make haste my beloved

CONTENTS
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Secret of the Universe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
The Prophet’s Tongue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Inner Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Passport to Delight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Heaven Is Your Portion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Come First to Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
The Hour of Destiny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Abiding Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Endurance and Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The Heavenly Quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Point of Reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Patience Waits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Nothing Shall Separate Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
The Kingdom of Light. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
The Golden Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Make a New Commitment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mercy and Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Searcher and the Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Move in Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Holy Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Obedience, the Fabric of Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Relate to Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Life of Discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Prepare! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Resurrection Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
A Rain of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
To Feel Need Is to Receive Grace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
I Will Share with You My Secrets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Light of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Called to Praise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
The Glory of Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Penitence Restores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Single Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Deliver Us from Evil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Kingdom Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heritage of the Godly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The Labor That Wearies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
The Spirit’s Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Christ Requires Obedience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Finding the Constant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
The Ultimate Cure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Journey in the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reflect My Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Cultivate Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
The Robe of Humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Quietness of Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Patience Is Born of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
I Require Faithfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Preparation and Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Grace Is My Smile of Compassion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Cheerfulness Brings Sunshine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
The Fear of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
I Am Your Strong Tower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Deliverance Has Come. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Courage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Patience Knows No Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Arm Yourselves with the Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Heirs of His Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
The Echo of God’s Heartbeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
He Refreshes My Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Veiled in Flesh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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THE SECRET of the UNIVERSE
Tell Me, My child, your deepest longings, and in all
your searching, come to Me. I am always found of them
who seek and ready to help the soul in need. It is your
need that draws Me to your aid. You feel a need and cannot
identify it. I know that in My presence it will be dissolved,
because I know it is My love for which you yearn.
“In My presence is fulness of joy”; therefore I know that
as you drink of the fresh waters of My Spirit you shall be
refreshed.
I do not tell you a new thing. I only say again what I
have said so many times before: Come unto Me. You shall
find rest for your soul, relief from your burdens, and quietness
of spirit.
There is no turmoil in the soul that rests in My bosom.
There is turmoil in the world, but you are not of the world,
My little one. You belong to Me. You are Mine, and I have
called you apart into a walk of faith, of holiness, of communion
with Me. Never go back to the beggarly elements
in quest of comfort. Your spirit knows the Fountain of
Life. Your heart knows but one love. . .the love of Christ;
and from that one love comes the grace to embrace all
creatures with understanding and compassion.
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It is in the act of worship the soul is sanctified. “Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and Him only
shalt thou serve.” To love and worship any other is the path
of destruction. I will keep you from false worship as you
give yourself to Me in submission to Truth. Truth is
revealed in My Word. Make it your daily meat and drink.
Bind it to the doorposts of your mind. Store it in your
heart.Write it upon your walls. Speak it to your children.
Pursue Truth, and forsake it not. It is My life poured out
for you through the eternal revelation of the Holy Scriptures.
It is infallible. It has power to bind evil and to
release good. It is the storehouse of wisdom and the
source of life. It is the secret of the universe, and you shall
not add to nor take from.
Through My Word I have shared with you the fullness
of My life. As My Spirit breathes upon its truths, you shall
discover riches and depths beyond your present understanding.
Look not elsewhere for added revelation. Truth is
revealed not according to content but according to receptivity.
Suddenly a truth becomes real to you. The truth is
not new: Its revelation to you is new. My Word is ever, and
will continue to be, the unfailing source of spiritual life and
understanding. Man in his pride seeks elsewhere for
knowledge, looking to other men for enlightenment. He
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drinks from other cups when he ought to come to the
fountain. He looks to the creature when he ought to worship
the Creator.
You know, My child, the source of all your good. Seek
Me with your whole heart. I will bless and reward in ways
beyond your expectation.
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THE PROPHET’S TONGUE
No prophet of Mine is worthy of the name who brings
reproach upon Zion by a careless tongue. He who speaks
My words at any time must guard his lips at ALL times. He
is an unworthy mouthpiece who delivers My message in
one breath and denies Me in a selfish moment by words
that offend My Spirit.
“Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt”
(Colossians 4:6).
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INNER RESOURCES
Never allow circumstances to frighten you, My child.
You are not defeated by outer circumstances, but by inner
weakness.Whenever you are challenged, look not at the
magnitude of the problem, but examine your inner
resources. Out of the abundance of My Spirit within you
shall come the necessary strength to meet the demand;
nothing shall confront you that is greater than My grace.
It is easy to walk in the Spirit, because to do so implies
the flow of My life through your heart, your mind, your
actions, and your speech. It is the life of Christ made manifest.
It is the new creature displacing the old. It is the
kingdom of God evidenced where once reigned the kingdom
of self. It is love supplanting hatred, and righteousness
triumphing over evil. It is hope, joy, and peace. It is
kindness, tolerance, and understanding.
To move in love is to move in power, and the deeper the
love, the more effective its action upon the total personality.
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PASSPORT to DELIGHT
Out of joy comes health and strength; for the life of
the Spirit is sustained within the human heart by faith, and
faith is an inseparable companion to joy. It is joy that lifts
the soul above the clouds of affliction into the sunshine of
God’s abiding love. It is joy that turns despair to confidence
and sweetens the bitter waters of sorrow.
To rejoice is to cease to doubt. The joyous spirit is in
harmony with the heart of God who knows no discouragement
nor countenances evil. Joy does not see the darkness
of the night but the brilliance of the stars. Better a cup full
of joy than a vault filled with riches. All the wealth of the
world cannot buy joy, and all the powers of hell cannot
take it from the one who has made it his possession.
And how is it to be possessed? It is by the abandonment
of selfish demands and the acceptance of the Father’s
will. It is by forming the daily habit of seeking to please
Him in all things. . .not as a burdensome duty, but as an
outer expression of an inner love. It is the heart of the cross
fulfilled in human experience. Stated in most simple terms,
it is to love God; for no man who loves Him can long be
sad. He is a fountain of joy. He is the epitome of consolation.
“Come unto Me, all who struggle and strive, for I will
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be your comfort.” (“Come unto me, all ye who labour and are
heavy laden and I will give you rest.”) To rest is to rejoice,
and to rejoice is to be at rest.
He who does not know how to rest and rejoice, let him
employ his leisure thoughts in blessing all who come to
mind, and in so doing, he shall find blessings showered
upon his own head, and he shall rejoice because his cup is
filled. Never pray only that God will fill your own cup:
Pray rather that He will fill the cup of another, for it is
written that he who gives shall also receive. It is one of the
inescapable laws of the Spirit. It is the passport to delight.
“Delight thyself in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of
thine heart.” Can one be sad who has received from the
Father the desires of his heart (Psalm 37:4)?
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HEAVEN IS YOUR PORTION
You are faltering on the threshold of understanding,
My child. Only the courageous discover My riches.
Faintheart will content himself with what his eye beholds.
The Spirit in you is wiser and will gladly fling aside all
material blessings to lay hold on eternal life. The Spirit is
not enticed by the glitter of gold nor tempted to desert
heavenly vision in favor of temporal blessings.
It is My love that will reveal to you the path of true
life. Your own heart will look for outer comfort. The only
true comfort, My child, is the comfort of My Spirit, and I
am within you, ministering continually in behalf of your
eternal spirit, as the priest who stood daily in the temple
offering prayers and sacrifices. This I am doing for you.
The greatest joy you can know is yours as your own spirit
joins with My Spirit in this holy worship. You may be in a
cathedral or in a tent. . .alone or in the company of others:
My Spirit continues to worship within the temple of your
heart.
The moment you join Me in true, conscious worship,
you experience joy and release. You are blessed and refreshed.
All that salvation brings you is activated in that
moment. Prayer is answered, sin is forgiven, fear is banished,
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peace is restored, and the soul is at rest with its own self and
with its Maker.
Yes, heaven is your portion as you WORSHIP!
COME FIRST to ME
You are disobedient, My child, when you listen first to
others and then come to Me for a confirmation. I am your
Source, and you ought never to look to others until AFTER
you have come to Me.
My will brings peace, because My Spirit in you desires
always to please Me. Being rightly related to Me is your
safeguard. If in all things your foremost desire is to please
Me, I will not let you fail.
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THE HOUR of DESTINY
O My people, draw near to Me and I will speak to your
hearts, and you shall know that it is My voice for I shall
confirm My word. He who searches for My truth shall be
taught of the Lord, and he shall know that the vessel used
is chosen and prepared by Me and does not speak of himself,
but every word that I shall give him, THAT shall He
speak.
I call you again this day, My people, to come to the
well and DRINK, and come to My Word and partake. Let
the hunger of your soul be nourished by the one source of
life which alone can satisfy. No human voice can answer
the cry of the soul. My Spirit alone can heal the broken
heart and revive the languishing. In mercy I minister. In
compassion I deal with your sins. “Return unto the Lord,” it
is written, “and He shall have mercy and abundantly pardon.”
I shall have a people purged and prepared for these latter
days. My purposes SHALL be fulfilled. MY Church shall
stand, and truly, the gates of hell shall NOT prevail against
its witness in the world. I shall preserve the faithful remnant,
and they shall walk with Me in white.
You shall lay aside your own petty personal plans and
selfish desires as you grasp the magnitude of the challenge
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of THIS HOUR. Many are still sleeping who should be
AWAKE. Many still toy with trivialities. I plead with you,
My people, to seek Me with intensity and with a broken,
teachable spirit. I am not asking for your help but for your
consecration. I need trumpets through which to sound, vessels
through which to flow, hearts through which to love,
and lips to honor My Name.
Rise up, quit you like men; be strong. Lo, the battle is
in array. The enemy takes no rest.Wherever he perceives a
point of weakness, your hope of victory is small. I am your
strength and your only sure defense. See that you walk in
the Spirit. Only then is victory ensured.
Compare not your walk with others. You judge falsely
and unwisely. Falsely, because you see not the whole situation,
and unwisely because I judge each man individually.
Judge your own heart and examine your own way.
Condemn not another for his imperfection, but cry unto
Me that I may forgive your own iniquity and take away
your sin. Make straight paths, and let Me prepare through
the desert a highway of holiness and a path of peace.
Lo, the world is both at once on the precipice of
destruction and on the brink of revival. It is on the verge of
being both consumed by the fires of purification and
restored to Edenic perfection. Know the day in which you
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live, O My people. Listen intently to My voice, for how
shall you obey except you know My will and how shall you
run except you be sent?
Lay aside the levity that robs the soul of its vitality. Put
away the clamour of self-seeking that closes your ear to My
voice. Let the zeal of the Lord consume self-pity and the
fires of My holiness consume your sins.
Lo, you have not many days to ready your soul. THIS is
the hour of your own spiritual destiny, and every present
action is laying up in store for you either eternal reward or
eternal poverty. He who has been faithful in little shall be
entrusted with much, and he who rules well over his own
city shall be given authority over ten. I shall not create in
that day leaders in the kingdom. I am preparing them even
now from those few who choose to lay aside the weights of
carnal pursuits and cast themselves headlong into full dedication
to My will.
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THE ABIDING PRESENCE
“No good thing will he withhold from them who walk uprightly”
(Psalm 84:11). My presence within you is your richest
treasure. It is one that moth and rust cannot destroy, nor
thieves break through and steal. It will become dearer to
you as you relinquish outer joys. Your inner joy is as a plant
that unnurtured fades. Your inner joy is nurtured by your
awareness of and gratitude for My abiding presence. Be
not allured by the fascinations of the world. They are but
to perish. They are transitory. Even those which are not
evil are still of no benefit to your spirit.
It is the Word of God and the Spirit of God that feed
the soul of a man. It is his inner worship and outer witness
that strengthen him in faith. To fail to worship is to
become a perpetual disappointment to the heart of Christ.
It is to ignore the sacrifice of Calvary. It is to live and die
ungrateful for His mercy and love.Worship is the only
appropriate gift sinful man can give to a holy God. It is the
only fitting expression of the ransomed soul. Nothing can
bring greater satisfaction to the heart of God except to
teach another soul to do likewise.
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ENDURANCE and LOVE
Endurance is native to those who love, for to truly love
is to continue to love under all circumstances. Man’s natural
love is often an exchange, a mutual giving and receiving;
but God’s true holy love will give when there is no
exchange, because it does not require reward and is not
motivated by gifts.
Love gives because it is its nature to give and so is
not a respecter of persons nor conditions. “A friend loveth
at all times,” and because he does, he endures. He endures
hardship, pain, privation, poverty, weariness, misunderstanding,
and sacrifice of personal wishes and needs. He
endures. He continues to give and continues to love
giving, and in so doing he is preserved in the day of
adversity.
He is preserved from doubts, fears, and questionings. He
is protected against discouragement. He is strengthened in
weakness and sustained in trouble. He is invincible. And love
is his sustaining force. He endures, for he sees Him who is
invisible. . .Him who is the epitome of love, and so he is at
one with the Creator and receives a continuing creative
power which is the secret of his endurance. To be one with
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the source is to have an unfailing supply.
So bear cheerfully each day’s burden, for it is given to
purify the soul. In every trial there burns the Refiner’s fire.
THE HEAVENLY QUEST
Many heartaches come to those who follow Me. Some
are common to all men; others are the direct result of simply
being a disciple of one who Himself was called “a man
of sorrows, and acquainted with grief ” (Isaiah 53:3). He who
is obedient to Me will experience a similar kind of suffering.
It is the suffering of spiritual sacrifice. It is not selfsacrifice,
for it is not a giving of self, per se. It is a new and
more stringent kind of dedication—it is the heavenly quest
for total abandonment to the will of God.