Carefully
January 9, 2024 11:41 AM
Whitney Eslick Manuel
1/8/2024 Around 2:30PM
I received this word quite unexpectedly as I was reading through the book of Isaiah. Right after I read Isaiah 9:13, which says,
"Yet the people do not turn back to Him Who struck them, nor do they seek the LORD of Armies."
I heard,
“Now write these words, My beloved:
Carefully. Carefully. Oh My people, tread ever so carefully now. Look to Me. I AM the Author and Finisher of your faith– your glorious, beautiful faith. Come near to Me. Tether yourself to Me. Bind yourself at My side. Pray for grace to abide. Abide in Me and I will abide in you. Seek Me with all your heart and mind and strength. Love Me. Stay with Me. To those apart from Me, I say, ‘Return. Return to Me. If you will; return to Me.’ There is no time left but for immediate and complete surrendered return. Behold, I come!”
Scripture Verses:
“When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the Latter Days, you will return to the LORD your GOD and obey His voice.”
-Deuteronomy 4:30
“…Return to Me, says the LORD of Hosts…”
-Zechariah 1:3
“…Return to Me, and I will return to you…”
-Malachi 3:7
“Yet even now”, declares the LORD, “Return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”
-Joel 2:12
“Let us therefore come boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.”
-Hebrews 4:16
“Looking unto JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our faith; Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the Cross, despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the Throne of GOD.”
-Hebrews 12:2
“Consider well and watch carefully the path of your feet, and all your ways will be steadfast and sure. Do not turn away to the right nor the left; turn your foot from evil.”
-Proverbs 4:26-27
“Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD!”
-Lamentations 3:40
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