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Well,
my precious Heartdwellers, the Lord is
truly leading and guiding us and
teaching us. And He always makes good
out of our mistakes. We can
trust Him to be a turn-‐around
specialist that corrects things when
they go the wrong way.
“Still
you have moments of weakness. And...when I see pride raising it’s
obnoxious head, (yeah, I started to
feel that the other day. I thought,
'Oh, man -‐I'm in for a
fall, I can feel it coming
on...') I am obliged to humble
you...so I stand back just a very
little bit and allow you to go
off on your own. I always
get good results with this. You
should know by now, when you
feel insecure about doing something, a
good rule of thumb is ‘don’t do
it.’ However, your desire nature
trumps your wisdom and off you
go. It still is all about
self-‐will, self-‐love, pride and avarice.
“When
you are totally dead to yourself
and the world and you love Me
more than anything or anyone...well,
you won’t go flying off. Something
inside, a governor will check your
action and your desire nature will
be left in the dust to rot
and disappear, as it should.
“This
is that fateful time of the
year when everyone is getting the
very same impulses. There is much
evil behind it, but a truly
meek soul walks through it as
if it were nothing. I don’t
care how many demons are or aren’t tormenting
you -‐ the bottom line is that
virtue is a steel wall they
cannot penetrate. They may try
to torment you, suggest, flash with
passions for things, and trip you in
a million different ways. But
if you have wisdom and self-‐control,
as well as Me in mind at
all times, their most powerful
weapons against you are worthless.
“So
now we are in the cleanup
stage.”
And
right around that time, my email went
off and one of our prayer
warriors sent me a link to The
Priestly Bride by Anna Roundtree and
told me to listen to the
minutes between 40 and 50. Wow,
did that ever nail it -‐and
it was funny, because I'm sitting
in here listening to the Lord,
and all of a sudden she came
to mind as someone I needed to
share this with, personally. And
Bingo! There comes the email. And
I listened to Anna Roundtree for
10 minutes, I listened to that
segment, and it really nailed it.
I just felt a lot of
conviction. And part of it had to
do with seeking the Lord for
Himself rather than seeking the Lord
for the anointing or for the
message. And we've talked about that
before -‐that's super important for
the Bride.
And
the Lord began again,
“Clare,
you do seek Me for Me...you do.
But you still don’t trust
Me. That is why in some
challenging situations, you prefer your
own will, even though you sense it
is at odds with Mine. So, can
we fix this? Of course, with
your cooperation we surely can.
It can take days, weeks or
years, depending on your willingness. (Not
that we have years, guys. We
don't have years!) We
have been at it for years.
That is something others can ponder
and derive hope from.”
Yeah,
don't feel bad, guys. He's been
working on me in this area for
years.
He,
continued, "Oh we are close,
so very close, but there is
still that vestige of ‘I’ in
your heart. And it steers you
off the road of sanctity.
Someday you will see this and
not permit yourself that anymore.
Someday. I am not saying you
have not made progress, you have
made wonderful progress, but, there
still is a bit to go...and I
am going with you, hand in hand.
I will not abandon you to
the will of your enemies: thieves,
brigands and murderers, waiting behind
the bushes and rocks as you
walk this road with Me. I
will not abandon you to their
will. I will defend you so
long as you stay to the
straight and narrow. And not let go
of My hand -‐not even for
a moment. When you stray, My love, I
must allow the lessons that go
with self-‐will. I must allow
you to suffer the consequences… so
it will be deeply embedded in
your heart and mind. My way is
always the Best Way. Even
if you have to guess at it,
and deduce it by your own
reasoning, it is still the best
way. You know Me, Clare, you
know what I think about most things
pertaining to you, so it shouldn’t
be difficult to make the right
decisions. It’s all a matter
of crucifying your flesh, y Love-‐es,
putting that old man to death,
buried deep in the earth he is
from. Then you will be free to
glide and soar with Me, and
nothing shall be able to knock
you off track.
“Your
life shall become simple, plain,
easy. Wouldn’t you like that?"
I
most certainly would, Lord.
"Well
then, trust Me, trust My judgment,
Trust My wisdom, trust that My
entire heart for you is blessing
upon blessing, not burden upon
burden. And not deprivation. Then you
will stay free, My little dove,
and not be captured so easily
in the enemy’s snare.
“So
now, trust Me, put your hand in
Mine and we will negotiate this
wilderness road without further casualties.
And yes, that which was meant
to harm you, has become a
lesson for all My Brides...with the
added unction of your sufferings
offered to Me for them. The
wicked ones always lose. The
greater the difficulty, the greater
the lesson, the greater the graces
spread abroad
to all My Brides. Satan cannot
win. Even if he should succeed
in causing physical death, ten more
will spring up in the place of
that one. He never wins. Put
your fears away. You're not going
to die. I'm just using that as
an example.
"I
bless you now, Precious. And all
My precious Brides, with the anointing
to put to death the Old Man,
that he may not raise his head
again and drag you off the path
of righteousness and sanctity.
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Source: Heartdwellers
