Heart Transplant

"I have given you My heart! I have given you My heart! But will you accept My heart? Will you let My heart beat inside you? Will you accept the love that My heart longs to pour through you to others? You accept My love for you, but will you accept My love for others—even your enemies? Or will you reject My love for others and stop the flow of My blood?"

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Art link: "Our Heart's Need Is..."

"My Favorite Place"

"You will always be My little child! You will never grow too big to sit on My lap. You will never be too dirty for My arms to hug you. I will never be too busy to pick you up and hold you. I will always be a place where you can find rest and comfort. My love for you will never change.

"Will you come let Me embrace you and adore you forever?"

Called

"I am He who took you from among many assemblies of My people and brought you out so that you might hear My heart for My people, and My heart for nations. I have called you to speak My words even though you may not understand. Speak! I will always confirm what is My heart and what is your own. I will not leave you, even in this."

"To the Seven Churches"

"Look! Look, My people!
Outwardly much has changed, but spiritually you have
the same trials, strengths and weaknesses
that the seven churches had long ago:

Emptiness:
"Many believe they have grown in wisdom and discernment,
but cannot see that they have forsaken their first love."

Brokenness:
"Others who are esteemed as unblessed are rich in My sight,
and though they are called cursed, I call them faithful."

Eagerness to Fight:
"Some think they are called to defeat their enemies by all means,
and so they spend their spirit striving against flesh and blood."

Grasping:
"Some believe they have learned prophetic secrets
and constantly seek to attain more authority,
while idols in their hearts hold them captive."

The Appearance of Perfection:
"There are also those who appear straight and clean,
but who are dead or dying inwardly."

Holding Onto the One Thing:
"Many appear small and weak in the eyes of those who seem strong,
yet are actually firmly in My grasp,
and are holding firmly to the one thing that is necessary."

Being 'First':
"And many who believe they are leading the way
in pointing to righteousness in the world
have unwittingly turned away from Me."

"Look! Look, My people!
I have spoken of all things concerning you today
in My letters to the seven churches.
Look to the spirit of things
and not on the outward appearance.
Listen to My Spirit
—listen to My heart—
for I am coming soon!"

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Art: "Seven Spiritual Realities"

Threatened By Children

"Woe! Woe! My children are being abused!
And their abusers deny their wounds:

'Don't criticize leadership...'
'No church is perfect...'
'Don't focus on negatives...'

"When My children see abuses, hypocrisy and errors,
their spiritual parents feel threatened
because they are afraid to see their own inadequacies;
they would rather wound the eyes of My children that can see clearly.

"Spiritual fathers and mothers point the finger at their spiritual children
because they are afraid of losing their status and the praises of men.
They have not found their worth in My unconditional love, and so they seek
to keep their spiritual children from knowing My unconditional love.

"Woe to those who abuse My children and stand between us!
Woe to them, for I am coming to rescue My abused children!"

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Art: "Spiritually Abused"

Slavery ("For Your Own Good")

"Many of the pastors, teachers and prophets among My people
are leading My people into prostitution:
They are teaching My people that they must do
the works of the old covenant to please Me
so that I will give them a blessed life.
Many of these leaders know I do not require obedience
to the regulations of the old covenant.
Yet they continue to teach My people the ways of slavery
in order to keep their own place and position.
They put My people in slavery and say it is for their own profit.

"And so many of My people don't know how much I love them!
Many are trying to earn enough 'currency' with Me
to attain what they are taught is 'a blessed life'.
Their teachers have them look for satisfaction
in the ways and means of the world.

"How much longer will I endure this?"

Old Judgment

"The Old is obsolete! The Old is obsolete! My people, I do not judge you or the nations by the Old Covenant any longer! The death of My Son has put an end to the Old Covenant! His blood has released you from its ministry of condemnation.

"Do not look to the stone tablets of the Old Covenant to understand My judgment!
Do not look to the nation I made the Old Covenant with to understand My judgment!
Do not look to the prophets of the Old Covenant times to understand My judgment!

"Look to My Son!
Look to the Cross!
Look to My command to love one another
as I have loved you
while you were My enemies!

"If you proclaim judgment according to the Old Covenant, you are proclaiming the ministry of death and condemnation."

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Art link: "The Plundering of Sheol"