Egypt

The revolution in Egypt is a stunning one indeed. After thirty years of oppression from their President, they are finally freed. They had been placed under the yoke of a fierce ruler, Mubarak. But I had known this, as I planned for this to happen.
"I will set Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, and they will consult the idols of the charmers, the mediums and the sorcerers. And the Egyptians I will give into the hand of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them." Isaiah 19:1-4
The Egyptians left their first love, Me. They sought after idols and evil. But I brought them to their knees. I placed them under oppression, but I am faithful. I have brought them out of it as I promised I would.
"In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it. And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them." Isaiah 19:20-22
I have brought Egypt back to their first love.

As for you

You were already banished to Hell. But you seem to forget that I created you as well. And since you dwell with evil, you cannot dwell in Paradise. Rather, you must dwell in Hell. But you tried to destroy My creation. You disguised yourself as a serpent and tricked My darling child into eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. You lied to her, and told her I wanted them to have that knowledge. Oh you dreadful schemer! I did not desire for them to know such things so that they could be perfect and dwell with Me in perfection. But you blemished their white paper with black ink. And for that, you too must be punished. Because you used a serpent, you shall forever crawl on your belly and eat the dust of the ground! No longer will there be peace among you and the humans! They shall trample you with their feet! You have been made lowly and shall remain so for the rest of your days! Even you have no power over Me. You must come to Me for permission to tempt My children further. Damned are you Satan, for all eternity! You shall perish in the end, good will triumph over evil! I Am the LORD! I shall reign forever!

Inspired by Me

Phil Wickham. "In My Love" Heaven & Earth. INO Records, 2010.
I love this song because it is from My perspective. The artist sings as if it is really I, the LORD God, talking. Everything he says is true. I am with you always, guiding you and giving you strength. I love you more than you could ever comprehend. Phil Wickham does a very nice job in emulating how I feel towards my children.
http://www.songlyrics.com/phil-wickham/in-my-love-lyrics/

Sean McConnell. "Madly In Love With You" 200 Orange St. Warner Chappell Publishing, 2003.
This song is also in My perspective. I love this song because it is true. I know you want to see me and that following is sometimes hard to do, but I am always here with you. And I will always love you with more passion than you could ever know.
http://www.lyricsmania.com/madly_in_love_with_you_lyrics_sean_mcconnell.html

Lecrae. "God is Enough" Rehab. Reach Records, 2010.
I am enough. I am all you need. I provide you with everything you will ever require in life. Deny yourself and allow Me to work in you. Lecrae does a wonderful job in portraying how the world fills your mind with this idea of "happiness" but that I am the only true way to joy.
http://lyrics.wikia.com/Lecrae:God_Is_Enough

Owl City. "Meteor Shower" Ocean Eyes. Universal Republic Records, 2010.
Adam Young is an amazing young artist, of course I know since I made him that way. This song is a great example of how you need Me. I made you out of love and life without Me means death. You need Me, and I am always here. I will never let you go.
http://www.songlyrics.com/owl-city/meteor-shower-lyrics/

JJ Heller. "What Love Really Means" When I'm With You. Stone Table Records, 2010.
Love is an intersting topic for humans. You strive after it your whole life, looking for that satisfaction. The begining of this song talks about the desire to feel loved and how the world tells you to conform to find it. The last verse is from Me. I love you, and I am the only One who can fulfill you the way your heart desires, because it longs for Me.
http://www.songlyrics.com/jj-heller/what-love-really-means-lyrics/

Phil Wickham. "Eden" Heaven & Earth. INO Records, 2010.
When I first made creation, I designed it to have my children with Me. However, because of the fall of man that could no longer take place. This song is a wonderful image of how it was and how it will be when My children come to join Me in Heaven.
http://www.songlyrics.com/phil-wickham/eden-lyrics/

I made you out of love

Love you could not think of.

I made you for My Grace

But you just slapped My face.

I gave you one simple rule,

Have all you want but do not drool

Over that one tree.

That one tree you see

Is full of lies and deception.

I gave you all you could ever need

But instead you went for the weed.

In a place of such beauty,

How could you desire something so ugly?

I brought you into this place,

One so filled with grace,

But you served your heart

And now it has torn us apart.

I wanted you to be with Me

But you instead wanted to be “free”.

Free to sin,

To let your selfish desires win.

But that my friend

Is not allowed is paradise.

So now because of this vice

You must leave.

I require perfection

And affection

Not self-gratification.

So since you are blemished

And your love for Me has diminished

I must send you out.

But please do not doubt,

For I still love you.

I will take you by the hand

And until we can meet again

I will guide you.

I will tell you what path to take

And won’t allow your feet to shake.

But beware, for the devil prowls like a lion

Seeking to push you from mount Zion

Once again.

He wants to see you fall

But when you are overwhelmed just call.

Call out to Me, and I will be there

I will never leave you alone,

For I am everywhere.

The Garden

CC posted on Flickr by Trey Ratcliff

Oh what a place to fill your belly. The Garden has every food you could ever imagine. Thousands of trees with incredible fruit, animals roaming like you have never seen. The garden is luscious, green and beautiful. Eat from any tree you please! There is one tree however, one that is forbidden. The fruit is rotten, void of goodness. Do not eat of this tree. This tree’s server is Satan. He clouds your mind with promises of fulfillment only to be disappointed when you discover this to be a lie. He serves destruction, destruction of the soul and of mankind. He fills your eyes with luscious, empty promises. The fruit looks ripe on the outside, but once bitten into it leaves your mouth full of bitterness. It alters your mind and changes your heart. It makes you seek self gratification and places a void within your heart. No, do not eat of this tree. Instead, eat of My trees. I have provided all you will ever need in this glorious garden. What a marvelous place to eat and rest! Such beauty cannot be expressed. Dine with Me in Paradise, a true paradise indeed. I will give you all that you need. But again, do not eat of the one forbidden tree.

I Am Love

Walking with Adam today, he was concerned about what would become of mankind. I could tell he was distressed. Adam and Eve both repented for their sin, but I must send them from Eden. I am perfect and blameless, and cannot dwell with evil or sin. I know they are deeply sorry for what they have done, but now a wall has been built around our relationship. They fear that what they have done has doomed the rest of the earth. To ease their worry, I showed them what was to become of the humans. I showed them how they would multiply greatly and inhabit the earth. Then how the tribes would turn their faces from Me, as they had done. But I also showed them My Son, and His death on the cross for the forgiveness of all sin. He would be the One to reconcile for their mistake. He will break down the wall between My children and I and turn My Love into something more personal. I will have a close and intimate relationship with My sons and daughters. I will rule in their hearts and My Love will guide them. Sin and death will no longer have any power, as Jesus will beat death and rise from the grave. My children will call out to Me and I will listen. I am faithful, I will provide for them. Adam and Eve were comforted by the vision I showed them. But then, sadly, it was time to part. One day they shall join Me again in Paradise. But for now, we must be separate. They will never forget My Love. I made them complete. They will remember Me and call out to Me. And I will love them. I Am Love.

How many times

must I remind you that he has no power over you? Satan can do nothing without coming to Me first. Why do you fear him? He and his demons are not to be feared. You have My love to lean on. I am greater than he. Do you doubt My power and might? Do not make him bigger than he really is. You let him walk all over you. You let him deceive you. You did not trust in Me. Instead you trusted in a way to get what you wanted. You pleased yourself and indulged yourself in sin. It consumed you. He disguised it with empty promises and a beautiful exterior. You gave in rather than coming to Me. I told you not to eat of that tree, but you did not listen. After your sin, you hid from Me. You ran away and tried to hide the truth. But I had already known what you had done the moment you committed the sin. There must be punishment. I am faithful and just. I must judge accordingly. Therefore, you must be sent out. You may not abide here in Paradise. I cannot dwell with imperfection. I am a loving God, but I cannot let this go. Oh if only you had listened to Me instead of the serpent! I promised you everything but you were not satisfied. So you threw it all away. Mankind shall be different now because of your actions. You must go live on the earth, without Me.

I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life

I created Heaven and Earth. I created you. I keep the sun in perfect alignment with the earth. I keep the stars suspended in the night sky. I keep your heart beating. I created every breath you take.  I am the One who molded you in your mother’s womb. I made you perfectly according to my image. I made you because I love you. You are My child, and I have incredible plans for your life. I mapped it out before you were created. I am the King of kings and the Lord of lords. I reign supreme in all of creation. Surrender your life to Me, for My way is perfect and blameless. Love Me the way I love you. Turn to Me, not to this world. Only I can give you true joy and peace. I will give you the love you have never known. Deny yourself and your sinful desires to pursue a life with Me. Once you accept the free gift I have given, you will never be the same. Your life will be altered, for the better. You will cry out to Me and I will hear you. I am faithful. I give you the strength to get through each day. I give you the strength to weather the storms in life. I want to have a close and intimate relationship with you. I created you simply because I wanted to. The thoughts I have towards you outnumber the grains of sand on the earth. I created everything. I Am.

Creation of Man

I, the LORD God, formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Then I planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there I put the man I formed. I made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. I took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And I commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” Then I said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now I had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. I brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals. But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So I caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, I took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then I made a woman from the rib I had taken out of the man, and brought her to the man.The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

My perfect knowledge of you

I have searched you, and I have known you. I know your sitting down and your rising up. I understand your thoughts from afar. I scrutinize your path and your lying down, and I am intimately acquainted with all your ways. Even before there is a word on your tongue, behold, I know it all. I have hedged you behind and before, and laid My hand upon you. Such knowledge is too wonderful for you, you cannot attain it. Where can you go from My Spirit? Where can you flee from My presence? If you ascend into heaven, I am there. If you make your bed in hell, I am there. If you take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there My hand will lead you and My right hand shall hold you. If you say “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” even the night shall be light about you. Indeed, the darkness shall not hide you from Me, but the darkness shines as day. The darkness and the light are both alike in Me. I formed your inward parts, I covered you in your mother’s womb. Praise Me, for you are fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are My works, and that your soul knows very well. Your frame was not hidden from Me, when I made you in secret, and skillfully wrought you in the lowest parts of the earth. My eyes saw your substance, being unformed. And in My book all the days of your life were written, when yet there were none of them. How precious are My thoughts towards you! How great is the sum of them! If you should count them, they would outnumber the sand.