The Bride vs child-like Christians

The Bride vs child-like Christians
2/5/09
This morning I awoke with a dream, and the Lord began sharing about its meaning. In the dream I was at a conference where the first session was about the attitudes of our hearts. There were scriptures in the schedule, and sitting there was like hearing a wonderful sermon. In my quiet time this is what the Lord shared with me;
The Holy Spirit is working on the Bride to prepare her. I will come in mighty power, but want to make sure that the attitude of your hearts is right. I am coming to a Bride, not a child. A bride seeks her husband’s favor, learning how to please him. A child demands, seeking to please himself. A wife, in becoming one with her husband, will come to a unity of purposes and complimentary thinking. A child seeks his own way and doesn’t understand the thoughts of others. A wife loves what belongs to her husband and honors his works amongst others. A child wants all things for himself, holding the right to pick and choose what he will like, and what he will discard. A wife will eventually reflect her husband’s heart coupled with her own, loving people and serving them as he does. A child will grow in offenses as he meets those who don’t serve him, but ask of him service due to others instead. The boundaries of a child’s heart are small, whereas the wife’s boundaries enlarge as her love deepens.
Now, you see that I am talking about My Bride, made up of Christians who prefer my ways over their own. And I am referring to child-like Christians, who prefer that I accept their ways and not require that they grow up into the full stature of Jesus, their head. My Bride will find her identity in Me, and will not bring from her past a worldly identity into the marriage which she must nurture and maintain. A Christian that spends time tending to his worldly image is trying to save his life, and will lose it. But a Christian that will find their identity in Me will lose their worldly image, and gain one of glory.
I am coming in mighty power to this country. Keep the attitudes of your hearts, for this is how you will trim your lamps. Behold, the Bridegroom cometh.