{"id":3179,"date":"2018-12-20T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T15:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2018-12-20T12:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T17:51:37","slug":"return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/20\/return\/","title":{"rendered":"Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3180\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/1400x1050_a-bright-morning-light.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6><em>Precious Papa, yours is a heart of love and life~<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>You come along side your children and you lead and guide us into paths of life, truth and righteousness~<\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em>Your love is everlasting<\/em>~<\/h6>\n<h6>Praying this morning I heard\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>\u201cChoose life! Choose life! Choose life!<\/h6>\n<h6>Return to your first love!<\/h6>\n<h6>Turn away from the whispers of that old serpent who hisses lies and deception~<\/h6>\n<h6>Turn away from your doubts and fears~<\/h6>\n<h6>Turn away from the glamour of this life it only leads to a bottomless pit~<\/h6>\n<h6>Turn away from the spectacular\u2026don\u2019t go down easy street, where you are promised vanishing dreams and empty pots of gold~<\/h6>\n<h6>You chase the wind~<\/h6>\n<h6>The wind never stops blowing, never reaches its destination\u2026it goes where it pleases and leaves disappointment and disaster in its wake\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>There is a way that seems, right, but it only leads to despair. It is an illusion to keep you in its grip until all that remains is nothing\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Stop running~<\/h6>\n<h6>What you long for is right in front of you, but you are blind and can\u2019t see, deaf and can\u2019t hear, mute and can\u2019t speak, you are under the old serpents spell\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Snap out of it! Wake up!<\/h6>\n<h6>I&#8217;ve\u00a0been with you. I&#8217;ve been calling you all your life!<\/h6>\n<h6>But you\u2019ve rejected me, spat on me, laughed and mocked\u00a0me and\u00a0then you crucified me and kept me buried in a tomb~<\/h6>\n<h6>I am not in the tomb!<\/h6>\n<h6>I am not in the wind!<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0not in the fame and wealth of this world~<\/h6>\n<h6>I am, that small still voice beckoning you to open your heart and let me come in~<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0offering you a gift\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Not wrapped up in pretty boxes and tied up with colorful bows\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I am not bright shining lights flickering on roof tops or trees adorned with garland and stars\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0not in a manger or hanging on a cross~<\/h6>\n<h6>All those things are pleasant, but that\u2019s not what life is all about!<\/h6>\n<h6>I AM Alive!<\/h6>\n<h6>Right now, this instant,\u00a0I am\u00a0wooing you; prodigal son, prodigal daughter, come home!<\/h6>\n<h6>I am the lover of your soul&#8230;<\/h6>\n<h6>Sustainer of your life&#8230;<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0your first love!<\/h6>\n<h6>The one you\u2019ve searched for but couldn\u2019t find because you thought I was someone, or something else~<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0the one who has protected you, surrounded you with holy guards, so that death could not take you before your time~<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0the one who cried over you<\/h6>\n<h6>Prayed for you and died for you!<\/h6>\n<h6>I am Yeshua\u2026Savior\u2026Redeemer\u2026Messiah\u2026and your friend!<\/h6>\n<h6>I am\u00a0the one who pursues you to the end of your days~<\/h6>\n<h6>Wanting you to know, that, life, begins with Me!<\/h6>\n<h6>Return beloved\u2026<\/h6>\n<h6>Return to your true love!\u201d<\/h6>\n<h6>Yeshua~<\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3181\" src=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/artworks-000163330876-hbwa1s-t500x500-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/artworks-000163330876-hbwa1s-t500x500-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/artworks-000163330876-hbwa1s-t500x500-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/artworks-000163330876-hbwa1s-t500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\">~Marla Shaw O&#8217;Neill December 20, 2018<\/h6>\n<h6><strong><em><span class=\"passage-display-bcv\">Revelation 2:4-5<\/span> <span class=\"passage-display-version\">The Message (MSG)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span id=\"en-MSG-12964\" class=\"text Rev-2-4-Rev-2-5\">\u201cBut you walked away from your first love\u2014why? What\u2019s going on with you, anyway? Do you have any idea how far you\u2019ve fallen? A Lucifer fall!<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<h6><em><span class=\"text Rev-2-4-Rev-2-5\">\u201cTurn back! Recover your dear early love. No time to waste, for I\u2019m well on my way to removing your light from the golden circle.<\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Precious Papa, yours is a heart of love and life~ You come along side your children and you lead and guide us into paths of life, truth and righteousness~ Your love is everlasting~ Praying this morning I heard\u2026 \u201cChoose life! Choose life! Choose life! Return to your first love! 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