Received September 28th 2009

Be still and know that I am God. 
Be still and hear My voice.
Quiet yourself and listen to the command I have given you.
Love.
Without thought, without question,
For I am Love.
Yes, I am Love, and I long for My people to turn themselves towards My Love for them, to turn the affections of thier hearts back towards Me.
Turn back to Me, my children.
Renew in your hearts the Love that you first knew when you found Me.
That Love, that flame of holy fire that even now still smolders within you.
Turn back to Me and watch as I set you ablaze once more.
Watch as I rekindle My holy fire within you yet again and send you forth to the nations with the command that I have given you...
Love.
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Edit: Its really kind of funny... I recieved this word the other day, and it really blessed me... After all, this was my year, right? This was the year that God was going to send me my wife. Then I started looking at it beyond that. Then at the motivational seminar I went to, several of the speakers talked about just loving people because they were people. Today, it was really laid clear. God told me at the beginning of the year that He would never remove His mantle of love from my life if I would never stop worshiping Him. Somehow or another I got out of that the idea that he was sending me my wife. I'm not saying He isn't, but I realized today that He didn't mean that by it. He told me this year that I would know love... Not that I would find the love of my life. As I looked back over the year, I realized, more than ever before, I have known love. Through a deeper relationship with Him, through my every day relationships, I have truly been blessed to really know and understand what love is. And I'm cool with that. It blows me away to know that He has chosen me to place this gift of not just love itself, but the knowledge of love itself. Am I saying that I'm giving up up hope, no, not ever... I'm still waiting for her, just staying focused on Him, because it's only when He says it's time that it will be right. Anything that I do without Him is all vanity. It really is all about Him, and when you see that, and see Him for who He is, then you'll see and truly understand that He is love, and you will know love. Not just know about love or know how to love, but you will have a deep and intimate realtionship with the very one who created love in and through Himself, and on that foundation, there is nothing in this life that can shake you.

God Bless,
Eric

In His Presence

So normally I don't post these to Facebook, but the Lord really dealt with me about reaching out to people I don't usually reach for and about overcoming my fear of others. Today, I spent nearly the entire day soaking in His presence. Its the first time in quite a while that I've just rested in Him and let Him lead and direct me. Throughout the course of the day, He spoke directly to me twice. The first item below was something He placed in my heart between worship times today. The second one He spoke to me as I was worshipping, between every line of the song I was singing, He spoke a line of it to me.

1)

In the sweetness of Your presence
I will call upon Your Name
Father God in the highest
Your love will never change
Before birth You knew me
Before conception You planned
The destiny that lies ahead of me
If I hold fast to Your Hand
So Daddy God I ask of You
Show to me Your ways
That in Your presence I might dwell
And bring glory to Your Name.
(c) August 31, 2009
Eric C. Henry

2)
He is coming to raise up a new generation
A people that is holy and unashamed of Him
A mighty army, laid down in love for their Saviour
A people that will carry His Glory
A people that will not back down
Are you this generation?
Are you this army?
Rise and take your place
Rise and walk in His power
Declare His majesty throughout the earth
Be the people He has called you to be
Do not be afraid
He is with you always
His word is true
He will never leave you
Will you answer His call?
Again I say, arise, and stand tall
(c) August 31, 2009
Eric C. Henry