In a vision I saw a river gushing and flowing swiftly and fiercely in one direction. In the middle was a person turned against the tide. This person was in the river and was being swept along with the tide, however they were facing backward and so felt like they were going against the tide and had to struggle, then the Lord spoke.

I have you, I hold you, and I carry you beloved. Though you feel as if the circumstances of the world, and the storms and tides of life are against you, in truth, you are in My perfect will, being carried rapidly towards your destiny. I have not lost you beloved and I have not left you. You are simply seeing everything I do in your life from the wrong side of the tide. Your life and walk with me is not a struggle beloved, it only seems that way. For you have turned your eyes from the direction of the flow of My Spirit and you are looking at the waves that I use to move you along. You feel the waves are against you, but they are indeed working for you beloved. Turn around. Face the flow of My Spirit and enjoy the ride. Thus saith the Lord.

Romans 8:28
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

In the midst of trials and temptations, concentrate on keeping your heart clean beloved. For it is not the suffering, but the humility that counts. It is not the pain, but the joy amidst the pain that counts beloved. It is not the strife, hatred, envy, animosity and jealousy that comes against you, but the love that abounds in your heart inspite of these that counts. Be careful to guard your heart during your trials beloved. For this is the true test. It is not to survive a trial, it is not even to come out unscathed, but it is to endure it all in love, joy, peace and great humility. For at the end of it all beloved, you will find that a trial comes to give and not to take away. A trial comes to increase the fruits of the Spirit in you, not to steal them. Do not allow the enemy to use this time to turn your gains into losses. Stay in the Spirit, recognize the opportunity in the trial, and embrace your trail. I am with you. Thus saith the Lord.

James 1:2-4
"Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything."

The measure of man in Me is everlasting and without limit beloved. But the measure of man in deception is very limited since the enemy has little time left on earth. He can see no further than what he hopes to achieve, the destruction of man, and it must be achieved now. Your strength is to wait him out beloved, to know the everlasting hope and life you have in Me, to know that it does not matter what comes against you or my children around you, for it is all short-lived. For what is deception when truth comes in? what is death when life steps in? what is darkness when light enters in? what is destruction and turmoil when the Prince of Peace reigns in your life? Do not become entangled in the deception around you beloved. I have given you eyes to see, look. I have given you ears to hear, listen. Discern, know truth, and wait upon truth to bring freedom and life. Wait upon Me beloved and see the fulfillment of your days. Thus saith the Lord.

Micah 5:7
"And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men."

In the coming days, you shall feel a peace, a calm that is unlike any other. Know that it is not a calm before the storm beloved, but a calm after the storm. For the waves have tossed you to and fro and side to side, but I have commanded the waves to cease. The calm that you are coming into will soothe you soul and cause you to rest in supernatural peace. Do not mistake this peace and calm for spiritual inactivity and try to rouse yourself into spiritual alertness. Your spirit is always alert beloved and at work by My Spirit. Allow your soul to rest as your spirit is being made ready with a new dimension of activity. Thus saith the Lord.

Isaiah 26:12
"Lord, You will ordain peace (God's favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works."

Can true love be explored and found lacking? No it cannot beloved. The only way to explore true love is by truth. The only way to test true love is by truth. The only way to walk in true love is by truth. Apply truth to love and separate true love from false beloved. For the love that cannot survive truth is not true love beloved. But the love that becomes more intimate and fulfilling as truth after truth is applied to it is true and everlasting. My love is true beloved for I am Truth. My love can be explored by My truth and the more you explore My love by way of truth, the more of it will be revealed to you and in you. Search My heart beloved. Know My love in truth, and be filled. Thus saith the Lord.

1 Peter 1:22
"Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart."

Living on the edge is not a term that exists in the Kingdom of Heaven beloved. For every edge is the beginning of wonderful new journey. One might say that My kingdom is a place of many new and exciting beginnings, each more wonderful than the last. For you My precious children, the Kingdom of God is within you and so your life is a series of new and exciting beginnings for those who have given Me their all. Each one more exciting, more magnificent than the last. Do not look at the end of one road of your journey as the end of that journey but as the beginning of a bigger and greater adventure in Me. Do not weep and mourn over endings but rejoice over new beginnings for that is what they truly are. You as children of My kingdom must know the ways of My kingdom to enjoy living here in righteousness, peace and joy. Receive this truth and LIVE in My kingdom. Thus saith the Lord.

Luke 17:20,21
"Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, \"The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, \'Here it is,\' or \'There it is,\' because the kingdom of God is within you."

Springtime and harvest are here. Reaping has begun. Abundance is flowing. Are you reaping and receiving beloved? Come, behold the harvest which is ripe and plentiful. Set your sickle to it and reap. Work diligently, steadily, and do not waver. Let nothing and no one distract you. Put your hand to the sickle and reap. It is time beloved for you to reap that which you have sowed, and it is time to reap that which you have not sowed, but which I have given to you freely. Be blessed in the spirit and in the natural, for such is My grace in this hour. Your witness shall be fruitful and the works of your hands shall prosper. Harken unto Me and begin reaping. Thus saith the Lord.

Joel 3:13
"Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow."

Come further into My presence saith the Lord. Come deeper, come closer. For as you begin to move further into Me, the pull of the world and self shall diminish beloved. As you come closer and closer, the realities of the physical shall vanish and the realities of the spiritual shall appear clearer and clearer. Come, let My heart's desire for you pull you deeper into Me saith the Lord, until all of your humanity disappears and all that I have desired for you to be and to do, manifest in and around you. Only I do this thing beloved. Only I can loose you from the grip of your humanity until you are soaring high above the world, in Me. Come, let My desire draw you closer for I wish for you to be totally free beloved, that the dreams I will for you will become a reality in your life. Come further into My presence, come up higher. Thus saith the Lord.

Phillipians 3:18 -21
"For, as I have often told you before and now say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body."

Take time to know Me saith the Lord. Press in further and discover the beauty of My holiness. It is yours beloved. Seek it out and possess it. Take time to come on to Me and relieve yourself of all cares and burdens as you behold the freedom of My holiness. A freedom that is beyond human understanding. A freedom that will bring wholeness and healing to places you have not thought were afflicted; hidden places, dark places within your soul. Be totally free My beloved, of human bondages and of demonic oppressions. Search out My holiness, behold it and let it become a reality in the depths of your soul and experience the freedom therein. Thus saith the Lord.

Isaiah 35:8,9
"And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not journey on it; it will be for those who walk in that Way; wicked fools will not go about on it. No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast get up on it; they will not be found there. But only the redeemed will walk there."

In a vision, I saw a man who appeared to be drowning in a sea of water. As I looked closer, I saw his head and shoulders were above the water and his right hand was lifted high in the air, clutching what looked like a scroll. Amazingly, it seemed that the scroll was what was keeping him afloat. Then the Lord spoke.

Hold on to My promises in these last days saith the Lord, for there are perilous times ahead that will threaten to drown you, but you must hold on to My promises. They will keep you until I come again saith the Lord. Let your soul be at peace and your mind be stayed on Me. Let your spirit rest in Me. For the days ahead are treacherous and darkness hovers but My light within you shines brightly and can never be put out. Hold on to My promises and overcome. Thus saith the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:6-9
"For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."

Come into my presence and be refreshed in this hour saith the Lord. Turn your face to Me and let the rain of restoration and refreshing bathe you. My children, the heavens are poring out a new rain upon you in this hour. Not only will you be restored and refreshed, but you will be given a new energy, a new zeal, and a new anticipation for the days ahead. It is this urgent expectancy in your spirit that will usher in the things I have prepared for you in this season. Turn to Me and receive saith the Lord. A double portion of refreshing. Thus saith the Lord.

Acts 3:19
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord."

The fulfillment of some long-standing prophesies you have received is happening now beloved. I have prepared you beforehand and have brought you to this place where I can fulfill that which I promised in your life beloved. For when you were young you drank milk, now you are older, you can eat of My meat. You can receive of the things that I promised long ago, now that you are ready and expecting Me to do what I said. You can receive what I have promised now that you can believe Me for the things I promised. That is the preparation beloved. To bring you to a place of receiving by bringing you to a place of believing. Only believing can activate receiving beloved. Receive that which I promised now that you can believe, and delight yourself in Me beloved. Thus saith the Lord.

Mark 11:24
"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours."