Come into The Counsel of The LORD!
I hear The LORD speak to me, “Prepare yourself to come into the Counsel of The LORD — make yourself a ready vessel for My Infilling!”
As I come before you Father in worship and adoration, I ask The Holy Spirit that you would make my heart soft and receptive to your voice and your leading.
LORD Jesus, I exalt you to the highest place in my heart and my thoughts, and in every matter that you bring to me.
As your children Father, all of our life is in and through you — in Jesus!
“For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).” Romans 11:36 AMPC.
Show me your face LORD! Show me your face — strengthen my heart and my mind that I might stand in this Holy Place!
Open your Book of Counsel for the week and for the day LORD! Set in motion your statutes.
Your Words were found for me and I ate them….
“Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts.” Jeremiah 15:16 AMPC.
In the crushing and the pressing
This week has held some difficult places for your children, dear LORD. We have felt Your crushing.
As I’m bringing my people before you precious LORD, I see this precious one.
My heart is heavy for her. You are showing me a Vision of her and I see her heart ready to “bleed out” in fear. In the spirit I shout, “NO!” “Take Hope from Jesus!”
I see it as a rope that she is grabbing a hold of so that she doesn’t fall into this deep abyss.
Then I see you come LORD Jesus, so swiftly to her rescue with your strong love.
In The Spirit, I can see it, you are placing a tourniquet just under her heart so that it won’t bleed out in fear.
Then You are lifting up your precious child in Your strong arms and carrying her up and safely over this place that feels like a chasm of pain, and into Your resting place.
“Take courage now dear one. He is near!”
Have Faith in who He is to you… His strong Love to you — and the certainty of His Promises for you. He will carry you through!
“A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings justice and a just cause to victory.” Matthew 12:20 (see also Isaiah 42:1-4)
Remove the Roadblocks
In my Spirit Vision I can see another one standing aloof and alone, feeling very bleak, but I can’t reach her at the moment as she clings to opinions rather than the counsel of Your Heart.
Speak your love to her LORD. Help her to let go of those thoughts and conclusions that are not from you. Remove the roadblocks!
In a Vision I can see the actual roadblocks that people in witchcraft have set up to obstruct and block progress.
I’m asking LORD, show us the permissions that are in place in the spirit that allow these obstructions to be in place.
Show us how they can be removed, and let us take up our place of authority in Christ.
As these things are reckoned with, I can feel the command, “Angels, take up the roadblocks, in Jesus’ Name!”
Walk us through Your Counsel LORD! Show us how to walk in continued freedom and stand in confident strength and peace.
“IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust and confidently take refuge; let me never be put to shame or confusion!
Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me and save me!
Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress.” (Psalm 71:1-3 AMP)
Point to the matter LORD
I see you standing in a bleak place dear one… Where has the joy gone?
What has gotten ahold of your heart and your thinking?
What worries have overtaken you?
What is the fruit of your beliefs dear saint?
Your heart is feeling dull and unresponsive, and maybe even embittered against The LORD.
You can’t seem to move in Faith like you once did…
What is blocking you in your soul gate? What do you need to let go of? Disappointment, hurt, betrayal?
Bring it to Him! Bring it all to Jesus!
Run back to that place of love in His heart. Don’t stand at a distance. Come close. His arms are open wide and waiting. He sees — He knows — He loves us still the same.
Ask The Holy Spirit to place His finger on the matter and loose you from the things that are binding your mind. Ask Him to heal any hurts that are blocking your heart response of love.
I hear the little chorus,
Something beautiful
Something good…
All my confusion
He understood.
All I had to offer Him
was brokenness and strife
But He’s making something
Beautiful
of my life.
Thank you LORD. Let the healing and freedom come.
Wholeness: prayer and verse
LFSM/ Inner Healing: Some Practical steps for emotional healing
Some guided thoughts to lead you in prayer-investigation with Holy Spirit.
- Searching out negative emotional and cognitive patterns
- Emotional Healing.
How are you bringing any negative challenging thoughts, attitudes, or ways of being to The LORD?
If any “untoward motivation, thought pattern or behavior” seems to have a stubborn hold, there maybe an underlying emotion that needs to be healed.
Emotional Healing: Begin the process
Prayer dialogue with The LORD something like this:
- Holy Spirit, would you reveal the emotional hurt or wound that is behind this adverse response in me, and the lie that I’ve believed to cause me to come into agreement with this (resentment, fear, anger, negativity, frustration, passive-aggression, sullenness or the like…),
- LORD Jesus I ask you to heal that negative emotion and then lead me into your Truth.
- LORD, Thank you that you are my Healer. I choose to come into agreement with you and your love for me and let go of anything that keeps your flow of love coming through to my heart or to others through me.
I receive Your forgiveness for me, and release any needed forgiveness towards others, as well as any harmful emotions, thoughts or ways of beings.
Remove their hold from me Lord and lead me into your ways- the ways of everlasting life. Clothe me in Your righteousness.
Next step:
Seek to isolate the “when/where/what” of the negative patterns.
Take some quick notes on post-it notes, or on your phone.
- Note the time/ day/ context of the exchange or observation that caused something a negative response to arise from within you.
- Identify/ describe the negative thought, attitude, emotion.
- Go through a form of the prayer above, but then also go back later in the day during a quiet time and dig deeper with Holy Spirit, and in the Word.
Digging deeper in your quiet time:
Holy Spirit/ Living Word:
Ask The Holy Spirit for the scriptures that speak to your situation, and any underlying internal issues that hold you back from receiving and walking out truth.
Ask Him to anoint and empower the Word in you as you “eat of it”.
Take it as your own…yield to the truth, and allow it to work within you.
“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” Hebrews 4:12-13 NKJV.
Same verse in a modern translation:
Jesus, Our Compassionate King-Priest
“So then, we must cling in faith to all we know to be true. For we have a magnificent King-Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who rose into the heavenly realm for us, and now sympathizes with us in our frailty. He understands humanity, for as a man, our magnificent King-Priest was tempted in every way just as we are, and conquered sin. So now we draw near freely and boldly to where grace is enthroned, to receive mercy’s kiss and discover the grace we urgently need to strengthen us in our time of weakness.” Hebrews 4:14-16 TPT.
“Until then, there are three things that remain: faith, hope, and love — yet love surpasses them all. So above all else, let love be the beautiful prize for which you run.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 TPT.
Taking every thought captive to LOVE!
“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.” 2 Corinthians 10:3-6.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (no greater force at work than the fruits of Love…)And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” Galatians 5:22-25 personal emphasis.
For further study:
Parable of the soils (of our heart) and the seed of The Word: Mark 4: 3-25.
Walking by the Spirit (Galatians 5: 13-26, 6:1-10)
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~ Shelley M Ed
Shelley M Ed/ LifeSetMinistries: Ordained Minister CMA/ working with Leaders and Ministry Houses: US/CAN/INT. Leadership development, counselling, and oversight.
“Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom…. Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning” Luke 12:32;35.
Such powerful revelations and insights. His love changes everything, removes the fear and brings hope, life and inspiration! Thank you dear sister!
Yes it does Jason!
When we realize that all of our life is in Him…through Him…and back up to Him…we can live from a different persoecfive than the world at large. We can come out of an orphan mindset into that of belonging! He wants us to live close to His heart as much-loved children!
Thank you sister for your steps towards emotional healing with The Lord .
Very much needed by christians so that we can be equipped and ready for the days to come.
Bless you abundantly
I am very glad to share as Holy Spirit had led me in this process. Yes. I do feel that the Lord will be healing hearts and minds in the days right ahead of us in unprecedented ways…Even now we can step into this healing Grace when we understand The Lord’s ways, His love, and the process to come free.
Every Blessing of His heart!