Praise Him! The He Art cookbook is on the boat!

       Praise God! The He Art cookbook is on the boat and being shipped as we speak! I'm so thankful to God for getting it to this point! It has been such a long journey over the last three years, and He has brought every part to fruition! I rejoice that He is the Living Water and the Bread of Life who satisfies our real hunger! More and more often, He has been revealing to me how He alone fills our hunger, and how amazing He is; He really does satisfy us, and pours out His love into our hearts! (Romans 5:5) Here are some of the Scriptures and quotes that He has led me to reinforce how He fills us, and also the other articles He had me write on His provision! Also, below are many of the major miracles He provided to get the He Art cookbook here! I'm so excited for people to finally read His Words in it, and remember that He loves them so much!!! He alone can quench their hunger and He will overflow them with His love!!!!!!!

♥       "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing" (Ezekiel 47:12).

♥       "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14).

♥       "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the LORD, and who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers" (Psalm 1:1-3).

♥       "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).

♥       "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).


       He led me to these very similar verses all in one week! They are all on how God plants us in His river and that He is the water that gives us Life! They describe how in Him, we never wither or hunger and He always satisfies us and produces fruit in us! God also reminded me this week with these verses, that He is more than enough! He is living in us and since He is eternally flowing, then there is always more love, more peace, everything from Him! He is so good! (See also, 'Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!') It's crazy that He led me to them all this past few weeks! Isn't that cool! God is that living water in us and we are satisfied when we eat of Him! He is always LOVE! (1 John 4:16) Here are even more Scriptures and quotes on How by faith, He is loving inside of us!

♥       From, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!'
       God's continual refreshment in Him reminds me of something He wrote through Heidi Baker in 'Compelled by LOVE.' He reminded her of the passage in Habakuk 2:14, "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." He often gives His people visions and words, and Heidi explained that many of the children were receiving revelation from Him, or even seeing Him! God's love is everywhere, for He is everywhere! He pours out His love into us and cares for the orphan and the widow! Seeing His love in so many, and the purity that He brings, taught Heidi to want to stay in His heart, filled with Him. He reminded her of the verse in Ezekiel 47:12, about how He is the river and to be planted in Him. "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." He gave her the insight that when we are yielded to Him, then He can have His kind, perfect, loving way in us, and pour that out to the nations! When He fills us with His love, He pours it out to the many!

♥        God plants us in His waters, and comforts, warms and grows us through His Son. This Ezekiel 47 river is also a lot like the river described in Psalm 1:1-3, a life-verse for me:

       "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers" (Psalm 1:1-3; Also, this is prospering in God, not the world. God gives us His love and freedom and peace and He desires us to be filled with Him, flowing out to others, showing that He is beautiful and He is Love. Here is one of my new favorite quotes He led Mother Teresa to write: "God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important." By simple child-like faith, God flows His loves through us! He is the Life! "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Praise Him! He is faithful!). 

       -It is beautiful to note that the tree yields fruit, just as He led Heidi to write about yielded hearts for Him; being in His heart! I pray that His heart beats in all of us as we look to Him, seeing His beautiful face. He is pouring out His love in us! His eyes are waters of love!

♥       "All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 4:15).

♥       "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it" (Malachi 3:10; Also, God says not to put Him to the test (Matthew 4:7; quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16), but here since He is asking, it is good, for it is from Him! Let's go to Him! He has so much to offer, and let's give Him what is His, including the tenth, or tithe offering! "Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him" (Psalm 34:8). Hallelujah!).

♥       Here are additional resources God led on how He pours out His love into us!
'Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!'
'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!'
'Faith Like Potatoes' in the Inspiration section!
Iris Ministries, Compelled by LOVE, and the 'Mama Heidi' documentary in the Inspiration section!
       Also, to read more about eating the Bread of Life, Jesus, see a summary on drinking that Coke, from 'Compelled by LOVE,' in 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!', and 'Jesus picnics!'


       May you feel God's love being poured out into you! He loves you!


       GOD IS AMAZING!!!!!!! He has so much to share about how He loves us and is the Living Water and the Bread of Life! He alone satisfies us, and He does it forever! He is so kind and awesome! He loves you and is waiting for you with open arms! He wants to sing and dance with you and laugh with you! Look into His eyes! He loves you!!!!!!
       I'm so thankful for all the times that He has helped me with this He Art cookbook and overflowed me with His love to produce His fruit! I've just been watching and enjoying Him at work! Here is a brief overview of the major miracles He did, for He always works miraculously, to get the book here and make it ripen!

       After He led me to initially write the He Art cookbook, God provided the time to write it! He asked me to return home, and gave me the time. Over two years, God provided what to say for each page. Many times I would not have the slightest idea of what to write, but I would pray that He would write through me every time, by His Holy Spirit. Sometimes the ideas would flow out right away, and other times, like some fruit, it took a little longer to ripen. He would give me ideas at night or during the day and I would write them down; ideas for titles, recipes, descriptive sentences, images, metaphors, messages, photos, food styling; everything! He gave all the ideas! One of my favorite times was when He wrote, 'Marionberry pie.' He wrote it through me in about 15 minutes! All of the other recipes took at least 1 day, and some took over 2 weeks to work on and pray about. This one came right out, and needed hardly any editing! He is so good! That was fun! And He is always talking to us! Prayer is a two-way conversation, so let's always listen to what He has to say, or what images, Bible verses, words, lessons, everything, He wants to give us, or to give to us for others! Hallelujah!!! He is so good!
       During Him writing the book, He would often give me little jokes. He is really funny! Some of this might not make sense because it is so specific, but that is how He works! He really knows us! Well, He knows I love the number 7! In the Bible, 7 is the number used most often to represent perfection or completion. Also, the numbers 12 and 40 are used here. I love groups of seven, like 21. I made a template for each chapter section, and on the final page I was working on one day, it was untitled #21. This was just nice after a long day! It may seem small, but the odds of that were decreased because many times my computer would crash after a few, for it is very old, and can only take so much processing. Since it hadn't crashed in a while, it was up to 21! That was neat! (And I do often save things! Praise God for saving us!). God did this other times too. Like pg 77, Orzo Pasta is one of my favorite recipes, and pg. 25, 'Bread of Life' is on 25! I like the number 25 as well because it is 2+5! I know that is odd, but I have for a long time! Also, I really like the number 34 for the same reason; 3+4. The notes section, right after the main recipes started at 134. All of these things are very little to most people, but I thought they were all nice gifts from Him, showing me that He was taking care of it all!
       As the book came to completion over the two years, I needed to find a printer. God led me to self-publish, so I just needed to have it printed at a good quality. At first I felt led to look at purchasing a printer of my own. It was much too expensive, but God gave me many pleasant conversations over the phone, I'm sure of which He used for good! After that He led me to six different printing companies in the Portland area! Some were just not in my budget, and finally, one night the seventh came! Again, it was really the seventh! -He is so good! There was a book on our coffee table, 'Walking with God in America,' that had been printed by Thomas Nelson. At the time, my mom suggested that I call them to see where they print! I called the Thomas Nelson company and heard back where they printed! I was already thankful for that! After I called the reputable company in China, I realized that they didn't speak English on the phone. That was funny, and so I e-mailed them. An extremely nice and professional account manager there has helped take care of the rest!
       God gave me this perfect company who gave me beautiful samples, and technically amazing work! I just prayed and prayed that they would agree to my contract, and praise God, then they did! This was the start of printing! Hallelujah! Over the next 9 months, then, the workers there were very patient to get the coloring just right! God showed me that there was so much to color editing! Now, He has had me color-manage all my monitors and learn quite a bit! And we've been through many many samples, as well as press-maintenace and other adjustments, to finally get it here! Hallelujah and thank you God for this generous company!
       I was relived when God sent to me the final proof! It was just right! He had given me an image of what the cover should look like over three years ago and it matched what He had put in my heart and head! I was delighted! The next steps were to set up customs!
       Well, thank God again, because the most recently assigned agent, and there had been about seven by now that I've been working with, contacted me along with the rest, to let me know something very urgent! Hmm, yes, I called him back and he said that unless I filed a certain form, and had a broker in one day's time, I would have to pay a $5000 fee! I was very thankful to God when He said that he could do the paperwork this time! What a blessing! His help and the help from the rest has been paramount! Thank God for working through all of them!
       Now, it's finally on the boat! God will bring it to port, and then help us arrange the transportation from the port to our final mailing address! What a journey indeed! But, God provided the Way; who is Jesus! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).
       I'm so relieved that His cookbook is almost here! Praise God for His provision through all of these miracles, large and 'small.' As one of my dear grandma figures used to say at a green light, 'Thank you God for every blessing, great and small!' God uses everything to bring Him the deserved Glory! All of this happened because of God! Praise Him for overflowing His love into all of our lives, forever!


       As you can see, God provides! And the whole time, He was also filling and flowing with His Holy Spirit! I've loved growing with Him, in trusting in Him through this process. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6). And, "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11). It has been very hard at times, but He has always given more and more LOVE, and He always is here! He is more than enough! He just pours out His LOVE into us! HE IS AMAZING! HE IS GOD! HE IS LOVE! FOREVER! Praise God for His He Art cookbook, but much more so, Praise Him for being our real sustenance! He is our LIFE! Let's hunger no more! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). And, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes tome will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).

GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!

"And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us"

(Romans 5:5).

       God literally pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us! He is amazing! He is always with us and loving us! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). Let's look to Him in simple, child-like faith to see His unfailing love! (Hebrews 12) He is love! "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them" (1 John 4:16). God is so gracious and in love - with us, and can be in us! "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). And, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to be in us through faith. He said, "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have told you these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for you good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counsellor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says, Counsellor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!). God can live in us, flowing through us, out to everyone! Praise Him!!!

       God has poured out His love into my life in a new fashion over the past few years through gardening! About three years ago, He really helped my family by telling us about this large plant sale near the coast. We collected many large shrubs, trees and flowering bushes over the years and began planting about a year ago. It was so delightful to set out the majority of the plants in the driveway the first time He had us start. There were so many lush and pleasant varieties, just waiting for their new homes. It took a lot of hard work, but was easy in Him. I simply prayed that the yard would look good (Mat 7:7; Mar 10:18), and that when people came by He would bring them His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control through looking at the yard! (These are all of the fruits of the Holy Spirit, as recorded in Galatians 5:22-23) He did this superbly! I was amazed at how easily the design process went, as He just flowed out His inspiration, through me, into the yard, and into other's hearts. And He does this all the time! I just enjoyed this process, for gardening was a new art form to me. He showed me that we can do anything in Him, for really He is the One doing it! "I can do all things through him who gives me strength" (Philippians 4:13). And, He also taught me this recently, that He compels us to love Him first and others as ourselves, as seen in the greatest two commandments: "Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). He does this in us through His strength and goodness! "To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:29). This 'struggling' in Him is actually resting in His energy. God does the miracles and gives the Love, all we do is rest in Him by faith! For rest in God is victory! (Matthew 12:20; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4) He is amazing! He is always enough! Since God is infinite, He is always pouring out His love, and there is an unlimited amount of His love! We read about this in John 7:38: "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." And we read too, that, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us!

       As God was pouring out His love on me and the yard and everything, He taught me some amazing lessons! One of the first was as I was planting so many small bushes, as well as relocating many large rhododendrons and hydrangeas. God showed me how delicate and yet strong His nature is, and how His Loving Nature is. His love can calm a baby and is strong enough to overwhelm us, in a good way. His love covers us and brings us into eternal life with Him, because Jesus died on the cross and rose to life for us. By simple child-like faith in Him, we share in His life! His love is overflowing! He's so good! So when we think of God, we can always think of how gentle and yet strong He is - He is very pleased with us in Him and is there for us in Love! We can think of Him with open arms! He is smiling over us and waiting for us to dance and sing with Him; to rejoice in His overflowing love! Therefore, if we mess up, it's ok! Remember, His love is gentle enough to calm a baby. He led me to these verses to remind me of this point:

♥       "As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame" (Romans 10:11).

♥       "As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame" (Romans 9:33).

♥       "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching the islands will put their hope" (Isaiah 42:3-4).

♥       "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice through to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope" (Matthew 12:20-21; quoting from Isaiah 42:3-4).

       May you read about His gentle love more in, 'Breakthrough 6: He lifts up our head,' written on Palm Sunday. God really emphasized to me that He is here in love! He is so kind!

       Another lesson that God taught me in the yard was on this path - a path of righteousness. There is similar rock staircase to the right that my dad had made about 15 years ago. He did a very nice job, and the stones had settled quite well. This rock path was modeled after that. I thought it would be a fun project, as well as reasonably doable! Well, it turned out to be one of the hardest projects I have ever worked on! Though, thanks to the LORD, it was accomplished! First, I excavated the steps and prayed the whole time, listening to God on where the lines and rises should be. Then, I continued to listen to where the steps should actually start. I took a couple beach rocks, from a few that were underground at the site (possibly an old riverbed?), and placed them where I felt God was leading. I was really pleased with how this part turned out and thanked Him for making it work well! I discovered that setting the stones was a bit harder! Using the 1/4 minus, a compacting material, I labored over the first few flat stones for a whole afternoon! I was very tired and thought this was not going well. I remember looking down and placing the next stone, thinking this was going to take a long time! It looked and I saw a heart! On the top of the stone, there is a small raised surface that looks like a heart! It was unmistakable! I laughed and relaxed. God was telling me that He loved me and that everything was ok! He is so gentle! Praise Him!

       I took a break for a while, and God helped me realize that it would take much to long to set the stones with this method. After trying some sand, He then put in my head, 'Why not use concrete?' That did the trick! Over the next few days, I poured quick-drying concrete and grouted out between the stones, leaving an area for dirt and ground cover in the future. The process was much quicker, yet still required very hard physical labor. But God gave me strength and grew me, actually making it fun! I enjoyed getting stronger from all the bending and pouring. At a time when I was forgetting all that God was doing on this project, and a little more tired than normal, again, I looked down and there was another heart! This time, the whole rock was in the shape of a heart. It was the middle stone, and I looked over the whole staircase, realizing that it was the step right under where the rose arch is going to be (still to be installed!). God is incredible! "Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen" (Ephesians 3:20-21). God had gone over the top to show that He cares and is guiding me! He loves us with an everlasting love and He pours out His love daily! After I was gladly done with the project, on the stone that is to the right of the staircase, I painted a heart in purple, which represents His royalty. He is our great, loving King, and He leads us on paths of righteousness. "The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake" (Psalm 23:1-3). Though the path may seem hard, His love pours out on us so much that He overcomes! "You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand" (Psalm 16:11). God is amazing! Hallelujah!

Thank you God for your heart! As you can see His love is strong; His waters of love in the meantime have caused this painted heart to fade a bit. But He never fades, and it shows that what is in this world will pass away but He will never pass away! (1 Corinthians 7:31; Psalm 102:11-12; Lamentations 5:19; also, the middle heart is complete, it just has some dirt covering the lower edge!). Additionally, these three pictures were taken more recently, on a very sunny day. The first picture shows just how much God's love have washed over the land. It is completely saturated with His love! But, these pictures above show that too! Even though it is a very sunny day, He is washing us with His love, with His Son! He is always pouring out His love on us! His radiance is reflecting off our faces (Hebrews 1:3)! He is always with us and gives us His glorious Love! "One [seraphim] cried to another and said: 'Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!" (Isaiah 6:3). Let's not focus on the situation, but on God! (Hebrews 12) Looking to Him restores us! When we look to Him, we are healed! His love cleanses us and makes us joyful and at peace! God's continual refreshment in Him reminds me of something He wrote through Heidi Baker in 'Compelled by LOVE.' He reminded her of the passage in Habakuk 2:14, "For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea." He often gives His people visions and words, and Heidi explained that many of the children were receiving revelation from Him, or even seeing Him! God's love is everywhere, for He is everywhere! He pours out His love into us and cares for the orphan and the widow! Seeing His love in so many, and the purity that He brings, taught Heidi to want to stay in His heart, filled with Him. He reminded her of the verse in Ezekiel 47:12, about how He is the river and to be planted in Him. "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing." He gave her the insight that when we are yielded to Him, then He can have His kind, perfect, loving way in us, and pour that out to the nations! When He fills us with His love, He pours it out to the many! God plants us in His waters, and comforts, warms and grows us through His Son. This Ezekiel 47 river is also a lot like the river described in Psalm 1:1-3, a life-verse for me. 

♥       "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers" (Psalm 1:1-3; Also, this is prospering in God, not the world. God gives us His love and freedom and peace and He desires us to be filled with Him, flowing out to others, showing that He is beautiful and He is Love. Here is one of my new favorite quotes He led Mother Teresa to write: "God does not demand that I be successful. God demands that I be faithful. When facing God, results are not important. Faithfulness is what is important." By simple child-like faith, God flows His loves through us! He is the Life! "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us" (2 Corinthians 4:7). Praise Him! He is faithful!). 

It is beautiful to note that the tree yields fruit, just as He led Heidi to write about yielded hearts for Him; being in His heart! I pray that His heart beats in all of us as we look to Him, seeing His beautiful face. He is pouring out His love on us! His eyes are waters of love!

       God is so compassionate! Besides teaching me and loving me through these hearts, in His heart, the main lesson God taught me came right after this path was completed. It was also after most of the plants had found their homes and everything was just right. I really appreciated walking around the yard, watching His flowers and beauty flourish. God's flowers and fruit grow so sweetly; they are produced so gently on the tree. They are miracles made over time, and yet almost in just a day! I loved being comforted by His Love, seen through creation. "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse" (Romans 1:20). One of my favorite parts to see His beauty, His Nature, was looking at this path! The hardest area became the most beautiful to me! I would just stand there and look. Also, I like to visit that place and other places in my head and heart anywhere as I think of the LORD. Well, one day, God led me to this first verse, "And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" (Romans 5:5). He caused me to think of a watering can, pouring out His love on us, just as an expert gardener would water their plants. God's flowing Holy Spirit waters of Love come from Him, are forever, and so overflowing! He loves us! He truly pours out His love in us and on us; He is so in love! He saturates us and give us His Life in us! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). He really wanted me to emphasize pouring in this post! It is not a few small drops, or a little here and there. He is enlivening us and refreshing us, lavishing His love on us - all the time, almost like a little kid watering the first time. But, we can take it for sure! He gave me the idea of setting the watering can on that heart rock, and showing that He is all about His love in our hearts! I'm still amazed at how He had all of this come together, and even, this lesson! He is really pouring out His love right now! We can hope in Him! He is love! "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them" (1 John 4:16).

       God also taught me about how we always have full access to Him and His love. He recently led me to read, 'Compelled by LOVE,' which He wrote through Heidi Baker. I included my favorite selection in, 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' With children coming into her home, and watching the Holy Spirit change their lives, God led her to write about how we can come into the Father's house and that everything He has is ours as well! "And he said to him, "Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours" (Luke 15:31). We are welcome to everything! I would recommend purchasing, 'Compelled by LOVE' (see here for the description in the inspiration section!), and reading the whole section, but basically she describes how when they first take the children in, they are often very timid and don't think they have access to the family, even to the fridge! The children who have been there a long time understand that they are completely welcome, and as the new children hang out with them, they gradually understand as well. She shared one story about a child who wouldn't even look people in the eyes because he was so hurt. Heidi took him by the hand and said that there was a Coke in that fridge and he could help himself to it any time he liked. Also, she would tuck him in at night, and look him in the eye, and that she loved him! One day, he went and got that Coke, and he was ecstatic! He finally understood that he was welcome! He realized that he was the Father's child, and no longer an orphan! Sometimes we tend to act a lot like this with God, and think He doesn't hear us, or care, or is going to be mad when we come to Him. But, He is in love with us! He is Love! "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them" (1 John 4:16). He wants to give us everything He has, including love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control! He lavishes us in His love! And just through faith, we are his children! "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ" (Galatians 3:26-27). He is so kind and is waiting for us with an open, strong, loving heart! He is smiling over us right now! He wants us to be filled from Him; to drink from Him and eat of Him, for He alone satisfies our real thirst and real hunger! "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38), and, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). Hallelujah! Truly, He is the Bread of Life! Through simple, child-like faith, He satisfies us in LOVE! He is our sustenance! "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." (John 6:54-58). We can come to Him now and enjoy Him forever! He is who we are made for! Let's let Him fill us! The Father loves all His children! (Also, see more in, 'Jesus picnics!')

       God is so in love! We can be so in love with Him! What a gift! He really does pour out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us! We can all dink from His waters and live! Hallelujah! A few more verses that God led me to about pouring out are these:

♥       "All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God" (2 Corinthians 4:15).

♥       "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it" (Malachi 3:10; Also, God says not to put Him to the test (Matthew 4:7; quoting from Deuteronomy 6:16), but here since He is asking, it is good, for it is from Him! Let's go to Him! He has so much to offer, and let's give Him what is His, including the tenth, or tithe offering! "Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him" (Psalm 34:8). Hallelujah!).

       We are encouraged to pour out thanks to God and to look to Him, giving Him the glory, giving Him the love, for it is His, and it is Him! (See Hebrews 12 and 'Breakthrough 10: Our identity is in Christ! Let us fix our eyes on Him!'; 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!'; and 'Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!') That is because when we do, everyone is blessed, for His love is overflowing! His love is meant to flow and move! He pours out His love, so there is always more than enough! Let's celebrate with Him and our neighbor, letting Him fulfill the the greatest commandments in His overflowing Love through us! "Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Let's enjoy His Loving Nature and let the world rejoice in Him as well, as they see His reflection in His creation, which is not just plants, but also you! For, through simple, child-like faith in Him, the Holy Spirit can live in us! Hallelujah to Jesus! He is so gentle! He is so strong! He produces fruit in a loving way. He guides us on His paths of righteousness and upholds us with His strong hands, mightily saving us! We can thankfully hope in Him! Jesus is LOVE! Jesus is LORD!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! "And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" (Romans 5:5).

♥       God loves you! He is pouring out His love in you right now! Hallelujah!
       Also! God had me re-read part of this article, and re-read the verse Romans 5:5: "And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us" (Romans 5:5). God showed me that He was pouring out His love into our hearts! I first titled the article with, on us! But God is way better! He pours out, He is LOVE, the Holy Spirit, into us! Very often, actually, I have asked God to hug me, and He does! It is a warm and joyful feeling! I love it! He is so good! Well, He had me realize that He is always closer to us than that! He doesn't just get really close around us, through simple, child-like faith in Him, He can live in us! Wow! GOD IS AWESOME!!!!!!! HE IS LOVE!!!!!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!

'God's Holy Name!' from the He Art cookbook

       God’s Name is Holy, which means set apart or devoted, and God’s Name is also like saying His Character.^ta As was common practice in the Old Testament times, to name someone was to tell their relation to God; their character in Him. And all over the Bible, we can see that God’s Character is: Holy and Righteous, Awesome and Beautiful, Admirable, Strong, the Best! This is why I say to “remember” God’s Name, because it really could mean to think of Him, and how good He is (and He alone is good: Matthew 19:17). More specifically though, God’s Name is given to Moses in Exodus 3:13-14. It is recorded, “Moses said to God, ‘Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your father has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?’ God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.’” This can also be translated to, “I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE” and actually, “The Hebrew for LORD sounds like and may be derived from the Hebrew for I AM.”^tb God is telling Moses many things in His Name, but one idea that we get from it is that it is definitely Holy, Everlasting, Over all, Exalted, Final, Strong, and Full! In Exodus 3:15, it is also recorded that, “God also said to Moses, ‘Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, the name by which I am to be remembered from generation to generation.’” God was sharing that He was the same God the previous generations had known. God is always here for us, desiring us to recognize Him, and yearning for us to be with Him! (Plus, the reason people capitalize His Name is to show His Holiness in text; to give Him credit because He deserves it! That is why I capitalize His Name in all the places I can.) Praise Him!
       God also sent His only begotten Son, Jesus, who is fully God and fully human (Jesus means the LORD saves)!^tc His Name is given by God, revealed through an angel sent by God to Joseph, Mary’s husband (as recorded in Matthew 1:20-21). Jesus is the Christ, or Messiah, which means the Anointed One.^td Many people were awaiting a Messiah to come in the form of a military leader to save them from Rome, and Jesus came and offered salvation, but was different than what they had expected. He is a gentle leader who fought against spiritual evils, instead of against people. He came to save His people. The birth of Jesus fulfilled this specific prophecy (the prediction about a Savior) completely, though. The prophecy said, “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel’ - which means, ‘God with us’” (Matthew 1:23). So Jesus, or God, is also called Immanuel. (Isn’t that cool too how Jesus’ birth was predicted!) Plus, many other ‘nick-names’ are given to Jesus, such as: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace, Alpha and Omega, Everlasting Father, Heavenly Father and Savior. All of these point again to how He loves and is Awesome in Character. Jesus continues in Revelation, “I am the Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End” (Revelation 22:13), and, “I Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star” (Revelation 22:16). Jesus teaches us it is important to remember His Name and know Him, for evil people will impersonate Him, but there is only One Jesus. Jesus warns, “‘Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ, and will deceive many’” (Matthew 24:4-5)^t. See, He kindly warns us ahead of time!
       Additionally, the Holy Spirit is a part of God. Jesus said that He would leave for a while, but send the Holy Spirit. He said, “When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you must also testify, for you have been with me from the beginning” (John 15:26). Jesus rose to the Father, and now the Holy Spirit can be with all of us. Thus, we can be with God all the time and anywhere! This is such an overlooked gift! God gives us direct access to Him, His Holy Spirit, and we can pray - which essentially means talk - with Him always. And, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express” (Romans 8:26). God is directly available to us! Let’s talk, and more importantly, listen to Him! It’s a two way conversation.
       The Name for God includes: God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. God exists in this Holy Trinity, which means that He is One God, yet has three separate parts at the same time. There is really no way to explain this other than that God is Awesome and above us. It is not a concept made up by theologians, though.^te Jesus Himself said, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20). Jesus referred to the Name as singular. There is One God, as defined many times in the Bible (for example, see also Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34, and Genesis 1:26), and Jesus says that this Name is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit: Three-In-One. There is no way to sit down and explain the Trinity, but I’m also glad that God is above my understanding because then I know He is above me!
       God’s Name essentially shows that He is God!

♥       For more Biblical references to the God's Holy Trinity, besides Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34, and Genesis 1:26, see also: Matthew 3:16-17; Matthew 28:19; John 15:26; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 1:2-5; 1 Peter 1:2; and John 1. 

       And to read more about the Trinity, see also, 'Three-In-One; the Three Parts of He Art.'

^t    There is more to Jesus’ message on the end times, right before heaven. Look at least to Mt 24:1-25:46; Da 9:27, 11:31 and 12:11; Lk 21:7-38; 2Th 2:1-17; 1Jn, and Rev to start. Reading these is really important and shows that He is coming! This is awesome, but will also bring a lot of pain for those who want to reject Him. Jesus teaches many things about the end times such as how all of His followers - or people who love Him - will not be deceived, but that the others will be. We can recognize when Jesus comes back, though, because it will be extremely evident. And He is telling us about it; no one will need to tell us. Thus the phrases, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather” (Luke 17:37), and, “For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man” (Matthew 24:27). Jesus is just being honest about all of this. He plainly explains, “See, I have told you ahead of time” (Matthew 24:25). Jesus wants to tell us these warnings and give us opportunity to be with Him and receive His love! It is also mentioned in Daniel, which you should read, that there will be an end to the daily sacrifice and an evil ruler will come to set up his own image to be worshiped instead. However, after this brief time, Jesus is victorious forever! From that point, the abolishing of the daily sacrifice and setting up the abomination that causes desolation, there will be 1290 days. In Daniel it says, “Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1335 days” (Daniel 12:12). Jesus and His return will be unmistakable for those who know Him, and for those He knows (Matthew 7:21-29). Let’s be with Jesus!

^ta See the ‘Holiness’ explanation in the Introduction to Leviticus, pg. 169
^tb See footnotes f and g, respectively, pg. 109
^tc See footnote c, pg. 1641
^td See footnote b, pg. 1640
^te See footnote n, pg. 1721, and the notes on the bottom of the page for verses 18, 18-20, 19, 19, 20 and 20, pg. 1721

Life Application Bible: New International Version. Wheaton And Grand Rapids: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. and Zondervan, 1991. 169, 109, 1641, 1640 and 1721, respectively. Print.

God Bless you! He loves you so much!

Breakthrough 12: There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!

       God is always loving us more than we think! He loved us before the creation of the world, and will love us forever, for His loving nature is eternal! (Romans 1:20) Hallelujah! We can always enjoy Him more and more, starting now, because Jesus came and died in our place, and was raised to life in sweet unity with the Father. That means now, through child-like faith in Jesus, we share that! We don't need to do anything more, but just have child-like faith! He's simply awesome! That's why it is good news! God has broken through every barrier for us, and is completely here in love! What an amazing God! He is Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23), and His Holy Spirit can live in us just through faith! We have full access to our loving Dad! Let's relax in Him and see the adventure that He unfolds, which is to know Him more: to love Him more, and to love others through Him!
       "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
       God is love, as we read in 1 John 4:16, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." God shows us this every day and every moment of every day! When we place our faith in God, we can see Him! He's waiting for us with open arms! There is no longer any barrier, so we can actually rest in Him! Practically, this means that we don't have to strive anymore! "Cease striving and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in all the earth" (Psalm 46:10). We can really rest! His love is more than we need, and He is giving Himself for us forever! It's amazing! He is amazing!
       God gives us many gifts, including love, joy, peace, patience, faith, hope and love! We can place these gifts in other things, but that doesn't make sense, for they are of Him! "For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen" (Romans 11:36). And also, God is the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit is "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control" (Galatians 5:22-23). God designed these gifts to bring us closer to loving Him first and then our neighbors! "Jesus replied, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Out of His overflowing, loving mercies, we love Him more! He is always drawing us into deeper purity with Him. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus with everything that He gives us, the greatest of these being love, 'which binds them all together in perfect unity' (Colossians 3:14).
       For so long, I would think that I had to 'get right with God,' but as we can see, He is already right with us! Whatever you think is separating you from Him, God has already made the breakthrough! We just smile back at Him, for His love washes us clean. It's just by childlike faith! We can now celebrate with Him, rather than trying to get to Him. His love is real love, and when He is living in us, everything is made right!
       One of the greatest lessons He has been teaching me recently is that in Him, our hunger is made right, and that He alone satisfies! For, have you ever been hungry for something, but you can't tell what it is? You may find yourself walking through the kitchen and eating an apple, or a tomato, carrots, sunflower seeds; everything and anything. Hmm. Still hungry! Then, you might think that it's time for a movie, but movies are never good enough. Or, the next day, you work out but you're still not exactly satisfied. That hunger can only be satisfied in Christ! What is even more amazing, though, is that He is eternal and there is always more faith, hope and love in Him! He is the Living water who quenches our thirst, and the bread of life who truly fills our hearts. We can lavish in His love starting now and lasting on into forever! Plus, there will always be more of Him! Hallelujah!
  
   "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
   "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).

         Again, just the other day, God led one of my dear friends to write a Bible verse to me in an e-mail: 2 Corinthians 3:18! You can read more about how God led me to this verse countless times in 'Breakthrough 2: God is always making us,' and 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' God is amazing! Truly, He is always loving us! Here is the verse again: "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18; verse 17 is good to include as well!). Something else God led her to write about was God moving us from 'glory to glory.' We read about that in this verse and see that He is always growing us more in His love! Also, His love is sufficient for us and satisfying. It is wonderful! He makes us grow through Him, and He always gives us enough! He is so satisfying! That means that when things are getting 'harder,' He actually has given us just what we need: Him! No matter the circumstance, He is God and He is Loving us! Let's look away from the 'problem,' and fix our eyes on Him! We don't need to rely on us, but on Him. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6). God is our strength! His strength is seen so clearly in another verse that God has recently led me to a lot, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7: "For God, who said, "Let light shine our of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed 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." Though we are indeed fragile, He will carry us through in sweet victory, and continually supply us with His love; He is always more than enough! 'We are more than conquerors through him who loves us" (Romans 8:37). He gives us rest in His love, for His love is perfect, atoning, completely healing, amazing, and forever! He is all that we need! That is why this verse makes so much sense: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). Let's let Him breakthrough to our hearts! Let's let Him love on us with all of who He is! Let's fix our eyes on Him in child-like faith and be undone!
       Jesus is LORD! He is so good! God is always loving us more than we think! He will always give us more faith, hope and love! God is always talking to each of us! These breakthrough articles are beautiful blessings from Him, given to all of us, so that we can grow in Him more and more, yet there is so much more! Enjoy spending time listening to God in prayer, which is a two-way conversation, and write down what He says! He will tell you specific blessings through Bible verses, images, words, and more, and lift you up glory by glory every moment! He is pouring out His love! How awesome that we can spend time with Him, our God, our Dad! What a beautiful life He has given us: which is Him! We can rejoice in His love forever! He loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen!
    

       Here are the notes and summaries of all the Breakthrough articles. Praise God for His Word to us and for the Holy Spirit, who fills us and gave me what to say! May God bless you with each one, including the ones He tells you, and may you see His face everywhere you go! May you know that He is always with you and just through simple, child-like faith, you are with Him, your God, forever! Hallelujah! All in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!


Breakthrough! An Introduction

♥       God loves us so much! He sent His One and only Son to die for us so that we don't have to! He gives us eternal life with Him! All we have to do is receive Him in faith. He is such a gift and our great reward!

♥       God's love for us is so complete. He lacks nothing when He loves us because He actually is LOVE!

♥       Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). It is not by my own effort, forcing myself, learning more, doing anything on my behalf, etc. that I can earn Him. It is a free, beautiful, and peaceful gift from the Creator, so we get to just relax in His Presence like a little child! Thank you God! Hallelujah!

♥       Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these'" (Matthew 19:14). We receive Him like a little child! It's simply amazing love!

♥       And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom" (Matthew 27:50). The veil has been lifted! We have constant access to God!

♥       "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). His loving Presence in us, guides, comforts, teaches, and provides His perfect peace forever. God is closer to us than we are!

♥       We are always with Him and enter into His Love just like a little child! It's simply amazing love!

       God is love! "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them" (1 John 4:16). And He loves us! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:16-17). God gave His One and Only Son for us, so now, through simple, child-like faith in Him, we are saved! There is no longer any separation in Christ! We are One with the Father! He is in love with us, and we can be right with Him, in love with Him - all because of Jesus! Whatever you think is separating you from God right now, God sent Jesus for that! It's all taken care of! Hallelujah! Now we can rejoice in God because in His love, He has broken though to us! He is with us, in us, by the Holy Spirit, and He desires and intimate relationship with us all. Through faith in Jesus, we are right with Him, our Dad! Let's rejoice in Him, starting now and forever! And let us share His love pouring out into others! Hallelujah!

1. Jesus died for all our sins!

♥       Jesus died for all our sins!!!!!!! He is amazing! He is here right now, through His Holy Spirit and available to be in LOVE! (1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19) Seriously, He died for all our sins. So that means that He didn't die for just the big sins, and then we have to work on other ones! Whatever we think 'separates' us from Him, He died for that!

♥       Nothing can separate us from His love! In fact, the veil has been lifted and now we see Him face to face! "But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away" (2 Corinthians 3:16). And, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angles nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39).

♥       Thank God for reminding me of child like faith through these kids and also recently, a very dear friend. What a joy to just rest and enjoy Him! -And that's what we get to do now, and on into forever! Enjoy and praise God!!! How freeing! Whatever 'separates' you from Him, it actually doesn't! He is here, Immanuel, waiting to talk with us and have fun! (Matthew 1:23) He's so fun, and He loves us! He died for us, so that we are free! We are free to laugh and celebrate and dance with Him!

       God saved us! That means, through simple, child-like faith in Him, we are saved! So, we don't need to, and can't add anything to do this. How relaxing and beautiful! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). That means even religious tendencies are not the way. Whatever is causing you to feel separated from Him, it is not real! Jesus is real! Through faith in Him, we are set free! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Hallelujah! In Jesus, "We live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring'" (Acts 17:28). In Him, we can dance and sing and rejoice! It's joyful! He wants to bless us with these things! He is freedom! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). Let's celebrate in Him and tell others His Truth! He set us free!

2. God is always making us!

♥       God makes us within the womb with His love and power and might! He pours out His breath into our hearts, minds, souls and bodies. He intimately creates us and knows us, even before we are! How amazing! It is such a miracle to see a new born child! Well, He is still using the same amazing, gentle, and sweet miracle every day of our lives! He makes us new every day!

♥       "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).

♥       It is joyously good indeed that we can spend eternity with Him, our Creator and best Friend! "I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you" (John 15:15). Hallelujah, our God reigns! And He is right here!

♥       God led me 2 Corinthians 3:18 countless times! (More can be seen in 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' and, at the top of this chapter, 'There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!' He is so good and always continues to make us one with Him, in Love!:

       - At our favorite beach house, the Liggett's, on the new floorboards

       - Senior project

       - Verse used in a sermon that weekend

       - Letter from a friend

       God is always making us, always! His gift to us is really exciting, rejuvenating, relaxing and refreshing! He is those things, and He lives inside of us! "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here" (2 Corinthians 5:17). Since Jesus is infinite, His Holy Spirit filling us, is always good and fresh and new! "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). And, also, we read about His Holy Spirit in us in 2 Corinthians 3:18. "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18). Every time God showed me this verse, including the many times recorded in, 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' and in this article chapter, 'There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!', He showed me how much more grace and peace He had given me, and how He had made me more in Him! He is so good! Let's give Him thanks for His goodness and tell others!

3. God is everywhere

♥       Our God and Dad is everywhere! He is right here with us! And wherever we go, He will always be with us! "If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast" (Psalm 139:9-10).

♥       "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory" (Psalm 73:23-24). Plus, we learn from Jesus, that after His resurrection, through faith we have the Holy Spirit in us! We have God, the Holy Spirit, in us!!! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor and Spirit of Truth to describe Him).

♥       God is awesome! This means that we don't have to go to any physical place to worship Him, and be with Him (see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'), but also that we don't have to go to any spiritual place to be with Him! He's always with us, by His Spirit! Hallelujah!

♥       This comes in handy because you might think like I used to, even up until a few days ago, and have to 'get-right' with God by thinking of Him in a certain 'place' or way! (Again, see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'! We are already right with God!!!) Well, now, since we are already with God, Him in us and us in Him, we can relax and enjoy Him! Yay!

       Since God is everywhere and through simple, child-like faith, lives in us by His Holy Spirit, we don't have to find Him. He is already here! God is so good! Hallelujah! That means that all that energy we could have used to know where He was (He is right with us!), can instead be used to enjoy Him! Also, He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit! There is always way more than enough! His love is always for us, forever! So, He can freely pour out into our lives, and also overflow into others around us, so they receive Him through child-like faith as well! Hallelujah, God is good!!! See, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' for even more of His love! He is always LOVE!

4. His gift in hardships

♥       "Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God" (Mark 10:27). God gives us everything we need in Him! He is our Life. For Jesus also said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God always helps us. He is always with us, guiding us and comforting us with His Holy Spirit (John 16:5-15; Jeremiah 8:18). No matter what we are going through, God is with us! Always! Even His name, Immanuel, means "God with us." (Matthew 1:23) This is His gift to us in hardships; that He is always with us!

♥       "For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith" (1 John 4:16).

♥       God, our Dad is always with us, so whenever we face any trials, we can be joyful that He is right with us, and we are right with Him through faith in His Son. (See also 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'!) Hard things do come from this world, but they will pass away. But He will be with us in Love and comforting us forever, for He has the Victory already! Hallelujah Daddy!!!!!!

       God has the victory! In Him, we are more than conquerors! We can take comfort knowing that God is always with us, always! And we can remember that this world will pass away, but He is God and LOVE forever!!! "For this world in its present form is passing away." And, "The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 146:10). Praise Him, for He is our reward and great comforter! He is always with us in LOVE! "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:35-39). 

5. God is our Teacher, Friend, Brother and Everything!

♥       God is good! And He is our Teacher, best Friend and Brother! How amazing that He is our God, and also our Teacher, Friend and Brother! And He is much more, like the great comforter, the Holy Spirit in us! He is God in us! (John 16:5-15). For we read, "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

♥       This is one of my favorites; He is our Daddy! We learn this in Romans 8:15, "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba Father.'"

♥       God is AMAZING! He is everything to us!

♥       God led me to write this breakthrough mainly because of how He is our Teacher! He is actually our only Teacher! He led me to this verse one day a few weeks ago. "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you only have one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:8-12).

♥       So there is so much here! In fact, He is the Teacher, so let's ask Him to reveal Himself and the Life He is to us! Every time we read the Bible, or actually do anything, let's pray that the Holy Spirit in us guides us to what He would like us to hear and do and see! Amen!

♥       More and more often, God has been telling me of miracles happening and people being healed in Jesus' Name (that is because He alone has the power to do so! Hallelujah!!!!!!!)! All over the world, people are being cured of aids, cancer, and of all sorts of various diseases! The blind are receiving sight, the lame are now walking and the dead are being raised! It's really happening, and it's all in Jesus' Name! Praise God!!!!!!! This is because He is the One True God!!! (See, 'Rainbows'! And, it is important to note, too, that we love God, not the miracles, or Him for the miracles! He is who we are made for and He completes us. It would be like a wife getting a gift from her husband. She would not love the gift more than him! That would be silly! God is the One whom we are made for! He is LOVE (1 John 4:16; Acts 17:28; John 17:21)!).)

♥       As I was hearing/ seeing all these amazing miracles, of blind people receiving their sight, the lame walking, and my friends being healed, I prayed that God would work through me too! For God said, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22). It is so simple, because God is doing the healing! That is just His loving nature! Well, for some reason I thought I still needed to learn something, and began asking people for tips on healing. When I really started looking into it, that's when God lead me right to this verse! What a blessing! No one else can teach me about Him! And I don't need to go to anyone to learn more about His gifts! If I would like to learn about Jesus, a real person (actually, the most real person ever), then I should ask Him, for He is actually Truth! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God taught me that it is Him doing the work, and we just ask!

♥       Again, this is like a wife desiring to know about her husband and asking all his brothers and sisters about him. She would of course get some information, both good and bad, probably, but it wouldn't be complete! Of course she would desire to ask and talk with her husband first! He would tell her in a heartbeat about his character, and then talk and talk about how much he loves her! And He would probably keep going on and on all day on that last part too! Well, thank you God!

♥       Also, it is awesome to go to friends and counselors, for God made them!!!, but we should always go to Him first! This is the same with learning with friends. It is like a classroom. God is the only teacher and everyone else is a student! We can ask other students about what God taught us, and study with them, and learn some more, but when we hear something new, we should not just go to ourselves and see if it's right, but we should always go back and ask the Teacher, our Dad! He will tell us and He will also delight in talking with us! (Even with this, just ask Dad about it!) Let's learn about Him through His Word, recorded in the Bible and pray with Him all day! -Prayer is a two-way conversation with God! He has so much to say, so let's just listen!

♥       Praise God for who He is! He is our best Friend, Teacher, Brother, Daddy and our first LOVE! Let's go to Him first, and enjoy Him now and forever! Hallelujah!

      God is everything to us! He is the supremacy in everything, and is our first LOVE, teacher, brother, friend, counsellor; He is our God! He is so amazing! He is all we need and more! "And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy" (Colossians 1:18; See also, 1 John 4:19; Revelation 2:4). He made us for Him! (Genesis 1:27; 2:7; Romans 8:29-39). Let's have child-like faith in Him then! (Matthew 19:14) Also, whenever we have any questions, let's go to Him first, for He loves us and will talk with us! It's all about a relationship with Him! (John 14:6) Jesus is actually what it means to be human, so He is a good person to talk with! God will do many miracles, and teach through many people, but let's always go back to Him, and His Word to check what is said! Even here, let's ask God about all of this! He is our teacher, friend, brother, everything and more! He is our God! He is LOVE! (1 John 4:16) Let's praise Him and tell others!

6. He lifts up our head

♥       "The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting: "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!" Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt" (John 12:12-15).

♥        Today is Palm Sunday! Praise God for sending us His Son Jesus! He came to us, and died for us, and then rose again, giving us life with Him forever! How refreshing! Palm branches a truly a great symbol of this refreshing, lush, joyful celebration! In the time, palm branches were used to represent victory and grace. And how remarkable, for Jesus was indeed walking in grace and an already victory! For, He already had a victory on the cross and even now, He already has victory for those who just believe in Him! With just childlike faith, He sets us in His lap with Him forever! Hallelujah! It is true that we can celebrate!

♥       He is a loving, kind Savior! Truly, we see this in the gospels and in the Bible! He is so gentle. In fact, it is written about Him, "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope" (Matthew 12:20-21; quoting from the prophecy in Isaiah 42:3-4!). He is so gentle and kind! When we fall short and mess up, He is not there to be mad, He is so gentle and loves us! Look into His eyes! He loves you! He will not even break a bruised reed, He is so gentle! He wants to laugh with you and sing and dance with you!

♥       "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning it's shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and loose heart" (Hebrews 12:1-3). Jesus did it for us! Hallelujah! So, we are set free! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hosanna is right!

♥       Consider Him riding along and not breaking a single palm branch! What a beautiful Palm Sunday, today and every day! Let's celebrate Him in our hearts! Let's let Him love through us to everyone around us and together sing, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!"

♥       "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high." Jesus lifts up our heads! He is God, and He is always saving us! He sets us free indeed! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36).

♥       He saved us! This is His continual message to us! Right after He rode into Jerusalem on the young donkey, walking on the beautiful palm branches, He said this, "But I , when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32).

♥       We see that He lifts up our heads to Him! We are looking to Him! Hallelujah! As we look to God, we have complete freedom and peace and joy!

♥       For so long, I've felt, 'o Lord, I'm not worthy and am silly, then I put my head down!' Well, even though it was well intended, that was actually false humility, which says I'm bad . . . plus it's not fun at all! That is the old attitude of thinking He is going to be upset, but He's not; He's in love with us!!!

♥       Real humility then is not thinking we're bad, but looking to Jesus in everything! Without Him we are nothing, and with Him we are saved! Remember, He saved us!!! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)

♥       We cannot lift up our heads ourselves; He lifts our heads!

♥       "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."" (Romans 8:15).

       In Christ we are set free! All we need is simple, child-like faith and we are with Him forever in love, beauty, peace, and victory, which is Him! Therefore, in His freedom, He lifts up our heads! As we look to Him, and gaze into His amazing eyes, we are free to live and move and have our being! (Acts 17:28; Hebrews 12) We are free to sing and dance and live and praise Him, for His freedom is a gift! It cannot be earned, but is given to us by Jesus, God's One and Only Son! Let's let Him live in us by faith, in the Holy Spirit! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). He is so refreshing! He is gentle! He is LOVE! Let's let Him tell others through us, and refresh them with His gentle, amazing LOVE!

7. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice!

♥       He is the Lion and the Lamb! He is perfect, without blemish, and yet He died for us, conquering sin and death forever, so that we could be set free to Life with Him forever! Hallelujah! "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29); And, "Then one of the elders said to me, 'Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth." (Revelation 5:5-6; speaking of Jesus!). He is amazing! He is so strong and yet so gentle and in love with us. His love never fails, but He tenderly cares for infants and us.

♥       Jesus really saved us! He is the One True God! How amazing and how free we are in Him! Plus, this freedom does not just start when we get to heaven! It starts the moment we place our faith in Him! That's all it takes. We have heard this verse a lot, but it is so true! Let's read it with new eyes and open hearts! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him" (John 3:16-17). Praise Him!

♥       The reason that God led me to write this specific breakthrough is because I have often felt that I need to continue sacrificing for Him! It's fun to dedicate time to Him, and honor Him, but I'm talking about, thinking I need to appease Him; like I need to do this or that. Well, Jesus has already done it! He said on the cross just before He gave His life for us, "It is finished" (John 19:30). Jesus is the perfect sacrifice and we can not add to His perfect work! This is good news for it is so hard! He raised to Life again, so it just shows His authority here! Instead, we can enjoy Him! Yes! We can enjoy our God and Dad! "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15; Abba in aramaic means, 'Daddy!')

♥       Listen to His Word, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). We can't earn Him back by saying thanks! Saying thanks is not earning it! Instead, we just enjoy Him and say thanks! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! It's really fun!

♥       When you think you are not thanking Him enough, or whatever you think is not right, it's just worrying! Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matthew 6:25). It's all about enjoying Dad! Hallelujah! Let's praise Him freely!

♥       Jesus said, "let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14).

♥       Jesus set us free! See, it is so simple, and also there is so much meaning behind what He did for us! We should not be weighed down by all of this information, thinking we have to add to His perfect work, but rather look at Him and praise Him for taking care of it all!

       Jesus is the perfect sacrifice! Everything He did was perfect and complete! (John 19:30) That means that we can enjoy Him and give Him the glory! We can't add to His work, we thank Him for it and tell others about it! It is relaxing and fun to be in Him! He said to us, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). God loves us all the time - and from all eternity! Even when we were still sinners, God loved us, so we are secure in Him! "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). We rest in His perfect Jesus forever LOVE! Let's rejoice in Him, in His love, and He will flow out to our neighbors!

8. Praise to You Jesus! We are already with You!

♥       'Jesus is awesome!' a homeless boy exclaimed as He held up his sign, 'Jesus is LORD!' Yes! That is the best sign I have ever seen! Indeed, Jesus is awesome! Thank you God!
       Praising God is so delightful! This kid had it right! Jesus is awesome! We cannot say it enough! He is so loving, kind, big and warm and peaceful! He is everything to us! We read all over the Bible about how good He is, and see His love in nature. We see His heart in people, as they help each other and look to Him!

♥       Why don't we praise Him then all the time all day!? This kid had it right, because He was celebrating! And He was celebrating because God is here! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And also, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to be in us after He went to heaven! He said, "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!)

♥       Well, because of that fact, that God is with us right now, and all we have to do is have faith, we can rejoice! Hallelujah, which means, Praise the LORD! He sets us free to sing and dance and move and live! We are freeeeee! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Let's praise Him!

♥       For so long, though, I've incorrectly thought that I praise God to get to Him! Like, I praise Him and think of Him (See also, 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'), to be with Him more. Or, I think, if I sinned, then I have to praise Him to get right with Him again. Well as you probably realized, these ideas are wrong! He sets us free!

♥      On the cross, Jesus paid for our sins once and for all! He died for us so that we don't have to! It's finished! As He said on the cross before giving up His Spirit, "It is finished" (John 19:30). After that, three days later, He defeated sin and death forever! Through faith in Him, we are set free to be with Him; in love peace, joy, freedom, forever! Hallelujah! "It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:16). God showed us His mercy by sacrificing His Son! And He raised Him to life, and through faith in Him, we are also alive! Wow! Praise Him! So, we don't need, and can't add anything to that. It's finished! Hallelujah! When we are praising God, it is not to enter into His Presence. We are already in His Presence! (See, 'Breakthrough! An Introduction'). As we praise Him, we can become more and more aware of His Presence, but we are actually not getting closer ourselves! So, when we worship and praise Him, it's more like, 'Hi!' He is right here! Let's worship Him!

♥       So worship and praise and thanks are so fun! Why are they fun? Well, because we are hanging out with our Dad, our God, the creator of the universe! (Romans 8:15) He is so cool! And He is love! He is so good and nice and friendly!

♥       When we hang out with Him we realize that He is smiling with us and singing over us! He is welcoming us to dance with Him! Did you know that, that God can dance with you! You never have to dance alone! He dances with you! Just check this verse out, "The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).

♥       "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near" (Philippians 4:4-5).

♥       Since God sets us free, we are free to dance, laugh, and play! Just look at Him! Look into His eyes! He loves you! Do you feel like dancing!

♥       When we worship God and praise Him, it is with everything that we are! We engage everything He gave us with Him!

♥       Praise Praise Praise to you God, for we are already with You! You set us free God!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!! I love You Jesus!!! JESUS YOU ARE SO AWESOME INDEED!!!! I'm so glad Your with me right now, and I love praising you all day! It is so fun to praise You, my God and Dad!

        Hallelujah! Jesus is awesome! We get to rejoice in Him all day long! "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness" (Psalm 89:15-16). In Christ, we are blessed! We get to enjoy Him all the time! Praise is not to get to God; God is already with us! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And by faith, He lives in us by His Holy Spirit! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!) Let's praise Jesus who is LORD! And let's gladly tell others that it is a His gift to us! He gave us His Son, so that we can be free to worship Him!

9. Being made in the image of God!

♥       God is good! He is so good! Everything He does is true and loving and pure and blameless! He is everything we need and more! He invites us all to be with Him and enjoy Him now and forever. And He is infinitely good! He is smiling over us right now!

♥       God is so good for so many reasons! Plus, since He is infinite, there are probably an infinite amount of reasons that He is good! Just one of these is how He made us in His image!

♥       We are made in the image of God!!! "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). How amazing is He; this is incredible!!! And since He is infinitely good, that means that there is probably an infinite amount of reasons that we are made in His image! We can enjoy learning more about this and everything about Him forever! Hallelujah!

♥       There are many reasons that we are made in His image, but God put on my heart several very important practical ones. First, we are made in God's image! Wow! It does not say, in the world's image or something else! We are made in the image of God! Thank you God! This means that we have our identity in Him! For when we have just childlike faith in Jesus, then He takes our place! Plus, we read, "So in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith, for all of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:26-29). We also read that Abraham's seed is through faith! God is so amazing! We are now in Him through faith! We are made in His image, and through faith, we have our identity in Him forever! Hallelujah!

♥       Praise God for being so good! Jesus also said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor" (Luke 4:18-19). He came to set us free! He came to help us realize our identity in Him! He reminds us that we are made in His image and sets us free to be with Him!

♥       God led me to write this breakthrough to help people know that He has set people free from some very common lies! I've always had trouble with religiosity, and recently have been set free by God! I don't know really how this happened, all I know is that I was blind, but now I see! God did the miracle! Praise God! He is so good! Well, God led me to realize that other people are in 'bondage' to other lies that the world tells them. These sounds heavy, but they are not. They actually have no weight! They are not real! Jesus is real! He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Jesus is Life and Truth and the Way! Praise Him! Therefore, everything else is not real! He is Truth! So, He led me to talk about these lies! To talk about depression, not true!, anxiety, or any other bad feelings, they are not true!; troubles with sexual identity and addictions, like alcoholism or drugs or any addiction - they are not real! If we are made in the image of God, and we are my dear friends, then we cannot be an 'alcoholic.' That's not real! It's not true! Just think about it! We are made in the image of God! Our identity is not in this world, as an alcoholic or whatever it is telling us - a lie, but we are made in God's image! We are completely free right now for God paid the price for freedom over 2000 years ago! And He will take away all the chemical dependency right away! It usually goes away within a week, and then from then on it's psychological. Truly, He takes all that away! Right now, whatever you are dealing with that separates you from God, it is a lie and it's not real! You are free in Christ! He died for that! You are freeeeeeeeeeeeee! We are all free in Jesus, who is Truth and Life and the Way! He is real!

♥       Praise God! Well, let's think about this more! God revealed to me some important light on all of this. He led me a while back to read through the Gospel according to John. I was just delighted reading through it and learning more about God! It was wonderful! After reading though it, then God led me again, to read this section in John 9-10:18, about the man born blind that Jesus healed. At the time, I was just blown away - because God always teaches us new, and fresh things through His Word! I was not expecting, though, to be even more blown away by the lessons that God would teach me from this. Let's read the Scripture, and then Praise God for the lessons that He is about to reveal to us from it! He is alive and active! He is amazing! I'm very excited to share this- it is all form Him! He sets us free! So let's carefully and joyfully read! (See John 9-10 in the article here!)

♥       Jesus and the Holy Spirit writing through John referred to this man as a man, not as a blind man! Do we see? Is God letting us see? We are made in the image of God! He made us, male and female! Right away, God see's this man as aman who was born blind, but he is never a blind man to God. Same with us! Even if things have been against us from an early age, it is not who we are! We are God's! We are made in His image! Hallelujah!

♥       We belong to Him! Nothing can separate us from God and His love for us! "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). We belong to God and He made us! He made us in His image, and heals us now! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

♥       "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12; which remember don't really have any weight, they just lie that they do! Only Jesus is truth! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)). Well, it's a good thing that it is the LORD's battle then, and not ours! And it is already won! He already has the victory! In Him, we are healed right now!

♥       As we see here, though, the world continues to lie against us! Wow! That is blindness, and the type of blindness that Jesus talks about in verse 9:41. We must know that now we are healed in Jesus, but expect that many people will be influenced by the world and not believe it! They will say that we are still 'blind,' or not give glory to God! But we are not against them, though, as we read above; it is the world that has caused this division. So, let's always love them, and pray that God has us all see!

♥       Another interesting part about people being blinded to seeing God's healing in our lives, is that it may even be us at some point! We can think later, 'am I actually healed!' Our struggle is not against ourselves, though! We are the LORD's! We are made in His image. We can't fight ourselves, and we are already healed-not by our strength, but by His!

♥       Jesus simply healed this man.

♥       We don't need to understand how God heals us, He just does, for He desires for us to be the people He made us to be! He says, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life" (3). Jesus wants to reveal the work of God in our lives - the work of God of who He made us to be - without the lies of the world! He wants to show the world how He is the light of the world, and people see in Him! (3) He brings us life and light and makes us really who we were made to be - reflections of Him - made in His image! Also, the man did not know how he was healed, so the man said, "One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!" (25). We can give the same answers that this man did, and we will get to explain that Jesus did it! It's so simple! That is the important part! Jesus is awesome!

♥       We are made in His image! There is not such thing as an an 'alcoholic' or a 'blind man!' Rather, there are people made in the image of God, who have been attacked by alcoholism, and blindness! Praise God for Him coming to set the captives free!!! "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor"

♥       We have all heard of the expression, seeing is believing, but here from Jesus, we learn, 'believing in Jesus is seeing!' So, just by believing in Jesus, He makes us see! Praise Him!!!!!!! He sets us freeeeee!

♥       One of the biggest lessons God has recently been teaching me is how to relax in Him, just by looking at Him! I used to think, though, that even spending time with Him required effort, or 'struggling.' Well, the following verse changed everything for me! I'd never paid any attention to it, or read it! I'm so glad God gave it to me, and His Truth in it is really important for us! We just look to Him and are relaxed! We can enjoy Him starting now, and forever! He flows inside of us! He is the living water! He is God and He is alive! Here is the verse: "To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:29). We don't have to 'struggle' or work really hard against the lies that attack us. We can simply relax in His arms and enjoy Him, and He takes care of it all, in His energy! Let's look to Him and be relaxed!!! He is so good, pure and refreshing!

♥       Let's just think of Jesus! Look into His eyes! He loves you! He is with you right now and sets you freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Be refreshed in His beauty and goodness and grace! He loves you so much! He has completely healed you! Let Him send you now to your pool of Siloam (Siloam means Sent). . . . With this newfound sight that He has given you, how do you feel! You probably want to get up and rejoice! This is from Him! You are free now to enjoy Him! Enjoy Him for the sight He has given you! And now that you are free, you probably want to tell others! This is the gospel!

       God made us in His image! Praise Him! And since He is infinitely good, we can enjoy learning more about Him, and who He made us to be forever! Let's rejoice that Jesus gives us His Life and His Truth and He is the Way! (John 14:6). In Him, we are indeed free! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Knowing that, therefore, anything that comes against our identity in Him, is not from Him! It's a lie but it has no weight! Instead, praise Jesus, for He is real Life, and He is Truth, and He is the Way! That means, in Him, we are really healed! Hallelujah! It's so simple! We can relax and rejoice in Him! In Jesus' Name, you are healed! Plus, there is no such thing as an 'alcoholic,' or someone who is 'anxious,' etc. Instead, we are made in God's image! Let's talk to one another, including ourselves, then, with the correct identity in Him! We are His sons and daughters through faith in Jesus!!! And let's look to God in simple, child-like faith, and He will have us see! All in His energy and strength, in Jesus' Name, He has healed you now! Hallelujah! Look into His eyes and see His beautiful reflection in you and in others!

10. Our identity is in Christ! Let us fix our eyes on Him!

♥       Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).

♥       God is right here! He is with you now! He is celebrating you and desires to be in relationship with you! He loves you forever and sets His gaze on you! Let's look back to Him in childlike faith! It is so fun to look at Jesus! And we should all the time! He is so amazing! Just try looking into His eyes!

♥       God is so kind and sweet! His peace is like a river, and his righteousness is like the waves of the sea! And He offers that to us!

♥       We are made in His image, in the image of our God, and we are His sons and daughters through childlike faith in Jesus Christ! He is so loving!

♥       Let's look to Him to understand what this means! We cannot understand simply by looking at ourselves, but instead by simply looking to God! When we see Him, then we know that we are His sons and daughters! He reminds us of this Truth and that we are made in His image! He is so good! Let's look to Him!

♥       As God led me to these verses, and taught me that I was indeed His son though faith in Him, made in His image, I knew this, but I just didn't feel it! I knew it in my mind, but could not feel it in my heart! Well, the problem was that I was looking at myself! hahahahaha! God led me to look to Him! Right when I looked to Him, it wasn't even a problem! He makes us and we are His! He smiles at us, and as we look to Him, we know He is our Father, and we are His beloved children.

♥       It is like a son or daughter thinking if they are sons or daughters. That is silly! And it is silly, because they already know they are sons or daughters because they have a dad! And even if they don't, we all do have God, our Father! But, they know that they are sons or daughters because they look to Him - they can't figure this out on their own. It is the same with us! Let's look to Jesus to know Him, our identity in Him, and everything else! He is Truth! Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me" (John 14:6).

♥       He loves you so much and gives everything for you! Let us fix our eyes on Him and enjoy Him, our God, Savior, and Daddy! Let us rest in His arms and in His loving gaze. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).

       God is so kind to make us in His image! He is so good! We can't identify ourselves by looking to ourselves, though! To remember His Truth, we should look to Him! He is everything we need and more, so we need to look to Him, our Dad, in everything! Also, it is not because we know are His sons or daughters that He loves us, or works in our lives! He always loves us and provides for us, regardless!!! Hallelujah! But, when we remember that we are His, then we get to partake in all the joy, freedom, peace, nourishment, and His provision that He has for us, Hallelujah!!!!!! He is the Bread of Life! "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). When you have that craving inside, it can only be filled with God! Let's partake of Him; let's eat of His love! And He will overflow us, and completely satisfy! For He is always, always, always in LOVE! Let's look to Him and praise Him with all His people, as one! Amen!

11. John 17:20-21; One with the Father!

♥       "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:20-21).

♥       Jesus' prayer is truly answered! Hallelujah! He loves us so much and cares for us! As we try to love God, or come to Him, we realize that it is not us who has initiated it, but Him! He loves us first and compels us to love Him back, so that we are one in love! "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10). Let's just rest and enjoy His love for us! He is so good!

♥       Also, if Jesus, God, created the heavens and the earth, and today, still heals people born blind, mute and deaf, and even raises the dead still, then of course His prayer is going to be answered! He said, "You may ask for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:14). This is the heart of God; that we could all be one with Him!

♥       God is the real God and He is real love! Everything else does not compare. God loves us so much and when we just have childlike faith in Him, that's all that's needed, then He makes us one with Him! He enters us into love with Him, and truth and real joy and peace and rest! He gives us His refreshing Holy Spirit! He is so amazing!

♥       He is infinite, so of course, He has everything good to give! He will never run out of love and He embraces us all the time with His amazing and graceful arms. He had me wait so that He could tell me more and more over the days, so that He could share more and more with you. In waiting times, God is trying to teach us something, or actually many things! I used to think that He was just trying to teach me patience, which does occur, but it is so much more! It isn't that He is not working, it's that He is working so much! "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).

♥       He wants to overflow us with peace and love to enjoy Him - for that is who He is, and also to overflow out to everyone!

♥       His prayer above is that those who will believe in their message about Him will also be one with Him! His prayer is being answered for He is the One doing it!

♥       He loves us so much, and we are one in Him through simple childlike faith, that He gives us the joy of sharing Him with others! We can all be united in His love! He loves you!

♥       God recently told me something about worship! He said part of worship is this: "The Holy Spirit's guided posture of receiving His love into you heart." He offers His love to everyone!

♥       As you can see, we have full access to God! He is right here! We can enjoy Him and being one with Him! He takes away all our sins, so we are completely in love!

♥       "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all on in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26-28). We are sons in Christ Jesus because He is God's Son. It is not a masculine term, as you can see, but it is referring to Jesus! Since He took our place on the cross, and died for us, taking away any sin and separation with God, God now sees Jesus when He looks at us! Jesus' blood covers us! We are adopted through Jesus and what He did for us! How amazing! He completely forgives us so we are clean! In Jesus, we feel clean too!

♥       One other thing God told me, over a year or so now, is that He speaks to His bride in waves. -It took me a while to see this, but He continued to speak to me in gentle waves.

♥       We, as a church, are called God's bride! "'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church" (Ephesians 5:31-32).

♥       God showed me that He speaks to His bride in so many waves! Have you ever heard a teaching from God, and then heard God lead someone close to you to speak on something really similar? Or have you heard a couple lessons about Him one right after another! God is talking with His bride, so of course we all hear Him! He has specific things to share with each of us, for He made us all with intimate care, giving us sweet gifts and unique purpose, but He also shares with us as a church!

♥       God led me more and more to 2 Corinthians 3:18! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18; verse 17 is good to include!) He is always making us one in Love with Him! He is LOVE! Hallelujah! (See also, 'Breakthrough 2: God is always making us!,' and the top of this article for more times God led me to this verse! Hallelujah!)

       - After sharing this story and verse with a friend, on a license plate!
          God made me crack up! He is really funny!
       - About 15-20 times on the clock! 15-20 times!!!!!!!
          Every time I was amazed by Him!
          One of my favorites on Easter provided a great discussion!
          Praise Him!
       - 2 times on the kitchen timer! The kitchen timer!
       - After heavy rush-hour traffic, on another license plate!

♥       God reminded me that we don't need to be tired in Him! His love compels us! We can rest in Him! In Him, as one, fueled by His refreshing love!
       (Also, God recently led me to write the quote below in, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' And, He had me locate this section first glance! I didn't need to look through all of this content! In His energy, He led me right to this spot! This heart was the first note I read! He is AMAZING!!! He is GOD!!!!!!!! He LOVES us!
       "Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). He does this [and actually, everything: "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:40).] in us through His strength and goodness! "To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:29). This 'struggling' in Him is actually resting in His energy. God does the miracles and gives the Love, all we do is rest in Him by faith! For rest in God is victory! (Matthew 12:20; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4) He is amazing! He is always enough! Since God is infinite, He is always pouring out His love, and there is an unlimited amount of His love! We read about this in John 7:38: "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." And we read too, that, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us!) He continually refreshes us in His LOVE! Praise Him!!!!!!! He loves us!!!!!!!!!!! 

♥       There is always more with God! He is always more beautiful and loving than we think! Being one with Him is always more and more better! He will forever fill us with His love as we are one with Him, overflowing to others! His prayer is being answered! He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has freely given us! Through childlike faith, God literally lives in us!

♥       So, just by faith in Jesus, God is in us and we are in Him! This is incredible! How amazing is our God, and we can truly be with Him! Hallelujah! Let's grab that Coca-Cola!

♥       His love is meant to be active! That is His heart! That is how He works!

       God led me to write, "As we can read in Jesus' prayer, in John 17:20-21, He prays for others who will believe! If we are brought into the heart of God, and are one with Him, then of course we too will share His heart, which is to love Him first and love others, with His love flowing through us to them! (Matthew 22:37-40). They see Him in us!!! That is why when we know God loves us, and we are in love with Him, we desire to share Him with everyone! He makes us one in His love, in Him our good Father!

12. There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!

♥       God is always loving us more than we think! He loved us before the creation of the world, and will love us forever, for His loving nature is eternal! (Romans 1:20) Hallelujah! We can always enjoy Him more and more, starting now, because Jesus came and died in our place, and was raised to life in sweet unity with the Father. That means now, through child-like faith in Jesus, we share that! We don't need to do anything more, but just have child-like faith! He's simply awesome! That's why it is good news! God has broken through every barrier for us, and is completely here in love! What an amazing God! He is Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23), and His Holy Spirit can live in us just through faith! We have full access to our loving Dad! Let's relax in Him and see the adventure that He unfolds, which is to know Him more: to love Him more, and to love others through Him!

♥       "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).

♥       God is love, as we read in 1 John 4:16, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." God shows us this every day and every moment of every day! When we place our faith in God, we can see Him! He's waiting for us with open arms!

♥       There is no longer any barrier, so we can actually rest in Him! Practically, this means that we don't have to strive anymore! "Cease striving and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in all the earth" (Psalm 46:10). We can really rest! His love is more than we need, and He is giving Himself for us forever! It's amazing! He is amazing!

♥       "Jesus replied, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Out of His overflowing, loving mercies, we love Him more! He is always drawing us into deeper purity with Him. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus with everything that He gives us, the greatest of these being love, 'which binds them all together in perfect unity' (Colossians 3:14).

♥       One of the greatest lessons He has been teaching me recently is that in Him, our hunger is made right, and that He alone satisfies!

♥       What is even more amazing, though, is that He is eternal and there is always more faith, hope and love in Him! He is the Living water who quenches our thirst, and the bread of life who truly fills our hearts. We can lavish in His love starting now and lasting on into forever! Plus, there will always be more of Him! Hallelujah! 

   "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
   "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).

♥       God led one of my friends to write 2 Corinthians 3:18 in an e-mail, also talking about living glory to glory! 'We read about that in this verse and see that He is always growing us more in His love! Also, His love is sufficient for us and satisfying. It is wonderful! He makes us grow through Him, and He always gives us enough! He is so satisfying! That means that when things are getting 'harder,' He actually has given us just what we need: Him! No matter the circumstance, He is God and He is Loving us! Let's look away from the 'problem,' and fix our eyes on Him!'

♥       God is our strength! His strength is seen so clearly in another verse that God has recently led me to a lot, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7: "For God, who said, "Let light shine our of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed 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." Though we are indeed fragile, He will carry us through in sweet victory, and continually supply us with His love; He is always more than enough! 'We are more than conquerors through him who loves us" (Romans 8:37)

♥       He gives us rest in His love, for His love is perfect, atoning, completely healing, amazing, and forever! He is all that we need! That is why this verse makes so much sense: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). Let's let Him breakthrough to our hearts! Let's let Him love on us with all of who He is! Let's fix our eyes on Him in child-like faith and be undone!

♥       Jesus is LORD! He is so good! God is always loving us more than we think! He will always give us more faith, hope and love! God is always talking to each of us! These breakthrough articles are beautiful blessings from Him, given to all of us, so that we can grow in Him more and more, yet there is so much more! Enjoy spending time listening to God in prayer, which is a two-way conversation, and write down what He says! He will tell you specific blessings through Bible verses, images, words, and more, and lift you up glory by glory every moment! He is pouring out His love! How awesome that we can spend time with Him, our God, our Dad! What a beautiful life He has given us: which is Him! We can rejoice in His love forever! He loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen!

       Jesus is LORD! Jesus is LOVE! Jesus is ALIVE! Hallelujah!!!!!!!

♥       God loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen and Amen!

See also, 'Breakthrough! An Introduction', for more on breakthrough and how God is always with us through His LOVE!!! Hallelujah! And here are all the Breakthrough articles for quick reference:

1. Jesus died for all our sins!

2. God is always making us!

3. God is everywhere

4. His gift in hardships

5. God is our Teacher, Friend, Brother and Everything!

6. He lifts up our head

7. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice!

8. Praise to You Jesus! We are already with You!

9. Being made in the image of God!

10. Our identity is in Christ! Let us fix our eyes on Him!

11. John 17:20-21; One with the Father!

12. There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!