- Lord, You know that I long to live in and through You like Brother Lawrence and Frank Lauback. I believe that this prayer will be and is being answered because it's why You came! Help me, Lord. Show me how to live my life in You.


+This, My love, is the surest prayer you can ever pray because it springs from the Father's own heart. Rest in Peace! These are the words spoken when someone dies. You have been crucified with Me, therefore always and ever you have the covenant bought for you to rest in peace! It can be made to seem so difficult - this good news I bring - yet, if you do what I said and live like a child, you will see how simple it is. 
So what is it that a child has that so many adults don't?

*A child lives totally in the present moment. She is not concerned by what happened (even what she did wrong) yesterday or by what is coming tomorrow. She is so full of the moment before her, she has the capacity to fully live it. 
*A child knows how to play. Why is this important? Look at all the animals I've created. They have been engineered to know how to romp and cavort and play. This is a reflection of the manifest Joy that abounds in Heaven. There is so much happiness and sweet interaction in the Kingdom! Play might seem insignificant, but truly it is a distillation of the sheer glee that abounds in Heaven. It is Heaven spilling over onto earth. Play shows you Who your Beautiful Abba is. It is His pleasure that spreads joy and beauty everywhere. Unfortunately, this is one of the first things to go when childhood starts to fade. Games becomes sources of competition and stress, and fun disappears! Life turns serious!
* A child forgives and doesn't hold grudges. She is incapable of bitterness. She doesn't drag yesterday's mistakes into today. She forgives freely... fully... happily. She is eager to forgive.
*A child is guileless... unaware of what is acceptable and unacceptable. She has no self- consciousness. A child is free and not encumbered by self-imposed limitations or introspection. 
*A child confidently tries to do things and believes that she can! She can fall many times while trying to walk, but she ignores the falls and keeps on trying. She is happy to try. 
*A child loves freely... unconditionally... fully. 
*A child believes. She is open to faith. She trusts. 

So, when I told My disciples to be like a child - that unless you become like a child you cannot enter the Kingdom of Heaven, these are a few things that I was saying. 

What's wonderful about your desire to live your life in Me is that this is all that is required! This desire is what Your Father loves; what the Holy Spirit empowers and what sustained Me as I faced the cross. It was the joy set before me. 

The Holy Spirit is with you, in you, every second of every day to help you... to fill you..  to free you... to use you. 

So Rest in Peace! All is well! You have chosen the One Thing and it will never, never be taken away! All of heaven is yours! The Father's generosity is truly beyond comprehending. His desire for you cost Him greatly. Now, nothing in all of creation can separate you from His Love. Indeed, in Me..the mysterious Three in One...you already live and breathe and have your being. Rejoice and RIP!

- So yesterday, I was at the dining room table, having quiet time, and Stella, the deer that I feed, came around the bend. There were about seven other deer in the yard, feeding on the newly-fallen leaves. Stella didn't bother with those. With the cutest, confident swagger, she strutted straight to the front of the deck where she could see me sitting at the table deep inside the house. She set her feet and perked her ears up (looking her very cutest) and stared. There was so much confident expectancy... such a faith that I would respond to her silent vigil. She was unmoving. I told her I wasn't going to feed her with all those deer in the yard...that she was going to have to wait until they all left. She waited. They left. Apples came her way!


+ This, My love is a perfect picture of how I want you to be - one who breaks away from the crowd to seek me on your own. I want you to come expectantly, knowing that I love you...confident that I love to bless you...that blessing you gives your Father great Joy! 
I want you to see her - your Stella - (aptly named because she is a little star among the universe of deer that inhabit your back yard) as a picture of Mary choosing the one thing. Let Stella teach you by her single-mindedness and her quiet audacity, to seek and guard your time alone with me as your only and best source of sustenance. Learn the sweet discipline of waiting. This little deer knows how to not only  survive, but to thrive! Apples, tomatoes and corn are so much more delicious than leaves! She knows you so well! She has learned instinctively from her Papa, her Maker, Whose eye is on all his creation. Be like this little, beloved creature. Live each day in joyful expectation. All the gifts of the Father are yours to receive. Come. Wait. Be filled. This is a simple plan for thriving in this one day before you. 

+My Holy Spirit hovers over you...every step...every day.
You are never outside looking in. You are in the consummate inner circle... the arms of perfect Love. Rest here and know that this love will never fail you. I know everything about you. I'm here for you. Trust in all the ways I've already shown you my unfailing love and kindness. Rest in Me. Don't fret about anything. Nothing is more powerful than My thoughts towards you. Nothing can impact your life more. Truly, it is for freedom I came. Bring me every single way you don't feel free and allow Me to show you the immeasurable power of My Love. Before your eyes, I will melt the chains that keep you bound. My Love is boundless, so shall your freedom be! This should make you so excited and glad and expectant. I love it when you display your confidence in Me. I love to show Myself strong on your behalf. I love to crown you with favor. I love to heal you and empower you to be all that I created you to be. Rest and wait. It pleases your Father to dress you up like one of his lavish fields...to pour out his blessings - Joy - Peace - Fruitfulness - and to have you dance in His arms, every moment in sync with the twirl of the dance...every move carefully following his lead...feeling the strength of His arms and the beauty of the dance. This is only the beginning. You indeed are ageless in the kingdom. Live your life this day steady in His arms, ready for the twists and turns, confident and overflowing with joy.

- Lord, I want this to be a special day...a turning point...a day of boldness in my mind and heart. I want this to be a day of appropriating the identity you suffered so much to procure. I choose this day to serve with all my consciousness, as best I can, the God of all creation...the lavish King, Who has blessed me so graciously. I choose to serve God, My wondrous and perfect Father, with all my mind and heart and strength.I will take the Joy He has given me and let it be my strength. Lord, You say You will never leave me or forsake me. Help me never leave You or forsake You in any way! Surround me with Your purpose which cannot be thwarted. Guide my steps and show me Your face. Lord, You know I long to hear Your voice. Remove this heart of stone (any way I am unresponsive to Your will ) and give me a heart of flesh. Lead me. Celebrate in me as I live this day to honor and serve you. 

+Your trust and continued faith in Me are the best ways you can serve Me. These lead you into an obedience that is radiant with promise. It is like the obedience of the golden retriever, who is so happy to do the master's bidding, who is the perfect illustration of exuberant obedience.Ah! But you know you are so much more to Me!  I want you to know that right now, you are on the sure way to total fulfillment and peace and continual, sustained and unflagging joy. This joy acts as a bridge over every piece of shaky ground in your life. I Am the Bridge! This is and always was the plan.