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Time

Still Small Voice

The Lost Time

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urrender your time to me. I will cause all the lost time to be replenished. You are not late. It is not over until I say it’s over. The enemy can’t steal from you any longer. You have aligned with my truth and have sought me in the secret place. I will replenish what has been stolen and the lost years. Give me your trust, and I will vindicate you. I will cause you to triumph. I will turn around in one day what could take years to overturn. Trust in my care and plans for you. Do not give up and do not give in to fear. My love will overflow in your heart and drown out fear. I have all your days in my hands and in my heart. No one will overcome you because you are an overcomer by the blood of my son.

Then I will compensate you for the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the creeping locust, the stripping locust, and the gnawing locust— My great army which I sent among you. —Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭25‬ ‭NASB

But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day before the Lord is as a thousand years, and a thousand years are as one day. —2 Peter‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬ ‭JUB‬‬

For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. —1 John‬ ‭5‬:‭4‬ ‭NASB

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ntrégame tu tiempo. Haré que se reponga todo el tiempo perdido. No has llegado tarde. No habrá terminado hasta que yo diga que se acabó. El enemigo ya no puede robarte. Te has alineado con mi verdad y me has buscado en el lugar secreto. Repondré lo robado y los años perdidos. Dame tu confianza y te haré justicia. Te haré triunfar. En un día cambiaré lo que podría tardar años en revertirse. Confía en mis cuidados y planes para ti. No te rindas y no te dejes llevar por el miedo. Mi amor se desbordará en tu corazón y ahogará el miedo. Tengo todos tus días en mis manos y en mi corazón. Nadie te vencerá porque eres un vencedor por la sangre de mi hijo.

Yo les compensaré a ustedes los años que perdieron a causa de la plaga de langostas, de ese ejército destructor que envié contra ustedes. —Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭25‬ ‭DHH

Además, queridos hermanos, no olviden que para el Señor un día es como mil años, y mil años como un día. —2 Pedro‬ ‭3‬:‭8‬

Porque todo el que es hijo de Dios vence al mundo. Y nuestra fe nos ha dado la victoria sobre el mundo. —1 Juan‬ ‭5‬:‭4‬ ‭DHH

Meditation

Are you living a distracted life?

I need this year to be radically different than last year or the year before. If I’m not willing to hone in on the one thing I desire, I’ll never achieve it. Over the years I’ve been distracted by pain, fear, anxiety, and certain relationships. I’ve voluntarily been robbed of my time.

Everything can’t have my attention. And I can’t allow the master deceiver to steal it from me any longer. My number one goal for this year is an even deeper intimacy with Jesus. My relationship with Him will not grow if I don’t make a concerted effort to focus on Him and what He is saying to me. And it’s not going to be easy. It’s going to take time, vision, determination, and sacrifice.

In optics (film or photography) you can focus on a person or object while everything around it is blurred. As radical as this may sound, that’s what I must do. To focus will require that I blur out other things. It doesn’t eradicate them from existence; I’ll just have to choose not to give my attention, either for a period of time or indefinitely, to the circus of activity trying to distract me. It isn’t enough to say yes to your dream. Saying no to other things is just as important.

Do you live a distracted life? Are you giving too much or all of your attention to activities, people, or thoughts that are holding you back from fulfilling your purpose? I want to encourage you to do a soul inventory.

  • What dream have you been holding hostage?
  • What is distracting you from working on it?
  • What are you willing to give up to achieve it?
  • Who are you surrounding yourself with?
  • What are you doing with your time?

What will you use your time for this year? Below is an acronym of what focus will mean for me this year. Personalize the acronym to reflect your focus and print it out as a reminder.

Here’s to staying focused! Cheers {raising and clinking my coffee cup with yours}!

  1. Fearless: I will allow God’s perfect love to cast out all fear.
  2. Open Eyes: I will seek clarity from the Holy Spirit.
  3. Consistency: I will spend time every day on my focus.
  4. Undivided: I will give my all to Jesus.
  5. Simplicity: I will eliminate distractions.
Meditation

Deep is the Mystery of Intimacy

There is an endless cacophony of noise and voices entering our minds and hearts on a daily basis influencing us. Much of that is out of our control. But what if we deliberately chose to sit and hear from God himself.

My spirit has been yearning to enter into an even deeper intimacy with Jesus. I want to hear more of what His Spirit wants to share. But I know I’ll need to do some specific things for our relationship to flourish. It’s going to take time, focus and surrender. And I know I will have to sacrifice some things but what I expect to get in return will be worth the sacrifice.

When our spirit is silent and expectant our hearts are shaken to life. Sometimes I stretch forth my physical hands and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I get on my knees and sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I pace around the room and sometimes I just stand still. It’s more a posture of the heart that God notices. He’s looking for someone that’s humbled in His presence, ready to listen and receive rather than quick to speak.

This intimacy is still such a mystery to me. And I believe it’s hard for some because it requires us to let go and trust.

But I truly believe the Spirit of God wants to whisper secrets from the heart of Jesus. On New Year’s Eve I received a gentle whisper that had my heart fluttering and my imagination dancing. It gave me a sneak peek of what we can expect from a deeper relationship with Jesus.

A Midnight Whisper from the Spirit

Wedding bells are ringing, wooing the bride of Christ.

At the midnight hour her heart is being prepared.

She will meet Him at dawn to begin a divine romance.

He will sweep her off her feet into the heavenlies.

Her first dance of true love with the Father will have the angels in awe.

The Son will then take His bride and show her His mansions.

Each day they will discover a hidden treasure together.

They will open new doors together;

enter into deeper rooms of revelations.

His heart will unlock rooms holding mysteries so deep,

her breath will be taken away.

There will be a library of books filled with words of love for His bride.

They will eat fruit baskets of grace and truth.

And He will take her to the throne room of mercy – a room of never-ending love and intimacy.

These are a couple of books I recommend that aided my intimacy journey with Jesus:

Secrets of the Secret Place by Bob Sorge

Desperately Deep by Lana Vawser