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First 15 Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 God longs for his children to dream. He longs for us to set aside time with him to wish and wonder about what life could be. I fear that many Christians have lost the art of dreaming with God out of a misunderstanding of his heart. While God most definitely has a will for our lives, he also longs for us to dream with him so that his desires become our own. While he most definitely has perfect plans for us, he longs for us to want his plans that we might co-labor with him rather than being dragged by him like an ill-tempered child into what's best. May we make time today as the new year approaches to dream with God that our hearts may be filled with his longings and desires. The chief way in which God wants to lead you is by planting dreams in your heart and then satisfying those dreams. Psalm 37:4 says, "Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Our Father longs for us to be so delighted in him that we would want what he wants. He longs to fill us with right desires and then satisfy those desires in his perfect timing and in his perfect way. He longs for us to trust him as our good Shepherd to such a depth that we joyfully follow him wherever he leads. You see, Psalm 37:4 is more about delighting ourselves in God than getting what we currently think we want most. It's more about the pursuit of him as our chief joy than anything we could receive from him. God alone knows what's best for us. He alone has the perspective and wisdom to shepherd us to a truly abundant life. And we will never follow someone we don't trust has our best will at heart. To make God our chief joy is to surrender our lives to the overwhelming goodness and grace of an omnipotent, omnipresent, and fully loving Father. God is both willing and able to lead us into the fullness of abundant life. He is both willing and able to fill us with right longings and desires if we will simply open our hearts and trust him. Until we center our hearts, and therefore our lives, totally and completely around the goodness and will of our heavenly Father, we will never experience all this life has to offer. The gateway to living filled and satisfied is simply enjoying God and allowing our hearts to become like his. Know today that your heavenly Father longs to dream with you. He longs to hear what it is you most desire. He longs to have conversation with you about what's best. And he longs to be your chief joy, that the greatest cry of your heart is to delight yourself in him and receive whatever comes with fully restored, unbridled relationship with him. May your day be marked by a filling of new desires from your loving Father.

My Family, we need to understand what the Mark of the Beast is and what will happen if we take it. It's important for us to make sure that we are referencing scripture to assure that we are understanding where the reference of the Mark of the Beast comes from. Below are all of the scriptures where the Mark of the Beast is mentioned as well as some potential Mark Candidates. 1) The mark of the best will have the number of the beast associated to it - the number of the beast 666. 2) You will not be able to buy or sell unless you have the Mark. 3) You will be forced to take the mark of the best. 4) The Mark will be either ON the forehead or IN the hand. 5) Hell is your eternity to whomever takes the Mark and worships the beast and his image. 6) Those that have the mark will contract grievous wounds. 7) If you are in the tribulation, and you have not taken the Mark - You may be beheaded for your witness to Jesus Christ. Scripture: Rev_13:17  And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Rev_14:11  And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name. Rev_15:2  And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. Rev_16:2  And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. Rev_19:20  And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. Rev_20:4  And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. Rev_13:16 - 18: The beast also forced all people, great and small, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name. This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. Eze_14:9-10 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, they, too, will drink the wine of God's fury, which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath. They will be tormented with burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. Eze_9:4  And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. Potential Mark Candidates: COVID 19 Vaccine: Take a look at COVID 19 Vaccine - Mark of the Beast? | The Midnight Oil. Look at the Rooftop Document. It goes into some potential mark candidates. RFID Chip: Is the RFID Chip the Mark of the Beast? - Dr. Roger Barrier (crosswalk.com) WO/2020/060606 Patent: BILL GATES' 'PATENT 666' SCARES THE WORLD: Is It True Microsoft Has Acquired Intellectual Property To Microchip Humans With The Mark Of The Beast In Form Of COVID-19 Vaccine... - Grapevine News (thegrapevine.co.ug)

Hey Family! Let's share our Bible Reading Plans. Here is the one I use! Thanks!