cloud about the size of a man's hand.
Seven (7) biblically indicates the perfection of god. Eight (8)
indicates new beginnings. God truly perfected the promise of no
rain until the three years had been completed. And Elijah was
beginning a new prophetic season in the near future. One where he
would pass on his ministry to another to finish.

THIS IS WHERE THE LORD BEGAN TO GIVE ME
INSIGHT ABOUT THIS.

He impressed me with the words, "a cloud the size of a man's hand
was coming up from the sea." I asked the Lord, "what does this
mean for this season?" He impressed me with the thought that the
cloud although it appeared small, was moving towards dry land
with a purpose. The purpose of bringing a great rainstorm.

THERE WAS A MUCH-NEEDED BREAKTHROUGH FOR
REFRESHING AND REVIVAL TO COME TO A PARCHED
PEOPLE AND A DRY LAND.

And… a change was needed in the heart of God’s man.

THE HAND CONSISTS OF FIVE FINGERS.

The Lord spoke clearly about this. He said that, "although it looks
as if unity and mutual honor in the body of Christ and among
those in it who move in five fold ministry gifts, seems a long and
far way off, I will pull them together in the midst of a time when
evil spirits have taken hold of the hearts of God's people with fear,
passivity, and intentional disobedience, and will cause a great
storm to arise."

THIS WILL STIR UP A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
ANGER AND SELF-JUSTIFICATION AMONG THOSE
WHO HAVE BEEN POISONED BY SELF INDULGENCE
AND APATHY TOWARDS THE VOICE OF GOD!

Just like Jezebel was enraged. But, as the church grows closer and
closer to the promised season of harvest, God will not relent until
his people see him act with such strength that they will be
repentant and be delivered from their hardened and selfish hearts.

ELIJAH HAD AN ISSUE WITH HIDING
AND PROCRASTINATING.

This took place earlier than when the 1 Kings chapter 19:3-10
events took place! He hid by the brook Cherith and was fed by
angels and ravens after declaring that no rain would fall!

And...When that word came to pass...the previous provision of
God at the brook stopped being delivered and the brook dried up
due to a terrible famine and drought. Again. Elijah ends up in yet
another setting where there was little food and other people were
despairing of life. Yet...the Lord again provides sustenance and
fresh oil in a dry and parched setting.

Even though this glorious time of refreshing occurred and he
provisions for sustenance were miraculous...
…Elijah was again challenged and affronted by the woman whom
he had ministered to! Her son after a season had become ill and
died.
In Kings 17: 18 She said to Elijah, "what do you have against me,
man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my
son?"

ELIJAH WAS JUST GETTING IT FROM EVERYBODY
ON ALL SIDES!

He could never have a moments rest from all of the needs,
demands and cries of the people! He took the boy up to his room
and prayed to god, and the boy was raised up form the dead. A
most amazing miracle!

BUT MIRACLES DO NOT MAKE THE MAN
(OR WOMAN) OF GOD!
THE WILDERNESS DOES!

Basically, Elijah was holding God responsible for his situation and
had spent lot of time brooding and worrying over all of those
people who had been mean to him and didn't appreciate his hard
work! Elijah was also afraid that God would not protect him and
ultimately silence those that pursued him with threats and evil
intentions!

The Hebrew word for this juniper tree or bush that Elijah was
resting under is “rothem.” This was a shrub found everywhere in
southern Palestine. It had long slender branches with small leaves
and provided very poor shade or protection from the sun. And so it
goes with our man-made solutions from which we seek shelter,
refuge or solutions to our pain.

OUT OF EXHAUSTION, ELIJAH FELL ASLEEP.

God has ordained sleep and rest as necessary for our survival and
ability to function, so the Lord allowed a time of sleep before He
brought on the next phase of his provision for Elijah.

HOW AMAZING!
GOD REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE FRAIL.

He knows our make up and that we are but dust. He is fully aware
that we have material bodies that must be cared for, often, before
the spiritual part can function

(Ps. 103:14)
As a father has compassion on his children,
So the LORD has compassion on those who fear him;
For he knows how we are formed,
He remembers that we are dust.

BEFORE WE EXPECT TOO MUCH FROM OURSELVES…
…OR FROM OTHERS,

whom we are seeking to encourage with the word, let’s remember
this principle of the need FOR rest, and that sometimes the
physical needs to be cared for before spiritual events can occur.

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"I Am Building a Body of Faithful Believers"

By Mary Lindow

Ephesians 2:21
We who are believers are carefully joined together with Christ,
as parts of a beautiful constantly growing temple for God.

Who joins you together ever so carefully? It is Me!
The one who poured out all of My life’s ambitions and My own will for
you! I gather you together with others who will greatly influence
your Destiny in Me!

As I chisel and shape you as a living stone, you will learn through those
I place around you just how to blend into the “temple of unity” that I am
building with My Living Body of faithful believers.

You will always be in the process of building
as I continue My work in you, around you, and through you! Ever so
carefully Will I shape you and mold you into a vessel of My use.
A temple to fill with My Presence and glory!

“Oh that we might know the Lord!
Let us press on to know Him and surely He will respond to us!”
Hosea 6:3

Child, I do understand your longing to know me more!
It was built into you when you came to know Me as Lord and Master!
It is a Divine DNA that drives you to press on until you encounter Me
face to face!

Moses was also driven by this internal force. David, Deborah, Elijah!
All of them had a homing device inside of their spirit beings that cried
out for more of the relationship from heaven!

Never stop searching out My ways!
You will see Me move all of creation in order for you to know just how I
long to bless you, to encourage you and to perfect you!
Press On!
Press In !
I will respond!

“Hide yourselves in Me!

“But let all who take refuge in You be glad!
Let them forever sing for joy!
Spread your protection over them,
so that those who love Your name may rejoice in You! “
~Psalms 5:11

I hear your heartache and travail! I know your longings!
Quickly! Come and hide in My tower of refuge!

I Am the tower of safety!
Your tormenters are far below you when you are up high in My tower of
praise! Rise up higher and higher as you rejoice in My love! Enter into
My arms of protection!

You fear the things that must indeed fall down at My command!
Stop fretting and come into My arms of refuge and rest!

“You will inherit a double portion!” Isaiah 61:7
My Word says that My people will receive
a double portion of blessing instead of shame!

Instead of “dis-grace”, they will “re-joice” in their Inheritance!
They will inherit a “double portion” in their land!
Joy that lasts forever will be theirs!

I have planned to give you, My child, the best of all things and then,
to double it!
Even a joy that will last forever!
I will also double that!

Even though the pruning has been sorrowful
and yes, even painful, it has cut away the things that brought shame
and a cowardly heart from your life!

I take away dis-grace forever and cause you to re-joice forever!

The place you are living in, the land you are claiming for My kingdom?
I double the impact and double the moving of My mighty Hand of
Healing and Kingdom assets!

Receive the Double Portion of Blessing!

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THE “SECRET THINGS” OF PERSONAL RENEWAL

THE “SECRET THINGS” OF PERSONAL RENEWAL
By Mary Lindow

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I invite you to step out from the familiar comfort zone in which you now
are and take a risk.
In the body of Christ today there are many different kinds of comfort
zones. Step out from your comfort zone that leaves you in the place of
being a “Fallow ground- Christian.”
What I mean by that statement is – “being currently inactive but with the
possibility of activity or use in the future.”

THINK HONESTLY.

Are you living as unto yourself, basking in self-approval or self hatred, or
are you self-consciously living for God’s glory and for the encouragement
of others?

Is there joy in your life, and a deeply developing love for God, in the
“routine” you have carved for yourself?

We all need the discipline of doing something that goes beyond our
comfort zone. Some of us need to risk being at an event whose only
purpose is to pray instead of going to get something or hear something
that will feed our own need for more attention and self-focus.

How many times have your heard the line, “If I won the Publisher’s Clearing
House Sweepstakes, I would do sooooo much to help others who are poor
or are going through difficult times?!” Or, maybe you have said, “When I
close this business deal, get my family inheritance, sell that piece of
property (uh…brings to mind a certain Ananias and Sapphira from Acts 5)
then I will obey the prompting of the Lord to “Do something to help.”

If we are truly going have a move of God’s Heart not just His Hand in the
form of a “Harvest” we need to start living the lifestyle that sets a
precedence for such a move! Meaning? Prying our fingers away from what
we will not share with others until “we” are first satisfied and justified in
our own “Self preservation.” This does not just apply to material goods. It
means sharing from the heart humbly, partaking openly with others
allowing them in, and allowing tears to flow in vulnerability. These make
us equals in painful times and equal when we rejoice.

If folks can’t share during their good times and seasons of abundance,
they will not fully obey the Lord in caring for their brothers and sisters
when times are difficult.

SHARE WHAT?

Time, resources, wisdom, counsel, transparent dialog. And how about a
focused “Listening ear” instead of a benevolent sort of “tolerant” dead-pan
stare as someone pours out their deeply bruised soul, looking for a
handhold or foothold that will assist them in grappling with the
overwhelming “mountain” of life.

…For the LORD searches every heart
and understands every motive behind the thoughts.
If you seek him, you will find him;
but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever.
1 Chronicles 28:9

Woe to those who think they are fooling themselves when they say that
they “need to be careful” when they give so people don’t “depend on them
or expect more from them!

Imagine Jesus saying that! He would never withhold from us in order to
protect “His” investments or hard earned, worked to the bone assets! He
gave ALL with no guarantee that we would ever appreciate or value it.

Invite another family or friend to your home. Don’t wait to be invited. Take
the initiative. Eat together around the table in your dining room or kitchen.
Talk together. Pray together. Start a plan of blessing someone in need that
you know of - together.

DO YOU HEAR VOICES?

Stop the mindless chattering that is allowed in most of our self-talking
heads that allows the flesh to push aside the promptings of the Lord!
Times are getting tough, and those who have been reluctant to share when
the times were not nearly where they are heading now, will be called up for
service again, and asked by the Lord to assist those who
are perhaps weaker, lesser, and much “leaner” in their provisions.

Start with something small, something useful. Keep it going. And whatever
you do, keep it between you and the Lord, where your reward is given
weight in the records in heaven for eternity, not just for a few fleeting
strokes of the ego here on earth.

THE “PRIVATE THINGS” OF PERSONAL RENEWAL EXPOSED!

Begin a private life of personal devotion. Rediscover your prayer closet.

”Very early in the morning, while it was still dark,
Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place,
where he prayed.”
Mark 1:35

Gut it out with God. Confess your dissatisfaction with the stale places
where you have allowed “moss” to grow over in your devotion to the
discipline of Reading the words of Jesus, Heeding the words of Jesus, and
then Feeding the Words of Jesus to the hungry, lost, and scared people
around you in your daily “Missionary calling” as a follower of the Great
Reviver of your soul.

Isaiah 57:15
For this is what the high and lofty One says—
He who lives forever, whose name is holy:
"I live in a high and holy place,
but also with him who is contrite and lowly in spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.”

Personal revival is usually needed when something in our walk with the
Savior has gone into a “Flat line” and needs to be shocked back into a
proper heartbeat.

The closer we become devoted to and more intimate with The King, the
Comforter, and Savior, the more near He is to us and, will reveal His daily
“Divine Appointments” for our lives and for His Glory.

If Jesus did it to survive- so must we!

But Jesus would often go to some place where he could be alone and pray.
Luke 5:16

We NEED to be alone. Why? In order to not have the distraction of leaning
on someone else to “do the praying or talking” for us for one! We gain
perspective, and refreshing after repenting, and a “reality check” regarding
how we are to live the lifestyle of a Christian in an ever-darkening world
where morals and values are crumbling at an uncontrollable speed.

LET US SEE AND HEAR AND ACT!

As we face the fallow ground left unfruitful (through intentional denial that
we allowed this) in our lives and allow the Father to create a clean heart in
us, and renew or “Revive” a right spirit (godly attitude) within it, the soil
can be a host for seed and harvest.

He gladly does this! WE are His faith seeds in the soil of Earth!

Psalm 126:6
”He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow,
will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.”

”He restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”
Psalm 23:3

WISDOM FROM THE SPIRIT

If you want present day revelation, you must have a level of solid Christian
maturity to not only discern it, but to apply it. There are more and more
”Muddy” approaches regarding how to be wise or savvy in living your life,
being sold in bookstores and every media venue out there! If you want to
drink or eat re-cycled food…well, be my guest. BUT! If you truly desire
depth and a secure anchor for surviving and flourishing in any
circumstance that you surely will have attempt to sidetrack and undermine
your Godly Destiny, you and I will have to go to THE SOURCE of Wisdom
and stay there until we “Get it.”

1 Corinthians 2:6
”We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,
but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age,
who are coming to nothing.”

”But solid food is for the mature,
”which by constant use have trained themselves
”to distinguish good from evil.”
Hebrews 5:14

GIVE JESUS JOY

Romans 12:12
”Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

These are the attributes of the faithful and true follower of Christ. And as
Jesus watches over our coming and our going, every moment of every day,
His joy is made complete when He sees the evidence of a restored life
being fruitful and steadfast, no matter what the condition of their
circumstance or surroundings.

Believer. Let us press on into the walk of maturity in Christ where nothing
shakes or shatters us anymore, because we live in the light of His Glorious
Grace.

Ephesians 1:6 (New Living Translation)
”So we praise God for the glorious grace
he has poured out on us who belong to his dear Son.”

QUOTE FORM OSWALD CHAMBERS~

”Whenever we are obstinate and self-willed and set upon our own
ambitions, we are hurting Jesus. Every time we stand on our rights and
insist that this is what we intend to do, we are persecuting Jesus. Whenever
we stand on our dignity we systematically vex and grieve His Spirit; and
when the knowledge comes home that it is Jesus Whom we have been
persecuting all the time, it is the most crushing revelation there could be.”


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