Awake, awake my soul!
Why are you cast down? Do you not see and can you not hear, the Lord is God? He is sovereign!
The Lord is healer and deliverer…
Look up! Look up! Your redemption is here!!
Do not be cast down but REJOICE!
The Angel’s inhabit the praises of the people of God!
Death is swallowed up in VICTORY!
Jesus is ALIVE!
Sing and let JOY fill your soul, there is nothing too hard for the LORD!
When you praise and draw close to the Lord the enemy runs in terror!
Do not be afraid, remember who you are!
You are a child of the King
You are an heir and a joint heir
You are not orphans
You are not forsaken or abandoned
You have no lack! You are fully loved and fully HIS!
You are never forgotten…
Have I not told you, I am at the right hand of my Father and I intercede for you? The groanings of your heart, words you cannot utter, I hear them. I see the devastation and the pain and the suffering. I am in the very midst with you. Do not let the enemy steal your life! Do not let him take what is yours! Lift up your head, lift up your voice, lift up your hands and REJOICE!
Rejoice that you are alive forever…Rejoice that he cannot take your soul or your life! I AM the giver of life. I say when it’s time for you to come home and no demon from hell can take your life from you! I finished the work of my Father on the cross…I paid for your soul…I will not let you die!
Yes, it rains on the just and the unjust so there will be trials and sorrow in this life…but there is a life that is yours that no one can take from you. My life wasn’t taken, it was given for all who call on my name!
Dry your tears and do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good!
I will return! Only my Father in heaven knows the day and the hour…but it is certain, I will return!!
For now, walk in love and peace. Even in the worst circumstances know that I AM with you. For those who die in me, they are more alive than ever. Look in my word and see that I have told you, I AM the resurrection and the life, all who believe in me shall never die.
Put away the flesh thinking. Put away idle talk. Put away gossip and lies…for when you repeat a thing if it’s a lie then you are part of that lie.
Let your words speak truth. Let your words speak healing and life. Let your words edify and not tear down. Let my word be in you so when you speak, you will speak life and not death!
Oh, open your spirit to receive my Holy Spirit and then you will walk in life and wholeness and you will not fulfill the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh or the pride of life!
For those things, are the gateway, in which the enemy comes in to destroy you!!
Hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying…
Walk in my perfect love, for then all fear will go! All doubt will cease!
The Prince of Peace will come in and you will breathe in new life!
Do not be cast down as one with no Hope…Hope in the Lord and know that All things are working together for the good of those who are the called according to my purpose. Amen!
You are my purpose! It’s you I died for and live for.
Cast all your care, all your heartaches on me, for I CARE FOR YOU! Don’t let your heart be troubled. You are more precious than the little sparrow that falls to the ground I pick him up and love him. How much more do I love you and care for you. Little ones come unto me and I will give you rest! Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for my yoke is easy and my burden is light!
~Jesus
~Marla Shaw O’Neill August 23, 2021
Matthew 11:28-30 The Passion Translation
28 “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me.[a] I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.[b] 29 Simply join your life with mine.[c] Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle,[d] humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me.[e] 30 For all that I require of you will be pleasant[f] and easy to bear.”[g]
Footnotes
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11:28 Many times Jesus said, “Come after (follow) me,” but only here does he say, “Come to me.” See Ex. 33:14; Matt. 23:4.
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11:28 As translated from the Aramaic.
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11:29 Or “Bend your neck to my yoke.” The metaphor of a yoke is that it joins two animals to work as one. It is not simply work or toil that is the focus here, but union with Christ.
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11:29 The Aramaic is “tranquil” or “peaceful.”
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11:29 As translated from the Hebrew Matthew. The Aramaic could be translated “Come to me and I will cheer [refresh] you. I am cheerful [refreshing] and humble in heart, and you will find cheer [refreshing] for your soul.”
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11:30 Or “kind” (or “delightful”).
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11:30 See Ps. 55:22.
