Make Your Heart a Manger
Dec 6th, 2007
scribe: Priscilla Van Sutphin
Luke 2:7 NKJV And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in
swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger , because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:16-19 NKJV And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe
lying in a manger . 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying
which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those
things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and
pondered them in her heart.
“ Beloveds, I want you to make your hearts a manger where I will be welcome in the fullness
of Who I AM, and all that I AM. You have been told many times that I am coming with MORE
of My presence and power. You have believed, and you are eager to receive. But I am trying
to get your heart cleansed enough of other things in the way of receiving all that I have for
you.
John 12:24 AMP I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone.
But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.
I am bringing many to the total death of self required to bring forth new life in Me.
Many have only a portion because they have only given a portion of their heart
to Me, not their whole heart. You give what you feel comfortable to give up, and you
say you have given it all, but you take back control, every hour, every day, on and on.
So you have not totally given everything to Me. You have some rearranging to do to
fully give ALL of who you are, all your heart, all your desires to ME in order to fully
obey.
So bring your full mind to the idea of complete surrender beloveds, for this is where
there is REAL REST, and true freedom. You think somehow I’m going to put more on you
than you can stand, but I do know what I am doing. I want at least a heart yieldedness.
Many give what they think is needed, but are unbending when I tell you to go do something.
You hesitate and withhold, you balk, and you falter, because you are double-minded and
so you refuse to fully obey My words. I want the enemy off of your WHOLE SOUL.
Unless he has NO GROUND in your soul, you are not fully free to obey, because there is
constant resistance, and opposition.
I’ve told you that the TRUTH will set you free. So the WORD implanted in your heart,
Not just your mind, will bring about freedom. I’ve sent angels to the earth to speak truth
that will bring freedom to the soul that has a heart after Mine. So give up your RIGHTS
to do this or that. You have no rights. You were bought and paid for with the BLOOD of My
SON.
1 Cor 6:18-20 NKJV Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own ? 20 For you were
bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
Release your spouse to Me, release your children to ME, release your belongings to ME, &
Release all of YOU to ME, and you will be free. Repent of holding on to things, and people,
to your own opinions and ideas, to your things, your house, your car, your job, and everything
I HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU. Apart from ME, you can do NOTHING. TRUST ME to do for
you what you cannot do. Am I am man that I should lie ? You have coveted your things in
this nation, but if you won’t willingly share them with others, as I LEAD you to, then you will
find them taken away, in fires, in storms, in earthquakes, and floods, and even in unjust
confiscations. You do not belong to you. How can you teach others of My love and
absolute surrender if you have not surrendered ?
I am NOT a killjoy, wanting you to have nothing. Believe me, anything that gets stolen, or
taken away, I can restore. Anything the enemy tries to take, I can restore. Anything
anyone tries to take, I can restore. Anything I take away, I can restore. Did you not
see how I created something from specs of matter in the beginning ? So how is it, you
think I am incapable of restoring all that you have lost. Many of you have lost much,
and have endured such loss, knowing that one day, I would restore, trusting ME each
day for provision. I am so proud of you passing the tests. Some of you may wonder at
why I put you through tests. I am strengthening your FAITH. How will you know that
I will come through for you, if you never lack anything ? How will you teach it to those
Who will endure much tragedy, unless you have gone through ?
Isa 43:2 NKJV When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through
the fire , you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
None of this can be done in your OWN strength, but only by seeking My presence,
and allowing me to do what needs be done. So ASK for ME to do it beloveds. Ask
and you shall receive all that you need to prepare your heart to receive My Son
in all His fullness ! Ask for your heart to be made a manger ! Ask for me to FILL
you with My love, that drives out all FEAR. Fear is what makes you hold out or hold
on to things. So ask for love and remember that he who is filled with the fullness
of the knowledge of My love, receives the fullness of My Spirit. For I desire
to have ALL OF YOU. I desire full union with My Bride ! ”
Eph 3:17-19 AMP May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide,
make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and
founded securely on love, 18 That you may have the power and be strong
to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience
of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves]
the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you
may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest
measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and
flooded with God Himself]!
