Memories   How carefully we hold on to our past,    in memory and in action;   Restoring our homes, retracing our steps,    in search of some satisfaction.... Even revisiting where Jesus walked;    Expressing great sorrow in all of our talk.   Has this been subtly engineered,    with religion reigning supreme; A way to make money for the Gospel’s sake,    while we’re merchandising the King? Be careful your motives; The Gospel is free;    It’s faith that brings riches, not subtlety   If He wants you to visit, He’ll tell you to move;    Was He even asked or are you being used.... to keep Him bound and still in the grave;    While you reign as lord and He stays decayed? Well, that was then and this is now;    Can we make Him alive today somehow? With nothing happening with Him today;    Without me hearing what He has to say; I wonder, does this chain me to the past,    and in action or memory keep me compassed....  With not letting Him be raised from the dead;    and keeping me worshiping memory instead.    Those familiar spirits, I’ve mentioned before,    love to lure me back thru memory’s door; What a clever way of complacency:    to keep me bound with memory!   I can see this played out in so many ways;    Even in the pain we had yesterday;   Or will I allow religion’s actions    demand that I suffer for it’s satisfaction?   Would I ever think of confessing the sin,      that the problem is still not believing Him; For not expecting to manifest    that He said I am perfect and can pass the test....   Of winning with all opposing lies,    that are draining my strength    and making me hide.... Back in the portholes of memory’s prison;    Today laying dead; The Son has not risen!   Now, this could be the memory tomorrow;    Or I could get mad and walk out of such sorrow, and redeem the time to hear what He’s said:    To turn this around and let memory lay dead.   The heat is turned up now because we are a threat;    Well, he hasn’t been able to kill us yet!   Will you get off that road and do business today;    I have more  for you  and much  more to say: I’d like to address this business of Sin;    That’s a good place to begin again; In fact, it’s imperative; The very foundation;    Building on less has crumbled great nations. So far, you have seen this only in theory;    Otherwise you could rest and not be so weary.    You start out to prove Me with your own strength;    You do mighty works and go to great lengths;   Do you think that your works can compare to Mine?   Look around at Creation and you might find....    I’ve prepared this for you so that you might see: How very important you are to Me!!!   Now, if you can believe that you can’t be condemned,    We’ll take this land together, My  friend; But, don’t take one step until you are persuaded:    That I paid for you and this can’t be negated! I’ve created you to experience Me;    But your doubt takes you back into memory,   Well, what stops the doubt and kills condemnation? Each issue addressed with My explanation.    You’ve learned enough to know the way;    But un-submitted, you will go astray;      This is wherein comes all of your doubt;    Your foundation then crumbles from the inside out. You ask Me to do what I’ve already done;    You can’t seem to believe that the victory is won. Why don’t you ask Me how to maintain,    your body that houses Me? You don’t need healing; You need instruction,    to protect you from continuing in    mal-function.   Oh, I will restore the parts that you’ve damaged;    That’s part of My great design: To pay for the curse to all My Creation    and present My Life to mankind. I do have a question that needs explanation:    What if I fail and can’t run? Failure is never in My equation;    The battle is already won.   Since I Am in you and you are in Me;    Let Me instruct you to victory. The issue is never condemnation;    It’s: Will you allow My manifestation.... So you can grow up right here at My knee?    This keeps you safe and glorify’s Me.