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A lukewarm Christian is someone who claims to be a believer in Jesus but does not appear to be committed to Christ, may occasionally attend church, rarely reads the Bible, and dabbles in the sinful things of the world. Such so-called Christians appear to be Christians in name only but are most probably false converts.
Revelation 3:15–16, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. 16 So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.”
- Isaiah 49:16 "See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
- John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
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Ephesians 2:10 "For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."
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Psalm 139:13-16 "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." 7. Psalm 100 "Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 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.Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations."
Here is a few examples of being Almost..
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Acts 26: 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Luke 24:32..And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
These two disciples had left their companions after Peter’s return from the sepulchre and before Mary Magdalene hurried in with her tidings that she had seen Jesus. Their coming away at such a crisis, like Thomas’s absence that day, shows that the scattering of the sheep was beginning to follow the smiting of the shepherd. The magnet withdrawn, the attracted particles fall apart. What arrested that process? Why did not the spokes fall asunder when the centre was removed? John’s disciples crumbled away after his death. When Theudas fell, all his followers ‘were dispersed’ and came to nought. The Church was knit more closely together after the death that, according to all analogy, should have scattered it. Only the fact of the Resurrection explains the anomaly. No reasonable men would have held together unless they had known that their Messianic hopes had not been buried in Christ’s grave. We see the beginnings of the Resurrection of these hopes in this sweet story.
2 Corinthians 3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
Title: Psalm 17 My Life Is An Open Book
Psalm 17 is a prayer. Not only is it listed as a prayer in the title, but you can see throughout the text how David appeals directly to God.And, as we study this prayer, you will see that David’s life is an open book to God.I hope that through this study, we to can be an open book before God.
Termites live in large colonies and have a strong organizational structure. In the spiritual world, they carry an omen that might interest you. This is why you are reading this.
Psalm 11:3 3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?
Pay attention to the spiritual world Whenever a termite bites you, another shade of message speaks about paying attention to the spiritual world. When you find out that termites bite you everywhere, it means that you are not paying enough attention to the spiritual signs around you.
Jesus prophesies, “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold”
(Matthew 24:12). In some areas of the nation, chaos and anarchy already approach the level of “lawlessness,” and the exasperation of many Americans is putting them on the verge of fulfilling the second half of this prophecy.
Your victory is closest to you than before, because you are born to win. However, there is something too strong for the devil to break in you and that is what determines your victory in all areas of life. It is the God-kind of life in you, which begins with new birth.1 John 4:4
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- Your case is not closed until you decide to close it. No matter where you may be right now, or what your situation looks like, be assured that: You are born to win.
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Life is a battle fight, and everyone who must succeed, must put up a fight to get it. How violent you are able to fight, determines the degree of victory you derive from your battles.
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved. (Ephesians 2:4–5)
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The Bible makes clear that God really wants us to pray and that He really wants to answer our prayers. But when it comes down to it, what do we really pray for?
Typically we pray concerning that which is in front of us, the temporal, the physical, the tangible. We pray for safety, we pray for health, we pray for guidance. We pray for things we need, things we want, things that we think we deserve. To be clear, that’s not wrong, because God wants us to present all our requests to Him. But we see Paul pray differently.
"And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment."
He is praying for their love to grow. Out of all the things that he could wish for, out of all the temporal things he could pray for, Paul prays for their love to abound. He is praying for a love for God and love for each other. Paul has a high view of love here. He is not simply referring to a feeling, receiving kind of love. Paul has in view a love that resembles Christ’s love.Heb. 12 kjv Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read or listen to 1 Cor. 13:
Joel
Chapter 2 Blow yee the trumpet in Zion, & sound an alarme in my holy mountaine: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cōmeth, for it is nie at hand;
17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weepe betweene the porch and the altar, & let them say; Spare thy people O Lord, and giue not thine heritage to reproch; that the heathen should rule ouer them: Wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
God's judgment against sin involves His delivering us into the hands of our own desires!
First, in verse 24, Paul has just explained to us, in 21-23, how people suppress the truth and unrighteousness. Now, Paul is going to reveal to us the consequences of suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. Look at what he says, therefore, God gave them over in the lust of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. In other words, Paul says that God’s judgment against sin involves His delivering us into the hands of our own desires. We see God’s hand of judgment against sin, when we see Him withdrawing the restraints in our society against that sin and that sin beginning to work itself out in our conduct individually and corporately. Paul is saying that in and of itself is a judgment against sin.
Matthew 28:19, 20 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,
Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,
Mark 16 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- God will personally approach you.
God invites people to a life of faith.
There’s no mistaking who is speaking.
He came to Noah
He came to Abram in our text
He came to Jacob at Bethel
He came to Moses at the burning bush
He came to Samuel, Gideon and on and on we could go.
When God has a plan, He comes to you and invites you to enter into a life of faith.
- It will be Him that initiates this new life.
When He calls, we answer.
When He leads, we follow.
When He commands, we obey.
When He speaks, we listen.
II. The Reality of the Life of Faith – vs. 1
Unexpected instruction – 75 years old – not just the young and restless; sometimes it’s the old and comfortable
Unfamiliar territory – get out; the biggest demonstration of faith is LEAVING; OR CHANGE
Unknown destination – unto a land that I will show you; He doesn’t always let you take a survey trip
III. The Reward of the Life of Faith – vs. 2
You will receive a blessing
Christians underestimate the blessings of God that accompany living by faith.
You will be a blessing
Because you followed God, and obeyed His leadership, and trusted Him, He can use you to be a huge blessing to others.
Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 89 helpful votes
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
John 14:6 ESV / 53 helpful votes
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 8:18-23 ESV / 51 helpful votes
Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, so that anyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. Repent, therefore, of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, the intent of your heart may be forgiven you. ...
Matthew 7:21 ESV / 40 helpful votes
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
James 2:26 ESV / 26 helpful votes
For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, so also faith apart from works is dead.
psalm 91
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Don’t let the enemy of your soul contaminate your faith
The enemy wants to contaminate your faith!
Have you ever thought about how your faith can be contaminated with the “fear virus?” In this new era of Covid 19, contamination is the new buzz word! I routinely swipe my house, my doorknobs, light switches, the dog, anything I can find with Disinfectant wipes. All I want for Mother’s Day is a two-pack of Lysol spray! We all are paying close attention to remaining “viral free.” Read on to find 3 ways our faith is contaminated and how to remain fear free
We have all felt pushed down at times. There are circumstances that press against us and try to define our lives but, there is always a resurrection. When you feel pushed down, it doesn’t mean your faith is lost. Faith is there when circumstances try to dominate. Faith is there when challenges press against your thoughts, emotions, and perspectives. Faith is His gift. He has authored our faith. Don’t let your circumstances define his word. Let his word define your victory. Mercy rings where challenge is. Love resurrects. Love always resurrects. This podcast refreshes our perspective on the truth that He is the resurrection and the life.
Habakkuk 2:4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
Romans 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Galatians 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Galatians 3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Hebrews 10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
Acts 3:1-11 (NRSV):
One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. 3 When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. 4 Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. 6 But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. 8 Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. 9 All the people saw him walking and praising God, 10 and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. 11 While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s Portico, utterly astonished.
A lukewarm Christian is someone who claims to be a believer in Jesus but does not appear to be committed to Christ, may occasionally attend church, rarely reads the Bible, and dabbles in the sinful things of the world. Such so-called Christians appear to be Christians in name only but are most probably false converts. However, this does not mean that every lukewarm “Christian” is not a truly regenerate Christian because there are instances where new Christians will dabble with their old ways and experience conviction of their sins, before finally giving them up. With some people, it takes longer than it does with others to seek Christ fully and completely.
Signs of the times are here. The end is near and those that are not prepared will be left behlind.
Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.” (James 5:8) The last word in the Song of Solomon is, “Make haste, my beloved” (8:14). And among the last words of the book of Revelation we read, “The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come’”; to which the heavenly Bridegroom answers, “Surely I come soon” (22:17, 20).
13 Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. 14 We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 15 According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 18 Therefore encourage each other with these words.
People ar4e so caught up in the things of the world, there is no awareness of the Spirit world aroung them
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (Genesis 7:11) Genesis 7:11 (KJV)
This word is for those who are faced with closed doors—it may be one closed door in particular. [1]
And with it, there has been a sense of being held up, or held back.
If you can relate to this, hear God saying, “Look up! For the windows of Heaven are open above you.”
A vision of an open Heaven, a portal was opened. I pondered what was I seeing. I searched scripture in chGenesis p. 7:11. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
Joshua 21:45
“There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.”
Judgment is coming. The Lord is saying, ‘I left it up to My kings and priests to take care of the evil in the nations, but the evil was bigger than they knew. It has overcome too many. I will step in and remove it with my holy fire.’
2 Corinthians 4: Read the full chapter but listen closely to verse 14-16
John 16: 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples
God used to talk directly with the human race. There are multiple examples of these conversations in the Bible, but is it still possible to talk to God today?
Yes!
God wants you to talk to Him because He loves you.
God promises to hear you and will answer your prayers.
Understanding why you are able to talk to God is most important.
We can speak directly to Him because of what Jesus Christ did for us. There was a barrier between God and His people. The Bible tells us, “It’s your sins that have cut you off from God. Because of your sins, He has turned away and will not listen anymore” (Isaiah 59:2).
When Jesus died on the cross, He got rid of the barrier between God and us. All you have to do is accept that gift and give your life to Jesus. Then, the gap between you and God disappears and you can talk to Him like an honored guest before a king.
The Bible says, “So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most” (Hebrews 4:16). Talk to Jesus today, and ask Him to come into your life—then confidently enter God’s throne room and share what’s on your mind.
Heaven is full of answers to prayers that were never asked. There are no limits to prayer. God can hear you from any location and any language. Lean on the promise of God, receive His Son as your Savior, and then tell Him about everything in your life.
Are you ready to trust God and talk with Him daily?
Step 1 – God’s Purpose: Peace and Life
God loves you and wants you to experience peace and eternal life.
The Bible says:
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Romans 5:1
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."
John 3:16
"I [Jesus] have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."
John 10:10
What keeps us from having the life God planned for us?
Step 2 – The Problem: Our Separation from God
God created us in His image. He gave us a will and the freedom of choice; we choose to disobey Him and go our own way—which is called sin. This separates us from God.
The Bible says:
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Romans 6:23
Our choice to sin separates us from God. People have tried many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God.
The Bible says:
"There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death."
Proverbs 14:12
"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear."
Isaiah 59:2
No bridge reaches God... except one.
Step 3 – God’s Bridge: The Cross
Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose from the grave. When He did He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between us and God.
The Bible says:
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus."
1 Timothy 2:5
"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God."
1 Peter 3:18
God has provided the only way back to Him. You must make a choice.
Step 4 – Our Response: Receive Christ
We must trust and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
The Bible says:
"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."
John 1:12
"If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."
Romans 10:9
Which side are you on? The side with Christ or without Him?
Here is how you can accept Christ into your life:
Admit your need. (I am a sinner)
Be willing to turn from your sins. (Repent)
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross and rose from the grave. (Be saved by faith)
Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive him as Lord and Savior)
We suggest a prayer like this one:
"Dear God, I know I’m a sinner, and I ask for your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe that He died for my sin and that you raised Him to life. I want to trust Him as my Savior and follow Him as Lord, from this day forward. Guide my life and help me to do your will. I pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen."
Did you pray this prayer?
Yes, I prayed the prayer
No, but I have a question
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Captive Souls: Revelation 18:13
“And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.”
1 Timothy 4:1
“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”
Many people think that the Office of Prophet and Apostle has died off at the close of the canon of Scripture. They have heard and believe that the Spiritual gifts are no longer needed because the we have the complete Bible. Well, I'm here to tell you that is not true. If we look very carefully at Ephesians 4:11-13, we see that Jesus "gave" some to be apostles, some prophets, etc, here the word "edoken" in the Greek, meaning "to give" or simply "gives". Many scholars think that this word is in the past tense, but actually if it were, then we would have a "tense conflict" with one word in "past tense" and the rest of the passage in the present / future tense. Here is the passage so you can see what I mean:
Ephesians 4:11-13 (NKJV)
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Storms will come into our life. Jesus said so in His Word. "In this world you will have tribulation, but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world" (John 6:33). Perhaps your storm in life is a current or past job loss, loss of a loved one, financial loss or loss of a reputation. None of us are immune. We do however, have a choice how we respond. We can emerge from the rubble embittered, broken and in bondage or we can elect to let Christ build something beautiful for His Kingdom's work. No one can make that choice for us. We must be passionately prepared when the storms come. Our trust must be placed in the one true Creator who can lead, comfort, teach and conform us into his image. With daily prayers and our obedience to His Word and teachings, it is possible to build a spiritual fortress around a home that will safeguard it from spiritual destruction. However, we must be willing to change from the inside- out. Sharon Haynes resides in Jackson, Tennessee. She and her husband, Jimmy, are the proud parents of 16-year old triplets. Sharon holds a Master's degree in counseling and has been a practicing therapist, volunteer counselor and has served on several community boards throughout the last ten years. She is currently employed with Augustine School in Jackson. She is an active member of her church. She has served as a choir member and in various capacities involving the children's ministry and as a Bible study leader.
1 Samuel Chapter 10: Stludy the whole lclhlapter.
Reading verse 6: And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee.:
…lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God….
— 2 Timothy 3:4
It can seem a little heavy when we’re reading Paul’s list of characteristics of society in the last days, especially when the Greek words he used in that text are expounded on and looked at more deeply, as we are doing in these series of Sparkling Gems. But one thing is sure: The Holy Spirit did not inform us of these details so we would be worried or afraid and hide from the world. He forewarned us of these things in advance so we could spiritually reinforce ourselves to live victoriously and free until Jesus returns!
The Holy Spirit considers it important for us to know these things in advance, or He wouldn’t have dedicated so much time and space to this subject. That’s why we must give heed to His words and study them out fully so we can grasp their meanings to the greatest extent possible.
Acts
Chapter 14: Kjv
Hebrews 11:30 tells us, “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.” Hebrews 11:32-33 says, “For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—Who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions.” As we conclude this week on living by faith, I believe God would fill us with a fresh revelation of his power. Let’s open our hearts and minds to receive all that God would reveal to us about his power and invite him to work in our midst in faith today.''
Jesus even promises in Matthew 17:20, “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” If we have the smallest amount of faith, Jesus says, “Nothing will be impossible” for us. The God who formed every mountain, valley, river, ocean, and person has told you that he will fight on your behalf in response to your faith.
only did Jesus have authority over the wind, commanding it to stop, He also had authority over evil spirits. Remember John the Baptist said that God had given Jesus “authority over everything” (John 3:35). The demons that possessed the man we’ve just read about were obviously very powerful, to the point of being able to empower the man with the strength to break chains. However, they were no match for Jesus. In fact, all the evil spirits in the world together don’t have a fraction of the power that God has.
1 Corinthians 3: I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
Signs of being lukewarm
Typically, those who might be considered lukewarm Christians have some following characteristics. For a longer list, go to What are some of the signs of being a lukewarm Christian?
They live a different life on Sunday than they do the rest of the week
Their friends don’t know they are Christian
They would rather be accepted socially than reveal their Christian faith
They don’t read the Bible very much
They don’t pray very much or only pray to God during difficult times.
They don’t share your faith very often, if at all
They only go to church for social reasons, if at all.
Being a real Christian means that we take the things of God seriously and we seek to follow Christ and his teachings. Jesus wants us to deny ourselves and follow him.
What does Jesus require?
Matthew 10:38, “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.”
Matthew 16:24, Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me.”
Luke 14:27–28, “Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 “For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?”
John 13:35, “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”
I think of the old song entitled, "I Was Born to Serve the Lord." The first stanza says:
From the dust of the Earth
God created man
His breath made man a living soul
And for God so loved the world
He gave his only Son
And that is why I love Him so
- The second stanza says:
My hand were made to help my neighbor
My eyes were made to read God's Word
My feet were made to walk in His footsteps
My body is the temple of the Lord.
A lukewarm Christian is someone who claims to be a believer in Jesus but does not appear to be committed to Christ, may occasionally attend church, rarely reads the Bible, and dabbles in the sinful things of the world. Such so-called Christians appear to be Christians in name only but are most probably false converts.
Romans
Chapter 12; 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Welcome to my podcast. Preach the good news to the poor, bind up the broken-hearted, proclaim freedom to the captives and to raise up former desolations (Isaiah 61:1&4).
1 cor. chp. 16:
Read and study it closely.
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/1611_1-Corinthians-Chapter-15/
Be careful of some preaching another gospel.
Galatians 1:8 ESV / 43 helpful votes
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.
2 Corinthians 11:4 ESV / 35 helpful votes
For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough.
Galatians 1:6-9 ESV / 27 helpful votes
I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel— not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
All around you is the rumble of revival and reformation. An earthquake of American freedom. It beckons you!
But you are waiting. Every atom of your being screams for you to jump into the river that is healing America. All the cells of your body are vibrating with anticipation. But you hesitate. You are hoping your lukewarm friends and church will change.
Your lukewarm friends and church are stealing your joy and your hope for a new America. Every time you get around them they downplay your fervor.
Revelation 12:10-12
King James
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Each of the Seven Churches in the book of Revelation are given the admonition to “overcome.” Ephesus in 2:7, Smyrna in 2:11, Pergamos in 2:17, Thyatira in 2:26, Sardis in 3:5, Philadelphia in 3:12, and Laodicea in 3:21. Also, the word “overcometh” is also used in Revelation 21:7. Those who “over-come” are in two separate categories. “Overcomers” are those in reference to salvation; as well as those who are “overcomers” by serving the Lord and not the flesh. According to the context, it may be applied to either salvation or service. In some places it is easy to distinguish between the two; and, in some, it is not.
For an example, let us look at Revelation 21:7.
“He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.”
“Overcomer” here would be concerning salvation, as only a saved person is a son of God.
“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” - John 1:12
1 John 5:4,5.
“For whatsoever is born of God (This is the new birth in John 3:3.) overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (4) Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God.” (
Revelation 2:26,27, where “overcometh” is in reference to works and rewards, not salvation.
“And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end (of their life), to him will I give power over the nations:(26) And he shall rule them with a rod of iron…(27)”
This should get you started on your journey with Christ and to believe His promices.
Acts 7:57-60 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction.Jeremiah/17/23
The Bible shows us that we can pray for boldness. And, we should! Paul asked the church at Ephesus to pray for him for boldness.
Acts 4:29-31
Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
This great man of God, said, “Praying always . . . for all saints. And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth BOLDLY, to make known the mystery of the gospel. For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak BOLDLY, as I ought to speak” (Eph. 6:18–20). And so, let us pray together.
Isaiah 40 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
3 The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Doing the Works of Jesus John 14:12–14...Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
“Your life is a display of the trustworthiness of Jesus.”
You will have everything you need to do the works that Jesus does — even the greater works.”
Text taken from Acts chp. 5 and 4. Read and study for understanding of how Jesus works with His disciples to heal and do miracles.
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
Matthew 4:23-25 KJV
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.
Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
Romans 4:8
“Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.”
Revelation 20:12 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Isaiah 58 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
Ezekiel 9:3-4
(3) And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; (4) And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
If the angel in Ezekiel's vision were to visit us today, would he find anybody "sighing and crying" because of the abominations? How many would qualify to receive this life-saving mark—like Passover blood on the doorposts—on their foreheads? Would you qualify?
And [God] called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn at his side; and the LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it." (Ezekiel 9:3-4)
When filled with God's love, we can do and see and understand things that we could not otherwise do or see or understand. Filled with His love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others in ways surprising even to us.
Filled with His love, we can endure pain, quell fear, forgive freely, avoid contention, renew strength, and bless and help others.
What is it about true love that touches every heart? Why does the simple phrase “I love you” evoke such universal joy?
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be filled with this love” (Moro. 7:47–48).
Every day, we get “reports” from the news, our experiences, our friends and family, and many other sources. We also get reports from the Word of God which oftentimes contradicts what others are saying.
That’s when we have a choice: do we believe what we hear in the natural, or do we believe the report of the Lord?
Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? Psalm 1:1-2
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. Isaiah 53:5
Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.” Matthew 18:19-20 h
George Jones/Choices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP0oQCh_teg
(1 Cor. 13:1-13)
1 If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. 9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away.
The Law of Love
…22Keep your belief about such matters between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 23But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
Romans 14:5
One person regards a certain day above the others, while someone else considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
Titus 1:15
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Romans 14: 23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
¶“1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God... 14And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:1,14).
Hebrews 1:3
“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
¶“6...though he was in the form of God, [he] did not count equality with God a thing to be held on to, 7but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
¶“9Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow...” (Philippians 2:6-10).
Jesus’ message to Laodicea is as follows:
“And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write,
‘These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked— I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ’ ” Revelation 3:14-22
Overcome Storms and Despair
“Hide me in the blood until I have love in perfection. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love (I John 4:18). I will not live in fear and dread. Hide me in the blood of Jesus until all the oppression and depression are destroyed, and I have none at all. Then I will have only jubilation, gladness and Calvary’s victory through the blood.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God (I John 3:1
Romans
Chapter 5 2 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
.” Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (II Peter 1:4)
Overcome Storms and Despair.. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love (I John 4:18)
Signs, Wonders, Miracles and Healings
The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us (Romans 5:5)
Romans 8:6
“For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”
Psalms 107:20
“He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
John 3:8 Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
Wind: The desert wind common in Judea as a violet and strong shaking wind.
2) Breath: The existence of life
3) Spirit of God – The power of God that sweeps across generations and bursts into history In Hebrew “Rauch Ha Kodesh!”
Psalm 139:1-24
The wind blows, we feel it, we sense it, but from where it comes, we don’t exactly know. The wind of the Holy Spirit pours from Heaven and brings one fantastic change within. In the Scripture a comparison is made between the powerful operations of the Holy Spirit’s wind and the blowing of Earth’s wind. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (John 3:8).
This is the third part of your soul. Your emotions. They can be good or bad but they ach will determine what your choice will be for your body to follow. FEAR is the opposite of Faith. When in fear, it's impossible to have the God kind of faith. Faith is believing before you see it in the natural.
We are dealing with the mind of man today. We are suppose to have our mind renewed after Christ, shich is the Word of God.
I’ve tried very hard not to be offensive to anyone. I have made confession of my lack of Faith when we really needed it. It is so scary to anyone when they began to thin, as I did, what if I am wrong" That's called doubt.
"Why is faith so hard?"
There is a hiddenness to God that is both genius and infuriating. His hiddenness can either leave us in crippling doubt or cause us to seek harder after Him.
Why is faith so hard? There are obviously a million reasons, but I think a major reason we so often struggle with trusting God (which is what faith really is) is because trusting Him requires us to stop trusting ourselves. Trusting God means we are required to relinquish control of others. And in a world that sometimes feels like it's spinning out of control, we want nothing more than to take hold of something and bend it to our will so that at least we can be lord over something in our life.
After His resurrection, He gave some apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry. This means he anointed five ascension gifts to equip and empower you to advance the Kingdom of God. He also sent you the Holy Spirit. Jesus said, “It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart I will send him unto you” (John 16:7). That Comforter is the Holy Spirit.
Jesus was the Word of God made flesh. He never became God He was always God. He was also the Word of God incarnate, “Immanuel; God with us.” At the River Jordan, we read that Jesus was baptized in water by John the Baptist. John the Baptist was the last Old Testament prophet. This meeting between John and Jesus marked a great transition in the order of things moving from the Old Testament Order of Aaron to the New Testament Order of Melchizedek (Hebrews 7:11). At the water baptism, the Holy Ghost descended on Jesus like a dove. The Holy Ghost is not a dove, fire, water, it, thing, or a feeling he is the third person of the Trinity. Notice the Trinity in this scripture: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
“And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:16-17)
Living Water Is Jesus Himself
Matthew 24:12-14z' 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Living Water Is Jesus Himself
Psalm 145:16 tells us: “You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.”
Psalm 16:11 says: “You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.”
The key to accessing the Living Water and the satisfaction of the soul that the Lord has designed for us is to be near Him, in His presence. You can’t “get” the satisfaction in His hand without being close enough to hold that hand.
Psalm 139, Matthew 4:1-11, and 2 Corinthians 4:7-10
Perhaps you have heard of the phrase, “Know thyself.” Often attributed to the Greek philosopher, Socrates, the Ancient Greek aphorism, “Know Thyself” was once inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
However, knowing yourself and being known are two entirely different things.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. (2 Corinthians 4:7,'
Psalm 139 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Verse Concepts
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
2 Corinthians 5:13
Verse Concepts
For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
Romans 12:5
Verse Concepts
so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Christ
1 Corinthians 11:1
Verse Concepts
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Romans 10:4
Verse Concepts
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Hebrews 13:8
Verse Concepts
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Philippians 2:21
Verse Concepts
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Christ
1 Corinthians 11:1
Verse Concepts
Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.
Romans 10:4
Verse Concepts
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Hebrews 13:8
Verse Concepts
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Philippians 2:21
Verse Concepts
For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Christ
Praise God! I know it doesn't look like the glory is coming. Sin is running rampant in the earth and there is no restraint where perversion is concerned. BUT, all God has to do to get rid of darkness is turn on the light and light dispels the darkness.
I sense in my spirit that something major is taking place in the spirit realm. It is a time of seriousness and a time to stand boldly and make sure that the "spirit of the world" does not interfere and distract us from receiving the glory of God.
That sounds like Proverbs 13:22, "The wealth of the sinner has been laid up for the just." God is positioning the Church for His glory and His wealth. What is the purpose of the wealth? So we can spend it on our lusts? NO! For the publishing of the Gospel to the nations and then the end will come! (Matt. 24:14).
Glory! I believe that one of the greatest battles the Church will face is resisting the "spirit of conformity." Romans 12:2 instructs us to "be not conformed to this world." There is going to be such a strong pull to conform to the world because it is fashionable. The Philips Translation says, "Don't let the world around you squeeze you into its mold" (Rom. 12:2). First Corinthians 2:12 says, "Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God."
The three main characteristics of the spirit of the world are:
1) the lust of the flesh
2) the lust of the eyes, and
3) the pride of life.
Every worldly desire comes under one of these three categories. That's a picture of our society! How do you resist and overcome such a seductive, powerful spirit?
In 2 Timothy 2:22 (Living Bible) we see these instructions, "Run from anything that gives you evil thoughts, but stay close to anything that makes you want to do right. Enjoy the companionship of those who love the Lord and have pure hearts."
Do you like yourself? As you begin to see yourself through God's eyes—someone who's loved and cherished—your view of yourself will begin to change. You'll begin to see yourself not as rejected, but as loved and accepted…unique and beautiful in His sight.
Many times people who reject themselves do so because they can't see themselves as good, proper, or right. They fail to see themselves the way God sees them—as precious children He dearly loves.
Be Ready at Any Hour
(Genesis 6:1-7; Mark 13:32-37; Luke 12:35-48)
36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
42Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 44Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Psalm 86:11, “Teach me your way, LORD, that I may rely on your faithfulness; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Who Holds Tomorrow: Matthew 6:34 ESV
“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Jeremiah 29:11 ESV / 30 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
James 4:13-15 ESV / 28 helpful votes
Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
Psalm 31:15 ESV / 25 helpful votes
My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
James 4:14 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
Can You Boldly Say You Are "Not Ashamed of the Gospel ?
Romans 1:16
The gospel or the good news is the reality that Christ came to this earth to pay the price for our sins. By putting your faith in him you not only have your sins forgiven but you are rewarded with eternal life. What a wonderful message that is – filled with hope, especially when you see the sinful condition the world is in. It’s great to know this is not our eternal home.
Is there any wonder Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, would write such an incredible statement such as this?
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile” (Romans 1:16).
My text is taken from ..Exodus 33:18 But this prayer of Moses stands entirely alone. It is a category unto itself. No other request can be compared to it. God’s glory is the sum total of who he is. It is God’s power plus his wisdom plus his justice plus his mercy plus his wisdom plus his holiness plus his love plus every other attribute of his character. God’s glory is the shining forth of who God is in his essence.
Luke 15:11-32 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to[a] one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16 And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.
At the cross, Jesus was taking your place..“God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8).
At the cross, Jesus was taking your curse...Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree.” (Gal. 3:13)
At the cross, Jesus was clothing you...I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with a robe of righteousness. (Isa. 61:10)
At the cross, Jesus was tearing heaven open for you...And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. (Mark 1:10)
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith. (Heb. 10:19–22a)
Also read Psalms 103:1-5
Chapter 10—
1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and k
Awaiting with expectation and preparing to receive the Lord are two important aspects of the Advent season. We must prepare a straight path for the Lord, removing all obstacles which stand in the Lord’s way preventing him from coming. All the crooked ways in our life, in the life of our society need to be straightened out. Every mountain and hill should be brought low and every valley be lifted up.
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Psalm 103 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
2 Timothy
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1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
Romans 3: What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Why does unbelief appear to be increasing in the world today?
"The 400 Years of Silence" is the name given to the period of time between the last of the Old Testament prophets and the arrival of Jesus in the New Testament. It began with Malachi's prediction of Elijah's return (Malachi 4:5-6) circa 430 BC and ended with its metaphorical fulfillment: the coming of John the Baptist circa 6—4 BC.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Isa. 26?3
The Path to Glory
What a hope! Dare we aspire to such a height of glory? Surely, we could not hope for divine nature without a definite, clear invitation.
The Scriptures teach three Ways! One is Broad that leads to destruction, contrasted with a Narrow Way that leads to life now. In the future during the Millennial Age, a Highway of Holiness will open, on which it will be easier to walk.
“Enter by the Narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the Way is Broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the Way is Narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it.” Matthew 7:13,14 nas
“And a Highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there” (Isaiah 35:8,9).
1 Corinthians 2:9
“But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.”
Christians Should Not Fear Death
Fear comes from uncertainty. Fear comes from the unknown. Why should anyone be afraid when they know what will happen and that it is a good thing? That’s why Paul is so bold about the idea of dying. He knows what comes after he dies: he will be with the Lord.
Jesus Christ died and was raised from the dead. Death could not hold Him. With His resurrection, He “abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Timothy 1:10 NKJV). Jesus has the “keys of hell and of death” (Revelation 1:18 KJV). He is in control, even of death. Why should we be afraid?
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV)
He said to them, "Why are you afraid?" (Mark 4:40b RSV)
Is that not a strange question to ask men who were in danger of losing their lives? Just a moment earlier they were tossing about in a boat which was filling rapidly with water, in the midst of a raging storm, with no hope of help. Why shouldn't they be afraid? Yet Jesus asked them, "Why are you afraid?" And then he put his finger on the reason:
"Have you no faith?" (Mark 4:40c RSV)
I'll tell you how to look at it. Haven't you noticed how, in our own little war here on earth, there are different phases, and while any one phase is going on people get into the habit of thinking and behaving as if it were going to be permanent? But really the thing is changing under your hands all the time, and neither your assets nor your dangers are the same as the year before.
Jonathan Cahn reveals the stunning connection between the disaster in Afghanistan, the judgment of America, and the continual unfolding of the mystery revealed in The Harbinger and The Harbinger II.
This is the picture of the large truck I was operation in the surface mines.
Jonathan Cahn reveals the stunning connection between the disaster in Afghanistan, the judgment of America, and the continual unfolding of the mystery revealed in The Harbinger and The Harbinger II.
This is the picture of the large truck I was operation in the surface mines.
I am renewed in the knowledge of God and no longer want to live in my old ways or nature before I accepted Christ (Colossians 3:9-10).
I am merciful, I do not judge others, and I forgive quickly. As I do this by God’s grace, He blesses my life (Luke 6:36-38).
God supplies all of my needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).
In all circumstances I live by faith in God and extinguish all the flaming darts (attacks) of the enemy (Ephesians 6:16).
I can do whatever I need to do in life through Christ Jesus who gives me strength (Philippians 4:13).
I am chosen by God who called me out of the darkness of sin and into the light and life of Christ so I can proclaim the excellence and greatness of who He is (1 Peter 2:9).
I am born again—spiritually transformed, renewed and set apart for God’s purpose—through the living and everlasting word of God (1 Peter 1:23).
What is the power of the Holy Spirit? The power of the Holy Spirit is the power of God. The Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, has appeared throughout Scripture as a Being through and by whom great works of power are made manifest. His power was first seen in the act of creation, for it was by His power the world came into being (Genesis 1:1–2; Job 26:13). The Holy Spirit also empowered men in the Old Testament to bring about God’s will: “So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and from that day on the Spirit of the Lord came upon David in power” (1 Samuel 16:13; see also Exodus 31:2–5; Numbers 27:18). Although the Spirit did not permanently indwell God’s people in the Old Testament, He worked through them and gave them power to achieve things they would not have been able to accomplish on their own. All of Samson’s feats of strength are directly attributed to the Spirit coming upon him (Judges 14:6, 19; 15:14).
What else does purity do in your life?
Promotes caution, discernment, and good choices while preventing corruption in thought, word, and deed.
Supports good health and a long life and leads to satisfaction and peace.
Highlights faults in your life and spurs you toward godliness, honoring the conscience God gave you.
Inspires you to avoid stumbling blocks and helps you live free of guilt and regret.
Cultivates a community of loving individuals with honor and affection.
Governs your relationships with others—especially with the complementary gender—and enables you to provide an example for them to follow.
The Psalmist said that he had hid God’s Word in his heart, that he might not sin against Him; and you will find that the more of God’s Word you hide in your heart, the easier it is to live a holy life. He also testified that God’s Word lead quickened him; and, as you receive God’s Word into your being, your whole physical being will be quickened and you will be made strong. As you receive with meekness the Word, you will find faith upspringing within. And you will have life through the Word.
How is it that the moment you are filled with the Holy Ghost persecution starts? It was so with the Lord Jesus Himself. We do not read of any persecutions before the Holy Spirit came down like a dove upon Him. Shortly after this we find that, after preaching in His home town, they wanted to throw Him over the brow of a hill.
Isaiah 53:Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Mark 6:3
Verse Concepts
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him.
Luke 4:28
Verse Concepts
And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things;
Luke 4:29
Verse Concepts
and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff.
Source: https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Rejection-Of-Christ
Over the years I’ve heard a number of ideas about mantles being transferred from one person to another, and I’m sure this can be a wonderful thing. Today, however, I want to talk about the mantle of Jesus. We get our understanding of mantles from the mentoring relationship of the great Prophets Elijah and Elisha. I want to examine this relationship and how it applies to us today.
Jesus had a ministry of fire and miracles. John said that Jesus would be the one who would baptize with the Holy Spirit and fire. Jesus did so many miracles that if every one of them were written; the world itself could not contain the books. (John 21:25). The Bible tells us in Revelation 1:14&15 that His eyes are like a blazing fire and His feet are like bronze standing in the midst of fire.
Over 2500 years ago, the prophet Joel, through the Spirit of God, foresaw the outpouring of the Spirit. But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh (Acts 2:16,17). That pouring-out time is now happening in our day. Heaven’s windows are open wide.
Through the miraculous hands of God, the needs of God’s people will be supplied. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19). The Bride will use that promise of victory in her last hour. God will supply! As the Bride’s faith reaches to Heaven, she will cry again and again, “God will supply!” I have used that promise of victory again and again
In Ephesians, the Bride is described as a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:27). Believing for the glorious Church described here is beyond the grasp of many; but what God says can be and will be because His words are true. The glorious Church is on Earth now. It is holy and without blemish.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water (John 7:38)
Matthew 26:34 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
…33Peter said to Him, “Even if all fall away on account of You, I never will.” 34“Truly I tell you,” Jesus declared, “ this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” 35Peter replied, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the other disciples said the same thing.…
Read and Study:
Prov. 3:5-8. Search out in Strong's Concordance the word Health.
Prov. 4:-22 Do a Strong's Concordance search on the word health. It means "MEDICINE".
If you are unsaved today, your battles will never truly be won until you invite Jesus into your heart. You may think you can never live free from sin, and it is true that you can’t in your old, ugly self; but you can if you will let Jesus make you a brand-new creation. Lift your hands and say this prayer right now: Oh, God, save my soul! I am so sorry I sinned against you, but I have come home; and I am going to serve you the rest of my life. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my life, Jesus! Come on in!
If you meant that prayer, you can say, “Hallelujah, Jesus has come! Hallelujah, Jesus is mine!” Now, you can be a Jesus winner and walk in His shoes.
REV. 21: 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
The 1st extraordinary promise: The tree of life
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” Revelation 2:7.
You will not be hurt by the second death
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.” Revelation 2:11.
The 4th extraordinary promise: Power over the nations, a rod of iron, and the morning star
“And he who overcomes and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations – ‘He shall rule them with a rod of iron; They shall be dashed to pieces like the potter’s vessels’ – as I also have received from my Father; and I will give him the morning star.” Revelation 2:26-28.
Continue to read about each church and you will find all the scriptures pertaining to being an overcomer.
…To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.”
—Revelation 1:5-6
As Believers, we are kings and priests empowered and washed clean by the blood of Yeshua. Understanding this authority equips Believers to embrace their Kingdom purposes.
Oftentimes, the enemy will use distractions to pull Believers away from their assignments. In the distractions come loss of vision and purpose. Many question God’s call on their lives. What once seemed clear… is now difficult to see.
Does this describe you?
“Everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory; I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”
—Isaiah 43:7
1 Corinthians 1:26-29
(26) For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: (27) But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; (28) And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: (29) That no flesh should glory in his presence.
Tumbleweed believers have not allowed their ROOTS to sink deep into the doctrines of truth.
Tumbleweed believers begin to ROAM when confronted by a little pressure.
Tumbleweed believers blown by the wind are helpless to decide their own ROUTE.
Tumbleweed believers spread their unwanted seeds at RANDOM.
Let’s determine to allow our roots to grow deep in Christ. Know what you believe and don’t let anything or anyone blow you off course. When you are confronted by an attack from the enemy, resist him. When temptation comes your way, stand strong. Let’s be believers who are deeply rooted, continually growing, and ever producing fruit for the Kingdom.
Cured at Last!
“And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.”— Luke viii. 43, 44.
Proverbs 4:20 My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings.
21 Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
“As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by intepretation, Sent). He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.”— John ix. 5, 6, 7.
THERE IS A GLORIOUS FULNESS IN JESUS. There is an infinite fulness in Jesus, a fulness of all that any saint can ever want to enable him to rise to the highest degree of grace.
Colossians 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;
John 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Deuteronomy 14:2, “For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the people who are on the face of the earth.” To be chosen not only meant to be favored, but it required responsible actions.
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
And because of his zeal for God, he has become the object of ridicule. And so he cries out, “Because for your sake, I have borne reproach…For the zeal of your house consumes me…”
Still he keeps the faith. He can live with the scorn. All that matters to him is to be faithful and sing God’s praise. And so, he says, “But as for me, my prayer is to you, Yahweh…
“He made a whip of cords, and threw all out of the temple…
he said, ‘Take these things out of here!
Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!'”
It was then, as the chaos erupted, that his disciples remembered the words of the Psalmist, “Zeal for your house will eat me up.” (John 2:15-17) It was prophetic: Jesus’ zeal for God’s house would lead to the Cross.
In Acts 9:15, God said, “But the Lord said to him, 'Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel'.” And this chosen one of God did a great work for the Lord.
The Apostle Paul told the people of Galatia, “I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:6-8).
"Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven." This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of what is shaken, as of what has been made, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain. (Hebrews12:26b-27
The Glory is Coming!
Praise God! I know it doesn't look like the glory is coming. Sin is running rampant in the earth and there is no restraint where perversion is concerned. BUT, all God has to do to get rid of darkness is turn on the light and light dispels the darkness.
We need to live like the glory is coming. It is time to get our houses in order. God is not going to entrust His glory to the lives of worldly, carnal-minded Christians. God would not allow a priest in the Old Testament to enter the Holy of Holies if he was not properly prepared.
You are listening and obeying one or the other. We have the God of Abraham, the God that created all things and we have the god of this world, which is satan.
You are obeying one or the other.The bibles says that you can't eat from the Lord
s table and the table of the devil.
18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. 3 There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, 5 yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.’” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! 7 Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” ©NET
Why You Do WBeing a Christian does not give you an automatic victory but doorway to the victory that has been won for you by Christ. This victory comes when you identify your position in God and you use all the equipment available to you to chase the enemy out of your territory.
Spiritual warfare is tough but the weapons that God provides for His children are tougher. The truth is that many people will continue to have problem until they are determined to get out of their bondage and declare like Esther; “If I perish I perish.” hat You Do
Luke 24:32 - And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"
If Jesus Christ were to appear to you today, and speak the word to you, I'm sure that you would hit the floor with much fear and trembling. When a holy God fills a place with His holy presence, His holy fear will also be manifested.
Where is the fear of the Lord in our churches today? Where is the fear of the Lord in our schools and in our homes? Where is the fear of God in our own lives? What is happening to the church? Why is sin rampant within its doors? Why are people making a mockery of God, His word, and His people? What are we doing wrong?
TIME IS ALMOST UP!
Joel 2:1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion; sound the alarm on My holy mountain! Let all who dwell in the land tremble, for the Day of the LORD is coming; indeed, it is near— 2a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be in ages to come.…
2 Peter 3:3-4 ...'Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.' ... Do we live in a day of scoffers? Most certainly! Talk about the end times and the majority of people, including many Christians will just laugh it off saying that "all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation." in PERFECT fulfillment of this Bible prophecy above!
Understanding the times we are in is so crucial to our walk with God, our Christian faith, our preparation and readiness for Christ when He returns.
The Bible teaches that before Jesus returns to establish His kingdom on earth, there will be a 7-year period known as the Tribulation or the Day of the Lord. Some are concerned that we are now in that period of tribulation. But, as bad as this pandemic may be, I do not believe it to be the Day of the Lord.
We should not be surprised that we are facing difficulties. Jesus said, “In this world, you will have trouble” (John 16:33). Nevertheless, we are not to fear. Nothing can befall us apart from God’s loving hand. He will bring us through this crisis or home to His loving arms.
How can one have an understanding of the times we are in?
It’s simple. By placing what is happening in these times alongside the Word of God not just viewing it from the news perspective or from opinions being circulated on social media. Your Bible must be so close to you at this time, much closer than your phone or IPad to get the latest update on the coronavirus. It’s not just enough to read or listen to the news, we must go to the Word of God.
Luke 12:47 - And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
Ezekiel 38:7 - Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
Matthew 24:42 - Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
There will now be lots of questions about our preparedness or lack of it. We are now focused on BEING READY. We hear and will hear more and more calls that say, "WE MUST BE READY."
In Jesus' own words: "So you MUST be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him." Matt. 24:44
Place the cross between
You and God
You and the World
You and Others
Galatians 6:14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
In the life of a Christian, the CROSS is placed between them and the World.
1 Corinthians 1:17 For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect. 18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
What is the message of the cross?
- Jesus died for your sins
- You are free because of it
- You are ransomed and redeemed
- You are triumphant over sin (because the power of sin has been broken)
Romans 8: is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[b] neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Nothing that can stop what I am doing. No power on earth that can alter My plans. Nothing the enemy can attempt that I Am not aware of because My plans have already been drawn.
Exodus 33:14-19 And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, I beseech thee, shew me thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
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Exodus 33:14-19 New Century Version (NCV)
The LORD answered, “I myself will go with you, and I will give you victory.” Then Moses said to him, “If you yourself don’t go with us, then don’t send us away from this place. If you don’t go with us, no one will know that you are pleased with me and with your people. These people and I will be no different from any other people on earth.” Then the LORD said to Moses, “I will do what you ask, because I know you very well, and I am pleased with you.” Then Moses said, “Now, please show me your glory.” The LORD answered, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will announce my name, the LORD, so you can hear it. I will show kindness to anyone to whom I want to show kindness, and I will show mercy to anyone to whom I want to show mercy.
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Exodus 33:14-19 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. For wherein now shall it be known that I have found favor in thy sight, I and thy people? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we are separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth? And Jehovah said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken; for thou hast found favor in my sight, and I know thee by name. And he said, Show me, I pray thee, thy glory. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will proclaim the name of Jehovah before thee; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
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The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?” And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.” Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.” And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.
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Exodus 33:14-19 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And the LORD said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest [by bringing you and the people into the promised land].” And Moses said to Him, “If Your presence does not go [with me], do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we are distinguished, Your people and I, from all the [other] people on the face of the earth?” The LORD said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have asked; for you have found favor (lovingkindness, mercy) in My sight and I have known you [personally] by name.” Then Moses said, “Please, show me Your glory!” And God said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the Name of the LORD before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion (lovingkindness) on whom I will show compassion.”
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Exodus 33:14-19 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
And he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?” And the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.” Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
The text of the Book of Genesis says Enoch lived 365 years before he was taken by God. The text reads that Enoch "walked with God: and he was no more; for God took him" (Gen 5:21–24), which is interpreted as Enoch's entering heaven alive in some Jewish and Christian traditions.
Is 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
For God to fulfil that promise in Isaiah, He has to bring about change.
When God does a new thing, that means that there are changes about to happen.
He's an agent of change.
Rom 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed...
God is into transformation; that means change.
When He gets a hold of a person's life, He changes it.
When He gets a hold of a church, He changes it.
He even changed water into wine, but here's the problem.
2. People Find It Difficult To Change
ILLUS - Simpson had to fight to introduce chloroform; Lister struggled to have antiseptics accepted; Copernicus was forced to retract his belief that the earth went around the sun.1
People seem to be naturally resistant to change.
But change happens continuously anyway.
Just think of the seasons - spring, summer, autumn, winter.
God has built change into our natural existence.
Think of the aging process.
No matter how hard you try, or what anti-wrinkling creams you use, you will not look the same, at 60-years-old, as you did at the age of twenty.
There's change.
People change jobs regularly.
I remember a time when it was normal for people to stay in the same job for twenty years or more; but not any more.
Change happens all the time.
ILLUS - 5 billion gigabytes - volume of data created globally in 2002 - equivalent to 800 books per person. Time 10th November, 2003 p 16
All that new information means a lot of change.
How do people feel about so much change?
All of this change brings uncertainty, fear, feelings of spinning out of control.
Because so much of the change we experience in life is beyond our control.
We can't do anything about it.
3. The Church Has A History Of Resisting Change
ILLUS - Even the early church found it difficult to adapt to the leading of the Holy Spirit. Think about what Jesus said to the disciples in Acts 1:8: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
This is where Jesus reinforced the mission he had already given His disciples in Matt 28:19-20 and Mk 16:15-16.
What was their mission? To go into all the world and make disciples of all nations.
This is what Jesus was restating in Acts 1:8 and telling them that they would receive the power of the Holy Spirit to help them to fulfil that mission.
That mission was to Jerusalem, then Judea and Samaria, and then to the ends of the earth.
In other words, local, national and international.
There's a new word that's been invented to cover all three: Glocal.
Their mission was glocal: local, national and international.
So they were filled with the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:4, then what did they do?
Did they fulfil the mission?
No, they sat around in Jerusalem all the way through Acts 2, all the way through Acts 3, all the way through Acts 4, all the way through Acts 5, all the way through Acts 6, all the way through Acts 7.
And it wasn't till Acts 8:1 that there was a persecution which scattered the disciples through Judea and Samaria.
Finally, they were starting to be obedient to Christ's command.
But not by choice.
Sometimes God has to take drastic measures to get His people to obey Him.
This time it took persecution, but they still didn't get with the program.
Yes, they were preaching the word (Acts 8:4), but they were still only preaching to Jews and Samaritans.
What about the Gentiles?
Didn't they know that Jesus wanted them to preach to the Gentiles too?
Of course they did!
Jesus was very clear about that.
He said, "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son..."
He didn't say, "For God so loved the Jews that He gave His only begotten Son..."
He said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature." (Mk 16:15)
This message was never just for the Jews.
But people find it so difficult to cope with change.
It wasn't till Acts 10 that they began to rethink their theology to come into alignment with God's theology.
ILLUS - Peter was on the roof praying, when he had a vision. And in the vision, he saw a sheet coming down out of heaven full of all kinds of animals. And then there was a voice saying, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." And Peter said, "Lord, I can't do that! I'm a good Jew."
Now just think about this for a moment.
The Lord told Peter to do something and Peter says no.
Isn't that a bit strange? His tradition had such a strong hold on him that even when God told him to do something, he said no.
God says, "But I've made it clean so don't call it unclean."
You'd think that God would have made His point clear, but this still isn't enough for Peter.
Immediately, he has the same vision, with the same sheet full of animals, and the same voice telling him to kill and eat.
Now, wouldn't you think that Peter would have got the message?
Nope. He answers God in the same way: "Sorry Lord, no can do. I'm a good Jew."
This message had to come to him three times.
Then suddenly, ding-dong, there's the doorbell.
And there are some men waiting to take Peter to Caesarea in the north to speak to Cornelius, a centurion in the Roman army - a Gentile.
So Peter goes with the men, and when he gets there, he finds that Cornelius has gathered his friends and family, and they're all waiting for Peter.
Peter preaches his message, and suddenly, the Holy Spirit turns up, and everyone is filled with the Holy Spirit and starts to speak in tongues.
Peter looks around and his fellow-Jews who had come with him and says, "Well, I suppose we can't very well refuse to baptise them in water if God has filled them with the Holy Spirit, can we?"
So Peter goes back to Jerusalem, but the news has gone on ahead of him, and there are people waiting to take issue with him.
He has to explain the whole thing right from the beginning before they finally realise that God has granted salvation to the Gentiles too.
That's in Acts 11:18.
Why didn't this happen a lot sooner?
People find change so difficult.
And the church, down through the ages has been no different.
When the Roman emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the empire, the church went into a downward spiral.
That downward spiral was already happening since the time of the apostles, but making the church the official religion brought masses into the churches who brought with them their beliefs and their immorality.
The church degenerated into a political force and, except for small pockets of genuine believers, there was spiritual darkness for over a thousand years.
Then in 1517 Martin Luther declared the revelation he had received from God that the just should live by faith, not works.
Hebrews 10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
This season in your life was never intended to be more than you could bear. The burdens and the heaviness that seem so crushing at times were all borne on My shoulders at the Cross so you would come out of the place you are in unscathed and on target for a fulfilled destiny.
You are going to have to trust Me.
It's a new day, says the Father. It's a new day, and you will now begin to walk with Me in a new way.
A heart gets hardened by letting sin remain in or with you. No repentance. Your heart will get calloused and hardened, you think, well I got by with that little sin and nothing happened so it gets easier to disobey God each time.
If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything. That's what satan wants you to do. It's time for you to decide who you are going to serve. Have a made up mind and a heart made pure by confessing Jesus as your Lord.
Acts 4:29.. And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
The Word of God is powerful, because it is guaranteed by God to be effective.
•• When you speak the Word of God, you are tapping into limitless power!
Jeremiah 23:28-29 Let the one who has my word speak it faithfully ... [29] “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?”
•• Think of the Word of God as a hammer. Picture it.
•• This hammer can drive home a nail = positive results.
•• This hammer can break down obstacles = overcoming negatives.
•• “SPEAK [God's Word] faithfully” and (1) all kinds of positive things will begin to happen, and (2) all kinds of obstacles and opposition will begin to be broken.
38 And a man from the crowd shouted for help, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he is my only child; 39 and a spirit seizes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it throws him into a convulsion so that he foams at the mouth; and only with [great] difficulty does it leave him, mauling and bruising him as it leaves. “This is My beloved Son, My Chosen One; listen and obey and yield to Him!”
39 and a spirit seizes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it throws him into a convulsion so that he foams at the mouth; and only with [great] difficulty does it leave him, mauling and bruising him as it leaves. 40 I begged Your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” 41 Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverted generation! How long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here [to Me].”
Psalm 92:10 …I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me [Jesus], because He has anointed me…
Acts 10:38 …how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”
Philippians 4: KJV
Hebrews 4:12
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Sometimes I can’t help the way I feel, but I can help how I react to those feelings. I can submit them to God and His will for my life. Choosing to respond in a way that is based on God’s truth for my life and the situation. By doing that I’m honoring God. Intentionally putting faith over my feelings.
Do you need help living by faith and not guided by emotions? As believers, we are called to live by faith and not our emotions. And yet, so many of us choose to live by something else; our feelings.
Have you ever made a decision because it simply felt right at the time? Have you ever said something because it felt like the perfect moment? I know I have. More times than I’d like to admit.
Here’s a profound statement: “The God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.”
Take a moment to think about this scripture.
God gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
God started calling Abraham a father when He made this promise to him. Sounds silly to call someone a father who is not. But God went so far as changing Abram name to Abraham, meaning “Father of Many.” All of this happened while he was still childless.
He called something out in Abraham that didn’t exist and spoke of it as if it had already happened—we’re talking past tense when the future was still unwritten!
Acts 4:: 24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness
If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26). God said He would keep sickness from their door—God’s miracle—but through their disobedience, Israel destroyed many, many miracles that God made for them. Like the Israelites, you can destroy God’s miracles by unbelief, by doubt, by disobedience. How many miracles that God either made for you or was going to make have you destroyed through your failure?
Every miracle that is performed in my services is performed by the Holy Spirit, not by Roy Tubbsy. I am just a vessel of clay who is yielded to His will, and He pours out His miraculous Spirit through me to work His divine will for people. It is a miracle when an eye that was dead is given life. Only God can give life, only God. When the blind suddenly receive their sight, look beyond the human hands and see divine hands, supernatural hands with supernatural ability. The supernatural ability of God is indeed miraculous, so miraculous that God merely threw out His hands and sprinkled the heaven with stars; He knows the number of stars and their names (Psalm 147:4).
1 Samuel 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?" ... Paul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.
The Spirit of God wants each of you to capture any demonic strongholds that hold you captive
and strengthen the stronghold of the Holy Spirit in you.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says:
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God
to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity
every thought to the obedience to Messiah.
What is a stronghold? Why are strongholds important in literal warfare?
A stronghold is a defensive structure:
Psalms 9:9 The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
misgav; properly, a cliff (or other lofty or inaccessible place);
figuratively, a refuge:--defense, high fort (tower), refuge.
What is forgiveness and why do I need it?
The word "forgive" means to wipe the slate clean, to pardon, to cancel a debt. When we wrong someone, we seek their forgiveness in order for the relationship to be restored. Forgiveness is not granted because a person deserves to be forgiven. No one deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is an act of love, mercy, and grace. Forgiveness is a decision to not hold something against another person, despite what they have done to you.
The enemy doesn’t even have to mess with you because you are doing his work for him. One of his mottos is that familiarity breeds acceptance and he is persistent.
Acts 26:28 New International Version
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”
Festus Interrupts Paul's Defense
…27King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.” 28Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?” 29“Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”…
It is your choice to stay broken or to be made whole. You can express yourself through love or with hate; Decide to reconcile or continue the debate. Allow circumstances to dictate your mood, Or rise up in faith and receive your reward. Life and death is in the power of the tongue; Choose your words carefully for the song has begun. Psalm 40:3 He has put a new song in my mouth—Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, and will trust in the Lord.
Galatians 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. Please study the entire chapter.
Revelation 2:7 He who has an ear, let him HEAR what the Spirit says to the churches.
•• “Let him HEAR what the Spirit says...” — Pray: “Lord, open my ears to hear your Spirit speak.”
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. [13] This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words. [14] ...they are spiritually discerned.
14, KJV ...the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
HOW Can We Be Used with Power
in the Supernatural Realm?
• “Eagerly desire” to move in this realm. Diligently seek God to experience supernatural powers in your life and ministry.
• “Do not neglect” those gifts in your life, but “fan them into flame.”
• Pray often: “Lord, open my ears. Let me hear what your Spirit is saying.”
• Don’t depend on your natural mind, but on God’s revelation by His Spirit. “Lean not on your own understanding.”
• Focus on Jesus. Ask Him for “a word” directing you into supernatural ministry.
• Pray often: “Lord, open my eyes that I may see.”
Jesus calls us, in the midst of our Gethsemane, to lay aside our will, our limited understanding, and the things of this world and, instead, fix our mind on the things of God. Jesus Himself is our anchor. Not only has He made those in Him right with God, but He has also guaranteed us that the best is yet to come.
Jesus Brought Salvation and Healing
One day, you decided you were going to be saved; and in the same way, you have to decide you’re going to be healed.
I am the LORD that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26).
With his stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).
Divine Blood Delivers
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature (II Peter 1:4). God created man with divine blood inside, and that divinity was to have kept him from ever becoming sick or growing old. When Adam and Eve sinned, they lost that divinity; and sin and sickness entered. Suddenly, they began to age and suffer in their bodies.
That gut-wrenching account of the persecution of fellow believers should challenge us to do several things:
(1) Pray daily for our brothers and sisters in Christ who live under threat of persecution.
Anticipate increased opposition in our culture.
Don’t be surprised by spiritual defections.'
Acts 1: 8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Whether you know it or not, God has a special calling for your life—a calling He wants you to know and pursue. Are you ready to unleash God’s power in your life? Here are seven ways to tap into the supernatural power of GodRead Acts chp. 1:8 and also chp 2: 1-4
Faith
Prayer
Receive the Holy Ghost
Pursue Your Spiritual Gifts With Passion
Be Motivated by Love
Surrender Yourself to God
Get to Know God
Let God Work Through You
Jesus never intended Christian ministry to depend on man's natural abilities. No, but rather He has equipped His followers by the anointing of the Holy Spirit to minister with supernatural power.
Romans 12:6-8 lists the supernatural “charismata” of prophesying, serving, teaching, encouraging [KJV: exhortation], giving, leadership, showing mercy.
1 Corinthians 12:8-10 lists the supernatural “charismata” of the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, faith, the gifts of healing, miracles, prophecy, discerning of spirits, diverse kinds of tongues, and interpretation of tongues.
Ephesians 4:11 enumerates the "fivefold ministry" of apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers.
Psalm 27: 3Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust. 4One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. 5For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.…
"how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him." ... Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him."
1 Thessalonians 1:5 ...our gospel came to you not simply with words, but also with power.
Saul was timid, shy. The Holy Spirit came on him, and he began to prophesy.
• People said, “What’s happened to Saul?!!”
• It is God's power in us — God's supernatural power manifested in timid, weak human beings — that captures people’s attention.
• Pray for His Spirit to fall on YOU in power. Remember Elisha and his request for a “double portion” of the Spirit that was upon Elijah (2 Kings 2:9). Pray for and expect to be used by God in supernatural ministry, including the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and not just in your natural abilities.
Romans 15:3, KJV: "For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me."
Psalms 69:9
“For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.”
Titus 1:6-7
namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. For the overseer must be above reproach as God’s steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain,
This is something we must understand and accept. Followers of Christ will endure the same mockery and reproach He did. The reason for this is that the Word cannot be understood by those who do not see in the Spirit. In our fleshly selves, we are unable to comprehend the things of God.
In His love is in Christ.
This is the very practical spiritual truth that God Himself makes it possible for us to keep ourselves in His love. He understands our frail human nature and sinfulness. God knew all along that mankind could never manage to enter into His love in full or remain there. Jesus is the full revelation of the love of God, His love made visible in tangible form. This love manifested in the unction and mercy of God in the cross. Calvary wasn’t simply Jesus defeating the devil and making a way to God. It was Jesus making a way for us to live in His love through the dynamic of Christ in us and us in Christ. In John 15:9, Jesus says, As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. We keep ourselves in His love when we keep ourselves in Christ who is His love.
Thieves Never Check These Super Secret Hiding Places.
Hebrews 4:16.Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Psalm 91: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
How to Be Ready
The way to find God, in the answer to prayer, in the supply of every need for spirit, soul and body, is to seek Him with all your heart. We may think that we have sought the Lord with all our heart and not found Him – but let us by no means deceive ourselves. The Scripture is true. It cannot be broken, “Ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart” (Jer. 29:13). Beware of a lukewarm, halfhearted condition! God gives victory (1 Cor. 15:57). Be an overcomer yourself – then preach to others the overcoming message in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Blow the trumpet in Zion. Awake God’s sleeping people on every hand. Tell them to be ready, for “the coming of the Lord draweth nigh” (Jas. 5:7-9). He will have a ready people, for we are told that when the Bridegroom came, “they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut” (Matt. 25:10). Will you be in that ready company? It requires taking heed to ourselves (Luke 21:34-35); it requires denying ourselves; it requires watching and praying always (Luke 21:36), that we may be accounted worthy to escape all the things that shall come to pass and to stand before the Son of man.
Isaiah 1: 1 The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
8 And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
9 Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
10 Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
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Jesus says, “Be…ready.” “Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh” (Matt. 24:44).
To be ready means to live continuously in readiness for the Lord’s Coming. Some say, “I am not ready, but I hope to get ready before it is too late.” Christian, the only safe place is to be always ready! At any cost! Jesus never spoke idle words. He is the Head of the church (Eph. 5:23). He is our Lord and Master. He knows what He is talking about. If there is any thing, small or great, which is a barrier between your soul and God, or between you and any person on earth, get that thing attended to at once! If you are not in full victory along any line, pray through no matter what it takes until you know you are ready for His appearing.
If your heart condemns you along any line whatever (1 John 3:19-24), do not rest, do not be diverted, do not delay, but apply yourself in fasting and prayer until you know you are ready for the Coming of the Lord! Then stay ready!
God’s Final Call..In Revelation 14 we see three angels proclaiming, 'with loud voices', three important messages to the 3 angels messageworld. Also, in Revelation 18 we have another angel, 'crying out mightily' to the inhabitants of the world, giving God's final warning and call of mercy, and it is high time for the world to heed these final warnings, because we are living in the very last days of this earth's history.
He tells the world to ...
'fear God' - What does it mean to 'fear God'? Well, take a look at Proverbs 8:13 ... 'The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.' ... So living in the fear of God is to hate the things that God hates - SIN, and to turn away from it. In other words, to 'fear God' is to love righteousness. And as Jesus said in Matthew 5, those who 'hunger and thirst after righteousness, will be filled.'. Filled with the Spirit of God.
'give God glory' - How do we bring glory to God in our lives? Exodus 33:22 says that God's glory passed by the mount where Moses was, and Exodus 34:6-7 reveals that glory - God's character: merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth. So we are to SHOW God's character in our lives to the world, through the indwelling Spirit of Christ and His righteousness.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through
Some people have a problem with Jesus’ claim that He is the one and only way that a person can be saved, but the Bible clearly teaches that in Jesus alone there is salvation (Acts 4:12). It isn’t the fact that He is the only way to be saved that is amazing about God’s grace, but that there is any way for anyone to be saved. At least God has provided a way to be saved. This claim that Jesus is the only way to heaven is not politically correct these days in this pluralistic, “many paths” to God philosophy, but the truth of God cannot be compromised. He is the only way that anyone can be saved, and there is no other.
"God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: 'I am has sent me to you. '”" Exodus 3:14,
John 8:46
Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
(Matt 12:22-32). The only reason they wanted Jesus dead was because of their jealousy and self-interest over His popularity (Mark 15:10; Matt 27:18). They may have accused Him of sin, but no one was able to ever convict Him of sin. Even Pontius Pilate saw that there was no guilt or fault in Him, and He was declared to be not guilty of any crime (John 18:38).
Today Jesus tells us the truth, and His truth is recorded in the Word of God. Why wouldn’t we believe Him? Reading the Word of God is reading the truth and the only place in the entire world where you’ll find it.
As we watch radicals tear down statues, deface monuments, intimidate people who want to stand for the National Anthem and demand the firing of people who write or say something deemed inappropriate to the leftist Anti-American Theology, it is utterly clear that many Americans today hate America.
People ask me how we've gotten to this point. All of this is the result of three generations of brainwashing .
We have watched the hard Left, the America-hating totalitarians who want to define acceptable speech, as they took over the academic world.
Public universities and colleges continued to hire vehement anti-American professors. The state legislatures and governors refused to fight. Alumni continued to give to schools, which were teaching their own children and grandchildren to despise them.
Luke 13: 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.
11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
A WORD OF PROPHECY:
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE BOWED DOWN BY OPPRESSION OF THE ENEMY AND THEY ARE THOSE WHO ARE BOWED DOWN BY THEIR DOCTRINES AND TEACHING. THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED THE FREEDOM THAY I HAVE PROVIDED THEM.
THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS TO YOU TODAY, RISE UP LIFT YOUR HEADS AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT I HAVE PROVIDED YOU. GO FORTH, BE BOLD, SPEAK OUT MY WORDS THAT HAS BEEN BOTTLED UP FOR SO LONG. GET THEM OUT OF YOUR HEART AND INTO THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHOM GOD HAS SENT YOU.
YOU HAVE MUCH TO SAY OF ME AND WHERE YOU ARE WILL NOT ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK. THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE YOU THERE. WIPE THE DUST OFF YOUR FEET OF THAT PLACE AND GO WHERE I SEND YOU.
PAUL SAID I GO BOUND IN THE SPIRIT. HE WAS BOUND BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO FINISH THE WORK THAT GOD HAD GIVEN HIM TO DO, REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT COST HIM.
SO LOOSE YOURSELF FROM MAN AND GO BOUND BY MY SPIRIT TO DO MY WILL SAYS THE LORD OF HOST.
HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD THIS DAY!
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Let the prophets begin to speak out God's Word, whether they will hear and obey it or not. God is watching and weighing in the balance those who are His and
I'm gonna share a few things with you this afternoon, and I'm sure you can probably come up with other things on your own. But how about if we make a commitment to start investing our time rather than wasting our time because we don't want to come to the end of our life and look back and have nothing but regrets. I think that is one of the saddest things that can happen to a person is for it to be too late to go back and do what you wish you would have done and should have done, and just end up regretting the way you've lived with no way to fix it.
John 15 Jesus said, "Apart from me, ye can do nothing". Now, that doesn't really mean we can't do anything, but it does mean that we can't do anything that's gonna really be successful. We can't do anything and have real peace about it and have real joy in doing it if we don't lean on him. And so, I would suggest that you lean on God and learn how to ask God for help about 5,000 times every day.
When we want protection, we can't go to Buddah , (illustration of when I was stationed in viet nam when I was in the army.I saw a , little budda statue) I don't want to to depend on some little bald headed statue------ Dear abby can't help----------ann landers can't do anything,,,,, buddah, isn't going to protect me........ NO, I will look unto the Lord my God, for my help.
Psalm 46:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 121:1-2 1 A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.
Where could I go but to the Lord when I am afraid?
Isa. 43:1-3 1 But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour
Think about this, we are adopted sons and daughters of the Great God Almighty. He is talking about us.
HE is saying, I'd sell off the whole world to get you back, trade creation just for you
That is how much God loves us tonight..... With a love like that, coming from the father avove, how can we be afraid?
But sometimes even the strongest Christians , are hit with issues that are thrown their way, and that is when we need to remember , that God really loves us.
Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for though art with me.
Ephesians 3: For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power.
8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
I believe Ephesians 3:18 shows us that we would not dishonor God, if we understood more about His love. We also wouldn’t be down on ourselves, if we knew how much God loved us. We wouldn’t let the world dictate how we lived or felt. The more we understand His love, the more we are able to live a live that is pleasing unto Him. I am praying today that I begin to move closer to understanding.
Abortion became legal Jan. 20, 1975. Abortion in the Webster’s dictionary gives meaning of abortion as a; spontaneous expulsion of a nonviable fetus, b; induced abortion. This is a deliberate act. Notice the dictionary said fetus.
God’s Word, King James, talks of this. They are referred to as “Innocents.” These Innocents did nothing to create themselves and are not to blame.
Many Scriptures in the Bible address the “Innocents,” and that word in the Strong’s means “blameless.” Deuteronomy 19:10-that innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord God giveth thee...Deut. 27:25 cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person...
Psalm 10:8 in the secret places doeth he murder the innocent...Psalm 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even blood of their sons and of their daughters,/; and polluted the land with blood. Proverbs 6:16, 17...These six things doeth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood. Isaiah 59:7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood...Jeremiah 19:4 Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place/ and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents; ...
All of these references and more “innocents” mean blameless. God will not hold us blameless of these murders! And, yes it is murder!
The fetus regardless of size is living!
And by our hand it lives no more! That is murder!
Our nation is similar to what was mentioned in Jeremiah 19:4 ... filled this place with the blood of the innocents.
There are 3,000 abortions/murders daily in the United States! God will not hold our nation guiltless! There is blood on our hands!
Galatians 2:20...I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Romans 5:6
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:8
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Romans 8:10
But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.
These people have an inner serenity which adversity cannot disturb; it is the peace of Christ. They have a spiritual power that physical weakness cannot destroy; it is the power of Christ. They have a hidden vitality that even the process of dying and death cannot quench; it is the life of Christ.
Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. ( Philippians 3: 7-11)
Jesus Welcomes the Weary .
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Matthew 11:28–30)
“Jesus’s great desire is that we find the rest we so desperately need, which is a rest that only he can give.”
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Isiah 28:11Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people 12to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen. 13Then the word of the LORD to them will become: “Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line; a little here, a little there,” so that they will go stumbling backward and will be injured, ensnared, and captured.…--
Jesus Brought Power:
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19). He was speaking of divine blood.
Later, just before Jesus ascended back to Heaven, He once again instructed His followers, And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover (Mark 16:17,18).
The Early Church Used the Blood
In Acts 3, the divine blood went into operation through Peter and John for a crippled man who had been lame from his mother’s womb and lay at the gate Beautiful. Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk (Acts 3:6).
The voice of God and the great apostasy.
Isaiah 30: 20The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him. 21And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.” 22So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”…
Totally Sold Out For God.
But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. ( Philippians 3: 7-11)
Also Read, Study and Meditate one the Word of God found in Isiah chapter 1:
Your Life Is An Open Book.
Your life is an open book before God and all is made available to Him. You can’t hide your thoughts, your intentions, or your deeds or the lack thereof. God’s knows who you love, who you hate, and those you would rather not be around. He knows not only your heart but every aspect of your mind. You can’t hide one thing from God, not even yourself (Ps 139). Everything is God’s business and all will be revealed, even the things you have done in the dark of night when no one else was near. Not only does God know everything that will occur until the end of time (Isa 46:9-10), but He also knows our very thoughts, even before we speak (Ps 139:4). He knows our hearts from afar; He even saw us in the womb (Ps 139:1-3, 15-16). God is Omniscient. He knows everything! (Acts 15:18).
“But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness.” 1 Corinthians 1:23.
God has zero tolerance for Baal worship. Jeremiah speaks for God (Jer. 51:44): “I will punish Bel (another name for Baal) in Babylon. And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth. And the nations will no longer stream to him.”
We must repent for Baal worship in America. A place to start, if need be, might be in our own hearts. Replica of Syrian arch destroyed by Isis unveiled in New York City https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/palmyra-arch-syria-new-york
1 A PRISONER’S POOL
John 5:1-4
When Jesus is in Jerusalem, the contrast between Him and religion is seen so much more clearly.
And John says in Jerusalem there is a pool called “Bethesda, having five porticoes.”
And in these pools we have a peculiar sight.
“In these lay a MULTITUDE of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered”
here is what I want you to see This pool is not a place of healing.
This pool is a prison.
I believe this is a place of demonic deception.
Just because the people thought it was from God does not mean it was
(Luke 4:17) “HE OPENED THE BOOK and found the place it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord. And HE CLOSED THE BOOK”. He stopped reading in the middle of (Isaiah 61:2) and did not read the words, “and the day of vengeance of our God”. The Lord Jesus went on to say in, (verse 21) “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears”.
He took my sins and my sorrows
He made them His very own
He bore the burden to Calvary
And suffered and died alone
Revelation 1:20
“The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.”
Rev. 1: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
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a prolonged high-pitched cry of pain, grief, or anger.
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unawarell..If you are unaware of something, you do not know about it. Synonyms: ignorant, unconscious, oblivious, in the dark.
The return of Jesus Christ is likened to the coming of a thief in the night. Two passages use the wording “a thief in the night”: Matthew 24:43, “Understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into,” and 1 Thessalonians 5:2, “You know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.”
TIME IS ALMOST UP!
"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.
Where We Are Today?
How much time do we have left? Nobody knows not evenr not even Jesus. Only God knows the time.
We can see the world is in crisis now with economic troubles, uprisings, riots, wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos erupting, "terrorism", famine. But there is yet another possible huge crisis to hit the world.
This crisis to come upon the world will be the catalyst for the governments to bring on the mark of the beast. It could be another 9/11 type "terrorist" event, or a big natural disaster. Whatever it is, there is a big crisis coming.
In Matthew 24, Jesus tells us different events that will happen just prior to His Second Coming. Many of the things that we read in Matthew 24 are happening in our day! And even though we don’t know the exact day Jesus will return, we can certainly sense the season.
Romans 13:11
The Day Is Near
11 And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
THIS IS MAINLY A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND LOVE FOR THE PEOPLE OF INDIA.
Although the Gospel is for all people who will hear,believe and act upon God's Word. It is a personal message to those who have been praying and seeking for answers to their hurt and problems.
Jesus said "I am the way, the Truth and the Life" no man comes to the Father but bby Me.
India is famous for its ancient history, varied landscapes and diverse culture. ... “India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great-grandmother of tradition.”
In the sight of God: Paul preached his gospel before God. It was important to Paul to know every man’s conscience would approve his manner of ministry, but it was far more important to know that what he did was right in the sight of God..
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
“The preacher should either speak in God’s name or hold his tongue. My brother, if the Lord has not sent you with a message, go to bed, or to school, or mind your farm; for what does it matter what you have to say of your own? If heaven has given you a message, speak it out as he ought to speak who is called to be the mouth of God.” This message was taken from 3 Corn. hp 4:
Galatians 5:22-23 tells us, “The Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, humility and self-control.”
You may have heard about the fruit of the Spirit and wondered what it is and how it relates to our Christian faith. In this series, each fruit will be explored and related to our everyday lives. Just like physical fruits need time to grow, the fruit of the Spirit will not ripen in our lives overnight. As we mature in our faith, all the characteristics of our spiritual fruits will grow as well.
You have a specific calling that is customized just for you, so don't try to fit into someone else's gifting or calling.
Don't pick up other peoples armor and try to wear it to battle. It will not work for you like it does for them. Why? Because it is made specifically for their body, and not yours. Your anointing and your gifts were made specifically for you in a way that is most glorifying to God. Don't dis-honor God by coveting others gifts and calling, but glorify Him by stepping into yours boldly. Don't waste your time running after gifts and callings that you don't naturally burn for or have. Wouldn't you hate to stand before the Lord one day and hear Him say that your gifts and efforts didn't glorify Him because you acquired them in your own strength and ignored the ones He had already placed in you? What does your heart burn for? Go after that with all that you have and if it was God given, then God will back you up just like He did for David. "But, no one else is doing or has done what I want to do..." Do it anyways. If it is from God you will not go in your own strength. Walking in your anointing and the will of God for your life will cause you to be victorious in every battle and you will bring so much glory and honor to your creator God. Don't neglect what has been put inside of you, but seek after it and let the Lord strengthen your gifts each day as you walk in His fullness.
Jairus went to Jesus seeking help for his dying daughter; but while Jesus was on His way to Jairus’ house, There came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further (Mark 5:35)? But then Jesus turned to Jairus and said, Be not afraid, only believe (Mark 5:36). Then Jesus continued on to Jairus’ house and raised his daughter from the dead just as easily as you would wake someone who was asleep.
Why do you make your condition seem to be such a hard case?
Healing Through the Blood of Jesus
“By His stripes we are healed.” –Isaiah 53:5 (NKJV)
When you take Communion, do you think of healing? Most Christians take the emblem of the blood and say, “Thank God, we are delivered from sin,” and that is true. Praise God for it!
But according to Isaiah 53:4-5, Jesus’ sacrifice covered every area of man’s existence. He bore spiritual torment for our sins, mental distress for our worry, care, sorrow and fear, as well as physical pain for our sickness and disease. The stripes He bore and the blood He shed were for our healing. By His stripes we are healed.
UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF:
Jesus said, All things are possible to him that believeth (Mark 9:23). What do you believe? Do you believe the divine blood has all power?
Why Understand Yourself Better?
We are caught in a cycle. The result of filling our desire for God—apart from Him—is a complicated mix of pride, insecurity, shame, fear, unwanted behaviors, damaging reactions, and deeply painful memories of being hurt by earthly disappointments.
The better we understand ourselves and our need for God, the more effectively we can deal with the obstacles that keep us from Him. It is time to break out of the cycle! It is time to turn and feast on God!
"Understanding Yourself" is practical evidence why you should believe God will draw near to you intensely enough that earthly sources are no longer nearly as much of a distraction. The problems in the paragraph above don't have to be issues because you can taste heaven now!
Lord, Deliver Me from Distraction
When we are regularly distracted by something, we need to take note. Our attention often runs to what’s important to us. So, distraction can reveal what we love. This happened to Jesus’s friend Martha.
Martha was busy in the kitchen while Jesus taught in her home. When Martha complained that her sister, Mary, wasn’t helping because she was sitting at Jesus’s feet, Jesus replied,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41–42)
Martha was distracted from Jesus. By what? By serving her guests. Why? Because she was anxious. Anxious about what? Anxious about feeding everyone, and in all likelihood anxious about what everyone would think of her and her household if she didn’t do it well.
“God is not nearly as interested in our efficiency as he is in our faith.”
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But Martha didn’t recognize her distraction until Jesus helped her see her heart. She thought she was doing the right thing by serving everyone. But Jesus pointed out to Martha that her values were disordered. She had shifted her attention from the greater importance to the lesser.
(Ephesians 5:16).
Whatever it takes, Lord, increase my resolve to pursue only what you call me to do, and deliver me from the fragmenting effect of fruitless distraction.
Lord, Deliver Me from Distraction
When we are regularly distracted by something, we need to take note. Our attention often runs to what’s important to us. So, distraction can reveal what we love. This happened to Jesus’s friend Martha.
Martha was busy in the kitchen while Jesus taught in her home. When Martha complained that her sister, Mary, wasn’t helping because she was sitting at Jesus’s feet, Jesus replied,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41–42)
Martha was distracted from Jesus. By what? By serving her guests. Why? Because she was anxious. Anxious about what? Anxious about feeding everyone, and in all likelihood anxious about what everyone would think of her and her household if she didn’t do it well.
“God is not nearly as interested in our efficiency as he is in our faith.”
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But Martha didn’t recognize her distraction until Jesus helped her see her heart. She thought she was doing the right thing by serving everyone. But Jesus pointed out to Martha that her values were disordered. She had shifted her attention from the greater importance to the lesser.
(Ephesians 5:16).
Whatever it takes, Lord, increase my resolve to pursue only what you call me to do, and deliver me from the fragmenting effect of fruitless distraction.
Hebrews 10:23 – Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.
“And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force” (Matthew 11:12
We need to be just like that ole bulldog when it comes to our faith. The bone represents the vision that God has placed deep within our hearts. Since the vision was placed inside of us by the Lord, we know that it’s His will for the vision to be fulfilled. How will it be fulfilled? How will the vision come to pass? Answer: By faith.
Bulldog faith never gives up. It lets the devil know whose boss. Bulldog faith sees by the Spirit, lays hold of what it sees by faith and causes that thing to be manifested in the natural realm.
The Glory of God Will Rain Down:
With the same Holy Ghost and the same miraculous power the Early Church had, we will go forth in the Spirit; and we will not back down.
The Lord will give mountains of miracles in this final hour.
Thus saith the Lord, the heavens will open; and the glory of God will be rained down in a miraculous way that the Earth has never seen before.
Jesus said, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works [greater in number] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father (John 14:12). How can this be? Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (I John 4:4).
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed (I Corinthians 15:51,52).
The coming of the Lord is at the door.
“WE ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT TO BE”
Why is Change needed?
To survive and live. We too have to start the change process.
We sometimes need to get rid of the unpleasant old memories, negative habits and our fixed mindset.
Only Freed from the past burdens can we take advantage of the present.
If an eagle can make a life saving and life-changing decision at the age of 40….why can’t we?
In order to take on a New Journey ahead, let go of your negative old limiting beliefs.
Open up your mind and let yourself fly high like an eagle!
When it rains, all birds occupy shelter. But the EAGLE avoids the rain by flying above the clouds…
The problem is common to all but the attitude to solve it makes the difference!
Don’t be afraid of change…accept it gracefully..!!
What Does 1 John 2:27 Mean? ►
As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him.
1 John 2:27(NASB)
John 14:But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Having received the anointing of God, the indwelling Spirit, and the abiding life of Christ Jesus our Lord, every believer has an assurance that those who walk in spirit and truth will be guided into all truth.
When Government Becomes God:
"The combination of fear and the great deception of our time, have made vast numbers of people willing to submit to the government, which they now regard as the protector of their health.
As a result, they have willingly given up many of their rights and freedoms for the sake of remaining healthy, a trend sure to continue.
"The New World Order cannot exercise its dominion over people apart from their willingness to submit to dictates of a government they trust for their well-being and health. People wear masks without questioning their effectiveness.
"And, very few pastors stand up against the restriction regarding the freedom of religion imposed on them by socialist governors.
"In order for the elite to achieve their ultimate goal of a one-world government, they must convince people of the need for more government control of their lives. This explains their devotion to the contrived climate emergency and why they will not let go of the increased control over our lives that they have achieved through the China virus."
Healing Rain represents a promise of life, a saturation of healing, a breaking through, restoration, wholeness, and His word being brought forth for it does not return void. It represents a place of hoping in the Lord.
“Oh, that we might know the LORD! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” Hosea 6:3 NLT
“But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture.” Malachi 4:2 NLT
Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. – James 5:16
Who can wonder why people don’t pray.
If healing is a wild goose chase, then let’s forget it.
Prayer can change anything. The impossible doesn’t exist.
His is the power.
Ours is the prayer.
Without Him, we cannot.
Without us, He will not.
The Welsh revival was similar. “Just after eleven o’clock on a Wednesday evening in 1904, a solo voice rang out with the hymn ‘Here is love vast as the ocean,’” reports the BBC. “Meetings like it were taking place across Wales night after night, with fervent prayer and passionate singing—and similar disregard for the clock. …[I]n little over a year a hundred thousand people had made a new commitment to Jesus Christ.”
“Our society conditions us to look for someone to blame when things go wrong. But in revival we confront our sin before a holy God as we realize that we do not deserve the grace of Jesus Christ. I still see a lot of blame. I don’t yet see as much considering how God may be trying to get our attention and calling us to repentance.”
America thinks that she is hearing from God, but she is not. We are drowning in a cesspool of moral filth: "The wicked freely parade and prance about while evil is praised throughout the land" (Psalm 12:8).
What are you expecting God to do in your life? There is a law that God has established called the law of expectation. The fact is that we tend to get what we expect out of life. We tend to see things we expect to see, we tend to hear things we expect to hear. We tend to feel the way we expect to feel. We inevitably accomplish what we expect to accomplish.
That's the law of faith. And God says, "To some degree, you get to choose what you accomplish because according to your faith it will be done unto you. It is important to live expectantly and that takes faith.
You need to know exactly what you want, in details, so that you can focus your thoughts only on that vision, and never let them be negative.
Instead, let them be who they are and enjoy the time you have left together.
That applies to every other aspect of life: Stop expecting, start accepting
Also, always be aware of the fact that life has some limits. Don’t expect things that are beyond them because you can lose even what you have now.
And then you’ll realize you actually had just enough to be happy.
Not only do we expect, but we do it too much. People have limits, but our fantasies don’t.
When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are. ~ Donald Miller
So that’s just another thing we need to eliminate from our life, another barrier on the way to a happy and peaceful living that we have to get rid of.
So get out there and make the Law of Expectation work for you.
The Law of Expectation is working all the time, but not always in favor of us. See what it means exactly and how you can benefit from it: #lawofexpectation #lawofattraction #attractwhatyouexpect #attractwhatyouwant #successtips #dreamlifestyle
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tPsalms 3 verse 3 T he Shield depicts our Rear Guard, the Lion of Judah who breathes life over us. It reminds us, “Do not be afraid. The One who loves you loves fiercely.” We rest in the shadow of the Almighty and find refuge in His wings. We can rest assured and praise in full confidence for our God is faithful.
Psalm 3:3 (VOICE) But You, Eternal One, wrap around me like an impenetrable shield. You give me glory and lift my eyes up to the heavens.
Psalm 91:4 (VOICE) Like a bird protecting its young, God will cover you with His feathers, will protect you under His great wings; His faithfulness will form a shield around you, a rock-solid wall to protect you.
2 Samuel 22:16 (NKJV) Then the channels of the sea were seen, The foundations of the world were uncovered, At the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.
In the Midst of the Battle, God is There for Us
David mentions three important areas in this passage in which he’s relying on God. He says that God is his shield, his glory, and the lifter of his head.
What do these three things mean?
“Shield” is a symbol of God’s protection, of security found in the Lord.
“Glory”—this is about honor, dignity, reputation, what we take pride in. Even though David’s outward honor and glory as king was gone, even though he had had to flee in his own kingdom, he knew God was his true glory.
“Lifter of my head”—This is about the emotional effects of God’s presence in our lives in the midst of our battle. Even when our head is hanging low in despair, God is there to lift it up and give us joy.
He is releasing a sound. It is time to stay alert beloved. HEAR His sound. Hear His roar! His Holy sound is splitting the heavens to invade earth with His fire and presence. The fire that is cleansing, refining; the fire the purifies us, burns away the dross and makes us whole. He is truly King of kings and Lord of lords.
Matthew 19:21 (AMP) Jesus answered him, “If you wish to be perfect [that is, have the spiritual maturity that accompanies godly character with no moral or ethical deficiencies], go and sell what you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me [becoming My disciple, believing and trusting in Me and walking the same path of life that I walk].”
He reminds us that we are chosen by God – favored and beloved, and that we flourish and bear fruit as we are firmly rooted and grounded in Him.
Isaiah 22:22-24 (AMP) “Then I will set on his shoulder the key of the house of David; When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open. I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father’s house. So they will hang on him all the honor and glory [the complete responsibility] of his father’s house, offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], all the least of the articles, from the bowls to all the jars.
Matthew 3:17 (AMP) and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”
Psalm 1:1-3 (AMP) Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked [following their advice and example], Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit [down to rest] in the seat of scoffers (ridiculers). But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night. And he will be like a tree firmly planted [and fed] by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season; Its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers [and comes to maturity].
A Prophetic Nugget from “Daily Downloads from Heaven” by Meghan Williams is connected to this. It’s called “Let Me Wrap You in My Favor.”
2 Peter 1:17 (TPT) Yes, Father God lavished upon him radiant glory and honor when his distinct voice spoke out of the realm of majestic glory, endorsing him with these words: This is my cherished Son, marked by my love. All my delight is found in him!
Beloved, let Me wrap you in My favor and mark you by My love. For you are My precious child, and My delight rests in you. I want to lavish you in My glory, and root you in My truth. Embrace My love and hold on fast as My favor rests on you.
You don’t need to earn My love or strive for My approval. Simply walk in love with a clean, pure heart and know that I AM with you. You need not fear, or hold yourself back as you walk with Me, for I have made you just the way you are and I will love you for eternity.
1 John 4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Philippians 4:11-13 I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. 12 I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
When life becomes more than you think you can handle, don't quit. And certainly don't believe the lie God is not enough. Instead, ask yourself, "Is God enough for me? Then plant His Word deep in your heart so you'll always have the ready answer, that yes He is. He is enough for me, for you
Dear Lord, help me to realize and remember the secret to being content in all circumstances is You. Help me to be aware of Your presence in my life at all times. In Jesus' Name, Amen.
I found myself growing fearful. Not a heart-stopping, all-encompassing fear, but the kind of constant gnawing that occurs when you look at the discouraging trends of the present and assume things will never change. When you think about the future and wonder, “What if the worst happens?”
People in the Bible were uneasy about “what if” questions, too. When told to lead the Israelites, Moses asked God, “What if they don’t believe me?” Abraham’s servant asked about Isaac’s future wife, “What if the young woman refuses to come with me?” Joseph’s brothers asked, “What if Joseph bears a grudge against us?” All of them wondered what would happen if circumstances went awry. Just like we do.
We all face a staggering array of “what ifs.” Some are minor issues while others have life-altering repercussions. What if my child dies? What if I get cancer? What if my spouse leaves me?
Psalm 66:18 - ‘If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear’.
John 9:31- ‘Now we know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is a worshipper of God and does his will, He hears them.' We know that God does hear the prayers of sinners, that is sinners who are humble.
Malachi 1:7-9 - ‘You offer defiled food on my altar. But you say, ‘how have we defiled you?’ ‘By saying that the LORD’s table is contemptible. When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is that wrong? When you sacrifice lame or diseased animals, is that now wrong? Try offering them to the governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you? says the LORD of hosts. And now entreat the favour of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favour to any of you? says the LORD of hosts.'
SUCH A CONSCIOUSNESS OF GOD WOULD MAKE OUR LIFE MUCH STRONGER AND SAFER. Life is full of difficulty and danger, and if we would be valiant and victorious we must seek a fuller and more constant realization of the Divine presence.
2. Second Corinthians 4:6-7—“This treasure in earthen vessels”
“Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.”
Galatians 1:15-16—“His Son in me”
“But when it pleased God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called by His grace, to reveal His Son in me.”
The strongest and bravest man may well fear to face life's stern duties and- difficulties in his own strength; for in that case defeat is inevitable. But with the assurance of God's presence there comes power to face life's sternest forces and foes. "Our sufficiency is not of ourselves; our sufficiency is of God."
"Our sufficiency is not of ourselves; our sufficiency is of God."
Psalm 73:23 ....22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You. 23Yet I am always with You; You hold my right hand. 24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.…
Genesis 49:24
Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,
Psalm 16:8
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Psalm 109:31
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
Psalm 119:173
May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. ”
— Hebrews 12:1 NLT
We work to glorify God. So, how about retiring to glorify God?
These years can be a new chapter, with an open agenda to "work" for Him. (If you will seek His will for it). Be encouraged to live out your faith in your retirement. So many men and women NEED what you have.
I am originating Myself in you. My mind is overshadowing your mind, and My thoughts are overshadowing your thoughts. Inward reality is about to become an outward manifestation in your life. This is the overture of heaven toward you. This is the open door, the invitation I extend to you because you have cried out to Me.
READ Ps. 103: 1-5
Deut. 18:15
Mal. 4:5 Rev. chp 18:
Second Kings, beginning in chapter 24, details the end of God’s blessing on Israel. God’s chosen people had defied the Lord, built idol temples, and filled their lives with fornication, murder, and adultery. They had desecrated the temple and ignored the Law for generations. God sent prophets to call them to repentance, but they would not listen and often killed those messengers (Luke 11:27–28). The Lord had warned them repeatedly, and, when they refused to listen, He sent judgment in the form of invaders who took them captive and destroyed their cities (2 Kings 24:12–14). The once-great nation had been brought low and lost the blessings God desired to give it. The general principle we learn from this is that sin brings negative consequences. Galatians 6:7 is God’s warning to individuals and to nations that He will not be mocked. We reap what we sow.
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Matthew 24:6 “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” (KJV) We as Americans, and people worldwide, are going through some very difficult times. I would like for us to look at history to understand why this could be happening. In the Bible we are told how towns and whole civilizations, like Nineveh, had turned their back on God. God chose Jonah to preach to them, but as we know, he did not want to. Jonah hated those people, and he tried to run from God instead of preaching the message God gave him. The rest of the story: God sent a storm, they throw Jonah overboard, a fish (whale) ate him then threw him up on the shore, he went to preach begrudgingly. The nation’s heart was convicted, and they were saved from God giving them a spanking. God loves us so much that he sends someone or something to get our attention when we are out of his will.
Romans 1: Read the whole chapter to receive the warning ontain in the Word of God so that you will not be a partaker of the evil that is happening in the world.
Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 4:16
But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.
Matthew 9:13
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.
Ephesians 2:4-
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
Psalm 51:1-2
Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.
Micah 7:18
Read: Luke 21:8–9 “Watch out that you are not deceived… When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.”
Revelation 4: After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Much of what is happening right now certainly seems to match some of the descriptions contained in apocalyptic prophecies in the Bible. Widespread plagues? Check. Food shortages? Check. Natural disasters? Check. (You may have noticed earlier news about earthquakes and locust infestations.)
Luke 21:11 records Jesus’ words about some signs: “There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.”
Yet Bible teachers and scholars will quickly point out that there are still many indications that the end is not here yet. Jesus himself had noted in the same passage: “Watch out that you are not deceived… When you hear of wars and uprisings, do not be frightened. These things must happen first, but the end will not come right away.” (vv. 8–9).
Understanding the end times is a complex and often controversial eschatological undertaking, but my personal thought has been this:
If it’s not the end of the Age, perhaps it’s a rehearsal.
Jude 1:7 ...'Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.'
Is the world going after 'strange flesh' today? Yes! Sodomy is not only being legalized, it is being forced upon us!
2 Peter 2:4-6 ...'For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly.'
Oh that the scenes of iniquity practiced in these last days would make a deep impression on the minds of God's professed people. God's Spirit is now being withdrawn from this world and the angel of mercy is about to depart! Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision; for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision! (Joel 3:14)
Are you busy for the Lord? That’s good. So was Martha in her diligent serving. But Jesus graciously showed Martha how her sister Mary had chosen the “better,” the one thing that mattered. It will be good for us to make the same wise choice Mary made.
Luke 10:38-42 …[Jesus] came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made [NKJV: But Martha was distracted with much serving]. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Martha was busy with “serving” Jesus. That is a good thing. Numerous Scriptures speak of the importance of serving the Lord. Nothing that Jesus said here diminishes that. But He pointed out to Martha that her sister Mary had chosen “what is better” — that is, she “sat at the Lord’s feet listening” to Him.
It is possible to be greatly involved in ministry, in active service to the Lord, and yet end up spiritually dry, caught in what one pastor called the “barrenness of busyness.” Effective service to the Lord is not the end in itself, but rather is something that proceeds from something “better” — that is, from a close, personal, relationship with Jesus Christ that you maintain daily. That, not service, not ministry, is the one thing that matters, the one thing from which all other Christian activities draw their inspiration, direction, and effectiveness.
IN THIS MESSAGE WE WANT TO FOCUS ON “A SAVIOR FOR THE BROKENHEARTED”, A SAVIOR FOR THOSE WHO ARE OVERCOME WITH SORROW, “A SAVIOR FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GRIEF AND AN ACHING HEART.
The Lord Jesus said in, (Luke 4:18) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; HE HATH SENT ME TO HEAL THE BROKENHEARTED”. The dictionary defines the BROKENHEARTED as those who are crushed by sorrow, grief or disappointment sometimes to the point of being inconsolable.
This world is filled with brokenhearted people. There is a sighing, sobbing, and sorrowing multitude in this world. A preacher once said to his students, “Preach to the brokenhearted and you will never want for an audience”. In our day we live in a broken world. Everywhere we look, things are broken. Increasingly there is broken confidence because of the uncertainty of the future and an unstable world with its unstable societies. There are broken relationships resulting in broken homes and broken lives. Hospitals are filled with broken bodies. Mental institutions are crowded with broken minds. Prisons are filled to overflowing with those who have broken laws. Dear reader, are YOU included in any of these descriptions? Are YOU among the BROKENHEARTED?
Jesus said, But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you (John 14:26). Jesus said the Holy Ghost would teach you. Only through the Holy Spirit can the gifts of the Spirit and the power of God operate.
The Separating Hour
God has a clear-cut plan for every member of Christ’s Glorious Church who will take his or her place in the body of Christ. The Lord told me years ago this hour of people going either to the right or left would come. You will go God’s way or the world’s way; you cannot stand still. You may think you are, but you are really going one way or the other.
The Spirit of God lifts when you won’t go His way; but because He loves you so much, He doesn’t just suddenly snatch His Spirit and love away from you. They usually fade away gradually. The Lord keeps hoping, trusting and working for you as much as He can; but as you move away, you separate yourself from Him more and more. Oh, how the tears of Calvary fall when only one last drop of mercy is left for you! God knows that if you refuse that last drop, you are doomed.
Sin left us in a state much like coal. Black, dirty, filled with all sorts of junk and impurities. We are brittle, broken, fragile. Un-pure. Due to sin, we are removed from all things good because we are not worthy to be in the presence of God. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
God alone knows the heart because He searches it. He searches it to reward a person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.
The Lord says that “the heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” (Jeremiah 17:9)
What kind of heart is God looking for? Deuteronomy 10:16 says “God needs a circumcised heart”.
We must therefore open our hearts to God by removing all reservations, coverings, secrets and unbelief. Only when we circumcise our hearts, can we be obedient and walk in the ways of the Lord.
Our heart is designed in such a way that it can grow any type of seed either good or bad.
The Bible talks about the heart around 946 times…
When we look at David’s prayer in Psalm 51:10-12, he cries out to God to create in him a clean / pure heart, because he knows that without a pure heart he cannot please God or have a right relationship with Him.
So, what kind of a heart does God like? God likes a heart which:
Serves Him – Deut 11:13
Loves Him – Deuteronomy 30:6 , Matthew 22:37
Keeps His Word – Deuteronomy 26:16
Follows Him – 1 Kings 14:8
Seeks Him – 2 Chronicles 15:12
Praises Him – Psalm 86:12
Realize that you are a sinner.
No matter how good a life we try to live, we still fall miserably short of being a good person. That is because we are all sinners. The Bible says, “No one is good—not even one.” We cannot become who we are supposed to be without Jesus Christ.
Recognize that Jesus Christ died on the cross for you.
The Bible tells us that “God showed His great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.” This is the Good News, that God loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die in our place when we least deserved it.
Repent of your sin.
The Bible tells us, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away.” The word repent means to change our direction in life. Instead of running from God, we can run toward Him.
Receive Jesus Christ into your life.
Becoming a Christian is not merely believing some creed or going to church. It is having Christ Himself take residence in your life and heart. Jesus said, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in . . .” If you would like to have a relationship with Christ, simply pray this prayer and mean it in your heart:
“Dear Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner. I believe You died for my sins. Right now, I turn from my sins and open the door of my heart and life. I confess You as my personal Lord and Savior. Thank You for saving me. Amen.”
Did you pray this prayer? Then give a comment so I can rejoice with you and keep you in my prayers. God bless and keep you.
The more Peter and John experienced the power of Christ, the more they realized that Jesus was their Source, rather than their own efforts or accomplishments.
He’s your Source, too. As you pray for Christ’s presence to ignite inside of You, rest in this truth: He is the One doing the work. Your part is to simply be open to what He wants to do in and through you.
Matthew 18:20, "For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them." (NLT)
Acts 4:13, "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus." (ESV)
Shake me, Father. Lead me to seek You before any other. Give me boldness and confidence beyond the natural. Rattle my doubts with belief. Tumble down my excuses as You ask me to step out in faith. Take my eyes off my own capabilities, and let me place my trust in Yours. Father, I often focus on who I am or what I have to offer, when all along You are all I need. Shake up my heart as I reach for You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Jesus came to provide redemption. The Holy Spirit was sent to reveal redemption. Man is a pro at resisting what Jesus came to provide and what the Holy Spirit came to reveal. Just look around you. How many people do you know who are resisting the Holy Spirit?
Acts 7:51-60 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him— 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”
A person who is resisting the Holy Spirit is standing guard at the door of his heart to make sure that God is not welcomed inside. He is not about to hand over control of his life to God. It is largely a control issue. Man's sinful condition makes him obsessive in this regard
In a nutshell, that is why so many people live without Jesus Christ. They resist the Holy Spirit and thereby remain in their unregenerate condition. When man stops resisting, his spiritual conversion can then take place. The Holy Spirit was sent into our world to make Jesus known to people on a personal level. Man is way too stubborn to come to this knowledge on his own. Natural man doesn't have a clue about how the blood of Jesus is needed to wash away his sin. It's just a bunch of "religious mumbo jumbo" to natural man.
John 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
John 14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come ...
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God says, "Fear not" God asks us for faith, not fear. Faith in him as Lord over all is our strength that overcomes all fear, both real and imagined. ... "For I am with you" - no matter the situation, as long as we remain, "in faith" we have nothing to fear for God is with us and God is protecting us.
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Is. 41:10
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you. Is. 42:2
Unbelief can keep you from going to Heaven. Unbelif is a thief of God's greatest blessing.
Unbelief is SIN.
I am atempting to teach about this sin of unbelif. Exposing the lies of the devil. To know the truth will set you FREE. TRUTH is God's Word which is Jesus.
There is a falling away fro the faith of God or faith in God.
Holy Spirit has been sent to get the church ready for the coming of the Lord.
"Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." Acts 7:51
The word "resist" translates "antipipto" and means, "to be adverse, oppose, strive against." So James clearly teaches that the Holy Spirit can be resisted.
First, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit as a Comforter (Companion) to the disciples after He was gone. John 14:15-18, "If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." The words, "I will come to you," means when the Holy Spirit comes He will be Jesus coming to them in the person of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is sent in His Name. Jesus tells us this in John 14:26, "But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."
I am often surprised by how much power the external world has over us and how little and insignificant we perceive ourselves to be in comparison to everything that’s happening around us.
Learning to Look Within Yourself for Truth
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking
It is time that the people of God repent because we have taken God too lightly and ourselves too seriously.
If we want revival in America, it must start with repentance .
Repent that we listen to the world more than the Word. Repent that we are more concerned with our reputation than our characte
It's is not time to rise up and sing, it is time to fall down and repent.
End Time Deception causes people to believe a a lie. We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son,
The Bible says Psalm 34:1, “bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in my mouth.”
Listen, God doesn’t give you faith so that you can avoid all the stuff. He gives you faith, so you can get through it all and you can overcome all the stuff. Come on, just preach a little bit.
The Gentile woman – Matthew 15:21-28
"Then Jesus ... went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon. A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, 'Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.' But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word. Then his disciples urged Him to send her away ... Then Jesus said to the woman, 'I was sent only to help God's lost sheep—the people of Israel.' But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, 'Lord, help me!' Jesus responded, 'It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.' She replied, 'That's true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters' table.' 'Dear woman,' Jesus said to her, 'your faith is great. Your request is granted.' And her daughter was instantly healed."
Jewish culture prohibits Jews from mingling with or even interacting with Gentiles, most especially women. Yet here was a Gentile woman who braved ridicule and possible rejection just so that she could get Jesus to heal her daughter who was "possessed by a demon that torments her severely." Although Jesus didn't reply at first, the woman kept urging and pressing on despite the disciples' urging to send her away. In the end, Jesus granted her request, because her "faith is great."
How about you? Would you brave all sorts of possible ridicule and opposition, even from friends and "Christians," just so that you could humbly converse with the Lord to help you in your need?
There was “a certain centurion” He’s anonymous to us, but he’s not ordinary. Roman soldiers were brutish, even sadistic, like those that flogged and crucified Jesus, all the while mocking him and laughing it up. But this high ranking solider was different. Though he was the top man in the area of Capernaum, he was humble and kind. He was a good governor, generous with his wealth to help his subjects and to support their Jewish religion (Luke 7:5). And he had a servant who he loved like a dear son. Matthew 8:6
Jesus was greatly impressed by this soldier, not by his high ranking position or material generosity, but the quality and magnitude of his simple Faith. Listen to his complete confidence in Jesus’ authority:
Don’t trouble yourself, Sir! I’m not important enough for you to come into my house — I didn’t even think I was fit to come to you in person. Just give the order, please, and my servant will recover. I am used to working under orders, and I have soldiers under me. I can say to one, “Go,” and he goes, or I can say to another, “Come here,” and he comes; or I can say to my slave, “Do this job,” and he does it. (Luke 7:6-8,
Jesus added, “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day [of Christ’s coming and God’s wrath] come on you unexpectedly. For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man” (Luke 21:34-36).
Do Not Worry
25“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature?
28“So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [l]arrayed like one of these. 30Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
31“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Anointed with the Holy Spirit and with Power The word of God proclaims peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all— that word you know, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee after the baptism which John preached: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. Acts 10:36-38
The word of God proclaims peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. That same word informs believers everywhere and in everyplace that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. This was done so that Jesus could fulfill His ministry on earth. But after His resurrection he was given more power because of His obedience — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. (Matthew 28:18 KJV
Paul referred to tumbleweed believers in Ephesians 4:14 when he said, That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive.
I continually meet believers who are ‘tossed about to and fro’ and that concerns me because so often these dear people end up spiritually shipwrecked. But it doesn’t have to be this way. God’s desire is that we be firmly established in our faith, so that no matter what comes our way, we remain deeply rooted and grounded in Christ.
Let’s learn some ways we can guard against becoming a Tumbleweed Believer.
I tell young people all the time that they can’t coast on their mom and dad’s faith. They need to develop their own relationship with the Lord. They need to know what they believe and why they believe it, so they won’t be rattled when someone comes up to them and says, “So you really believe that one day there’s going to be this thing called a rapture, where millions of people are going to instantly vanish off planet earth and go to heaven? And you’re going to be one of them?” “Yes!” should be our confident reply.
Faith is like a road. If you and I were walking along a road, we might examine whether we were on the right road, but we would not ask whether we were on our feet. That's because our feet are part of us, whereas the road is something external to us and independent of us.
If we continue on the road, we will end up where it goes. The road doesn't change just because we wish it to. If it is the wrong road, then it will take us to the wrong place if we continue along it.
We don't make our own road to heaven. We walk the road God has made. We don't walk by our "own personal faith." We walk by the faith that God has already prepared for us. It is stated that true faith "is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8-10).
Hebrews 12:1-12 Someone needs comfort and love today. Jesus sent us the Comforter to elp us, strengthen us and guide us. Return to the Lord and He will return to you.
See, when you don’t have the voice of God through his word, when you don’t have the voice of God through godly friends in your small group, when you don’t hear the voice of God through your pastor and you are not positioning yourself where you can hear the voice of God in a on a regular basis in a clear way, you will fall prey to deceptive voices. I’m telling you this because I love you. I’m telling you this because I want you to be ready on that last day. I’m telling you this, so you are going to investigate everything further than I’m saying today because it’s the truth of God’s word. But when you’re listening to all these other voices that say, “leave your marriage, leave your church, leave your family. Leave your job, figure it out on your own.” You’re listening to the wrong voice. When you don’t have God’s voice operating in your life, the enemy comes in with voices from other men, other people, and Saul now goes to a witch saying, I need a word from God. Talk about deception. He had personally banned the mediums in Israel knowing that was not where the voice of God comes from. Now, today he needs a voice of God and he says, well, that’s my last resort. Let’s go to the mediums. Let’s go to the witch and see if we can hear from God. Saul, so messed up. Now he thinks God will speak to him through crystal balls or Ouija boards or Tarot cards or fortune tellers, even a witch. Stay away from those kinds of people and stay away from those kinds of places. That is not where the voice of God comes from. That is not God’s will for your future. That is not God’s best for you and for your teenagers and for your children.
2 Kings 7: Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Lord says: About this time tomorrow, a seah[a] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[b] and two seahs[c] of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
2 The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the Lord should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?”
“You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!”
John 1: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
P;ease read and study the remainder of this chapter of John. Be blessed in Jesus Name.
But What is Right?
—Who defines right and wrong?
Most people want to do what is right. But how do we know what is right? Who defines what is right? Each individual? The world? God? We need to know, because it is a very serious mistake to be wrong about what is right.
Doing wrong and calling it right.
"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter" (Isaiah 5:20).
It's a common thing for people to insist that some principle or deed is right when it has long been established as wrong. If you hold that it is still wrong, then you are marked as the wrongdoer because you won't change with them. They who are wrong make themselves out to be right; whilst you who are right are called the evildoers.
Doing what's right according to God’s word.
Josiah became king of Judah when only eight years old. "He did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David. He did not turn to the right or left" (2Ki 22:1-2).
"The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them" (Hosea 14:9). We are not to do what is right in our own eyes, but what is right in the sight of God.
Do you see what is happening around the world today? Do you think that we may be living in the end times? If you have come to this site seeking the truth about the end times, and you want to know how to be saved, then please carefully read this page and find out the truth.
"Oh, but I'm too sinful to be saved!" No! It matters not who you are, or what you have done. Jesus Christ has already secured your salvation on the cross! You just need to accept this great gift of love and follow Jesus by faith.
John 1:29 ...'Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.'
The conditions of obtaining the mercy of God are simple and just. God does not require us to do grievous penance or make some great pilgrimage. No! God's love is so complete, we need only confess and forsake our sin, and we will obtain mercy through the Son of God who took the punishment for us.
Oh 'behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon us!' (1 John 3:1)
Eternal life is within your grasp! Reach out and claim it!
The Bible reveals that everyone (except Jesus Christ) has sinned ... Romans 3:23 ...'For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.' ... And what is sin defined as? ... 1 John 3:4 ...'Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.' ... What law? The Ten commandments.
Ephesians 2:8 ...'For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.' ... So salvation (the grace of God - eternal life) is a GIFT! So if it's a gift, then it cannot be earned by anyone. It is free, and is waiting for every one of us to accept it. No matter how bad your sins have been. No matter what you have done in the past, this gift is waiting for you to accept it. So how do we accept it?
First, we need to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and came to this earth in the form of man to die for us and our sins ... 2 Corinthians 5:21 ...'For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.'... He died the death that we deserve, so that we may live the life that only He deserves. We need to believe that Jesus rose from the dead and now sits on the throne of God in Heaven ... John 20:31 ...'But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.'
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! For the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time (Revelation 12:12).
While many Christians slumber at this midnight hour, just as Jesus predicted, the devil is working ferociously, making preparation for war. He is keenly aware of the short time he has to accomplish his evil purposes so he gives his eyes no rest. He is ever scheming, ever devising ways to harass and destroy the church of Jesus Christ!
Dear one, right now Jesus is knocking at the door of your heart, and the devil knows it. And the one thing Satan fears most is that you ll open the door to Christ!
When we procrastinate with spiritual things, we often give into the lie that It’s too late when we do eventually want to do right. No matter how great the distance between God and you seems, there is always a way to come back—even if we learn the hard way just as Jonah did.
Matthew 4:23-25 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.
Marveling at the Words of Christ “No one ever spoke like this man!” Even his enemies had to admit it.
If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” (John 7:37–38)
2 Peter 1:12-15
12 Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you. 13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15 And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.
mATT. 25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Isaiah 65: 1 I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name.
2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts;
3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;
4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
5 Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO STUDY THE WHOLE CHAPTER. PRAYING FOR UDERSTANDING .
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:
14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
In Noah’s day, the time of punishment came when God “saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Genesis 6:5).
A risk that people take when rejecting God’s merciful call to repentance is that their hearts can become hardened. God says, “In accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who ‘will render to each one according to his deeds’” (Romans 2:5-6).
In Colossians 3, we are told to put off the old self (verse 9) and to put on the new self (verse 10). It sounds like changing the way we dress. Some translations describe it as clothing ourselves with the new self and putting on the new nature.
“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 3:13-14)
At the start of 2020, as we walk in faith and obedience to Jesus, we need to keep moving forward and strain toward what is ahead, pressing on to win the prize where we are called heavenward. Whatever our past looks like, we have hope and help in Jesus for the coming year. As we look to Jesus and trust in His saving work on the cross, being transformed through the work of the Holy Spirit, we will become more like Him every day. To be more like Jesus is a goal worth aiming for every day and every year.
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth” (Colossians 3:1-2).
Do you wonder what heaven looks like? Wouldn’t it be great to have the opportunity to peer into the throne room of God and see what is going on in heaven?
Revelation 4: 1-8 Vivid colors are used to describe the throne room and the one who sits on the throne. God is pictured having the appearance of jasper and carnelian. At that time jasper had characteristics and color similar to a diamond or crystal. In Revelation 21:11 the jasper stone is described as being clear as crystal. So we should visualize something like the gleam of a diamond. Further, carnelian was a fiery red stone. Around the throne is a rainbow that has the shine or glimmer of deep green, that like an emerald. The rainbow image will be seen again in chapter 10. It seems that the rainbow is a reminder of God’s faithfulness to his covenant, just as it meant to Noah after the flood.
God remains active. Too often God is depicted as a God who created the world and then operates with a “hands off” approach. God is on the throne and he is not asleep on the throne. God has not taken a vacation. God is aware of what is going on and he is active. The thunder and lightning coming from his throne depicts God in action, issuing judgments throughout the earth.
See the Lord in his splendor. This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Could you build me a temple as good as that? Could you build me such a resting place? My hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the LORD, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, who tremble at my word. (Isaiah 66:1–2 NLT)
Read Revelation chp. 21
The truth is, this world is not our home. The God who created us calls us into relationship with him. Our hearts will never find real lasting rest apart from God. Augustine said it this way: “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.”
Paul tells us, “But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ” (Philippians 3:20). The restlessness of our souls reveals the truth that we are longing for something we will never find on earth. So this is a good kind of restlessness.
Hebrews 11 lists men and women who lived by faith — men and women who believed that God exists and fulfills his promises to them. Rather than looking to receive God’s promises here on earth, “they were longing for a better country — a heavenly one” (Hebrews 11:16).
In times of disappointment, heartache, sickness, or discontent, when the storms of life are raging all around, we sometimes feel that God is very far away. How could he have let this happen? Why isn’t he doing something, right now, to stop it or fix it? He could have prevented this storm and he didn’t. And so, we angrily cry out, “Lord, don’t you care?”
Faith enters into God’s rest. In a violent, life-threatening storm, Jesus was peacefully asleep. In the storms of life, we can rest with God, too. We have to stop trying to do what only God can do. Often, that means we need to stand still and watch God work (2 Chronicles 20:15–17). Most of the time, he simply wants us to believe (2 Chronicles 16:9). Entering into God’s rest means continuing to trust him, even if our situation doesn’t change. We might not be able to see how the trials of our lives can possibly be used for our good, but God is sovereign. We aren’t. His ways are higher and his ways are far better (Isaiah 55:8–9).
Hab. 1: 5-11 “Look at the nations and watch—
and be utterly amazed.
For I am going to do something in your days
that you would not believe,
even if you were told.
6
I am raising up the Babylonians,[a]
that ruthless and impetuous people,
who sweep across the whole earth
to seize dwellings not their own.
7
They are a feared and dreaded people;
they are a law to themselves
and promote their own honor.
8
Their horses are swifter than leopards,
fiercer than wolves at dusk.
Their cavalry gallops headlong;
their horsemen come from afar.
They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
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they all come intent on violence.
Their hordes[b] advance like a desert wind
and gather prisoners like sand.
10
They mock kings
and scoff at rulers.
They laugh at all fortified cities;
by building earthen ramps they capture them.
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Then they sweep past like the wind and go on—
guilty people, whose own strength is their god.”
God's word is STAND. Put on the whole armor of God that may be able to STAND against the schemes of the devil. The Greek verb STAND with its following preposition AGAINST really means HOLD YOUR GROUND.
In Christ, we are more than conquerors.
In Jesus, we STAND. Thus, we do not fight for victory; we fight from victory.
We must not ask the LORD to enable us to overcome the enemy, nor even look to Him to overcome, but praise Him because He has already done so. Romans 8:37 36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” 37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,…
Put your trust in the Lord
Psalm 4:5
"Indeed, let God be true but every man a liar" (Romans 3:4).
Millions have entrusted the salvation of their souls to man, rather than placing their trust in God. Millions believe in God, they believe He exists, but they do not place their trust in God.
Many place their trust in the wrong things.
Look up and read this chapter and search of what it'a referring to. 1 Corinthians 10 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a] 8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ,[b] as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! 13 No temptation[c] has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted[d] beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,[e] he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
James 3:7-10 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
Matthew 7:1-3 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
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The more I listen and study Hank Williams’ gospel songs, the more I understand of his character. Raised a church kid yet notorious alcoholic and a womanizer in his adulthood, I wish he had repented before his unfortunate demise at age 29. Well, we can only hope. Nevertheless, the lyrical style and content in all his gospel songs show that he was no amateur in religion. He had learned and heard enough teachings to be able to come up with sacred songs that were warmly welcomed into the faith community.
But unless you’ve made no mistakes in your life
Be careful of stones that you throw.
Revelation 6:114-17..For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Jude
Chapter 1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
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What are you supposed to do when you feel you are a million miles from God? There is no sense of His presence and your situation is one where you are hurting badly. Where do you turn? The answer from Psalm 61 may surprise you when you read it today.
Psalm 6: Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Matthew 25: 1-5-14-18 “God’s kingdom is like ten young virgins who took oil lamps and went out to greet the bridegroom. Five were silly and five were smart. The silly virgins took lamps, but no extra oil. The smart virgins took jars of oil to feed their lamps. The bridegroom didn’t show up when they expected him, and they all fell asleep.
6 “In the middle of the night someone yelled out, ‘He’s here! The bride-groom’s here! Go out and greet him!’
7-8 “The ten virgins got up and got their lamps ready. The silly virgins said to the smart ones, ‘Our lamps are going out; lend us some of your oil.’
9 “They answered, ‘There might not be enough to go around; go buy your own.’
10 “They did, but while they were out buying oil, the bridegroom arrived. When everyone who was there to greet him had gone into the wedding feast, the door was locked.
11 “Much later, the other virgins, the silly ones, showed up and knocked on the door, saying, ‘Master, we’re here. Let us in.’
12 “He answered, ‘Do I know you? I don’t think I know you.’
13 “So stay alert. You have no idea when he might arrive.
Roman 4: 17-18 We call Abraham “father” not because he got God’s attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn’t that what we’ve always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, “I set you up as father of many peoples”? Abraham was first named “father” and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn’t do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, “You’re going to have a big family, Abraham!”
John 21:3 Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will also come with you."
- These men were discouraged and frustrated and in that moment of weakness had decided to do their own thing.
- This was not an instruction that they had received from the Lord.
- They did what they felt like doing and they ended up doing what 'seemed good unto them'.
- What God instructs and commands He blesses.
When we do our own thing, outside of what the Lord has told us to do, we will not enjoy success in the long term.
Without Him in our lives, nothing is worthwhile, but with Him, everything can have meaning, purpose and effectiveness.
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a reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame.
Read: Jeremiah 6:15
Read: John 16:9 The Promise of the Holy Spirit
…8And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer
"Without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is (that God exists), and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.". Heb. 11:6
1 Peter 2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
Hebrews 4: 4 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
Luke 5:17, "And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them."
Notice two things. First, the power of the Lord was present to heal people. Jesus was anointed with that power.
Second, notice that even though the power of the Lord was present to heal people, it doesn’t mention one singe person getting healed. The only person the Bible records being healed in this account was the paralyzed man who was lowered through the roof of the house by his four friends (Luke 5:18,19). And the Bible says Jesus healed that paralyzed man because He saw their faith (Luke 5:20-25).
Psalm 103:1-5 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
• The cross gives us freedom, knowing that in Christ Jesus all confessed sin has been put under the blood and we are forgiven. ‘There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit’ Romans 8:1.
Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit. Proverbs 25:28
Self-control is a fierce fruit - yet one that is absolutely essential for the man who desires to be godly. The one who lacks it is definitely in danger. Without it our defenses our down and the likelihood of having our base desires control our lives is high indeed.
Isaiah 55:6-13 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Psalm 138:8 8 The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.
Romans Chapter 10: 8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Also read Hebrews 13:5-8
The difference in how I see the anthill and how an ant sees it is called perspective. That’s a very important word to learn. Let me tell you a Bible story that shows how having the right perspective can help you make the right decisions—decisions that honor God.
2 Corinthians 10: 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
God is a way maker.
God is a miracle worker.
God is a promise keeper.
God is the light in the darkness.
The Word of God declares these statements, the Spirit of God affirms these truths, but as followers of Jesus, do we live by them?
Isaiah 43:16-19 This is what the LORD says – He who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, who drew out the chariots and horses, the army and reinforcements together, and they lay there, never to rise again, extinguished, snuffed out like a wick: “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”
God is the Giver of Life
In Job 10:12, Job recognizes that God is the giver of life. He says, “Thou hast granted me life and favour.” Job suffered greatly, yet his acknowledgment of God as the source of life caused him to say, “Wherefore do I … put my life in mine hand?” (Job 13:14)
Job 33:4 says, “The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.” Life comes from God. God gives life, loves life, promotes life, and protects life. Throughout Scripture is clear evidence of a thriving culture of life that is produced by God.
“When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).
We know Jesus was utterly dependent on the Father, and he is our example of yielding and trusting. Indeed, he makes clear that such a life is possible for us. If we actually lived this, God should be the captain of our souls by now. But is he? Too often, as soon as our next crisis arises, we question God’s faithfulness and give in to doubt and fear, relying on our wits to find an escape.
2 Timothy 2:15, KJV: "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
If you’re wandering in your faith, let your eyes fall on Christ. He won’t just show you the way, He is the way. Stick fast to Him. Matthew 13 shares a teaching of Jesus where He describes a man who found a treasure so great he gave everything he had to purchase the land around the treasure thereby becoming the “inheritor” of the treasure. That’s the Lord giving all He has, His beloved Son, to inherit the treasure of the world—you and I!
1 PETER 1:23 NKJ
23 having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
God's Word is alive. Just like a seed -- the Bible is full of unseen life.
JOHN 6:63 NKJ
63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
Jesus said His words are alive. They contain life. The words in your Bible may look lifeless and powerless. Seeds do, too. But they are not without life or power.
. Matthew 1:23
In Matthew’s birth narrative of Jesus, he writes, “All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the Prophet: ‘Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God with us)’” (Matt. 1:22-23). This promise of God Himself coming to earth in the flesh is confirmed by the name He is to take – Immanuel, which literally means “God with us.” When Jesus came to Earth, He ensured that God’s presence would be in the world forevermore, and His very name symbolizes that promise.
2. John 14:16-17
We know that Jesus is no longer physically present on Earth anymore. He has ascended into heaven! However, that does not mean that God is no longer present in the world. Before Jesus’ arrest, He promised His disciples that God would send another who would be with them: the Holy Spirit. Jesus says, “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you” (John: 14:16-17).
Jesus knew that He would not be physically present in the world forever, so He promised that the Holy Spirit would come to be present with God’s people forever.
In fact, Jesus told His apostles that it is better for Him to go and for the Holy Spirit to come. Jesus says, “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you” (John. 16:7). Even though Jesus is no longer with us in the flesh, God’s very presence dwells within His people, and He will always be with us.
“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” — Isaiah 41:10
“LORD my God, I called to you for help, and you healed me.” — Psalm 30:2
“Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.” — James 5:14-15
“‘But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the LORD…” — Jeremiah 30:17
What miracle of healing are you waiting for? Healing is a great need for so many of us. We have emotional, physical, spiritual and relational issues waiting for the Great Physician to intervene.
Psalm 107:19-20 -“Lord, help!” they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death. (emphasis mine)
Proverbs 4:20-22 -My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.
If faith is the victory that overcomes the world, then it is important that we believe there is healing power in the Word of God. Thankfully Jesus is the One who gives us faith
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. – Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. – Matthew 7:18
As Christians, how many weeds have taken root in our lives? How many things have we poured our time and attention into that are choking out the Spiritual fruit we are trying to grow? How can we tell the difference between a weed and fruit when it is so easy to mistake one for the other? Am I watering weeds?
"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (II Corinthians 5:21).
"Awake to righteousness, and sin not; .... " (I Corinthians 15:34).
"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not" (Isaiah 53:3).
"To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
"Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth" (Hosea 6:1-3). Read again the words, "Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD:"
If you have a need, make it known. "Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not" (James 4:2).
a. Maybe you just need a hug from someone.
b. Maybe you need physical healing.
c. Maybe you need direction for your life.
d. Maybe you need to overcome a sin problem.
e. Maybe you need restoration for your marriage.
f. Maybe you need a place to live.
g. Maybe you need salvation through Jesus.
h. Maybe you need emotional healing.
i. Maybe you need just to have someone say, "It is going to be O.K."
j. Maybe you need a word from God today.
k. Maybe you are in desperate need of some finances.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power" (I Corinthians 2:4).
"For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me" (I Corinthians 15:9-10).
"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit" (Psalms 34:18).
"Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?" (Acts 2:37).
"But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Romans 10:8-10).
The truth of the Gospel must go beyond the mind and penetrate the heart. When this occurs and the individual gives his life to Jesus as Lord, then Jesus comes into the spirit of the man and the individual is made alive and becomes a new creation. "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (II Corinthians 5:17).
Have you ever faced impossible situations? Have you ever experienced that you needed deliverance but you were convinced that you could not help yourself. It was as if faced a brick wall. No friends could help you; no relatives could deliver you. Even your wife or your husband could not help you. You were totally unable to deliver yourself. This reality can be deeply experienced in our life.
Impossibilities In Daily Life
There can be situations in your daily life that are most perplexing. For instance, there is a child who does not want to obey and is bent on destroying himself. There may be a financial crisis that you cannot avoid or a tragic accident that causes deep grief. There may be a parent who is mentally ill and cannot be reached by reasoning; or you may suddenly become very ill and there is no cure for your illness. Death may be staring you in the face--we could continue with many more impossible situations.
“I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in him.”
Are you going through a most difficult right now? Are you spinning your spiritual wheels, in the doldrums of dryness? Are you finding it hard to even understand or explain what you are going through? I have one question for you: do you really love Him? That is all He asks of you, a love that obeys. You are experiencing growth pains. It's all a part of becoming mature in Christ. God has His hand on you more than ever. Satan knows it, and is trying everything within his power to sidetrack you with lies and distortions. Move on in blind faith until the joy returns — and it will. Ride out your storm, and don't worry about measuring up. You will come through on the other side realizing how much you have grown.
MARK 3: And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Remember, we may grieve the Savior because of the hardness of our hearts, and yet be very respectable people. We may go to the synagogue, as these did; we may be Bible-readers, as the Scribes were; we may practice all the outward forms of religion, as the Pharisees did; and yet the Lord Jesus may be grieved with us because of the hardness of our heart.
Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
The year is now 2020 and many people around the globe are wondering if the end of the world is near. I don't think there has ever been such a widespread interest in this topic like there is today. And who can blame people for wondering, when you see what is happening to our world. The signs of the end are prevalent. War, famine, natural disasters, incredible and rapid increase in knowledge. Poisoning of the air and water. Birds of the air and the Fish of the seas dying in huge numbers. These are just a few of the Biblical signs which you can see on our end time signs home page.
Are we living in perilous times? There is no doubt about that. Let's just take one example of what is happening today. There are uprisings all around the world, with people protesting and rioting and governments toppling. The people are starting to see the power they have if they get together. And this is a very dangerous situation and one that will lead to the image of the beast being formed, which will bring on the enforcement of the beast's mark. And with the economy melting all around the world, with countries nearing bankruptcy, the world is becoming ripe for a one world currency, which will aid with enforcing the mark and stop those who refuse the mark from "buying and selling" (Rev.13).
I prophesy to the wind and say to the wind, Come four winds of God and breathe! Breathe upon these dreams and destiny's that appear slain so they may live!
You who are the remnant of God. I believe it is time for FRUITFULNESS to COME FORTH!
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:7).
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6,7).
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The Cleansing of a Leper.
1a When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
2And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
3He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I will do it. Be made clean.” His leprosy was cleansed immediately.
4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you tell no one, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses prescribed;b that will be proof for them.”
The Healing of a Centurion’s Servant.
5c When he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him,
6saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.”
7He said to him, “I will come and cure him.”
8The centurion said in reply, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof; only say the word and my servant will be healed.
9For I too am a person subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
11d I say to you,* many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the kingdom of heaven,
12but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
13And Jesus said to the centurion, “You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.” And at that very hour [his] servant was healed.
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John 16 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”
Throughout the Bible, we see the Holy Spirit pouring his power into followers of God.
The Holy Spirit serves as teacher, counselor, comforter, strengthener, inspiration, revealer of the Scriptures, convincer of sin, caller of ministers, and intercessor in prayer.
There is a big difference between what God does and what man does. Those who have seen and experienced the genuine flow of the Spirit of God can tell the difference between man’s move and God’s move.
Often, we decide the direction and expect Him to flow with us. We want the Holy Spirit to move in the direction we lay down, but that is not how it works. He is the river that we must flow with.
Let Him Change the Plan.
And yet there is to be seen an equally important teaching regarding the Holy Spirit: He too does only what the Father tells Him to do. Jesus and the Holy Spirit in this sense are identical because both the Son and the Spirit carry out the Father's wishes and nothing more. All that Jesus ever did, and all that the Holy Spirit ever does, is sovereignly orchestrated by the Father in heaven.
Jesus said that the Holy Spirit "will not speak on His own; He will speak only what He hears" (John 16:13)
John 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land
The problem is right here—the problem is with me and you, the individual.
II Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
And then in verse 13 concluding this paragraph:
II Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Numbers 13 shows us it’s not just what you hear it’s what you choose to believe. We have to remember the issue here is that there were two reports; one affirming natural circumstances and one affirming the promise and power of God. The response in Numbers 14 verse 1 tells us what the people chose to believe. Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. Numbers 14:1
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2.For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3. For we who have believed enter that rest….
We’ve all had days of hearing evil reports, those words that strike heart and soul tempting us to be discouraged, overwhelmed, fearful and unbelieving. We know it is in those times we are most vulnerable and how important it is to meet them with solid faith in the Scriptures.
Jesus sees and knows what could destroy us. He is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last page of our existence. He is never stunned by our mistakes, our secrets, and our failures. He never “finds out” anything about us — he has all knowledge and all love and he never gives up on us and our future.
This is beautifully illustrated in the relationship between Jesus and the brash Peter. Peter had boldly proclaimed his undying loyalty when he proclaimed that he would never forsake Jesus: “Even if all others forsake You, I will stay with You, even to my death!” (see Luke 22:33).
Jesus clearly supernaturally foresaw, by the Holy Spirit, that Peter would be transformed for triumph: from weeping to worship; denying to deliverance; feebleness to faith; blasphemy to blessing; ruin to revival; from nearly dead to authority and destiny!
For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist (Luke 21:15). We think too much, wrong thinking, wrong believing, holding onto our minds rather than giving them over to the Holy Spirit. His thoughts are not our thoughts, His ways not our ways. His thoughts are much higher thoughts; we need them to lift us higher above the troubles, the distress, to take us out of the fear and to lift us up into His miraculous realm.
All Heaven’s on the Line for You
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:6,7)
Psalm 121 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.
8 The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
Ephesians 1: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,
To God’s holy people in Ephesus,[a] the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he[b] predestined us for adoption to sonship[c] through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will— 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. With all wisdom and understanding, 9 he[d] made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10 to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment—to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.
Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 ESV
I don’t know where you stand about last days theology but I believe that not only are we living in the last days, Acts 2:17, but as the Apostle John writes he was living in the last hour, I am therefore confident that we are now closer to the return of the Lord than any other generation.
We know from scripture no man knows the hour nor day of his coming but we are given signs and told to be found waiting and watching for his return.
John’s gospel chapter nine verse 4 tells us that Jesus said:
“We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.”
And from John 4:34 we read:
“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his works”.
Whose report will you believe?
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. Numbers 14:1
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2.For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. 3. For we who have believed enter that rest….
There are many great personalities in the Bible; first I want to bring to you the forerunner of Jesus, the marvelous personality of John the Baptist. Jesus declared, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist (Luke 7:28). Jesus lifted him as high as any human being could be lifted.
He was taught by the Spirit in the deserts—more than one desert—and many came to hear him. In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. And the same John had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him (Matthew 3:1-13). Goodness, mercy and judgment are shown here with no hesitation, a wonderful blend of the spirit of John and the Holy Spirit. How fitting that John was the one who would baptize Jesus!
The Early Church, threatened with imprisonment, torture and death, prayed: Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul (Acts 4:29-32). They prayed, and the Holy Ghost shook the place. He is a real person, and He goes into action when He is given freedom to move. It was wonderful the way God poured out His power in the Early Church when they were in one mind and one soul with the Holy Spirit!
The human mind and spirit united with the Holy Spirit is the mix God needs in order to do His will in perfection. Jesus had been able to move on only about one hundred twenty to go to the Upper Room. The Holy Ghost had not yet been given, was not yet free to bring about that perfect blend of the Holy Spirit and the human spirit.
The need to address revival and the vital role of the Holy Spirit is as relevant today as it has been throughout church history. As America falls deeper into depravity and further from God, the need to be awakened from ourspiritual slumber has never been greater. Our only hope is a mighty move of God's Spirit...a revival of the spiritual condition of His people.
“The true saints of God, who have clear heads, and pure, warm hearts, have in all generations had to walk between the two extremes of cold formality on the one side, and wild, ranting fanaticism on the other. Dead formality and the false fire of fanaticism are both Satan’s counterfeits, and he does not care into which extreme the soul plunges, just so he can prevent it from having that scriptural type of holiness which is ‘full of faith,’ and ‘full of the Holy Spirit,’ and ‘full of wisdom,’ and of a ‘sound mind'."
And there followed him [Jesus] great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan (Matthew 4:25). Great things had to be taking place for all of those people to be following Jesus, and they were. He was healing people, and His fame spread far and wide.
A woman who had suffered with an issue of blood for twelve years just touched the hem of Jesus’ garment, and her miracle took place. It is the first record we have of someone touching His garment and being healed. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour (Matthew 9:22). Her faith was divine faith, and it brought about her miracle. Everyone, remember, is given a measure of faith.
Healing for the Mind And his [Jesus’] fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them (Matthew 4:24). Jesus heals and casts out devils.
"So God created man in his own image,
in the image of God he created him;
male and female he created them.
And God blessed them, and God said to them,
"Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it."
Genesis 1:27-28
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and cleaves to his wife, and they become one flesh.
Genesis 2:241
"Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love."
First Letter of John 4:8
One can see from the Bible and the very biology of the human body that it is natural for a man and a woman to be together. God created woman because "it is not good for man to be alone" (Genesis 2:18). From the beginning of time, as recorded in the Book of Genesis, God planned for man and woman to unite in love and marriage for the continuity of his creation, the human family.2 Children are the fruit and bond of a marriage. The family provides a framework for each family member to grow as a person in love and security. 3
First, don’t allow past brokenness to cause future pain. We are to forget those things that are behind us and focus on those things ahead (Philippians 3:13). You can’t change where you’ve been, but you can change where you’re going. Abortion is not the unpardonable sin. Christ died for every sin, including abortion.
Second, realize that there is hope for those who have participated in or who have had an abortion. If this is you, I encourage you to read Psalm 51 often. God’s unfailing love and compassion will see you through. We lean on His strength for the future, not on our failures from the past.
John 10:10 says that Jesus came to give us life, freedom, and a relationship with Him. He is our only hope—the only source of true peace. Are you experiencing this peace? If not, that can change if you trust in Him as Lord and Savior, repent, and turn to Him: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
Jer. 1:5
Phil. 3:13
1 John 4:18
When prayerlessness is prevalent in our lives, we are also guilty of failure to love one another. There is scarcely any greater way to demonstrate love than to pray for someone. In godly intercession, we lift the needs of another to God and watch as He moves to meet needs and provide for the one we are praying for. Through prayer, bodies are healed, families are knit together, individuals are saved, and churches are revived. When we withhold prayer on behalf of others, we demonstrate hardened hearts and a failure to love them enough to bring their needs before a loving Father.
Prayerlessness in the pulpit leads to apostasy and dead sermons. Prayerlessness in the pew leads to shattered lives and depression. Prayerlessness in men leads to the breakdown of the family. Prayerlessness in Washington leads to the breakdown of society.
God is not too busy, He’s not on vacation, and He’s not sleeping. He is an ever-present help in time of need. You can call out to Him in the deep of the night or in the midst of the storm. He hears the prayers of His children, but we must once again cultivate a life of seeking Him via prayer, brokenness, obedience, and humility.
Exxcuses:
Luke 14:18-20 But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.’ And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.’
Revelation 19: 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
ACTS 27: 22And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 25Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. 26Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
If you aren't taking any action to turn your life now, chances are you will live the same routine for the rest of your time.
Maybe life is uncertain for you now but you're capable to take back control of your life.
Are hope and faith for the future the basis for your personal happiness?
Feeling like there is no hope is one of the most challenging emotions to manage.
After all, why would you even try when you feel there is no hope?
Finding hope when it seems like there’s none to be found can be tricky, but it is possible.
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
Mark 9:14-29 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
1I Corinthians 5:7
How important is faith?
» "For whatever is not from faith is sin." (Romans 14:23)
» "But without faith it is impossible to please Him." (Hebrews 11:6)
As these scriptures show, for a Christian, faith is an absolute requirement.
What is this faith we are required to have? We usually turn to Hebrews 11:1 for a definition of faith, but another verse, Romans 4:3, may provide an even sharper focus: "What does scripture say? 'Abraham took God at his word, and that act of faith was accepted as putting him into a right relationship with God'"
MATTHEW 12:22-32 MARK 3:19-30 LUKE 8:1-3
JESUS’ SECOND PREACHING TOUR BEGINS
EXPELS DEMONS AND WARNS OF UNFORGIVABLE SIN
Soon after speaking about forgiveness at the home of the Pharisee Simon, Jesus begins another preaching tour of Galilee. He is in the second year of his ministry, and he is not traveling alone. The 12 apostles are with him, as well as certain women whom he had “cured of wicked spirits and sicknesses.” (Luke 8:2)
You’ve heard the news: Jesus heals. But can it really be that simple? Can Jesus really heal your illnesses? And while maybe He can take care of a runny nose, can He really heal those big diseases—heart disease, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and the Big “C”—cancer?
To answer those questions, you have to return to God’s Book, the Bible. It’s the only place that holds God’s letters to mankind. Take a look at these powerful verses throughout the Gospels of Matthew and Mark:
“News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all. (Matthew 4:24).
“That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick. This fulfilled the word of the Lord through the prophet Isaiah, who said, ‘He took our sicknesses and removed our diseases.’” (Matthew 8:16-17).
Amos 8:11-12
(11) Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: (12) And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
This "hearing" is far more than just being aware of words or concepts. It is a hearing that includes focused, careful attention that, taken to its logical conclusion, ends in obedience. The kind of hearing that will be in such short supply is one that causes right action—in fact, the Hebrew word is often translated as "obey." This famine causes God's words not to be heard, and the result is that sin and disobedience flourish—which are a reproach to any nation (Proverbs 14:34). It is a tremendous curse, because without having God's words as guidance—without the light of truth—the nation will be like a blind man, stumbling around and not comprehending why he keeps falling (cf. Deuteronomy 28:29; Isaiah 29:9-10).
STUDY JOHN CHAPTER 16: These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Christ Jesus prayed that all those who would believe in Him would be ONE, just as He and the Father are ONE; that they be brought to complete unity so that the world would know that He was sent by the Father. (John 17:20-23)
God is opening up His Word like never before in preparation for The Time Of The END. I exhort you to open up your heart and your eyes to see what He is doing and your ears to hear what God is speaking at this time. My prayer is that we will be able to stand before the Son of Man at His appearing, without fault and with great joy.
“When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13).
Luke 12:20-21
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
God wants us to enjoy life, but not without a relationship with Him. Beware of the danger of greed and placing one’s confidence in earthly possessions.
I am sure many of us can identify with this farmer.
He is a happy man - a rich man, and had a good harvest. This is the essence of life for many people today - to be successful and to be rich. This farmer enjoyed that. And he is looking forward to more of this - 12:19 "And I’ll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.""
Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me (Matthew 16:24). Jesus put forth two requirements necessary to be able to follow Him and be His disciple—deny self and take up your cross. Yet many Christians have let those things become stumbling blocks in their walk with God when they should be steppingstones to becoming more like Jesus and having greater reality in God and His power.
Psalm 139 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day (Genesis 1:31).
Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions (Ecclesiastes 7:29). Man sought opportunities to do wrong.
For he [God] hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (II Corinthians 5:21). Jesus brought amazing grace, but very few men took advantage of it.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive (I Corinthians 15:22). Jesus not only brought life; He brought abundant life.
"And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost"
(Acts 13:52).
Galatians 5:25 reminds us to live in the Spirit. Romans 8:5 tells us that if we set our minds on the things of the flesh, we will live in the flesh, but if we set out minds on the things of the Spirit, we will live in the Spirit. Don't you want to LIVE in the Spirit? In whatever you are doing at any moment in your home? I certainly do. Let's continually set our minds on the Holy Spirit and allow Him to live His life in us. And what is the fruit? Romans 8:6 says, "To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace."
Romans 8:14 says, "For as many as a led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God." Read also Galatians 5:18. We can so easily be led by society and the mindset of people around us. We can more easily be led by our own fleshly desires. But, now that we are born again by the Holy Spirit and He indwells us, He wants to lead us. Look to Him to lead you in every decision you make, big or little. Trust Him to lead you with wisdom as you teach and nurture your children. Feed on His Word which will lead you into all truth (John 14:17, 26 and 1 John 2:27).
I am the Lord that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26).
1 Corinthians 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
On Calvary, Jesus not only took our sins upon Himself but also our sicknesses. Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed (I Peter 2:24). Jesus didn’t bring just part of an atonement; He brought the full atonement—healing for soul, mind and body.
The Bible says Jesus, our great physician, will even destroy death. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death (I Corinthians 15:26).
God Wants to Heal You
The first step toward being healed is deciding that healing is God’s will for you. Does God get glory out of your sickness and pain? I was near death when I was just twenty-three, but the Lord didn’t get any glory out of it until I was healed; and the “hallelujahs” began to flow. I cried, “Thank God, I’m healed! Praise the Lord; He did it!”
If God is getting glory out of your sickness, then stay sick; but if you believe He will get glory out of you being made well, then claim healing. Tell Him you want to glorify His name, and He will listen.
I cannot stress too much that it is the will of the Lord for you to be well. I say again that sickness comes from the devil; and Jesus, the Great Physician, makes you well. Never think that sickness comes from the Lord. The Bible says, Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning (James 1:17). Sickness certainly is not a good or a perfect gift; but if you disobey God, you put yourself in the devil’s territory where he can afflict you.
Matthew 13:18-23
Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.
" Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of hosts"
(Zechariah 4:6).
John 3:6, "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."
Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits - who forgive
all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the
pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires
with good things so your youth is renewed like the eagles’.
Psalms 103: 2 – 5
Yes, God is still supernaturally healing people today, through the power of the Holy Spirit, in the name of Jesus Christ. Yes, of course God also heals naturally using doctors, medicine, surgery and the natural healing power of the body itself. God is in that too. Yes, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, you are entitled to ask God for both natural and supernatural healing, for yourself and others. Yes, any Christian can pray for the sick and receive healing.
I tell you this day come boldly into My presence. You are no more limited to the mere shadow of things to come, for I have made a place for you here by Me
There are healing anointings, as well as moves of peace, joy, praise and prayer. The move of the Spirit can involve quietness or it can be loud and excited. There is not just one way that God moves. Often people only associate one thing with God's movement
John 7:37-39
:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
:38 “He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
:39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
In this passage, Jesus uses terms related to water like thirst, drink and flowing rivers, but He is not just talking about natural water and natural rivers. Water is one of the symbols for the Holy Spirit and verse 39 shows the rivers refer to the Holy Spirit flowing out of the heart of those who believe.
THE MOVING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
"Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily"
(Colossians 1:29).
The Word of God opens with the moving of the Holy Spirit. Genesis 1:2 says, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." The word "moved" also means "to brood, flutter, shake." It is the picture of a mother hen brooding over her chicks. Matthew Henry states, "The Spirit of God was the first mover. The Spirit of God begins to work, and if He work, who or what shall hinder?"
I love that the Holy Spirit who dwells in me is a moving Holy Spirit. He moves my heart to repentance when I grieve Him. He moves my heart to love Jesus more. He moves my heart to seek after truth. He moves my heart to encourage, comfort, and bless my family and other people. He is the mover in my heart. But, He cannot move unless I allow Him to move. I love the words of the song, which is the cry of my heart.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death (Philippians 3:10).
To know Jesus in His sufferings, you must be willing to suffer for His name’s sake like Paul did. He said, If we suffer [because of doing God’s will], we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us (II Timothy 2:12). If God denies you, you will end up in hell for eternity.
Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear [love and honor] thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues (Psalm 31:19,20).
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Revelation 2:12-17..12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
Matthew 10:32-33, “So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
The sure hope we have in the Lord far outweighs any of the current troubles we face. Hold on to the words of Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit in 2 Corinthians 4:17, “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison.”
We must not treat the Lord as only our Savior who takes away our sins and requires nothing from us. He is also our Lord. When he speaks it is with the weight of absolute authority. His word is to be obeyed and not watered down, compromised and changed to fit our own human desires and will.
“Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.” (Revelation 1:4-5)
Daniel 3: The Image of Gold
Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King. Daniel’s Friends Disobey the King
READ THE FULL CHAPTER. THEIR TESTIMONY OF THEIR FAITH IN THEIR GOD STANDS TODAY AS A WITNESS TO THE FAITHFULNESS OF OUR GOD!
"Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned" (Mark 16:15-16)
Necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the gospel! ...A dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
Jesus said to them, "Ye shall be witnesses unto me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth" (Acts 1:8).
God is a zealous God and he wears zeal as his mantle. He expects us to do the same.
"The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this" (Isaiah 9:6-7)
"Be zealous therefore and repent" (Revelation 3:14-19)
ii. "A special people zealous for good works" (Titus 2:14)
iii. "Keep fervent in your love for one another" (1Peter 4:8)
iv. "Contend earnestly for the faith" (Jude 1:3)
Building Spirit
God, through the power of the Holy Spirit is building an unseen holy temple, a dwelling place for God that consists of all believers. In God's family, we cannot be isolated to ourselves. How we live affects our brothers and sisters in Christ. We are part of one another. We belong to a body. We are part of a temple that is being fitted together, brick by brick and stone by stone, into a glorious habitation of God. Ephesians 2:22 says, "In whom ye also are builded together for as habitation of God through the Spirit." The NET translation says, "In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit."
The Holy Spirit is the builder, but we have to yield ourselves to His working so He can fit us into the building. We get plenty of practice at this as we build our family, and each day learn to fit in with one another. We strengthen the family when we learn to work together rather than being independent.
"Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily"
(Colossians 1:29).
The Word of God opens with the moving of the Holy Spirit. Genesis 1:2 says, "And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." The word "moved" also means "to brood, flutter, shake." It is the picture of a mother hen brooding over her chicks. Matthew Henry states, "The Spirit of God was the first mover. The Spirit of God begins to work, and if He work, who or what shall hinder?"
I love the words of the song, which is the cry of my heart.
Move, Holy Spirit, move in my life,
Move Holy Spirit and make me like Christ.
Move, move, move in my life,
Move, move, and make me like Christ.
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s (I Corinthians 6:20).
How do you glorify God in your body and spirit?—by letting people see Jesus in everything you say and do. Let your moderation be known unto all men (Philippians 4:5). And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they [those who are unsaved] do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible (I Corinthians 9:25).
Our only hope: A mighty move of God's Spiri. The need to address revival and the vital role of the Holy Spirit is as relevant today as it has been throughout church history. As America falls deeper into depravity and further from God, the need to be awakened from ourspiritual slumber has never been greater. Our only hope is a mighty move of God's Spirit...a revival of the spiritual condition of His people.
“The true saints of God, who have clear heads, and pure, warm hearts, have in all generations had to walk between the two extremes of cold formality on the one side, and wild, ranting fanaticism on the other. Dead formality and the false fire of fanaticism are both Satan’s counterfeits, and he does not care into which extreme the soul plunges, just so he can prevent it from having that scriptural type of holiness which is ‘full of faith,’ and ‘full of the Holy Spirit,’ and ‘full of wisdom,’ and of a ‘sound mind'."
Isaiah 30:1
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord.
that take counsel, but not of me;
they met and consulted together about their safety, when in danger, but did not ask counsel of the Lord; they did not consult his word, nor his prophets, nor by Urim and Thummim, as in case of war they should more especially: and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit;
they sought for a cover, a shelter, a protection from the enemy, but not from the Spirit of the Lord, in his word and prophets, who would have directed them to a more suitable and sufficient one.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
The Original Pattern
In the original pattern of creation, the spirit of man came directly from God, related directly to God, and enjoyed a perfect ordered relationship with God. God moved upon man’s spirit; man’s spirit moved upon his soul; and his soul directed his body. Through the devastating effects of man’s rebellion, however, his spirit was compromised, and his soul took over control. As a result, unregenerate man is now controlled by the three functions of his soul: the will, the intellect, and the emotions.'
And the LORD God formed [molded] man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being [literally, a living soul]. Genesis 2:7
Do you know God's Voice?
The Entrance of Your Words gives Light;
It gives Understanding to the simple
Psalm 119:130
1 Corinthians 2:14
But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God,
for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned.
John 3:16 -- “For God so loved the world ( you and me ) that He gave His only begotten Son ( Jesus ), that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but shall have eternal life.”
Let us begin a journey into the covenant kingdom of God and see what amazing things we will uncover as we are transformed by the renewing of our minds and we dig our way out of religious thinking and uncover the hidden treasures of the Father and His family.
RELIGION IS THE MOST DEVASTATING DECEPTION that Satan uses to keep you from receiving the kingdom, salvation, healing, and ALL the other benefits God has made provision for you.
Luke 12:32 --
Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom.
Mark 1:15 --
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
The Holy Spirit encourages us to represent Jesus…be His hands and feet, eyes and ears…to the world. He encourages us to continue the ministry He started 2,000 years ago. Why? Because the Holy Spirit is The Paraclete…The Encourager. He was sent to give us hope…and set an example. We are to be examples of the Holy Spirit’s encouragement, passing it on to others. And being an encourager can have a permanent impact on someone. Flatter me and I may or may not believe you. Criticize me and I may or may not like you. Ignore me and I may or may not forgive you. But encourage me…and I will absolutely never forget you.
The Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be my messengers to Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces — even to the remotest places on earth!
Acts 1:8
“Fight to Stay Awake”
Your hearts are filled with sadness because I’ve told you these things. But here’s the truth: It’s to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away the Divine Encourager will not be released to you. But after I depart, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will expose sin and prove that the world is wrong about God’s righteousness and his judgments.
John 16:6—8 TPT
Jesus says, "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in me" (John 14:1). Here Jesus makes himself equal with God. He is implying that anyone who believes in God must, to be consistent, believe also in him. Jesus isn't suggesting that we have two faiths, one in God and the other in Jesus. Rather, he is telling us to have a complete faith, not a half faith —faith in God but lacking faith in God’s Son.
Jesus says that he is going back to heaven to prepare a place for his disciples; and that he will come back again to take them there (John 14:1-6).
The quality of our walk with Jesus is not predicated on anything we do, for the only thing we bring to our salvation is the sin that makes it necessary.
Study Romans chp. 6: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Doing wrong and calling it right.
Doing wrong and calling it right.
Peter reminds us of how the world lives in "sensuality, lusts, drunkeness, revelries, drinking parties, and lawless idolatries. They are surprised that you do not run along with them into such destructive excess. So they malign you. They shall give an account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead" (1Peter 4:3-5).
Who is Jesus ? He is God
that He and the Father are one
that He is Lord
that He is King
that He is the Head of His Church
that His Body is on this earth and is inhabited by His Holy Spirit
that He was the Lamb of God
that He is the Kings of kings
that He is the Savior
that He is the Good Shepherd
that He is Yeshua
that He is the Messiah
that He is the Bread of Life
that He came to give us Life
This is a lesson about two kingdoms. They are spiritual kingdoms
This is a lesson about two kingdoms. They are spiritual kingdoms.
This faith of Abraham is a paradigm or pattern for us. Is your faith like his? In your trials and troubles, though you "are killed all day long" (Romans 8:36) do you trust that God "gives life to the dead" (Romans 4:17)?
In Hebrews 11:17-19, this is taken a step further: "By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac... his only begotten son... accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also had received him in a figurative sense." Abraham reasoned that if he obeyed the command to kill Isaac, he would receive him from the dead a second time.
"In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us" (Romans 8:37)
"Having been justified by faith... through our Lord Jesus Christ... we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance, and perseverance character, and character hope. Now hope does not disappoint..." (Romans 5:1-5).
"The God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. We suffer with him that we may be glorified with him... the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed" (Romans 16:20, Romans 8:16-18,37). Then we will shout, "Victory! Victory! Victory in Jesus!"
Live in God’s Divine Will
The first step in building your faith is to want the will of God with all of your heart; that is the only way to walk in faith. Faith in God always keeps you in the will of God, and you cannot detour to the left or to the right. You must move ever onward in the faith and in the will of God; but if you don’t want the will of God for your life, you are not going to build your faith. The Bible says, The just shall live by faith (Romans 1:17). That also means that the just shall live by the divine will of God, and that will bring you real life.
As a child of God, you need to continually build your faith because you will never receive all of the faith that the Lord wants to give you. There are steps you can take to build your faith, and you must learn some of these steps. This message can help you to receive any miracle, healing or help you need, spiritually, physically and financially, saith the Lord.
What is faith? It is accepting everything that God has said and expecting Him to do what He has promised.
How to Let Go and Let God
Letting go is a daily, moment-by-moment choice. Like every discipline in life, we must learn to surrender and give it to God. The enemy seeks every new day to cloud our mind with worries, doubts, and fears. The devil wants there to be no room left for God in our lives. Surrendering to God becomes a lifestyle of daily giving it all to Him.
Powerful is your arm! Strong is your hand! Your right hand is lifted high in glorious strength” Psalm 89.13 NLT #GiveItToGod
Hebrews 12:1-3 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
1 JOHN 5: 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh (Proverbs 4:20-22). The Word is health to the flesh. If you want healing today, faith in God heals the sick; and if you don’t have enough of that faith, you can have more of it. Use the gift of faith you have and start building on it. Listen to what God is saying and read His promises. The Bible gives seven redemptive names for God; and one of them is, I am the LORD that healeth thee (Exodus 15:26).
Use the Word
When ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe (I Thessalonians 2:13). How does the Word work?—with faith. And they [the saints of God] overcame him [the devil] by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony [the Word of God that they put into their testimony] (Revelation 12:11). The blood of Jesus and the Word made them overcomers.
Divine Faith Must Be Used And when the evening was come, he [Jesus] was there alone. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid (Matthew 14:23-27). As before, the disciples did not use divine faith.
PSALMS 11: 3..“If the foundations [of a godly society] are destroyed,
What can the righteous do?”
WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING YOUR LIFE UPON?
IS IT GROUNDED UPON THE ROCK OF GOD"S WORD?
If you don’t know Jesus today, ask Him to let His blood flow into your soul. Pray this prayer now: Oh, God, I confess that Jesus was born of the Virgin Mary with divine blood in His veins. He loved us so much that He shed that blood, and it has the power to wash away every sin. I believe it will wash away all of my sins right now. Come into my heart, Jesus!
Never Compromise
You will never live the life of God in this final deceiving and compromising hour unless you stand for truth, and you must never allow the false praises of man to cause you to compromise. The scribes and Pharisees were always trying to trick Jesus into compromising, but He never did. And they send unto him [Jesus] certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not (Mark 12:13,14)?
And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest (Eph. 2:1-3).
Drawing near to God is a thrill that fills you with peace and joy. But thoughts of doing so can make you afraid. This is a problem that needs an effective solution.
The Bible says, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of hosts" (Isaiah 6:3b). We also know, "There is no one holy like the Lord" (1 Sam. 2:2a).
Once you understand His provision—for both the inside and the outside of you—and you let your heart believe it, you won’t have to stay away from God because of shame.
Take the time with prayer and supplications, read Phil. chp. 1: and pray for God to Give you understanding of His Word. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Paul's dedication in proclaiming the gospel of God, and his deep love for the Christians at Philippi is very evident in the opening verses of his epistle. Although writing to them from prison, Paul wanted to reassure these believers that despite his incarceration in a Roman jail, the gospel of God was continuing to be spread abroad. Paul's letter was to encourage them to stand strong in the faith - even in the midst of great trouble and strife.
Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/philippians-1-16
God knows how strong and driving your need is—He designed it that way. You can be confident that by turning and drawing near to God He can and will meet that need!
The Bible says, "...the heart of man reflects man." (Pro. 27:19). When you understand your heart better, you will understand something vital to being able to cooperate with God and help yourself grow spiritually.
Spiritual disciplines are of vital importance to our growth as Christians. But consistent Bible study, prayer, and enjoying God's presence are things that people have to grow into.
He Is Your Life
Col.
3 1-2 So if you’re serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. Don’t shuffle along, eyes to the ground, absorbed with the things right in front of you. Look up, and be alert to what is going on around Christ—that’s where the action is. See things from his perspective.
Hebrews 12: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Understand Yourself Better
Abiding in the Presence of God, a Command with a Promise!
"Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive..." (John 7:37-39).
This promise is for you!
God is waiting for us. Will you obey God and come into His Presenceand Soak for a while?
"And without faith it is impossible to please Him for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him" (Heb. 11:6).
Paul says something stunning. He says that God’s power "is at work within us" (Ephesians 3:20). Then he says, "To him be glory in the people he has called out, and in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 3:21). If Paul had said, “To him be glory in Christ Jesus” we would not have been startled. But Paul says that God is glorified also "in the people he has called out". God’s power is at work in God’s people to his glory! Is that not amazing?
Romans
Chapter 5: 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
What a thrill it is to "flow in the Spirit." You feel that what you are doing is worthwhile; you feel authenticated, you feel loved; you know you are a part of something very important—the kingdom of God.
What does it mean to "flow in the Spirit?" It is moving along with Him, keeping in step with Him, and missing nothing He may want to do through us. The joy of flowing in the Spirit is equal to anything God may ever do for us and in us.
God wants intimacy with us, and there is no greater joy than to keep in step with the Spirit. To flow in the Spirit is to learn God's ways, style, gentleness, indignation, impulses, manner of doing things, and His way with people. In other words, flowing in the Spirit is doing what pleases the Spirit and what He
This is what Peter and John were doing when they were walking toward the temple one afternoon but were unexpectedly stopped, only to see the healing of a forty-year old man who had never walked. (See Acts 3:1-10)
READ.Ex. 33:19
John 1:14, "And the word became flesh and dwelt among us", that's it. That's really what happened. God's nature was manifested in an ordinary human life in the actions and the thoughts and words of a human life. That's what happened when Jesus was born. The word became flesh. It expressed itself in the actions and the thoughts and words of an ordinary human being.
I John 4:2,3, "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of antichrist, of which you heard that it was coming, and now it is in the world already."
Matthew 23:1, Read it.
To Know the Love of Christ. In Ephesians 3:19, Paul's prays that we should "know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge". Can you think of anything else that you and I need to know, that would transcend this?
Our knowledge of Christ's love should be shared. It should be no secret. "I know the love of Christ, mate, what about you?"
and in the knowledge of his cross we find love
We consider it an act of supreme love when someone lays down their life for a friend (Romans 5:7). Jesus laid down his life for those who were not his friends, that they might become his friends.
God Uses Honest Hearts
God wants to use all of His children; but you may think, “I am just a layperson, so I will never have the same effect on people that an apostle or prophet of God has.” If you believe that, then you need to study Stephen. He was not an apostle or a prophet; he was just one who had been chosen to help look after the widows of the church, but he was indeed a true godly servant.
Let Nothing Extinguish Your Light
If you have not been with Jesus, everything will bother you. And 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 (Mark 4:19). Do you allow family, friends or the cares of this world to make the Word become unfruitful in your life?
Satan and his followers delight in persecuting those who are genuine in their devotion to God; so if you are being persecuted, mocked or taunted by any of the devil’s crowd, fear not for the kingdom of Heaven is yours. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you (Matthew 5:10-12). When people mock you, they are just advertising the God you carry in your heart; so pay them no mind and shout, “Glory! I have it made.”
Ye are the light of the world. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven (Matthew 5:14,16). Your life is to be a light in this dark world.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you. But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy (I Peter 4:12,13). You will suffer trials and tribulations on this Earth, but you must rejoice knowing that Jesus is soon coming for you.
Luke 9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Jesus lived in an agricultural age where His audience is very well familiar with what Christ exactly means. For a plowman to be successful in His work, he must concentrate on the job he started. He knows that the only way is forward and not being distracted by the things left behind.
In case the plowman starts to look back, his plow line would become crooked. If that happens, the field he is plowing will not yield a full harvest.
Why would he become unfit for the kingdom of God?
We are commanded to bear much fruit. When we keep on looking back, we won’t be able to plow our field properly and because of that, we will not have plenty of harvests.
God called us out of this world and once we responded to that call, we must never try to go back to the world. However, because of the many pleasures this world could offer – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – we tend to look back and be regretful of our calling.
When this happens, we are preventing ourselves from bearing much fruit. When God calls us to His church, we are expected to give our whole heart. We are called to love God with all our hearts, soul, and mind. Looking back prevents us from doing this.
AMP 1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!
Philippians 3: 12-14 I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.
15-16 So let’s keep focused on that goal, those of us who want everything God has for us. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, God will clear your blurred vision—you’ll see it yet! Now that we’re on the right track, let’s stay on it.
THIS TEACHING COMES FROM EPH. CHP.5.. Watch what God does, and then you do it, like children who learn proper behavior from their parents. Mostly what God does is love you. Keep company with him and learn a life of love. Observe how Christ loved us. His love was not cautious but extravagant. He didn’t love in order to get something from us but to give everything of himself to us. Love like that.
Don’t let yourselves get taken in by religious smooth talk. God gets furious with people who are full of religious sales talk but want nothing to do with him. Don’t even hang around people like that.
Idolatry is the worship of an idol or cult image, being a physical image, such as a statue, or a person in place of God. ... In these monotheistic religions, idolatry has been considered as the "worship of false gods" and is forbidden by the values such as the Ten Commandments.
What did Jesus say about idols?
Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the Lord your God.
PSALMS 63?3 In the midst of his wilderness experiences David often found his spirit thirsting for the Lord and his heart yearning for a touch from God - an occurrence that we all too often discover in the barrenness of our own lives or in the dry places in which we often find ourselves. But his thirsting soul does not sit down and weep for long nor spiral into mournful self-pity but starts to earnestly seek the Lord and to claim in his heart the need for a closer walk with God.
It is as he seeks the Lord that he starts to rehearse the many wonders, power, grace and glory that have been displayed in his own life and the lives of countless others, who have trusted Him as saviour and believed in His promises of grace.
Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/psalm-63-3
THIS IS A PERFECT DESCRIPTION OF MY LIFE BEFORE I CAME TO JESUS.
EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOLD THAT HANK WILLIAMS WAS A SINNER, GOD STILL USED THIS MAN'S SONGS TO CONVICT ME OF MY LIFE OF SIN.
I WOULD LISTEN AND CRY BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR EVEN HOW TO BE SAVED.
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Proverbs 4:23 says, “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Our thoughts are the starting point of our actions, perspectives, emotions, and more. Everything you do flows from the heart, and that can either benefit you or hinder you and the relationships you have.
Philippians 4:8 says, “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things.”
I absolutely love this verse from Philippians. It reminds me of what a godly mindset should be. When my mind starts to go down a path I don’t want it to, I think of this verse. Are my thoughts excellent or praiseworthy? The power of your thoughts can change your entire demeanor. Remember the verse above in these times of negativity or insecurity. Give it to God!
“Death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.” (Jeremiah 9:20)
Catastrophes have always touched people’s lives. With these words, the prophet Jeremiah addressed a disaster of his time, centuries before the common era.
Have you ever taken a second to look back at the story of Jesus and really think about what that meant for our lives? Like really… I mean really… thought about the impact of what Jesus did on the cross so many centuries ago?
Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
God’s perfect gift is free. We did nothing to earn or deserve it, but he willingly and graciously gives us the gift of eternal life and so much more. This verse gives me a sense of peace and freedom because his grace is always constant, never fading and never changing.
I encourage you to remind yourself frequently of the story of Jesus
Esther 4:14 says that “Perhaps you were born for such a time as this.” What does that verse mean to you? To me it means that God has put you on this earth at this time and has placed you where you are and with the people you are with for a reason.esthter
Maybe God has you where you are in life so that you can be an influence on the people that you work with and go to school with. Maybe He brought on a major life-change that you weren’t expecting or wanting because He wanted you to be somewhere else to influence someone else. Maybe He has you where you are so that you can be more involved in ministries or Bible studies to strengthen your Faith. He may be opening and closing doors in your life because He is leading you to bigger and better things. If we are patient and are open to His calling, we can realize the plans He has for us and for the people we will influence. This verse in Esther is talking about when a woman in the Bible named Esther was told that “you were born for such a time as this” and in your life, you can make a difference where God has placed you.
Jesus said, Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). You will find solutions to all your problems and all the wisdom, joy and glory of Heaven you need in His two hands.
Jesus had sanctified, holy hands, and you can, too. God said, Be ye holy; for I am holy (I Peter 1:16). Jesus said, Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48).
He will direct you and use your hands daily to help build the Kingdom and bring in the lost. He will guide you on the paths of righteousness and show you the souls that need to be won. Your mark is on them, and you can bring them in from the paths of sin through the power of the Holy Ghost.
When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. HEB. 4:1,2
When the Promises Are Mixed with Faith
4 1-3 For as long, then, as that promise of resting in him pulls us on to God’s goal for us, we need to be careful that we’re not disqualified. We received the same promises as those people in the wilderness, but the promises didn’t do them a bit of good because they didn’t receive the promises with faith. If we believe, though, we’ll experience that state of resting. But not if we don’t have faith. Remember that God said,
Exasperated, I vowed,
“They’ll never get where they’re going,
never be able to sit down and rest.”
Luke 5:17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Jesus had a ministry of teaching, preaching and healing! Everywhere He went the power of God was present through His teaching and preaching to heal people. He walked and talked God; He then ministered through the power of the Spirit whatever was needed to make a person whole!
Acts 10:38 "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
There are no hands like the Master’s serving hands.
By law, when lepers were around people, they had to wear a bell around their neck; and they had to ring it and cry, “Leper, leper!” Then the people would run the other way. But Jesus didn’t turn away when the leper came running to Him and said, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed (Matthew 8:2,3).
Jesus touched and helped people whom no one else could help. And he [Jesus] entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth…Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other (Mark 3:1,3,5).
esus said, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened (Luke 13:18-21).
Souls are being saved; people are being healed, and the poor are hearing the Gospel truth. We may never know the magnitude of it all until we get to Heaven, but you can be assured that the seeds of the Gospel are going forth and working in the hearts and minds of people all over the world; and the Kingdom of God is really growing in this hour.
Even God’s own people make excuses for not praying, fasting and spending time with the Word. They try to excuse themselves for not doing God’s whole will and for being more dedicated to self than they are to Him.
This is a serious hour, and you must do the whole will of God; or you will be in trouble. The Lord is definitely coming in our day, so the devil is doing all he can to deceive as many people as possible. He is very patient, and he will try to sneak into your life a little at a time; so you must beware.
Heavenly Father chose His Son, Jesus Christ, in our pre-earth life and sent Him to earth to be our Savior.
The devil uses people who are his to spew out his lies and deceit, trying to convince others of anything except the truth; but never listen to their lies. People tried to do that to Jesus; but He said, Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God (John 8:46,47). Listen only to God’s Word, or you will be setting yourself up to be robbed of your soul.
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died [so you could live], yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us (Romans 8:34).
Satan’s only goal is to deceive you and separate you from God, so keep yourself separated from him and stay with God. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you (II Corinthians 6:17).
efore Jesus began His ministry, He went into the wilderness and fasted for forty days and nights; and as soon as He was finished, He met the devil head-on. What did He use on the devil?—the Word. The Bible tells us, For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword (Hebrews 4:12).
The Word is our great weapon against the devil; and when Jesus used it, the devil didn’t stay long. The Bible says, He departed from him for a season (Luke 4:13). Jesus defeated the devil with the Word and then went forth in the power of the Spirit (Luke 4:14). We all must use the Word and go forth in the power of the Spirit. One of the greatest lessons the Lord taught us while He was here on Earth was to declare, It is written (Matthew 4:4,7,10).
"Yet they seek Me daily, and delight to know My ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of Me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God" (Isaiah 58:2). But their prayers were not getting through, and their fasting was in vain. They came to the conclusion that all their sacrificing, all their praying, all their seeking after God was not paying off. And in fact, God was hiding His face from them. "But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear" (Isaiah 59:2).
Make Jesus Your Savior
If you are unsaved today, God knows about it. Jesus went to Calvary and died for you, so won’t you give your life to Him? His nail-riven hands are reaching out for you, so say this prayer right now: Oh, God, I am so sorry that I have sinned against you, but I have come home; and I am going to serve you for the rest of my life. You said if I would ask, you would forgive me for all of my sins. So I ask you now to please forgive me. I believe the blood of Jesus washes away all of my sins. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in, Jesus! If you meant that prayer, He has come; and He is yours.
GOD KNOWS AND SEES EVERYTHING. HIS LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS. HIS EYES ARE ALWAYS WATCHING OVER YOU. HE KNOWS THE SECRETS OF OUR HEART.
REPENT AND BE CLEANSED BY THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS AND YOUR SINS WILL BE FOREVER FORGIVEN.
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you (I Peter 5:7) Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth (II Timothy 2:15).
God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him (Hebrews 11:6).
Envy, vainglory and seeking the praise of men for the purpose of pleasing yourself bring sorrow to God. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another (Galatians 5:26). You should be glad when God blesses others and never envy them.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another (Galatians 5:15). Gossip and envy will destroy you and others, so you must never make room for them in your life.
By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer (Psalm 17:4)
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast (Psalm 33:6-9).
All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made (John 1:3). He is God of yesterday, today and all of our tomorrows forevermore.
When Jesus was on Earth, He said, He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him (John 8:29). Jesus found great joy, strength and contentment in pleasing the Father; and you can, too.
For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches [disgraces] of them that reproached thee fell on me (Romans 15:3).
This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:16,25).
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord(Luke 4:18,19).
Jesus went forth in the power of the Holy Ghost; and it was a victorious period as the Spirit of God worked through Him to bring miracles, power and strength to all who would accept Him. Through the Holy Ghost, the Bride will have His same characteristics of love, devotion and dedication. Her veil of consecration will be just as great, holy and faithful as the veil of dedication was that Jesus wore.
The Lord said, Come now, and let us reason [not make excuses] together (Isaiah 1:18). You must learn to reason with God, and He knows whether or not you have a legitimate reason or just an excuse. The sad part is that most people have more scarecrows than reasons.
od Wants Your Heart
Not everyone who claims to be of God really is, and Jesus knew that. He said, Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven (Matthew 7:21). Are you a child of God in word only, or are you truly born again?
If you are not ready to meet your Lord, you need to stop making excuses and get right with God today. This could be your last call, so cry out to God until you know that you are really saved. Pray this prayer right now: Oh, God, save my soul. I want to be delivered, and I want to be free. I am so sorry that I failed and sinned against you, but I have come home; and I am going to serve you and please you the rest of my days on this Earth. Come into my heart, Jesus! Come on in!
If you meant that prayer, you can say, “Hallelujah, Jesus has come! Hallelujah, Jesus is mine!” It is something to get excited about when you are born new!
Get Rid of the Old Me
After Adam and Eve had disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, men and women were filled with sin and too much of me. That is why Jesus had to come to Earth and bring salvation to mankind through the divine blood. When people come to Jesus and receive a born-again experience, they are given a new “me”; and they become a brand-new person. Put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness (Ephesians 4:24). Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (II Corinthians 5:17).
Never allow unexpected situations to hinder your belief in what God has promised, and it won’t if you wait with your hope and trust in the Word. You must never lose faith in the Word or let anyone turn you away from the Gospel truth. The Bible says, Wait on thy God continually (Hosea 12:6). You must do that with patience, love, peace and grace; and you must understand what God’s will is for you.
God’s Ways Are Greater
Freedom from the hold of Satan
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 1 John 4:4
Freedom to walk in power and boldness
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. 2 Timothy 1:7
The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again. Romans 8:15a
Freedom to live a holy and fruitful life
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Galatians 5:22-25
Since Jesus Christ has set us free (“If the Son sets you free you will be free indeed” John 8:36), the Holy Spirit empowers us daily to walk in the freedom that God has provided through Christ.
Freedom in Jesus Christ starts from salvation and extends into eternity.
For “Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Corinthians 3:17).
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. 2 Corinthians 5:21
But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. Romans 8:10
A masquerade depicts disguise, lies, enemies and untruthful friends. If you see your partner wearing a mask at the masquerade, it means that he is hiding something from you. ...
ISIAH 30: 1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:
2That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
3Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt [your] confusion.
4For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.
5They were all ashamed of a people [that] could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.
ROMANS 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
ROMANS 8: here is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Psalm 34:8 Taste and See that the LORD is Good
…7The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, and he delivers them. 8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! 9Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.…
God wants us to taste Him. He doesn’t want us just to know about Him in our mind; He wants us to taste His sweetness in our heart. Here are two verses showing that God’s people have tasted Him:
• Psalms 119:103:
“How sweet are Your words to my taste!
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!”
"Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary your wife,
for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit;
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
Gospel of Matthew 1:20-21
This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said,
"Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
Gospel of John 1:28-29
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ entered time and history through the Incarnation. "The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God (Matthew 16:16), is a gift of love from the Father for the salvation of the world (John 3:16-17), the one who died for all of mankind, our "Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ" (Philippians 3:20).
Being with someone we love requires us to be present not simply in body but in heart, and it’s the same with the Lord. We may carve out the time to spend with Him, but if our heart is somewhere else, it’s as if we’re not really with Him. Our heart can be turned away from Him to things such as our anxieties, worldly distractions, or even just the day to day matters of life
So we need to build up a healthy habit of turning our heart to Him all the time, every day, even throughout the day. We can begin each morning when we wake up with a simple prayer: “Lord Jesus, this morning I turn my heart to You.”
“Lord Jesus, I love You. I turn my heart to You again.”
Romans 10:9-10:
“That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart there is believing unto righteousness, and with the mouth there is confession unto salvation.”
According to these verses, believing is a matter of the heart. To believe, with our heart, in the Lord’s Word and His actions in our life is crucial to maintaining our relationship with Him.
MARK 16: 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
PRAY FOR BOLDNESS;
“And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.” . . . And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:29, 31)
Proverbs 28:1 The Boldness of the Righteous
1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.…
2 Corinthians 5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. knowing who your are in christ gives you boldness.
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God is a warrior and He is mighty in battle.
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Every warrior goes to battle with weapons of warfare trusted, effective and reliable.
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No warrior goes to battle without a weapon to fight.
He intends to fight battles through you. Consider David’s battle with Goliath. It was God Himself that fought with Goliath by making use of David as His battle axe. -
A battle axe is a weapon in the hands of the warrior that can bring down the enemy. It has capacity to cut down, root up and break into pieces the strong holds of the enemy.
In reality, I am not a person with unequaled abilities. However, if I do have a quality that is a little outstanding, it is that I refuse to quit. This tenaciousness possibly came to me through my mother, who was a very strong person. When she went to do something, she wouldn’t quit until the work was done. Maybe it is like what the Apostle Paul said to Timothy--that the virtues Timothy received were from his grandmother and mother. Whatever the case, I simply know that built inside of me is a desire never to quit doing what God has me to do. The words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy in 2 Timothy 4:7-8 are very exciting and keep me moving on the inside. Written at the end of his life, when he was ready to go to heaven, he made a dramatic declaration.“I have fought agood fight.”From the time he was born again, until the time that Caesar Nero took off his head, Paul fought a good fight. He simply didn’t quit. I hope that everyone who reads this book will do the same--fight the Devil, fight sin, fight worldliness, and fight controversy. Stand against that which is wrong. The second statement that Paul made was“I have finished my course.”So few people finish their course. Even the Lord Jesus Christ said,“I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work”(John 9:4).
How long does it take to become a Christian? Does it take years? Does it take months? Does it take days? Does it take hours?
Actually, it can happen in an instant.
Whatever sin you’ve committed, Jesus died for you on the cross and bore the judgment of God in your place. You can be forgiven of that sin right now. God promises you that.
Some people live double lives. They think they have everything covered up, that no one knows. But God sees everything. He knows about everything we say and do. There are no secrets with God.
Maybe you have a secret sin right now. God knows all about it. The Bible says that “if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness” (1 John 1:9 NLT).
Romans 6:1-6 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
Galatians 2:20, KJV: "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abides in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. (John 15:4-5)
If we examine the picture Jesus is giving in this passage we see the Truth of the believer’s spiritual union with Christ. Just as the Vine and branches are as one – share the life of the Vine – so it is in Christ. “He that is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.” (I Cor. 6:17)
This is the core of Christianity: Christ in us, or if you prefer, the believer in Christ. We are baptized into Christ and forever at one with Him in spirit.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Galatians 5:22-23
The Greek word for faith means a firm persuasion, belief, believe, trust, trustworthiness, confidence, acceptance, fidelity and moral conviction. It means reliance upon Jesus Christ for salvation. Faith has to do with what you believe and also the strength of that belief. The word faith is also used to refer to your belief system.
Simply put, faith means believing strongly in God and believing strongly that everything that He says is true. It means to be firmly persuaded. We must have faith in the grace and mercy of God. The only way we can obtain God’s grace and mercy is by faith – we cannot work for it. If you could earn God’s grace then you would not need faith in God. Our faith is essential – not only to ensure our salvation, but in order that we may receive the fulfillment of every promise of God that has been made to us.
Strengthen Your Faith
To live by divine faith, you must add the things of divinity to it. You can never be satisfied with the faith you have. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue [character or value]; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance [divine self-control] (II Peter 1:5,6).
Enemy of Faith: Fear
We must know our enemies in order to defend ourselves against them. The Bible warns about a fear that can cripple our faith and thwart our Christian growth.
Fear, a faith killer
It isn’t difficult to understand how fear could be a faith killer. Those who have extreme fear about anything will naturally focus on themselves and the problems they are facing, not on God and His willingness to help them in their time of need.
In looking up in the meaning of the word Faith in the dictionary the first entry that I found was: "strong or unshakeable belief in something, especially without proof or evidence".
I want to talk to you today about unshakeable faith. When God puts a promise in your heart you have to come to the place where you believe it's going to happen so strongly, nothing can talk you out of it.
We can be touched by nothing except through His cross.
IS.60: 1Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen on you. 2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you.
Broken Believers by believing a lie. Come to the light of God's Word. Let it shine on your path.
Pushing Back the Darkness
You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light. 2 Sam. 22:29
You, LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28
Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness. Luke 11:34
Bulldog Faith Bites Down and Won’t Let Go
“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering.” –Hebrews 10:23 (KJV)
That is a picture of you as a believer!
You have to bite down on the Word of God—who you are, what you have and what you can do. The devil will try to take it from you, but don’t give up, don’t quit. Be a bulldog where the Word of God is concerned.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to pray through for things and have grown weary after only an hour or two. Sometimes after only 10 minutes! If I was with the disciples in the Garden on Holy Thursday I would have been the first to get out my sleeping bag even after Jesus had asked to hold Him up in prayer. As I've said at the beginning; Bulldog faith ain't pretty and it ain't easy. But if you are willing to put aside your comfort, to trust that He will reward those that seek Him, then I believe that the little faith that you and I have will grow as we hold on tight.
Do you have bulldog faith?
Why do we need bulldog faith?
We have an enemy who doesn’t want us to have what Jesus paid to restore to us
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. - 1 Peter 4:12-13
If your faith doesn't cost you anything it's because its not worth anything
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. - James 1:2-4
Matthew Chapter 7
24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
“A faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted”
What exactly is a stronghold?
A stronghold is an incorrect thinking pattern that has molded itself into our way of thinking. These strongholds have the capability to affect our feelings, how we respond to various situations in life, and they play a large role in our spiritual freedom.
A person who has a demon behind their stronghold(s) may find it nearly impossible to tear them down and keep down. This is because the demon will be working hard at rebuilding and holding those strongholds in place.
2 Corinthians 10:4, "(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You.
Psalm 63:3(NASB)
In the midst of his wilderness experiences David often found his spirit thirsting for the Lord and his heart yearning for a touch from God - an occurrence that we all too often discover in the barrenness of our own lives or in the dry places in which we often find ourselves. But his thirsting soul does not sit down and weep for long nor spiral into mournful self-pity but starts to earnestly seek the Lord and to claim in his heart the need for a closer walk with God.
Source: https://dailyverse.knowing-jesus.com/psalm-63-3
Would you like to know how to enjoy what this man and millions of other Christians have experienced? You too can know the adventure of a full, abundant, purposeful and fruitful life in Christ!
If you have been living in spiritual defeat – powerless and fruitless, wondering if there is any validity to the Christian life – there is hope for you! What greater promise could Christ offer to the Christian than the assurance that he can walk daily in the power of the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, and experience an abundant and fruitful life of purpose and adventure? Here is His promise:
I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Touched by God
And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and valiant men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
—1 Samuel 10:26
What does it mean to have your heart touched by God? It means that God is now at the center of your will and your being. It means that you have surrendered your life in totality unto Him.
How does God touch your heart? He does so by the gentle influence of His Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit leads us to the Word of God, and through the Scriptures, God touches our hearts. Once the Holy Spirit begins to illumine your mind, it is amazing how glorious and exciting and wonderful the Bible becomes.
When God touches your heart, bitterness, anxiety and fears have to go. They can't stay in a heart that has been touched by God. Habits and vices that were destroying your life fall away. Things you used to cherish, you now despise. Things you used to despise, you now cherish.
Why Is The Average Christian Not Filled with the Holy Spirit?
The average Christian continues to live in disobedience to God and is not filled with the Spirit for two reasons:
A lack of knowledge
Unbelief
From the moment of your spiritual birth, you have the power to go on growing toward maturity in Christ. And yet, the average person, not understanding how to live by faith, lives on a spiritual roller coaster, rising and falling from one emotional experience to another.
In Romans 7, Paul describes the predicament of the worldly, carnal Christian, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?”
In 1 Corinthians 3, Paul describes a worldly, carnal believer as one who acts like a non Christian. Although the worldly believer has received Christ, he also has allowed his Flesh nature to reclaim the throne through sin. God still has possession of this person, and Christ is still in his life, but the individual has fallen into sin in one or more areas of his life.
Not yielded to God, the worldly believer is usually a miserable person – even more miserable than the non-Christian. He is in a period of stunted spiritual growth because he is not confessing and repenting of his sins, and Satan has succeeded in influencing and con trolling him through the Flesh.
Experiencing the Outpouring of the Spirit
God promised in Joel 2:28-29 that in the last days He will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh, and the young people will prophesy, the old ones will have dreams, and the young men will see visions!
How can we receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
We are definitely in the last days, and we need this. On the day of Pentecost the Triune God has already been poured out as the consummated Spirit upon the disciples, and so today the Spirit is upon the Body!
How can we receive the outpouring of the Holy Spirit?
We are definitely in the last days, and we need this. On the day of Pentecost the Triune God has already been poured out as the consummated Spirit upon the disciples, and so today the Spirit is upon the Body!
Power is defined as 1) the ability to act effectively and 2) the capacity to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. Because the power of the Holy Spirit is literally the power of God, the ability to act and influence is infinite, unlimited, and eternal. In this way, the power of the Holy Spirit is different from any other kind of power.
Luke 4 King James Version (KJV)
4 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Matt. 4: 23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
KEEP YOUR EYES UPON THE WORD OF GOD. DON'T LOOK AT THE STORM. JESUS CAN CALM YOUR STORM.
Learning how to be filled (controlled and empowered) by the Holy Spirit by faith can be the most important discovery of your Christian life.
Consider carefully the very last words which our Lord spoke as He met with His disciples on the Mount of Olives only moments before He ascended into heaven. Jesus had commissioned His disciples to go into all the world and preach the gospel and to make disciples of all nations.’ But He had told them not to leave Jerusalem until they were filled with the power of the Holy Spirit.
What if I told you that it wasn’t too late? That God could redeem the time you’ve lost and surpass your expectations with the time you have left?.
“I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me? - Jeremiah 32:27
God can make a way in any situation; he can defy logic and time. I’ve seen it in my own life, in the lives of my friends, and all throughout scripture. I’ve seen Him heal cancer and restore life, open a womb after a decade of infertility, and completely restore broken relationships. I’ve read scriptures of Him fulfilling the promise of a son to a 100-year-old man, parting seas, closing the mouths of lions, and preserving men’s lives while they were in a furnace! This is the God we serve!
“I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm[— my great army that I sent among you. You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the Lord your God, Joel 2:25-26
Life often takes us through the weary place and the parched wilderness on this journey through life, where only God can provide the comfort and sustenance we desperately need. He alone is our present help in time of trouble, and His compassion and mercy towards us is new every morning. How precious that as His children, we can legitimately cry out: "O God, You are MY God.".
PS. 63:
When I stray from His side, I must quickly return and seek Him with my whole heart. I must covet His favour with my entire being for He is the Lord and there is no other. He upholds the world by the might of His power yet has become the Comforter of my soul.
He has rescued me from the miry clay and set my feet upon the solid Rock. He has filled the hungry with good things.. but the rich have been sent empty away.
Ephesians 6:12. For we wrestle not — Greek, ουκ εστιν ημιν η παλη, our struggle is not; against flesh and blood — Not merely against human adversaries, however powerful, subtle, and cruel, nor against fleshly appetites; but against principalities, against powers — The mighty princes of all the infernal legions: and great is their power, and that likewise of the legions which they command. Against the rulers of the darkness of this world
The Christian armour is made to be worn; and there is no putting off our armour till we have done our warfare, and finished our course.
Are you right with God? If, God forbid, your soul were required of you tonight, would you be ready? (Luke 12:20 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)] ) Have you put your trust in things that are unshakable, or in things that can be taken away? Has your life – calendar, checkbook, relationships, everything – demonstrated the priorities you say you hold?
(Luke 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
I saw a bumper sticker many years ago that said, “God said it, I believe it, that settles it.” It may be a nice sentiment, but it’s bad theology. The truth is, “God said it, and that settles it — whether I believe it or not.” God’s truth isn’t based on whether you believe it or not. It’s still true even if you don’t believe it, because God can’t lie.
The Shield of Faith is the best protection money can’t buy.
You can’t ever take off the Shield of Faith, either. Paul tells us to wear it “at all times.” Satan will never stop throwing his fiery darts at you. Stay on your guard. Trust God and his Word, no matter what’s going on in your life.
EPH. 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Here are some questions that you must ask yourself and, frankly, get settled.
1: Is the Holy Ghost God? Now, most people would say, “Yes.” They would just give a casual, “Yes, well, the Holy Ghost is God.”
2: Is He in the earth? And again, yes. We preach – I have volumes on this – proving that the Holy Ghost is the part of the Godhead Who’s in the earth today.
3: Is He a person? Is He a divine being, is He a divine “person?” Yes.
God wants your worship, but worship does something to you. When I sit there and I say, “I worship You Holy Ghost,” it does something to me – it says to me that the Holy Ghost is God, that He’s a person – and as I’m worshiping Him it solidifies that fact. If you will worship Him, His personhood will be revealed to you. If you will worship Him, He will come and meet you, and you will meet Him; He will look upon you; He’ll visit you.
Psalm 105:4 4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: seek his face evermore..
2 Chronicles 7:14 14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
We are to seek the Lord Yahweh himself. Not for what he can do for us, but for who He IS.
And we are to seek his strength, as well. So often we rely on our own strength. My three-year-old granddaughter insists that she wants to "do it myself!" without help or assistance. And that's good, part of growing up. But often, as adults, our pride keeps us from calling on God. Like immature children, we think we know it all. Asking for help would demonstrate that we aren't self-sufficient, and so we refuse to -- that is, until we become humbled enough by circumstances that we are willing to seek Jesus' help when we need it.
Who Is He?
40 Therefore [i]many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people because of Him. 44 Now some of them wanted to take Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
JOHN: 4: 10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
The Anointing Breaks the Yoke
“...and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” -ISAIAH 10:27
The anointing the Bible is talking about here is the manifest power of the Holy Spirit. We can learn an important principle regarding how the anointing works by following the ministry of Jesus. For instance, in Mark 5 we see an illustration of the healing anointing in demonstration in the case of the woman with the issue of blood.
He covers us in a blanket of love “How did God do such a fantastic thing as to make us holy in His eyes? Paul says, We who stand before him covered with his love (Ep 1:4). A blanket of love! He drops it over us and then stands back to look. What does He see? His own love!
phesians1:1-8
1 Dear Christian friends at Ephesus, ever loyal to the Lord: This is Paul writing to you, chosen by God to be Jesus Christ’s messenger. 2 May his blessings and peace be yours, sent to you from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
Give me Jesus
Oh give me Jesus
You can have all this world
Oh give me Jesus
When I am alone
Oh, when I am alone
And when I am alone
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus
You can have all this world
Give me Jesus
Jesus also taught about the rapture in even plainer terms. In the great prophetic 24th chapter of Matthew, the Lord spoke about the events that will occur just before he returns. In the last week before he was crucified, Jesus taught his disciples about the rise of the Antichrist, the future persecution of the believers, the Abomination of Desolation, and even about the horrors of the Great Tribulation. In Matthew 24:29
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man will come in His Father's glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
Revelation 3:11
I am coming soon. Hold fast to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.
THIS SAME GIFT, WILL COME AGAIN TO REWARD EVERY MAN.
JESUS IS COMING SOON. HAVE YOU MADE READY FOR THE MASTER? HAVE YOU ACCEPTED HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR?
"Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.” (Lk. 9:23-24 TNIV).
One thing I have learned in my 46 years of living is that life can change in the blink of an eye.
What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
It is a sobering reminder that our future plans can be altered by one event that takes less than one minute to occur. Perhaps this is the reason God instructs us in Proverbs 27:1
WHAT DOES GOD SEE IN YOU? HAVE YOU EVER TOOK A GOOD LOOK AT YOUR OWN SELF? IT'S NOT HOW YOU LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE THAT MATTERS.
iT'S NOT A COVERING OF FIG LEAVES TO TRY TO HIDE YOUR SINS. IT'S THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD THAT WAS SHED FOR THE SIN OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
HAVE YOU BEEN UNDER PRESSURE? HAS YOUR LIFE GROWN DULL? LET ME INVITE YOU TO A CHANGED LIFE BY ACCEPTING JESUS AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR TODAY. HAVE YOU TRIED AND TRIED AND FAILED? TRY ONE MORE TIME. DON'T QUIT, DON'T GIVE UP OR YOU WILL SIND.
“When I think of you and pray for you, I keep seeing this image. It’s of the disciples, and Jesus’s mother, Mary, weeping at the foot of the cross. They are huddled together, trying to comfort each other. Trying to make sense of all that has happened. But it just doesn’t make sense.
“The sky is black. All hope looks lost. Their dreams have died. It seems that nothing good will ever come from this.
“To them, this day, Good Friday, is the darkest day they’ve ever known.
“But the one thing that they do not know is . . . Easter is coming.”
In the Light of Eternity –Our personal struggles, combined with all the suffering, evil, and sorrow in the world, can sorely test our faith. 2 Corinthians 4:18 says to not, “look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever.” In Romans 8:18, the apostle Paul says, “Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later”
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
I want to talk about for a moment is, what about your heart? How do you care for your heart in the middle of this chaos?
We are seeing the fruits of what is, at its root, a spiritual battle where the enemy is out to steal, kill, and destroy. Stealing a man’s dignity and taking his life because of the color of his skin. Undermining the courage of leaders and righteous law enforcement personnel. Destroying communities, livelihoods, and property out of pure hate.
This time of lawlessness is surely an unusual time in all human history. Leon Morris says that it is “a way of life that refuses to recognize any divine law, which is identical for Matthew with a way of life in which one’s neighbor no longer has any legal claim.” 2 Our Lord has been expounding upon the qualitative nature of the spiritual condition of unbelievers that will characterize the tribulation period, specially the first half. This description of lawlessness strikes a parallel to Paul’s description of the “man of lawless” in 2 Thessalonians 2:3.
The age in general, climaxing with the second coming of Christ, has the promise that those that endure to the end (Matthew 24:13), that is, survive the tribulation and are still alive, will be saved, or delivered, by Christ at His second coming. This is not a reference to salvation from sin, but rather the deliverance of survivors at the end of the age as stated, for instance, in Romans 11:26, where the Deliverer will save the nation Israel from its persecutors. 12
This is perfect
Come kiss me one more time
I couldn't dream this up
Even if I tried
You and me in this moment
Feels like magic only
I'm right where I wanna be
I swear you're an angel
Sent to this world
What did I do right to deserve you, girl?
I could stay here forever
I'd be fine if we never had to even leave this room
The year is now 2020 and many people around the globe are wondering if the end of the world is near. I don't think there has ever been such a widespread interest in this topic like there is today. And who can blame people for wondering, when you see what is happening to our world. The signs of the end are prevalent. War, famine, natural disasters, incredible and rapid increase in knowledge. Poisoning of the air and water. Birds of the air and the Fish of the seas dying in huge numbers.
Psalm 105:,17 He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him.
When I Look Back Down The Road
When I face a trial or test and I know I've done my best
I know somehow the Lord will see me through
When temptations come my way I get on my knees and pray
and I say Dear Lord now it's up to you.
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when I look back down the road where I laid my heavy load
and I think of all the victories I've won
sometimes I get a thrill when I look back down the hill
and I see just where the Lord has brought me from.
There's a valley down below and no doubt I'll have to go
to walk that lonely road again someday
but it's not so bad down there with lilies blooming everywhere
and the Lord's traveling with me all the way.
There's a river wide and deep a mountain tall and steep
but you know I've been this way before
I'm much stronger Lord this time and I know I'll make it fine
cause that mountain it don't bother me no more.
This freedom is of the spirit and is possible only through Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost, who was promised to us when Jesus went to the Father.
Over the years, since my personal life with Jesus began, He has shown me numerous stumbling blocks to my freedom, handed down to me from ancestors. One of the most powerful and all-encompassing was a spirit of fear I received from my mother. Some of the many other oppressions were; alcohol, depression, insomnia, sexual lust, selfishness and loneliness, to name a few.
Luke 4:18-20
[18] The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
[19] To preach the acceptable year of
the Lord.
MY TESTIMONY OF BEING CAUGHT UP INTO HIS PREXENCE..BY ROY TUBBS
I went inot my bedroom and knelt down by my bed and begin praying and asking this...LORD, I DESIRE TO STAND IN YOUR PRESENCE AND BEHOLD YOUR GLORY...
and while I was speaking................
I WAS CAUGHT UP...+ This was some of my experience back several years ago.
Have you ever been caught up into the very Presence of God?
During that time, He literally caught me up to a different place where there was a lot of color. But it wasn’t so much what I saw that completely transformed me. It wasn’t like I had walked out into some great field, or opened a window, or did anything of the sort, as are some people’s testimonies of being caught up typically depict. It was simply that I was caught up to a place in the spirit where I had no sense of my own consciousness—no sense of consciousness at all. I was not even familiar with who I was as a person. Any weaknesses, insecurities, sin, anything earthly in my life was non-existent. I was completely and totally at one with God, in complete and total union with Him, a place where I could only recognize Him—not myself.
It was a place of complete wholeness and beauty and so completely overwhelming that I remember when I was there, that I started to talk to the Lord—and I saw a side of His face, but I didn’t see His total face. I said, “Oh, I love it here. I don’t want to go back. I don’t want to go back.”
He said, “You have to go back. You have to go back and tell the people what you’ve experienced. You have to go back.”
“Oh my gosh, Lord, I don’t want to.” Then I was back in my body or at least as I can explain it, and back into my own consciousness of self. I’m not sure if I was out of the body or in the body, just as Paul speaks of in 2 Corinthians 12:2-4: “I know a man…who was caught up to the third heaven.” Many believe Paul was speaking of himself. He said he didn’t know whether he was “in the body or out of the body.” He just knew that he was “caught up to paradise,” and I did as well in my heavenly encounter. When I came back to my conscience awareness, I immediately recognized that, “Oh! I’m me again. I’m me. I can feel me.”
Because I have encountered Heaven, now what I read, see, and understand is totally from heavenly perspective.
Knowing who I am in Christ and knowing that I am a glory portal for Heaven has made me realize that Heaven has come and deposited itself inside me
One of the things we need to keep in mind when we hear about people being caught up to Heaven or we hear about heavenly encounters is that heavenly encounters always produce something. They produce a benefit here on earth. Even for me, when I was caught up into that place. It was like Moses when he saw the burning bush, and he said, “Here I am” (Exodus 3:4). As a result of the dramatic heavenly encounter with the burning bush, Moses was changed. Then the Lord sent him out to deliver the people.
In order to protect our hearts from the pain and wounds of the world we both consciously and subconsciously build walls. God knows our pains. He knows our wounds. Psalm 34:18 says, “The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.” God is for you. He longs to be near to you and save you. But in order for you to experience the fullness of his love and healing you have to let him in. In Psalm 57:7 David writes, “My heart is confident in you, O God; my heart is confident” (NLT). God is the one who protects our hearts. There is nothing we can do to fully shield ourselves from the wounds this world causes except allow our hearts to be fully open to God. Only in God can we have confidence. Only in God can we trust. And only in God will we experience true, abundant life.
Some of you may think you have endured your own personal Gethsemane; but you have never been yielded to God enough to say, “Father, I only want your will to be done, and I will bow to whatever it is.” When you truly want your life to be everything God wants it to be, you are on receiving ground. Many people have fooled themselves into thinking they were on receiving ground, but it was not God’s receiving ground. lUKE 22:42
If you are supposed to meet somebody at a certain place, you have to be there; or you won’t see them, and it is the same way with God. He tells you where He will meet you, and you have to be there; or He won’t be able to help you.
God’s Timing Is Perfect
In Jesus' instructions to the apostles he told them to return to Jerusalem and tarry or wait for the promise of the Father.
Luke 24
:44 And he said unto them,
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you,
that all things must be fulfilled,
which were written in the law of Moses,
and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
:46 And said unto them,
Thus it is written,
and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
:47 And that repentance and remission of sins
should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you:
but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem,
until ye be endued with power from on high.
:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany,
and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
:51 And it came to pass,
while he blessed them,
he was parted from them,
and carried up into heaven.
:52 And they worshipped him,
and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
:53 And were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God.
“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
Dunamis power, the subject of this lesson, is what everyone wants but few are willing to pay the price for. Dunamis power requires much of us and of our faithfulness to the Lord. Consequently, this lesson will examine this biblical term in great detail and show how we as believers can walk in this power and in His authority.
Healing Anointing is Dunamis Power
** Healing anointing is Dunamis power; the power of the Lord is present to heal. You need the virtue. You need the gift. You need to be endowed with a gift for miracles because then you can preach on tithing or you can talk about anything and people will still get healed. When you’ve got the anointing for miracles, it doesn’t matter about the structure of your program. At any time you can just go, “Who wants to get healed? Let’s release that power and we’ll have miracles.” God said everywhere we go, if we want to move a meeting into miracles and healings, we can. It’s not about us; it’s about Jesus. But I’ve learned how to work and cooperate with the Holy Spirit. Just about everywhere I go, I can move and shift at anytime, in any kind of service into a wave of healing. And there are times when I have to ask God if I have permission to move the service into miracles or if maybe I should hold back because He wants me to preach.
Power Present to Heal (Luke 5:17) - “Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.”
You Will Receive Power (Acts 1:8; 2:4) - “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and the end of the earth.”
“And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing might wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.”
1 John 2:27 [Open in Logos Bible Software (if available)]
“But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.”
If I’m anointed, how come I don’t feel like it?”
The Holy Spirit, the One who gives the anointing, lives in us.
He’s as much in and with you when you “feel” the anointing, as He is when you don’t “feel” anything. You shouldn’t bring God to the realm of the senses and feelings, because He doesn’t deal in that realm. Sadly, some Christians think something is wrong and God is far away when they don’t sense His presence.
Take Off the Old, Put On the New..
Ephesians 4:22..That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Stop putting negative, hurtful things into your mind, and start watching and listening to things that edify Jesus and make you more like him. In the renewal of your mind, you’ve got to put off before you can put on.
Faith...Taking God At His Word
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What is faith? Faith is not a hunch. Faith is not positive thinking. Faith does not believe everything will work out. Faith is not responding in emotion or feeling to miracles and signs.
Faith does not simply believe that God can. Faith knows that God will. Real faith is death to doubt. Faith is taking God at His word. It is dumb to discouragement. It is blind to impossibilities. It knows that God will. Now this is the kind of faith we need.
Romans 5:1-2 says, "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God."
God’s Word says that it’s through faith and patience that you inherit the promises.
b. From the time you pray and ask God, until the manifestation of the thing for which you are believing, you will need to exercise patience and keep your eyes on Him.
c. Abraham waited for 25 years, from the first time God promised, until the birth of Isaac, who was the manifestation and fulfillment of the promise.
d. By the time Isaac came along, Abraham and Sarah were physically incapable of producing a child – he was 99 and she was 90 and barren.
e. By that time, Abraham’s faith in God was so strong that he was fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.
f. He did not consider his body or Sarah’s body; he was not weak in faith; he did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief; he was strong in faith, giving Glory to God.
g. It is impossible for God to lie! (Hebrews 6:18)
Do you feel unsafe, exposed to the world, unprotected, and in need of comfort today? If so, I have an encouraging word for you.
Start-quoteHe who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust'” (Psalm 91:1-2).
Pray for the power of the Holy Spirit!When God sent the Holy Spirit to earth, it was a declaration that the work that had been done in Jesus was finished. He had come in the fleshSin is anything that goes against God’s will and His laws. To commit sin is to transgress or disobey these laws. The lust to sin dwells in human nature. In other words, it is contaminated and motivated by the sinful ... , as a human being, without ever being defiled or contaminated by His flesh. Not once! He loved His Father and He did the will of the Father in all things until He came to the cross on Calvary. And there on the cross He also had to commit Himself to the Father in faith. Because there was a great darkness that fell over the whole earth and that darkness also entered into His soul, and that was the first time that the Father had forsaken Him. Then the Son Himself had to commit His spirit to God in living faith. Then the work was finished.
With the Holy Spirit we get the Spirit of power, and that is important in order to be able to break free from our sins, to break free from old friends. In order to break free, we need the Spirit of power, and that is contained in the Holy Spirit.