I heard The Lord say to me  -

                                             "Pleasures beyond measure"

My spirit began to leap within me! I began to rejoice.  I immediately thought of Psalm 16:11  - (i could hear Marty Goetz singing "at Thy right hand are pleasures  - pleasures forevermore") Oh what a simple truth that my heart is so needy of  - "in Thy presence is fulness of joy". The more of Him i know (and the less of me), the more joyful i become. His presence is everything to me  - it's the difference between (eternal) life or death. Corporately too  - it makes all the difference between whether a fellowship lives or dies. I want to rejoice in, and take more pleasure in, His presence, than i do in sin. O Lord,  I want to "be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Your House" - I want to drink deep of the river of Thy pleasures. I believe the Holy Spirit is "The river of Your pleasures"  - I believe you quench my thirst and satisfy my soul and another i will not follow. In Your light shall we see light  - in man's light is darkness. 

 More - "Throne Room perspective" -

This verse will epitomize every Throne Room gathering   - "AND JESUS CAME AND SPOKE UNTO THEM" Hallelujah!

   We don't want even a single meeting to go by without hearing The Lord speak to us. We are never to force the issue  - we are never to turn His voice into a format or formula  - we aren't ever to feel as if we haven't "had church" unless he speaks to us  - we are, however,  to eagerly anticipate His wonderful voice, His words, recording each one. Our faith comes by hearing the Word of God  - we must never quench the Spirit, nor despise prophecyings. We should seek to avoid having one or two people do all the prophecying.  For some it comes easily,  quite naturally,  the anointing to do it is obvious.  For others, it's a struggle, nevertheless, we want all to become adept at prophecying by reason of use. No one, not one single believer, is exempt from hearing His voice  - from the impartation of the Holy Spirit within them. All can  - and all will, prophecy in our gatherings,  because He, not man, wills it. 

 Your words, God, are as

   kisses upon my heart

Your words of comfort 

   are as darts

That pierce my armor of despair 

For Your words, Lord, reveal that You care

You speak so tenderly 

    so gently,  so sweetly  -

all my fears flee

when I hear and I see

just how much You love me.

Like a lover whose only goal

  is to be with the One

who satisfies their soul

This too is my one desire 

to draw near to You

The One I most admire

Hold me close and do not let go

for it's You I need and You alone

 The following was written in 2018. I quit watching TV back in 2006, but happened to be back in the States visiting relatives, who watch TV incessantly,  so i couldn't help but watch some......

Sat watching some TV last night  - with commercial after endless commercial.  We're constantly bombarded with one Ad after another  - we're urged to buy this, buy that and the thought occured to me  -

In Babylon there will always be one more thing to spend our money on  - one more new product,  new invention  -  or "new and improved" old product  - anything to get us to keep earning money and spending it, earning and spending   - it becomes the rhythm of our lives. Each new year brings with it a newer model car or phone  - always better than the last  - hey, got to keep up with the Jones's! 

It starts when we're children.  Got to have the latest toy, the newest craze! Johnny's got one! I want one too! We quickly become segregated into the world of "haves" and "have nots". It gets worse as teenagers   - when fashion is everything.  Got to have the latest model sneakers, or Jeans, or whatever all the other hip, cool kids are into. The point is  - it's never enough.  There's always a bigger house to buy, a better car or shoe or phone or gadget. As Christians we don't need to buy into it (pun intended). We need to " Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand".

What are Churches most known for by the lost in Babylon? Greed and excess  - lust for more  - money, buildings, etc.  - the exact opposite of Phil: 4:5  - but notice, when Paul says we should be known by our modesty  - our "moderation" (the avoidance of excess) he immediately points out  - "The Lord is at hand" - in other words, unlike the world, who are consumed with greed and lust, who constantly indulge the whims of the flesh  - we have the Lord with us  - so we don't need to spend our lives pursuing material things  - clothing, or even food and drink because He knows we have need of them and He's at hand  - He's right here with us, aware of every need, and providing them, so we are free to spend our lives pursuing Him! And souls, Amen! After all, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither" - you can't take it with you!  Only your soul  - and the souls you've won for Christ, can you take to heaven with you. 

This constant pursuit of products is madness  - it's a blight upon our Christianity if we go along with it  - it's an unworthy pursuit to focus our lives on. "LAY NOT UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES UPON EARTH....BUT LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN  - FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS  - THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO". 

Ask yourself   - what is it you treasure? What do you value? Do you spend an inordinate amount of time with your personal possessions? Do you spend more time with them than you do with The Lord? Waxing your car, repairing your house, watching your TV? If the only time you spend with the Lord is a few hours on Sundays  - He isn't what you most value  - that's for sure. If all you do is give Him lip service once or twice a week  - the Song of Solomon means nothing to you  - in fact, you haven't read it for years, if ever. 

"SEEK THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE"  - He is above. "SET YOUR AFFECTION ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS ON THE EARTH". He is above...now in your earth below.

 If people believe a deception to be truth  - then the truth won't affect them at all, in fact, they will believe the truth to be the deception.  Only by humbling themselves and submitting fully to the Holy Spirit can they become free of their deception.  Jesus said

"You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free"

He did not say  "you shall learn the truth" or "you shall understand the truth", he said "know" as in "Adam knew his wife", as in "depart from me  - I never knew you" - for the Truth is a person  - the person who is Jesus the Christ.  Contained in Jesus  - The Truth  - is all the knowledge and wisdom we will ever need on this earth  - but knowledge does not, in and of itself, set us free, it is Jesus himself  who frees us, by His Spirit, for it is by his Spirit that we come to know Him.