Blessings 2009!

From Our Home to Yours~
Number 6:24-26
"May the Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;
The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you,
And be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;
The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you,
And give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually)."

Thank-you so much for your love and prayers.
You bless our lives and hearts in so many ways.
We pray He open the windows of Heaven,
And pour out such blessing upon you
That there is not room enough to receive it;
Knowing that the greatest blessing of all
Is knowing Him.
As Job said in Chapter 42:5,
"I have heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear,
But now my [spiritual] eye sees You."
3 John 3:2 "Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers."
Love in Christ always,
Steve & Crista

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS GLORY!

RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS GLORY

Habakkuk 2:14 "But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea."
2:3b-4 "His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of His praise.
His brightness was like the light; he had rays flashing from His hand,
and there His power was hidden.
Isaiah 60:1-2 "Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life]!
Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord),
for your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.

Glory, chabod: Taken from The New King James Study Bible/Spirit-Filled Life Bible, c. 1991 by Thomas Nelson Publishing, c. 1991, p. 1041
Strong's #3519: Weightiness; that which is substantial or heavy; glory, honor,....."
"In the OT, 'heaviness' represented honor and substance,..."
Chabod is God's glory, not only His honor, renown, and majesty, but also His visible splendor, which filled Solomon's temple and will someday fill the Earth
(1 Kings 8:11; Numbers 14:21)."

Beloved, the Lord is speaking to His Bride about His Glory being visibly seen by all!
The following is further insight He's revealing about the dream (see Sunday's post: Jesus-The Light of the World) He gave me about the darkness and then suddenly coming into His brilliance and glory!
The other thought about that dream is that I stayed to the right - indicating His righteousness.
When we walk in righteousness, it keeps us in right relationship with The Father and keeps us from being run over/overtaken by sin, which leads to destruction.

Beloved, NEVER, EVER, EVER, NO NOT EVER, use the Gospel to assuage (comfort/justify) your sin!!!!!
That is a lie from the pit of hell, itself!
Some are using Romans 7 to soothe their flesh of sin! And THAT is NOT what the Lord intends! He said we are to be holy as HE IS HOLY!!!!
If you are operating in sin...GET OUT! Ask the Father's forgiveness and repent! Turn around and walk HIS path of righteousness;
purposing in your heart to put away the vileness which has kept you bound!
And if you need it, be accountable to a Godly person who will give you wise counsel and
speak His Truth to your ears!
A true friend in Christ will tell you the Truth and lead you to the Cross...not soothe you in your sin!
For the Lord is a Rewarder of those who DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM!
Dark and light cannot co-exist! If we say we are God's, but do not keep His commandments, then we are a liar and the truth is not in us. (1 John 2:4)
v. 5-6 "But whoever keeps His word truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked."

Now, return to Isaiah 60:1....We are to arise out of the garbage, the dung, which the enemy has used to keep us down....For when we do, HIS GLORY shall arise upon us.
But we have a choice....Do we prefer to be as a dog returning to his own vomit and eating it?
OR....
Do we want to make the choice to tie our flesh to the altar and have Him kill it out of us for His Glory to arise in us?
Do we want to remain in our sin and lukewarmness and one day have Him hurl, forcefully vomit us out of His mouth?
If we say that we cannot conquer our sin...this is true. We can't in our own strength. This is why we need THE HOLY SPIRIT...for He has put our enemies to public humiliation and shame....but when we are weak, HE IS STRONG!
HE HAS CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE!
To bring His purification! To bring His Holy fire! To bring His holiness!
For Nothing is impossible with God! Nothing!
Let us turn to The Father - pressing in hard!
We are to humble ourselves, pray, seek His face and TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS
which is rebellion against God, Himself!
We are to be holy as He IS HOLY!
Beloved, God is not mocked! We shall reap what we sow. That which is sown of the flesh reaps destruction, but that which is sown to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
ARISE BELOVED! ARISE!!!!
Choose this day Whom you will serve!
As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Isaiah 35:5 "A highway shall be there, and a road, and it shall be called The Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others.
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HIS GLORY!

Crista Simmons
LifeCare Ministries and Healing Centers
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/l/LifeCareMin/
http://dinnerwiththeking.blogspot.com/
Richland, Michigan, USA
May be reprinted only in it's exactness. Freely have we received. Freely do we give.

JESUS - THE LIGHT of the World

JESUS - THE LIGHT of the World

I had a dream last night....(I do not know all of the significance of this dream, but will share my understanding, so far.)

I was driving in my car and entered an area where there were no lights. I thought that it was just temporary, but soon realized that I was in a section of a neighborhood where there was absolutely NO electricity. The neighborhood was as black as pitch, and there were no headlights on my car. I was driving in utter blackness. I had no concept of knowing if I was on the right or wrong side of the road, and became afraid that I could be hit by an oncoming car; so I stayed as far to the right as possible...At times, I could see a faint hint of the outline of the road and almost a type of barrier between the edge of the road and the yards in front of the homes in the neighborhood. It seemed as if I drove for a very long time...and I was alone in the car. I slowed my car way down to a crawl, once I realized the blackness was continuing, but I continued to drive.

And then, as quickly as I'd driven into the black section, the scene changed to one of total light! It was a brilliant light...as if white Christmas lights sparkled from every house! White lights sparkled and even the sky was lit with the brilliance.

End of dream.

I'm sure there are more interpretations of this dream, but what I saw was this....A world lost without Jesus - Who IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. When we do not know Jesus, our souls are as black as black. There was absolutely no light! And this is the darkness to which we are called as Believers to dispel. To carry HIS Light to a lost and dying world.

The above photo is a lighthouse which is still in use at the pier in South Haven, Michigan. Even though we did not capture the light shining, it still sends out it's beacon to travelers on Lake Michigan. The black snow clouds of Michigan's frozen winters are deepened by the contrast of the sun breaking through the clouds to the south....again, not showing in the photo, but still present.

Beginning in the Gospel of John 1:4-15, we read:

"In Him was life, and the life was the light of men, and the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of the Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name; who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world, A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lamp stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven."

"I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD~and wherever you are, I AM~

My Light is to shine in a dark world. You do not see My Light with your naked eye. That's why I've said that no one would take a lamp and hide it under a basket. Dark and light cannot co-exist~

There is either Light or Dark.

I AM THE TRUE LIGHT which has come into the world, but the darkness perceived it not. Yet men seek after light, for the darkness overtakes them. They long to escape the darkness, but they seek false lights - those which only lead to more darkness. But when they seek Me, they seek THE TRUE GIVER OF LIGHT - THE TRUE LIGHT who will never fail them, never leave them, never forsake them; never leave them in darkness and never lead them in darkness.

Beloved, as Blood bought Born-Again Believers in Jesus Christ, we carry HIS LIGHT into a lost and dying world. The world looks for false lights in those who proclaim that they can bring light, but it only leads to further darkness...for there is only ONE TRUE LIGHT and His Name is JESUS CHRIST...and as His Army, The Sons and Daughters of His Countenance, we are to go forth in Jesus Name to bring His Light.

Isaiah 60

v. 1 Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

v. 2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth. And deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

v. 3 The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

v. 4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons and your daughters shall be nursed at your side.

v. 5. Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall swell with joy;

because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you. The wealth of the Gentiles shall come to you."

Crista Simmons
LifeCare Ministries and Healing Centers
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/l/LifeCareMin/
http://dinnerwiththeking.blogspot.com/
Richland, Michigan, USA
May be reprinted only in it's exactness. Freely have we received. Freely do we give.

His Word - His Blood - His Life - JESUS

His Word - His Blood - His Life - JESUS

There are times when the Lord will give us deeper revelation,

because He wants us to know more about Him,

and what He wants us to understand,

because greater understanding brings greater awe, reverence and freedom.

Many of us are able to quote from The Gospel of John 1:

v. 1 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,

and the Word was God."...

v.4 "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men."

v. 5 "And the light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness did not comprehend it."

v. 14 "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have beheld His glory,

the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth."

And this scripture just rolls off our tongue,

but do we really understand/comprehend it?

I tell you, as the Lord bears witness to His Word, that I feel His power surging through my muscles as I write...for He gave me a deeper revelation at Erica's funeral.

Rabbi Harvey Spivak led the funeral, because Erica had been studying Judaism

and he knew her and her family.

And as he read passages from Isaiah, Psalms and Numbers, there was such a holy peace of the Lord that descended and filled the room and the air at her grave -

that for me, it was His tangible Presence.

(Such a comfort to my heart that these very scriptures were the very same ones

He'd had me read in the week previous to Erica's Homegoing.)

I was pondering and reflecting upon all this when He spoke:

"....MY SPIRIT IS CONTAINED WITHIN MY WORD -

FOR I AM THE WORD!

WE ARE NOT TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES;

I AM THE WORD.

Think of your skin - You do not take it off and separate it from your body,

and inside your body is your blood. Your blood gives life to your body.

SO IT IS WITH MY WORD.

THE WORD BECAME FLESH,

BUT IT IS THE BLOOD WHICH GIVES LIFE TO THE BODY.

IT IS THE BLOOD OF THE SACRIFICIAL LAMB

WHICH GIVES LIFE TO THE WORD!

When the WORD IS SPOKEN, THE BLOOD GIVES LIFE TO THE WORD!

As the blood of Abel cried up from the ground to My ears,

so does The BLOOD OF CHRIST speak to the entire universe!

Demons scream in The Presence of the Voice of the Blood of My Son!

This is why I tell you, GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN YOU

than he who is in the world.

THE LIVING WORD, THE BLOOD OF CHRIST LIVES IN YOU

~for you ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING GOD.

The priests performed the blood sacrifice at the temple.

I tell you the TRUTH -

THE BLOOD SACRIFICE OF MY SON LIVES WITHIN YOU

as the temple of the Living God.

For I tell you the Truth -

YOU WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE -

THE BLOOD OF CHRIST!

THE BLOOD, HIS BLOOD, paid your way into My Kingdom.

Hebrews 4:12 "For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thought and purposes of the heart."

1 Corinthians 3:16 "Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and the God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]? v. 17 If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [the believing church and its individual believers] are."

Crista Simmons
LifeCare Ministries and Healing Centers
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/l/LifeCareMin/
http://dinnerwiththeking.blogspot.com/
Richland, Michigan, USA
May be reprinted only in it's exactness. Freely have we received. Freely do we give.

Blog Gap...

Dear Friends~
I'm just writing to let you know that I've been ill w/ the flu and respiratory infection over the past two weeks....Praise God that I'm finally feeling better. I look forward to getting back to this blog as the Lord leads.
God bless you all.
Ever yours in Yeshua Ha-Mashiach.
Crista

CHOICES!

Beloved, It was this past Sunday morning (10/11/09) when The Lord spoke these words...

May we truly hear His heart's cry for His Church in this hour.

CHOICES!

There is a spirit of entertainment in America. This spirit has taken over My Church.

My desire continues to remain that My People who are called by My Name humble themselves and pray; to seek My face and turn from their wicked ways;

then shall I hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.

But My People do not seek My face. No! They seek this speaker and that speaker,

but they do not seek Me ---- and oh how this grieves My Heart!

Oh how this grieves My heart.

I weep over My Church.

I weep over My Church.

Oh, My People, if you only realized how much I love you....

how much I long for you, but you turn and you commit adultery with the world;

you fornicate with other lovers, and you think that through them you come to Me.

But I tell you the Truth,

I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE! No man can come to The FATHER except through Me.

Yet, you follow other lovers; thinking that you are coming to Me. No!

Do you not yet understand?

You can only come to Me when you are in communion with Me.

IDOLS! IDOLS! IDOLS in My Church!

Those who promote their name instead of My Name.

Those who promote a financial partnership with their ministry,

instead of a partnership with Me.

Tell My People to humble themselves and repent of all sin;

of all idol worship.

Seek first My Face, My Kingdom, My Righteousness,

and I will tell you where and what to give financially.

I ask you this: Do the poor receive the benefits or the rich?

Have I not told you not to store up for yourselves riches on earth which moth and rust decay?

Have I not told you I have a place stored up for you in Heaven that will far surpass any thing you could imagine?

Then why do you seek and run after things?

Why do you allow yourself to be in bondage to things of the earth which have no eternal, Kingdom value?

It is an abomination, I say. It is a weight around your neck. Have I not told you to lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares you and to run with endurance the race which is set before you; looking unto Jesus; the Author and Perfecter of your faith.

For I tell you the truth, what I call you to shed is the world, the flesh and the hold the enemy has on you.

You walk in bondage to the things of the world, My Precious Church, when I shed My Blood to set you free.

Come daily, My Love, daily, hourly, minute by minute to the heart of Your Father and I shall fill you with My Living Water - not what man thinks is My Living Water - but I, Myself, shall fill you. I, Myself shall refresh you.

As I fed Elijah in the wilderness, so shall I feed you.

Elijah prayed that I would take his life so he could die. After doing so, I fed him.

That's what I ask you to do, My Love. Die to self.

Die to the ways of the world.

Die to the desires of the flesh.

Die to the ways of man, and I shall feed you in the wilderness.

I shall feed you; for I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE!

For I have said, "Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood,

you have no life in you."

Eat My Flesh and drink My Blood.

As you feast on My Word, you eat My Flesh - for in the beginning was The Word,

and The Word became flesh.

And as you drink My Blood, you drink the cup of suffering;

for My Blood was poured out....

The Apostle Paul, My Bondservant, allowed himself to be poured out as a drink offering. Are you willing?

Have I not told you that in Christ you ARE My children,

then heirs - heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ,

if indeed you suffer with Him, that you may be glorified together. (Rom. 8:17)

I tell you the truth, your present sufferings are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in My time, My Beloved. I tell you, creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (Rom. 8:18-19)

When I cause you to suffer for a little while, I AM planting you even deeper in Me.

For vegetation to be sturdy, it must be planted deep or it will be tossed to and fro.

For I tell you the truth, a time is now coming, when I shall tear down the idol worship in My Church. And when I do, where will you be standing?

On the sand or on THE ROCK?

You have a choice.

Crista Simmons

LifeCare Ministries and Healing Centers

http://www.ourchurch.com/member/l/LifeCareMin

Richland, Michigan, USA
May be reprinted only in it's exactness.

This was written as The Father would have me to write for His Purpose and His Glory.

Deeper Is Higher

Beloved, I pray you hear and feel Father's heart for you~ Do not despair. He sees all that you are going through right now...and He IS shaping you and conforming you to the image of His Son.
As Daddy gave me His Words this morning that "Deeper IS Higher"....I sat to type as He gave me the following. Ever yours in Christ, Crista

DEEPER IS HIGHER:

"Have you not seen? Have you not heard that the Lord, Our God, is One God?....Beloved, why do you run to and fro trying to find Me in others, when I AM right here? I AM with you for I have promised to never ever, no, not ever leave you or forsake you! Your God is FOR YOU!

I AM FOR YOU! I stand with My arms outstretched to you. Run, I say, RUN into My arms for I love you with an everlasting love. Know this, My Beloved, that everything through which I take you in your life on the earth, I shall use for My Glory...for My Ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts are higher than your thoughts.

Do you trust Me? Do you trust Me? Then allow Me to do the work; knowing always that I am even now working on your behalf, My Beloved. You do not need to see the end from the beginning...but I do. I just ask that you trust Me in this that I, WHO have promised you, am Faithful and True. I AM ABLE TO DO EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY BEYOND WHAT YOU COULD THINK, HOPE FOR, OR IMAGINE....FOR I AM GOD!

You do not know, Beloved, what it will take for Me to form you into the image of My Son...But I do...I do. Trust Me in this. I Alone, Your God, know what it will take to form you into the image of My Son...not the image of someone whom you idolize in what you think is of Me...and some of them are....but you are to look to Me and Me, Alone. I AM YOUR DADDY! I AM YOUR HEAVENLY PAPA! I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA! I AM THE BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR! I AM YOUR ALL IN ALL! I LONG TO BE YOUR ALL IN ALL!

Do not look to others in what I have done in them for your own life. For I have created you with a uniqueness that is all My own. I do not "rubber stamp" My children. Each of you have My own special plan and purpose for your life. But do you trust ME to perform it? Do you trust ME that I have your best interest at heart for the sake of My Kingdom Glory and your relationship with ME? That is what I desire, My Beloved, your relationship with Me as Your Daddy. But you look to the world....You look to others.....You look and you do not find...Your soul is not satisfied, because I have created you that only One will satisfy you...and that is ME, My Beloved...for I AM A JEALOUS GOD! O, how I long for you....O, how I long for you to cry out to Me.

Beloved, have I not promised you that deep calls unto deep? It is in the depths that I will take you that you will find new heights. A tree which is tall and sturdy has deep, deep roots. Can you imagine the depth to the roots of the giant Sequoias or the Redwoods? Beloved, I am an inverse God...but the god of this universe seeks to deceive you that higher is higher. But lo, I tell you the Truth, that deeper is higher. It is in going deeper with Me that I shall give you the treasures of darkness. It is in going deeper with Me that I shall carry you on the wings of eagles. It is in going deeper with Me that I Beloved, it is My deep desire that you and I are one....but you must leave the world behind....

You must leave behind all that you thought was...and come to THE ONE WHO IS! Come to Me, My Beloved, and I will show you great and wonderful truths which I long to reveal to you in greater depth....for I WILL REVEAL MYSELF TO YOU IN WAYS WHICH YOU COULD NOT POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

It is only in Me that you will find the fullness for which I have created you...that we live and move and have our being together....O Beloved, I desire to be with you, more than you desire to be with Me...for your mind does not comprehend the relationship in store for you...for this is something that will never be comprehended in the flesh, but only in the Spirit...in My Spirit.

My Love, I call you....I call you to the cleft of the Rock....I call you to the depths of My heart for you....

 

May His blessings be yours in Christ Jesus,

Crista

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