JOHN 11:3, 5-7 (2025)

JOHN 11:3, 5-7

So the sisters sent this message to Jesus, 

“Lord, the one you love is sick.”

It is a fact that Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus; 

yet, after he heard of the illness of Lazarus, 

he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 

Only then did he say to his disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

---- mine,

Not all your prayers are heard at once. Sometimes I wait for the appointed hour, the appointed day, the appointed time that I have chosen, and I know is perfect. Remember, when I answer a prayer, it is not to only console and delight you, but what is of far greater importance, is that in the waiting, your faith, hope, and trust grow. It is then that God is glorified. God is greatly glorified when you learn to live as My Mother did, tranquil and steadfast in faith in the will of My Father. To wait on the Lord is fruitful, to wait and while you wait watchful, vigilant, hopeful, and faithful, knowing that in the end all things work for the glory of God and for My Kingdom. Do not fret, do not be anxious, do not lose hope, and give up praying and imploring Me to answer you. I delight in your prayers and delight even more in your confidence in Me. Ask for whatever you will, ---- my own, and I will give it even to making you co-heir with Me to the Kingdom of Heaven. I loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, and yet I made the sisters wait for 4 days after Lazarus died before I raised him to life. It was imperative for Me to do so because all who witnessed the miracle would have no doubt about who I AM - the Author of Life and Death. So do not be anxious about anything, but with praise and thanksgiving make all your fears, needs, and desires known to Me, and in My time and in My way I will answer all you ask for, and you will glorify Me. As you wait and pray with praise and thanksgiving, your faith, hope, and confidence will grow, increase, expand, strengthen, and flourish. You will also be pruned, strengthened, and purified. 

JEREMIAH 32:27, 38-41 (2025)

JEREMIAH 32:27, 38-41

“I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. 

Is there anything impossible for me?

They will be my people and I shall be their God. 

I will have them think and act in another way, 

so that they may always fear me, 

for their own good and the good of their children. 

40 I will forge an eternal Covenant with them 

by which I shall never cease to do them good; 

and I shall place my fear in their heart 

so that they may never turn away from me. 

I shall rejoice in doing them good; 

and I shall plant them securely in this land 

with all my heart and soul.”

---- mine,

Have I not proved to you that I AM God and that nothing is impossible for Me? Did you not experience the power of My love in drawing My own back to Me? How can I forget that the children you are praying for, lamenting, fasting, and grieving over are Mine as well? They are grafted to Me, and I will not cut them off from Me. Why would I? I love them. I have called them by name. I have sealed them in My Blood, and I have poured out My Spirit on them on the day of their Baptism. Why do you have so little faith in the power of My love for those whom I have laid down My life? Over and over again, daily, when you come to Me with your pleas for their salvation, I keep reminding you that 'In the end, I will save." I have assured you that your sons will live. Believe, ---- my own. I will never turn away from Me those who are Mine. Hold on to this truth, and begin to rejoice now at what I am about to do. I have planned wonderful things for them, and they will soon receive only that which is good. I will shower on them every grace and blessing, and they will come back to Me with all their heart, and they will never depart from their Father's house again. My Covenant is everlasting. Be of good cheer, for victory is at hand.