My children, today I want you to just enter into praise and a place of thanksgiving in your heart. It is time to see the things that you should be grateful for and the reasons to be joyous and full of praise. It is time to allow these things to come to the front of your vision so that you can walk in the fullness of strength that you should be.

There are so many things, My little ones that you have been taking for granted and have become ungrateful for. Your focus has been on the bad for far too long. So many things are being overlooked in your lives because you are only seeing the things wrong and the problems that are there. Your focus has been on what is not going right, all the wrongs and injustice being done, much doubt, unbelief, and allowing worry and fear to have full reign in your vision and this is causing your joy and strength to be sucked right out of you.

You have insisted on looking at these problems and issues and looking upon these things keeps you from being able to see what I am doing and accomplishing in your life. You are missing the miracles and blessings that I have already been performing in your life that would build your strength, hope, and joy which in turn fuels the fire burning inside you.

Because you have not kept your focus on Me and the things that I have given you, this has allowed the negative things and problems to kill and destroy the visions that I want you to see. It kills and destroys the seeds and fruit that are trying to grow and produce so that you can live in free and unhindered to do what I have asked you to do.

As your joy is being snuffed out you have become weaker and weaker and the attacks have become stronger and stronger. The enemy is not going to back down and he is going to take every opportunity that you give him to destroy you and take you out while you are down.

It is time to reverse what you have been doing. It is time to change the habits and line your thought patterns up with My word and what I have been speaking to you and teaching you. It is time for you to be full and not drained any longer. It is time to be able to conquer all that comes your way. Time to not allow what you see with the natural eye to overwhelm you and over take what you already know has been done in the spiritual realm. It is time to stand and stay standing on what I have promised you and quit allowing your focus on the wrong things to give an open door for the enemy to steal it from underneath of you.

My children to gain your joy back you must get your focus on Me and the things of Me and not on the negative things that the enemy dances before your face. Let Me carry the weights and burdens. Let Me take care of you and you just walk in the fullness of Me and the anointing and presence that I have already given you. Walk in the fullness of peace, joy, love, longsuffering, hope, grace, and all that I have promised you that you would walk in. Walk in it and give it to others and be filled again.

You must come and renew yourself in Me daily. This step you have been skipping My little ones, and it causes your eyes to become blurry and unfocused on what I have put before you. Quit falling into this trap and stand on what I have given you to do and to see. Allow your joy to overflow as you really see what I have been doing. The things that you have been missing. I want you to allow this to really fuel the fire that is still burning inside of you ready to be fed so that it can spread into your life. This fire is going to be the fire that will bring the things to pass in your life that I have promised.

Enter into praise and thanksgiving this day. Enter into it and be renewed in Me. Let your vision be clarified and put back on what you are to be looking at, believing in, having faith for, and knowing that you know that I am coming through for you. You need to enter into praise and thanksgiving this day so that you are truly able to see what you have instead of what you do not have. I want you to see My hand at work in your life. As you praise Me and become thankful, the clearer these things will come.

Psalm 100:1-5 (NIV)1 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. 2 Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.

Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV)6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 2:5 (NIV)5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Romans 8:28 (NIV)28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Matthew 4:1-11 (NIV)4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” 5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” 7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.” 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: “Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.” 11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

James 4:7-8 (NIV)7 Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

1 Peter 5:6-10 (NIV)6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 8 Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 9 Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 10 And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.