1:00: “‘Take me to the cross.’ A song, a joy for all people. A symbol of renewal and refreshment, redemption and hope. My cross was not a thing of beauty. It was rough and soaked with the smell of blood – My Blood. The reality far from the symbol. Chaos and cruelty – to gold and purity. I make it so. My Blood stained it – and My Blood purifies.

“Come, come to the cross. Come for forgiveness and love, humbling and remembrance. Come to confess all your sin – and rejoice in the taking away – My redemption. Come to My ugliest moment – My Greatest Beauty. Come to the place where pride melts away – and Wonder rises. Come to the beginning of the perfection of YOU. I AM gentle. I AM kind. I AM your Savior – if you will only allow it.

“This is a NEW DAY. All will confront My cross. All will face it – and be demanded of an answer. There is no ignoring My Cross. It calls and beckons your ‘yes’ to My Gift of Redemption. It crushes your ‘no.’

“I come now to the earth in Glory and Wonder, My Spirit riding on the wind. My Spirit pours out, changing lives and hearts of those who pursue Me. My Spirit calls, ‘Hear Me. Heed Me – and LIVE.’”

When you, My People, are confronted by My Harvest, remember My Cross. The newcomers will be stained and ugly, rough to your touch. I will make them a thing of beauty, new and shining, as I did you. Love them in their unrefined state – and bring them to Me. Watch Me work a miracle in their lives. Remember My Redeeming Love for you – and heap it on them. I came to change the world then – I come to change it now. ‘Your yes will be glorious. Your no will be costly. I bore the cost. Why should you refuse Me – and bear it yourself for eternity?’ Say this to My Harvest. Bring them to Me. And say ‘yes’ for yourself all over again, My People, for the cleansing and healing of your soul wounds and trauma. I paid for this too. Accept My Gift – and be made whole. Live in wonderment and Glory, and My Great POWER over your enemy. I defeated him for you – now go out and ENFORCE My victory. Your reward will be great. Your reward will be eternal. No time now to stand by and watch the show. YOU ARE THE SHOW. My Power pours through you. My Glory is seen through you. You are My hands and feet to My Harvest. Come and REAP with Me. Amen.”
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Notes:

I did not know a song titled “Take Me to the Cross” so I searched it. A number of years back it was released by singer Al Denson. Lyrics here.

I John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

I Peter 2:24: He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.

Isaiah 60:1-2: Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For behold, darkness will cover the earth
And deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you, and His glory will appear upon you.

I John 5:4: For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.

I Corinthians 15:57: But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Romans 8:37: In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

John 16:13-15: When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Mark 4:26-29: And He was saying, “The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows—how, he himself does not know. The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”