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One couples personal scripture study with a pursuit to come unto Christ through His word and Spirit into a deeper personal friendship relationship. Welcome!
The Lord invites us into a faith-based, love relationship with Him. He has done the saving work on the cross to pay our sin debt. We are asked to receive His gift of eternal life through faith in His finished work so He can lift the "veil" to allow us to see and hear spiritual truths from His heart to ours, directly.
A day of calamity is at the door, and prophecy is being fulfilled. Let us not procrastinate the day of our repentance but come unto the Lord with full purpose of heart. He will gather out a remnant unto places of safety. These are the good fruit of His vineyard awaiting the second coming and the ushering in of the millennium.
We all fall short of the glory of God. Justification does not come by deeds but by faith and repentance, in and through Jesus Christ. It is Christ in us that is our hope and glory, like a treasure hidden in a field. He stands at the door and knocks. We must place our trust in Him, open the door, and invite Him in.
The Lord allows difficult times to befall us, to help turn us back to Him in repentance and a restored relationship of reconciliation, through His Son Jesus' sacrificial work on the cross. The Lord will judge those who oppressed the poor in the world and the poor in spirit. The truth will be exposed in us. Be a part of the remnant that is focused on Christ, and not rebellious in spirit, so we can be saved.
God's mercy and grace are constantly being offered to us, if only we will choose to receive it. He has written His law upon our hearts so we can be guided in life by His Spirit. We rely on Him to give us spiritual insight, and for the Holy Spirit to reveal the hidden secrets of our hearts, to bring us unto repentance, cleansing, and forgiveness, in Jesus Christ, our Lord.
In the Last Days, Zion shall be established. Trust in the Lord and put no other gods before Him. Worship Him in Spirit and in truth. The world truly has nothing to offer or satisfy. To them who overcome, in Christ, they will be granted to take part in the marriage supper of Christ and receive an inheritance in God's kingdom.
The Lord's saving power goes out to all the world. There is no dark power great enough, no stronghold too mighty, for the Lord. He is the Great Overcomer and can set us free through the power of His Holy Spirit, given to the humble who cry out to Him, in repentance and sorrow for their sin choices.
The Lord pleads with us to repent and turn back to Him. He will forgive us and though our sins be as scarlet they will be white as snow. Come into covenant relationship with the Lord.
Humility is the first step to cast off our spiritual blindness. By the grace of God, we can hear and see spiritual truths to bring us into the saving knowledge and into a personal, intimate, relationship with Christ Jesus, as our Saviour and Lord. He alone can resurrect us into this gift of new life in Him.
The grace and mercy of the Lord will be poured out upon the earth to save many from the death and destruction coming upon the disobedient and rebellious. He will comfort us personally and we will experience the greatest measure of love in all of eternity.
Learn to hear the Holy Spirit's guiding voice now so when a storm or trial comes into your life, you will be able to be delivered out of it through obedience to His Word. Jesus Christ is our Saviour, the Great Overcomer. In Him, we overcome all things.
God's hand is stretched out towards us all the day long. Choose to receive Him and not to reject Him in pride. We have a choice over life and death. Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Him.
Be faithful unto the Lord during your spiritual trials. Stay focused upon Him at all times. Keep steadily in His word and in prayer relationship with Him to succeed by His power at work within you. Don't kick against the goads of the Holy Spirit as He works to transform you.
Don't misunderstand the love and counsel of the Lord God. He gives us the freedom to choose life in Him or death apart from Him. Receive His free gift of grace and abide in Him.
Festus protects Paul from the Jews. He arranges an inquiry with King Agrippa. The Holy Spirit personally helps to protect Paul during his time of spiritual warfare. Stand strong in your own battles as the Lord fights for you.
A day of vengeance and redemption comes. Do not grieve the Spirit of the Lord but let Him guide you. Abide in Christ. With loving kindness and mercy He pours out favor and blessing. Salvation awaits those who endure and overcome the world. Trust in Him and love Him with all your heart.
Paul faces unjust imprisonment for the sake of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Dependence upon the Holy Spirit in trials, abiding in Christ, and seeking a pure, intimate relationship with Him is the way to receive personal revelation, to stay in alignment with His will.
The Hope of Zion! Raise the warning voice as watchmen on the tower, awaiting the salvation of our Lord. Abide in Christ and in His Word and persevere in prayer. For those who, through Christ, overcome the world, a new name will be given unto them. Enter into the Lord's rest.
Paul stands before the High Council, following the promptings of the Holy Spirit as to what to do and say, in the tense moments of trial. Jesus Christ proves Himself to be able to protect Paul, arranging all of his life's circumstances and people to assist along the way. The Lord will do the same for us!
Christ comes to bind up the broken hearted. We are to offer up that broken heart to Him that we might receive His blessing of redemption and salvation. What an overwhelming joy it is to be draped in the white robe of His righteousness!
Paul speaks, under the power of the Holy Spirit, in his own defense in court, retelling his conversion experience and personal conversations with the ascended Lord Jesus Christ. This is hard for unbelievers to hear. Have faith and speak as you are told in your heart. Let the Spirit of Jesus Christ defend you.
Arise! It's time to celebrate the victory of the Lord in our deliverance! Our children shall return home and the wealth that has been looted shall be returned. The Lord our God will be our everlasting Light and Glory. Our days of morning have come to an end!
Follow the Holy Spirit. Learn how to discern the Spirit by experience while acting in faith to see the fruits. Be courageous and trust in the Lord to accept His will. Stand up for truth as the Spirit guides you.
Return and repent and find the Lord while He may still be found. A day of darkness and judgment is coming to those who love darkness rather than light and abide in sin. The Lord's arms are stretched out still. Offer up a broken heart and a contrite spirit and enter into His everlasting covenant that you may be saved. All must be born again unto Christ.
Paul teaches some his last sermons among friends as he felt he wouldn't return again. A young man falls asleep and falls out a window to his death. Paul raises him from the dead. Stay close to the Spirit and abide in Christ. Paul does not value saving his life but giving it for the gospels sake. we must also lay down our life and fight the good fight of faith.
Give the Lord your heart, and trust in Him. Keep His commandments as a natural outpouring of Love. Then the blessings of His promises will come as the Lord will recognize our true offering of a broken heart and a contrite spirit. His commandants like fasting, sabbath observance and others fulfill a purpose for our lives as a part of our transformation in becoming like Him. Following Him should be a delight.
There is a constant spiritual battle. We must fight the good fight of faith and abide in Christ as we walk by the Spirit. Evil is self-seeking for gain and power. As believers we must be diligent for Christ and not be lukewarm. We must stand for truth. Truth and Holy Spirit are manifested by the power of God.
God's love for us offers us a choice based upon His grace: life and blessings with Him, or death and curses apart from Him. He calls us to humility of heart, to turn to Him in faith, believing that He seeks to forgive us and save us, to free us from the bondage of deception that comes from the trickery of the devil.
Paul travels around and is pressed in by the Spirit to testify that Jesus is the Christ. Apollos believes in the baptism of John. He seeks diligently to know more and is guided to the truth. He is able to teach the gospel unto the convincing of many.
The salvation of the Lord will come. Take upon ourselves His name and hold fast to His covenant. Become more than a servant or even a son or daughter but a personal friend of Jesus Christ. A warning to those who turn away in their own wisdom and lead and teach in unrighteous ways for personal gain and advantage.
Seek out the Lord and lay hold upon His word to discover truth. He will lead us by the hand through the darkness and into the light. Be like the Bereans and seek the scriptures to test the spirit of what is taught. Don't be fooled by emotions and head knowledge and fall into idolatry.
Come and partake of the everlasting covenant. Come to the waters of life and drink freely. Seek the Lord while He may be found. Leave the emptiness and death of the world. God's ways are higher than our ways, and all blessings come from Him. He will lead us and restore us to eternal life.
The Holy Spirit leads the way! Follow His voice alone and you will be saved. Faith in Jesus Christ bears the blessed fruit of salvation and eternal life. Such a joyous celebration enjoyed by Lydia, the Jailer and his family, upon receiving such a precious gift from the Lord
The bridegroom is faithful to His promise, and extends His everlasting covenant in mercy. He comes to restore and redeem us into intimate spiritual relationship which is everlasting. Put off of you the natural and weak and put on the divine strength of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Paul, Barnabas, Peter, and many other believers experience the difficulty of spiritual warfare, trying to steal away the simplicity of the Gospel message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ, as some people try to put the new converts back into a yoke of bondage by following old testament laws. Without realizing it, they are actually challenging God's plan and His right to present a new way, a new law of love and a new covenant through His son, Jesus Christ.
The plan of our salvation unfolds in the redeeming sacrifice of Jesus Christ, when He offered His life as an atonement for our sin. Learn more about the correlation between His sufferings endured for mankind and our sufferings we go through in life, for our spiritual growth and to personally understand what Christ our Savior did in perfect love for us.
Paul and Barnabas continue to preach but are faced with opposition. They testify and witness of the truth and are granted by the Lord to show forth signs and wonders. They are labeled gods but reject it. Paul is stoned but recovers. They recount their experiences among the believers of their missionary journey.
Paul and Barnabas continue to preach but are faced with opposition. They testify and witness of the truth and are granted by the Lord to show forth signs and wonders. They are labeled gods but reject it. Paul is stoned but recovers. They recount their experiences among the believers of their missionary journey.
Awake and arise, clothe yourself with the Holy Spirit and the power of Christ's redemption and salvation. Stand as His watchmen and raise the warning voice. Take the Spirit to be your guide and leave Babylon, spiritually and physically, when directed by the Lord. He will go before you and be behind you, leading you out of captivity and into His Zion.
The disciples learn the importance of fasting and prayer, seeking the guidance of the Holy Spirit before starting Mission work. We need to be alert for spiritual warfare and totally reliant on the Holy Spirit as we speak His words and see with spiritual eyes. Don't be discouraged by those who war against us. We are the light of the world for Christ!
Stay humble, awake and arise and walk in faith with the comforter the Holy Spirit that you may over come the world and walk with Jesus into that millennial day.
James is killed and Peter put in prison. King Herod wages a war against the Christians. An angel comes and releases Peter. Herod dresses himself in a royal robe and people declare him a God. He is cut down and then the word of God is multiplied. Have faith not fear.
The Lord disciplines us for our own good, to bring us back to a right relationship with Him so we can be blessed. Jesus Christ suffered for us, laying His life down willingly so we can receive the Light of the Holy Spirit to live by, to receive comfort by which we can share this same comfort with others.
Peter retells his account to argumentative Jewish believers, of the Lord telling him to open the doors of the Gospel message to the Gentiles, as well as to the Jews. Jewish believers start to obey this new mission, by the power of the Lord's Spirit working within them. Agabus gives a prophetic warning by the Holy Spirit that there was a great famine coming upon the entire Roman world, and to send relief to their brothers and sisters in Christ who were in need there. Here at Antioch, the believers were first called Christians.
The Lord Jesus Christ calls His servant Israel, they are His remnant people and He will deliver them with comfort and compassion. Jesus Christ will bring them out of darkness and shine forth His light of the gospel and bring forth Zion. He is our Redeemer and our salvation through the finished work of the cross and He is our Deliverer at His great second coming.
Cornelius a God fearing man, receives a vision of an angel and told to send for Peter. Peter in turn receives a vision that unclean things are now made clean in the eyes of the Lord. The gospel is for all people with no respect to persons. The gift of the Holy Spirit was given for their faith and repentance and they were all baptized.
As we humble ourselves to God he will the reveal the Holy Spirit that will refine and purify. We must offer a broken heart and a contrite spirit to pass through the furnace of affliction. Flee from spiritual Babylon and hard and prideful heart. He will make His promises true and restore and redeem us through faith in Christ.
Saul's eyes are spiritually opened as the Lord comes personally to awaken him to the truth of The Way. The disciples are nervous to accept Saul into their fold yet are moved to believe in his conversion after witnessing his powerful testimony. Peter heals Aeneas who was paralyzed for 8 years and raises Dorcas from the dead. Praise the Lord for His love and mercy in our lives!
Babylon and their idolatry will be humbled and brought down. God can not be compared with idols or the worlds wisdom and ways. God will overcome them all and bring salvation to His faithful people.
Persecution comes to the church in Jerusalem, the believers are scattered and start to spread the message abroad. Peter confronts Simon the sorcerer, teaching him about real faith and giving your heart to God to receive the Holy Spirit. Philp meets a eunuch and teaches him about Christ and baptizes him and is translated to another location to preach.
The Lord is the One true God and Creator of all things and we are created in His image. He is the potter and we are the clay. In Him we will be justified. All knees shall bow and tongues confess that Jesus is the Christ.
Stephen teaches the types and patterns that God has always set with His covenant people in pointing them to Christ. It is too much for their prideful hearts and ears to handle and they stone him to death. Being filled with the spirit he shares that he sees the Father and the Son in heaven as he is received by the
Turn away from idols and the things of this world. All good things come from Him. Return and repent and come into covenant relationship with the Lord and He will pour out His Spirit and His blessing upon you. In Him there is fulfillment.
Stephen a man full of faith performs miracles and teaches of Christ. He is taken to council and accused falsely of blasphemy and speaking against the law of Moses. The Holy Spirit urges us to let go of the old way and embrace the new Way of being born again into faith in Jesus Christ, to obtain our new nature and everlasting life with Him.
An end time exodus out of Babylon. Stay humble and walk in the Spirit and He will deliver us with redemption and salvation. Nothing will snatch us out of His hands.
A couple dies for being dishonest to the church by testing the Spirit of the Lord. Peter and the apostles are taken to council and imprisoned. An angel releases them and they continue to teach as commanded. The power of the Lord continues to uphold and sustain them.
Isaiah's Messianic prophecy of Christ's first and second coming, His Chosen end-time Servant, and the judgement upon His Servant Israel for trusting in idols, instead of in the Lord Himself. Trust in the Lord to receive the protection you need and take the Holy Spirit to be your guide. Christ will come with salvation!
Peter and John are brought before the Sanhedrin and ordered to stop preaching and healing in the name of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit empowers them to speak boldly against the rulers and teachers of religious law, stating they are to obey God over man.
The Lord will raise up and send righteous servants armed with the power of the Holy Spirit to prepare the way of the Lord's salvation.
Peter and John heal a lame man in the name of Jesus. He arises to walk and leap in the temple. Signs and miracles follow them that believe. Exercising faith leads to manifesting the gifts of the Spirit.
The Lord comforts and blesses Jerusalem because of their faithfulness in overcoming. Spiritually, they ascend as if upon eagles' wings, as the wind of the Spirit empowers them to overcome all obstacles in their path.
Learn about the importance of waiting upon the Lord to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit in your life. Ask the Lord to help you have a broken heart and a contrite spirit, so that you turn from sin. Then the Spirit can cleanse you and live within you to help guide and comfort you, in these hard times.
King Hezekiah falls ill but through faith and trust and submission to the Lord receives a promise and recovery. We will pass through tests of faith and must overcome to receive the promised blessings of the Lord.
The acts of the Holy Spirit through the Apostles. The ascension of Christ and His commission to his disciples. Matthias is chosen to replace Judas.
Be not afraid but have faith and trust in the Lord, He will come to save and fight our battles. He will preserve a righteous remnant in the end times from mount Zion.
The disciples go back fishing, Christ comes to meet them at the shore. He seeks to restore their relationship with Him and asks Simon Peter to offer his whole heart and follow Him and feed his sheep.
Strengthen the hands grown feeble, steady the failing knees.
Say to those with fearful hearts, Take courage, be unafraid! See, your God is coming to avenge and to reward; God himself will come and deliver you. God brings His streams of refreshment to our lives. The ransomed will return.
Disciples come to the tomb of Jesus and see that he is not there. He is risen. Mary sees Jesus and He ascends to the father. He comes back and gives them peace and an invitation to receive the Holy spirit. They see and feel the marks of of His crucifixion.
Return and repent and trust in the Lord and don't go astray. Trials and judgements are coming, we must remain faithful.
Jesus' final hours of suffering, He is nailed to a cross as a Passover lamb for all of us. Through His atonement we are redeemed and may receive salvation.
Stay rooted and grounded in Christ to come under the protection of the Lord, afforded to the righteous remnant. A latter day king of Assyria will wage a battle of trials and tribulations. The Lord will come and save the faithful personally.
Jesus's betrayal and arrest. He is taken to the high priest and before Pilate and accused. Peter denies knowing Jesus three times. The sentence of death by crucifixion is given unto Jesus.
Humble yourselves in faith and repent. Strip yourself of pride and complacency and get understanding through the voice of the Spirit. Great are the blessings of Zion and her faithful.
Jesus intercessory prayer. Draw near unto him, continue in faith that we may be sanctified and become one with God. Eternal life is to really know them and become like them.
Judgments poured out on a people gone astray who have gone after worldly protection until the point of humbling. Only a remnant will be left who turn to the Lord top receive his mercy and grace. Seek the guidance and direction of the Lord to know which way to follow and go.
Jesus will go to the Father but return in his triumphant resurrection. He will send the comforter to guide us. We go through the labor pains of life and trial. He has overcome the world and redeemed us.
The Lord disciplines His wayward people and humbles them, and comes to save them from destruction. In the end times He will do a marvelous work through His remnant that will unseal the truth and open the eyes of the spiritually blind and the ears of the spiritually deaf. He will restore His covenant people.
Jesus is the vine we are the branches, our purpose is to produce good fruit for Him. Abide in Him and He will abide in us. Keep His commandments by following the spirit and showing forth true love.
The Lord will pour out judgement upon a prideful people to make them humble and gather the remnants and restore them into His covenant. Jesus Christ is the cornerstone that is a sure foundation upon which we must build. He is the head farmer, we must listen to his direction and not go our own way.
Jesus shares His heart in His final hours with the disciples, telling them about the wonderful gift of the Holy Spirit He will send to those who love and believe in Him, to those who will accept and keep His commandments, and follow Him.
Rest in the peace and protection of the Lord. Be steadfast with hope and faith in Christ, looking forward to the second coming of the Lord.
Jesus washes the feet of His disciples. He is our example in all things. As He has loved us, we are to love one another.
Beware of pride, be humble and faithful to the Lord in all things. Take upon yourself His name and remain in Him to one day join in the celebration of the wedding feast of the Lamb of God.
Jesus is anointed by Mary's offering with thanksgiving, He rides triumphantly into Jerusalem, He is the light that disperses the darkness eternally. We are free to choose life or death.
Raise a warning voice and cry repentance as watchmen on the towers. Christ will come in glory, remove the false kingdoms of this earth and be crowned as our eternal king.
Walk out of the darkness and the stone of stumbling, which is spiritual blindness and death. Move into the Light of His Spirit, path, love and Life everlasting. Jesus is the resurrection and the Life.
Walk after the Spirit and learn to hear His voice, humble yourself and go to the Lord directly to overcome the pending judgements and escape to Zion.
Jesus is the Good shepherd, follow His voice in faith and come to know Him and He will lead you safely into eternal life.
Humble yourself and come unto the Lord submitting your will to His and escape the judgments and enter into Zion
Jesus gives sight to a man blind from birth, and teaches about His desire to heal us from spiritual blindness
Spiritual Babylon will be thrown down. Today is the time of grace and repentance. Prepare now and come unto the Lord in faith, He will bring salvation.
Become love, equally yoke with each other and Christ. 14 different scriptures related to love. A message of hope.
Jesus forgives us of sins and makes us free and witnesses that He came to do the will of the Father. He is the great I AM.
The oracles of Babylon and the world of the end times. Come unto the Lord in humility and receive His Spirit to be your guide.
The prophesied Christ, many marvel and divide but humbly believe in Him and He is mighty to save.
Be part of the branch grafted by faith into the Lord that bears fruit, overcome and be delivered by Him in the end times entering the peace and rest of the Lord
Jesus the great healer. Let old things pass away and walk in the newness of life in him through the Spirit.
The Judgement of the Lion and the deliverance of the Lamb. Turn back and walk in relationship with Christ.