Bigger on the Inside!

I AM bigger than your mind can contain, yet I dwell within you. Bigger on the inside! Come and search Me out. Seek after Me! It never gets old or boring. I AM the same yesterday, today and forever; yet I am unpredictable! What a joyful paradox!

You are saved by grace alone, but it is through faith - and that requires a constant yielding on your part. A constant choosing to rest from striving and let Me lead. 

In this Spirit-led life, all phrases such as, "I can't bear this right now" or "I just need a break" or "I'm too tired" declare your fleshly lack, and have no place in the Spirit-led life! 

Instead, I will help you train your mind to think thoughts such as, "I draw on the springs of Living Water that flow out of my inner place" and "Love rises up in my spirit and Love is enough to cover a multitude of sins!" You have access to a bounty of Goodness, energy, Love, Spiritual fruit by faith, believing the fact that they are growing inside you already! When you declare your faith in your flesh to be insufficient and lacking, you make it so. When you declare your faith in My Spirit to provide all you need, you make it so! What power your words have! 

My Words created Life, and your words can speak life or death - your choice! Yes, Beloved, I really have given you that much power! So you see, when you feel helpless and powerless, that is just another lie the enemy is using to keep you down!

"Fill your thoughts with my words until they penetrate deep into your spirit. Then as you unwrap my words, they will impart to you true life and radiant health into the very core of your being. So above all, guard the affections of your heart for they affect all that you are. Out of your innermost being flows the wellspring of life." Proverbs 4:21-23 (TPT)

See, I am healing you from the inside, out! Believe it, Beloved!

When someone asks you how you are, you may always answer, "Great!" - even if you are not physically feeling great. How can this be? You do not need to recount your physical ailments in order to be truthful, for your health does not define you! Your words declare and your feelings follow. So speak the fact that you are doing great (for you are, in your spirit) and the feellings will follow!

Training in Weapons of Warfare-Worship

What will you bear for Love, Beloved? You tell Me you will bear anything for Love, but at times I hear you say, "I can't bear this!" At these times, you are declaring your lack, rather than My ability to supply! In the moments of your awareness of your need, declare to your spirit, "Spring up, O well! Rivers of Living Water flow out to cover this situation!" 

Beloved, you have not because you ask not. As  you connect spirit-to-Spirit with Me, you have access to all that Christ has access to. Dare to believe this ridiculously good Truth! 

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In her sickness, your precious daughter is teaching you. I am teaching you through her...

She is not content to be anywhere that you are not. She craves your presence more than food, more than sleep, more than anything! She refuses to sleep except in your arms, and when she wakes, she searches frantically for your face. Your presence gives her peace. When she finds she is still in your arms, she immediately relaxes again. In the midst of her trouble, her unfamiliar surroundings, her pain and sickness, it is enough just to be held by you, and comforted by your presence. 

Learn from this, Beloved. 

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As your shoulders, arms, back and legs ache from holding this unexpected load for so long, listen to My voice. I am conditioning your faith muscles (as well as your physical ones!), but not in the way that you expected or hoped for. I am training you, but not in the way you anticipated. Rise to the challenge, Beloved. Lean into My training. Embrace the process. Joy, Dear One! 

"You've trained me with the weapons of warfare-worship, now I'll descend down into battle with power, to chase and conquer my foes. You empower me for victory with your wrap-around presence. Your power within me makes me strong to subdue, and by stooping down in gentleness to strengthen me, you've made me great! You've set me free from captivity and now I'm standing complete, ready to fight some more!" (Psalm 118:34-36)

Springs of Living Water

"You are beautiful beyond description, 

Too marvellous for words,

Too wonderful for comprehension,

Like nothing ever seen or heard.

Who can grasp your infinite wisdom?

Who can fathom the depth of your love?

You are beautiful beyond description,

Majesty enthroned above!

And I stand, I stand in awe of you.

I stand, I stand in awe of you.

Holy God, to whom all praise is due, 

I stand in awe of you."

(I Stand In Awe of You, by Mark Altrogge, 1987) 

In the past, you have often sung this to Me from a position of flat on your face in worship. This is, of course, beautiful to Me. But today, as you wake with this song on your lips, you are singing it to Me as a Lover whispering adoration to her Beloved on the dance floor. 

As I hold you close and we move as One, your boldness and confidence thrill Me!  Your intense gaze into My Face, your delicious words of loving adoration completely undo Me. You have My heart, Beloved. I am yours and you are Mine! Keep whispering those sweet words of Love direct to My Spirit - I love to hear them! 

"For you reach into my heart. 

With one flash of your eyes I am undone by your love, my beloved, my equal, my bride.

You leave me breathless -- I am overcome by merely a glance from your worshipping eyes, for you have stolen my heart.

I am held hostage by your love and by the graces of righteousness shining upon you.

How satisfying to me, my equal, my bride. 

Your love is my finest wine -- intoxicating and thrilling. 

And your sweet, perfumed praises -- so exotic, so pleasing. 

Your loving words are like the honeycomb to me; your tongue releases milk and honey, for I find the Promised Land flowing within you.

The fragrance of your worshipping love surrounds you with scented robes of white. 

My darling bride, my private paradise, fastened to my heart.

A secret spring are you that no one else can have -- my bubbling fountain hidden from public view.

What a perfect partner to me, now that I have you...

Your life flows into mine, pure as a garden spring.

A well of living water springs up from within you, like a mountain brook flowing into my heart."

(Song of Songs 4:9-12,15 TPT)

The spring of Living Water is gushing forth from within you. No need to fear dryness, barrenness or wilderness. The water flows down, filling every part of you. 

Beloved, let it flow outwards today. Let it splash onto all you meet. You do not need to force anything, just be present with Me. Do not allow the flow to be dammed up by Bitterness, Self-Pity, Guilt, Stress, Frustration or any other pesky bully. 

"Whoever believes in me, as scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (John 7:38)

"The Lord will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail." (Isaiah 58:11)

"...So where the river flows, everything will live...Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruits fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." (Ezekiel 47:9,12)