New Power and Promises for a New Day!—By Maria

By Maria Maria #532 CM 3290 1/2000

Dear Family,

1. I hope you've been enjoying these messages for the new year and new era we're entering. In this GN I'll be sharing with you yet more messages for the year 2000, received during the year-end Feast. Like the last two GNs in this series, these are messages received by different ones on our staff and in WS, and they're just full of insight, instruction, practical tips and counsel for all of us. I pray that you will benefit from them as much as we have‚ because they're the Lord's Words for you as well. These particular mess­ages are printed in their entirety rather than in the quote format used in the last issue of this series.

2. I won't include a lot of commentary along with these prophecies, though, as for the most part they speak for themselves. In some cases I'm also including the personal prayers that were sent to me along with the prophecies, as they help to give more insight into the Lord's answers and explanations, and because I felt you might relate to them as well.

Activating the Anointing!

3. (Jesus speaking:) You've heard many, many promises—promises of protection, new anointing, new strength, new vision, so many new things. Now you wonder how it will come to pass. What will happen tomorrow when you wake up? Will this new anointing last into the year? What about next month, or six months from now? What will be happening then? Will your changes last?

4. Oh‚ My love‚ you of little faith—there's absolutely no need to worry that you might lose the gift I give you this night (of the consecration ceremony). This anointing is your gift, always at your beck and call. You have but to use it, to practice using it, to keep it activated. Surely if you despise it, it will do you no good, but still I will not remove it from you. Even if it's not activated, it will still be there for you should you desire to yield fully and let it have full sway in your life.

5. For those of you who wish for it to be fully implemented in your life, it's there, and will perform all that I have promised. The more you yield to this anointing, the more power you'll receive from it. So accept it in full and let it not just remain upon you, but allow it to grow and to spread into all parts of you, until it envelops each thought, each action, and all that you put your heart and mind to.

6. Like your salvation‚ I will not let it depart from you. It will always be there, waiting to be activated, should you not fully embrace it now. But the road will be rough and rugged should you not choose to use the full anointing to help you on your journey. Whenever you want the way to be smoother, with greater strength, help and power from Me, then simply yield to this wonderful anointing. It's yours. It's My gift to you for these Last Days.

7. Should you stumble and feel like you are not worthy of such a gift‚ I will lift you up and show you that this gift is a gift of grace, not of works. This gift is for the weak, for those who can't do it themselves. It's the anointing that I will pour forth because of your need, because you can't do it yourself, because you stumble, because you're weak. It's not a gift given to those who are strong and want to do things themselves; the weaker you are‚ the more of this anointing I can give‚ and the stronger you become in My Spirit.

8. Humble yourselves and receive and believe. Let not one drop of this anointing fall to the ground, but embrace it, imbibe it, suck it in, drink it in‚ devour it, and let it become one with you, that you might explode for Me. I love you and will keep it pouring in as you empty yourself and give it out. Let nothing rob you of this gift. It's most precious and will be a great strength and comfort in these latter days. Happy new year! This marvelous millennium will bring you such joy as you live for Me. I love you and will keep you all the days of your lives. (End of mess­age from Jesus.)

What If You Don't Feel
The Anointing?

9. (Jesus speaking:) My dear and tender lover, don't worry about not feeling the extra anointing that you're going to need for this new era of action. I've given it to you, just as I've promised I would. It's there. It's not something that you'll feel; it's a matter of believing Me and My Words. It's all by faith, just as it's always been. Nothing's changed in that regard. However, you will see the signs of greater works following.

10. If you just believe that you've received the extra anointing and act and live as though you have, you will have it‚ and it will be apparent to you whenever it's needed. You already have the anointing for whatever you need. You can subdue kingdoms and work righteousness; you can obtain My promises and stop the mouths of lions; you can quench the violence of fire and turn to flight the armies of the Enemy. All of these things you can do now, whenever they're needed. In fact, there's nothing that you can't do, because there's nothing that I can't do. And I'm living and moving and working through you. I promise!

11. Although I give you My Word that signs will follow, what I do in you and through you is not for the purpose of merely giving you a sign. Rather the signs will come when they are necessary for you to accomplish My purpose; they will come as a result of your obedience to My will.

12. You can't necessarily always see or feel the signs of My anointing and the miracle–working power that lies within you through My Spirit. It's a matter of faith. You'll just have to take My Word for it. But with Me working through you‚ you will be able to do whatever you need to do and handle whatever challenges you're faced with. You'll be able to endure whatever tests come your way, and you'll be victorious through whatever battles you enter—whe­ther you feel like you've got what it takes or not.

13. I know, however, that you sometimes ponder this question of My anointing in your life, because you haven't been seeing the fruits of it the way you'd like to. In fact, as you get older you see and feel some manifestations of My anointing less‚ and you struggle with that, feeling like such a mess, unable to accomplish all that you would like to accomplish and be all that you would like to be. You feel weaker and slower‚ and it bothers you that you can't do as much as you could in the past.

14. When you were younger, you didn't have to work so hard at things; everything came naturally, and you could juggle a lot. But now you feel as though you no longer have the gifts and natural talents and abilities that you had before. You feel as though everything is much harder for you, and you have to struggle to just keep going and even to be able to focus on things.

15. You've often thought about what I told the Apostle Paul, that "My grace is sufficient for thee: for My strength is made perfect in weak­ness," and you've wondered how that works. I know that you believe it in theory and you accept that it's true. But you feel that maybe it's just not necessarily working that way for you. You feel that My strength hasn't yet been perfected in your weakness, and that you're not getting stronger‚ but weaker and weaker, without seeing all the benefits of it. In a way‚ you're right, because although out of weakness you are being made stronger, My strength hasn't quite been perfected in you yet, the way that both you and I would like for it to be.

16. You've had a lot of the wind knocked out of you over the years‚ and you've done well in accepting the things I've allowed to happen in your life. You've taken the humblings and the afflictions, and you've allowed Me to break you and melt you down time and again in order to make you into the new creature that I've designed you to be.

17. I know you love Me—there's no doubt of that—and you've endured hardness as a true soldier of the cross. But in spite of how much you love Me and in spite of how much you've endured, you've still not fully experienced the realization of the promise in your life that My strength is perfected in your weakness. Why is that? It's because, although you've learned more and more how weak and helpless you are in your own strength, you haven't yet fully experienced the other side of the coin—the total power and strength that you can have through Me. You haven't yet seen all the benefits and experienced the full strength of your weakness, because you haven't learned to lean totally, completely, wholly and only on Me. You're still trying to do too much on your own without Me.

18. It's the age-old dilemma of grace vs. works, flesh vs. spirit. Your Father David under­stood the subject so well, and he taught you what you needed to know. Your queen and king are following in his footsteps, continuing in your father's wonderful sample of powerful weakness. I know that you, too, long for My strength to be perfected in your weak­ness. I promise you‚ it is being perfected in you, and it will become more so as you continue to lean more completely on Me. How? It's simple—by asking Me everything; by not trying to do anything on your own; by not even worrying about how little strength you've got left, or how little inspiration you've got left, or how little oomph you've got left. It's got to be all Me and nothing of yourself. That's how your weakness will become strong, and how you'll be able to accomplish more and more—even though there's less and less of you to accomplish it with.

19. Lean on Me, My love. As My Word says, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light." The burden of life is getting heavier and heavier; if you continue to try to lift it on your own, it will only slow you down all the more. As you get older and less capable in yourself, you won't be able to carry it, and neither will you be able to push it or pull it along behind you down the paths where I'm asking you to go.

20. You don't have to carry it—none of it! It's all Mine to carry. Let Me take it for you and carry it the rest of the way. As long as you try to carry it yourself, you won't be able to experience the miracle of My full power and strength. Once you completely let go of the burden and learn to stand back by faith and rest totally in Me, then and only then will I be able to step in and pick it up for you and carry both it and you the rest of the way Home.

21. Don't get discouraged with this ­counsel, My dear one. I'm telling you this not because you're failing, and not because I'm unhappy with you. I'm telling you this simply because I love you and because I know how much you want to grow in this way. I know your heart and your desire to let Me live and think and move in you totally, to possess and take you over completely. Ask and you will receive. I'll come into you and fill you with all of Me—all of My power, anointing and strength. But remember, you've got to ask and keep on asking. You've got to ask Me about everything. Don't leave anything out, thinking that you can do it on your own. You'll only get bogged down and discouraged at how incapable you feel, when instead you could be getting inspired and thrilled at how powerful I am through you. (End of message from Jesus)

Practical Tips for
Developing New–Era Habits!

22. (Prayer:) I was already feeling pretty far behind in my use of the new weapons, so to hear that the days of preparation are over was a real shocker! Now I'm worried about how I'm going to make the next grade. I believe and appreciate the promises You've given the Family as a whole and I want to believe that they're for me too, but it would really help if You could tell me how I'm going to make it. What specific instruction do You have for me at this milestone moment in my life?

23. (Jesus speaking:) Fear not, and do not faint in your mind. Don't worry about how you're going to live up to the commission I've given you this night, for it's not you who will do so. I will do the greater works through you. Have I not kept you all these years? Have I not blessed and prospered you in spite of many setbacks? Have I not been patient with you these many years? Before you ever knew Me, even as you wasted (or so it seemed) many years in the frivolous and vain pursuits of this present world, I was preparing you for this day. I called you from the beginning of time and brought you forth from the cradle, and shall I not perfect that which I have begun?

24. Yes, it will take some effort on your behalf; it will take a daily yielding. For Me to live and move in you and work through you in greater measure, there must be a greater yielding. You must call out to Me to help you change, and you must work at changing the habits that hinder you from walking in this new anointing. You would do well to make new-era resolutions and to review them daily‚ to practice them daily, until they become second nature to you. In this way I will bring you along patiently, step by step. Don't expect to be totally changed overnight‚ for this is not the way I work. In your patience possess ye your soul. Be patient, and you will possess your new anointing.

25. I'll help you draw up a list of new-era resolutions—starting points for your new walk with Me. I don't expect you to do all of these things every day, especially not at first, but as you practice, as you apply yourself, I will override your old habits and nature. I will overwrite your old program, and in time all things will become new.

mDon't get out of bed in the morning without having loved Me intimately.

mBegin the day by hearing from Me. You did well with this in the past, for a short while, but soon became discouraged and forsook this special time with Me. I know it's not always easy, but if you persevere, I promise I will make it worth your while.

mObserve the three praise times I inspired your queen to suggest for the Family. Set your alarm clock to remind you, or your computer, or post a note to remind yourself. I know that this often seems to come at an inconvenient time, when you're absorbed in your work and you fear losing your train of thought or losing your momentum, but if you obey and stop to praise and love Me‚ I will bless your work thereafter—just wait and see!

mSet other times throughout the day to come to Me in spirit for quickie love-ups. It doesn't need to take long. I'm always ready. I always appreciate your love words‚ and will respond with words of love and encourage­ment that will lift you to Heavenly places with Me. This can be done at in-between times, when you're between activities, but set regular times each day. I also love to surprise you. I love it when you feel Me draw close‚ drop whatever you're doing, and yield to My loving. We can do it any time, anywhere!

mMake a conscious effort to speak only positive, loving, encouraging words to your loved one and others, regardless of the circumstances.

mPractice being Me for others. Try not to say or do anything contrary to what you would expect Me to say or do in that situation. Ask Me, and My mind can be in you.

mStop and get something official from Me each time you begin a new activity, new work project, etc.—even if only a phrase or sentence. Give Me a chance to instruct you, and get My blessing.

mTake a few minutes at the end of each day to review these points, to assess how you did that day, to thank and praise Me for the progress you made‚ however small, and to recommit yourself to chang­ing in these areas.

26. As you do these things, your new anointing will take over—I will take over—and you'll have the most earnest desires of your heart: We two will be one, and you will fill your place in My Kingdom and fulfill My will. (End of message from Jesus.)

What If You're
Lagging Behind?

27. (Mama:) These next four messages were received by an SGA member of WS during the Feast, and are preceded by his heartfelt prayers. I'm sure that some of you can relate to the things he expresses—such as wondering whether you can make it because of weaknesses and bad habits or worldly influences you've allowed into your life—and I hope that the Lord's answers to him will be helpful to you as well.

28. The Lord gave a lot of encouragement and instruction about how to overcome such hindrances in "You Can Make It‚" and now that it's a whole new era and the Lord is talking about even greater battles and tests, you'll need to stand on those promises more than ever! I pray that the following messages will encourage you as well as help you see how you can stay on track‚ or get back on quickly if you've gotten off.

29. (Prayer:) Now the days of preparation are about to come to a close, and I don't feel at all prepared, and that scares me. I've been getting hit with all these thoughts lately—about quitting, about just leaving it all behind‚ about how unworthy I am, how many shortcomings I have‚ how I couldn't trust myself to make it, so I may as well give up now and save everyone the heartache of having to deal with me later, when my lack of progress in the right direction becomes painfully obvious.

30. What am I going to do, Jesus? How am I going to make it? What's going to get me ready to receive the full anointing and full blessing and full consecration that You'll be pouring out during these days?

31. I want to be ready. I want that crown. Yet I feel like I'm just a disaster, a failure waiting to happen. Can You fix that, Jesus? Can You give me the specific direction and instruction I need in order to be, as much as possible, ready for what is to come?

32. I feel stuck, Jesus, bound by my own lacks, inhibitions‚ bad habits, and even person­ality traits. Can You help me to overcome those? Is it just that I haven't been giving You the chance? Is it just that I've opened myself up to too much System input, so that it's hindering what You've been trying to accomplish in the Spirit? What can I do to once again become fully Yours? What must I do to make myself ready for 2000?

33. (Jesus speaking: ) Your desperation will be a key, and is already a key element to get you back to where you were supposed to be in the first place, in the position where I wish all My children would have been during this time.

34. Some have fallen behind and will not make it. Others will cast themselves wholly upon Me in their weakness, knowing that I alone am the force that will help them to make it. That's the secret. That's the key. Are you looking to yourself, or are you looking to Me?

35. Are you thinking that you have to do this thing, or are you trusting Me to do the work through you as you do your part in yielding to My Spirit?

36. You might think it seems much more complicated and involved than that, but it really is very simple, especially for you‚ the children of David, who have come to recognize My Spirit and know Me so much more intimately than anyone else in this world. To you I have unveiled the greatest secrets, told you My most intimate desires, given you My very bed to share with Me, and you have accepted.

37. I give you, My new church, My ardent, sexy, yielded, adoring, naked bride, the greatest treasures of Heaven in this new outpouring to prepare you for the days of evil that are coming upon all the world.

38. So what should you do? What is My desire? My desire is that you come out from among them—from among the world—and ­enter into My world‚ a world so much more real, with much greater thrills than anything you could see around you. You've been steadily losing the vision and losing touch with the things of the spirit as you've become more attuned to the things of the flesh.

39. The time has come to devote yourself fully to the study of My Word, and the work that I have presented you with. The time has come to close the door on any inroads of Satan that are not of Me—computer games, music‚ tele­vision‚ etc.

40. How do you know whether it's of Me or not? Simply ask Me. Ask Me everything, and let Me tell you. Let Me show you what is of Me and what is not, and so will you be able to resist all the influences of Satan and of this world with which he has been trying to corrupt your heart and turn it away from Me. He has sought to confuse you‚ discourage you, and make you lose the vision and desire for My Word.

41. With this new anointing, this new out­pouring of My Spirit‚ I promise to wipe away all traces of the spirits of the world from your being, which is now open, yielded, and desperate for this cleansing.

42. Look to Me and be lightened. Look to My Word and find the direction you've been lacking, the spiritual strength you've lost sight of and touch with, and I will restore these things to you; and restore to you the confidence that you can make it as you yield day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute to Me, saying yes no matter what I ask of you, and yielding no matter what I would have you do.

43. This is what I ask. This is what your life, your future service for Me, is going to depend on. This is what you need to make your com­mitment. This is the key to your victory. Take it, use it‚ and put it to work for you, and I will do all the rest. (End of message from Jesus.)

44. (Jesus speaking: ) You have learned the art of discerning My Spirit, of hearing My voice. Now you must learn the art of saying yes before you've even heard what I'm asking of you. That's the only way you're going to be open and ready and able to receive the full counsel of My Spirit upon which your life will depend in the days to come.

45. The days of playing and practice are over. From now on these gifts, the new weapons, must become tools in your hand, used ­every day to stay in close touch with Me—closer touch than you've ever maintained before—because your very life is going to depend on it.

46. You have run well. Let not the Enemy condemn you that it has been in vain. Now is the time to take the next step, to graduate to the next course. In this level, the level of coming to Me, of hearing from Me‚ of connecting with Me, you have excelled. But you've neglected some of the other weapons, such as loving Me intimately, living My Law of Love fully, committing things to Me in prayer and utilizing the power of united prayer, and praising Me for everything that I bring into your life. This was not bad in itself‚ because it gave you the opportunity to hone and practice and become expert at this one weapon. But now it's time to make sure you're well armed with the remaining weapons with which you've had less practice.

47. Each of these weapons will be just as crucial in the final days. While the weapon of prophecy will be the primary weapon, the other weapons add strength, firepower, and accuracy to your use of this weapon.

48. So cultivate your use of these other weapons now, and watch how they can enhance the use of your primary weapon. Now is the time to arm yourself fully, to ready your gear to go out into battle. The battle will come—rest assured of that. You think you've failed, but I say that you've passed—perhaps not as gloriously or as flawlessly as you would have liked, but sufficiently to make this grade and to move on to the more serious lessons and experiences that lie ahead. There's no redoing this time of preparation. There is no going back and repeating missions, hoping to make a better score, to get better points, to pass more perfectly. But I never required perfection.

49. For the most part, you did well. You've gone through other experiences with the traps of the Enemy, even spending a brief time in his prisons, though I kept you and delivered you. It was only to give you a taste of what you will find out there.

50. Now you're ready to take your place‚ to realize that this is where you belong‚ and that there's no other place, no other calling that this world could ever offer that is greater or more desirable than the high calling and future that you're destined for.

51. You don't need a worldly career. You've found your career and are making great headway in it. You don't need an employer or more worldly knowledge or experience. You're working for the greatest mega-company on Earth, and no pay, no job opportunity on Earth could ever equal the kind of benefits you'll receive for the job you've signed up for.

52. So forget this world and dedicate yourself wholly to Me and the things of My Kingdom. Now more than ever is the time to step back, to come out of the world‚ to be separate and unyoked from the fellowship of unbelievers, having no fellowship with the works of darkness, but rather reproving them. That's the dedication I desire. That's where you're heading. That's the role you'll be called on to play. That's what all this preparation has been for.

53. How do you ensure your consecration?—By immersing yourself in My Word, by looking to the moving of My Spirit and seeing how I've been leading and preparing you for this moment all along. As you enter the new year—a year of many changes in many fields and many areas—you'll be ready for where I will lead you. It's imperative that each one learn to hear from Me and look to Me in everything. It's so important that you make sure to hone your gifts and skills with all the weapons of the spirit, that you may be ready and yielded to receive the revelation of your calling when it comes. (End of message from Jesus.)

A New Person!

54. (Prayer:) I feel empty in many ways, Jesus‚ but it looks like that's exactly where You want me. Help me, as I stand at the end of a year that I feel I have soiled in many ways, and at best have not used to make the kind of progress I could've had I yielded myself more fully to You and Your will. Help me to at least learn from what I leave behind me, that it may be used by You to make this coming year more useful‚ and spent to Your glory.

55. (Jesus speaking: ) I ask you to trust and lean upon Me even more greatly by faith alone—your faith in My Word, in My ability to speak to you, in My ability to love you. As you do this, you'll see that our relationship‚ which has been very sweet and close up till now, can become even more intimate.

56. That's what I'm truly after, and what I desire from you—that you open yourself up more greatly to Me, to My Word, and especially to My Spirit. You must ask for a renewed infilling of My Spirit in your life, in your heart, in your mind. And to receive this gift, you must be open and willing to accept and practice the new weapons that I've provided, so you may partake of this power. In many ways you've limited these weapons; you've received only minimal benefits from them, though even these have borne great fruit in your life.

57. But now is a time when I will require greater dedication, greater commitment, greater faith and belief in My Words, and a greater desire to follow and implement them. You've done well, but there's still much to learn, and still much ground to cover. I feel like we've only been speaking over the phone, when we could be having face-to-face conversations, hand-in-hand walks, heart-to-heart communication, being bare before each other in My bed of love.

58. You wonder how this can happen? Simply study My Word and follow My Spirit and let Me speak to you. Rebuke the Enemy when he would come in with his thoughts of inadequacy or failure. In you there dwells no good thing, that's true‚ but this has not lessened My desire for you, and neither have your recent shortcomings lessened My desire for you in My sight. So don't let the Enemy convince you that I'm distant and that My love is of no avail to you.

59. Can't you see that I'm reaching out to you? Can't you feel My tears hot upon My cheeks for you, for your broken spirit that has been wounded? I have broken it that it may be brought closer to Me‚ that you may see that I am your only hope, the only One you can depend on‚ and that you should depend on.

60. In your pride you have wanted to be able to do it all yourself, and because of that, you're now downhearted and confused‚ because you've allowed the Enemy to get you looking at the flesh rather than the spirit.

61. If you're looking for this moment of consecration to be some great event in the flesh, you're going to be disappointed. The things that are happening right now are all happening in the realm of the spirit, but you have had your eyes too much on the things of the flesh, even the sins and shortcomings and failures of the flesh. Whereas if you'd been seeing these things in the spirit, you'd have seen that I've used every single one of them to bring you to the point of desperation and hunger that you find yourself at now‚ and so have answered the unspoken prayers of your heart.

62. So don't be condemned about the route I have allowed you to follow through your own choices, about the place of leanness of soul you seem to have gotten yourself into. This is right where I would have you be during this time when I shall come to lift up all of My children from the places where their tests and preparations have left them, to rescue them from the bands of ­Satan and put them in their places of honor, right where I would have them.

63. Do you doubt My power or the power of My Spirit to override the effects of the flesh and consecrate your soul to Me again? No man can pluck you out of My hands—not even your old man of the flesh. I promise that as you yield yourself to Me, as you let go of this old man of whom you have now grown sick and tired and weary‚ that I will take him away and create in you a new man, better equipped in body and spirit to fulfill the role that lies ahead—and that new man will you be.

64. Oh, let go of the past, and look ahead to the new. All have failed and come short of the glory of God. What is that to thee? Follow thou Me! And believe that all things that I have spoken shall come to pass. The storm is ended‚ and you'll be changed into a new and glorious creature. That which was is passed away, and all that is to come will be made new within you by the power of My Spirit, and by virtue of the anointing and consecration that I will bestow upon you—a renewed and greater and even more intense measure of My Spirit that shall rest upon you and bring to you an anointing as spectacular as it was for My children on the day of Pentecost.

65. Leave the past behind, and look ahead to the bright new day that is dawning this very moment. It will be night for the world, but it will be a time of light and glory and victory for you, so that even as you walk in darkness, you'll feel as if it's day because of the light and glory that surrounds you on all sides.

66. Though you're walking in the midst of darkness and trouble, I shall revive you and make of you a new man. This is My promise. My Spirit is beginning to sweep across the world and anoint the hearts of My children‚ My elite troops, for the days that are coming. (End of message from Jesus.)

Knighted for Action

67. (Jesus speaking:) Arise now, My knight. As you stand before Me, adorned in your humble garments of simplicity, and as you raise your arms in praise to My Name, let Me clothe you with the armor of Heaven—the whole armor of God that has been fashioned for you in this new day, in this new hour of temptation that is to come upon all the world.

68. It's a suit of armor made specifically for you. It's tailor-made and endowed with all the magic and power of Heaven—to make you strong‚ to make you impervious to the threats and darts of Satan, to provide you with not only the strength to defeat the Enemy, but the insight and wisdom to outwit him at every turn.

69. It's armor which was made especially for you, and now that you've graduated from your school of preparation, you're ready to take it unto yourself‚ to wear it with pride and dignity. It's decorated with many medals for the battles and tests you've come through victoriously. But there's room for many more stripes and stars that will be added in days to come. You've earned your rank‚ and now it's time to go forth into battle. You've proven yourself worthy to ride alongside Me into battle through your dependence on Me and your lack of dependence on yourself.

70. Does this seem strange? How wonderful are My ways, and how much higher they are than yours! You thought all along that you were failing the courses, and as the final exam drew nearer, you made even more mistakes, manifested even greater shortcomings, and in your own sight failed miserably. Yet in My eyes, these very failings are what qualified you to pass the tests, and proved that you were ready to graduate.

71. These things bring a smile to your face, because they're so contrary to the way things work on Earth. You must have a spotless record there, straight A's, to graduate with honors. But in My school, even your seeming failures count for great points, because they've caused you to be all the more dependent upon Me. You've learned that you know very little and that all answers must be sought from Me, and so you were deemed ready to graduate.

72. In this simple ceremony where you come before Me with nothing in your hands, empty of all delusions of self, I bestow upon you the greater honor of being a vessel called by My Name. I grant you the gift of this suit of armor‚ this uniform of Heaven that will bedeck you from this day forward. Wear it with dignity. Wear it in My Name, that it may bring glory unto Me. All who see it will marvel, and will know that it is en­dowed with My strength, which will shine forth all the brighter through your personal weakness.

73. Behold now, I give you the new helmet of My Spirit that will rest upon you and never be taken away from you. I give you the breastplate of My strength that will endow you with might and protect you‚ keeping your heart and the seat of your spirit by My power. I give you the shield of faith and of My Word, which has grown strong, and will grow yet stronger within you as you seek it and cling to it with greater desperation.

74. I give you the sword of My new weapons—a weapon more powerful than its looks reveal, a sword within which is stored the magical power of Heaven that will be unleashed as you wield it. None will be able to resist its power or subdue its force.

75. In giving you this sword, I give you a mighty weapon, for it has the power of both the old and new weapons. The new weapons are built on the Word. The Word is the foundation‚ the metal which is sharpened until it is sharper than any two-edged sword of the flesh, and can cut asunder, even to the dividing of soul and spirit.

76. I also give you the sash of freedom about your waist—freedom of My Spirit to follow My Word and will with no hindrance, with no encumbrance. You'll be better prepared to run with all freedom, making haste to fulfill My will, to answer My call‚ to accomplish your duty with the utmost swiftness and surety.

77. I give you feet shod with strength and direction, that they may always be guided to the place that I've prepared for you, and that you might have the strength to run and not be weary; to fight, and not faint; to stand your ground and not be dismayed or discomfited, but to stand strong; to defend My name‚ to champion My cause, to defeat My enemies in My power.

78. All those who see will wonder; yet you will but kneel in humility and give glory to Me. Yes, My knight, you're ready. The time has come. The ordination is complete. Receive now your armor, and with it My blessing, to go forth and stand strong in My name. You are now Mine, and I am yours. Together we'll be a force unbeatable, undefeatable, impervious to the traps and shenanigans of the Enemy. He stands no chance. Yes, My love, we stand together on the threshold of victory! Let us go forth and see our enemies tremble! (End of message from Jesus)

Prayer of Commitment and Rededication

79. (Mama:) Here's a beautiful prayer that one of our staff members asked the Lord to give them in prophecy—something to express their yieldedness and commitment to the Lord that they could refer to and pray throughout the new year. Maybe you'll want to pray it too—or ask the Lord for a prayer of your own.

80. (Prayer:) Jesus, my Husband, You're so precious to me! Thank You for predestining me. I was Yours in the last century‚ the last millennium‚ and now in this century, this millennium‚ I pledge to be Yours more than ever. My hands, my feet, my eyes, my ears—my whole body is Yours.

81. My mind is Yours—put those thoughts in it that You see fit. My heart is Yours—move it and love through it as You desire. I have no delights except those things which delight You. I have no ambition except to serve in Your courts, to decrease that You might increase, to wash Your feet and the feet of my Family, in humility and servitude.

82. Make me more like You, Jesus. I'm Your love slave, and I wish to do nothing except that which I know will bring a smile to Your face. I want You to be proud of me.

83. Help me to give no place to the Enemy through any bad habits that have grown in my life. I don't want to give him any opportunity to tempt me through pride or lack of love for my brothers and sisters. My mind is Yours‚ Jesus. Cleanse it and sanctify it for Your use.

84. I promise to fight, Jesus, because I know the Enemy is not going to take my challenge lying down. My prayer and my pledge is that I will not grow weary in well-doing, but that I will determinedly defeat the Enemy's hold on my life again and again throughout the weeks and months of this next year. I don't expect it to be an easy fight, or a short-lived one. I expect to fight the foe this whole next year. But I'm determined that he will not have the pleasure of seeing any flag of surrender.

85. I claim every promise in Your book. I cash in every check. I want every one of Your seeds that will empower me to ride the waves victoriously this next year.

86. Continue to humble my pride, precious Husband. I beg You to do it even if You know it's going to hurt me, because I know I'm not going to survive unless Your Spirit is in me. And I know Your Spirit cannot work in me to mold me‚ make me and use me unless I'm clothed in the garment of humility, so I'm telling You now that I want You to do whatever is necessary to remove the filthy vestiges of pride in my life. I don't care what it costs—any price is worth it if it means I'm going to be closer to You.

87. I want to know You more than ever. I really want to know Your heart, to know Your desires. I want You to trust me with Your full will. I want You to whisper secrets in my ears about what You really want from me. I don't want You to hold back or to hesitate‚ because nothing is more important to me than finding out what You want and doing it. Help me to delight in doing Your will.

88. I never want You to leave my bed un­satisfied, Jesus. I want to satisfy You and exhaust You every time, in a good way. I want to give You every part of myself in the bed of love, and I ask for all of You in return. Please don't hold back in any way. What is Your pleasure? Tell me so that I can fulfill Your desires.

89. There's no lover in the world who can hold a candle to You, Jesus. I choose You over every one, every time. In times past, I've slipped through fickleness of heart and vanity and put earthly loves above You, and I've regretted it. You're more precious to me than anyone else ever was or ever will be.

90. Thank You for forgiving me for my strayings‚ the times when I put another's love above Your love and allowed myself to drift away from You. I promise I will do better, for my sake and Yours. I will be loyal to You. But You have to help me, because I'm still young and easily swayed. Anchor me to Your heart, Jesus, so that I never drift away from You. I pray You fix my heart to Yours‚ that no earthly love may ever have the power to seduce me away from Your side, even for a moment. I pray that the times I will spend in another's arms will be but extensions of my love affair with You.

91. Never leave me alone with anyone, Jesus, okay? There's no one—I don't care how humanly wonderful they are, or how romantic they behave, or how good-looking or sexy they are—who can satisfy me like You can. No one can get into my heart like You can. You envelop my heart, while earthly loves have only ever filled a tiny fraction that left me hungering for more. What I was really hungering for was Your love, Jesus—unwavering‚ overwhelming, enduring and everlasting. That's the only kind of love that trans­forms me from a simple worm into a glowworm.

92. Make me a glowworm for You, Jesus. Let me shine with Your light in this dark night. Let people marvel that such a humble, simple creature is able to glow with unearthly light. It's Your light‚ Jesus. Thank You for filling me with Your light. It makes my life worth living.

93. You're incomparable, precious Jesus. Thank You for filling every empty part of me. My deepest desire is to be known as Your loyal and devoted bride. (End of prayer.)

The Day of New Things!

94. (Mama:) In closing, here's a marvelous message from the Lord with awesome promises for the future. About this message, Jesus said: "While this was given for one of My devoted lovers, every Family member who has heeded My call to be My bride and fight by My side in these Last Days can claim each of these pledges of love‚ power and anointing as their own." Let's keep pushing forward together, facing the great adventures that the Lord has for us. It's going to be exciting! When we're weak, then we're strong in Jesus‚ our precious ­Husband and Lover Who holds the universe in His hands and Who has all power in Heaven and Earth.

95. (Jesus speaking:) Now, My love, marks the beginning‚ the day of new things—a time of strength‚ a time in which you will rally My power, My force, and will be strong and valiant in battle. You, My love, I have brought up for this day. I have matured you and nurtured you in My Spirit for the dawning of this age in which I will make My power manifest in you.

96. I have longed for this moment when I would see the fulfillment of all My dreams, the day all My work would be honored. My gift has been granted‚ the gift of having you by My side, ready, strong and determined to fight the battle. And fight you will, for the coming days are dark. The tempest will howl and the Enemy will seek to claim your heart. Do not fear, for in such moments I will be there. I will be your protector. I will be the guardian of your heart, the warrior of your soul. Fear not. Wax strong in Me. You've passed the test, and now you're marching forward to victory. You're on the road of conquest, and nothing can stop you; your tread is sure.

97. Listen not to the howl of the wind‚ and be not shaken by the laughing beast, for I am your Rock and your deliverance! I will prevail. My strength in you is unshakable. Believe. And I say, believe again. Be not daunted by the snarls of the Evil One, the lies with which he tempts you. He has lost. You have won. Satan has lost already. He has no claim. You are Mine forever. Nothing can break that bond; nothing can sever the ties of our hearts. We cannot be separated.

98. Your devotion is that of a strong, loyal knight. Though you've known heartache, though you've tasted the bitter things in life, you've remained strong. You've fought on, despite opposition. You've made your stand with Me. I've counted you as My Own. I've called you Mine. Though the Earth be divided, though destruction be all around, you will only wax stronger. You are My witness to the world, the living truth that I live on, for I live in you.

99. Let Me anoint you. Let Me pour My gift upon you, My special commission to you, the calling wherein I have called you. Lie with Me‚ My love. Listen as I tell you of the things to come—the glorious days, the testimony of My strength and power in you.

100. I have called you to serve others—to be their means to Me, and a channel from Me to them, a light in the darkened places. It may seem like a humble commission‚ but so few are able to fill this need. So few are able to reach, touch, and understand the very beat of a person's heart. My bride, I ask you to be My instrument to others, the embodiment of Me, the one they can touch and feel; the smile they can see; the eyes that cry tears for them; the heart that bears their pains; the balm that heals their wounds; My mouthpiece so My words can flow through you and touch their lives.

101. Glorious calling! Magnificent day! The angels herald the dawning of this wondrous moment! All Heaven has joined to watch this day. With glad hearts and sober minds, they rally you on. The sweet scent of their prayers for you reaches high into the Heavenlies. The Heavens are alive; they pulsate in this moment of time‚ the dawning of this new era.

102. Oh, that the world could see the wave of evil and iniquity that is about to sweep over it, the coming days of diabolic worship that are about to engulf the world. But as the darkness grows thicker and evil waxes worse, My light will become more brilliant. You, My flame, will shine stronger. You are My rallying call to the world. You are the bugle that blares the message of triumph. You are My Endtime witnesses.

103. But you are also My Bride—My wonderfully sexy, hot Bride! Oh, how I yearn for you! How My body cries for you! I seek you continually. We cannot be apart. Our love cannot be severed. Stay with Me‚ just a moment longer, in this hidden cove. Rest with Me while I prepare you for the fight around the bend. I've given you the weapons to fight. I've girded you with My strength. My sacrifice has been rewarded. I am content.

104. I will see you through these Last Days. I will fight for you in the days, and at night I will be your comfort, your peace, your Lover. My vibrant lover‚ I will fill you with My seeds. I will magnify Myself in you. My seeds will give you power, for they're the bonding of our two hearts. We're bonded eternally, one to another. Nothing can loose this tie. I am forever at your side. In eternity, I will be closer to you than ever. I will be in you, My Bride. (End of message from Jesus.)

Quotes on the era of action, added throughout the Letter in boxes‚ from unpublished prophecies:

As you, My brides‚ enter this era of action, I promise you that I shall make you as King David's loyal men of old. For it was said of them that one man among them was equal to ten ordinary soldiers. The difference between you, My elite troops, and My ordinary troops, is that you wield the spiritually high–tech new weapons with skill and with ease.

This is the era of action, because you will see My Word in action more than ever before. It's the era of action, because I will be acting on your behalf more and in a greater way than ever before!

These days of the End will be not only a time of wondrous miracles, but of deep peace, love, and content­ment in your hearts, because just as you see Endtime events unfold, you will see My Spirit, My presence and My love revealed in a greater way than ever before.

These are the days when so many of My promises will be fulfilled—promises of protection‚ power‚ miracles, great love, strength, healing, manifestations of Heavenly signs and wonders. Hold on to your hats! It's all coming to pass, just as I said it would.

(Spirit helper: ) We have brown hair, blonde hair and red hair. We are males and females. We were born in diverse countries, or else born in Heaven. We have bubbly personalities, or studious personalities. we have skills of organization and skills of inspiration. We know your needs. We have instant access to Heaven's archives. We travel at the speed of light. We are not limited by space or time. We are not faceless‚ we are real! And we have a keen personal interest in teamworking with you, our earthly mates, in this new era of action!

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