December 31, 2010. 3:18 a.m. Grace
(Predawn prayer is not easy especially when I have to go to bed late or when I am tired. I prayed asking the Lord to help me realize more deeply about predawn prayer.)
*The word of Holy Son, Jesus*
It was said, “A little
more sleep, a little more lying down; and poverty will come upon you,” wasn’t
it?
You might have thought of physical poverty only but I spoke of spiritual poverty. This was said by the Lord many ages ago, but it is the Word that transcends time and it is applicable to this time even more.
Think of the faces of the brothers and sisters. And look into your heart also.
Shiny faces; shiny heart. Shadowy faces; shadowy heart. What is the difference?
Yes, the difference is between one who has taken action upon the Word of God Jehovah and another who has not taken action.
On the day you take action upon the Lord’s words, your heart is joyful and delighted. You are happy; you are filled with hope; and you are able to look at others with love. Isn’t it so? Of course, your face shines also.
You do not because you own something special but because you live your life, walking with the Lord. Isn’t it so?
On the other hand, on the day when you fail to pray from early, shining light onto the darkness and waking up the dawn; you feel agonized and pressed by something. You feel insecure and your face also cannot shake off a look of anguish. Isn’t it so?
This is because the darkness infiltrates as much as you fail to dwell in the light. The thief sneaks in breaking through the crumbled wall of your heart and the broken wall of your action and he steals the promise of salvation given to you, the treasure of heaven. If you do not keep your personal security strongly, poverty slowly comes upon you.
My lazy brides who cannot overcome the slumber of predawn hours,
While you roll to the left and right and sleep on your side, poverty comes upon you like a thief. This is not a parable but it is the reality.
While you live that way, your wedding dress will be moth-eaten, get holes, and lose ornaments. It will become unsightly. These are the words that your bridegroom says, so heed my advice and believe it.
You, women like pretty things, don’t you? Don’t you prefer an extravagant and beautiful wedding ceremony? Or, will you hold a wedding ceremony in the countryside, at a grass-thatched single room church filled with stale smell, wearing a gown with holes and holding a few stems of wild flowers?
No. Will I, the bridegroom properly accept such a bride? In that shape, will you be able to come close to me, the bridegroom who, with his dignity and glory, shines the lights upon the seven seas and emits the aroma of Heaven, wearing the most beautiful robe in the whole world and riding a white horse?
For this reason, you feel so pitiful and hesitant in the day you fail to pray sleeping through the predawn hours, don’t you?
Look at things with the spiritual eyes, my love.
You might have heard more than enough that action is your responsibility. I am sure you have heard it so many times. So you are numb to it, aren’t you?
Getting up and praying in the predawn is the mountain that you have to climb up by making effort. You need to climb up step by step, exerting your strength and putting forth all your energy. It is not that you somehow happen to do it.
Therefore, do not say, “Oh, why didn’t I hear the alarm?’ ‘Why couldn’t I pray again?’ or ‘Why am I like this?’ Instead, train your body, make a concrete plan of prayer in advance, make a general schedule of the next day, do not eat late, and have a light dinner. Not only you should make this physical preparation but you should also change your mind into a spiritual mode before going to bed through prayer, the Word, and praises; just as parents wash and lay their children who have been hyper running around everywhere and they calm the children’s hearts by talking and reading to them before putting them to sleep. Do not collapse, saying, ‘I’m so tired!’ and fall fast asleep on your stomach. Then it will be harder to get up in the predawn next morning. Isn’t it so?
God who sits in in the predawn
God who makes a great history in the predawn
God who performs miracles and signs in the predawn
God who walks on the face of the earth in the predawn
I, the Lord Jesus, give grace in the predawn and heal in the predawn
Give inspiration in the predawn and answer in the predawn
Show my love in the predawn and reveal myself in the predawn.
I disclose the secret.
A great history takes place in the predawn. It is the predawn.
Grasp what I mean by wisdom.
My bride
Would you come forward before me as a pretty and fragrant bride
Like an adorable virgin who washes her pure face and body with clear spring water in the predawn and puts on clean clothes?
I look at the spirit, not the body. The body is only the reflection of the spirit.
I hope that you will cast away poverty and enjoy the wealth of heaven throughout your life.
- Your anxious lover, Jesus, who is always waiting for you at one corner of that garden.
(As I felt cold air and put on a warm jacket)
You need to prepare clothes with which you will be able to withstand the north wind and harsh snow. Dark days of snow blizzard are coming. If you do not prepare thick and warm clothes, you will not be able to bear it.
Accumulate wealth through righteous deeds and buy equipment with which you will be able to endure the days of tribulation.
It is action. Action.
You might have thought of physical poverty only but I spoke of spiritual poverty. This was said by the Lord many ages ago, but it is the Word that transcends time and it is applicable to this time even more.
Think of the faces of the brothers and sisters. And look into your heart also.
Shiny faces; shiny heart. Shadowy faces; shadowy heart. What is the difference?
Yes, the difference is between one who has taken action upon the Word of God Jehovah and another who has not taken action.
On the day you take action upon the Lord’s words, your heart is joyful and delighted. You are happy; you are filled with hope; and you are able to look at others with love. Isn’t it so? Of course, your face shines also.
You do not because you own something special but because you live your life, walking with the Lord. Isn’t it so?
On the other hand, on the day when you fail to pray from early, shining light onto the darkness and waking up the dawn; you feel agonized and pressed by something. You feel insecure and your face also cannot shake off a look of anguish. Isn’t it so?
This is because the darkness infiltrates as much as you fail to dwell in the light. The thief sneaks in breaking through the crumbled wall of your heart and the broken wall of your action and he steals the promise of salvation given to you, the treasure of heaven. If you do not keep your personal security strongly, poverty slowly comes upon you.
My lazy brides who cannot overcome the slumber of predawn hours,
While you roll to the left and right and sleep on your side, poverty comes upon you like a thief. This is not a parable but it is the reality.
While you live that way, your wedding dress will be moth-eaten, get holes, and lose ornaments. It will become unsightly. These are the words that your bridegroom says, so heed my advice and believe it.
You, women like pretty things, don’t you? Don’t you prefer an extravagant and beautiful wedding ceremony? Or, will you hold a wedding ceremony in the countryside, at a grass-thatched single room church filled with stale smell, wearing a gown with holes and holding a few stems of wild flowers?
No. Will I, the bridegroom properly accept such a bride? In that shape, will you be able to come close to me, the bridegroom who, with his dignity and glory, shines the lights upon the seven seas and emits the aroma of Heaven, wearing the most beautiful robe in the whole world and riding a white horse?
For this reason, you feel so pitiful and hesitant in the day you fail to pray sleeping through the predawn hours, don’t you?
Look at things with the spiritual eyes, my love.
You might have heard more than enough that action is your responsibility. I am sure you have heard it so many times. So you are numb to it, aren’t you?
Getting up and praying in the predawn is the mountain that you have to climb up by making effort. You need to climb up step by step, exerting your strength and putting forth all your energy. It is not that you somehow happen to do it.
Therefore, do not say, “Oh, why didn’t I hear the alarm?’ ‘Why couldn’t I pray again?’ or ‘Why am I like this?’ Instead, train your body, make a concrete plan of prayer in advance, make a general schedule of the next day, do not eat late, and have a light dinner. Not only you should make this physical preparation but you should also change your mind into a spiritual mode before going to bed through prayer, the Word, and praises; just as parents wash and lay their children who have been hyper running around everywhere and they calm the children’s hearts by talking and reading to them before putting them to sleep. Do not collapse, saying, ‘I’m so tired!’ and fall fast asleep on your stomach. Then it will be harder to get up in the predawn next morning. Isn’t it so?
God who sits in in the predawn
God who makes a great history in the predawn
God who performs miracles and signs in the predawn
God who walks on the face of the earth in the predawn
I, the Lord Jesus, give grace in the predawn and heal in the predawn
Give inspiration in the predawn and answer in the predawn
Show my love in the predawn and reveal myself in the predawn.
I disclose the secret.
A great history takes place in the predawn. It is the predawn.
Grasp what I mean by wisdom.
My bride
Would you come forward before me as a pretty and fragrant bride
Like an adorable virgin who washes her pure face and body with clear spring water in the predawn and puts on clean clothes?
I look at the spirit, not the body. The body is only the reflection of the spirit.
I hope that you will cast away poverty and enjoy the wealth of heaven throughout your life.
- Your anxious lover, Jesus, who is always waiting for you at one corner of that garden.
(As I felt cold air and put on a warm jacket)
You need to prepare clothes with which you will be able to withstand the north wind and harsh snow. Dark days of snow blizzard are coming. If you do not prepare thick and warm clothes, you will not be able to bear it.
Accumulate wealth through righteous deeds and buy equipment with which you will be able to endure the days of tribulation.
It is action. Action.
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