Hi there, my name is Gabrielle Friesman, and I'm Leanne Friesman's daughter-in-law.
And I feel so privileged and honored to be able to share here today and speak about a
topic that I feel like the Lord has placed on my heart.
So we'll just dive right in.
I don't know about you, but a lot of my days sometimes look the same.
What do I mean by that?
I have a three-month-old at home, and he's the joy of our lives, but you know, you got
the diaper changes, you got the feedings, you got the burpings, you got the naps, what
have you.
Maybe you're a worker, maybe you have co-workers, a manager, a boss, you have those daily tasks.
Maybe you're a house, a homemaker, maybe you're a spouse, whatever it is that God has called
you in this season, you could probably relate.
But yeah, some of my days kind of look alike, and it started to kind of become a theme.
I would go through my day, and at night I would kind of talk to the Lord, and I would
say, God, I kind of feel distant from you.
And the Holy Spirit, thank you, God, for the Holy Spirit to show us things that we don't
know.
There's actually a verse, Jeremiah 33, 3, call to me and I will answer you and tell
you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
I want more of that in my life.
Hello.
Thank God that the Holy Spirit speaks to us, and he showed me, he said, Gabrielle, I want
to have an intimate communication with you throughout your day to day.
I want to change those diapers with you.
I want to burp that baby with you.
Every single moment of your day, I desire an intimate relationship with you.
God is a righteous, has a righteous jealousy over his creation, that he created you for
such a time as this, and he is longing to show you all the potential that you have
in this life.
There's a verse that says, no eye has seen, no ear has heard the things that God has prepared
for those who love him.
Thank you, Jesus.
So he's showing me this.
We all know the story of the Garden of Eden, how there's Adam and Eve, Adam and Eve completely
sinned and completely broke the covenant and the relationship that God intended us to have
with him.
God then sent his son, Jesus, to die for our sins, to take our place, to cancel our debt.
Now we live not for victory, but from victory.
We're sanctified.
We're whole.
We have this sacredness about us now that we are now God's chosen people, holy and dearly
loved.
We now walk with a purpose and a calling in this world.
We now change atmospheres.
When we step into a store, we now have Jesus living and breathing inside of us, the Holy
Spirit, and we can touch others and we can win them over to Christ.
Thank you, God, for Jesus.
But sometimes I feel like I just kind of stopped there and God's showing me, I want this intimacy
with you, Gabrielle.
I want this relational relationship with you that I desire with my sheep.
He showed me this picture as if we're the sheep in his pasture.
The word says that his sheep hear his voice and he is the good shepherd.
And he showed me, I desire my beloveds to come sit on my lap as my sheep.
And I want to whisper things from heaven.
Sometimes in my day to day, I'll ask God, God, show me what heaven's up to in this scenario.
I feel a little tension.
I feel a little bit like, um, anxiety or whatever it may be for you.
Show me how heaven sees this situation right now.
And man, does it change the game?
Show me how heaven views me.
It's been a game changer too.
God, I don't want the world.
I don't want the world standards.
I don't want what the world calls is beautiful or lovely or a good wife or a good mom or
a good, a good, um, full-time worker, whatever it may be for you.
I want what heaven says about me.
God wants to whisper secrets from heaven.
John 15, four, abide in me and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless
it abides in the vine.
Neither can you, unless you abide in me.
That is intimacy.
We cannot bear fruit to the fullest extent without abiding intimately with the Lord.
I don't want to just be kind to people.
I want the potency of heaven.
I want the potency that God desires us to have as we have communion with him.
So I can, I can spread that potent love to the people who so desperately need it.
Lastly, I believe that the enemy's strongest tactic in today's generation is distraction.
He comes to kill, steal, and destroy.
The word says he kills, he steals, and he destroys our time.
Whether that's social media, whether that's TV, whether that's, um,
Just your thoughts and your feelings. I believe that the that's the biggest distraction that the enemy has on our lives is a killer of
Time he wants to distract us
And so if I were the enemy I would do anything I can to get God's people a little bit distracted a little bit
unfocused of what the word says about them I
Encourage you today that the Lord the King of Kings and Lord of Lords
Desires to have an intimate communication with you today throughout your day throughout those simple tasks throughout those
Just those those days that just run in together
He wants to invite you and whisper secrets from heaven to you
I hope this encouraged you today, and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your week