A Letter from Jesus: This is who I AM

My heart is kind and my love for you is everlasting. If ever you had to remember two things, those would be the two of my suburb choosing. Your salvation has been rooted deep within my heart. Your purpose has been channelled among the depths of my grace.

For every need that you find…for every need that you withhold…know that I AM. My answer to all of your conquests; I AM. My response to all of your unanswered prayers; I AM. 

I AM…

Your ever present Help in your greatest time of need…

Your strength that rises above when you feel too weak to move forward…

Your heartbeat when your very heart seems to be broken…

The resurrection blood flowing deep within your veins….

The only One who intricately knows you. Inside and out…

The laugh that continuously flows in the faces of your foes…

The Everlasting light to which will guide you through the darkness…

Your closest, most greatest friend. Your trusted confidant… 

The breath that has given you life, over and over and over again…

The Word to which you have based your life upon…

Your Foundation. Your sturdy ground to which you stand thereon…

Your ever confident Provider. I see your needs and I exceed them…

Your first love. I’ve loved you the greatest, I’ve loved you passionately, I’ve loved you first…

Enthralled by your ever-radiant beauty. You overwhelm me with love.

Jesus. Your reflection, your righteousness, your purpose. 

I AM your Eternity.

If I were to explain to you the conquering depths of who I truly AM, your time could not hold an ounce of reflection as to how long it would truly take to reveal. How could love be explained so simply, so precisely? It’s more than a feeling. It’s more than a simple emotion. So many of my children cast the word, “love” around as if it were an adjective in the english language to describe the value of something. Oh but how much MORE is my love than this word being used so loosely! Who knows of a love that would hurl your body to a broken wooden tree so that every ounce of your being could profess the vastness of your affection? Who knows of a love that would move it’s Creator from His rightful place on His throne, to come down and walk among the created? Who could wildly explain the countless thoughts of adoration and value that I deeply feel by just seeing a glance of your beautiful face?

Do you know the way you move me? Could you understand how severely prominent I am with every detail of your extravagant life? Could you possibly surrender your earthly mindset for a moment in time, to grasp the deep compassion I have for your heart as it beats to the sound of mine? My child, limitless are my feelings towards you! Perfect are all of my plans that have been designed with you in mind. Not a moment has been lost or disregarded. Not one motion that you have made as been overlooked. You have my full attention. My beloved, you always have.

To better understand my love for you, you must not curse the process I have placed you in. To better understand my passion for you, you must look past the broken pieces. For I tell you as truth my child, my intercession for you has never stopped. It has never ceased a day since you came upon the earth. All of Heaven is shifting at this very moment when you direct your gaze to my throne room. Surely all of Heaven awaits as you pray your heart’s desires to the Father. We lean in closely not to hear you more precisely, but to take a look deeper into your heart. For the heart tells all things, my beloved. Although the brokenness seems to be a point of pure transgression, I want to invite you to trust me a little deeper. I am working all things to strengthen you for the next season of your life. You need to be strong my Beloved. You need to be reliant only on me and never look to another to provide you with the strength to continue on to what I have placed before you. For surely I tell you as truth, my love rages wildly over you. I would fight one thousand legions to bestow your heart and conjoin it unto mine. For I know no other love than this. My beloved, this is who I AM. This is who I always will be. Keep your mind rested on the truth that I will never change. What I say now, is what I will continue to say for the rest of eternity. 

Place your hand into mine. Look closely at the scars that still remain. These scars are not to remind you of pain…these scars are to remind you that all things done in the accordance of my will, have a purpose. These scars upon my hands prove that everything that is of Me, is eternal. These scars will not fade, and neither will my love for you. Take joy in me, my beloved. Take joy and know that I AM your true salvation. I AM your hope. I AM your peace. I AM the Lover of your very soul. Take joy my beloved…take joy.

Amy Basel

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In Love and In Waiting: The Prayer of a Single Woman

Out of all the distractions in this world, Lord I want to be distracted by You.

Out of all the things I could gaze upon, I love to gaze upon You who makes me new.

Out of all the men I have ever seen, Lord You’re the only One that my soul will forever need. 

For who could possibly win my heart? Who could ever compare?

Only You hold a position at the center of my life that no one shall ever share.

Yes, my desire is that I shall be captivated by a man who walks in Truth…

but Lord I declare, I would rather be alone than to have someone who doesn’t look like You.

I feel the moment is coming, the day when all will be revealed.

All of the promises You spoke to my heart of the man whose identity You have concealed.

I pray, Lord continue to mold me. Turn me into the woman You’ve called me to be.

Make me a wife who will one day add to his life, abundantly past what his eyes can see.

The cry of my heart is to love him; to honor, to cherish, and to submit.

But I refuse to settle, so in faith I will wait for the one who You should see fit.

Your faithfulness has taken me over, You’ve counted me worthy to walk in Your peace.

There’s no need to worry, in Your patience I wait, for Your blessing to soon be released.

And as I sit in the silence, Your presence reminds my heart that I’ll never be alone.

No matter how long I wait, I stand here in faith, lavished in love that You’ve already shown.

So it is here that I rest at Your feet. For abiding in You I have grown to see…

I have all that I want, and all that I need in this life because Christ lives in me.

Amy Basel

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When Your Present Circumstances Contradict God’s Promises

Looking back on the major victories in my life, I never realized they were actually true victories until some time had passed. In the center of what seems like apparent defeat, God’s most profound victories arise. This leads me to the cross…

To many, the Cross at Calvary looked like the ultimate defeat. Crucifixion was the humiliating end to a life cursed by iniquity and sin. Jesus, however, had an eternity mindset. He knew that no Word from God would ever fail, because He was the Word from God that would never fail. He was the promise that would soon be proven as true. He was the blueprint to God’s ultimate redemption plan.

In the natural, however, death resembles the absence of life. It resembles a determined end to what once had a purpose. What we fail to see though, is that the purpose never dies although the circumstances try to convince us otherwise. Jesus’ body was broken and defeated, but the purpose still remained. God was still bringing to fruition what He had destined from creation. For no Word from God shall ever fail.

Waiting is an integral part of victory. The time inbetween His death on the cross and resurrection from the tomb is left without many words to describe. A detailed description of what transpired during those three days has seemingly been left out. Why? Hungry hearts and longing minds want to know what happened in the waiting. Yet all we know is the keys were obtained and satan’s future had been sealed. Victory was ours before we actually knew…before He could even return to tell us.

Think about that for a moment…

What victory is already in your possession that you have not realized yet?

Today I want to encourage you to obtain a Kingdom mindset. To look past your present circumstances, and instead keep your vision focused on what God has already promised. Victories rarely ever look like victories when they are won after a battle. Time and patience are the perfect breeding ground for a testimony that will rightfully glorify God. When you feel tempted to wallow in discouragement and self-defeat, set your eyes upon Jesus. His death appeared to be the end because the purpose was yet to be revealed. The stepping stone to God’s promise will always contradict what the end result will soon bring. The natural will always counterattack the supernatural, but with the Holy Spirit ruling and reigning inside of you, victory is already yours. The battle was fought, the keys were taken, authority has been placed back into your hands.

Do not be intimidated by what your present circumstances are revealing. For what God has purposed and promised in your life, shall come to pass. Set your sights upon the horizon, He is ready to reveal the victory that you have already won.

Luke 1:37 - For no Word from God will ever fail.

Amy Basel

A Letter from the Father - Turn the Page

Turn the page. It’s time to turn the page to reveal what comes next in this story. I have kept you here, studying each word perfectly. You have examined each sentence; you have sought out each meaning. You see, I have given you a moment in time to which you were made to stand still. Even the resting itself is a test of true faith. The blinders were put on to help you focus, but now through the strengthening of maturity, the blinders have been cleared away. Your single-focused vision has been set upon me, and this is what I find pleasing.

 Now allow me to ask you a series of questions. Keep in mind that I am not looking for the answer, but merely earnestly showing you the Truth. When I ask a question, I ask for your benefit. When I ask a question, I am revealing who you are.

•  To whom do you belong?
• Who has the final say over your life?
• Who has possession over your heart?
• Who has adopted you into a life of righteousness?
• To whom do you serve?
• Who has shown you love and taught you with that love?
• Who saved you, healed you, and sealed you with the Holy Spirit?

 Do you see a pattern in my questions, beloved? Has your answer to these series of questions resounded as “man”? I should say not! I am the answer and I do not permit to share this with anyone else! So tell me, dear one, if man has not brought you this far, who is to say man will continue you further? I will declare this loud and I will tell you as Truth, I am your Rear Guard, your Provider, your Teacher, your Faithful Friend, your Redemption. I am your Comforter, your Eternal Promise, your Saving Grace, and your Unbroken Faith which sets you apart. I am your Endorser, and I am your Dependability in a changing world. Do not reside to being thrown into a crowd of followers, but instead stand apart as a born again believer and by this you shall be known as a leader.

 Do not complicate what I have made known so clearly. Be holy, for I am holy. And do you understand why I AM holy? This is not a character trait that you can obtain through practice or even time spent with me. To be holy means to be set apart in a sect far off and never blending. It means to be in comparison with no other. You cannot obtain this through study, legislation defenses, or hands laid in blessing. To be holy is to inherit all that I am through all that my Son has been and will continue to be. Everything in this world shall fade away, but my Word shall remain forever. I shall say this again, you cannot obtain anything through your works, you obtain through the Blood!

Now as you turn the page to this next season of your life, take with you all that you learned from the previous pages before it. A new chapter means a new beginning, not a new story. The story stays the same, however the story plot is always subject to change. I will tell you this as truth, and this will give you comfort in the days ahead; I have gone before you and I remain where you soon shall be. The unfolding of your life is that of a sunset: always beautiful and always providing meaning. Some pass by the sunset with a glance, others stand and study the sunset in all of it’s splendor. It is appreciated only by some. Yet the sunset never worries itself with who observes it, the sunset instead radiates its beauty regardless. And so it is with you. Radiate my love to this world no matter who notices it or regards it as worthless. Nothing ever goes unnoticed by me my beloved, and that is all that truly matters. 

Amy Basel

A Letter from the Father - Free All Along

Born with a purpose intended, no disruption can hinder my plans. Beloved, until now, you never realized how enclosed you were. So many words spoken over you that were not of me. So many lies poured into your mind hoping to find it’s way to your heart. Don’t you see? The enemy has a desire to keep you within close diameters. He sees your wings. He sees the Spirit within you. He sees your limitless destinations. If only he could stop you…ah but beloved, he cannot.

I have unlocked the cage door that has kept you secluded from the world. Your current struggles have deceived you into believing that you are frozen within a set of standards. I am breaking open this prison of religious tendencies! I am not a set of rules to be followed, I am a God who is to be loved. And here in my love you shall find your freedom. Here in my love you are not held captive, but you are set free.

Come outside of yourself, beloved. My forgiveness has covered you entirely, but it was so hard for you to believe. The record of wrongs you have so diligently kept blew away with the wind of my Spirit the moment you let me in. 

There is no fear in freedom and there is no freedom without my love. The only existing limitations are those you build among yourself. So tear down the strongholds with my words of authority and power.

Look and see. The door has been opened, you’ve been given a choice.

Those whom I set free are free indeed, and you, my cageless bird, have been free all along. 

Amy Basel