Be Courageous Be Bold Hebrews 4:16

Quiet your spirit; come dwell in the secret place

The place of shalom…

Silence…

Shhh…

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord!

He is, Prince of Peace…

Let His Holy breath fill your lungs

As life is renewed and restored!

Come with me into the Holy of Holies…

There is no fear, no anxiety, no troubles, no rejection…

In the Holy place you’ll find Jesus

He’s within you and leads you into all truth

He will not let you fall…

In the Holy place you’ll find peace, because He is peace…

Do not let your heart be troubled

Let go of all anxiety and enjoy this moment with the giver of life…

He is the river, that is constantly flowing, bringing life to everything in the river

The trees are stronger and greener, the fish are innumerable, the foliage is vibrant and thriving, the water, clear and clean and cool…drink of the river of life and you will never be thirsty again…

Like the wine he made at the wedding at Cana, this river is unpolluted, it’s nutritious, like nothing you’ve ever drank before…you can drink anytime and be refreshed…

Peace, like a river flows…it is flowing right now…Come and drink!

Let His Peace immerse you and surround you…like dolphins swimming in the sea…giddy and joyful, jumping in and out of the water with total innocent delight…

Enter into the sea of peace!!

Jesus, Jesus…

Shalom-Shalom…

~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 25, 2021

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” –Numbers 6:24-26

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world. –John 16:33

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. –Matthew 5:9

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. –John 14:27

The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. –Psalm 29:11

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” –Isaiah 52:7

Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in every way. The Lord be with you all. –2 Thessalonians 3:16

John 7:37-39

The Passion Translation

Rivers of Living Water

³⁷ Then on the most important day of the feast, the last day,^[a] Jesus stood and shouted out to the crowds—“All you thirsty ones, come to me! Come to me and drink! ³⁸ Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowing^[b] from your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!”^[c]

³⁹ Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that believers were being prepared to receive.^[d] But the Holy Spirit had not yet been poured out upon them, because Jesus had not yet been unveiled in his full splendor.^[e]

Footnotes

1. 7:37 When man’s feasting is over there is still thirst. Jesus comes at the last day of the feast to satisfy the thirst of those who seek God. Only the Lord Jesus can quench the spiritual thirst of men by giving them his living water.

2. 7:38 The root word used here is the same as the River Jordan, which means “flowing” (down).

3. 7:38 Or “rivers of living water will flow from his throne within.” See Isa. 44:3; 55:1; 58:11; Ezek. 47:1; Rev. 22:1. A drink becomes a river!

4. 7:39 As translated from the Aramaic.

5. 7:39 This splendor included the splendor of the cross, the splendor of his resurrection, and the glory of his ascension into heaven. Just as water poured out of the rock that was struck by Moses, so from the wounded side of Jesus living water poured out to heal, save, and bring life to everyone who believes. The Holy Spirit poured out of Christ and into the church at Pentecost.

Looking for that special gift to give with awe and surprise

Knowing when they open it, tears of joy will fill their eyes

Crafted and chosen especially for them,

The Gift Giver waits for just the right time…

Knowing what this person desires, and they have no clue

What’s waiting, all wrapped up, in love for you.

The Gift Giver extends his package with care

And right then and there…

Eyes wide open, it’s a glorious surprise

“What’s this,” you ask, as he smiles and replies

I am the Gift Giver this gift is for you…

It’s something you’ve longed for, there’s nothing more to do…

Open the gift and all will be revealed…

You’re excited and thrilled as you open and find…

Love pouring out, of a supernatural kind…

Joy so full you cannot speak

Peace for the journey; you are awe-struck and meek

Wrapped in angel cloth you unfold and see

Ten thousand tiny prayer-wings all glittering…

These are the souls of the prayers you have given

The Gift Giver pauses, then takes a breath, they are all now in heaven…

Because you prayed and gave faithfully

This gift, is for you, it’s given gracefully…

You live your life as a sacrifice, holy and acceptable to me…

The Gift Giver was sought, not for what he had brought…

Miracles and daily bread…

You found me as you bowed your head…

You gave me away each morning and night

Souls for the Kingdom, you let your light

Shine in the darkness when no one else would.

Take these gifts as you travel on the straight and narrow road

Let go of the burdens give up your heavy load…

And as you give my gift away

Love will always find you; it will forever stay…

I am the Gift Giver; I have given you this to hold…

As you live by faith all will unfold.

This passion for the one who loves you most

Is Papa God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost…

Humbled and elated you lean in and kiss the Gift Giver.

Thank you, for all of this!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 23, 2021

John 3:16-17 The Passion Translation

¹⁶ For here is the way God loved the world—he gave his only, unique Son as a gift.^[a] So now everyone who believes in him^[b] will never perish but experience everlasting life.

¹⁷ “God did not send his Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it!^[c]

Footnotes

1. 3:16 Or “God proved he loved the world by giving his Son.”

2. 3:16 Or “believe into him.” Salvation and regeneration come only by faith. True faith (Gr. pistis) contains a number of components: acceptance, embracing something (someone) as truth, union with God and his Word, and an inner confidence that God alone is enough.

3. 3:17 The Aramaic is “so that they shall live by his hand” (of power).

An alabaster box was broken

So that sweet perfume could fill the air anointing the Lord!

Broken stones written on by God, were broken

So that God’s word could be heard.

Bread and fish were broken

So that five thousand could be fed and led to know that Jesus

Is the Son of God.

Trumpets were blown and pitchers were broken

So that the walls could come down not a word was spoken

Shouts of praise hit the mark…

Jesus’ body was torn his heart broken

So that we could be made whole!

When we are broken, we are humbled

So that when we are put back together

We become a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord!

Not the same, there is a difference

Brought about, only, by brokenness!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 15, 2021

Psalm 34:18 Nothing helps a broken heart heal faster than unconditional love.

Matthew 5:4 4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Isaiah 40:31 31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary; they will walk and not be faint.

Broken, shattered, we move through life in a misty fog

Praying, “Where are you God?”

In our minds we feel alone, afraid and disconnected from the human race…

He has not left us; his arms are around us, filling us with his love and grace…

We can’t feel him, we can’t feel anything only a numbness, like the walking dead

We go through the motions of living but we are not alive.

Not emotionally, mentally or physically…

People looking at us can’t tell

We may wear a smile, go to work, do the every day things that look like living

But we have shut down on the inside…

In the night hours when others are sleeping, we lie awake in the dark weeping…

Hear me broken one, you are not alone

I’ve come to comfort you and bring you home.

Lift up your head, you are not dead…yes, pain is real, but I’ve come to heal

Your broken, down-cast spirit.

Open your heart, open your eyes, open your ears

Can’t you hear it…

Sorrow is for the night but joy comes in the morning!

It’s morning Child…put on the garment of Praise for the spirit of heaviness

My love is measureless and I am pouring my Spirit into your life…

Come alive!!

And when you are restored do what I’ve chosen and called you to do!

You will be like the balm of Gilead

Restoring others to life in me!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 15, 2021

ISAIAH 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.

They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill June 8, 2021

To be a friend of the Angels

Means you live by pleasing God…

Walking on higher ground,

Where the streets are made of golden sod…

Oh, you live in earth’s atmosphere

But there’s a place, where life is more real

Without doubt and without fear

In a realm where the Angels trod…

Bringing messages from Papa God.

Inhabiting your praises, the Angels draw near

To listen to your heart, so kind and sincere.

You feel the wind of their wings, as they flutter close by

And you began to sing joyful songs, not needing to know why.

You’re a friend to the Angels, they know you by name…

In the presence of your Savior, drawing near to him, they came…

To hear you worship, as he gives you your daily bread;

Loving Jesus and others too…brought the attention of the Angels, who,

Now, call you friend…

Being a friend of the Angels is an honor and a delight…

That comes only from staying in God’s glorious light…

To be a friend of the Angels…is a gift we can’t deny…

All because of Jesus, on a cross where he died…

The friendship of the Angel’s takes us to His precious side…

Faithful are the wounds of a friend…and in the end…

Love never dies!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill May 25, 2021

Hebrews 13:2 King James Version ² Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

 John 15:13 New International Version ¹³ Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

Ok here we go…

This morning, May 20, 2021, I found myself in this dream only it was more like a vision. I was watching, pages and pages of names scrolling down faster and faster, like from a computer screen. As hard as I tried, I couldn’t make out any of the names. I knew the Holy Spirit was showing them to me and I tried to focus in on them but they were going by to fast…millions of names.

I squinted trying to read the names but they were too blurry and going by too fast. I watched as they just rolled on and on. Who are they Lord? Silence. Then scenes started flashing across the screen it was like a movie and then the narrator began to speak.

It will be difficult to relay all that transpired but I will try as best I can to write what I saw. I know this was a spiritual dream or vision because it was all about the Lord Jesus.

The scenes were like those of the movie Ben Hur, or like in times of a biblical historical movie. The Holy Spirit was the narrator.

There were flashes of Roman soldiers dragging Jesus through the streets. Holy Spirit began to speak.

He is no longer a babe in a manger, or the healer on the streets of Jerusalem and the surrounding areas. He isn’t the teacher on a mountain-side or in a boat, talking about hope and love. He is not feeding the five thousand with loaves and fishes. He’s not the compassionate savior talking about His heavenly father and how the Kingdom of God is at hand. He’s not the humble, lowly servant, being bound in a garden, beaten and mocked, striped of all dignity and slandered by his own people. He’s not the sacrificial lamb where, they tie him to a pole and rip his body with each stripe as the bones of a whip tear and cut through his back. He’s no longer nailed to a cursed tree, where he struggles to breathe. Knowing that one breath of life will soon be his last. It was a slow and painful, humiliating death. But this Jesus/Yeshua, (Hebrew name) gave his life freely, so that relationship could once more be restored between God and mankind. All the scenes of his life and the crucifixion flashed before my eyes. It was horrible and frightening.

Then…

Another scene began to unfold more frightening than anything I’ve ever seen.

I saw Jesus/Yeshua, with fury in his eyes and determination on his face…I heard these words… “There will be no more forgiveness. No more mercy.” This Yeshua, came with a vengeance. He came with his sword drawn. He, the Lion of Judah, was fierce and mighty and an army was with him. People began to scream and run. They were frantic and full of fear. There was no where they could hide. All those names on the screen I had seen flashing by were now the ones being destroyed.

You see God has given people years and years to accept His son. He’s sent his messengers to spread the Gospel message but many would not believe. They were still crucifying his son and letting evil rule in their hearts.

I didn’t want to write this message but I was compelled to write.

Because, right now, while we are living and breathing there is time. Time to come to the compassionate loving Christ. Jesus/Yeshua, the one who is drawing you by His Holy Spirit to come to him, and ask him to be the Lord and Savior of your life, only He, can give you eternal life. Right now, there is mercy and grace. But I’m telling you there is a time coming when it will be too late. When your last breath will come, your heart will stop and your time on the earth will be over.

If this scares you, I hope it does. I hope it scares the Hell out of you…because, maybe then, just maybe, you will cry out to Jesus/Yeshua, “Save me!”

You may say, “WOW, Marla that was incredible or you may say, you’re crazy.” That doesn’t matter to me. What does matter, is that I wrote it in obedience to God. I’m not saying when He’s coming, I’m only saying…He will come! Either way you will make a decision.

I pray that the Holy Spirit will draw you to Jesus/Yeshua, and you will say Yes to Him! Amen.

~Marla Shaw O’Neill May 20, 2021

Angels came to visit today

Words of wisdom spoken in their way…

A message of hope so that you may know…

Life gets difficult but you will grow…

Tears, soften the heart…

Laughter, brings joy

Hope, keeps you going

Keep watch and even though

You may not understand God’s plan

Don’t grow weary, don’t give in…

Souls are watching, don’t fall, stand!

Your legacy will be as the stars in the heavens and the sand upon the seashore

You are called and chosen to live for the Lord!

Your story is unfolding open your mouth and speak

Jesus’ message is for the longing heart who seeks…

Not for glory or riches, not for material gain…

He’s looking for those who will stand strong and remain…

Steadfast, immovable,

Spirit and truth-worshipers, who never give up

Drinking from His Holy cup…

A cloud by day and a fire by night, the presence of the Living God

For all who are faithful, to the end of the age…

Angels came to visit today…

Behold! I bring you tidings of great joy!

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid…

Be courageous, be humble, be brave!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill May 18, 2021

John 14:26-28 King James Version ²⁶ But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

²⁷ Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

²⁸ Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Luke 2:10-11 King James Version ¹⁰ And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

The little boy was shoeless, with holes in his pants and shirt

And on each cheek, there were smears of sweat and dirt.

His eyes were full of sadness, he knew what it was to hurt!

Holding out a tiny cup, begging was all he knew,

Hungry and thirsty, what else could he do?

Alms, alms for the poor, words heard as he begged for more…

Shoved, ridiculed and ignored…

Until this day, when he heard someone say, “Look! It’s the Lord!”

Jesus came and took his hand, “Come walk with me a while.”

And for the first time in his life, the little boy began to smile.

He looked into the eyes of love, so gentle and without guile…

He walked and talked with Jesus, on the road for about a mile

They talked about how life was hard but he was not afraid.

The little boy was happy, joyful, courageous and brave.

Jesus said, “Child you’re a gift, sent from heaven,

Made by my Father’s own design

You’re made whole, you’re priceless, you’re one of a kind.”

Jesus washed the little boys face, put new sandals on his feet.

Dressed him with a brand-new robe, gave him fish and bread to eat.

Took him to the throne room; his Father God to meet.

The gift of life was given, to a son met on the street.

No longer hungry or thirsty, no disease or hurt or pain

This gift was given and the little boy gained…

New life in heaven with a brand-new name.

Gift, his name is Gift!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill, May 7, 2021

Matthew 19:14 King James Version

¹⁴ But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.