Do you truly honor God? Do you fear and revere with all that’s dear? Is your reverence real or a show put on for mans appeal?
When you come to know God as the Almighty you will be in awe. No one will have to tell you to honor Him when you see Him as He is. For He is Awesome!
Rev 1:8
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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Seek and pray, ask Him to reveal Himself as real, the LORD Almighty, to whom all will kneel.
Phil 2:8-11
8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross. 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, 11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
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Eph 1:17
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
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1 John 3:2-3
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
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Rev 1:1
The Revelation of Jesus Christ…
Rev 1:8
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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Prov 3:9
9 Honor the Lord with your possessions,
And with the firstfruits of all your increase;
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Isa 29:13
13 Therefore the Lord said:
"Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
And honor Me with their lips,
But have removed their hearts far from Me,
And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
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1 Sam 2:30
But now the Lord says:'Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Sam 2:30
I honor those who honor me;
those who scorn me I demean.
MES
Mal 1:6-12
6 "A son honors his father,
And a servant his master.
If then I am the Father,
Where is My honor?
And if I am a Master,
Where is My reverence?
Says the Lord of hosts
To you priests who despise My name.
Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'
7 "You offer defiled food on My altar,
But say,
'In what way have we defiled You?'
By saying,
'The table of the Lord is contemptible.'
8 And when you offer the blind as a sacrifice,
Is it not evil?
And when you offer the lame and sick,
Is it not evil?
Offer it then to your governor!
Would he be pleased with you?
Mal 1:9-11
9 "But now entreat God's favor,
That He may be gracious to us.
While this is being done by your hands,
Will He accept you favorably?"
Says the Lord of hosts.
10 "Who is there even among you who would shut the doors,
So that you would not kindle fire on My altar in vain?
I have no pleasure in you,"
Says the Lord of hosts,
"Nor will I accept an offering from your hands.
11 For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down,
My name shall be great among the Gentiles;
In every place incense shall be offered to My name,
And a pure offering;
For My name shall be great among the nations,"
Says the Lord of hosts.
12 "But you profane it,
In that you say,
'The table of the Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.'
13 You also say,
'Oh, what a weariness!'
And you sneer at it,"
Says the Lord of hosts.
"And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick;
Thus you bring an offering!
Should I accept this from your hand?"
Says the Lord.
14 "But cursed be the deceiver
Who has in his flock a male,
And takes a vow,
But sacrifices to the Lord what is blemished —
For I am a great King,"
Says the Lord of hosts,
"And My name is to be feared among the nations.
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Mal 1:6-14
6 "Isn't it true that a son honors his father and a worker his master? So if I'm your Father, where's the honor? If I'm your Master, where's the respect?" God-of-the-Angel-Armies is calling you on the carpet: "You priests despise me!
"You say, 'Not so! How do we despise you?'
"By your shoddy, sloppy, defiling worship.
"You ask, 'What do you mean, "defiling"? What's defiling about it?' 7 "When you say, 'The altar of God is not important anymore; worship of God is no longer a priority,' that's defiling. 8 And when you offer worthless animals for sacrifices in worship, animals that you're trying to get rid of — blind and sick and crippled animals — isn't that defiling? Try a trick like that with your banker or your senator — how far do you think it will get you?" God-of-the-Angel-Armies asks you.
9 "Get on your knees and pray that I will be gracious to you. You priests have gotten everyone in trouble. With this kind of conduct, do you think I'll pay attention to you?" God-of-the-Angel-Armies asks you. 10 "Why doesn't one of you just shut the Temple doors and lock them? Then none of you can get in and play at religion with this silly, empty-headed worship. I am not pleased. The God-of-the-Angel-Armies is not pleased. And I don't want any more of this so-called worship!
Offering God Something Hand-Me-Down, Broken, or Useless
11 "I am honored all over the world. And there are people who know how to worship me all over the world, who honor me by bringing their best to me. They're saying it everywhere: 'God is greater, this God-of-the-Angel-Armies.'
12 "All except you. Instead of honoring me, you profane me. You profane me when you say, 'Worship is not important, and what we bring to worship is of no account,' 13 and when you say, 'I'm bored — this doesn't do anything for me.' You act so superior, sticking your noses in the air — act superior to me, God-of-the-Angel-Armies! And when you do offer something to me, it's a hand-me-down, or broken, or useless. Do you think I'm going to accept it? This is God speaking to you! 14 "A curse on the person who makes a big show of doing something great for me — an expensive sacrifice, say — and then at the last minute brings in something puny and worthless! I'm a great king, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, honored far and wide, and I'll not put up with it!
MES
Matt 15:8-9
8 These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.
9 Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa 29:13.]
AMP
Matt 15:8-9
8 These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their heart isn't in it.
9 They act like they're worshiping me,
but they don't mean it.
They just use me as a cover
for teaching whatever suits their fancy."
MES
Matt 15:8-9
8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"
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Matt 15:8-9
8 These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me.
9 Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa 29:13.]
AMP
Matt 15:8-9
8 These people make a big show of saying the right thing,
but their heart isn't in it.
9 They act like they're worshiping me,
but they don't mean it.
They just use me as a cover
for teaching whatever suits their fancy."
MES
Matt 15:8-9
8 "These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'"
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John 5:44-45
44 How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the only God?
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John 8:54-55
54 Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God.
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John 12:25-26
25 He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
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Rom 2:6-11
6 who "will render to each one according to his deeds": 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8 but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness — indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek; 10 but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 11 For there is no partiality with God.
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Rev 4:11
1 "You are worthy, O Lord,
To receive glory and honor and power;
For You created all things,
And by Your will they exist and were created."
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Rev 5:9-10
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
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Rev 5:11-13
11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:
"Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"
13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
"Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him who sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and ever!"
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Rev 7:12
saying:
"Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom,
Thanksgiving and honor and power and might,
Be to our God forever and ever.
Amen."
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Rev 19:1-2
19 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to the Lord our God!
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Rev 21:22-27
22 But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. 24 And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it. 25 Its gates shall not be shut at all by day(there shall be no night there). 26 And they shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it. 27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb's Book of Life.
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1 Cor 3:16-17
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.
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1 Cor 3:17
17 If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [the believing church and its individual believers] are.
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1 Cor 3:16-17
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.
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1 Cor 6:19-20
19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
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1 Cor 6:20
20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
NIV
1 Cor 6:19-20
19 Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own,
20 You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body.
AMP
John 4:23-24
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
HIGH
Have you lost your spiritual high? Is your praise and worship dry?
Does the Word seem old; has your heart gone cold?
Have you prayed to be restored, but all you feel - is bored?
The thing you need to do - is OBEY! What’s the last thing you remember - God had to say?
When you actually DO what He told you to you’ll be revived with life anew.
It will always pay to obey, and you can get high on that everyday!
James 1:22-25
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Isa 1:19-20
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword";
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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Isa 48:17-18
17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
"I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
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Isa 48:17-18
17 with this Message from God,
your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel:
"I am God, your God,
who teaches you how to live right and well.
I show you what to do, where to go.
18 If you had listened all along to what I told you,
your life would have flowed full like a river,
blessings rolling in like waves from the sea.
MES
Deut 28:1-2
8 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you HIGH above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
NKJV (CAPS. added)
Ps 47:2
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
NKJV
Does the Word seem old; has your heart gone cold?
Have you prayed to be restored, but all you feel - is bored?
The thing you need to do - is OBEY! What’s the last thing you remember - God had to say?
When you actually DO what He told you to you’ll be revived with life anew.
It will always pay to obey, and you can get high on that everyday!
James 1:22-25
22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; 24 for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. 25 But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
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Isa 1:19-20
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
20 But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword";
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
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Isa 48:17-18
17 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
"I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
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Isa 48:17-18
17 with this Message from God,
your Redeemer, The Holy of Israel:
"I am God, your God,
who teaches you how to live right and well.
I show you what to do, where to go.
18 If you had listened all along to what I told you,
your life would have flowed full like a river,
blessings rolling in like waves from the sea.
MES
Deut 28:1-2
8 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you HIGH above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
NKJV (CAPS. added)
Ps 47:2
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
NKJV
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
GOOD or EVIL
God doesn’t tell you to be good just for goodness sake, but because good is the antithesis of evil. Sowing good - produces peace, prosperity and health, but knowing evil puts you in peril of pain, poverty and pestilence.
When you embrace what is good, you embrace God and His abundance of Life. But when you give in to evil you get raped by the Devil and Death and abundance of strife.
What you know is what you sow and what you sow is what you’ll know. So, sow - good or evil, and you will know it and grow it.
Good or evil, what will you choose? One you will win, the other you lose.
Gen 2:8-9
8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Gen 2:15-17
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
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Deut 30:15-20
15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
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Rom 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Acts 10:38
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.
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Ps 34:8-14
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
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Rom 16:19-20
19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
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Matt 6:9-13
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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Ps 23:4-6
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
NKJV
When you embrace what is good, you embrace God and His abundance of Life. But when you give in to evil you get raped by the Devil and Death and abundance of strife.
What you know is what you sow and what you sow is what you’ll know. So, sow - good or evil, and you will know it and grow it.
Good or evil, what will you choose? One you will win, the other you lose.
Gen 2:8-9
8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed. 9 And out of the ground the Lord God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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Gen 2:15-17
15 Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
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Deut 30:15-20
15 "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, 16 in that I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. 17 But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, 18 I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; 20 that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them."
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Rom 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
NKJV
Acts 10:38
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.
NKJV
Ps 34:8-14
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
9 Oh, fear the Lord, you His saints!
There is no want to those who fear Him.
10 The young lions lack and suffer hunger;
But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing.
11 Come, you children, listen to me;
I will teach you the fear of the Lord.
12 Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?
13 Keep your tongue from evil,
And your lips from speaking deceit.
14 Depart from evil and do good;
Seek peace and pursue it.
NKJV
Rom 16:19-20
19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
NKJV
Matt 6:9-13
9 In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 And do not lead us into temptation,
But deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
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Ps 23:4-6
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
NKJV
Monday, April 25, 2011
Open Our Eyes
Lord, I can see what You’re saying but find it challenging to say what I’m seeing. So please help me to understand how to relate - so I can help others participate.
1 John 5:20
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
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Eph 1:17-19
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
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Luke 24:32
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?"
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Luke 24:45
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
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Luke 24:32
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?"
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Luke 24:45
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
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Col 1:12
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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Acts 20:32
32 "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
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Heb 6:11-12
11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
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2 Kings 6:14-18
14 Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"
16 So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, "Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
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1 John 5:20
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
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Eph 1:17-19
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, 18 the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
NKJV
Luke 24:32
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?"
NKJV
Luke 24:45
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
NKJV
Luke 24:32
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?"
NKJV
Luke 24:45
45 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.
NKJV
Col 1:12
12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
NKJV
Acts 20:32
32 "So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
NKJV
Heb 6:11-12
11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
NKJV
2 Kings 6:14-18
14 Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?"
16 So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, "Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
NKJV
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Dying to Live
Jesus came and showed us how to live by dying,
Gave His life in self denying,
On the cross in God relying,
Now lives forever death defying.
God’s blood was shed to ransom thee,
Receive His will on bended knee,
Die to self by His decree,
And live His love for all to see.
What He gave He did receive,
And rose again will you believe?
And follow Him and do the same,
And live forever in Jesus name.
Gave His life in self denying,
On the cross in God relying,
Now lives forever death defying.
God’s blood was shed to ransom thee,
Receive His will on bended knee,
Die to self by His decree,
And live His love for all to see.
What He gave He did receive,
And rose again will you believe?
And follow Him and do the same,
And live forever in Jesus name.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Victorious ~
“DON’T PANIC!”
“TAKE COURAGE!”
“HAVE FAITH IN GOD!”
“FEAR NOT FOR I AM WITH THEE!”
“BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE!”
“BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT!”
Mark 11:22
"Have faith in God.
NKJV
Mark 11:22
Have faith in God [constantly].
AMP
Luke 8:50
Do not be afraid; only believe…
NKJV
Luke 8:50
Fear not: believe only…
KJV
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid; just believe…
NIV
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid! Just trust me…
TLB
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid. Just have faith…
NLT
Luke 8:50
Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this]…
AMP
Luke 8:49
Stop fearing. Only believe at once
Wuest
Luke 8:50
Have no fear, only have faith
BBE
Luke 8:50-51
"Don't be upset. Just trust me and everything will be all right."
MES
Isa 41:10
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
NKJV
Isa 41:10
10 Don't panic. I'm with you.
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
MES
Isa 41:10
10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
NLT
Isa 41:10
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God.
AMP
Isa 41:10
10 Don't be afraid, because I am with you.
Don't be intimidated; I am your God.
GOD'S WORD
Isa 41:10
10 Do not be afraid — I am with you!
I am your God — let nothing terrify you!
GNT
Isa 41:10
10 So don't worry, because I am with you.
Don't be afraid, because I am your God.
NCV
Deut 31:6
6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
NKJV
Deut 31:8
8 And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."
NKJV
Josh 1:9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
NKJV
Heb 13:5-6
…For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"
NKJV
Heb 13:5-6
…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
KJV
Heb 13:5-6
…Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," 6 we can boldly quote,
God is there, ready to help;
I'm fearless no matter what.
Who or what can get to me?
MES
Heb 13:5-6
…For God has said, "I will never, never fail you nor forsake you." 6 That is why we can say without any doubt or fear, "The Lord is my Helper, and I am not afraid of anything that mere man can do to me."
TLB
Heb 13:5-6
…for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not,[I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down ( relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh 1:5.]
6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? [Ps 27:1; 118:6.]
AMP
Heb 13:5
…For He himself has said, and the statement is on record, I will not, I will not cease to sustain and uphold you. I will not, I will not, I will not let you down. So that, being of good courage, we are saying, The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What shall man do to me?
Wuest
Eph 6:10
FINALLY, MY BRETHEREN, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT!
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 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.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 Don't panic. I'm with you.
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
I'll give you strength. I'll help you.
I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.
11 "Count on it: Everyone who had it in for you
will end up out in the cold —
real losers.
Those who worked against you
will end up empty-handed —
nothing to show for their lives.
12 When you go out looking for your old adversaries
you won't find them —
Not a trace of your old enemies,
not even a memory.
13 That's right. Because I, your God,
have a firm grip on you and I'm not letting go.
I'm telling you, 'Don't panic.
I'm right here to help you.'
MES
Isa 41:10-13
10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11 "All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13 For I am the Lord, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
NIV
Isa 41:10-12
10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
11 "See, all your angry enemies lie there,
confused and humiliated.
Anyone who opposes you will die
and come to nothing.
12 You will look in vain
for those who tried to conquer you.
Those who attack you
will come to nothing.
NLT
Isa 41:10-13
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. [Acts 18:10.]
11 Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all.
13 For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you!
AMP
1 John 5:4
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
NKJV
“TAKE COURAGE!”
“HAVE FAITH IN GOD!”
“FEAR NOT FOR I AM WITH THEE!”
“BE STRONG AND OF GOOD COURAGE!”
“BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT!”
Mark 11:22
"Have faith in God.
NKJV
Mark 11:22
Have faith in God [constantly].
AMP
Luke 8:50
Do not be afraid; only believe…
NKJV
Luke 8:50
Fear not: believe only…
KJV
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid; just believe…
NIV
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid! Just trust me…
TLB
Luke 8:50
Don't be afraid. Just have faith…
NLT
Luke 8:50
Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this]…
AMP
Luke 8:49
Stop fearing. Only believe at once
Wuest
Luke 8:50
Have no fear, only have faith
BBE
Luke 8:50-51
"Don't be upset. Just trust me and everything will be all right."
MES
Isa 41:10
10 Fear not, for I am with you;
Be not dismayed, for I am your God.
NKJV
Isa 41:10
10 Don't panic. I'm with you.
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
MES
Isa 41:10
10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
NLT
Isa 41:10
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God.
AMP
Isa 41:10
10 Don't be afraid, because I am with you.
Don't be intimidated; I am your God.
GOD'S WORD
Isa 41:10
10 Do not be afraid — I am with you!
I am your God — let nothing terrify you!
GNT
Isa 41:10
10 So don't worry, because I am with you.
Don't be afraid, because I am your God.
NCV
Deut 31:6
6 Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."
NKJV
Deut 31:8
8 And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed."
NKJV
Josh 1:9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
NKJV
Heb 13:5-6
…For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you nor forsake you." 6 So we may boldly say:
"The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?"
NKJV
Heb 13:5-6
…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
KJV
Heb 13:5-6
…Since God assured us, "I'll never let you down, never walk off and leave you," 6 we can boldly quote,
God is there, ready to help;
I'm fearless no matter what.
Who or what can get to me?
MES
Heb 13:5-6
…For God has said, "I will never, never fail you nor forsake you." 6 That is why we can say without any doubt or fear, "The Lord is my Helper, and I am not afraid of anything that mere man can do to me."
TLB
Heb 13:5-6
…for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not,[I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down ( relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh 1:5.]
6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? [Ps 27:1; 118:6.]
AMP
Heb 13:5
…For He himself has said, and the statement is on record, I will not, I will not cease to sustain and uphold you. I will not, I will not, I will not let you down. So that, being of good courage, we are saying, The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What shall man do to me?
Wuest
Eph 6:10
FINALLY, MY BRETHEREN, BE STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT!
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 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.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 Don't panic. I'm with you.
There's no need to fear for I'm your God.
I'll give you strength. I'll help you.
I'll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.
11 "Count on it: Everyone who had it in for you
will end up out in the cold —
real losers.
Those who worked against you
will end up empty-handed —
nothing to show for their lives.
12 When you go out looking for your old adversaries
you won't find them —
Not a trace of your old enemies,
not even a memory.
13 That's right. Because I, your God,
have a firm grip on you and I'm not letting go.
I'm telling you, 'Don't panic.
I'm right here to help you.'
MES
Isa 41:10-13
10 So do not fear, for I am with you;
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
11 "All who rage against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;
those who oppose you
will be as nothing and perish.
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing at all.
13 For I am the Lord, your God,
who takes hold of your right hand
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help you.
NIV
Isa 41:10-12
10 Don't be afraid, for I am with you.
Don't be discouraged, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you.
I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.
11 "See, all your angry enemies lie there,
confused and humiliated.
Anyone who opposes you will die
and come to nothing.
12 You will look in vain
for those who tried to conquer you.
Those who attack you
will come to nothing.
NLT
Isa 41:10-13
10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. [Acts 18:10.]
11 Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.
12 You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all.
13 For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you!
AMP
1 John 5:4
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
NKJV
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Loyal
Love and loyalty are better than wisdom and wealth. David was famous for being a man of war but His son Solomon for his wisdom. Both became wise and wealthy, but the mirror, mirror, on the wall said, “Solomon is the wisest and wealthiest of them all!” But in the end and in all their fame and fortune, David choose to continue to serve God but Solomon self. It’s amazing that the wisest man on earth wasn’t smart enough not to go astray. Although I believe he knew better, he followed after, and ended up being loyal to what he loved, as did David.
So in the end you will follow your heart not your head my friend. It doesn’t matter how wise and wealthy you may become, if your heart is not right you will not be a good companion - and especially not for eternity. God is looking for people with love and loyalty, for wisdom and wealth will fail in the end but true love endures forever.
You will be loyal to that which or whom you love. The One deserving eternal love and loyalty is the One who eternally loves and is absolutely loyal to you.
Deut 6:4-5
4 "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
NKJV
1 Kings 4:29-34
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30 Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. 33 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34 And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
NKJV
1 Kings 10:1-9
10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 3 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. 6 Then she said to the king: "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 7 However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. 8 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."
NKJV
2 Chron 1:7-12
7 On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
8 And Solomon said to God: "You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?"
11 Then God said to Solomon: "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life — but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king — 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like."
NKJV
1 Kings 11:1-8
11 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites — 2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel,"You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. 8 And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
NKJV
1 Kings 11:9-12
9 So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. 11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
NKJV
1 Kings 11:4-5
4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
NKJV
Matt 6:21
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
NKJV
Matt 6:24
24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
NKJV
2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
NKJV
John 4:23-24
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
NKJV
Acts 13:22-23
22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
NKJV
Ps 21:1-4
1 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him
—
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
NKJV
Matt 22:37-38
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment.
NKJV
So in the end you will follow your heart not your head my friend. It doesn’t matter how wise and wealthy you may become, if your heart is not right you will not be a good companion - and especially not for eternity. God is looking for people with love and loyalty, for wisdom and wealth will fail in the end but true love endures forever.
You will be loyal to that which or whom you love. The One deserving eternal love and loyalty is the One who eternally loves and is absolutely loyal to you.
Deut 6:4-5
4 "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
NKJV
1 Kings 4:29-34
29 And God gave Solomon wisdom and exceedingly great understanding, and largeness of heart like the sand on the seashore. 30 Thus Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. 31 For he was wiser than all men — than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the surrounding nations. 32 He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. 33 Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. 34 And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon.
NKJV
1 Kings 10:1-9
10 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to test him with hard questions. 2 She came to Jerusalem with a very great retinue, with camels that bore spices, very much gold, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. 3 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for the king that he could not explain it to her. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. 6 Then she said to the king: "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. 7 However I did not believe the words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half was not told me. Your wisdom and prosperity exceed the fame of which I heard. 8 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! 9 Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you, setting you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord has loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness."
NKJV
2 Chron 1:7-12
7 On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, "Ask! What shall I give you?"
8 And Solomon said to God: "You have shown great mercy to David my father, and have made me king in his place. 9 Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be established, for You have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of Yours?"
11 Then God said to Solomon: "Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches or wealth or honor or the life of your enemies, nor have you asked long life — but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge My people over whom I have made you king — 12 wisdom and knowledge are granted to you; and I will give you riches and wealth and honor, such as none of the kings have had who were before you, nor shall any after you have the like."
NKJV
1 Kings 11:1-8
11 But King Solomon loved many foreign women, as well as the daughter of Pharaoh: women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites — 2 from the nations of whom the Lord had said to the children of Israel,"You shall not intermarry with them, nor they with you. Surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods." Solomon clung to these in love. 3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines; and his wives turned away his heart. 4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. 6 Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not fully follow the Lord, as did his father David. 7 Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon. 8 And he did likewise for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods.
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1 Kings 11:9-12
9 So the Lord became angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, 10 and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not keep what the Lord had commanded. 11 Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
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1 Kings 11:4-5
4 For it was so, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned his heart after other gods; and his heart was not loyal to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.
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Matt 6:21
21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Matt 6:24
24 "No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
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John 4:23-24
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
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Acts 13:22-23
22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.'
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Ps 21:1-4
1 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him
—
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
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Matt 22:37-38
37 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
BE Strong!
Trust in God, encourage yourself, be strong, and take courage!
You are strong in the Lord but you still have to “Be strong.”
You have courage but you must partake and “Take courage!”
You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you, but only if you receive the strength.
You must encourage yourself because you’re the only one who can take courage for yourself.
Trust in God! Stir your self up with His Words.
Be strengthened in faith and give glory to God.
Be fully convinced that what He has promised He is also able to perform.
If you can believe and continue to believe, “All things are possible to him who believes."
The Almighty is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think, according to His power that works in you. And it works when you believe it, receive it, and put it to work.
It won’t work if you won’t, for it is in you to do the works.
"This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
And believe that the One whom He sent is Almighty - and He is in you.
You are one with Him, you are as I AM.
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.”
For you are made in His image!
1 Sam 30:6
KJV 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
NKJV - … But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
MES - …David strengthened himself with trust in his God.
AMP - …But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
BBE - …David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV
Matt 14:27
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."
NIV
Acts 23:11
11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
NIV
Josh 1:6-9
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
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Ps 27:14
14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
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Ps 31:24
24 Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Rom 4:20-21
20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
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1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
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Mark 11:22
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God.
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Mark 9:23
23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
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Acts 11:23
23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
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Col 4:2-3
2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
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2 Tim 3:14-15
14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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Eph 3:20-21
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
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Eph 3:20
20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] —
AMP
John 14:12-13
12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
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John 6:29
29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
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John 14:16-18
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
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Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
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1 Cor 6:17
7 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
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John 17:22-23
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
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1 John 4:17b
…as He is, so are we in this world.
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Eph 5:1-2
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
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Gen 1:27
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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You are strong in the Lord but you still have to “Be strong.”
You have courage but you must partake and “Take courage!”
You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you, but only if you receive the strength.
You must encourage yourself because you’re the only one who can take courage for yourself.
Trust in God! Stir your self up with His Words.
Be strengthened in faith and give glory to God.
Be fully convinced that what He has promised He is also able to perform.
If you can believe and continue to believe, “All things are possible to him who believes."
The Almighty is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that you ask or think, according to His power that works in you. And it works when you believe it, receive it, and put it to work.
It won’t work if you won’t, for it is in you to do the works.
"This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
And believe that the One whom He sent is Almighty - and He is in you.
You are one with Him, you are as I AM.
“Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.”
For you are made in His image!
1 Sam 30:6
KJV 6 And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.
NKJV - … But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
MES - …David strengthened himself with trust in his God.
AMP - …But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
BBE - …David made himself strong in the Lord his God.
Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV
Matt 14:27
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."
NIV
Acts 23:11
11 The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome."
NIV
Josh 1:6-9
6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. 7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."
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Ps 27:14
14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
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Ps 31:24
24 Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart,
All you who hope in the Lord.
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Rom 4:20-21
20 He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21 and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform.
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1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
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Mark 11:22
22 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Have faith in God.
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Mark 9:23
23 Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
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Acts 11:23
23 When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
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Col 4:2-3
2 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
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2 Tim 3:14-15
14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
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Eph 3:20-21
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
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Eph 3:20
20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] —
AMP
John 14:12-13
12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
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John 6:29
29 Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent."
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John 14:16-18
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever — 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
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Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
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1 Cor 6:17
7 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
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John 17:22-23
22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
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1 John 4:17b
…as He is, so are we in this world.
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Eph 5:1-2
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
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Gen 1:27
27 So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Are You as I AM
I am as I AM.
God is able so I am able.
I am created in the image of Him who is Almighty and I AM.
1 John 4:17b
…as He is, so are we in this world.
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Ex 3:11
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
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Ex 3:14-15
14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
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Ex 4:10-12
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11 So the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
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Eph 1:17 ...18… 20
7 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
…that you may know…
…what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead…
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Eph 3:16, 20
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man…
…20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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2 Cor 9:8-9
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
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1 Peter 4:11a
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies…
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Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV
God is able so I am able.
I am created in the image of Him who is Almighty and I AM.
1 John 4:17b
…as He is, so are we in this world.
NKJV
Ex 3:11
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
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Ex 3:14-15
14 And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
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Ex 4:10-12
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11 So the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say."
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Eph 1:17 ...18… 20
7 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
…that you may know…
…what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead…
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Eph 3:16, 20
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man…
…20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…
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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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2 Cor 9:8-9
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
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1 Peter 4:11a
11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies…
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Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Enemies?
Consider what the Lord has to say about your enemies. The forces of evil in the darkness are to be destroyed by the power of the resurrection.
"Rise up, O Lord!
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You."
I only made it through Psalms with the references today but may continue tomorrow. Have a blessed day and be victorious in every way!
Eph 6:10-12
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
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Gal 3:13-14
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Rom 4:16-17
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
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Gen 14:19-20
19 And he blessed him and said:
"Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
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Gen 22:17-19
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
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Gal 3:15-17
15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ.
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Gal 3:26-29
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
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Ex 23:20-22
20 "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
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Ex 15:1-6
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:
"I will sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father's God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of war;
The Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 "Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
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Num 10:35
35 So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:
"Rise up, O Lord!
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You."
NKJV
Deut 6:17-19
18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 19 to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
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Deut 20:1-4
20 "When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. 2 So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. 3 And he shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; 4 for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'
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Deut 28:1-2, 7
28 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God: …
…7 "The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
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Deut 33:27
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, 'Destroy!'
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Deut 33:29
29 Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places."
NKJV
Ps 8:2
2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
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Ps 9:1-3
9 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
NKJV
Ps 18:3
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Ps 18:37-42
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
41 They cried out, but there was none to save;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
NKJV
Ps 44:5
5 Through You we will push down our enemies;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
NKJV
Ps 44:5
5 With your help we'll wipe out our enemies,
in your name we'll stomp them to dust.
MES
Ps 60:12
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
NIV
Ps 66:1-3
66 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
NKJV
Ps 68:21-23
21 But God will wound the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, "I will bring back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 That your foot may crush them in blood,
And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
NKJV
Ps 78:66
66 And He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
NKJV
Ps 78:66
66 He hit his enemies hard, sent them running,
yelping, not daring to look back.
MES
Ps 78:66
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
NIV
Ps 81:13-14
3 "If my people would but listen to me,
if Israel would follow my ways,
14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
NIV
Ps 97:3
3 Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side.
NIV
Ps 110:1-3
110 The Lord says to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet."
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy majesty,
from the womb of the dawn
you will receive the dew of your youth.
NIV
Eph 1:19-23
9 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
NIV
Rom 16:19-20
19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 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.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
NKJV
"Rise up, O Lord!
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You."
I only made it through Psalms with the references today but may continue tomorrow. Have a blessed day and be victorious in every way!
Eph 6:10-12
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.
NKJV
Gal 3:13-14
13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"), 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
NKJV
Rom 4:16-17
Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
NKJV
Gen 14:19-20
19 And he blessed him and said:
"Blessed be Abram of God Most High,
Possessor of heaven and earth;
20 And blessed be God Most High,
Who has delivered your enemies into your hand."
NKJV
Gen 22:17-19
17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV
Gal 3:15-17
15 Brethren, I speak in the manner of men: Though it is only a man's covenant, yet if it is confirmed, no one annuls or adds to it. 16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made. He does not say, "And to seeds," as of many, but as of one, "And to your Seed," who is Christ.
NKJV
Gal 3:26-29
26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
NKJV
Ex 23:20-22
20 "Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep you in the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. 21 Beware of Him and obey His voice; do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions; for My name is in Him. 22 But if you indeed obey His voice and do all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries.
NKJV
Ex 15:1-6
1 Then Moses and the children of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying:
"I will sing to the Lord,
For He has triumphed gloriously!
The horse and its rider
He has thrown into the sea!
2 The Lord is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father's God, and I will exalt Him.
3 The Lord is a man of war;
The Lord is His name.
4 Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea;
His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
5 The depths have covered them;
They sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 "Your right hand, O Lord, has become glorious in power;
Your right hand, O Lord, has dashed the enemy in pieces.
NKJV
Num 10:35
35 So it was, whenever the ark set out, that Moses said:
"Rise up, O Lord!
Let Your enemies be scattered,
And let those who hate You flee before You."
NKJV
Deut 6:17-19
18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land of which the Lord swore to your fathers, 19 to cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
NKJV
Deut 20:1-4
20 "When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt. 2 So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. 3 And he shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; 4 for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'
NKJV
Deut 28:1-2, 7
28 "Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God: …
…7 "The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
NKJV
Deut 33:27
27 The eternal God is your refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, 'Destroy!'
NKJV
Deut 33:29
29 Happy are you, O Israel!
Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord,
The shield of your help
And the sword of your majesty!
Your enemies shall submit to you,
And you shall tread down their high places."
NKJV
Ps 8:2
2 Out of the mouth of babes and nursing infants
You have ordained strength,
Because of Your enemies,
That You may silence the enemy and the avenger.
NKJV
Ps 9:1-3
9 I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart;
I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in You;
I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.
3 When my enemies turn back,
They shall fall and perish at Your presence.
NKJV
Ps 18:3
3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV
Ps 18:37-42
37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
38 I have wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.
40 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
41 They cried out, but there was none to save;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
42 Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I cast them out like dirt in the streets.
NKJV
Ps 44:5
5 Through You we will push down our enemies;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
NKJV
Ps 44:5
5 With your help we'll wipe out our enemies,
in your name we'll stomp them to dust.
MES
Ps 60:12
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
NIV
Ps 66:1-3
66 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
NKJV
Ps 68:21-23
21 But God will wound the head of His enemies,
The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, "I will bring back from Bashan,
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 That your foot may crush them in blood,
And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."
NKJV
Ps 78:66
66 And He beat back His enemies;
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
NKJV
Ps 78:66
66 He hit his enemies hard, sent them running,
yelping, not daring to look back.
MES
Ps 78:66
66 He beat back his enemies;
he put them to everlasting shame.
NIV
Ps 81:13-14
3 "If my people would but listen to me,
if Israel would follow my ways,
14 how quickly would I subdue their enemies
and turn my hand against their foes!
NIV
Ps 97:3
3 Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side.
NIV
Ps 110:1-3
110 The Lord says to my Lord:
"Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet."
2 The Lord will extend your mighty scepter from Zion;
you will rule in the midst of your enemies.
3 Your troops will be willing
on your day of battle.
Arrayed in holy majesty,
from the womb of the dawn
you will receive the dew of your youth.
NIV
Eph 1:19-23
9 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
NIV
Rom 16:19-20
19 For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. 20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
NKJV
Isa 41:10-13
10 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.'
11 "Behold, all those who were incensed against you
Shall be ashamed and disgraced;
They shall be as nothing,
And those who strive with you shall perish.
12 You shall seek them and not find them —
Those who contended with you.
Those who war against you
Shall be as nothing,
As a nonexistent thing.
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
NKJV
Friday, April 15, 2011
QUICK to OBEY
How fast and responsive are you? Are you quick to obey or do you go from zero to sixty in about sixteen days? God is the Pilot within and provides power to fulfill His purpose. If you’re sluggish and slow then you don’t much Almighty power to go. So do you got pep, or are you a schlepp?
If you were the one driving your life, what would it be like you were driving? Pinto or Porsche, motorcycle or horse?
If you want power, be quick to obey with some pep in your step. He won’t accelerate the unresponsive because they’ll end up a wreck.
He takes no joy in conducting the one that’s lukewarm. But those that He knows He can trust to perform, He quickens and orchestrates beyond the norm. Till the sound of their engine is soul symphony - on fire and fast and living with glee.
Rom 8:1-11
1 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. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
NKJV
Rom 8:11
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
KJV
Ps 80:17-18
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
KJV
Ps 119:25
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
KJV
Ps 119:37
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
KJV
Ps 119:40
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
KJV
Ps 119:149
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
KJV
Ps 119:154
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
KJV
Ps 119:156
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
KJV
Ps 119:159
159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
KJV
If you were the one driving your life, what would it be like you were driving? Pinto or Porsche, motorcycle or horse?
If you want power, be quick to obey with some pep in your step. He won’t accelerate the unresponsive because they’ll end up a wreck.
He takes no joy in conducting the one that’s lukewarm. But those that He knows He can trust to perform, He quickens and orchestrates beyond the norm. Till the sound of their engine is soul symphony - on fire and fast and living with glee.
Rom 8:1-11
1 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. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, 4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. 8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.
NKJV
Rom 8:11
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
KJV
Ps 80:17-18
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
KJV
Ps 119:25
25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
KJV
Ps 119:37
37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
KJV
Ps 119:40
40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
KJV
Ps 119:149
149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O Lord, quicken me according to thy judgment.
KJV
Ps 119:154
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
KJV
Ps 119:156
156 Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.
KJV
Ps 119:159
159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O Lord, according to thy lovingkindness.
KJV
Thursday, April 14, 2011
AWE
God is Awesome!
Feared by His foes,
Revered by His Saints.
Terrible to darkness,
To evil affright,
Almighty forever,
Consuming Fire and Light!
Awe
1 a mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder, caused by something majestic, sublime, sacred, etc.
2 [Archaic] the power of inspiring intense fear or fearful reverence
3 [Obs.] terror; dread
(Websters)
Awesome is translated in the KJV, Terrible…
Terrible
1 causing terror; fearful; frightful; dreadful
2 extreme; intense; severe
(Websters)
Revere - to regard with deep respect, love, and awe; venerate
(Websters)
AWESOME Scriptures
Gen 28:16-17
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." 17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
NKJV
Ex 34:10
10 And He said: "Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
NKJV
Deut 7:21-22
21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.
NKJV
Deut 10:17-18
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
NKJV
Deut 10:21
21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
NKJV
Deut 28:58
58 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD
NKJV
Judg 13:6-7
6 So the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.
NKJV
2 Sam 7:22-24
22 Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name — and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land — before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? 24 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.
NKJV
1 Chron 17:21-22
21 And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people — to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?
NKJV
Neh 1:5-6
5 And I said: "I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
NKJV
Neh 4:14
14 And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people,"Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."
NKJV
Job 10:16
16 If my head is exalted,
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
NKJV
Job 37:22
22 He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
NKJV
Ps 45:4
4 And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
NKJV
Ps 47:2
For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
NKJV
Ps 65:5
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
NKJV
Ps 66:3-5
Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name."
Selah
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
NKJV
Ps 68:33-35
33 To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
NKJV
Ps 99:1-3
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name —
He is holy.
NKJV
Ps 106:19-22
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
NKJV
Ps 111:9
9 He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.
NKJV
Ps 145:5-6
5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
NKJV
Isa 28:21
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon —
That He may do His work, His awesome work,
And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
NKJV
Isa 64:3-4
3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
NKJV
Jer 20:11
11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
NKJV
Lam 1:9
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
"O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!"
NKJV
Dan 9:4
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
NKJV
Joel 2:31
1 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
NKJV
Zeph 2:10-11
Against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all the shores of the nations.
NKJV
Acts 2:16-21
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.'
NKJV
Ps 33:8
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
NKJV
Feared by His foes,
Revered by His Saints.
Terrible to darkness,
To evil affright,
Almighty forever,
Consuming Fire and Light!
Awe
1 a mixed feeling of reverence, fear, and wonder, caused by something majestic, sublime, sacred, etc.
2 [Archaic] the power of inspiring intense fear or fearful reverence
3 [Obs.] terror; dread
(Websters)
Awesome is translated in the KJV, Terrible…
Terrible
1 causing terror; fearful; frightful; dreadful
2 extreme; intense; severe
(Websters)
Revere - to regard with deep respect, love, and awe; venerate
(Websters)
AWESOME Scriptures
Gen 28:16-17
16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it." 17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"
NKJV
Ex 34:10
10 And He said: "Behold, I make a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord. For it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.
NKJV
Deut 7:21-22
21 You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.
NKJV
Deut 10:17-18
17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe.
NKJV
Deut 10:21
21 He is your praise, and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
NKJV
Deut 28:58
58 "If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD
NKJV
Judg 13:6-7
6 So the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.
NKJV
2 Sam 7:22-24
22 Therefore You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 23 And who is like Your people, like Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a name — and to do for Yourself great and awesome deeds for Your land — before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, the nations, and their gods? 24 For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.
NKJV
1 Chron 17:21-22
21 And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people — to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?
NKJV
Neh 1:5-6
5 And I said: "I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
NKJV
Neh 4:14
14 And I looked, and arose and said to the nobles, to the leaders, and to the rest of the people,"Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, great and awesome, and fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your houses."
NKJV
Job 10:16
16 If my head is exalted,
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
NKJV
Job 37:22
22 He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
NKJV
Ps 45:4
4 And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth, humility, and righteousness;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things.
NKJV
Ps 47:2
For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
NKJV
Ps 65:5
5 By awesome deeds in righteousness You will answer us,
O God of our salvation,
You who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth,
And of the far-off seas;
NKJV
Ps 66:3-5
Say to God,
"How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name."
Selah
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
NKJV
Ps 68:33-35
33 To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!
NKJV
Ps 99:1-3
99 The Lord reigns;
Let the peoples tremble!
He dwells between the cherubim;
Let the earth be moved!
2 The Lord is great in Zion,
And He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Your great and awesome name —
He is holy.
NKJV
Ps 106:19-22
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshiped the molded image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
Into the image of an ox that eats grass.
21 They forgot God their Savior,
Who had done great things in Egypt,
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
Awesome things by the Red Sea.
NKJV
Ps 111:9
9 He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.
NKJV
Ps 145:5-6
5 I will meditate on the glorious splendor of Your majesty,
And on Your wondrous works.
6 Men shall speak of the might of Your awesome acts,
And I will declare Your greatness.
NKJV
Isa 28:21
21 For the Lord will rise up as at Mount Perazim,
He will be angry as in the Valley of Gibeon —
That He may do His work, His awesome work,
And bring to pass His act, His unusual act.
NKJV
Isa 64:3-4
3 When You did awesome things for which we did not look,
You came down,
The mountains shook at Your presence.
4 For since the beginning of the world
Men have not heard nor perceived by the ear,
Nor has the eye seen any God besides You,
Who acts for the one who waits for Him.
NKJV
Jer 20:11
11 But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
NKJV
Lam 1:9
9 Her uncleanness is in her skirts;
She did not consider her destiny;
Therefore her collapse was awesome;
She had no comforter.
"O Lord, behold my affliction,
For the enemy is exalted!"
NKJV
Dan 9:4
4 And I prayed to the Lord my God, and made confession, and said, "O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments,
NKJV
Joel 2:31
1 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
NKJV
Zeph 2:10-11
Against the people of the Lord of hosts.
11 The Lord will be awesome to them,
For He will reduce to nothing all the gods of the earth;
People shall worship Him,
Each one from his place,
Indeed all the shores of the nations.
NKJV
Acts 2:16-21
16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
19 I will show wonders in heaven above
And signs in the earth beneath:
Blood and fire and vapor of smoke.
20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
21 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.'
NKJV
Ps 33:8
8 Let all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.
NKJV
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Stressed or Blessed
Acquiesce to stress or throw it in the trash? Do you think that you‘re in charge, of your own success? No matter how much you obsess, it won’t help you progress. Cast your cares on God, He said that HE WILL BLESS!
1 Peter 5:5-7
"God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble."
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
NKJV
Eph 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
NKJV
Eph 1:3
3 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him.
MES
Num 6:24-26
24 "The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace."'
NKJV
Num 23:20
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
KJV
So… YOU’RE BLESSED AND NOT CURSED AND IT CAN’T BE REVERSED!
Ps 29:11
11 The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
NKJV
Ps 34:8
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
NKJV
Ps 72:17-19
17 His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And men shall be blessed in Him;
All nations shall call Him blessed.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who only does wondrous things!
19 And blessed be His glorious name forever!
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
NKJV
Ps 89:15-17
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
NKJV
Ps 115:12-15
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
KJV
Ps 147:13-14
3 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders,
And fills you with the finest wheat.
NKJV
Matt 5:2-12
2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
NKJV
Rom 4:5-8
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."
NKJV
Gal 3:8-9
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
NKJV
Heb 6:13-14
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
NKJV
2 Cor 1:3-4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
NKJV
1 Peter 5:5-7
"God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble."
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
NKJV
Eph 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
NKJV
Eph 1:3
3 How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him.
MES
Num 6:24-26
24 "The Lord bless you and keep you;
25 The Lord make His face shine upon you,
And be gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His countenance upon you,
And give you peace."'
NKJV
Num 23:20
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
KJV
So… YOU’RE BLESSED AND NOT CURSED AND IT CAN’T BE REVERSED!
Ps 29:11
11 The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.
NKJV
Ps 34:8
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
NKJV
Ps 72:17-19
17 His name shall endure forever;
His name shall continue as long as the sun.
And men shall be blessed in Him;
All nations shall call Him blessed.
18 Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel,
Who only does wondrous things!
19 And blessed be His glorious name forever!
And let the whole earth be filled with His glory.
Amen and Amen.
NKJV
Ps 89:15-17
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
NKJV
Ps 115:12-15
12 The Lord hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the Lord, both small and great.
14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
15 Ye are blessed of the Lord which made heaven and earth.
KJV
Ps 147:13-14
3 For He has strengthened the bars of your gates;
He has blessed your children within you.
14 He makes peace in your borders,
And fills you with the finest wheat.
NKJV
Matt 5:2-12
2 Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
NKJV
Rom 4:5-8
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:
7 "Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;
8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin."
NKJV
Gal 3:8-9
8 And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel to Abraham beforehand, saying, "In you all the nations shall be blessed." 9 So then those who are of faith are blessed with believing Abraham.
NKJV
Heb 6:13-14
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, 14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you."
NKJV
2 Cor 1:3-4
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
NKJV
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Vivid
Enjoy where you are, when you are, and who you are. You are where you are, not where you have been, or where you will be. If you “not all there” now then you’re not at all living. In order to “be all you can be” you need to actually be there. You may be living in memories or fantasies of another time but it’s not the present reality. Now is the only time you can taste. You may savor the flavor of the past or imagine the food of the future, but you’re not actually eating it. Now is “all you can eat.” But you can starve to death in the buffet of today, if you’re stuck in yesterday or tomorrow.
You are who you are. So are you enhanced or muted? If you hide your individuality to fit in with the mass mentality you dull you own reality. But if you embrace the uniqueness in you, and let it shine through, you live in HD and bless others too. Don’t hide the gifts in you for fear of rejection, God made you to give them, and He’s your protection.
So enjoy today let the gloom fade away, and be replaced by a rainbow as you give of your ray!
Isa 60:1
Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
NKJV
You are who you are. So are you enhanced or muted? If you hide your individuality to fit in with the mass mentality you dull you own reality. But if you embrace the uniqueness in you, and let it shine through, you live in HD and bless others too. Don’t hide the gifts in you for fear of rejection, God made you to give them, and He’s your protection.
So enjoy today let the gloom fade away, and be replaced by a rainbow as you give of your ray!
Isa 60:1
Arise, shine;
For your light has come!
And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
NKJV
Monday, April 11, 2011
Enlist and Persist
Perseverance ani’t pretty, but choosing failure is foul. So persist and resist the urge to desist. Insist to exist, employ joy and subsist. Enlist the power in you midst to assist.
Col 1:11
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
NKJV
1 Cor 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
NKJV
Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
NKJV
Eph 3:16
16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
AMP
Neh 8:10
Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
NKJV
Isa 12:3
3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.
NKJV
John 4:13-14
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."
NKJV
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…
NKJV
Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV
Col 1:11
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
NKJV
1 Cor 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
NKJV
Eph 3:16
16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,
NKJV
Eph 3:16
16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].
AMP
Neh 8:10
Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
NKJV
Isa 12:3
3 Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.
NKJV
John 4:13-14
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."
NKJV
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…
NKJV
Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV
Friday, April 8, 2011
Yo-story
When you wake up the day is blank. Like a piece of white paper sitting on your desk. Your actions and attitudes will determine what it looks like when the day is done. Put all the pages together and you have the story of your life, your own personal history.
Will your day be a doodle or are you working a masterpiece? Will your story be unique and have glory, or will it be boring?
You’re the author, architect and artist within. Will you do something different or the same thing again?
It’s all up to you so decide what you’ll do. If you don’t make a plan for your life then someone else will, then you’ll be living for them their dreams to fulfill.
Will you be a ghost writer or author your own, will make a difference or die unknown?
Because when you’re gone, your story lives on.
Will it be read and remembered or collect or collect dust on a shelf? The person who determines its quality, is only yourself.
Prov 21:5
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
NKJV
Ps 37:4
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
NKJV
Prov 16:9
9 A man's heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
NKJV
Prov 16:9
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
KJV
Prov 16:9
9 We plan the way we want to live,
but only God makes us able to live it.
MES
Prov 16:9
9 In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps.
NIV
Prov 16:9
9 We should make plans-counting on God to direct us.
TLB
Prov 16:9
9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
BBE
Ps 37:23
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
NKJV
So delight yourself in the Lord and He’ll give you the desires of your heart. He’ll put His plan and desires in your heart. Then if you follow your heart, your heart will plan you way and the Lord will direct your steps. But even though He gives you the direction and directs, you still have to “step on it” or you will merely “know” and not go.
Take time to know Him ~ He’ll inspire your desire ~ Step on it ~ Full throttle ~ He’ll give you the fire!
Will your day be a doodle or are you working a masterpiece? Will your story be unique and have glory, or will it be boring?
You’re the author, architect and artist within. Will you do something different or the same thing again?
It’s all up to you so decide what you’ll do. If you don’t make a plan for your life then someone else will, then you’ll be living for them their dreams to fulfill.
Will you be a ghost writer or author your own, will make a difference or die unknown?
Because when you’re gone, your story lives on.
Will it be read and remembered or collect or collect dust on a shelf? The person who determines its quality, is only yourself.
Prov 21:5
5 The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty,
But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty.
NKJV
Ps 37:4
Delight yourself also in the Lord,
And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
NKJV
Prov 16:9
9 A man's heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
NKJV
Prov 16:9
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.
KJV
Prov 16:9
9 We plan the way we want to live,
but only God makes us able to live it.
MES
Prov 16:9
9 In his heart a man plans his course,
but the Lord determines his steps.
NIV
Prov 16:9
9 We should make plans-counting on God to direct us.
TLB
Prov 16:9
9 A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.
BBE
Ps 37:23
23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord,
And He delights in his way.
NKJV
So delight yourself in the Lord and He’ll give you the desires of your heart. He’ll put His plan and desires in your heart. Then if you follow your heart, your heart will plan you way and the Lord will direct your steps. But even though He gives you the direction and directs, you still have to “step on it” or you will merely “know” and not go.
Take time to know Him ~ He’ll inspire your desire ~ Step on it ~ Full throttle ~ He’ll give you the fire!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Word-N-Season
The first thing needed, is the Word for the day,
So before you go, will you stop and pray?
Better than an apple for keeping the doctor away.
By it conquer fear, and keep dismay in decay.
Armed with the Word, become predator not prey,
Victor not victim in the midst of the fray.
Confidence rises, as the Almighty advises,
Be strong in the Lord and full of surprises.
Abide in the Truth, stay and not stray,
Love the Lord completely - not just halfway.
Pray everyday and be bold to obey,
In battle array, the enemy slay.
Fear not the evil, nor try to be coy,
For on the cross Jesus became, our whipping boy.
By death defeated death, rose again for all to see,
Now His life is our life, His Word victory,
What He has spoken, His Truth employ,
In joy deploy, depression destroy.
For He’s given us all things, to richly enjoy!
Copyright ©2011
1 Tim 6:17-18
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
NKJV
1 Tim 6:17
17 As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment.
AMP
1 John 2:14b
I have written to you, young men,
Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
NKJV
John 8:31-32
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
NKJV
1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
NKJV
John 15:3-4
3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
NKJV
John 15:9-12
9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
NKJV
1 John 4:16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
NKJV
See – Psalm 119
So before you go, will you stop and pray?
Better than an apple for keeping the doctor away.
By it conquer fear, and keep dismay in decay.
Armed with the Word, become predator not prey,
Victor not victim in the midst of the fray.
Confidence rises, as the Almighty advises,
Be strong in the Lord and full of surprises.
Abide in the Truth, stay and not stray,
Love the Lord completely - not just halfway.
Pray everyday and be bold to obey,
In battle array, the enemy slay.
Fear not the evil, nor try to be coy,
For on the cross Jesus became, our whipping boy.
By death defeated death, rose again for all to see,
Now His life is our life, His Word victory,
What He has spoken, His Truth employ,
In joy deploy, depression destroy.
For He’s given us all things, to richly enjoy!
Copyright ©2011
1 Tim 6:17-18
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
NKJV
1 Tim 6:17
17 As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment.
AMP
1 John 2:14b
I have written to you, young men,
Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you,
And you have overcome the wicked one.
NKJV
John 8:31-32
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
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1 John 5:4-5
4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.
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John 15:3-4
3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me.
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John 15:9-12
9 "As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
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1 John 4:16
16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
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See – Psalm 119
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Savor
Savor the flavor of the love of our Savior! Perfect peace abounding, joy so astounding, the feast is released, His glory’s surrounding.
Ps 34:8
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
NKJV
1 John 3:1
3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
NIV
Isa 26:3
3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
NKJV
John 15:11-12
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
NKJV
Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV
Ps 5:12
12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
NKJV
Ps 5:12
12 For you bless the godly, O Lord;
you surround them with your shield of love.
NLT
Rev 1:5-6
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
Rev 5:9-10
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
NKJV
Rom 5:17
17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
NKJV
Ps 21:1-7
21 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him —
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
NKJV
Ps 34:8
8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!
NKJV
1 John 3:1
3 How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
NIV
Isa 26:3
3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
NKJV
John 15:11-12
11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
NKJV
Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV
Ps 5:12
12 For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield.
NKJV
Ps 5:12
12 For you bless the godly, O Lord;
you surround them with your shield of love.
NLT
Rev 1:5-6
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
Rev 5:9-10
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
NKJV
Rom 5:17
17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
NKJV
Ps 21:1-7
21 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him —
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
NKJV
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Loyal, Perfect and True
Thank God for God! We change, others change, and things change, but God remains the same yesterday, today and forever. Our relationship with Him changes as we change. But He is always there loving and leading us. Sometimes we do or have done things to “draw closer to Him” but all the while He abides within. It’s not just about what we do, but being true. As we grow, if we allow ourselves to become who we were created to be, then we will be true, and we will be free. Then as we become more real, our relationship gets better, because we’re not living in illusion’s fetter.
Heb 13:8-9
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
NKJV
Rom 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son…
NKJV
Rom 12:2
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
NKJV
John 4:23-24
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
NKJV
Heb 10:22
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith…
NKJV
1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
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2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
NKJV
2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
KJV
2 Chron 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him.
BBE
Heb 13:8-9
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
NKJV
Rom 8:29
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son…
NKJV
Rom 12:2
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
NKJV
John 4:23-24
23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."
NKJV
Heb 10:22
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith…
NKJV
1 John 5:20-21
20 And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.
NKJV
2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
NKJV
2 Chron 16:9
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
KJV
2 Chron 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord go this way and that, through all the earth, letting it be seen that he is the strong support of those whose hearts are true to him.
BBE
Monday, April 4, 2011
???
There’s no note today because I’m working the prelude for a new song. So have a great day and be blessed in every way. Here’s the rough draft if you care to guess or comment on what you think it’s going to be about.
Something is stalking me
Memories mocking me
What is this haunting me
Terror now taunting me
Have I have become a prey
I need to get away
Why do you torment me?
I am in agony
Delicacies, on my plate
Ravenous, smell the bait
Pounding, my heart does race
Why am I in this place?
Death is enticing me
Slave master’s pricing me
Thoughts are dividing me
Demons, deriding me
My eyes have gone blurry
Obsessed I must hurry
Someone might see
And know I’m not free
Stumbling in the mire
Hunted by dark desire
Stick your neck in the wire
I’ll take you to the fire
“O wretched man that I am!
Who will deliver me
from this body of death?”
Copyright ©2011 VBN
Something is stalking me
Memories mocking me
What is this haunting me
Terror now taunting me
Have I have become a prey
I need to get away
Why do you torment me?
I am in agony
Delicacies, on my plate
Ravenous, smell the bait
Pounding, my heart does race
Why am I in this place?
Death is enticing me
Slave master’s pricing me
Thoughts are dividing me
Demons, deriding me
My eyes have gone blurry
Obsessed I must hurry
Someone might see
And know I’m not free
Stumbling in the mire
Hunted by dark desire
Stick your neck in the wire
I’ll take you to the fire
“O wretched man that I am!
Who will deliver me
from this body of death?”
Copyright ©2011 VBN
Friday, April 1, 2011
DESTROY
Destroy and be destroying or be destroyed by the destroyer.
Eph 6:12-13
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
NKJV
Acts 10:38-39
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.
NKJV
Luke 4:33-37
33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!"
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."
NKJV
1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
NKJV
John 14:12-13
12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
NKJV
Isa 10:27
27 It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
NKJV
2 Cor 1:21
21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
NKJV
Jer 17:18
18 Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And destroy them with double destruction!
NKJV
Ps 63:7-9
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
NKJV
Deut 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, 'Destroy!'
NKJV
Eph 6:12-13
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
NKJV
Acts 10:38-39
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.
NKJV
Luke 4:33-37
33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean demon. And he cried out with a loud voice, 34 saying, "Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of Nazareth? Did You come to destroy us? I know who You are — the Holy One of God!"
35 But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him in their midst, it came out of him and did not hurt him. 36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, "What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out."
NKJV
1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
NKJV
John 14:12-13
12 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.
NKJV
Isa 10:27
27 It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,
And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
NKJV
2 Cor 1:21
21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
NKJV
Jer 17:18
18 Let them be ashamed who persecute me,
But do not let me be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed,
But do not let me be dismayed.
Bring on them the day of doom,
And destroy them with double destruction!
NKJV
Ps 63:7-9
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
8 My soul follows close behind You;
Your right hand upholds me.
9 But those who seek my life, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
NKJV
Deut 33:27
The eternal God is your refuge,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
He will thrust out the enemy from before you,
And will say, 'Destroy!'
NKJV
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