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The Lord Said
By Kathy Mote
The Lord said, “The greater part of surrender is trust, and the greater part
of trust is love.”
Painting by Jon McNaughton
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My Sheep
Hear My Voice
By Kathy Mote
The Lord said, “My sheep hear My voice. My sheep are those who follow Me. They follow every move
I make. They lean into Me every move they make. They don't ask Me where I am going. They don't wonder what I am doing. They don't ask where I will lead them. They walk in peace because I am with them.
As we desire Him,
we also trust Him.”
He will lead, and we will follow, seeing only Him. We will live in peace that passes understanding as we trust Him because we didn't ask for understanding, we simply followed
after Him.
He will lead you as you follow after Him. What He desires is that you should desire Him. This will keep your eyes on Him. That is how you follow Him.
He knows where you are, your circumstance is not random. He knows His will for you, and that has never been random. He knows what you need to follow Him, and that is what He teaches your heart to do.
So
He knows what He is doing in your life, and where He will take you, but He didn't tell you. That is so you would surrender your anxiousness and give Him your heart, and trust Him in it.
Painting by Jon
McNaughton
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The Lord Is Not Something
By Kathy Mote
The Lord is not something we 'practice'. Hearing Him is not based on our ability to
hear, but on Him speaking to us. We wouldn't say that of anyone else. It amazes me that people think that of Him. If I spoke to you, you would hear me. But I wouldn't speak to you if I didn't know you or if we weren't on good terms.
What we are entering is relationship, and we are being given the heart healing it is to walk with Him. Only He can do this in us. He desires for us to know our
place in His heart and to behave as we are called as we hear and respond to His voice.
It is like we are growing
up as He does a work in our heart. For many, He breaks their heart first. To yearn for Him imprints deep humility within them, an essential quality of those called to His presence.
The point I am trying to make is it is HIS work in us to bring us to Him, not our work to get to Him. What an impossible task that is. That is the point. Only those who surrender their heart to
Him know they hear Him because of His work in their heart.
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Why Would You Concern Yourself
With Someone
By Kathy Mote
The Lord said, Why would you concern yourself with someone who makes no time for you. Why would you measure
your worth by someone who sees no value in you. Why would you feel badly that you don't belong with people who misuse you. Why not realize your place with Me and allow your heart to be content in it. Why not see yourself in the place I have made for you.
Why not be confident that your identity is My child and allow your heart to be settled in it. It was always My desire to gather you that set you apart and called you to Me. Now it is time to restore to you all that
you lost for the sake of being called to Me. Be prepared to accept from Me all that you surrendered to Me. What I desire to give you is something you would never ask of Me.
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Our Father Speaks
By Kathy Mote
Our Father speaks with such authority, and Jesus always honors His heart and His will. As Jesus fills me, my heart melts for Him.
I would gladly lose the world for one minute with Him. That is the Father's heart in me, a gift from Jesus, my Lord as I am filled with the fullness of Him.
Desiring Him I surrender every ounce of my own
will as I follow after Him. We surrender, not out of fear, but because we are filled with a desire for Him. This is our Father's love that we are walking in, and it leads us back to Him.
The Lord Is Not Something We ‘Practice’
By Kathy Mote
The Lord is not something we 'practice'. Hearing Him is not based on our ability to hear, but on Him speaking to us. We wouldn't say that of anyone else. It amazes me that people think
that of Him. If I spoke to you, you would hear me. But I wouldn't speak to you if I didn't know you or if we weren't on good terms.
What we are entering is relationship, and we are being given the heart
healing it is to walk with Him. Only He can do this in us. He desires for us to know our place in His heart and to behave as we are called as we hear and respond to His voice.
It is like we are growing up as He does a work in our heart.
For many, He breaks their heart first. To yearn for Him imprints deep humility within them, an essential quality of those called to His presence.
The point I am trying to make is it is HIS work in us to
bring us to Him, not our work to get to Him. What an impossible task that is. That is the point. Only those who surrender their heart to Him know they hear Him because of His work in their heart.
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I Didn’t
‘Take’ or ‘Claim’ What I Got
By Kathy Mote
I didn't 'take' or 'claim' what I've got. He pressed my heart, so
I gave Him my heart. Then He gave me His.
Painting by Danny Hahlbohm
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We Call Our Reactions
By Kathy Mote
We call our reactions emotions and 'feelings'. We react and respond to what we see and hear. He creates
by expressing the desires of His heart. All that He created came into being by obeying His desires.
By our very nature, we were made to respond to Him. We were made to know
Him this way. We are becoming the desires of His heart as He creates His desires in our heart. He is not done creating all that he desires. He is not done making us all He desires.