Readings for today: 2 Samuel 2, Matthew 5 and Psalm 91.

June 17, 2024. Today after having a heavy time to wake up as it happens depending on the territory the Holy Spirit places in, as we learn in the Book of Enoch that can be downloaded as an app or a pdf. Read the Bible on 2 Samuel 2 which has been a reminder of how the Holy Spirit is always speaking to those who are willing to listen and live a surrendered life to the Lord, a reminder of the price that we pay as we answer the Great Commission for the souls, as we read in Matthew 5: ¹¹ “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Which we go thru depending on what the person is either has gone thru in their past, what they are possessed by or what kind of soil they are according to what we read in the different ways the Lord when HE was here as man as Jesus used and went thru as HE delivered people as we read in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Parable of the soils is also a great example of measuring where people are in their faith walk, as we read in Matthew 13. All over the Bible we see what people went thru for the souls. Nothing is about us or personal as we do the Great Commission, that is something we need to constantly be reminded of and the Holy Spirit always reminds me not to let my guard down and not to expect mercy, as that can only come from people who have had an encounter with the Holy Spirit or from the Lord, as everyone is being processed and is human until Jesus comes. Everything is spiritual. After reading the Bible and placing the day in the Lord’s hands I went down to ask the host of the room the Holy Spirit led me to be in the area and place HE was so specific for me to be to do the Great Commission, if I could use the backyard to record the study with the Book of Matthew for this page, she pointed me on how to get there and the study was done. There was a heavy sense in the air spiritually, but the study was done, then as my fast was ending I had a little bit of the salad left from a bag of salad that had been bought the other day. I had prayed to the Lord to please move someone as from Saturday till today the money that was sent as an offering was exactly what was needed to arrive here, to get a bag of plantain chips, a few bags of cut up apples and a bag of salad. The host had mentioned to feel free to eat as she cooked that she loved to feed and help people. There have been different reactions to the Good News of Jesus while given here in the house to either those who rent here or those who come in and out of the house, but the Holy Sprit reminds us that where ever HE places us we are to be ready to give the Good News of Jesus to everyone no matter their reactions, as the one who convinces is the Holy Spirt and that those who are meant to understand will understand. The immediate reaction of people to the Good News of Jesus where the Lord has us stay is not a reflection of the impact being made in the place or in the area. I was reminded of how in the beginning of being called to the homeless, gang members, drug dealers, in the jails and the shelters, there were men who came and insulted me and let it all out on me, and over time one by the ones who were meant to understand got baptized and after a long time some would call me to tell me how after the time they understood what the Lord had been trying to tell them thru me and that they had gotten baptized and we serving the Lord. In other places I have gotten to hear the testimony of how the Holy Spirit put everything in HIS order. I don’t always get to hear what happens but I trust that wherever the Holy Spirit sends what needs to happen happens. In some places is to also expose so that people can understand, or repent or what ever the Holy Spirit will do. Matthew 24:12-14 is a great reminder of the fact that the Lord is not coming back until everyone has heard the Gospel. Then I saw that there was a bit of pasta left from the day before and the bit of salad in the bag, I sent her a message to read a couple of scriptures that I had heard for her to read and if I could have the bit of pasta that was left and if I could make some coffee, she said yes. Then when I was eating she came up and expressed how in times before people had taken advantage of her and how she never asked for anything so no one would ask her for anything either. I sensed a internal battle and deep rooted pain, as the Holy Spirit lets us understand that nothing is about us, as a few days before she mentioned that she sensed the Lord had sent me here for a purpose and then this today. Also that she had had bad experiences with people who said they were believers and she saw how they took advantage of people and some of her. I sensed a deep sadness for her from the Holy Spirit in that moment, which I sense is one of the people of focus for the Lord sending me here, and started praying for her inside as I went to the nearby carwash I had heard to go to; where the men received the Good News of Jesus card being thankful, then I started walking and praying to the Lord to please send money for food and the needed items and a young woman sister in Christ, who had asked me for my information mentioned she sensed an urgency in sending me $78.78 cents, which came at the perfect time of the Lord. I thanked her for her obedience and the money served to get bread, cheese, disposable plates, a mug, napkins, turkey ham, mayo, two packs of salads, a couple of individual juices, and other needed items for the 2 days left here. I let the woman host know by an online message and apologized if I had done anything to make her feel bad and that I was sorry for what had happened to her before with the people that she mentioned took advantage of her hospitality. I sensed a deeper meaning to her reaction, as the Lord also uses us thru the Holy Spirit to expose things so there can be healing, but the Lord teaches us to humble ourselves and much more thru the Bible and do as the Holy Spirit leads, as HE knows how each action will speak to each person. I was reminded as I showered and surrendered the day and everything that had happened during the day of the many reactions people can have to the Holy Spirit as they either choose to or not to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior. We still have to be and do as the Holy Spirit leads no matter the reaction of people or what could happen to us, as HE always reminds that those who are meant to understand will understand and that our biggest blessing is that as we obey the Lord we will be part of the New Heaven and New earth as we read in Revelations 21: Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. ² And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. ³ And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place^[a] of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,^[b] and God himself will be with them as their God.^[c] 4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” ⁵ And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.” ⁶ And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment. ⁷ The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son. ⁸ But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”. That nothing is about us as even the aroma of the Holy Spirit bothers without us even having to say anything, or challenges, or convicts, or gives understanding, there is such a power and authority with carrying the anointing of the Holy Spirit, which we are reminder in the Bible too of the cost of following Jesus: According to the Bible, following Jesus can be costly and may require self-denial, sacrifice, and commitment. Our desires, wants and dreams have to be surrendered to the Lord and we have to pray that HIS kingdom comes and will is done as we give our lives to Jesus to be loved by the Lord and serve in the Great Commission, it is no longer us that have to live for Jesus to live in us. Some say that the cost of following Jesus can be physical, relational, or emotional: Emotional Some say that following Jesus may require renouncing all that one has, including possessions and emotional attachments. This may mean that one must choose to serve God instead of Mammon, and that they can no longer belong to the world.  Physical Some say that following Jesus may require dying, taking up a cross, or being willing to die an excruciating death. Relational Some say that following Jesus may require ending destructive relationships, requesting forgiveness from those who have wronged us, or letting go of pride. Jesus himself tells people to “count the cost” of following him, and that they must be willing to surrender their lives entirely to him. He says that the life he offers is not an easier one, but that it can be worth more than anything it may cost. Matthew 8:18-22 – 18 Now when Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to go over to the other side. 19 And a scribe came up and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.” 21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” 22 And Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead.” There are many things that we will experience as we do the Great Commission with the authority and leading of the Holy Spirit, but it is so worth it, as we are called to be seed planters and life savers for eternity, we called to be the sparkers of those who are meant to understand.

After receiving the money and dropping off the items bought; I took the bus to see about an account that has represented so much warfare and other things and on the way prayed to see whether that account should be used anymore with a woman the Holy Spirit connected who became a sister in Christ. While on the way there the Good News of Jesus was given out loud on the bus, with praying with the sister in Christ over the phone with after hanging up two women receiving the Good News of Jesus card, to then one of them stating that she needed me to be on that bus and asking for prayer, she cried, I dropped one of the headphones my daughter had been led to give me a while ago, but I had to get off the bus and thought in the midst of it all that it was the lady’s that was prayed for but it turns out it was one of the two wireless headphones I had. My daughter called me as I was going into the bank and we had a conversation about a few things and situations that are goin on at her end. I am always praying and crying out to the Lord for my daughter and that everything is done with HIS leading as now that she is 25 and I have to answer the Great Commission, that for HIM to please lead and guide our relationship. While walking to the bus prayed and asked to Lord for direction and heard to go in the bank, handed the Good News card to the customer service man and he stated he needed that message for what he was going to go thru this days, then proceeded to check the account to which I heard after today not to use that card anymore. Then as I left the bank the young man and I understood that it was for him the Holy Spirt had led me there. I left with clarity and went across the street to get new headphones and as I walked in the store I was led to give people the Good News of Jesus card, treating them with kindness, as it seems that the people in the town are going thru some spiritual depression and hopelessness, which is very sensed and that is why the Holy Spirit places us where HE places us. We are meant to be the light and the salt of the places where the Lord sends us for the Great Commission, we are heavily attacked that is why we need to remember Ephesians 6:10-18 and Matthew 5: ¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. There was a young lady that did not treat me very well in the store and I was led to tell her Jesus loves her and to give her the Good News of Jesus card to which she was so humbled and thankful for, then giving the Good News of Jesus card to the young man who helped with the selection of the headphones and while waiting for the bus two men received the Good News of Jesus cards in Spanish to which they were very thankful, then the bus driver received some encouraging words from the Holy Spirit in me, which I was also led to share the Good News of Jesus out loud on the bus and before getting off giving the fish chain as a reminder of who we are in the Lord, that we are fishermen of men and women, as she also stated she is a believer. Matthew 4:19 And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

There are days and territories that are more felt than others, as the Lord in the Bible reminds us that we will feel what HE feels, and that is why we need to keep our eyes on Jesus, the Holy Spirit that lives in us asking that HIS kingdom come, HIS will to be done in us and thru us, to be filled everyday with the Holy Spirit’s fruits and gifts, that we read the Bible everyday, that we worship, that is less of us more of HIM as we read in John 3:30, that we are able to discern HIS voice from our flesh’s voice and or the enemy. John 10:27-28: ²⁷ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. I am in the area in New Jersey where the Holy Spirit has me for what it sounds like two more days, as I am already hearing the next place.
Praying as always for those who are meant to understand to understand and for those who have been asked to be of monetary support either by me or the Holy Spirit to answer as the Lord always makes a way for HIS Great Commission to be done. Thankful to those who are praying and also for those who have answered the ask and or the prompting of the Holy Spirit to send an offering all for the souls to receive healing, restoration, purpose, eternal life, gifts, fruits and become part of the Great Commission: Matthew 28:¹⁶ Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. ¹⁷ And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. ¹⁸ And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. ¹⁹ Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in^[a] the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

I have been led to share testimonies in this blog/podcast page of teachings and testimonies by the Holy Spirit. He knows why and what each person needs to hear, listen, and or do. I don’t know who or how many people the Lord will move for the rest of the nights, transportation, food, and other needs moving forward; it would be a blessing to many if it could be you. For However the Lord leads to be of support to this Great Commission, contact me through email: Lourdeskdelacruz@gmail.com, CashApp: Lourdes Delacruz: $Lourdeskdelacruz, Zelle: Lourdes K Delacruz, Lourdeskdelacruz@gmail.com, Revolut:@lourdeh0t5, for Western Union email me to get full name, for monetary support, with how much the Lord leads, for this Great Commission.

Jesus wants you to know that HE LOVES YOU. He wants a relationship with you. Our sins separate us from God when we break his commandments. But if we repent and accept Jesus as our God and Savior, there is forgiveness, healing, restoration, purpose, eternal life, and much more. Talk to Him.🙏He wants to hear from you. 🖤 We are born to be loved by the Lord, to worship HIM, and to obey HIM through HIS Great Commission.

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