This is a time to guard your FOCUS; so you are able to hear the Father’s heartbeat! There are things going on in people’s lives that is stealing their peace, rest and focus! Many are experiencing what appears as SET-BACKS; and IF you are one of them, the Spirit is talking to you! “IF you will be loosed from your unbelief and begin to believe your God; what appears as SET-BACK will thrust you to a SET-UP for something greater in your life!” The Spirit says to His Bride: “Guard your heart and mind! Don’t be caught unaware by the cares and affairs of life! They are distractions to capture your focus another direction!” Distractions will come from every side to sneak upon you to capture your FOCUS! To be Distracted: means “to be dragged away by; to have one’s mind or attention turned aside or be directed to a different object or in a different direction; to trouble the mind of; make uneasy; to stir up or confuse with conflicting emotions or motives.” The Spirit says to His Bride: “Don’t allow yourself to be pulled into a ‘web of bondage’ by the cares and affairs of life!” I Peter 5:6-11 says, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon Him (AMP: the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him); for He careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant (AMP: cautious at all times); because your adversary (enemy) the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To Him (Jesus) be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.”  In Mark 4 the Bible speaks about certain types of ground (representing the condition of the heart) that the word of God is sown in. In (v18-19) it speaks of the seed of the word of God being sown among thorns. The Word is heard! Yet “the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.” When something is “choked”, it is stifled; it is suffocated. The stifling, the suffocation causes it to not be able to produce what it is capable of producing! It hinders the growth and development of it! It is so easy to get your eyes FOCUSED upon things in this earth that are temporary! If you don’t redirect your focus, the problems or cares of life will consume your life. In Luke 21:34-36 in the Amplified Bible, Jesus had been talking about the signs of His coming and He says, “But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and WORLDLY WORRIES AND CARES pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose; For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth. Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man.” The Spirit says to His Bride: “I am calling for My people to Redirect their focus! Fix your eyes and walk in the arena of faith. Your victory has been provided for you!” The word “Fix” carries a meaning “to fasten or firmly set so that something will not be subject to change or fluctuate or vary.” When you walk by faith, you are NOT moved by how things appear in the natural! When your trust is in God, you stay stable in believing and expecting the things to change! The Spirit says to His Bride: “Some of you have lost focus because you have allowed your cares to be magnified over Him!” I am Blowing the Trumpet today and telling someone that “It is shifting time for you! Began to behold the magnificence of your King!” David met the challenge of the GIANT without any fear because his eyes were fixed on his God who was bigger than the giant! Joshua and Caleb possessed the Promised Land, because their eyes were fixed on their God who was (and is) bigger than any giant that was in the land! The three Hebrew children were able to meet the challenge of being thrown into the fiery furnace, because their eyes were fixed upon and their confidence was in their God who was (and is) bigger than the fire and able to deliver them out! You must SHIFT and behold the magnificence of your God! Yet, it is NOT enough to just behold His magnificence; you must come up to the HIGH PLACE where He is and LIVE your life from that place! You may NOT be able to do anything about the things that is trying to weigh you down (changing them at the moment!); but you can change your attitude about it and NOT allow it to put you into bondage! One word of wisdom from the Lord will SHIFT you into a place of FREEDOM! The Spirit says to His Bride: “NOW is your moment to be loosed from the “bondage of the care” that is weighing you down! Your Freedom has been paid for and is available!”