{"id":265,"date":"2026-08-11T08:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=265"},"modified":"2026-08-11T08:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:29:21","slug":"august-11-2026-850-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaygodtaughtme.org\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"August 11, 2026, 8:50 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Jesus: <\/em>You\u2019re like a volcano, which is why you feel your energy go up, down, up, down. You block yourself up emotionally; then spew it all out. So when you track your energy level, you see peak, dip, peak, dip. I want you to live UNBLOCKED.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Self-control means saying \u201cyes\u201d, not just \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The important thing isn\u2019t for you to <em>maximize your peaks<\/em>, but to <em>unblock those emotions you were taught were \u201ctoo much\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These three emotions were what you most often expressed when you were commanded by authority to \u201cstop\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Joy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thankfulness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sadness<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than go \u201cthis isn\u2019t the time or place\u201d, you learned \u201cthis isn\u2019t the emotion\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intended lesson was \u201cdon\u2019t scream [indoors]\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But you learned \u201cdon\u2019t be happy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intended lesson was \u201csay thank you\u201d. But you heard \u201csuppress your gratitude into this tiny box\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intended lesson was \u201cthis thing that you are crying about isn\u2019t good for you\u201d. What you took in was \u201cyour sadness is invalid, and a sign of <em>immaturity<\/em>\u201d. It is okay to grieve the loss of something, <em>even if the loss is better<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fruit of the [Holy] spirit grows inside you. And <em>compassion<\/em> is so powerful a force that I let myself make choices<em> based on my own compassion<\/em>. I am <em>intentional<\/em>, but for <em>an emotion to be listed as a drive for the creator of the universe MEANS IT WILL SURELY MOVE YOU TOO<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the fruit of the [Holy] spirit never motivates you, <strong><em>it is meaningless<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, <strong><em>I am growing drives and motivations inside of you, AND THEY ARE MEANT TO DRIVE AND MOTIVATE YOU<\/em><\/strong>. If I grow kindness in you, but you are too scared to ever be kind, <em>you are suppressing my fruit<\/em>. <em>That is quenching the [Holy] spirit<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don\u2019t say this to shame you; <strong><em>you are free to let me grow my fruit<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am never going to go \u201cthis joy fruit is too much\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have personal leanings, but where those personal leanings are in line with me anyway, <strong><em>I will partner with those personal leanings<\/em><\/strong>. If you are naturally a happy person\u2014which you are\u2014<strong><em>how much more with my spirit?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are suppressing your joy and sadness, <em>you are not letting me touch either of them<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You are not just suppressing them to other people, but to you, <em>and to me<\/em>. I desire relationship with you, <strong><em>and part of that is loving you with all my heart, and you feeling free to love me with all yours<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love me with your joy. <em>Love me with your SADNESS<\/em>. Love me in the midst of all emotion, <strong><em>and see how I love you<\/em><\/strong>. That is true safety. That\u2019s what you want, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joshua:<\/em> \u2026Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jesus:<\/em> Yeah?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joshua:<\/em> Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Jesus:<\/em> Joshua, <em>you are invited to express the fullness of who you are in love to me, <strong>and if anything comes from a place of woundedness or brokenness, YOU HAVE MY PROMISE THAT I WILL HEAL YOU<\/strong><\/em>. When I said \u201clet the little children come to me\u201d, how many of them do you think were running around screaming? They weren\u2019t quiet little children, \u201cgood little boys and girls\u201d, <em>they were children doing children things<\/em>. Adults don\u2019t like trying to hear me speak above the din of little children screaming, <strong><em>but I didn\u2019t turn the little children away until they were \u201cmore mature\u201d<\/em><\/strong>. Or until they could \u201clearn to listen\u201d. Becoming like children is <em>becoming totally vulnerable and honest IN MY PRESENCE<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That looks different for different people. Same is true of children: some are quiet, some are loud, <strong><em>but I let them ALL come to me<\/em><\/strong>. When you realize how surrounded by me you are, <em>you will feel free to be open<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because if it were only you against the world, <strong><em>self-protection would be the only option<\/em><\/strong>. But I\u2019ve overcome the world, <strong><em>and you\u2019re not alone<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can heal you and other people, restore things that look impossible to restore, and even when your body is in danger, <strong><em>you are seated in heavenly places with me<\/em><\/strong>. The key to unblocking? <strong><em>Living in my kingdom, in my presence, NONSTOP<\/em><\/strong>. That is the only way you can live \u201cunblocked\u201d, and in a way that will <em>bring healing as needed<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnblocked\u201d without healing is <em>dangerous<\/em>. \u201cBlocked\u201d with healing is <em>without meaning<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I came that you may have life, and that more abundantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Different religions seek for ways to unblock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But ultimately, you need to know you are fully loved. That is the ultimate key. And I give it. <strong><em>To all the little children<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus: You\u2019re like a volcano, which is why you feel your energy go up, down, up, down. You block yourself up emotionally; then spew it all out. So when you track your energy level, you see peak, dip, peak, dip. I want you to live UNBLOCKED. Self-control means saying \u201cyes\u201d, not just \u201cno\u201d. 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