Maria
October 1, 2006
By Maria ML #3604 7/06
Dear Family,
1. I thought that Part 3 was going to be the last part in this series, at least for a while, but I came across some other good messages from Jesus about His life on Earth that I couldn't pass up sharing with you. I love to hear Jesus talk about the things that He went through while on Earth—or how He thought or felt—and I hope that you enjoy hearing about them too. I feel so privileged to have the King of the Universe speak so frankly and personally to us.
2. These messages from Jesus about His life on Earth do a number of things. They help us to feel closer to Him, because we grasp more of an understanding of the things that He went through that we also experience. They teach us lessons and principles that we can apply to our lives. They help to remind us of the sacrifices that Jesus made for us. They are inspiring and motivating, because if Jesus has been through something, we know that we can go through similar experiences with His help.
3. I pray that you will enjoy this little smorgasbord of messages, and that they will help you and encourage you in your service to the Author of them! (And if you're a new Active member and you enjoy these prophecies, ask your Home for copies of the Link mags where the previous parts of "Jesus' Life on Earth" were published.) Happy reading!
Much love,
Mama
4. It wasn't just My enemies that hurt Me. At times I felt that My Own disciples or those of My flesh-and-blood family didn't understand Me‚ or the things that I said, or the calling that I was given. There were times when those whom I loved the most forsook Me and left Me alone.
5. So I know the deep hurt and anguish that you feel when it seems that others have failed you. But I had to fight on despite the hurts I felt. I had to follow through on the calling that My Father had given Me, even though just before I was to make My greatest sacrifice, I felt that My disciples and loved ones forsook Me and that My Father Himself turned His back on Me.
6. What a terrible defeat it would have been if I'd harbored the hurt from the words of others or the accusations of My enemies. What a triumph it would have been for the Evil One if I had nursed My wounds or expected others to come and make things right before I went on with the calling that My Father had given Me of giving My life so that the world might be saved.
7. I had a mission to fulfill, just as you do. I was working in a pretty tight timeframe to complete My mission, just as you are as the End draws nearer. And know that the same supernatural strength that was given to Me to put all the hurts‚ the accusations, and the sting of others' words and actions behind Me, is available to you in the hour that you call upon Me, so that you can fulfill the calling that I have given you. Don't allow these things to hold you back, for if you do, there will be a loss—not only to you personally but also to the progress of My work overall.
8. I love you and I need you—just you. So cast off the weights that do so easily beset you, and run with patience the race that is set before you, looking unto Me, the Author and Finisher of your faith (Hebrews 12:1-2). I will be right by your side and I will give you the grace‚ the forgiveness, and all that you need so that the healing balm of My Spirit may go to work in your life and make what was once a broken and crushed heart into one that is bigger and more beautiful, for it will be melded together with Mine.
9. I didn't have wisdom from the time I was born. I had to learn wisdom through the things that I went through (Luke 2:52). I wasn't all-knowing or perfect. If I had been, I never would have understood what it's like for you to learn, to discern, to mature, to be tested. I had the wisdom of My Father that I could tap into‚ but so do you. The knowledge of everything I knew in Heaven, however, was veiled; otherwise, My time on Earth would not have been a true test.
10. And, yes, I did learn things on Earth that I didn't know in Heaven. Before I came to Earth, I didn't know what it was like to live as you do. I didn't know what it felt like to go through the things you do, to make the decisions you do. If I had known everything before coming to Earth, then there wouldn't have been much of a reason for Me to live out 33 years. I did that so that I could learn what it was like to be a human. If that hadn't been an important part of My mission, I could have appeared on Earth at the age of 30‚ lived a couple of years, and then died for your sins. Obviously there was more to My life than that—more that I had to learn and experience. That's why I spent all those years on Earth.
11. While I was on Earth, I had to know what it was like to be like you—to not have all the answers right off, but to have to pray and get answers and wisdom from Heaven. I wasn't meant to go to Earth with all the knowledge of Heaven, knowing everything, so that I could answer all the questions people had and solve all the problems of the world on My Own. That was not the point at all. I was working with My Father, just as you work with Me today.
12. I had to tap into His power‚ the power of the spirit world. I couldn't do it on My Own. I didn't have all of the wisdom of Heaven within Me, just as you don't today. I had to tap into it, I had to ask for it, I had to suck for it, I had to be yielded to receive it, just as you have to do the same today.
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13. It's hard to put some of these concepts into earthly words. Yes, I came and lived as a man—but that was as much for your sake as for Mine. The main reason I had to come was so that you could know Me as a man of flesh, you could know that I went through everything you'll go through, to some extent, and thus you can have faith that I understand you. It's not as if in coming to Earth I relinquished all My heavenly rights as the Son of God. I chose to have some things put behind a partition, you might say, in My Spirit‚ so that I could experience things more in the way that you experience them—without a full knowledge or understanding of past, present, and future. That way I gained deeper understanding for you.
14. But I always had unconditional love. That's why I came to Earth in the first place. And I always had the knowledge and understanding that I was there, as God among men‚ to help you, to save you, to show you My love. I am and always have been your God, your Savior, and deeply in love with you. I know everything, and even if I chose to come to Earth to experience some things Myself, that doesn't mean that I didn't know them before, or that I don't know now about things that didn't exist in those days. But what I came to Earth to experience was the full range of human emotions—and as I said, I did that as much for your sake as for Mine.
15. Because I did that, you know that I'm not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of your infirmities, for I was in all points tempted like you are. So the balance is found in the best of both worlds: I came to Earth to experience things like you must experience them, but I was then and always will be all-powerful, all-knowing, and loving you unconditionally. If I chose to block some of that power when I was on Earth so that I could experience human emotions more clearly, that's just part of My love for you.
16. I know what it's like to feel unappreciated. I went through the same things you're feeling now about some people not appreciating Me and what I was trying to do for them. I came unto My Own, and they didn't receive Me (John 1:11). I came to heal the sick‚ and many didn't want to be healed, especially not in heart. I suffered the pain of rejection, and felt the pain of My love and sacrifices not being returned, but rather thrown back in My face. I was made of no reputation, and was called a sinner, a winebibber, and even a devil (Philippians 2:7; John 9:16; 10:20; Matthew 11:19). I was slandered and hated without cause, and they finally put Me to death out of hatred and fear of Me.
17. I know how it feels when people don't think well of you. But I realized that that was one of the prices of giving My all to My Father and of following and obeying His will. I had to decide in My heart that "none of these things move Me" (Acts 20:24). I was willing to pay the price that not all would receive Me or My help, or appreciate what I was doing out of love for them. And that's what I ask of you.
18. I know it stings and hurts your hearts, but please don't let these things offend you or pull you off the wall. Rather let it soften and break your hearts in a way that will propel you forward spiritually more than ever, by driving you to Me for My perspective, My view, and My comfort and instruction during these times of growing and stretching.
19. I don't want you to have to suffer from the opinions of men, My darlings, and if you're humble enough, it won't bother you that much. Rather, just be happy and thankful that I'm the One Whose opinion of you really counts—and that you know what I think of you!
20. My ministry on Earth from your point of view now looks glorious, for you can see all the good fruit that it bore and how I changed the world. But if you were to see things the way they were during My time, you would get a much different perspective. I had to learn to be a servant. I had to learn to do My Father's will—both My earthly father's as well as My Heavenly Father's. I had to endure and suffer the afflictions and emotions of the flesh so that I could truly understand and relate to each person. I had to forsake My heavenly powers to become human and to endure many, many battles, for this was all a part of My training (Philippians 2:5–8; Isaiah 53:3-9; Hebrews 5:8-9).
21. Like you, I wanted to do great things, to start healing the sick and delivering the good news of salvation. But I had many lessons to learn first‚ so I submitted and became a servant, a carpenter, a nobody in the eyes of men. To go from being the King of the Universe to being a lowly carpenter was a pretty big change! But it was all for a purpose, for I had to learn what it was like to be human and to not rely on My Own strength‚ but to find My strength in coming to My Father.
22. There were many lessons that I had to learn that are cornerstones in your lives today. But if I had not gone through those things, I would not have been able to relate to and instruct you in the way I can now. But I can now truly say I understand, for I have been there Myself.
23. So learn to trust Me and to believe that whatever I bring into your life is for your good and will strengthen you. Even if I bring you into a desolate place, a place that you feel has no "potential," or a ministry [or job] that seems simple or unchallenging, know that I have a plan and a purpose, and that as you find out what that plan is, you will in turn find the happiness and fulfillment that you seek.
24. There is no happier place to be than in the center of My will. There is no greater thrill in life than to know that you are pleasing Me and that I am in first place in your life. All other things will pale by comparison when you find the happiness and contentment that comes from doing My will.
25. When you can truly let go of all that you hold dear—whatever it is that you're desiring or wanting Me to do for you—and you place it in My hands and give it freely to Me‚ then I in turn will fill you with the true riches and desires that you have only dreamed of!
26. Follow My example. What did I do when the Enemy was attacking My Apostle Peter with all of his might and furor in order to try to defeat him before he had even really begun his ministry? I prayed for him. I prayed earnestly and desperately, and My Father answered My prayer. Though Peter still had his tests and battles, things that he had to personally fight and overcome, My prayers for him had a tremendous effect; they made a huge difference (Luke 22:31-32).
27. The battles that Peter had to face and overcome were very big and daunting for him. They were extremely intense battles. The Enemy was pulling out all the stops to try to defeat him, because he knew what a detriment Peter would be to his plans. He knew what an effect Peter would have in his lifetime and through the work he began—a work that is carried on even to this day.
28. It was a fierce attack, and I prayed desperate‚ fervent prayers on his behalf. I battled for him in prayer, for his strength and protection‚ for his service to Me. I petitioned My Father on his behalf‚ I claimed him for My service in wholehearted prayer, and My Father did not fail to answer My prayer—just as I will not fail to answer the prayers that you pray for those who are being buffeted by the Enemy. Of course‚ the person will still need to make their choices; it's ultimately up to them! But oh, what a tremendous force for good you can be through prayer.
29. I spent many, many hours in prayer during My time on Earth because I really understood how vital fervent prayer was, how incredibly powerful it was, how it was able to make all the difference in the world. It's a basic spiritual principle; it's not a new concept. And yet all too few of you use this weapon as often as you should. I got up early in the morning and communed with My Father in prayer. I knew that if I was going to be successful in My mission—My huge mission with so much to be done in so little time—I had to take that time. I had to get up early and lick the Devil first in prayer.
30. And now you have the power of the keys, which enhances your prayers and their effect many times over. My loves, you must see the awesomeness of this weapon and you must use it so much more than you have been. If each Family member would use the weapon of prayer more actively and more skillfully, you would be an unstoppable force!
31. Follow My example, My brides; do as I did. When I was faced with the impossibility of raising Lazarus from the dead, what did I do? I lifted up My eyes and heart to My Father in prayer and I praised Him for hearing Me. I praised Him for the answer even before I had seen it. I said, "Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me. And I know that Thou hearest Me always" (John 11:41-42). Just as My Father always heard Me, so do I always hear you, My brides.
32. I am humility, and the more you make the humble way your way of operating‚ the more you have of Me. I am satisfaction. I am fulfillment. I am the all in all. And all of this will be yours, as you follow in My footsteps and walk the humble road.
33. Here is a simple practice that will be a help and safeguard to you: Ask Me at the start of each day if there is anything in particular I want you to do that day that will help you to be more humble. Check in with Me each morning and ask, "Is there anything You want to tell me regarding my humble walk today‚ dear Jesus?"
34. Then at the end of each day, as you retire, check in with Me again. Take a moment of silence to touch base with Me specifically on your humility and ask if there is anything I want to point out to you regarding your humility push. Ask Me if you missed the mark during the day, or if there is anything you should do differently, or anything specific I want you to do the following day, etc.
35. These two daily times to check in with Me on your humility level do not need to be long sessions of hearing from Me in prophecy. They can be short! Ask Me while you are in bed‚ or while you're getting dressed for the day, or tag it on at the tail end of your praise time or prayer vigil, but make them definite. Stop, quiet your spirit‚ and ask Me the definite question, wherever you are, or no matter what else you're doing. Ask Me what I want you to do that day, and how you fared that day.
36. It's a simple practice‚ but one well worth your while to make a habit.—Just like brushing your teeth! In fact, you can ask Me these questions while brushing your teeth if you like. As you make this a routine practice, I'll show you more and more. I'll fine-tune your "humble walk" and draw you in ever so much closer to Me. I'll be deeper inside you, like never before—so close‚ so intimate, so one with you, and you with Me. You'll walk right in step with Me every moment of every day. You won't fall or falter, because I will be holding you up.
37. And I'll tell you a little secret: This is how I was able to walk in humility when I was on Earth. This little habit I have described to you of checking in with My Father on My "humility level" twice a day—in the morning and before I retired at night—was what did the trick. I had the gift of humility, just as you can have the gift of humility, but the flesh wars against the humble way. My flesh was no different; it also warred against the gift of humility that was Mine.
38. As I carried on My public ministry, I found I had to be desperate with My Father as to how to rise above this warring of My flesh against My Spirit, for the temptations to pride were strong. It was after the marriage at Cana, when I performed My first outstanding public miracle (John 2:1-11), that I asked My Father for direction regarding My humility, and He gave Me this little plan‚ this simple routine, this good habit to establish in My life. It took a little time to get the habit down pat‚ but with persistence and the help of My heavenly helpers, I soon got it down, and it carried Me through the rest of My earthly life.
39. Look back for a moment to the hours before My death on Earth. As I sat with My disciples, My greatest pain was not that I would have to suffer and die, for I had been given the grace to endure what I was to face. But even greater at that moment was the pain in My heart for two who sat with Me. One was Judas—who I knew would betray Me, and when faced with what he had done, would choose to give up and take his own life rather than turn to the Father and cry out for forgiveness. And the other was Peter.
40. I knew the terrible test Peter was to face. My struggle would have seemed the greater one to his mind, but I understood the depths of despair he would face, the floods of Satan's lies that would be poured upon him, and how weak and confused he would be. For him, the testing was in some ways as great as My time in the garden that I faced some hours later. I understood that, and My heart broke for him. I saw his agony and felt its sting every bit as intensely as My Own.
41. If I could have, I would have taken his burden and tried to carry it Myself. But I knew that he had to pass through that time of agony if he was to become all that he needed to be. My agony, which was Mine to bear, gave Me understanding and compassion for man even as he wallowed in sin; My dying on the cross was the ultimate sacrifice to save man from those sins and set him free. But My whole life on Earth was what taught Me compassion. Each one I taught, each one I healed, each one whose life I touched, I felt their pain, I experienced their suffering, I understood the battles they faced.
42. I couldn't live as a blind man from birth. I couldn't be the woman with the issue of blood who endured great pain and agony of the flesh. I couldn't be the leper who had endured years of being an outcast and watched in agony as his flesh slowly died and fell away. I couldn't watch My child die before My eyes and feel the hopelessness of being unable to prevent it. I could not have lived all these things in just one body. But what gave Me the compassion and the understanding, what made Me your High Priest Who is touched with the feelings of your infirmities and was in all points tempted as you are, is that the Father allowed Me to supernaturally experience the pain, the suffering, and the struggles in each life I touched (Hebrews 4:15).
43. I couldn't actually live through them all in real time. My physical body could not have borne that and still fulfilled My purpose on Earth. But I was allowed to feel each person's loss, to feel their sorrow and suffering, and to understand, so that I would have the motivation to fulfill My task. Each experience helped to strengthen My conviction that following through with what My Father had commissioned Me to do was the only way to deliver you.
44. I know it's a challenge to use your gift of prophecy; it was for Me too at times when I was on Earth. There were a lot of distractions and it took a lot of faith and stretching on My part to receive from My Father. That's why I got alone and went on a mountain sometimes, just to have some time to sit still and hear His voice. I got up in the early morning hours, before everyone else got up, and I just took that quiet time alone with My Father. You could try that too, if you like‚ and see if it works for you.
45. Don't let the Enemy discourage you about your gift of prophecy; know that I want to speak to you. Just keep tanking up on My Word, and fill your heart and mind and spirit with My promises. Like the verse, "Call unto Me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things which thou knowest not" (Jeremiah 33:3). And here's another one: "Ye shall seek Me and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart" (Jeremiah 29:13). Remember My promises; they were written for you.
46. So when the Enemy comes in with his lies and discouragement‚ making you feel like you just can't hear from Me, or that it's your own thoughts that you're thinking, rebuke him with these scriptures and with My keys. Really set him back on his heels. Trust that after you have prayed and asked Me to sit and talk with you, I will "show you great and mighty things which you know not." I promise to do so, and I never break My promise! (Numbers 23:19).
47. I know how it feels to step out into the unknown. It's just plain scary at times. I felt that way when I launched out into My public ministry. I had My Father's promises, I had guaranteed help from Heaven, and My Father had given Me ample inner peace and faith that now was the time, but still it was scary. So I understand.
48. Well, you're in the very same position that I was. Of course‚ you're not the Son of God, but you're My bride, and you have the very same power and anointing and help from Heaven available to you that I had. I knew when it was the right time—just as you do—and I knew it was My Father's highest will, calling‚ and destiny for Me—just as you do, and there is nothing that will be withheld from you as you step out into your new realm and calling by faith.
49. It was tough for Me to leave My familiar surroundings, My mother and My siblings and cousins whom I loved. It was difficult to step out of what had become My "comfort zone" into something new. So there will understandably be a little trepidation at first on your part—and that's natural. But as you step out by faith, all of My power and spiritual help will meet your faith, I promise you.
50. I came in swaddling clothes. And then in My public ministry many years later, I entered not as one who was brought up in a king's house, as the crown prince who had been groomed for power and responsibility, but rather as a humble hewer of wood. That was My "clothing," so to speak‚ so that when people saw Me‚ they didn't see the great crown prince that I was; no, what they saw was a carpenter's son, simple as that‚ so that I was easy to approach and ask for help.
51. They loved to laugh with Me and joke with Me, to drink with Me and to play with Me. I was one of them. I wasn't above them in spirit in how I related to them. I was very relatable.
52. Yes, I had to forsake all in order to enter the body of that little baby. I literally had to forsake all—except what I was, My very Own Spirit. But all else I laid aside so that I could become one of you. That's how much I loved you—enough to leave My Own thoughts aside, My Own Wisdom. Everything that I had garnered about Me for eternity I took off, I laid aside, and I took on your robes, your human flesh.
53. I was not even born in a room, let alone a household or a grand mansion. There wasn't even room for Me in the house; they had to stick Me out back in a barn with the animals. That's how humble and how lowly My entry to your world was. It couldn't have gotten any humbler. And why? Because I had to relate to you and to all of mankind with humility and lowliness, as servant of all.
54. I had never done that before. I had never gone to Earth in that capacity before, not for the real thing. Yes, I had made some visits, but in a way those were trial runs assisted by My angels and others. But this was the real thing. I was going it alone this time without even My previous thoughts and knowledge, and this would be a great test of My faith while in human flesh. Would I be able to make it?
55. I forsook all My thoughts, all My heavenly wisdom, all that made up what I was, and entered the house of My fleshly body as a human being, bound in the limitations, pains, and sufferings of not only the flesh but of the emotions and spiritual warfare that it brings on‚ and it was a great test. Would I stay true and faithful to My Father and make it?
56. The only thing I really knew was that My Father could make it through Me if I called out to Him and depended on Him. It was all by faith—faith in My Father that He would come through. Just as it's all by faith for you now—faith in Me that I will come through for you. And I will. My Father gave His best shot for mankind, and that was Me; He trusted that I would not lose faith and that I would come through and win in the end.
57. Well, you know the story. I managed to stay faithful unto death and I won the prize in the end—and the prize was you‚ My loves. I won you back to My side, and I opened the gates of Heaven for all eternity to all who will take it. I defeated Lucifer.
58. Before I entered that great courtroom of the trials on Earth, I was in great trepidation as to how I would do. But once there, and once I got My footing and the time was right, My Father's Spirit came down upon Me, and I followed and obeyed.
59. It will be the same with you. For My Spirit to come down upon you, you must be very, very low. You must have no confidence in yourself. When you walk with this mindset, knowing that you are nothing, then what that means is that you have made room for Me, and at the appointed time I will enter and I will lead.
60. "Rest in spite of" is the quality I had, and what I manifested when I heard that one of My closest friends on Earth neared death. When I heard of Lazarus' illness, I was tempted to be beset with the burden and the weight and the sorrow of it all. I was tempted to rush to his side and give him My healing power. I was tempted to tend to the matter immediately; he was so close to My heart.
61. But My Father brought this quality to the fore in those pivotal moments, and that is how‚ despite the gravity of the physical situation, I was able to take My time, to rest, to relax, to eat with friends, to continue to witness, to even wait a few days before making My way to tend to this very desperate situation. This is how I was able to portray a spirit of peace, trust, and calm, even though the throngs around Me were frantic and seriously judgmental of My decision.
62. And then, even when I arrived at the scene‚ the multitudes accused Me of not caring for My friend, of purposely delaying My journey so that Lazarus would die. But despite the tears of Mary and Martha‚ despite the doubts of My disciples‚ My faith remained strong‚ because I had rested in My Father prior to tending to this matter. I had yielded to His timetable. I had "rested in spite of" all the turmoil that surrounded Me. And because of this, I had the faith that the miracles that I needed that day would be performed.
63. Of course, I was still moved, and I wept. I didn't weep out of doubt, but I wept out of emotion, out of deep feeling for My loved one. But more so for those who doubted Me, who doubted My love, and who accused Me without knowing the full matter.
64. And that's when the miracle happened. That's when I brought life to the dead. That's when I proved, once again, the power of My Father, and that's how many more came to know of His love and His salvation.
65. And this gift will bring the same results to you. This "rest in spite of" will teach you to rest even though the throngs press about you with their needs and their emergencies, and yes, even their grave situations. And as you rest, My strength will be poured through you and will be transformed into miracle-working power, so that when you set out to see to those situations‚ miracles will happen at the touch of your faith. This is a gift that I want to give you, because it will make your life easier, and it will bring miracles.
66. Do you believe? Thank you for your belief, because this quality is very special to Me. Without it, I could not have performed My mission on Earth, and I know the same is true for you too. So I give it to you, from My heart to yours. I give you the gift that carried Me through. Let it carry you too.
67. If you find yourself in a trying situation where progress seems to be at a standstill, stagnated, or moving very, very slowly, the best thing you can do is to detach yourself from it emotionally and ask Me to help you rise above it and see the big picture. Ask Me to help you see it through My eyes, objectively and rationally.
68. Many times your emotions play a big part in the way you look at a situation and how you handle it and take care of it. This is just human nature. But the best thing is to detach yourself from the emotional aspect and ask Me to help you to see things the way I do.
69. Remember, I had to do this when I was there on Earth. When I heard the news that Lazarus was dead, I did not immediately jump up and run back to Mary and Martha in Bethany. I stayed two more days in the city I was in, as My work there was not yet finished. As you know, this deeply disappointed Mary and Martha, to the point that both Martha's and Mary's first words to Me when they came out to meet Me were accusatory, indicating that if I had been there, Lazarus would not have died (John 11:1-32). But as you know, and unbeknownst to Mary and Martha, God had an even more spectacular event in mind, which could only be accomplished by Me not running back to heal Lazarus while he was sick. All things did eventually work together for good‚ and a great victory was gotten out of a seeming impossibility.
70. But put yourself in the place of Mary or Martha. Those four days they waited for My return were very trying for them. Not only was their brother dead‚ but to them, I appeared to be uncaring and unsympathetic to their plight. As they saw later, I did have everything under control and all things did work together for good.
71. How well do you think you would have done under similar circumstances? Would you have continued to trust Me, that I had everything under control and that the situation was going to turn out victorious—whether it was My will for Lazarus to die that day, or to be raised from the dead? Or would you have fretted‚ doubted, and gotten upset, and greeted Me with stinging words as Martha and Mary did? I do not blame them, and they felt very bad afterwards and apologized again and again when they finally realized what My plan was, and that all things turned out even more victorious than they could have imagined.
72. Having your faith tried in a difficult situation is never easy and never will be, and not something one looks forward to or would wish upon themselves. But it is during those times that you have to remind yourself over and over again that I am in control. I love you. You are My bride, I am your Husband, and I will never abandon you or desert you. I am with you through all things, both the good and the bad, and during those times of trial and tribulation I am right by your side, no matter how much you may think or feel I am not, or whatever lies the Enemy whispers in your ear.
73. This is when praise becomes your most powerful tool and weapon against the Enemy. Praise will lift you above the clouds and help you to see the situation more from My perspective than your own human earthly one. It sounds like an impossibility, but it is a promise that you can stand on.
74. I ride upon the wings of your praise. Therefore claiming the keys and praising in any situation, especially a negative situation, brings Me right to the forefront of the battle‚ where I draw out My sword and cut the Enemy to the heart.