This morning as you woke up, I put a thought in your head. Before the TV or music is turned on, before the busyness of your life starts, you are able to hear Me clearer.

Was it about something that went wrong yesterday, or something you did to separate us? Correct it today.

Or was it just a yearning in your soul for closeness to Me? I will grant that, dear one.  

My greatest desire is to be as close to you as possible, for you to lay your head on My chest and to let Me love and care for you. I am asking you to believe that now. 

Close your eyes and envision it, for I am with you, in total love and commitment to our relationship.

Go seek this new day with joy and trust. I will be beside you every moment. Just close your eyes and know.

Deuteronomy 33:12, New International Version:

“Let the beloved of the Lord rest secure in Him, for He shields him all day long, and the one the Lord loves rests between His shoulders.”

Every day is a new day, a new beginning. Every sunrise is a new start.

Before you get out of bed in the morning, talk to Me. Devote your day to Me, asking for Me to guide you along the way.   

Starting your day this way will bring peace and purpose, knowing that by calling out My name, I will be with you every step.

Call friends who I put in your mind, reminding them of your love for them. Through you they will see and experience My love.  

Learn to listen to all My urgings. Be connected to me by hearing the still, quiet voice and then doing what I ask you to. In time you will start hearing it more and more, as you grow in Me and learn to trust Me.

Now and forever I am with you, always guiding you if you will find a quiet place in your soul to listen.  

As Jesus was in Me, I am in you. Rest in that assurance.

All will be fine.

Jeremiah 31:3, New King James Version:

“The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”

I am here with you now, beloved, guiding and protecting you. 

Never doubt My presence in your life. Focus on it. Dwell in it. It will be a constant source of comfort and strength for you.

Every day you dwell in Me, I will guide your path even more. 

Remember that. I have brought you down to the bottom and now you are listening. I am here with you now. Listen and grow in Me.

Stay connected. Focus on Me, and we will live this life’s great adventure!

There are many sheep without a Shepherd in this world, but you are a chosen sheep and I guide, direct and love you. Do not be hurt if others don’t treat you like family. You are My family and that’s all that matters. Reach out in love to them for they are lost sheep.  

You are My beloved. Act accordingly.

Today, listen to My Holy Spirit and follow His urgings. I am with you, too. Rest in My love.  Have faith in Me.

Psalms 23:2-3, New King James Version:

“He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.”

From the foundation of the world I had your life planned out, knowing which twists and turns of the road you would choose to travel on. I have a way prepared for you if you would but learn to take My hand and trust Me to lead you.

I need you to be of strong moral character, and to stand up against the evil all around you.  I want you to take good care of the body I created for you to live in.  

Your soul is Mine. I have chosen you, redeemed you, and made you Mine. No more fear.  No more second thoughts. 

We are traveling together and there is so much I have in store for you if you keep on the path with Me.

Yes, we will reach the summit, but it will be a much higher one if you stay connected to Me. I cannot force you to do the things I put in front of you. You must make daily choices for good and evil, for My service, for the personal calling I have for you. If you choose not to follow today, that means we will accomplish a little less.

Please take My hand and let Me lead you into uncharted territory, places you have never been before. I have so much in store for you if you would but let Me take you there.

Ephesians 1:11, New King James Version:

“In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will,”

I love you, precious child of Mine. Always have, always will.  

I was anxious to have you be born, to come in to this world, because I already knew you and I wanted to watch you grow in Me.  

You took many roads that led you away from Me, even after you found Me. I knew in time that you would come back and I was watching over you wherever you were. 

Rest in My ultimate love, dear one.  Nothing will ever compare to it.

Every day is a new adventure if you follow Me. I will lead you to paths filled with love and light. There is no greater joy than serving Me on this earth. It is why I made you: to love and serve Me. Then you will know true happiness because I spend every moment loving and serving you, always watching over you through all the trials and tribulations of this earth.

Every day will be new. Every path will be new.  

Are you ready? Just hold my hand and together we will climb. Every day you climb a little closer to Me.

Psalms 139:15-16, New King James Version:

“My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them.”

Dear child of Mine, today is a new day, one in which the mistakes of yesterday are gone.  

If you live closely to Me in My grace, you will be more aware of My presence and I will help you make the right choices.

Every time you stray away from Me, listening instead to the clamor of the world and it’s desires, you stray farther away from My grace, and loneliness sets into your soul, but sorrow doesn’t need to be your friend. Turn back to Me and fill your life with joy again.

Confused? Just learn to listen to My urgings. Have the abiding peace of My presence in your life, in your everyday decisions. 

Ultimately they are steps towards Me or away from Me.

I am not promising you an easy life, but if you stay close to Me, it will be a life of deep joy in My love and salvation, and one day, a life of rewards.

Come to Me now, My child. The lover of your soul awaits.

Psalms 16:11, New King James Version:

“You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”

I will go with you today. I will go with you to the ends of the earth. 

Wherever you are, I AM. 

I am leading you on a mission for Me. You never need to fear any problems that come up if you are following My lead. I will guide you through them. In fact, it is through these problems that you learn, and grow closer to Me.  

I will be with you and will teach you what to say. Just trust in Me. I have already taken care of it.  This whole situation is going to be a witness for you to be able to share with others. 

Every day will bring new challenges. Rise up to meet them with Me beside you. There should be no fear as we tackle each of them. My school for you is quite different from earthly schools, and I am the Teacher Who loves you with an everlasting love. My lessons are hard, but the rewards are unimaginable. 

I would have you look forward to how we will solve these issues, charging into battle as a mighty warrior with Me at your side! 

Today, take a deep breath and know there is nothing we can’t handle together.  

And relax……and smile, for you are deeply loved. 

Hebrews 2:17-18, New King James Version:

“Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For in that He Himself has suffered, being tempted, He is able to aid those who are tempted.”

From the recesses of your mind come doubts as to My presence in your life. Yes, you know I AM, but am I really in your life so completely as I have been saying to you? Do I really love you that much?

Oh, dear one, if you only know how I watch over you continually. I see every step you take, I hear every word you utter, I feel every hurt you feel, and I share with you the times of joy I grant to you.

Do you not think that I can share so much with you, yet not love you so completely? You are made in the image of My Son, so perfectly crafted by My hands. I look at you through eyes of the adoring Father I am.

Because of Christ’s death for you, I see you as a pure child, wrapped up in innocence and love.  

Please do not turn away from Me. Learn to let your insecurities go and accept the security of the extreme love I have for you. Nothing else will matter. I will guide you and take care of you always.

As long as you are in this world, it will take practice. Focus on what I have been telling you.  

I am right beside you now, loving you as only I can. 

Psalms 16:7-8, New King James Version:

“I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons. I have set the Lord always before me; Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.”

Today, sensing My presence will be an assurance that I am with you, and that I will take care of you. Reading stories from the Bible about how I led others will encourage you, dear one, to trust in Me, knowing full well that anything and everything is possible.

Still your soul with that knowledge.

The answer you seek, the provision you ask for, may come in different ways than you had envisioned. You must trust that I know what you really need better than you do, and I will provide it.

Like the shepherd out with his flock, guiding and caring for each one of his sheep, I know exactly where I want you to be. Things might seem murky in your eyes, but not in Mine.  

You are where you are now for a purpose.

So just relax in the arms of your Savior, and remember the carefree birds who flit about happily knowing that I will always take care of them.

Psalms 57:1-3 New King James Version:

“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, Until these calamities have passed by. I will cry out to God Most High, To God who performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me; He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.”

Come to Me and learn of Me. Treasure our time together as I treasure it.      

My Word is full of wonderful stories of My love, and promises for you to hang onto in your darkest moments. Open it anew every day and let Me enthrall you with the stories from the past.  

As near as I was to the Israelites in the Old Testament, I am with you now. As close as Jesus was to the disciples in the New Testament, He is with you now.

You have the assurance of the Rulers of the universe, yet you are scared inside. Where does that come from? It comes from not spending time in My Word. It is of vital importance in your Christian life.     

Armed with verses from scripture, you can slay the dragons that rise up, you can reach out and help a lonely, sick person, and you can give hope to the hopeless.

Most of all, you can rest in the assurance of My love for you and of the sacrifice I made to have this closeness with you.  

Don’t throw it away, dear one.  Come to Me now.

Psalms 119:105, New King James Version:

 “Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.”