“Trust Me in all things, then walk in My love”

Hello Dear Ones,

   You bring great joy to Me, your Jesus, when you see and understand how much I love you and desire the very best for you. It doesn’t matter where you are today, My grace is new each morning, so turn your heart to Me and seek Me. I will show you life as I designed it to be lived.

   My Dear Ones, I, your Jesus, see your heart aching and growing wearing about many things. I desire that you would give Me all your worries and fears. When you give them to Me your heart will be free to depend on Me. Then praise Me for your daily blessings and walk with Me in peace. This is how you honor Me with your life and you become a blessing and a light for others around you.

   There are many troubles in this world that can weight down your heart and mind. These troubles are always present, but your heart doesn’t need to be weighed down by them. It is good that you know what is happening, both good and bad in this world. But turn to Me and give Me your fears and concerns and I will give you rest. Then trust Me to handle everything in My will and timing.

   As you grow in your dependence on Me for all your needs and desires, your heart will grow closer to Me. Your heart will be filled with praise over blessings and answered prayers. Your heart will turn from its dependence on the things of this world to dependence on My love. As you walk with Me in this freedom, the joy of your heart will come through Me, not your daily circumstances, good or bad.

   As you daily spend time with Me and grow in the knowledge of My love for you personally, your heart will desire to honor Me with your life. There will be a glow about you that many will see and desire to know about. Your life will be a blessing for others as you live and love through My love.

   “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that He may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on Him because He cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:6-7

   “When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” John 8:12

   “For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’sake. For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2Corinthians 4:5-6

  “I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. I say to myself,        
  “The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him.” The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him, to the one who seeks Him; it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord.” Lamentations 3:19-26

   My children, no matter how difficult life may get I am always there for those who belong to Me. Lay all your worries down at My feet and seek Me in everything you do. I will lead you daily in any situation and help you live for Me and to be a light for the world to see My glory in you.

We will begin reading Psalm 76-80 for two weeks.

Blessings,

Patricia Terrell

“Rest and Follow”

Dear Ones in Christ,

  There are so many things each day that can cause you stress, fear, or anger. I, your Jesus, understand what you are going through and I long to lift you up above your circumstances so you will be free to be a blessing to others even when your life may be difficult. Draw near to Me each day and receive My love and guidance for your life. Call to Me and I will answer.

  My Dear Ones, It is My desire that you draw near to Me so that I may lead you in many ways for the glory of God. As I lead you through your day to day life you will find rest for your soul even on those difficult days. I have so much to share with the world through My children who rest in Me and follow My leading. Will you draw near to Me each day as you read My Word, rest in My peace and follow Me?

  My Children who chose to follow Me have abandoned their desires to live for the world so that they may live for My purposes in this world. They have seen the difference first hand in their lives when they go their own way compared to when they rest in My love and follow where I lead them. My rest is important because I know better than you do when you need to step away from the busyness in your life. I will lead you to rest at times because it is what you need so you can better serve others through Me. When My children decide to follow Me whole-heartedly, they will have a greater impact on others for My glory and for the Kingdom of God because they are doing My perfect will. If you desire to follow Me, then seek Me with all your heart and you will learn about the ways I desire to lead you to serve in the world.

  “Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for Me will find it.’” Matthew 16:24-25

  “Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me.” John 12:26

  “Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28

  My Dear Children seek Me each day and follow Me. Let Me lead you into a life lived through Me that will bless you and others you may impact because you are following Me.

We will continue reading Psalm 71 – 75 for one more week.

Love in Christ,

Patricia Terrell

Dear ones in Christ,

My dear sister Patricia is feeling a bit under the weather. She was very distressed about not feeling up to writing you again this week. So I told her to go to bed and get some rest and I would write the letter to you all. I'm sure you will all keep her in your prayers.

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Brenda and I'm the one who started these weekly Scripture reading messages 3 1/2 years ago. Two and a half years ago I passed them over to Tricia and I have watched and been amazed at how God has grown Tricia in this area of writing and listening to God. I have been her editor all through out this time and I have had the pleasure of reading these letters and going over them before you all get them.

Tricia started out writing in my own style. But then her style started to emerge. She hadn't written anything since she was out of school and so it was a challenge to her. But she tried hard and her writing skills greatly improved.

As Tricia grew in the Lord, so did her writing skills. The closer she got to God in obedience and submission of spirit and will, the more I sensed the Lord coming out through her letters. For those of you who don't know Tricia well, she has a very sweet, child like spirit that I deeply admire. The kind that Jesus talked about when He said that we need to have child like faith. It is simple and trusting, loving and wholly devoted to God. I strongly admire this in her and wish that we all could have such simple, loving trust in our Heavenly Father.

Well, this spirit of hers is what the Lord uses to teach and train her in following Jesus. She struggles as we all do; but she is learning to quickly take all her troubles to Jesus and ask Him what she should do in each situation. She has been learning to listen to the voice of God, test the spirits as the Scriptures teach, and then follow His leading. This is what the Scriptures say that all of us as believers in Jesus should do.

Over the last year, God has done some amazing things with these weekly letters. The voice of God has become so clear to Tricia that she writes out what she hears the Lord speak to her and that is what you all get to receive in the form of these letters. I was astonished as this started to develop. It was immediately evident what the Lord was doing. He was taking over these letters in a powerful way. He was speaking words of truth from His Scriptures that was way beyond Tricia's years in spiritual growth. As the Lord took over these letters, my editing needs dropped away drastically. If Tricia has allowed something to come up between her and the Lord I can sense it in her writings. I send it back to her and she goes to the Lord, searching for what has gone amis in her relationship with God. God shows her whatever it is, then she confesses it to Him and myself; and then she turns back to the Lord for His guidance again. She has learned so much from the Lord and it has been showing up strongly in her letters to you all.

I share these things with you all about Tricia because I want you to understand that God can and will take any ordinary person, with ordinary skills, and use them for extraordinary purposes when they submit themselves over to Him entirely, on a daily basis. These words about Tricia are in fact really words about what God will do with those who truly love and obey Him. You and I are no different than Tricia. We are just regular people, with regular jobs, regular lives, regular hopes and dreams and difficulties. But we have an extraordinary God who does unbelievably extraordinary things with His children who love and adore Him and are willing to give up their own lives, their own ways, and live to serve Him.

Isn't this what Jesus wants from all of us?? Doesn't He want us to turn to Him in every situation of life whether big or small? Don't the Scriptures say to trust in the Lord with ALL of our hearts and NOT to lean on our own understanding about anything? This is the thing that I teach my family. And this is the thing that Tricia encourages you all to do through the empowering and leading of the Holy Spirit in her letters.

Be encouraged dear ones. God is alive and loving and caring over all of His children. Submit your lives over to Him and let Him be in control of ALL that you do. Let His Will be the thing that makes the decisions in your own lives. He is God and we are not. He is God and we are His beloved children. Walk each day as "children of Light".

"For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart are completely His." II Chronicles 16:9 (HCSV)

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5,6 (Holman and NIV)

"love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind: and your neighbor as yourself." Luke 10:27 - JESUS.

Please continue reading as before. Stay in God. Walk closely to Him. And let your light shine before men.
Amen.