Take me deeper...in You

"For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts?" Romans 11:34

Lord, I want to know You face to face!

I need Your Holy Spirit, I want to know the profound and bottomless things in Your heart, God.

Unveil Yourself to me, I want to experience Your power deeply.

I want to be filled with the depth of Your riches and wisdom.

I want to know You, God.

Take me to the end of the sea.

Deeper where I lose control, and You take all the control over me.

Deeper where I can touch the root, the root of Your love to me, of Your mercy, and grace towards me.

Deeper where it is easier to transform me into Your image.

Deeper where it is all raw, all new, where You can shape me the way You want, from scratch.

Deeper where You start all over again a genuine vessel.

Deeper where it is accessible to hook me to all the streams of water in Your hand. I give You the full access, come and turn me wherever You want.

Deeper where new things can spring all clear and clean. Let Your river flow smooth in me, God.

Pour Your oil on me so I can run like oil, empowered by You, through You, and in You. 

Let this oil go deeper, profoundly and intensely penetrate my heart. 

I want to sink in Your grace.

Oh Abba, My Father, how I need You!

Hold my heart, my mind and cover my soul.

Hide me Father, conceal me from this world.

I want to come inside Your cloud and lie down there where I will be carried by Your Spirit, sustained in You and breathing You.

Inside Your cloud, my sight will only be able to see You. 

Hide me, Father inside Your cloud.

With open arms

Abba, like an infant not even a child, I come to You. To rock me and swing me, in Your arms.
Oh Abba, You are ALL mine, ALL for me. You are here… providing all what I need.
Like a little child, I run to You… You kneel down, getting so much excited to embrace me in Your arms, You ask me to run faster, You cannot wait to hold me tight in Your arms. I run to You and You grasp me, squeeze me and don’t let me go.

Fatherhood flows from You. You are My Father and I am Your daughter. You take My side, You do not reject me.
Your eyes say: I desire you, I delight in you.
Your arms around me say: I won’t leave you, you are Mine… FOREVER.
Your head leaning on my head says: I am your head, I am your glory, I am your light. I AM THAT I AM. I am the very exact thing you need and long for.
Sing my daughter, dance freely with me. I am Your First and Last. Look how beautiful you are, crowned with My mercies, My grace and My love.
Come My blameless, beautiful, holy and innocent, daughter…COME, let me pour more of Me in you.
Be still and experience Me.

Your love... is uncontainable

You love me, just the way I am. You hug me even when I smell bad. You touch me even when I am covered with dirt. You love me, You love me.

You desire me. You died for me and I still don't get it. But You still love me. You didn't give up on me. You love me even more. Your love is crazy. It is uncontainable. It is hard to digest it in my heart. Come with your fingers and press hard inside my heart, come squeeze it and let all the dirt fall. Filter my heart. Filter my soul. Come clean it and make it beautiful with Your love. Earthquake me with Your love. Oh Father, let me take a deep dig in Your arms. I want to be immersed in You. In ALL OF YOU. My Abba, oh Father, how Your love is the life I want, the lungs I need. I want to breath You. You are ALL what I want.
Your eyes shine tenderness, when you look at me and whisper in my ears how much You love me, Abba ... that whisper is like a thunder in my soul. It just flows in my veins. It revives. It gives me life. I love You my Abba. I am no orphan because My Father is the One who loves me endlessly, Your love doesn't end. I want to live with You...Oh God, give me heavenly words, Abba.. words fail me. As much as You revealed Your love to me, it still remains a mystery to me. Come invade me with ALL Your heart.

I AM YOUR Healer!

Jesus, Your Name is beautiful. It carries Your Power.

Your Name is Healing to me.

There is no disease you cannot heal.

You bring healing to all areas in my life.

Your Name, Jesus brings healing.

You are limitless.

Your Name J E S U S is a coating to my body, a shield to my spirit, a mantle to my soul.

You cover me, you protect me, you cuddle me with your healing hands.

Clasp me Jesus, hold me tightly and take hold of me.

Let Your Holy Spirit burn within me like a furnace.
Unburden me with Your Holy fire.
Just a breeze of your love heals the deepest wound.
I want your very intense Holy fire to be raging within my soul.
Spirit of light shine in all the dark areas in my life. Let it blossom and be replaced by Your Glory.
By your grace I can come closer to you and rest in your arms while You are miraculously touching the deepest areas, you scrub it, deal with it and make it shine all over again!

You make me whole, Jesus

You restore to normal

You cure

Your repair

You make me fresh

Your Name is Rapha, You heal physically, You restore, You set free, You heal the heart, You heal the soul, You heal spiritually, You heal the inner sorrows. Oh Jesus, You are My Healer! I believe it, I believe it! Oh How I love Your Name, Jesus.

Just mentioning it, it brings joy to my heart. I have faith in Your Name. Because, Lord, You can NEVER deny Yourself! You are the GREAT I AM, You are the Great Physician, You are Jehovah-Rapha!

You are far ABOVE ALL principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. Eph1:21 You have come to smash the forces of disease, sin, and death.

You rescued us from the darkness and brought us victoriously into the Kingdom of God. You are great, Jesus, You are so good, so faithful, so graceful!

Come Jesus, Heal your people. Come perform miracles. You’re the Most High. Come reveal Your glory, Yourself to them. Come open the eyes of Your people, to know, Lord, that You and only You... The Lord that Heals!

I love you, My Jesus. You are My Champion!

Dream with the Almighty...and Dream BIG

Do you desire to accomplish something for His Kingdom, something with Eternal significance?

Do not be afraid to dream big. It is written: Ask of Me, and I will give You. The nations for Your inheritance, And the ends of the earth for Your possession. Psalm2:8

Keep your dream alive, feed it spiritually. Make it grow and believe, believe on the promises of God. He is what He promises! Faithful and True! Yes and Amen are always in Him.

Cooperate with the dream giver – listen, obey and get deeper with Him. He will make it happen because He is the one who will do it, 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty. Zechariah 4:6

Love Him, with ALL your being, with all what you have. Choose to serve Him, and only Him. Worship Him in Spirit and in Truth for who He is. Throw away the foreign gods that are among you and YIELD your heart to the Lord. Joshua 24:23

Delight in Him, He will give you the desires of your heart – Psalm 37:4

Do not silent the voice inside of you. Dream on, dream big as big as your God is. And always remember that He is the performer, the Realizer. By His powerful Spirit, ALL things are possible. He is the King of Glory. He will shine His glory over you.

Shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says the Lord.“Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God Isaiah 66:9

If the Lord put a desire in your heart, it is because He wants it to grow and as a mother gives birth to her child once formed in her womb, God will deliver this dream into reality.

Be like those who dream. For the Lord will do great things for you! Psalm 126

The Lord says to you: Behold, I am He!

Lord, with all my heart, I surrender to you. With all my heart, I shout out to you: here I am, send me Lord.

Send me to your field, plant me there, release me there and let me stand on your ground.

Here I am, Lord, I give you my all. I give you even the dream I have for your Kingdom. It is all Yours, my Lord and my King.

Reign over it and rule with your emblem. I give you myself with no reservation. I want to be in your army, God.

Send Lord, the rod of Your strength, Rule in the midst of Your enemies!

Oh Jesus, let your Name be like a banner over the whole world. Let it read Jesus is KING!

Let Heaven come. Let Your Kingdom come.

Lord come fill me with your Spirit. Saturate me with Your power. You are greater than anything else, greater even than the dream I have. That’s why, I believe, I believe in You, my redeemer, that in You, All things are possible.

UNSHAKABLE Kingdom

Lord, My Father, and my comforter, I throw myself in your arms, I come to you with all my baggage and ask you to wash me, to sanctify me, my Abba, hold me tight and don’t release me until I am completely clean, with your consuming fire, burn every evil thought I have, every fruitless area in my life, and wash me in your blood. Purify my heart Lord. Oh, search me deeply, you only can reach the depth of my heart. You know the wounded areas and you are concerned, you have compassion on me and You shout with all Your affection ARISE. You tell me to get up and You hand me my healing. Your voice lifts my spirit and push me up above my problems and let me march on with might and strength.

You hold me with both of Your hands and lift me up high and even higher where I can only see victory and glory.

You say unto me A R I S E My daughter, I AM Your Father who keeps you up high! This trouble in your heart will vanish when you rise on wings and soar high like eagles.

GO, have faith, trust, and believe, I said believe! I AM holding you tight and keeping you up! Above every struggle, above every challenge, ARISE my beautiful. I keep you up! In my UNSHAKABLE KINGDOM! I am the fire that consumes all what come against you! Just fix your eyes, your heart, on me, on the things above. Life is in Me, My precious child. And this life that is in Me, is unshakable.

The Anchor of my soul

My Love, how beautiful You are, how splendid is Your glorious radiance. You are the desire of my heart, You are the Anchor of my soul. 


You are My solid anchor, my fire, secure, steadfast and sure Cornerstone.

Oh Jesus, You give me access to an unlimited and unconditional grace. I will not fear in the storm, for I am held solidly in the arms of the One that the winds and the sea obey!

You do not only take me away with You and bring me into Your chambers but You take me hand in hand into the inner place of the Father without any cover!
Because of You, Jesus, the veil was torn, the Holy of Holies was exposed!

Oh Jesus, that blaze coming from Your eyes, looking at me, that fierce love in Your look, that mighty flame around your heart, oh Lord, how this love is strong, irresistible, it melts my heart like fire, it burns inside of me, of my  bones.

Your waves of grace, flow all around me.

My Savior and Redeemer, The Anchor of my soul, you won't allow my foot to be moved, you won't let me slumber.

Jesus, You are beautiful. Desiring You more and more, is all I want to do. I feel You tapping on my shoulder and smiling to me. BUT that look Lord, in Your eyes, deeply fixed on me, is so overwhelming. It gives me life. 

Your fire, Jesus, heals all wounds, even the deepest ones, even the ones I am not even aware of. Your wounds cover my pain, and swallow it, until it is completely and totally vanished. You make me all beautiful, all new.

You make me Your bride and crown me with Your furious love.

Life inside God's heart

My Abba, my Father, oh how I need you, Father. Take me in your arms, bath me in your grace, soak me in your tenderness and affection. You only satisfy. You only fill the holes and brokenness in my heart. Put me in your heart and keep me there, you made a room for me there, let me drink while I am inside staying like a foetus, let me drink from your spirit, from your river of love, of fatherhood. I want you Lord, I am so desperate and thirsty for your touch – just one touch like the woman with the issue of blood I want to experience that touch, that power that comes out of you and complete me, fill all my needs and make me whole. Make my heart whole, whole being restored.

Come Abba, lavish me with your compassion, look at me and speak to me through your compassionate eyes, breath on me, you are my life, you give me life. You carry me in your heart like a mother carries her baby in her womb. Inside your heart, I can listen to your voice, exactly like the baby can hear the voice of his mother inside the womb. You nourish me with your liquid of love like the mother feeds her baby from her breast. You hold me and admire me, you worry about me, you watch over me. You are the perfect father, and mother, you delight in me and you are proud of me, you are pleased with me. I never want to leave your heart, I want this umbilical cord to stay tight up forever, because without you, I can do nothing, without you, I cannot breathe. Inside your heart, I can exhale and inhale, I can BREATHE. You make me safe.  Because, all things are in subjection under your feet and nothing is left that is not under you! You wrap around me and cover over me. You make me warm and overshadow me with your Spirit. You are my hiding place.

Bring the impossible to Jesus!

Matthew 17:14:21

14 And when they had come to the multitude

It is beautiful to see people waiting for Jesus, the desire of all nations, a great crowd gathered, just waiting with great hopes, thirst and hunger to see and hear Jesus.

a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, 15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

The man, desperately and earnestly kneeling down to Jesus, seeking His mercy, knowing He is merciful and will deliver his son. Demon was not only tormenting the boy’s spirit but also his body causing him to throw himself in the water (would say dirty water, or big unclean puddles) and in the fire (it was common to have fire outside, for cooking and other purposes).

 16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”

The disciples failed to express and demonstrate faith, it is not about the ABC steps on deliverance or healing, it is about having a mustard seed level faith, not even a humongous one, just a tiny level. The anointing is there, it has been given to the disciples when Jesus gave them the great commission. It is given to us!

But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. 1John2:20

This anointing remains within us, it abides in us. But without faith, it will not be activated.

I believe that the disciples instead of keeping on praying and persisting, they were dragged to their failure of not being able to cast out the demon.

17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you?

Jesus was not only disappointed saying this, he was longing to see a stronger faith. He surely had compassion because He wants to fulfill the man’s request, who did not really have any better faith than the disciples. Jesus saying this, was not to point out any failure or blame but saying it with grace and mercy in order to strengthen the faith of the man, the disciples and the crowd.

Bring him here to Me.

Jesus is the wonderful healer, He IS the great physician. This sentence is amazing and full of love and desire coming out from the heart of Jesus to deliver and heal this boy. The best practical application we should do, is to bring the desperate situations to Jesus. He is able to heal body, mind and soul.

The disciples tried to help him but couldn't. The devil showed out through the boy right in front of Jesus, but Jesus looked beyond his attitude. He got to the root of the problem, cast the demon out and set that child free. Jesus didn't just shake His head and say, "That child is just too bad. He can't come to me with all that going on. Jesus loved the child and did not allow the boy's behavior to distract Him from what really mattered, the child's life.

He demonstrated mercy and compassion.

18 And Jesus rebuked(confronts and challenges the demon) the demon(demons were thought to cause mental problems, physical illnesses, natural disasters), and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”

The disciples must have been embarrassed that they failed, knowing that they have been empowered by Jesus to heal the sick and cast out demons. The good thing here is that they were honest with Jesus, and opened their hearts to Him. I believe this followed a repentence as well knowing that they were relying on the power they have received, looking at past success which brought them to a faithless platform.

 We have to understand that faith will lead us into persistence, and we are called to resist the devil and he will flee from us.James 4:7. Resist the devil and not let the devil resist us, like in this boy’s case. The demon was resisting and the disciples had to persevere and resist which means actively fight against. And the result is guaranteed because that’s what the Spirit says, it will simply flee!

We are not to trust ourselves But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead. 2Cor 1:9

The disciples have relied on, their previous successes, their ability to carry out the will of God without constantly relying on God for strength. 

20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

Jesus speaking about the faith level here, pointing out two things: Faith and mustard seed.

The faith, He is asking us here is Faith in HIM and only Him. Not in our skills, not in what we know, or do. When He speaks about faith, he speaks about persistence, to never lose heart.

The mustard seed is mentioned for the quality of faith not the quantity. It is good to know that the seed is usually about 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter!

Jesus is not asking us the impossible, He wants the impossible be possible for us. He wants the impossible never be an obstacle to us. He is giving us a promise here by asking us to have faith in Him. Ps 97:5 Because mountains melt like wax before the Lord. Nothing is impossible for Him, nothing can oppose Him.

 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

How graceful is God to promise us such thing! However, this promise is conditional: persistence in prayer and fasting.

Prayer and fasting will allow humility and understanding in choosing to rest in Jesus, seeking God’s will and depend on Him completely.

Bring the impossible to Jesus!

He IS the wonderful Healer

Mark 5:25-34 KJV

26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

This healing story shows not only a physical healing miracle but also an inner healing, a complete restoration physically and emotionally.

The woman desperately wanted to put an end for her suffering. The physicians lost all hope in her. She was hopeless as well, to the point that she spent all that she had, all her money, and I can imagine that she probably had to sell her belongings. Nothing was working for her, she did all what she could, she was drained emotionally and physically.

She was full of shame, she was unclean because according to the laws of the Old Testament (Leviticus 15:27), a person with an issue of blood is to remain unclean. People all around her, knew she was like this, she wouldn’t go to the synagogue. She was labeled with being unclean.

She was rejected! She was wounded. If this woman was married, I can imagine, she went through a divorce because with her disease it made her infertile, she would be a burden on her husband and make him as well unclean. She was truly suffering emotionally and physically. She was oppressed and struggling.

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.

But she heard of Jesus! The woman had confidence and trust in Jesus, that he would restore her health.

With this bleeding she had, she was eventually extremely weak, no power, but insisted to press in and press on, to go against the evil power of this disease and weakness and squeeze herself in the crowd, maybe getting stepped on, but pressing harder to reach the end of the hem of Jesus where it is just enough to heal her. Just one touch!

30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?

Power is available and has to be taken.

28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.

She said that if only she can touch the hem of his garment she will be made whole. I believe she kept repeating this over and over in her heart, I believe also this what was giving her power to keep going and pushing until she reached Him. She was insisting, persevering, believing! To the point that she broke all the laws, because according to the OT, she would have been restricted from touching people in public.  But she was not intimated by the crowd, where the Spirit of the lord is there is freedom. 2Cor3:17

She forced her way, and reached out to Him!  with this amazing and courageous act of faith, her 12 years of suffering ended at that moment.

25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, Number 12: symbolize God’s power and authority. 

Col 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. Jesus destroyed the forces and abilities of the devil and disarmed them. Stripped off his power, disarmed from having any authority.

The LORD lifts up those who are bowed down. Ps 146:8

At that time, she was given rest from her suffering and fear. Isaiah 14:3

33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague (Be healed, free, permanently from your suffering).

At the beginning, she first pressed in the crowd behind Jesus, once she touched Him, she came before Him! How beautiful is this to be able to stand before the Lord blameless and all victorious!

With the extended loving-kindness of Jesus, His mercy and grace, He showed her care, He saved her from her affliction, He restored her social standing, He covered her shame and embarrassing condition. He lifted up her head above her enemies. Psalm 27:6, when He called her DAUGHTER! He expressed love to her publicly!

34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

He spoke peace (Shalom) over her which means wholeness, completeness, prosperity (which means that even if she became poor financially, he spoke prosperity over her).

He spoke salvation over her  “Whole,” sozo = redeemed. A complete healing for her body, mind and soul.

Jesus is always available, in every situation, He is there for you. He wants to heal you, to restore your soul, to reassure you, to express love and care for you, to save you and redeem you, to clothe you with His Spirit and power. He doesn’t want you to wait another 12 years. He wants that you experience immediately salvation, healing, restoration, redemption, peace and joy!

He is the wonderful healer.

What is the type of ground you are standing on?

Are you surrendering completely to the Lord? Are you truly living a complete obedience to His Word?

If the Lord speaks to you audibly right now, are you willing to listen to Him? To listen to Him means you are willing to obey, to surrender. It means you FULLY trust in His faithfulness, in His provision, in His will. 

But how can you obey the Lord and know His will if you do not have a relationship with Him and abiding in His word? If there is no ground you are standing on? It is not a duty to do to just read His word and marked it as done on your todo list. It is about a deep intimate relationship with the Desire of the nations, with the Almighty, with the King of kings, with your friend, with your tender Father, with the Spirit of God. It is a lifestyle that becomes a true desire to go deeper into His love because of who HE IS. Not because of what I need like a job, higher position, bigger house, or fancy trips or an earthly lifestyle that will never bring you a true joy or peace. 

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on  You, Because he trusts in You.

If you keep your mind focused on Him, you will not just have peace but A PERFECT one. The ultimate peace

If you do not have perfect peace, it means you are focused on your own life and the nature of God, it means you ignore the nature of God and lack knowledge of Him, your relationship with Him is either non-existent or you do not have the proper understanding of God.

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God 2Peter:1:2

What are you on standing today? What is the type of ground you are standing on? 

Surrender to the Lord now, give Him your all, He is worthy! Let Him come into you life, invite Him into your heart, He will take you where you can never go on your own. He will show you the true life. He will show you His glory.

He only satisfies.

Obeying the Lord not out of fear, not to earn extra points or favor but out of love, out of trust that He is the Lord of all. Out of desire to live for Him and with Him. From the book of John: 1-    Water Turned to wine. “And they filled them up to the brim” John 2:7 Surrendering to God and do what we hear from Him, do it in complete obedience, exceeding beyond what we’re asked, not out of performance but out of love, of honoring God, of giving glory to the King of Kings. Do it without hesitation, with all your being. 2-    A noble man’s son healed. Faith with obedience brings healing “So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke, and he went his way.” John 4:50 – The noble man believed in the word spoken by Jesus, a word full of authority. He obeyed because he believed in whom He went to, asking for healing. 3-    A man healed at the pool of Bethesda  “Rise, take up your bed and walk” The man heard it, obeyed and while rising up, with this attempt of getting up, that’s when he instantly was healed. 4-    Feeding the five thousand. Philip was put in a test of obedience. And if we were asked the same question Jesus asked Philip, what was going to be our answer? Will it be an answer that rely on God or ourselves?  The reason of this test is: Success, it is not to put down. I would say that the outcome of obedience, is success and fruits. It is as well experiencing the glory of God. 5-    A man born blind receives sight. It doesn’t have to make sense. Just listen, obey and act. if it’s logical, it doesn’t have faith.  6-    Resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus was about to perform one of the most amazing miracles, raise a dead person from the dead, restore his organs, breath life again into him. And Jesus says: ‘Take away the stone”, so we might be partakers of the divine nature! 2Peter1:4 What a mighty and glorious God we serve. 7-    The miraculous catch of fish. He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish. John 21:6-7 Jesus gave them a promise, he just told them to throw the net on the other site, and it is guaranteed they will catch so many fish. With no arguments, the disciples just obeyed the Lord. The result of this obedience was catching so many fish that could not fit the net. It is important to be obedient to Him, to be fruitful. In verse 7: That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” The glory of God is always revealed through His work, the human heart cannot deny the presence of God in such situations. I feel when the disciple said this to Peter he was in an extreme joy, and relief! Their master is here, with them! I can see their eyes wide open and their hearts beating and jumping because He was there, with them, supplying their needs. The eyes went from the miraculous catch of the fish to the performer of miracle. To Him, be the glory forever.

Kissing the feet of the Master, is all I want to do!

'Therefore, I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”' Luke 7:47

While dining at the home of a Pharisee, Jesus is met by a woman who bathes his feet with her tears and dries them with her hair. While the Pharisee sees this as shocking behavior, Jesus explains that the woman is expressing loving gratitude in response to the forgiveness of her sins.

In this story we have Simon the Pharisee and the sinful woman.

When she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house. Luke 7:37

In this story, a name was given to the Pharisee, Simon but the woman remains unnamed, but labeled with the word SINNER! This woman was known in her town that she was a prostitute. She was unclean, she knew she was in deep darkness of sins, she had the courage to appear before Jesus while he was sitting at the table in the Pharisee’s house, in front of many others “religious” thinking they are “holy enough” to sit with the Perfect person at the same table.

The Pharisee: was simply blind to Jesus, he was spiritually blind to his own sins, thinking he could cover the wickedness of his own heart.

This forgiven prostitute had a far greater understanding of Jesus than this religious Pharisee.

She did not speak her faith – no verbal confession, no sinner’s prayer was recorded here, but she certainly demonstrated her love for a God who forgives COMPLETELY.

Her sins were covered with the love of Jesus. That applies to us as well, If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1John 1:9
Once we confess to HIM ours sins, He doesn't require us to do any deeds or any religious formalities in order to earn His forgiveness or make Him forget our sins, it is ALREADY done on the cross! IT IS FINISHED!

Extravagant love like a rain. And the Marvelous grace of Jesus.

Simon the Pharisee (Following the law, the religious rituals in general) was spiritually arrogant believing he had no sins to be forgiven.

This sinful woman who heard about Jesus and believed in His mercy, compassion and most importantly the Truth coming out from His mouth! Was probably abused as a child, she was maybe a widow giving the fact that she ended up being a sinful woman (in other terms: prostitute). Maybe she was filled with lust. She was certainly a broken woman. She KNEW she was unclean and is a criticized woman in her society. Of course, full of shame and guilt, a humiliated woman.

But she came with ALL this to the ONE who will take away her shame and guilt, to the one who will clean her and make her white as snow.

She came to Jesus because she KNEW she was forgiven, she came out of Love not fear of judgment or something on her to do list to get it out of her way!  She came out of GRATITUDE.

Not trying to win the approval of Jesus, as the Pharisees and the guest are always trying to do to have their sin forgiven.

This was already done for her, she had this CERTITUDE that she was CLEAN and was expressing gratitude in her actions, demonstrating love to the Master.

She was not only forgiven but Jesus spoke SHALOM over her which means not only peace, but prosperity and wholeness and goodness and blessing!

She received both her salvation and her healing, before even appearing before Jesus.

Even if Jesus was rejected by the Pharisees, he still accepted the invitation to dinner, from a Pharisee. Jesus will not reject anyone, whether you are doing all the religious things to calm your conscience or out of fear. But Jesus doesn’t want you to be a Pharisee, and have this sophisticated relationship with Him,

Everyone Jesus encounters, he desires to save from their sins, but not everyone accepts the salvation he brought. 

He wants a love relationship, a simple one where love is being exchanged. Where He can lavish His grace and the true reason of His death for you. Would you invite Jesus today to show gratitude and love and receive His salvation or would you just take the law path where Jesus is not there?