Dear Father,

Help me that I may only be clothed with integrity and never in subtle pretense!

Show me, Papa, signs of danger least I fall!

Dear Child,

It is in relationships and your dealings and responses to others, you will see the signs, as the Holy Spirit, illuminates that which is not of My spirit, but of the flesh!

In our time alone you behold Me!

BUT

In your time with others you behold yourself!

It is in your interactions with others that you see clearly what you have learned while in My presence.

It is in interaction with others that your growth is tested

In My presence you stand naked

BUT

In the presence of others you may be clothed with “pretense”.

Do not fool yourself or try to fool others, be real, grow up and wear the character of integrity and authenticity.

Declutter your spiritual wardrobe that there may be room for the clothing of humility, grace, integrity and authenticity.

These are royal robes!

Moths and time cannot deteriorate these garments, but rather time matures them to shine even brighter!

Thus saith Papa

Rev 16:15  Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us. 

Acts 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship.

Spring cleaning your closet is not something someone else can do for you. Only you can make the decision on what to throw.

Only you know what is important to you. It’s a place to examine your lifestyle and threw away what is a waste, cluttering your life and robbing you of freedom.

Likewise in the spiritual realm it is something you must do alone. Only you can decide what to throw overboard. Only you know what is causing you to sink and pulling you down.

CHALLENGE: As the Lord shines His light into the hidden corners of our spiritual closets, let us do some spiritual spring cleaning by withdrawing and discarding our subtle masks, that we may be found clothed in the transparent “royal robes” that befit a saint.

On a visit to the beach during my recent trip to San Diego I watched the seagulls hurrying along on the beach so busy, busy on their spaghetti like thin legs than can scarcely carry their body weight.

So busy but not getting very far until they spread their wings and take off soaring high and just let the wind beneath their wings carry them off over the roaring waves crashing against the rocks. As I attentively watched these birds fly away I notice there is a time when they flap their wings spread out to their capacity and then a time when they just glide along without any effort.

Papa, When I leave my comfort shore line and try to wearily swim with all my might to other unfamiliar shores against the stormy waves of life as they crash against my hopes and dreams, I just want to spread my wings and soar far above with the wind of the Holy Spirit carrying me afar.

Isaiah 40:31 They that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

CHALLENGE: Spread your wings to their capacity and see how far the Holy Spirit will take you.

Do all you can do and leave the miraculous to God.

BOOK REVIEW FROM REV. PATTI MARIANO OF PARKWAY ASSEMBLY, NORWALK  CT.

Do you have a desire to build a closer relationship with God but it’s just not happening?

Do you long to hear His Voice speak to you in audible tones but it doesn’t?

Do you try to seek His Face in that quiet “secret place” but the cares of this world keep interrupting?

Perhaps there is a small part of your heart where weeds have disrupted the roots. It happens to all of us, and until we discover just what is keeping us from our Father, we face frustrations.

Maggie Bass has found a direct road to the throne room and she shares this in her book “DEVELOPING A SECRET HISTORY WITH GOD”.

It is a rich and inspiring journey to an intimate relationship with the Savior. A “great read” to get you started on deepening and strengthening your own roots. While reading of Maggie’s incredible journey, you will want to take an honest look into your own life and determine how you can start your own “SECRET HISTORY”!

Rev. Patti Mariano

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