In view of rather awkward health issues this past week the following words brought for today and Friday are supportive and uplifting. With kind permission of Glasgow Prophetic Centre (click icon for website) I’m re-posting them for your encouragement too:

I COVER AND SHIELD YOU

“To those who feel as though you have been backed into a corner; to you who feel like there is no escape, as you anxiously look at what has backed you against a wall:

“Look up and round and see that I am behind you! I am the Lord your God, the one who covers your back and shields you. I am the one who loves you: find your security in me; find your salvation in me.

“When you see my love for you, when you hear what I say to you and about you, then your fears will start to melt away.

“It is then that I will give you solutions and strategies and I will provide the exit and escape for you. You are my beloved and you were not made to be backed into a corner because of fear. So look to me and see me. Let me be your security and great defender. Know my love for you and watch the fear disappear.”

Isaiah 41:10-13
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. ‘Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonoured; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent. For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’

BURN FOR ME

“Your asking for the more of me and my Kingdom has delighted my heart”, says the Lord.

“My Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom. It will never end and it is one marked with my abounding, unconditional love.

“If you seek me you will both find me and my Kingdom. If you know me you will know my Kingdom. This knowing is not just an intellectual knowing but a deep knowing, an understanding of me and my ways – and therefore the ways of my Kingdom. The key is in the knowing me and my heart. Seek after me and my face with all of your being, for I am a jealous God and I want every part of you. I want to be your last thought at night and your first thought in the morning; I want you to burn with a desire for my presence. My will is that you will be my burning ones, set ablaze for my glory. That in turn, as you burn for me, my Kingdom will be made manifest on the earth. I long to release more of myself and my Kingdom to my people… but are you ready for what I am about to do?”

People of God, there is a call from heaven to ready ourselves for what He is about to do.

You have heard His voice and felt Him drawing you into the deeper place with Him. You have felt challenged in recent times and even an urgency to steep yourself in His Presence.

Do not procrastinate any longer, sweep aside every distraction and stealer of time and respond to your God! He is calling you, He is wooing you and the time is now!  Allow Him to pour into you, saturate you, burn you with His Holy Fire, as He readies you for the more of Him and His Kingdom!

Jeremiah 29:12-13  
Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.  You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

Matthew 6:33 
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

[Burning Heart by Digitalart courtesy of Freedigitalphotos.net]