God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
"When my spirit was overwhelmed within me" [Psalms 142] Don’t you have a lot of pain these days? I think life is like a thorny bush that is tangled up with many different pains. As a result, many people are suffering from anxiety, worry, stress, and so on. So I think life is like a thorny bush. Often times these things get tangled and tangled, making our hearts hard. We then have these thoughts: "Why is my life so tangled?" It really is a life like the thorny bush. Then why my life is like the thorny bush? I find an answer in the Jesus’ parable of the seeds. Look at Matthew 13:22 – “"And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” The cause is the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth (Inter...