Before he was born, that day I woke up early to pray for our daughter while she was in labor and had not delivered yet. This is what I received in my two-way conversation with God:

(Praise): Thank You, Lord, that You “do all things well” (Mk.7:37) and that “all things work together for the good of those who love You” (Rom. 8:28). Your word says: “Believe and you will be saved, both you and your family” (Acts 16:31). My family is under Your blessings and I pray that my daughter will be well and her childbirth will be natural and healthy for both mother and child! Thank You that we don’t have to carry our burdens, because we can trust them to You and You take care of them. Thank You Jesus! I give you praise, honor and glory, for all that You have done in our lives and You continue to do for us!

You are the eternal King of glory Who rules and reigns the universe for eternity! “We have not chosen You, but You have chosen us, and ordained us, that we should bring forth fruit” (John 15:16)! Thank You for the fruit of our womb! Thank You that, like Abraham with Isaac, this child has been blessed from his mother’s womb to receive Your anointing and Spirit, even before his birth, to fulfill his divine destiny and make a positive difference in this world. Thank you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. I give you honor and glory, in the name of Jesus!

Please speak to me about this child and reveal Your wisdom and knowledge, amen.

(WFJ): Fear not, for I am with you and with all that you trust in My  care! I have promised to never leave you nor forsake you, and so it is also with this child of Mine that I have cared for, and continue to care for, ever since she was a little one! My Spirit is upon both mother and baby, because the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life!

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life” (Prov. 11:30)! Your daughter is the fruit of your wife’s womb of righteousness and she is a tree of life. What comes out of her womb is life! Luca will be a boy full of life, and he will give My life to others as a witness and a testimony! I proclaim that this child will be a “life bearer”, for he will be filled with My Spirit of life flowing through his being and touching others with My life!

Rest in Me, My son, and let Me finish what I started! I have started a good work in your life, and the lives of those who have come forth of your loins, and I will complete it until the end. My works are perfect and none of the things that you trust into My care will be forgotten, for they will all fulfill their purpose, the reason for which they were sent out into this world! Have faith and enter into your rest! I will take care of both mother and child! I love you!

Later on that morning, I received news that the baby was born and both mother and child were fine, so I went back to my prayer closet and had further intimate time with the Lord:

(Praise): “Lord, thank You for the news I just received that baby Luca is born a healthy baby and that both mother and child are fine, just as You promised! Thank you that You do all things well and that we can trust You to make all things work together for our good! I praise You and worship You and give You honor and glory. Please give me a word of blessing for this new born child, Luca. In Your precious Name I ask, amen.

(WFJ): Let it be written, and let it be proclaimed, that a mighty one has been born today, a man of valor that will speak life into the hearts of many! This is a child that will bear witness of the life that I have given him and he will be a “life bearer”, bearing My life into the lives of many! As the mantle of My anointing falls upon him, he will rise up to his divine destiny and will be “a tree of life”, bearing fruits of life like his grandparents!

How will he be a “life bearer”, you ask Me? By his testimony, and by the fruits of his lips! “A wholesome tongue is a tree of life” (Prov 15:4). He will speak My words of life into the hearts of many!

And how will he be “a tree of life”, you ask Me? By winning souls for My Kingdom! “The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise” (Prov 11:30).

I’m gifting this one with the gift of wisdom and he will be wise in his speech and his tongue will be a tree of life, for he will win many souls for My Kingdom.

“Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run when he reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time” (Hab. 2:2-3). When that time comes, it will bring forth much fruit! Mark these words and write them down! Make them plain on tables, for they will empower him to run the race that is set before him, when he will read it!

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We want to thank all of you who have been praying for this birth! This is our 4th grandchild and, as with each one of them, we feel greatly blessed! Thank for your support.
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One of the biggest lessons I had to learn in the recent years of my life, it’s making sure that my dreams are bigger than my memories! No matter how beautiful or painful our memories might be, the past is past and we just cannot redo it! It’s only the future that we can build, by being confident that it will be much better and brighter than our past. God Himself has promised it: “I know the plans I have for you”, says the Lord, “they are plans of peace, and not to harm you, but to give you hope for the future” (Jeremiah 29:11).

The word of God does not say that our path ahead is like the setting of the sun, but rather that it’s “like the light of the dawn, which shines more and more unto the perfect day” (Proverbs 4:18)! In fact, it promises that God, “who has begun a good work in us, will perfect it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6)!

Your future is as bright as the promises of God! You can look forward to “greater works” (John 14:12).

Your past is most likely made of lights and shadows, successes and failures, things done well and also errors, wounds that were suffered as well as inflicted, things you would like to forget, but continue to surface every now and then, especially when you meet people and situations that are part of that past. Those memories will drain your energy and remind you how weak and fallible you are. They will try to scare you and tell you that “you cannot fool yourself thinking that you can be successful after your scores of the past” …

My friend, let me tell you something: your past does not have to write your future! It’s time to erase those painful memories of the past, because your future is bright as the promises of God! It’s time to reformat your hard disk and reprogram it with the Word of God, which tells us to “be transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is the good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God” (Romans 12:2).

Five years ago, at the end of 2006, after a year marked by successes, but also by some failures and defeats, I was completely discouraged and at the end of myself, thinking that my best was behind me and that there was no longer a future for me. On the evening of New Year’s Eve 2007, I asked the Lord to give me direction and He answered me with a scripture: “Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert”(Isaiah 43:18-19).

That year was a real turning point in my life, as I started to leave the past behind and look confidently towards the future, recognizing the new thing that was about to spring forth in our new ministry of “Healing Broken Hearts”.  I don’t have to list all the new and greater things the Lord has done in recent years, because most of you who have been following us, even from afar, know how good the Lord has been to us!

However, sometimes those memories will try to resurface and divert your attention from all the new things the Lord is doing in your life, especially when you meet people and situations that remind you of your past, and that’s why it’s important that we turn the page and move forward into our future! The Lord Himself said “Remember not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Behold the new thing that I will do for you” (Isaiah 43.18)!

Jesus also said: “Remember Lot’s wife” (Luke 17:32), referring to what had happened a few thousands years earlier, when “Lot’s wife turned to look back and became a pillar of salt” (Genesis 19:26), getting stuck there forever! What was her mistake? She turned to look back, instead of looking forward! Don’t let it happen to you, your future is ahead of you!

Your best is yet to come! Do not look back, but do like the apostle Paul who, after having done great things in his life, said: “This one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, I press on toward the goal unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus “(Philippians 3:13-14)

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It’s like crossing a bridge and leaving the past behind, as we move into our destiny! As the old year comes to a close, we can look back at where we have been, what we have done, etc. But then, as we move into the new year, it’s time to turn around and look forward at what’s ahead, at what life still has to offer. Our past has brought us where we are today, now it’s time to cross that bridge and move forward with faith! Life has so much more in store for us!

History is full of examples of people who crossed rivers to claim their promised land. Those who crossed it with faith, “being fully persuaded that, what God had promised, He was able to perform” (Rom. 4:21), received their inheritance! Those who doubted and looked back, got instead stuck in a desert for years. Don’t let that happen to you!

Cross that river with courage and claim what’s yours by faith! God is only waiting on you to take a step of faith in the direction He’s showed you to go, in order to meet you there and do great exploits for you. Look at what He did for the children of Israel, when they crossed the Jordan river with faith and saw the walls of Jericho coming down! He gave them the land that He had promised them and enlarged their borders to make them a great nation.

“Jesus is the same, yesterday, today and forever” (Heb. 13:8). What He did for them in the past, He can do for you today, and He promised that “greater works than these shall ye do” (John 14:12). We know that’s true because “He’s not a man that He should lie” (Nu 23:19). His word is an incredible foundation to have, a solid rock upon which to build a house that is able to withstand the storms to come!

That’s what we did, as we moved into this New Year 2012! We crossed our bridge into our destiny, leaving the past 15 years of our lives behind and moving 600 km away from where we have lived, into a new area where we have never lived before, simply because God told us to do it, and now we are excitingly waiting to see the walls of Jericho come down for us!

We know that the Lord has led us here and we expect Him to do greater works than what we have seen before, because our God is awesome and He’s never failed us in the past! He’s always done something greater and more exciting for us, every time we stepped out in faith to do what He told us to do, and that’s because we know “Who” our God is!

“Know therefore that our Lord is the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations” (Deut. 7:9).

Do you know Who God is? Do you know that He loves you, and that He has great plans up ahead for your life? His word says: “I know the thoughts I think toward you, said the Lord, they are thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future” (Jer. 29:11)!

Your best is yet to come! No matter where you are presently in life, or what you might have experienced in the past, God is faithful and He has a better and greater future for you up ahead, you just need to step out in faith and claim what He has promised you!

The future is as bright as the promises of God!

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God’s word promises that “whoever sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully” (2 Cor. 9:6). We pray that He will bountifully bless you and help you reap “abundantly above all that you can ask or think” (Ephes. 3:20)! We love you.
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Just think, as we consider these last few days of 2011, we are not counting the years from the onset of a powerful nation or worldwide empire, or from man’s appearance on the earth, but from the birth of a “babe, wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger” (Lk. 2:12) in the town of Bethlehem, an event which marked the beginning of a new era for mankind!

The birth happened in a “Silent Night, a Holy Night …”, and was witnessed only by a few “shepherds abiding in the field and keeping watch over their flock by night” (Lk. 2:8)! Yet, in that silence of the night, “a multitude of the heavenly host was praising God, and saying: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will toward men” (Lk. 2:13).

Are you personally partaking, here on earth, of that peace and good will toward you?

This is what God offers you at Christmas! If you knew the depth of what that means, you would not be wasting precious time in shopping malls, but you would stop by to see Jesus and receive your personal gifts of “peace and good will”!

Click here and listen to this song …

In the Bible, the word “peace” means much more than a simple state of mind. It often has a broader meaning, like what people in the Middle East wish each other, when they greet with either a “Shalom”, or “Salaam”, depending on their language or religion. Shalom Aleichem (“Well-being be upon you“) is the Hebrew expression used to greet others, and is similar to the Arabic greeting: Assalamu Alaikum. The appropriate response to such a greeting is “Upon you be well-being” (Aleichem shalom), actually wishing others not only peace, but wellness, wholeness and prosperity!

It sums up the best benediction you can desire from God:

“The Lord bless you and keep you;
The Lord make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;
The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you shalom” (Numbers 6:24-26).

In other words, when the angels proclaimed “peace and good will toward men” that night, God’s favor and blessings were offered to man as a gift, through the birth of baby Jesus.

Jesus is God’s ultimate Christmas gift to us! It offers us the favor and blessings of God, starting with the restoration of our personal relationship Him and continuing with a blessed and “abundant life” (John 10:10), not only in the world to come, but even here on earth! As it was proclaimed: “On earth peace and good will toward men” (Lk. 2:13).

What a Christmas gift! And it’s ours, if we can receive it! As I wrote last year at this time, we just need to “Stop running and make room for Christ!”

As you move into this next week, preparing for your Christmas party, I want to encourage you to take time to meditate upon the meaning of the “peace and good will toward men” that was proclaimed by the angels on the hills of Bethlehem and is being offered to you. There might be much more in it for you, than all the Christmas shopping you can do!

The best Christmas gift you can ever receive is what Jesus is offering you here and now: peace and good will toward you! Just open you heart and receive it. Repeat after me:

Jesus, thank you for your Christmas gift. I open my heart to You and receive it by faith. Please forgive all my sins and fill my life with Your peace and good will. Amen.

Merry Christmas!

Renato and Patrizia Amato

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We want to thank all those of you who have been praying for us and supporting our ministry of Healing Broken Hearts! The Lord has answered your prayers and we have now found a beautiful house by Lake Garda, where we will be moving at the beginning of the upcoming New Year 2012. The house has extra room for visitors and for those of you who would like to visit us there. You are welcome! Please continue to pray for us, that we can now find there, as we have here, those open to receive God’s healing balm of love.

Remember that “God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister” (Heb. 6:10) to us with your prayers and support. If you would like to send a Christmas gift to support our ministry of Healing Broken Hearts, please click the Donate button on the right column of this site, or write to us so we can let you know how. Anything you give will be a seed that will reap great rewards and will be greatly appreciated. God bless you!

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No one can boast of tomorrow, because “you know not what a day may bring” (Prov. 27:1). Overnight, the economic situation can collapse and those who have “built their house on the sand” (Matt. 7:26) can suddenly see it being swept away by floods and winds that are able to hit even places considered secure. It’s not enough to hide behind closed doors and “trust in uncertain riches” that can vanish away! How much better to build our life on solid grounds and “lay up in store a good foundation against the time to come” (1 Tim. 6:17-19).

How do you interpret life? The Bible exhorts us to “look not at the things which are temporal, but at those that are long lasting” (2Cor 4:18), in order to “inherit substance and be filled with treasures“ (Prov. 8:21) and “fullness of joy along the path of life” (Psalm 16:11).

There are few treasures that can be taken away, when moving beyond human existence, and one of these is friendship. There’s an Italian saying, translated as: “Whoever finds a friend, he finds a treasure”. That might not be in the Bible, but it’s an absolute truth! Since we moved in this area (near Rome, Italy), after returning from our last foreign mission field in 1996, our life has been enriched with friends that have added real value to our existence.

During the past 15 years, hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of people have experienced with us the joy of being filled with God’s love, through His Son Jesus, and have become our dear friends. We have seen broken hearts being healed and lives being transformed, which in turn dedicated themselves to bring healing to others. The seeds planted have grown and multiplied, and now there are open homes and worship meetings scattered throughout the whole land, simply because from the beginning of our ministry we decided to obey the Lord and open our doors to those who were hungry and thirsty for truth …

It was a chain reaction! Within a few weeks we had a house full of young people who were hungry and thirsty for God’s Word, just as it’s written in Amos’ prophecy: “Behold, the days come, said the Lord, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord” (Amos 8:11).

As our living room, and then our garden, was filled with thirsty souls searching for an oasis in their desert, we became witnesses of miraculous changed lives! “They cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and He healed them, and delivered them from their destructions” (Psalm 107:19-20).

Among these, there were many who felt God’s call to follow our sample and dedicate their lives to share His love with others, so our place soon had no more space to house them all. It was then that we moved to a larger farm house, where a new community of hearts (the MELODY Mission) was birthed and today all those who ever lived there have become “light of the world” and “salt of the earth” (Matt. 5:13-14), scattered abroad to give flavor and value wherever they are. “The Spirit was poured on us from on high, and the wilderness became a fruitful field, and the fruitful field was counted for a forest” (Isaiah 32:15).

Now that these groups are able to grow and multiply on their own, the Lord has shown us that it’s time for us to leave this area and move to the northern part of Italy (600 km away), in order to be closer to my wife’s parents, who are in need our physical presence. “Honor your father and mother is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth” (Ephes. 6:2).

The decision has been taken and at the beginning of the coming New Year we will move to the north of Italy! It’s not easy for us, because of the deep ties that we have built over the years, but we know that true friendship will last forever. The physical distance will not separate us from our friends, because our souls are knit, just like the souls of David and Jonathan in the Bible (1 Sam. 18:1).

“Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it” (Song of Sal. 8:7).

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Please pray that we find the right house, with enough room to welcome those who need the love of the Lord, who “heals the brokenhearted” (Psalm 147:3) and “saves such as be of a contrite spirit” (Psalm 34:18). If you can also help us with a donation to start a new ministry of “Healing Broken Hearts” in that area, it will be a seed that will reap great rewards and will greatly be appreciated. Those wishing to help, please click the “Donate” button on the right column of this site, or write to us directly, so we can let you know how. God bless you!
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It all depends on what voice it’s paying attention to! Is it listening to selfish desires? Or is it listening to the voice of God’s wisdom, which is offered “to all man liberally” (James 1:5)? If your heart is filled with God’s Spirit and tuning to God’s voice, He will tell you what to do and where to go, and “you will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left” (Isa. 30:21).

Otherwise, the Bible reveals that: “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jer. 17:9). In fact, it says that in since the very beginning “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually, and it grieved him at his heart” (Gen. 6:5)!

That’s because in our heart is where we have our self-talk, where our inner conversation is constantly going on and where we debate in our selves the things that are happening to us each day and moment of our life! Things are always happening to us, whether good or bad, and we process all the emotions that these events cause in our heart by a personal debate within ourselves! If we are self-centered and think that the world owes us everything, we will often be disappointed by the events of life and will usually tend to nurture hate, resentment and bitterness in our heart, which can easily be transformed in horrible behavior and can really take us down a very troubled road in life!

Whereas, if our heart is turned towards God and we are truly seeking for His perspective and guidance in life, He is  able to speak to our inner being and tell us what to do or where to go, and we can certainly trust God’s voice in our heart! Not exactly the voice of our own heart, but the voice of the Holy Spirit who’s speaking to our inner being and “directing our path” (Prov.3:6) to fulfill our destiny!

Let’s be honest with ourselves! If we are only desirous of gratifying our own selves, can we really trust the thoughts and intents of our heart? What is our heart telling us? Is it telling us to love and forgive the person that has hurt us, or to pay him back in double measure? Is it telling us to prefer the other person and give them a chance to prosper and grow, or to take advantage of whatever opportunity we have to get ahead of them and to leave them behind?

It really depends on what are we sowing into our heart … seeds of love, or seeds of hate? Seeds of forgiveness, or of resentment?  Seeds of kindness, or seeds of covetousness? The Bible tells us that “whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7)!

What is the message that our heart is constantly hearing? What are we feeding it? Are we “hiding God’s Word in our heart, that we might not sin against Him” (Psalm 119:11)? Are we feeding on Gods’ Word and letting it be “the joy and rejoicing of our heart” (Jer. 16:16)? Or are we spending more time watching TV and letting whatever it broadcasts be sown into our heart? The competition is fierce as to what is getting our attention and what messages or seeds are landing into our heart! That’s why the Bibles exhorts us to “Keep our heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life” (Prov. 4:23)!

We must be careful about what is being sown and growing in the garden of our heart, because that’s the fruit that we are going to reap in our life! Jesus said: “Either make the tree good and its fruit will be good; or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit will be corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit … for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. (Matt. 12:33-35).

Can you really trust your heart? You can, if you’re having a regular intimate conversation with God in your heart and listening to what the Spirit is telling you! That’s why the Bible constantly reminds us: “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying …”
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If you are not sure whether you are listening to the right voice in your heart, or whether you can really trust what your heart has been telling you, contact me and I will be happy to be your mentor and take you through a 4 steps program on: “How to hear the voice of God!”
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“The Spirit of our Father which speaks in us (Matt. 10:20) awaits us each morning to give us strength for the day, through the Words From Jesus that He whispers into our hearts.

WFJ: “I love you, My child, and I want to talk with you! I woke you up early for this purpose! Never forget and underestimate the important lesson that I have taught you over the years, that “one thing is needful” (Luke 10:42) and that the most important job you have is to stop, look and listen to My whispers, or you are going to get run over by the cares of life, instead of you taking control of your life and running over them!

I want you to have control of your life, instead of being controlled by its cares and worries! Worries and cares you will always have plenty in life, but you can learn to be still and navigate through them in full faith, by firmly taking a hold of its helm and listening to My whispers to boldly face all the challenges and excitement of life! Life is meant to be exciting, not boring, for you!

Life is exciting, and it’s meant to be! Life was never meant to be “business as usual”, but every day should provide new challenges and excitement to keep you alive! Boredom and stagnation is spiritual death, but I made life to be alive, moving and growing  to experience the full joy of living it! Heaven is full of life, and what awaits you up here is also excitement and constant changes! Don’t buy into the commercial lie that “Heaven is boring, because you all get to do is sitting on a cloud and playing harp for eternity”! Although there are those who like to do that once in a while, to create new music and play a new tune, yet most of eternity is spent learning, growing and enjoying it with other citizens of My Kingdom. There are plenty of new worlds to explore up here and you will never get bored, believe Me!

This is why I made life on earth to also be exciting with constant change and challenges, ups and downs, hills and valleys to cross, as you move forward into your personal destiny! Don’t ever fear what awaits you, but face it head on with full faith and courage, knowing that I have made it to be a challenge, so that you would not get bored! As you face your future with faith and determination, you will see its picture unfold and reveal clearly the plans that I have for you, “plans of peace and not to harm you, to give hope and a future” (Jer. 29:11)!

Things are exciting for you up ahead, on the road that you are walking, but trust Me, “I will never leave you nor forsake you” (Heb. 13:5b), and I will make “all things work together for your good” (Rom. 8:28), for I know the plans that I have for you, and I’m holding your hand! Take a firm hold of it, for I’m here to walk hand in hand with you, and together we will face any odds, challenge any storm and will command peace to the elements in order to make the path straight and help you get to your destination!

Up ahead there are some exciting things awaiting you, things that might even be a bit scary if you tend to be apprehensive, but trust Me and take hold of My hand, because you are not alone, and together we will defy the odds and conquer the land that I have promised you! Soon you will see the fulfillment of all that I have promised you and you will know that this was not your imagination, but it was My vision that I planted in you.”
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More “Words from Jesus”: http://renatoamato.com/en/journaling/words-from-jesus/
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P.S.: We all need someone to walk with us along the path of life, someone who believes in us and will cheer us up when we fall and need the courage to start moving forward again! The voice of God’s Spirit who lives in us is the “Comforter” (John 14:16) and “Counselor” (Isa. 9:6) of our lives, but if you also need an earthly life coach who will be your cheerleader and walk with you for a distance on the road up ahead, please do not hesitate to contact us and find out how to join a “walk of life” with us.

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I’m the Author and Finisher of your faith and, without Me, you really don’t have the divine inspiration that you need to touch people’s lives with My Spirit of love! To have My Spirit and to live a Spirit-filled life, you need to spend enough time with Me in the morning, but to have that time with Me in the morning, you need to get some good rest at night, and to get that rest, you need to go to sleep early! When you are so tired that you can hardly think, that’s when you need to rest the most, but the enemy of mankind has invented things that keep them awake late at night, so that they don’t get the rest they need and are always nervous and uptight during the day! This comes from not having enough sleep at night …

You need a good balance in your life, not only to eat well and drink enough water during the day, but also to sleep well at night and have enough rest so you can get rid of all that your body and spirit don’t need from the things that you have absorbed during the day. Learn to discipline yourself and your life will be much more balanced. You will have more inspiration from spending time with Me in the early morning, and you will have more time for writing and helping people develop their faith and trust in Me.

“The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and life” (John 6:63), for they come straight from My Spirit and speak directly to your life. That’s what you need the most and foremost! That’s the “one thing needful, which shall not be taken away from you” (Luke 10:42).

There’s nothing more important for you that spending time with Me first thing in the morning, and I want to help you come back to your “first love”… I cannot bless your work unless it’s submitted to My first place of priority in your life, so If you want a successful life and want to prosper in all you do, you must put Me first and give Me first place in your life! I love you.

“In the morning, rising up a great while before day, Jesus went out into a solitary place, and there He prayed.” (Mark 1:35)

“I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.” (John 8:28 )

“You shall meditate on this book day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.” (Josh 1:8)

“His delight is in the word of the Lord; and in His word does he meditate day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.” (Psalm 1:2-3)
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The quality of life is more important than its length! If we were able to appreciate and enjoy every moment of life as the most important one we live, it would gain immeasurable value and a true significance that would fill our hearts with joy unspeakable! This is not a chimera, but a reality! Some of us know it, but unfortunately many have lost sight of it! They are too busy trying to fill up their lives with goods to be able to appreciate the good of life, and that’s why they feel “empty”, no matter how much they own!

Joy is a reality, and everyone can find! It is not far from us, but much closer than we think. Unfortunately we can only see what we are actually looking to, and often our eyes are turned elsewhere. It would be enough to turn our eyes to what really matters to make our life worthwhile and give it meaning! You don’t have to resign yourself to a life without value and a reason for being, but you can experience its full wealth and learn to appreciate every facet of it. You are here for a reason, and it’s your job to discover it and live it “to the full”!

What would it mean for you to experience the joy of living each day, knowing that you are here for a special purpose? There is a magnificent destiny that awaits you, a wonderful plan to discover and fulfill every day, but you have to make choices and take decisions! There is no reason to feel “victim” of circumstances, because we all have the ability to choose and to change our reality. It only depends on what we believe is possible!

“If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes“! This is not just another powerful sentence of a skillful motivational speaker of modern days, but a truth carved from thousands of years in what we recognize for good reasons as Holy Scriptures (Mark 9:23). These are words that for centuries have empowered the minds and hearts of those who desire to add true meaning to their existence! Whether or not you are certain of the divinity of Christ, the truth remains the truth, and there is no doubt that His words have given life and truth to some of the greatest men of history, and they continue to offer it to us today!

By stating that “all things are possible to him who believes“, Jesus offers us a life view of unlimited possibilities and reaffirms the principle of our “majesty of choice”!  We are each able to make choices that can change our life, but we first must believe that it’s possible! If we think that it’s not, then we will resign ourselves to live our life just as we have until now!

And you? Do you believe you can change your life for the better? Do you think you can build a better future? The past is past, and you cannot change it! But you can certainly change your future, by making wise choices that you will get you moving in the right direction!

Stop! Look! Listen to what your heart is telling you, and open yourself to life! Let the Spirit who created you, and put you here for a purpose, become part of you and open your eyes to the way to follow! If you do, you will find that the amazing place where you can find peace and joy in life every day, is not that far from you, you just need to look in the right direction!

It is a process of awareness and discovery of the true values of life! Once you are aware of the purpose for which you are in this world, you will have a clearer vision and healthy goals for your life, and you will wake up every day with excitement at the opportunities available! You will start walking the path where you will experience the joy of living each day!

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There is a beautiful song, entitled “The Impossible Dream” and made famous by a musical movie made in 1972, “Man of La Mancha”, which really impacted my youth. It depicted the incredible difference that a man, thought crazy by his relatives, made in the life of people who had stopped believing in themselves, because they had been trampled upon by others! They were totally transformed by his faith in them (See Video Clip at the end of this article).

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

I believe God placed within each one of us all we need to achieve our “impossible dream”! We were created to live out the full potential that is within us and give the best of ourselves in this life, but often people resign themselves and accept a life of mediocrity that is boring and getting nowhere, mainly “because of unbelief” (Matthew 13:58)! Do not let this happen to you! There is only one life that will soon be past! Only what’s done for Christ will last!

Are you giving the best of yourself?
Are you chasing the impossible dream?
Are you reaching for the unreachable star?
Or have you settled into a boring routine that is making your life sad and miserable?
God wants to fill your life with joy! Jesus said: “These things have I spoken to you, that your joy might be full” (John 15:11).

I don’t believe in the type of religion that teaches you that one has to suffer through this life, in order to rejoice in the afterlife, and that we can only hope to one day be happy in Heaven! I believe that God wants to fill our present lives with joy, if we can only receive it! Jesus said it repeatedly: “Ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be full” (John 16:24).

The dictionary definition of “Joy” is: Intense and exultant happiness, contentment, pleasure.

Therefore, joy is a victorious state of mind with which we can face life and overcome any and all obstacles we find in our path! We must simply believe it and, with faith, everything can be overcome! “All things are possible to him who believes” (Mark 9:23).

The problem is that some people think that, in order to live better and achieve your dreams, you have to be selfish and think only about yourself, but it’s not true! The Bible teaches that “what a man sows, that shall he also reap” (Gal. 6:7). “For with the same measure that you give, it shall also be given to you” (Luke 6:38).

We were not destined for an unhappy life, but as God’s children we have the right, that was granted to us by our Creator, to fully enjoy life! In the parable of the Good Shepherd, Jesus said: “The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy, but I have come that you may have life, and have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

The “thief” is the negative religious thought that tells you that you don’t deserve to be happy, that “you must pay for your sins, that you will never amount to anything because you are not worth it, therefore you must resign yourself to your fate and bear your own cross in life… “, but that’s not true! Jesus carried the cross and died for you, to set you free from sins and give you back the fullness of joy and living in the grace of God!

If you have been listening to destructive thoughts in your mind, feeling guilty for your past mistakes, recognize the voice of the “thief”, who has come to “steal, kill and destroy” your dreams by filling your mind with lies, and realize that Jesus came “that you may have life” and He wants you to “have it more abundantly” (John 10:10)!

Do not allow that “thief” to rob you of the joy of living, which is your right as a child of God, but “take the shield of faith, with which you can quench all fiery darts, and the sword of the Spirit” (Eph. 6:16-17) to silence those negative thoughts and claim God’s promises for you!

“I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says the Lord, “plans of peace and not of evil, to give you hope and a future” (Jeremiah 29:11).

The Lord is not a tyrant who plans evil for you, but He want to give you hope and a future in which your “impossible” dream can come true! Simply take it out of where you have hidden it, claim God’s promises and start building it! Your future is glorious as His promises!

“Delight yourself in the Lord: and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass. He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday” (Psalms 37:4-6).

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