ZEPHANIAH 3:16-18 (2025)

ZEPHANIAH 3:16-18

The LORD your God is in your midst, 

a mighty one who will save; 

he will rejoice over you with gladness; 

he will quiet you by his love; 

he will exult over you with loud singing. 

I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival, 

so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

---- mine,

I AM always with you. My Breath, which is the Breath of My Holy Spirit, is in your nostrils; should I take it away, you would perish. I AM closer to you than your own physical breath. You abide in Me as I abide in you. I know you every thought, word, and feeling before it occurs. I know you intimately because I AM one with you, and you are one with Me. Why are you afraid? Why doubt? Why are you sad? Why do you worry? Why are you anxious? Is not My Word enough? Have I not been with you? Have I not fulfilled my word? Have I not protected you and your loved ones? Have I not kept you safe from the Enemy? Have I not comforted you in all your trials and troubles? Have I not kept My mantle of protection over you always? Why do you sigh, mourn, weep, and allow sad and worrying thoughts to disturb your peace? Have faith, ---- my own. All that I have said, I will do. Your loved ones will be saved, healed, and made whole in heart, mind, soul, body, and spirit, and you will rejoice and praise My Name. Wait patiently, keep your gaze fixed on Me, not on what troubles you, and in the end, you will shout with glad cries of victory for My right hand and My glorious arm will prevail.

MARK 4:35-41 (2025)

MARK 4:35-41

On that same day, when evening had come, Jesus said to them, “Let’s go across to the other side of the lake.” So they left the crowd, and took him along in the boat he had been sitting in, and other boats set out with him. Then a storm gathered and it began to blow a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat, so that it was soon filled with water. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up, and said, “Master, don’t you care if we drown?” And rising up, Jesus rebuked the wind, and ordered the sea, “Quiet now! Be still!” The wind dropped, and there was a great calm. Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?” But they were terrified, and they said to one another, “Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea obey him!”

---- mine,

In the morning, at noon, in the evening, and at night, I AM with you. Wherever I ask you to accompany Me across the desert, high in the mountain, low in the valley, or across turbulent seas, I will be with you. At My command, when you leave the world behind, trust Me, and get into the boat with Me, and as the storm clouds gather, the wind picks up speed, the waves crash all around you, and the skies grow dark, do not be afraid. Even as you watch the waves rise high and fill your boat, tossing it about so terrifyingly, you are afraid you will drown, and fear fills your soul. Look at Me, keep your gaze on Me. I AM in the boat with you. It may seem to you that I AM oblivious of the storm that is about to destroy you. You cry out to Me as the disciples did, 'Do you not care if we drown?' I do care,  ---- my own, I do care. I AM with you always. There is never a moment in your life when I AM not right here with you, abiding in you as you abide in Me. No storm can drown you. Nothing will destroy you. Not a hair of your head will be harmed. I keep My eye always on you, for you are the apple of My eye. Be not afraid, I will calm the storm, I will command the waves to die down to a gentle breeze, and the power of darkness will not overpower you because you are Mine.