In my word study of agape love today, the Lord arrested my soul and plunged me deeper into the infinite wonder of His love.  Lately I have been doing an in depth study of God’s agape love in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8.  I’ve been using the bible and Rick Renner’s book, Sparkling Gems From the Greek, 365 Greek Word Studies for Every Day of the Year To Sharpen Your Understanding of God’s Word.

I could camp out on agape love forever.  Holy Spirit has been gently guiding me into the ocean of God’s love through my journaling in a series called 30 Days to Breakthrough.  You can sign up for free at http://30-days-to-breakthrough.com.

Today’s focus was from 1 Corinthians 13:4,5: Love seeks not its own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil.  I am embarrassed to say that I had the thought to skip over this study.  I proudly thought: this doesn’t apply to me!  What would I learn from this?

Well… God knows the intents of our hearts.  Holy Spirit stopped me cold when Rick Renner was talking about how God doesn’t drag up your past before you all the time!  In fact, He forgave you (Psalm 103:3) and instead chooses to never remember it.  That got my mind reeling.  I recalled from Psalm 103:1,2: As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our sins from us.  I turned the page and there was that scripture.  I thanked Holy Spirit because that was a sign that He was working in my heart.

Renner was talking about how high-level agape love behaves.  It was like looking into a mirror of God’s perfect love through His Word.  When he got to 1 Cor 13:5… Thinketh no evil… God began to lovingly pierce my heart with truth!

Logidzomai is the Greek word for  “thinketh.” It is an accounting term better translated “to count or to reckon.” Literally it means to credit to someone’s account. Imagine a bookkeeper meticulously keeping accurate financial records, entering every debit and credit on the books.  Now imagine yourself as a spiritual bookkeeper when you have been offended.  Did you painstakingly store in your memory all the mistakes, faults, grievances, disappointments, failures, or perceived wrongdoings someone made against you?

This is when God’s conviction struck my heart.  I asked myself in horror: Am I “thinking evil” simply by remembering these offenses, real or perceived?  Am I keeping mental records of wrong just by remembering or talking about it over and over like a broken record?  When I so easily thought of others in this kind of behavior I could see myself.

I kept reading Psalm 103 again and again.  God’ agape love washed over me in its cleansing, healing power.  All I could do was cry and praise Him for His grace, loving kindness and mercy for me.  I realized the important thing to remember is that when evil thoughts do pop up in my thinking, I must be quick to repent and ask for forgiveness when I have ought against others.  I must keep short accounts.

I got a vision of God as a blanket falling from heaven.  He completely covered me so you couldn’t even see me.  He kept me from being exposed by all the ugliness and shame of my past sins because He thinks no evil of me.

His grace, love, mercy and forgiveness are so complete.  He chooses not to remember or even see me in the clothing ie: bonds, chains and effects of the wickedness and evil of my sins.  Instead He protects, loves, cherishes, and adores me in is perfection and love.  I picture His perfect love as a “supernatural rotor rooter” that roots and flushes out all the sin in our heart that does not line up with His Word.

I have been forgiven much.  It’s a debt I could never pay in full, but He did it freely and joyfully for me at His greatest cost through the life of His own blood.  Once my forgiven sins are under the blood of Jesus, I am separated from them forever.  I am so grateful as the reality of His agape love washes over me.

I want to be more like Jesus.  I am crying while pondering the wonder and magnitude of God’s love.  I think of the gift of His agape love that was shed abroad in my heart the moment I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior.  I am still, and will be forever unwrapping, understanding and embracing the fullness of His love for me and all mankind.

I cried for my loved ones and all those who have yet to accept Jesus’ free gift of grace, let alone begin to unwrap and embrace the wonder of it all.

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Dear Lord God, thank you for the blood of Jesus.  Help me to be like Him.  I choose to think no evil of others or myself.  I choose to forgive as I have been forgiven.  Help me to practice and spread Your agape love in Jesus name.  Amen

He has shown you, oh man, what is good;  And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?  (Micah 6:8).

#WFJ: Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!

Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  Hear Ye!  This is one nation under God and I am the God of this nation.  Cry out to Me, My people and I shall hear from heaven and answer you.

You will not lose your way if you keep your eyes on Me, for I am the way, the truth and the life.  This fine country was founded on My principles from My holy Word and it is what made it strong and free.  I came to set the captives free and to give sight to the blind.

True liberty in spirit, soul and body can be found only in Me.  I sent Jesus, My Word, to proclaim liberty to those in all kinds of bondages.  I came to heal all your diseases.  This country of these United States is in a state of dis-ease because it is divided and separated from Me.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.  Come back to Me.  Come back to My holy Word and be healed and made whole once again.  I am calling you from the White House to the church house to every house in this nation and all around the globe.  Come to Me and be restored and unified unto Me!  I am the God, King and Lord of ALL PEOPLE .  For I created all man and your peace and wholeness is found in Me alone, your true source.

Today is a significant day because it is a Day of National Prayer.  I have made every day a day of prayer because I have given you access to My throne of grace on a moment by moment basis.  However, honor me this day as so many of My appointed presidents ordered Me to be honored in the past.

If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.  (2 Chronicles 7:14).

To honor Me is to remember that it is in Me that you live and move and have your being, less you forget to honor your Creator and the One who gave you perfect liberty in My dear Son, Jesus the Christ, the Anointed One and His Anointing.

There is life only in the blood and Jesus shed His blood on the cross so all men can be free.  Many fine brave men and women have laid down their lives for their friends.  Freedom is not free.  There is an ultimate cost to be paid and Jesus paid it all.  So did those men and women throughout history who gave their lives so others might live.  They were following in the footsteps of the Savior.

I Am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end and everything in between.  I Am omniscient and omnipresent and I am everywhere at once.  I am with you but foolish is the man who decides to depart from Me and My way.  That is the way of death and separation from all that is good and right.

Foolish is the man or woman who departs from Me and takes Me out of the schoolhouse, or church house or any house because I am the foundation and chief cornerstone.  I Am the chief architect of life so why do some take Me out of the equation of any facet of life and order?  It shall not go well for the likes of these for I Am a God of justice and order and I will have My way.  So return to Me, and come under My perfect law of liberty and justice for all.

Fight the good fight of faith and do not give up on Me and My Way because I never give up on you.  Do not remain silent and do not let go of My holy standard of righteousness found only in Jesus.  Stand for what is right, pure and holy.  Stand for Me.   I will never forsake or leave you.

Humble yourself before Me and ask for forgiveness for going your own way.  Come unto Me and release My mighty right hand to move on your behalf.  Honor Me and I will surely honor you.  There is no other way to true peace for I Am the Prince of Peace.  I Am a jealous God and I will have no other Gods before Me.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem for they are My chosen people.  To come against them and their land is to come against the Most High God.  Any kind of assault on them is an attack on Me and I will strike back to bring order and justice in the high court of heaven, the supreme law of all people and domains.

Return to Me with your whole hearts and serve Me in the fullness of your spirit, soul, and body that it may go well with you.  I love you,  My children of the world.  Stay connected to My heart through prayer and I will surely bring you home safely to rule and reign with Me now and forevermore.

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.  (John 14:27)

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”

http://Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Father God, may we, as Your people, come before You this day and every day to humble ourselves before You and ask Your forgiveness for going our own separate way.  Thank You for Your amazing grace that brings us into right relationship with you through Jesus, that it may go well with us all the days of our eternal existence.  Amen.

Abiding.  That’s where I want all My children to be – abiding in Me for eternity.  I Am the Resurrection and the Life.  With Me and through Me there is no death.  I overcame that great and last enemy for only I have that kind of omniscient power.

I Am the Lamb of God and I came to lay down My life for My flock.  I took on the sins of the world in order to restore My children back to the Father so we may dwell as one family in total peace, unity and love.  That is what My love did for humanity when they were cut off from Me because of their sin.

I paid the price once and for all.  It is finished.  I made the way because I Am the Way and all who follow Me shall not perish but have everlasting life.  This is what the cross is all about.  This is what Resurrection Sunday is all about – to remember and celebrate what I did for all people, but all people have not acknowledged Me as Lord of lords and King of Kings.

For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  (John 3:16).

I don’t want to lose a one or see any perish but many are deceived and do not know or see the truth because they are blinded by the lies of the enemy from whom I took back the keys of death, hell and the grave.  This is all the devil and his following princes and powers of darkness have to offer.

I offer abundant life.  I make all things new.  I Am the Redeemer and only I can offer that kind of hope that overcomes all the trials and tribulations you will have in this life.  My Word said you would have them but I also said that through Me you would be overcomers through the blood of the Lamb and I keep My Word.  I am faithful to keep My promises because I Am a God of covenant.  I paid the greatest cost to make and keep this covenant.  I paid the full price of My dear Son’s blood.  He was the only one that was eligible to pay the price because He was perfectly spotless and sinless.

What Jesus died for on the cross stands for all eternity because I Am an eternal God and I stand outside of time.  I exist in eternity past, present and future.  This means that I Am.  I Am the same yesterday, today and forever and so is My covenant.  I didn’t just die for those in the past but for those today and tomorrow.  I died for all your circumstances now that seem hopeless.  Only I can turn things around and bring new life.  What is required is that you believe Me.  I already did the hard part and I am just inviting you to believe and agree with Me so I can bring them to pass for you now.

Take this day, Good Friday, to be still and somber and reflect on My Son’s sacrifice on the cross for you.  Every lash He took on His back was for you and covers every sin, sickness, and disease known to man.  It covers it all.  He took the beatings, scourging, ridicule, shame, and abuse for you so you wouldn’t have to.  As excruciating and unbelievable as all that pain was, that was not the worst of it.  The worst of it was when My Son and I were separated for the first time in our lives.  Sin had to come between us to pay the price.  Jesus who knew no sin became sin for you and was ripped away from My presence.  There is no greater love than that but He was willing to pay that ultimate price for you.

He did it for the joy of knowing He would see all who would believe their sins were forgiven and come into the Kingdom of God for eternity.  That’s what I want you to set your eyes on now whether you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior or have already received Him in your heart as such.  All who call on the name of Jesus shall be saved.

Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.  (Hebrews 12:2).

If you are one who is outside My family I invite you now to simply say a prayer from your heart and tell Jesus you accept Him into your heart by faith.  Receive Him as your personal Lord and Savior and believe that you are saved.  Welcome into My family!  Just know that there is taking place right now the greatest celebration in heaven because your name has been added to My book of life.

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  (Romans 10:10,11).

Tell someone what you have done as a testimony of My goodness and love.  Start reading My holy Word, the bible, so you can find out everything that is in My covenant for you.  Discover all My promises for you that I keep. Purpose in your heart to keep growing in the knowledge and truth of who I Am and what I have done and never stop doing for you because I love you with an everlasting love.

Find others who are of the faith and fellowship with them so you can be encouraged and continue to grow in your relationship with Me.  Always remember that I never leave or forsake you and that I am always with you for one of My names in Immanuel which means God with you.  I love you, My child.  Take pleasure in the joy of your Lord for you are mine and I am yours.

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”
The bellows of God

http://Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Thank you, Father God, for sending Jesus to die on the cross for my sins so I could be reconciled back into perfect fellowship with you for all eternity.  I am so grateful and I give you all praise, honor and glory because you are so worthy.  I love you and bless you in the matchless name of Jesus.  Amen.

In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.  (John 16:33).

As we keep our eyes and hearts on Jesus and the Word of God, we ARE EMPOWERED to victoriously function in this world even though we are not of this world.  We are called to come up to a higher level of existence and abundance abiding in Christ, the anointed One and His anointing.  We are the resurrected ones in Christ.  It’s time to demonstrate that we are the sons of God so others may be led to have their citizenship changed when they are translated into the Kingdom of Light where there is no darkness and evil.   Hallelujah and praise God.

In my quiet time I was reflecting on my first Seder meal in a home church group.  A Seder is a Jewish home or community service including a ceremonial dinner held on the first evening of the Passover in commemoration of the exodus from Egypt.  It was very meaningful and significant to me.  After thanking the Lord He spoke this very sweet word about the Passover Lamb.

#WFJ: Come and Celebrate the Passover Lamb of God.

Passover Lamb – I Am the Passover Lamb.  Thank you for taking the time to remember what I did for all people.  I came to set all the captives free from death, hell and the grave to live a glorious and liberated existence with Me in the family of God.

I Am the cup that runneth over with My love and mercy which is great enough unto salvation.  This is a holy time.  I desire people of every tongue tribe and nation to pause and consider the greatness of who I Am when I sent My Passover Lamb to suffer and die on a cross.  This was My Beloved Son who was spotless and without guilt from any sin.  I gave Him up for all people I created so they could be free and cleansed from all the sin, guilt, shame and weightiness of all that weighs them down and separates them from intimate fellowship with Me.

I created My children for intimacy so they could be with Me and we could enjoy each others company with nothing in between us hindering that freedom to love freely.  The darkness and fruit of sin came between Me and My people and blocked the brilliance of My light.  But I Am the Light of the world and no darkness can overcome Me nor can it overshadow Me.

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.  (John 1:4,5).

I sent My Son Jesus into a darkened world infested with sin that was freely chosen by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.  All of these things opposed My goodness and the freedom and joy it would bring, so I had to send My Lamb as a guilt sacrifice to set My people free.  No parent likes or relishes seeing their child suffer or hurting for any reason.

My ways are greater than man’s ways and man does not think or see like Me.  I am timeless and eternal.  I live outside of the boundaries of time and I see the end from the beginning.  I knew when I gave man a free choice that he would wander off and choose his own way, to his own detriment.  But I am a God of great love and patience so I made a plan before the foundation that would make a way for My children to come back to Me.  My way called for great obedience and suffering on Jesus’ behalf but He was willing even unto His own pain, suffering and literal death.

The most painful thing for both of us was to be separated from our perfect unity with each other.  My Son took on the sins of the world He never partook of Himself but He took them on freely because it was what I required as justice and payment for sin.

There can be no remission of sin without the blood.  He loved Me that much to obey Me because We loved the world that much to provide a way of escape and deliverance back into My presence with a clean and pure heart for eternity.  This was our eternal blood covenant of love for all mankind.

And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.  (Hebrews (9:22).

Jesus is the same yesterday today and forever.  He is the door and He is always open to a heart who is turned towards Him.  Jesus is the life and the resurrection.  Come, all you who need everlasting peace in your heart and freedom from your bondage.

As you approach this Resurrection Sunday be mindful of My holiness.  Tell others about My great love and resurrection power.  Ask them if they know Jesus.  Tell them I am waiting at the door to their heart to be invited in and to break bread with them intimately all the days of their existence.  I broke My own bread, Jesus, the Bread of Life, and I am offering it to all those who will come and receive Me into their hearts.  Do not forsake the assembling of yourselves in My presence.  Invite others to come and be where I Am is in the holy temples of My people all over this universe.

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the matter of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:24,25).

Come and celebrate my glorious Resurrection celebration, for Jesus is the risen Lord of Lords and King of Kings.  Come, My children, and partake of My love and great celebration of life everlasting.

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”
The bellows of God

Prayer Power

We give you all honor, glory, and thanksgiving, Father God, for sending your beloved Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God, to die on a cross for our sins so we could be cleansed, forgiven and set free to live a resurrected life in Christ forevermore.  Thank you for the joy and privilege of such unspeakable love and intimacy with you in the matchless name of Jesus  Amen.

I woke up at the crack of dawn today on Christmas morning and grabbed my journal first thing so I could wish Jesus a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I started pouring out my love and thanksgiving in writing for who He is and for all He has done for me! We had a special time together. I was basking in the love of my heavenly Father!

After I finished writing, Jesus shared what was in His heart for the world and all of His beloved creation and I wrote it down. This is the ” Word From Jesus” I received for all you people of the world. RECEIVE IT WITH JOY AND THANKSGIVING IN YOUR HEART! THE FATHER TRULY LOVES YOU!

WFJ: COME HOME MY CHILDREN – I AM THROWING A PARTY!

Good morning, My child! Thank you for greeting Me first thing and for wishing Me a HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I appreciate it.

I AM HAVING THE BIGGEST BIRTHDAY PARTY IN THE WORLD! I AM VISITING MY PEOPLE TODAY AND THEY WILL BE AWARE OF MY PRESENCE. I AM DRAWING PEOPLE TO MYELF. I AM MOVING IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND PEOPLE WILL NOTICE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND UNUSUAL.

MY ANGELIC HOST IS MOVING THROUGHOUT THE EARTH TO CHANGE SOMETHING IN THE ATMOSPHERE! PEOPLE WILL SIT UP AND TAKE NOTICE! PEOPLE’S SPIRITS WILL TAKE NOTICE AND KNOW SOMETHING UNUSUAL IS HAPPENING.

I AM SENDING MY ANGEL BREAKTHROUGH TO VISIT THIS LAND. I AM HAVING MY ANGELIC HOST STIR THE ATMOSPHERE TO SHAKE SOME THINGS LOOSE AND OFF OF PEOPLE SO THEY CAN MAKE ROOM FOR ME -THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL!

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHOSE MANGERS (HEARTS) ARE EMPTY BECAUSE I AM NOT THERE. THEY FEEL HOPELESS AND WITHOUT DIRECTION BECAUSE I AM NOT RULING AND REIGNING IN THEIR HEART. TODAY THE KING IS MAKING AN APPEARANCE IN PEOPLE’S HEARTS. MANY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RESIST AND THEY WILL FALL TO THEIR KNEES IN HONOR AND RECOGNITION OF MY PRESENCE. SOME WILL BE FRIGHTENED BUT MY ANGELS WILL REASSURE THEM TO FEAR NOT! OTHERS WILL RECEIVE ME WITH OPEN ARMS AND OPEN HEARTS!

SOME WILL NOT EVEN NOTICE ME BECAUSE THEIR HEARTS ARE HARD AS STONE. NEVERTHELESS, I LOVE ALL MY PEOPLE OF THE WORLD FOR I CREATED THEM. I AM CALLING PEOPLE TO MY HEART THIS DAY. I AM TURNING THINGS AROUND AND PEOPLE WILL BE DELIGHTED TO RECEIVE A SECOND OR THIRD OR UMPTY UMPTH CHANCE.

I COME WITH FRESH HOPE, GREAT LOVE TO FLOOD THEIR HEARTS AND PEACE THAT PASSES THEIR UNDERSTANDING. TODAY PEOPLE WILL KNOW THEY ARE LOVED AND THE KING WANTS A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THEM. TODAY MORE THAN EVER I AM OPENING PRISON DOORS AND SETTING THE CAPTIVES FREE! I AM MAKING WAYS WERE THERE WERE NO WAYS BEFORE.

TODAY MY SON IS GLORIFIED IN THIS EARTH AND THERE WILL BE A GREAT LIGHT. TODAY I AM OPENING BLIND EYES AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE ME! SOME FOR THE FIRST TIME. OTHERS WILL BE PRODIGALS RUNNING BACK INTO MY ARMS!

I’M THROWING A PARTY AND IT’S NOT JUST FOR TODAY, BUT THERE’S NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT TO COME HOME TO MY HEART. COME MY CHILDREN. MY ARMS ARE OPEN WIDE. I AM WANTING FOR YOU TO RUN TO ME. HASTE NOT! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART! COME HOME AND RECEIVE THE FULL BLESSING OF YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OR WHERE YOU ARE. I HAVE FORGIVEN YOU AND JUST WANT YOU TO COME HOME TO ME! THE LIGHT IS ON. FOLLOW JESUS AND YOU ARE HOME! I LOVE YOU, MY CHILDREN LET ME BLESS YOU NOW AND FOREVERMORE. YOUR PRINCE OF PEACE HAS COME JUST FOR YOU! COME HOME!

YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER EAGERLY AWAITS YOUR PRSENCE!!!!

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”
The bellows of God
http://Nancy777.com

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Come experience the excitement of our vibrant, online, world-wide community (TRIBE) that is changing lives to disciple nations.

Title: LIVE Christmas Celebration With God’s Family

• Series: Words From Jesus: How to hear God’s voice
• Date/Time: Friday December 25, 2009, 8 am EST
• Facilitator: Holy Spirit
• Host: Dr. Randy Peck
• Guest Panelists:
  1) Bob Sims: founder of Spiritual Fathers 777; dreams and visions authority
  2) Richard Mayhan – founder of Prodigan Returns; leader with Worldprayr
  3) Nancy Slocum – founder of God Whispers
  4) Bertha Hinson – founder of Spiritual Mothers 777, His Gateway, and Beauty From Ashes TV
  5) Marie Wikle – founder of Spreading Joy
• Description: LIVE webinar with spiritual fathers and mothers sharing an UNCOMMON Christmas blessing with those in need of having their spirits lifted. BE BLESSED from this Holy-Spirit facilitated time of discussion and prayer.
• Cost: FREE

Our Words From Jesus TRIBE completed our first annual “LIVE Christmas Celebration With God’s Family.”

Receive the gifts of LOVE, JOY, and PEACE. Turn sorrow and sadness into joy. Come experience God in extraordinary ways for extraordinary fruit.

Watch Team Destiny’s complete webinar “Family Christmas Celebration”
Click on the image below to watch this 82 minute Camtasia video

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We reached out in particular to bless those who are separated from their families this Christmas. There are many reasons this might be the case. For example, …

• Your family might live far away
• You may be separated or divorced from your spouse
• Your relationship with your children may be poor
• Your family may be suffering from the consequences of unforgiveness
• You or a family member may be working as a missionary in a foreign country
• You or a family member may be deployed in a foreign country
• And the list goes on

Blessings for this to be your most special Christmas ever!

Joseph Peck, M.D.
“Blessed to be a blessing”
THE CONNECTOR and The Journal Guy
Founder and Executive Director of Webinars777 and Seminars777
Community Transformation Specialist
Changing Lives to Disciple Nations
www.empower2000.com

P.S. At the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders in the U.K. earlier this year, the primary word received was “no more business as usual.”

“By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;” (John 15:8a)

They overcame him (the enemy) by the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony. (Rev 12:11).

 This blog is dedicated to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The majority of what is written herein is the precious words that Jesus speaks to my heart. I then share them with the world because they are not just to bless me but to bless all mankind.

 Today I want to share a testimony of God’s goodness and love to me. I boldly and unashamedly proclaim that Jehovah God is a God of LOVE and He is faithful to keep His Word. His blessings have overtaken me this year and I want to give Him all the praise, honor and glory He deserves.

 Two years ago in January, I distinctly remember God clearly giving me an instruction when I was journaling. He ordered me to “GET UNFETTERED.” Yes, He actually gave me an order because He is a God of order and design and there were some things out of order in my life.

 I looked it up in the dictionary. It means emancipated, liberated, freed, unrestrained. Clearly many things in my past kept me in bondage and held me back from moving forward with God’s plan for my life. He also kept telling me that He was going to bring me into a WIDE OPEN PLAIN.

 Just like everyone else, I have trials and tribulations in life. Sometimes life doesn’t turn out the way we hope or plan BUT God is still good and faithful. He can and will turn things around for good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. (Roman 8:28)

 This has been a year of major transition. It started in January when I was laid off unexpectedly. From the start I knew in my heart that the Lord was repositioning me. I made the decision that I would fight the good fight of faith and keep my eyes on Jesus and His plan for my life. It meant I had to resist the demonic spirit of fear so I would not become paralyzed or insensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit. It has been a challenge but I can truthfully say that God is bigger than all the resistance and attacks the devil has thrown at me to defeat me and keep me down. Jesus is winning out and I want to stay on the winning side!

 I won’t claim that I have “arrived “ or been totally perfected but I press on! I will say I have come a very long way in the love, grace, and mercy of Jesus Christ. I have had my share of setbacks including devastating losses through divorce, broken family relationships with precious loved ones, heartbreak, betrayal, rejection, shame, guilt and condemnation. I have been victim to a generational family curse of alcoholism. I have experienced job loss twice. I feared failure as well as success. I have struggled financially most of my adult life and so on…

 I will sum it all up by saying I have made plenty of bad decisions and also experienced the consequences of poor decisions by those close to me. In short… sin has born much negative fruit in my life. The GOOD NEWS is that God is a God of second and third chances. I have experienced first hand the redemptive power of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. I am still a work in God’s Hand. I know what it is to be forgiven and to forgive those who have harmed me. I am being set free and healed from the things of the past and the lies of Satan that blinded me from the truth of who God is, how much He loves me and who I am in Christ.

 As I diligently pursue God day by day, He keeps unfolding his marvelous plan for my life.  I am so grateful that my understanding of God’s Word has brought me out of the enemy’s pit and set me on solid ground… the solid rock of the revelation of Jesus Christ! Yes! The Lord is bringing me into that wide open plain He kept telling me about. He has brought new work into my life and custom designed a plan for my life that so uniquely uses my gifts and talents. I am living my passion of writing. He is bringing new people into my life who are likeminded and who desire to further the Kingdom of God in this earth. He is opening amazing doors of opportunity and favor that I could not have ever imagined.

 The best gift of all is the transforming work and power of Jesus in my life. He is literally changing me from the inside out. The old things are passing away. A new woman is emerging… the real me… the one made in His image and likeness. What a glorious metamorphosis. It is nothing short of  miraculous, but that’s what Jesus does. He resurrects us from the dead and brings new life!

 My life is totally in His capable mighty hands where I choose to stay. The safest most secure place on earth to be is smack dab in the center of God’s will. That is where I will bear much good fruit for His glory. I am truly living the “GREAT ADVENTURE IN CHRIST.”  His mercies are new every day. I am so grateful to be in covenant with the living God. I trust Him to work all things out in my life as I do my part and He does His. I do it by faith and I will be victorious in Christ!

 In closing, I want to say to all you who are experiencing difficult trials and hardship.  DON’T GIVE UP. THERE IS HOPE AND HIS NAME IS JESUS. HE WANTS TO RULE AND REIGN IN YOUR HEART SO YOU CAN LIVE A VICTORIOUS LIFE IN CHRIST. HE HAS ALREADY DEFEATED OUR GREATEST ENEMY – DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE. GIVE YOUR LIFE TO JESUS AND BE BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE, NOW AND FOREVERMORE IN GOD’S GLORIOUS PRESENCE. 

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”
The bellows of God
http://Nancy777.com

 The bible says in Hosea 4:6 “My people are destroyed from the lack of (revelation) knowledge”

 The Greek word for REVELATION is Apokalupsis. It means to remove the veil and reveal or uncover. Our life goes much smoother when we first recognize that God is our “SOURCE” and then allow Him to uncover the truth by His divine revelation. If we expect to operate at our maximum potential we need to be glued to our Creator’s “Owner Manual,” the bible.

 “But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.” (2 Corinthians 4:7).  This treasure is the knowledge of God in the face of Christ.

 I recently received some of this treasure at Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s Victory Campaign in Woodbridge, Virginia. Kenneth shared a revelation he received from God. He laid a foundation based on forgiveness and prayer.

 “And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.” ( Mark 11:25).

 Kenneth connected that to sowing and reaping. If you sow unforgiveness you will reap unforgiveness. He explained that the same power that forgives also heals. God’s grace and mercy help us in our time of need. HIS GRACE AND MERCY IS FORGIVENESS. WITHOUT FORGIVENESS THERE IS NO CONNECTION TO GOD,  THE SOURCE,  BECAUSE HE IS FORGIVENESS!

 This was the revelation Kenneth received from God and we need to apply it when we stand praying and believing for a harvest on God’s Word.

THE CONFESSION OF THE SIX I’S

1. I BELIEVE. (Faith lives in our heart).
2. I WILL. (A soul decision).
3. I TAKE IT. (Corresponding faith action).
4. I HAVE IT. (Your confession).
5. I THANK YOU. (Thanksgiving).
6. I FORGIVE. (Releases God’s mercy and grace).

 Now I rest in God as He blesses me! Apply this confession to all of God’s Word so it is perpetual and continually replenishes.

During my two way journaling I asked the Lord to help me renew my mind. This scripture came up: “However, when He, the Spirit of truth has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” (John 16:13).

 I took communion and stood on John 16:13 and applied THE CONFESSION OF THE SIX I’S  from my heart out loud. I thanked the Holy Spirit  for guiding me into ALL truth. (All of who God is and has for me). I asked Him to guide me in the truth of all I heard from the Copelands and to show me what to do with it!

 This was God’s response.

 TAKE ME

Receive of Me. Receive all of Me and all I freely give. It is yours through My covenant with you through the shed blood of My Son. My dear Son, Jesus, your Savior only says what He hears Me say. He only does what He sees Me doing. The Father and Son are one. When you receive from the Son you receive from Me and in that I am glorified.

 Receive by faith your full inheritance and rejoice always. TAKE IT AS MY WORD, MY OATH, MY GIFT, MY VERY LIFE TO YOU IN ABUNDANCE. It gives Me great honor and joy to be one with you. In that oneness you partake of the continual flow of the river of life, My very being inhabiting every cell of your being and flowing out to others to breathe My life and blessing upon others.

 This is the way I designed the cycle of life. It comes down from the Father of Lights and ignites the candle of man to give light to others. THE CURRENCY OF MY FULL STATURE AND NATURE FLOWS THROUGH EACH WILLING RECEPTACLE AND COMES BACK TO GLORIFY ME. MY CURRENCY IS LIKE ELECTRICITY. THE POWER IS ALWAYS ON AND ALWAYS FLOWING BUT MUST COME THROUGH YOUR “SWITCH” WHICH IS YOUR HEART, FOR I, THE FATHER OF LIGHTS READS YOUR HEART.

 I look on the inside but man looks on the outside. A HEART THAT LOVES ME AND OBEYS ME KEEPS THE SWITCH TURNED ON AND GIVES ME ACCESS TO PAY THEIR POWER BILL FOR I AM THE SOURCE. When a heart says “YES” to Me it provides light in the house (holy temple) for others to see.

 In Me there is no darkness and the power of my light in conjunction with My faith, love, grace, and mercy expose every stumbling block and sets the captive free. Get on My power grid and you will not be diminished in any way says the Lord of Light. Be made whole and walk in the light as I am in the light.