oh how You just walk into the room!!!!!

"...when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be with you."
-John 20:19

"Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!"
-John 20:26

the presence of the Lord is so sweet in the secret place. "Peace be with you."

the Spirit of adoption

David Platt: "I love you"

2 year old adopted son: "why?"

DP: "because you're my son"

son: "why?"

DP: (in tears) "because i came to get you"

we are sons of the living God! Christ took the wrath that should have been poured out on us and redeemed us to God!!!!! He is the Anchor of my hope

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"For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power."
-1 Corinthians 4:20

"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."

-Romans 5:1-11

Lord, guide my steps

there is me sitting here and knowing that He is out there watching me but i'm not watching back. there is me knowing who He is and its like He is standing right in front of me but i can't see Him and am looking right past Him. what i want is for Jesus it be right here and me gaze right back into His eyes. i want real communion and a real relationship. i want to believe the Scriptures that testify about Him and i want to come to Him for life. He is our Lover.

"Submit to God and be at peace with Him; in this way prosperity will come to you. Accept instruction from His mouth and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove wickedness far from your tent and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines, then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you. Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God. You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows. What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways. When men are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then He will save the downcast. He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."
-Job 22:21-30

Isaiah 58

"But about the Son He says, 'Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set You above Your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy.'"
-Hebrews 1:8-9

"Don't hide your face from Me. I love you. I love you. I love you. And I'm never letting go."

a couple weeks ago the Lord woke me up in the middle of the night just to tell me He loves me. oh to go deep into His heart. what would we find? the Lord has been reminding me of this scripture a lot. i ask that you take this deep in us Holy Spirit. Amen

"You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about Me, yet you refuse to come to Me to have life."
-John 5:39-40