“Enlighten your mind and spirit through enthusiasm but be careful that your motives are not self-pleasing through vanity instead of pleasing for the heavens. Do not be overburdened by work you undertake for My sake, nor allow it to trouble you. Remember My promise to you, and this will be your
consolation.”(From Gianna below)
It’s funny and maybe even ironic that the media and the world had me growing up believing that “evangelists” were people on television with slick suits, big churches, and fancy cars who were typically soliciting donations to “further the Kingdom.” It kind of made it hard to discern who was working out of love for God, and who was working to line their own pockets. I suppose in the end, only God knows their motives, and it will be God who determines their fate, and hopefully their actions will result in calls to conversion, and the enhancement of God’s Kingdom.
I’ve come to realize that most true evangelists come in the form of people getting down and dirty, improving the lives of others, and soliciting help in the form of love when necessary. They may ask for donations, but you can generally rest assured that few or no “bucks” stop in their wallets. In fact, my observation is that more bucks leave their wallets for evangelical causes than go into to their wallets. They exist in a humble state, and are never afraid to ask for help, and if they are afraid, they ask anyway. They’re the ones who lay it all down for Him, and when you help them, your conscience feels full, but light. The impact they have on society might be something we consider small, but we know it’s real by simple observation. It’s hard to question the motives of someone who is creating love in brokenness, taking little or no credit, and giving it all to Him. Leaving everything, maybe even a high paying job for the sake of His Kingdom. It may not “matter” to the world in terms of glory, but it will definitely bring glory to God and His Kingdom, and that’s where peace and salvation lie. It’s in the little acts of love that God makes big things happen, and in that exists “the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever, amen. In perfect love.❤️🙏
As told to Gianna Talone Sullivan, August 14, 1992, I am your Jesus of Mercy Vol IV
Motives
“My dear one, My words today to My people are few. I
want them to be aware that the enthusiasm behind their
motives is great, but to caution them that they check them-
selves that their motives are not for themselves but, instead,
for God’s glory.
Enlighten your mind and spirit through enthusiasm, but be
careful that your motives are not self-pleasing through vanity
instead of pleasing for the heavens. Do not be overburdened
by work you undertake for My sake, nor allow it to trouble
you. Remember My promise to you, and this will be your
consolation.
Sorrows and burdens will come and they will pass. Place
your trust in Me. You will never be stricken very long. All
trials and sufferings end. They will pass by more quickly than
you may realize. Most importantly, continue to cross check
yourself that your actions and way of life are ones which af-
firm My love. Many start out enthused to conquer. Few realize
That the way to conquer is to be conquered first by God
The pleasures of the self must be conquered and, due to
your human natures, can only be conquered in the midst of
pain! Then all you conquer is for the glory of God. Be care
ful, especially as you make changes, that your changes are for
your well-being in My Kingdom, and not for your well being
in the world. It will make a difference, at the least moment
of expectation, when God searches your soul for purity from
grandiosity!
I love My people, make no mistake, and My love is not
in vain. What I do for you, I do for the heavens. What is ac-
complished in the heavens is accomplished for you! Love and
peace, My little one. Ad Deum.”