Posted by Lisa Rice on Sunday, June 17, 2012,
Never RuffledEven were I never to speak to you, you would be well rewarded for setting apart this time, if you only sat still and longed for Me, if you just drew hungering breaths for Me, as you do for the fresh pure air of the open. Be still, be calm. Wait before Me. Learn of Me, patience, humility, peace. When will you be absolutely unruffled whatever happens? You are slow to learn your lesson. In the rush and work and worry, the very seeking a silence must help.In bustle so little is accom... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Sunday, June 17, 2012,
Inspiration, Not AspirationYou shall be used. The divine force is never less. It is sufficient or all the work in the world. I only need the instruments for Me to use. To know that would remake the world.The world does not need super men, but supernatural men. Men who will persistently turn the self out of their lives and let divine power work through them. Countries could be saved tomorrow if only there politicians just let Me use them.
Let inspiration take the place of aspiration. All unempl... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Sunday, June 17, 2012,
In My Presence
You do not realize that you would have broken down under the weight of your cares but for the renewing time with Me. It is not what I say; it is I, Myself. It is not the hearing Me so much as the being in My presence. The strengthening and curative powers of this you cannot know. Such knowledge is beyond your human reckoning.
This would cure the poor sick world, if every day, each soul, or group of souls, waited before Me. Remember, that you must never fail to keep this time apar... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Thursday, April 26, 2012,
Near the GoalIn a race it is not the start that hurts, not the even pace of the long stretch. It is when the goal is in sight that heart and nerves and courage and muscles are strained almost beyond human endurance, almost to a breaking point.So with you now the goal is in sight, you need your final cry to Me. Can you not see by the nerve and heart rack of the past few days that your race is nearly run. Courage, courage. Heed My voice of encouragement. Remember that I am by your side, spurrin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Thursday, April 26, 2012,
Meet Me EverywhereLife is really consciousness of Me. Have no fear. A very beautiful future lies before you. Let it be a new life, a new existence, in which in every single happening, event, plan, you are conscious of Me."And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee, and Jesus whom thou has sent."Get this ever consciousness and you have eternal lie, the life of the ages. Be in all things led by the Spirit of God and trust Me in all. And the consciousness of Me must bring Joy. Give me not... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
The Difficult Path Your path is difficult, difficult for you both. There is no work in life so hard as waiting, and yet I say wait. Wait until I show you My Will. Proof it is of My love and of My certainty of your true discipleship, that I give you both hard tasks.Again, I say wait. All motion is more easy than calm waiting. So many of My followers have marred their work and hindered the progress of My Kingdom by activity.
Wait. I will not over try your spiritual strength. You are both like tw... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
The Life Line I am you Savior, your Savior from sins thralls, your Savior from all the cares and troubles of life, your Savior from disease. I speak in all to you both. Look to Me for salvation. Trust in Me for help. Did not My servant of old say, "All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me?" But not all the waters of affliction could drown him. For of him was it true, "He came from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters."
The life line, the line of rescue is the line from the so... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
The Voice Divine The Divine Voice is not always expressed in words. It is made known as a heart consciousness. Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
On Me AloneI am your Lord, your supply. You must rely on Me. Trust to the last uttermost limit. Trust and be not afraid. You must depend on divine power only. I have not forgotten you. Your help is coming. You shall know and ealize My power.Endurance is faith tried almost to breaking point. You must wait, and trust, and hope, and joy in Me. You must not depend on man but on Me, on Me, your strength, your help, your supply.
This is the great test. Am I your supply or not? Every great work for M... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
Light AheadTrust and be not afraid. Life is full of wonder. Open child trusting eyes to all I am doing for you. Fear not.Only a few steps more and then My power shall be seen and known. You are, yourselves, now walking in the tunnel darkness. Soon, you shall be lights to guide feet that are afraid.The cries of your sufferings have pierced even to the ears of God himself, My Father in Heaven, your Father in Heaven. To hear, with God is to answer. For only a cry from the heart, a cry to divine ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
God's Longing To the listening ear I speak, to the waiting heart I come. Sometimes, I may not speak. I may ask you merely to wait in My presence, to know that I am with you.Think of the multitudes, who thronged Me, when I was on earth, all eager for something. Eager to be healed, or taught, or fed.Think as I supplied their many wants, and granted their manifold requests, what it meant to Me. To find amid the crowd, some one or two, who followed Me just to be near Me, just to dwell in My prese... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
You Shall Know Walk with Me. I will teach you. Listen to Me and I will speak. Continue to meet Me, in spite of all opposition and every obstacle, in spite of days when you may hear no voice, and there may come no intimate heart to heart telling.As you persist in this, and make a life habit of it, in many marvelous ways I will reveal My will to you. You shall have more sure knowing of both the present and the future. But that will be only the reward of the regular coming to meet Me.
Life is a s... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, April 23, 2012,
Drop Your Crutch Just go step by step. My will shall be revealed as you go. You will never cease to be thankful for this time when you felt at peace and trustful, and yet had no human security.That is the time of the true learning of trust in Me. "When thy father and mother forsake thee, then the Lord will take thee up." This is a literal dependence on Me.When human support or material help of any kind is removed, then My power can become operative. I cannot teach a man to walk who is trustin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
If Men OpposeOnly believe. The walls of Jericho fell down. Was it axes or human implements that brought them down? Rather the songs of praise of the people and My thought carried out in action.All walls shall fall before you, too. There is no earth power. It falls like a house of paper, at My miracle working touch. Your faith and My power, the only two essentials. Nothing else is needed.
So, if man's petty opposition still holds good it is only because I choose to let it stand between you and ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Practice LoveWant of love will block the way. You must love all. Those that fret you and those who do not.Practice love. It is a great lesson, and you have a great Teacher. You must love, how otherwise can you dwell in Me, where nothing unloving can come? Practice this and I will bless you exceedingly, above all you cannot only ask, but imagine.No limit to My power. Do all you can and leave to Me the rest. Peace will come and trust. Fear not, I am your Advocate, your mediator. Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Another StartTake courage. Do not fear. Start a new life tomorrow. Put the old mistakes away, and start anew. I give you a fresh start. Be not burdened. Be not anxious. If My forgiveness were for the righteous only, and those who had not sinned, where would be its need?Remember as I said to Mary of old, "To whom much is forgiven, the same loveth much."Why do you fret and worry so? I wait to give you all that is lovely, but your lives are soiled with worry and fret. You would crush My treasure... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Suffering RedeemsAll sacrifice and all suffering is redemptive: to teach the individual or to be used to raise and help others.Nothing is by chance.Divine mind and its wonder working, is beyond your finite mind to understand.No detail is forgotten in My plans, already perfect. Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
The Soul at WarNo evil can befall you, if I am with you. All that He blesses is our good. Every time of being laid aside is a time of retreat into the quiet place with Me. Never fear but in that place you shall find restoration and power and joy and healing.Plan both of your retreat days now and then, days when you live apart with me, and arise rested and refreshed-physically, mentally, and spiritually, to carry on the work I have given to you. I will never give you a load greater than you ca... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
I Clear the PathI am thy shield. Have no fear. You must know that "all is well." I will never let anyone do to you both, other than My will for you.I can see the future. I can read men's hearts. I know better than you what you need. Trust me absolutely. You are not at the mercy of fate or buffeted about by others. You are being led in a very definite way, and others, who do not serve your purpose, are being moved out of your path by Me.
Never fear, whatever may happen. You are both being led. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Low AmbitionsFear not. Do not fear to be busy. You are the servant of all. "He that would be the greatest among you, let him be the servant of all." Service is the word of My disciples. I served indeed, the humblest, the lowliest. I was at their command. My highest powers were at their service.Be used. Be used by all, by the lowest, the smallest. How best you can serve? Let that be your daily seeking, not how best can you be served.
Truly man's thoughts are not God's thoughts, nor man's ways, ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Height of the StormI am with you both. Go forward unafraid. Health and strength, peace and happiness and joy, they are all My gifts. Yours for the asking. In the spiritual (as in the material) world there is no empty space, and as self, and fears and worries depart out of your lives, it follows that the things of the Spirit, that you crave so, rush in to take their places. All things are yours, and ye are Christ's and Christ is God's. What a wonderful cycle, because ye are God's.
Be not afraid... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Keep CalmKeep your spirit life calm and unruffled. Nothing else matters. Leave it all to Me. This is your great task, to get calm in My presence, not to let one ruffled feeling stay for a moment. Years of blessing may be checked in one moment by that.No matter who frets you or what, yours is the task to stop all else until absolute calm comes. Any block means My power diverted into other channels.
Pour forth, pour forth, pour forth, I can not bless a life that does not act as a channel. My Spi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Way of HappinessComplete surrender of every moment to God is the foundation of happiness, the superstructure is the joy of communion with Him. And that is, for each, the place, the mansion, I went to prepare for you.My followers have misunderstood that, and looked too often upon that promise as referring only to an after-life, and too often-far too often-upon this life as a something to be struggled through, in order to get the reward and the joy of the next.
Seek to carry out all I say, and s... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Your Great RewardYou pray for faith, and you are told to do so. But I make provision in the house of my abiding for those who turn towards Me and yet have weak knees and hearts that faint. Be not afraid. I am your God. Your Great Reward. Yours to look up and say "all is well".I am your Guide. Do not want, to see the road ahead. Go just one step at a time. I very rarely grant the long vista to My disciples, especially in personal affairs, for one step at a time is the best way to cultivate fai... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
How Power ComesAll power is given unto Me. It is Mine to give, Mine to withhold, but even I have to acknowledge that I cannot withhold it from the soul that dwells near Me, because it is then not a gift, but passes insensibly from Me to My disciples.It is breathed in by the soul who lives in My presence.Learn to shut yourself away in My presence and then, without speaking, you have those things you desire of Me, strength, power, joy and riches. Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Grey DaysBe not afraid. I am your God, your Deliverer. From all evil, I will deliver you. Trust Me. Fear not.Never forget your "thank you". Do you not see it is a lesson? You must say "thank you" on the grayest days. You must do it. All cannot be light unless you do. There is grey-day practice. It is absolutely necessary.My death upon the cross was not only necessary to save a world, it was necessary, if only to train My disciples. It was all a part of their training: My entering Jerusalem in... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
A Crowded Day Believe that I am with you, and controlling all. When My Word has gone forth, all are powerless against it.Be calm. Never fear. You have much to learn. Go on until you can take the most crowded day with a song. "Sing unto the Lord." The finest accompaniment to a song of praise to Me is a very crowded day. Let love be the motif running through all.Be glad all the time. Rejoice exceedingly. Joy in Me. Rest in Me. Never be afraid. Pray more. Do not get worried. I am thy Helper. "Un... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
At One With God
One with Me. I and My Father are one. One with the Lord of the whole universe.Could human aspiration reach higher? Could man's demands transcend this? One with me.If you realize your high privilege, you have only to think and immediately the object of your thought is called into being. Indeed, well may I have said, "set your affections on things above, not on things of the earth."
To dwell in thought on the material, when once you live in Me,- is to call it into being. So you mu... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Love AnticipatesNone ever sought Me in vain. I wait, wait with a hungry longing to be called upon; and I, who have already seen your heart's needs before you cried upon Me, before perhaps, you were conscious of those needs yourself, I am already preparing the answer.It is like a mother, who is setting aside suitable gifts for her daughter's wedding, before love even has come into the daughter's life.
The anticipatory love of God is a thing mortals seldom realize. Dwell on this thought. Dismiss... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Faith-WorksPray daily for Faith. It is My gift.It is your only requisite for the accomplishment of mighty deeds. Certainly you have to work, you have to pray, but upon faith alone depends the answer to your prayers.I give it to you in response to your prayer, because it is the necessary weapon for you to possess for the dispersion of evil, the overcoming of all adverse conditions, and the accomplishment of all good in your lives, and then you having faith, give it back to Me. It is the envelo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
God's Rush to GiveSilence. Be silent before Me. Seek to know, and then to do My Will in all things.Abide in My love. An atmosphere of loving understanding to all men. This is your part to carry out, and then I surround you with a protective screen that keeps all evil from you. It is fashioned by your own attitude of mind, words, and deeds, towards others.I want to give you all things, good measure, pressed down and running over. Be quick to learn. You know little yet of the divine impatience ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Friend in DrudgeryIt is the daily strivings that count, not the momentary heights. The obeying of My Will day in, day out, in the wilderness plains, rather than the occasional mount of transfiguration.Perseverance is nowhere needed so much as in the religious life. I am the Lord of little things, the divine control of little happenings.Nothing in the day is too small to be a part of My scheme. The little stones in a mosaic play a big part.Joy in Me. Joy is the God-given cement that secures th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Saturday, April 14, 2012,
Relax
Relax, do not get tense, have no fear. All is for the best. How can you fear change when your life is hid with Me in God, who changeth not and I am the same yesterday, today and forever.You must learn poise, soul-balance and poise, in a vacillating, changing world.Claim My power. The same power with which I cast out devils is your today. Use it. If not, I withdraw it. Use it ceaselessly.You cannot ask too much. Never think you are too busy. As long as you get back to Me and replenish aft... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 26, 2012,
Mighty and Marvelous Glad indeed are the souls with whom I walk. Walking with Me is security. The coming of My Spirit into a life, and its working are imperceptible, but the result is mighty.
Learn of Me. Kill the self, Every blow to self is used to shape the real, eternal, imperishable you.
Be very candid and rigorous with yourselves. "Did self prompt that?" and if it did, oust it at all costs.
When I died on the Cross, I died embodying all the human self. Once that was crucified, I could conque... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 26, 2012,
Friends Unseen Never despair, never despond. Be just a channel of helpfulness for others.Have more sympathy. Feel more tenderness towards others. Your lives shall not be all care. Gold does not stay in the crucible-only until it is refined. Already I hear the music and the marching of the unseen host, rejoicing at your victory.No follower of Mine would ever err or fall, if once the veil were withdrawn which prevents him seeing how these slips delight the evil spirits, and the pain and disappo... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 26, 2012,
Thanks for TrialsYou must say "thank you" for everything, even seeming trails and worries. Joy is the whole being's attitude of "thank you" to Me. Be glad. Rejoice. A father loves to see his children happy.I am revealing so much to you. Pass it on. Each truth is a jewel. Some poor spirit impoverished friend will be glad of it. Drop one here and there.Seek to find a heart-home for each truth I have imparted on you. More truths will flow in. Use all I give you. Help others. I ache to find a way... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 26, 2012,
The Ache of LoveCry unto Me, and I will hear you and bless you. Use My unlimited stores for your needs and those of others. Seek My wonderful truths and you shall find.There may come times when you sit in silence, when it seems as if you were left alone. Then, I command you to remember I have spoken to you, as I spoke at Emmaus. But there was the time in the Upper Room, after My Ascension, when My disciples had to comfort themselves by saying, “Did He not speak to us by the way?”
You wil... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Thursday, March 22, 2012,
Influence
When you come to Me, and I give you that Eternal Life I give to all who believe in Me, it alters your whole existence, the words you speak, the influences you have.
These are all eternal. They must be. They spring from the life within you, My Life, Eternal Life, so that they too live forever. Now, you see how vast, how stupendous, is the work of any soul that has Eternal life. The words, the influence, go on down over the ages forever.
You must ponder on these truths I give you. The... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
No Strain
No Calm, no matter what may befall you. Rest in Me. Be patient, and let patience have her perfect work. Never think things overwhelming. How can you be overwhelmed when I am with you?
Do not feel the strain of life. There is no strain for my children. Do you not see I am a master instrument maker? Haven I not fashioned each part? Do I not know just what it can bear without strain? Would I, the maker of so delicate an instrument, ask of it anything that could destroy or strain?
No! The ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
Love Bangs the Door
Life with Me is no immunity from difficulties, but peace in difficulties. My guidance is often by shut doors. Love bangs as well as opens.
Joy is the result of faithful trusting acceptance of My Will, when It seems not joyous.
St. Paul, my servant, learned this lesson of the banged doors when he said "our light affliction which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory". Expect rebuffs until this is learned-it is the only way.
Joy is... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
The Secret Pearl
Wait. Wonders are unfolding. Tremble with awe. I give unto you Eternal Life, a free gift, a wonderful gift-The Life of the Ages.
Cultivate silence. "God speaks in silences." A silence, a soft wind. Each can be a message to convey My meaning to the heart, though by no voice, or even a word.
Each word or though of yours can be like a pearl that you drop into the secret place of another heart, and in some hour of need. The recipient finds the treasure and realizes for the first ti... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
Sharp and ReadyYou must pray. The way will open. God cares and his plans unfold. Love and wait. What causes have you to fear? Has he not cared and protected you? Hope gladly and with certainty. Be calm in my power.Never neglect to pray and read your bible and train and discipline yourself. That is your work-mine to use you. My instruments must be sharp and ready. Then I use them. Disciple and perfect yourselves at all costs. Do this for soon every fleeting thought will be answered, every wish... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
Hoard NothingLove Me and do My will. No evil shall befall you. Take no thought for tomorrow. Resting in my presence brings peace. God will help you. Desire brings fulfillment. Peace like a quiet flowing river cleanses, sweeps all irritants away.You shall be taught, continue your prayer times, even if they seem fruitless. The devil will by any means to try to stop them. He will say evil spirits may enter in. Heed him not. Rest your nerves. Tired nerves are a reflection on, not of, God's Power. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
Do Not PlanAll is well. Wonderful things are happening. Do Not limit God at all. He cares and provides. Uproot self-the channel blocker. Leave tomorrows burdens to God. Christ is the Great Burden-bearer. You cannot bear His load and He only expects you to carry a little day share. Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
The Way Will OpenYou must be renewed, remade. Christ, Christ, Christ. Everything must rest on Me. Love is a conquering force. Be not afraid, I will help you.My Spirit shall flow through, in flowing through, sweep away all the bitter past.Take heart, God loves, God helps, God fights, and God wins. You shall see. You shall know. The way will open. All My Love has ever planned, all My Love has ever thought, you shall see each day unfold. Only be taught. Just be a child. A child never questions ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
Arm of Love
You are to help to save others. Never let one day pass when you have not reached out an arm of love to someone outside your home. A note, a letter, a visit, help in some way. Be full of joy. Joy saves Joy cues. Joy in me. In every ray of sunlight, every smile, every act of kindness, or love, every trifling service-joy.
Each day do something to lift another soul out of the sea of sin, or disease or doubt into which man has fallen. I still walk today by the lakeside and call My disci...
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Posted by Lisa Rice on Monday, March 19, 2012,
Between the yearsRemember that you must not see as the world sees. I hold the year in My Hands-in trust for you. But I shall guide you one day at a time.Leave the rest with Me. You must not anticipate the gift by fears or thoughts of the days ahead. For each day I shall supply the wisdom and the strength.Father God, My joy is in You. Without your help we could not face unafraid the year before us. I pray Lord that you allow me to give everything to you, knowing that you will provide all of m... Continue reading ...
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