JOHN 14:23 (2026)

JOHN 14:23

Jesus answered him: “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word and my Father will love him; and we will come to him and make a room in his home.

---- my own,

There is a superficial love that pays lip service to Me and to My Word. Many love Me in this way. Do not be like them; do not just say with your lips that you love Me but fail to do what I ask. How do you know what I ask of you every moment of every day? You know by spending time reading My Word, meditating on it, contemplating it, making it your food and drink, and asking the Holy Spirit ceaselessly for understanding, wisdom, courage, and help—not just to read My Word, but to do what it asks of you.

Spend time with Me daily and allow Me to draw near to you. The nearer you come to Me, the nearer will I draw you to Me, until you and I are one. Make everything a prayer; do all for love of Me. Do your daily tasks for love of Me. Be attentive to the needs of those around you, generously, as if it were I whom you serve, and it will be easier for you to check the uncharitable thought, the impatience, the quick, hurtful word, and the resentment you feel when demands are made of you. Do it for Me, think of Me, and it will be sweet; then it will become easy as you practice pouring yourself out in love of Me.

I AM with you always. Mine, just close your eyes; let all thoughts, worries, cares, and the desires of your flesh fall away from you, and be still, and you will find Me tabernacled in your soul. I AM with you. I AM always with you. Never forget that your duty is to love—love costs. Love is sacrifice.

SONG OF SONGS 4:12 (2026)

SONG OF SONGS 4:12

You are a garden enclosed,

my sister, my bride; 

a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.

---- my own,

You asked Me for a word to carry you through the day, and this is My Word to you. You are Mine, most precious in My sight. I have called you out of the world to be My sister, My bride, My very own. In the garden of your heart, ask the Holy Spirit to plant every beautiful grace and virtue. He will cause springs of living water to flow out of your heart, and beside this fountain of grace I will come to you, and I will live in you, and I will abide in you, and you in Me. Do not let the trials, the troubles, and the raucous cacophony of the world and its trivialities and its gaudy and titillating pastimes get a foothold in your heart. 

Let your whole being be consumed with love for Me and My love for you. Shut your senses out and open them to My Presence, and listen with your whole being to all that I say to you, all I ask of you, all I desire of you. Remain in Me and I will remain in you. Bring all your needs to Me, no matter how foolish you think they are or how great and impossible, and lay them in My Heart. I hear you, and I always hear you. Lean on Me, rest in Me, be strengthened by Me, and let My love cover you and keep you ever in Me. No harm will come to you; no evil will touch you when you are covered in My Blood. Be still always and be aware that I AM God, and I will never leave you nor forsake you, for you are Mine in time and eternity.