Friday, October 28, 2011

TAKE AUTHORITY

The Word for the day is
GET OUT OF MY WAY!
With my voice now I slay
And say YOU CAN”T STAY
I’m created to conquer
So GET OUT OF MY WAY!

Mark 11:23-24
23 For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.
NKJV

Mark 1:27-28
27 Then they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him."
NKJV

Luke 4:32
32 And they were astonished at His teaching, for His word was with authority.
NKJV

Luke 10:17-20
17 Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name."

18 And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. 19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. 20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven."
NKJV

Matt 28:18-20
18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
NKJV

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Fear NOT

Fear NOT!
Says the LORD,
I AM your Shield,
And your Exceeding Great Reward.

Gen 15:1
15 After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
KJV

Gen 15:1
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
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

2 Chron 20:15-16
And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
NKJV

2 Chron 20:17
17 You will not need to fight in this battle. Position yourselves, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, who is with you, O Judah and Jerusalem!' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you."
NKJV

2 Chron 32:7-8
7 "Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles."
NKJV

Ps 3:3-6
3 But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head.
4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And He heard me from His holy hill.
Selah

5 I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.
NKJV

Ps 23:4-6
4 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

Ps 27:1-5
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked came against me
To eat up my flesh,
My enemies and foes,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though an army may encamp against me,
My heart shall not fear;
Though war may rise against me,
In this I will be confident.

4 One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
5 For in the time of trouble
He shall hide me in His pavilion;
In the secret place of His tabernacle
He shall hide me;
He shall set me high upon a rock.
NKJV

Ps 56:3-4
3 Whenever I am afraid,
I will trust in You.
4 In God (I will praise His word),
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
NKJV

Ps 118:6
6 The Lord is on my side;
I will not fear.
What can man do to me?
NKJV

Isa 8:12-13
2 "Do not say, 'A conspiracy,'
Concerning all that this people call a conspiracy,
Nor be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.
13 The Lord of hosts, Him you shall hallow;
Let Him be your fear,
And let Him be your dread.
NKJV

Isa 12:2
2 Behold, God is my salvation,
I will trust and not be afraid;
'For Yah, the Lord, is my strength and song;
He also has become my salvation.'"
NKJV

Isa 35:4
Say to those who are fearful-hearted,
"Be strong, do not fear!
Behold, your God will come with vengeance,
With the recompense of God;
He will come and save you."
NKJV

Isa 41:10
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.'
NKJV

Isa 41:13
13 For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
NKJV

Isa 51:7
7 "Listen to Me, you who know righteousness,
You people in whose heart is My law:
Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
NKJV

Isa 54:4-5
4 "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame;
For you will forget the shame of your youth,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.
5 For your Maker is your husband,
The Lord of hosts is His name;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel;
He is called the God of the whole earth.
NKJV

Isa 54:14
4 In righteousness you shall be established;
You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
And from terror, for it shall not come near you.
NKJV

Jer 10:2-7
2 Thus says the Lord:

"Do not learn the way of the Gentiles;
Do not be dismayed at the signs of heaven,
For the Gentiles are dismayed at them.
3 For the customs of the peoples are futile;
For one cuts a tree from the forest,
The work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.
4 They decorate it with silver and gold;
They fasten it with nails and hammers
So that it will not topple.
5 They are upright, like a palm tree,
And they cannot speak;
They must be carried,
Because they cannot go by themselves.
Do not be afraid of them,
For they cannot do evil,
Nor can they do any good."

6 Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord
(You are great, and Your name is great in might),
7 Who would not fear You, O King of the nations?
For this is Your rightful due.
NKJV

Lam 3:55-57
5 I called on Your name, O Lord,
From the lowest pit.
56 You have heard my voice:
"Do not hide Your ear
From my sighing, from my cry for help."
57 You drew near on the day I called on You,
And said,"Do not fear!"
NKJV

Ezek 2:6-7
6 "And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them nor be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you and you dwell among scorpions; do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their looks, though they are a rebellious house.
NKJV

Matt 10:28-31
28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
NKJV

Matt 17:7-8
7 But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid."
NKJV

Mark 5:36
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only believe."
NKJV

Luke 5:10-11
And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men."
NKJV

Luke 8:50-51
50 But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, "Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well."
NKJV

Luke 12:4-7
4 "And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him!

6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
NKJV

Luke 12:32-33
32 "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
NKJV

John 14:27-28
27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
NKJV

Acts 18:9-11
9 Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; 10 for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city."
NKJV

Rom 8:15-16
15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out,"Abba, Father."
NKJV

Heb 2:14-16
Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
NKJV

2 Tim 1:7
7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
NKJV

Heb 13:5-6
5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. 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

1 John 4:17-19
17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love Him because He first loved us.
NKJV

Rev 1:17-19
7 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. 18 I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
NKJV

Fear naught - But Me - I AM - Will be - On your side - I AM for thee.
“If God is for us, who can be against us?” Rom 8:31

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

HARD-CORE

HARD-CORE
1. [Devoted] — Syn. dedicated, steadfast, unwavering; see faithful.
2. [Unyielding] — Syn. determined, intransigent, uncompromising; see obstinate, resolute
3. [Absolute] — Syn. unqualified, hard-line, uncompromising, relentless.
(Web. Thesaurus)

ROCK

Deut 32:18
18 Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful,
And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
NKJV

2 Sam 22:32
2 "For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
NKJV

John 1:12-13
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
NKJV

Gal 4:6-7
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
NKJV

Ps 89:26
26 He shall cry to Me, 'You are my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
NKJV

Ps 18:2
2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
NKJV

Ps 40:2-3
2 He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
3 He has put a new song in my mouth —
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
NKJV

Ps 61:2
2 From the end of the earth I will cry to You,
When my heart is overwhelmed;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
NKJV

Ps 62:2
2 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defense;
I shall not be greatly moved.
NKJV

Ps 95:1
5 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord!
Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.
NKJV

Ps 144:1
144 Blessed be the Lord my Rock,
Who trains my hands for war,
And my fingers for battle —
NKJV

Matt 7:24-25
24 "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
NKJV

HARD-CORE – DEVOTED, UNYIELDING and ABSOLUTE

Monday, October 24, 2011

What Happened Here?

There was an air of oppression over the land, a fog of darkness and dismay. In the fear of death people were bound - so God ordained a mighty sound. The shout of victory, the cry of war – such as had not been heard in the land before. The noise went forth, Goliath fell, and the yoke was shattered – by a mighty yell.

God’s voice on earth,
Destroy the chains of Hell,
And by His sound,
His will prevail.

Rom 10:12-18
12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written:

"How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace,
Who bring glad tidings of good things!"

16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" 17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

18 But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:

"Their sound has gone out to all the earth,
And their words to the ends of the world."
NKJV

Rom 10:20
20 But Isaiah is very bold and says:

"I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."
NKJV

Matt 6:10
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
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

Rev 19:6-7
6 And I heard, as it were, the voice of a great multitude, as the sound of many waters and as the sound of mighty thunderings, saying, "Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns!
NKJV

Friday, October 21, 2011

Dollars and Sense

You'll never be able to keep your dollars if you don't have any sense. So don't be a dumb ass!

Isa 48:17
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.
NKJV

Ps 32:8-9
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
KJV

Ps 32:8-9
8 Let me give you some good advice;
I'm looking you in the eye
and giving it to you straight:

9 "Don't be ornery like a horse or mule
that needs bit and bridle
to stay on track."
MES

Ps 32:8-9
8 I will instruct you (says the Lord) and guide you along the best pathway for your life; I will advise you and watch your progress. 9 Don't be like a senseless horse or mule that has to have a bit in its mouth to keep it in line!
TLB

Ps 32:8
8 I will instruct you (says the Lord) and guide you along the best pathway for your life; I will advise you and watch your progress.
TLB

Rom 8:14
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
NKJV

Ps 23
1 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name's sake.

4 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

2 Cor 2:14-15
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
NKJV

Deut 8:18
18 "And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
NKJV

3 John 1:2
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.
NKJV

GOD GIVES INCREASE MORE AND MORE AND MAKES YOU BETTER THAN BEFORE!

1 Cor 3:6-7
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.

Ps 115:14-15
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.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

INCREASE!

God gave the increase,
GOD GIVES THE INCREASE!

He shall increase you more and more,
And make you better than before!

1 Cor 3:6-8
6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. 7 So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
NKJV

Ps 115:14
14 The Lord shall increase you more and more, you and your children.
KJV

Isa 48:17
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.
NKJV

Eccl 5:10
10 He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.
NKJV

Prov 14:44 Where no oxen are, the trough is clean;
But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
NKJV

Isa 9:6-7
6 For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
NKJV

Ps 85:12-13
12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good;
And our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before Him,
And shall make His footsteps our pathway.
NKJV

Ps 105:24
24 He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
NKJV

2 Cor 9:8-11
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. 9 As it is written:

"He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever."

10 Now may He who supplies seed to the sower, and bread for food, supply and multiply the seed you have sown and increase the fruits of your righteousness, 11 while you are enriched in everything for all liberality, which causes thanksgiving through us to God.
NKJV

1 Thess 3:11-13
11 Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. 12 And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you, 13 so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
NKJV

LOBOTOMY

THEY INFORM
TO DEFORM
WITCH'S BREW
NICE AND WARM

Tried to put us in their pot, but we wouldn’t fit.
Told to toe a sacred line, but we couldn’t find it.
Tried until we almost died, but we couldn’t do it.
Finally went out of our minds, became Messiah's misfits.

DON'T CONFORM
TO THE SWARM
MIND OF CHRIST
BE TRANSFORMED

They said to bid our pain adieu, ice pick will reform.
Came to make our life a stew, driven to perform.
Upon our flesh they want to chew, the pot is nice and warm.
Consume our brain - like fondue, WE WILL NOT CONFORM!

Got the fire blazing hot, and they came to find us.
Hounded us till we were shot, but they couldn’t bind us.
Disemboweled and left to rot, but couldn’t grind us.
WE WILL NOT GET IN THE POT, we’re Messiah’s misfits.

THEY INFORM
TO DEFORM
WITCH'S BREW
NICE AND WARM
DON'T CONFORM
TO THE SWARM
MIND OF CHRIST
BE TRANSFORMED

Copyright 2011 VBN

1 Cor 4:9-10
9 It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We're something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street. 10 We're the Messiah's misfits.
MES

Rom 12:2
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
NKJV

1 Cor 2:16
16 For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
NKJV

2 Cor 5:13
13 If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God…
NIV

2 Cor 5:13
13 For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God…
AMP

1 Sam 22:1-2
22 So David got away and escaped to the Cave of Adullam. When his brothers and others associated with his family heard where he was, they came down and joined him. 2 Not only that, but all who were down on their luck came around — losers and vagrants and misfits of all sorts. David became their leader. There were about four hundred in all.
MES

Luke 14:12-14
12 Then he turned to the host. "The next time you put on a dinner, don't just invite your friends and family and rich neighbors, the kind of people who will return the favor. 13 Invite some people who never get invited out, the misfits from the wrong side of the tracks. 14 You'll be — and experience — a blessing. They won't be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned — oh, how it will be returned! — at the resurrection of God's people."
MES

Luke 14:21
21 "The servant went back and told the master what had happened. He was outraged and told the servant, 'Quickly, get out into the city streets and alleys. Collect all who look like they need a square meal, all the misfits and homeless and wretched you can lay your hands on, and bring them here.'
MES

Matt 22:1-10
22 And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables and said: 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son, 3 and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding; and they were not willing to come. 4 Again, he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and fatted cattle are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the wedding."' 5 But they made light of it and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his business. 6 And the rest seized his servants, treated them spitefully, and killed them. 7 But when the king heard about it, he was furious. And he sent out his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Therefore go into the highways, and as many as you find, invite to the wedding.' 10 So those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all whom they found, both bad and good. And the wedding hall was filled with guests.
NKJV

Phil 3:20-21
20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 21 who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
NKJV

2 Cor 3:17-18
17 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.
NKJV

Phil 2:5
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
NKJV

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

All to All

Almighty
Father, Spirit, Son
One for All
And All for One

So

All to all
I have become
By all means
To save some

“Even though I am free of the demands and expectations of everyone, I have voluntarily become a servant to any and all in order to reach a wide range of people: religious, nonreligious, meticulous moralists, loose-living immoralists, the defeated, the demoralized — whoever. I didn't take on their way of life. I kept my bearings in Christ — but I entered their world and tried to experience things from their point of view. I've become just about every sort of servant there is in my attempts to lead those I meet into a God-saved life. I did all this because of the Message. I didn't just want to talk about it; I wanted to be in on it!”
1 Cor 9:19-23 MES

1 Cor 9:22-23
I have [in short] become all things to all men, that I might by all means (at all costs and in any and every way) save some [by winning them to faith in Jesus Christ].

23 And I do this for the sake of the good news (the Gospel), in order that I may become a participator in it and share in its [blessings along with you].
AMP

1 Cor 9:19…22
19 For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more…
…I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
NKJV

Mark 10:45
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
NKJV

1 Cor 6:17
7 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
NKJV

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: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
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1 Tim 2:3-7
3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,
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Monday, October 17, 2011

LIVE FREE

As a preacher I don’t find to be my job to judge your conduct, but rather to declare God’s compassion. He is Almighty and loves you with everlasting love! He always has and always will no matter what. So the question is, will you reciprocate? If you do, everything else can and will be dealt with. All the small stuff is matter-less compared to His mercy. All He’s asking you to do is believe. And in believing, receive Him. And then ye and He will be, as He will be. For He has made you free, “free to laugh, free to cry, free to choose, to live or die.”

(Pat’s ranting from working on Ethan’s new song.)

Copyright© VBN 2011

I will be, as I will be, I am free, to be me.
Free to laugh, free to cry, free to choose, to live or die.
Copyright© VBN 2011

GLORY!

I don’t need fortune
I don’t need fame
All I need is Your Glory
Manifest in Your Name

Save and Heal
Fill and Fulfill
In Life and Love
Thyself Reveal

Myself with Thyself - fill and reveal,
That they may know - show Yourself real!

Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now to our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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Col 1:27
…Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Rom 5:5
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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Eph 3:14-21
14 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, 16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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Rom 10:20
20 But Isaiah is very bold and says:

"I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I was made manifest to those who did not ask for Me."
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Isa 42:6-7
6 "I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness,
And will hold Your hand;
I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people,
As a light to the Gentiles,
7 To open blind eyes,
To bring out prisoners from the prison,
Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.
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Luke 2:32
32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles,
And the glory of Your people Israel."
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Acts 10:44-45
44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
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Acts 13:42-43
42 So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
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Acts 13:46-49
46 Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold and said,"It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first; but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so the Lord has commanded us:

'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

48 Now when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed.

49 And the word of the Lord was being spread throughout all the region.
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Acts 14:27-28
27 Now when they had come and gathered the church together, they reported all that God had done with them, and that He had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
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Acts 15:3
3 So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.
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Acts 15:7
you know that a good while ago God chose among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
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Acts 15:12-15
12 Then all the multitude kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul declaring how many miracles and wonders God had worked through them among the Gentiles. 13 And after they had become silent, James answered, saying, "Men and brethren, listen to me: 14 Simon has declared how God at the first visited the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name.
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Acts 21:19
19 When he had greeted them, he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
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Acts 22:21
21 Then He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you far from here to the Gentiles.'"
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Acts 26:22-23
22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come — 23 that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles."
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Rom 15:8-13
9 and that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, as it is written:

" For this reason I will confess to You among the Gentiles,
And sing to Your name."

10 And again he says:

"Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people!"

11 And again:

"Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles!
Laud Him, all you peoples!"

12 And again, Isaiah says:

"There shall be a root of Jesse;
And He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles,
In Him the Gentiles shall hope."

13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Rom 15:15-21
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God, 16 that I might be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. 17 Therefore I have reason to glory in Christ Jesus in the things which pertain to God. 18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not accomplished through me, in word and deed, to make the Gentiles obedient — 19 in mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God, so that from Jerusalem and round about to Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. 20 And so I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation, 21 but as it is written:

"To whom He was not announced, they shall see;
And those who have not heard shall understand."
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Gal 1:15-16
15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, 16 to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately confer with flesh and blood,
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Gal 2:2
2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had run, in vain.
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Gal 2:8
8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles),
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Gal 3:8
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."
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Eph 2:11-13
11 Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh — who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands — 12 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
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Eph 3:6-8
that the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the gospel, 7 of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effective working of His power.

8 To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
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1 Tim 3:16
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

God was manifested in the flesh,
Justified in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Preached among the Gentiles,
Believed on in the world,
Received up in glory.
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2 Tim 4:17-18
17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. Also I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. 18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen!
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3 John 5-8
5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do for the brethren and for strangers, 6 who have borne witness of your love before the church. If you send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God, you will do well, 7 because they went forth for His name's sake, taking nothing from the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we may become fellow workers for the truth.
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Acts 28:28
28 "Therefore let it be known to you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear it!"
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“THEREFORE LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU THAT THE SALVATION OF GOD HAS BEEN SENT TO THE GENTILES, AND THEY WILL HEAR IT!”

So:

If You’re sending me
then send me
and show me where to Go
because if You don’t do it
I surely won’t know
And if You don’t manifest
I will not, I shall not, I can not Go.

Ex 33:12-18
12 Then Moses said to the Lord, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people.' But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said,' I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.' 13 Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people."

14 And He said, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest."

15 Then he said to Him, "If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here. 16 For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth."

17 So the Lord said to Moses, "I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name."

18 And he said, "Please, show me Your glory."
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Mark 16:15-20
5 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; 18 they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover."

19 So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
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I ask the Almighty to reveal, His Glory in me,
- Not for myself, but so others can see
- And know His love eternal, poured into their heart
- To be One with Him, never to part.

Rom 8:35-39
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

"For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Friday, October 14, 2011

EMPTY or FULFILLED

Pray everyday
Write what I say
My Word fulfill
Be bold to obey

GOD’S WILL - I WILL - FULFILL
PRAY - WILL - FULFILL

God’s Word is His Will
HIS WILL - I WILL - FULFILL

PRAY
James 5:16b
The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
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WORD/WILL
John 6:63b
The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
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WRITE
Hab 2:2
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:

"Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
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Hab 2:3
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day.
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FILFILL
2 Thess 1:11-12
11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Thess 1:11
Because we know that this extraordinary day is just ahead, we pray for you all the time — pray that our God will make you fit for what he's called you to be, pray that he'll fill your good ideas and acts of faith with his own energy so that it all amounts to something.
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Mark 14:49b
“…the Scriptures must be fulfilled."
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BOLD TO OBEY
Prov 28:1
8 The wicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.
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Acts 4:13-14
13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
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Acts 4:29-31
29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, 30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus."

31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
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Col 4:17b
"Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it."
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

INDIVIDUAL!

I want to be one who inspires everyone, but is there really anyone who inspires everyone? There is One who has the capacity and that’s the Creator – and He lives in me. But He made everyone differently, so I can’t always see what others see, nor do they always see what is seen by me. And when I realize this it sets me free, just to be as I will be.

If I change to fit, then I won’t, because if I alter the puzzle, then the pieces don’t. I merely need to embrace my gifts and find my place, and not struggle to conform to another’s place.

I am as I am by I AM, so to find myself I yield to Him. As the others, I’ll never be the same, so to try to be – is just insane.

God made everyone individual and unique, so the one who’s different is not a freak.

Fear not to be as you are, because if you’re not, you won’t go far. You were created to be original, not counterfeit, so don’t worry if you stand out, or try to fit.

Be as you are, the way you were made to be, by I AM, and you’ll be free.

Only by being individual, can you fit, for its God’s puzzle, and the way He created it.

Here’s God’s saying to help ye:
“I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE” I am free to be me.

Ex 3:14
14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you!
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Eph 5:1-2
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
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Eph 5:1
1 THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father].
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1 John 4:17
…because as He is, so are we in this world.
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Rom 12:2
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind…
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Ps 33:13-15
13 The Lord looks from heaven;
He sees all the sons of men.
14 From the place of His dwelling He looks
On all the inhabitants of the earth;
15 He fashions their hearts individually…
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Dim or Delight

I don’t like the light in my closet. When you turn it on it gives a little light but then never gets bright. It promises to shine but then ends up inadequate. And it’s not that I don’t like drab light, it’s alright in the right setting. But what I don’t like is a light that’s supposed to be bright acting dim. It’s aggravating because it’s disappointing. When I flip the switch the first gleam gives me hope of good light but it never gets bright and my heart sinks because it’s not right. I think it’s because the nature of the Almighty within me loathes lukewarmness and I perceive that He says to me “Don’t let your light be disappointing!”

If you’re lukewarm it means that you had a chance to be hot and chose not. Don’t begin to be bright but then end up dim, for in mediocrity - the outlook is grim. God offers His Glory, so be filled to the brim, you’re called and created in the image of Him.

Delight in the Light and let it shine bright!

Rev 3:14-16
'These things says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God: 15 "I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. 16 So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.
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Gen 1:3
3 Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light.
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Matt 5:13-16
13 "You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men.

14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.
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Dan 12:3
3 Those who are wise shall shine
Like the brightness of the firmament,
And those who turn many to righteousness
Like the stars forever and ever.
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2 Cor 4:6
6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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2 Cor 4:6
6 It started when God said, "Light up the darkness!" and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful.
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2 Cor 4:6
6 For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).
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John 1:4
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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John 1:9
9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
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John 8:12
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
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John 12:46
46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.
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Luke 11:33-36
33 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, puts it in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. 34 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness. 35 Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness. 36 If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light."
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Luke 8:16-18
16 "No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light. 18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him."
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2 Peter 1:19-21
19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, 21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
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Jer 23:29
29 "Is not My word like a fire?" says the Lord,
"And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?
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Jer 20:9
9 Then I said, "I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name."
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And I could not.
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Eph 5:8
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light
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Eph 5:14
14 Therefore He says:

"Awake, you who sleep,
Arise from the dead,
And Christ will give you light."
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Col 1:12-13
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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1 Thess 5:5-6
5 You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness.
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2 Tim 1:9-11
9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
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1 John 1:5-7
5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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1 John 2:8-11
8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. 11 But he who hates his brother is in darkness and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
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1 Peter 2:9-10
9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
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Rom 13:11-12
11 And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
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Acts 13:47
47 For so the Lord has commanded us:

'I have set you as a light to the Gentiles,
That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
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Friday, October 7, 2011

Glorified to Glorify

Some people see in letters, pictures or numbers. I see in scriptures. Here’s what I see today, but how can I describe it in words?

Rom 8:29-30
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
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Conformed – Transformed – Called – Justified – Glorified – to Glorify

I. Conformed
A. Image
1. Gen 1:26-27 – Image of God
2. Heb 1:2-3 – the express Image of His Person
B. Transformed – metamorphosis - 2 Cor 5:17
1. Rom 12:2 – Transformed by the renewing of the mind
2. Eph 4:24 – be renewed in the spirit of your mind
3. 1 Jn 3:2 – when He is revealed we shall be like Him
a. Eph 1:17 – Spirit of revelation in the knowledge of Him
b. 1 Pe 1:13 – Grace/power at revelation
c. Rom 5:1-2 – Justified stand by faith in grace and rejoice in the “hope” of glory
4. Eph 3:16-21 – Spirit, revelation of love, fullness, glory
5. I Jn 5:16-17 – Abide in love, as He is so are we
a. Rev 1:8, 18 – He is Almighty, in authority, and alive forevermore

II. Called
A. Eph 1:17-18 – Spirit of revelation to know the “hope” of your calling
B. Col 2:27 – mystery – Christ in you the “hope” of Glory
C. Rom 5:5 – “hope” does not disappoint because the love…
D. Eph 3:16-21 – Spirit – Revelation – Love – Fullness – Glory
E. Rom 15:13 – abound in “hope” (of glory) by the power of the Spirit
F. 2 Thes 2:14 – CALLED to OBTAIN the Glory
III. Justified
A. Rom 5:1-5 – Justified – Faith – Shalom - Grace – Love – Glory
B. Titus 3:7 – Justified by grace – heirs – hope of eternal life/zoe
C. I Tim 3:16 – God – manifested – justified – seen – preached – believed – received in glory
IV. Glorified
A. Rom 8:30 - Called – Justified – Glorified!
B. John 17:22 – the Glory is union
a. 1 Cor 6:17
C. Jn 15:1-8 – Abide in the Almighty
D. Glorified to Glorify
a. 1 Pe 4:10-11 – Grace – Abide in His Ability –
- that God may be glorified through Christ – “Christ in you the hope of Glory” – Col 1:27

2 Thess 1:11-12

11 Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
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NAKED?

I wonder what happened to the soldiers who wore God’s clothes.


John 19:23-24
23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. Now the tunic was without seam, woven from the top in one piece. 24 They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says:

"They divided My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots."

Therefore the soldiers did these things.
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The Spirit of God has tangible substance and ability to saturate and be transmitted through the molecular structure of things.


Mark 5:28-30
28 For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."

29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?"
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Matt 14:35-36
35 And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent out into all that surrounding region, brought to Him all who were sick, 36 and begged Him that they might only touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched it were made perfectly well.
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Acts 19:11-13
11 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.
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So what do you think happened to the soldiers who wore Jesus’ clothes? The Bible doesn’t specify but I’m inclined to believe that it was something supernatural.

Would you like to wear God’s clothes? And if you did do you think something supernatural would happen to you?

He’s not raining raiment from heaven but has poured out His Spirit so you can be clothed in the power that empowered the clothes.


Luke 24:49
49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high."
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Mark 1:6-8
6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
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Acts 1:4-6
4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me; 5 for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
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Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…
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You have an invitation:
To be immersed in the essence of the Almighty.
To be supernaturally saturated with the substance of His Spirit.
To be filled with all of His fullness until you overflow with God’s Glory.


2 Cor 5:1-5
5 For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven, 3 if indeed, having been clothed, we shall not be found naked. 4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.
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“not because we want to be unclothed, but FURTHER CLOTHED, that mortality may be swallowed up by life”

If you’ve been clothed, you are clothed, but how clothed are you? Is your mortality being swallowed up by life? It’s possible to be filled to the full so that life becomes greater than death. To be so saturated that Satan, the spirit of fear, lack and all sickness and disease - merely flees, from the presence of the Almighty in thee.

James 4:7-8a
7 Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
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Rom 8:11
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.
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Phil 4:19
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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His riches are in His Glory and you’ve been glorified!


Rom 8:29-30
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
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And the revelation of the mystery is “Christ in you the hope of Glory.”


Col 1:27
27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Not only are you supposed to “hope in” but also to “have” the Glory of God. You’re called to obtain it.


2 Thess 2:14
14 to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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And you shall obtain it because you’ve been “justified” so that the “hope of Glory” shall “not disappoint.”


Rom 5:1… 2… 5
5 Therefore, having been justified by faith… we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God…
…5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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Eph 3:16-21
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, 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height — 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

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, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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“FILLED WITH ALL THE FULNESS OF GOD!”

“AND BECOME A BODY WHOLLY FILLED AND FLOODED WITH GOD HIMSELF!”
Eph 3:19 AMP – From Thayer’s Lexicon

Eph 1:22-23
22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
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Col 1:19-20
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
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Col 2:9-10
9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
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2 Cor 1:20-22
20 For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. 21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, 22 who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
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Eph 4:23-24
23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.
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Luke 1:74-75
74 To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
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John 15:7-8
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
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1 Cor 6:17
17 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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I am as I AM
He lives within
I am clothed with Him
I am as I AM

I am one with I AM
Saturated from within
Glorified in Him
I am as I AM

I shall ACT as I AM
The Ambassador is within
It’s not me, it’s Him
So I am as I AM

I’m endued with I AM
Anointed with Him
Filled with His fullness
I am as I AM

I shall go with Him
And declare, He’s I AM
Who supplies all you need
When you are as I AM




Please feel free to contact me if you desire further instruction on this immersion.

2 Cor 5:3
3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
KJV

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

CRUCIFY THYSELF!

“All I want to do is change the world!” usually really means, all I want to do is change MY world, or, I want the world to be the way I want it to be, I want it to change - for ME! Everybody wants to “Change the world!” but who wants to love the world, be the light of the world and lay down their life for the world? God did, but do we?

We want what we want and will try to use God to get it. Under the guise of goodness we go, but deep down we know, that our motives are low and we can’t truly live, until we let go.

Quit trying to change and improve your own life and just die already! You will never know yourself until you die to self. For there is One greater than self. But you can’t know the greater until you lose the lesser - your life that is. You want to “win the world” but the gain is found in loss. If you refuse to lose you can’t live.

Most people are focused on increase to increase and can’t increase because they need to decrease.

John 3:30
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
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Or they focus on decrease to increase when what they need is decease.

Gal 5:24
24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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Gal 2:20a
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…
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Now this is a good theology. But for most “Christians” it’s more of a theory than a reality because they keep trying to get out of the crucifixion. By subtle subversion they believe there’s no need for self sacrifice. They avoid the pain of making the flesh abstain while trying to obtain the gain. But the pain remains because in death is gain. They’re obsessed to “be blessed” but they must die so it can be possessed. They cry and try, and pray and say, “Lord let there be another way!” But there’s only one way.

Matt 26:39
39 He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, "O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will."
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And the way is death and the deed is self denial. Crucify thyself. Not the body but the flesh, die to yourself and all of your own dreams and desires. You must be willing to give, and give it all! Before you can live, and live - at all. There are millions of prayers, but the purest one is, “NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE, BE DONE!”

Luke 22:42
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
KJV

2 Cor 13:4
For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
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Matt 16:24-27
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
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1 Cor 15:31
31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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Gal 6:14
14 But God forbid that I should boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
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Rom 6:3-11
3 Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.

5 For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, 6 knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin. 7 For he who has died has been freed from sin. 8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, 9 knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him. 10 For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. 11 Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Rom 8:12-13
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors — not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
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Gal 5:19-26
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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1 Cor 1:18
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
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Col 2:13-15
13 And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, 14 having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
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Gal 2:20
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
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2 Cor 5:14-15
14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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Phil 2:5-11
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7 but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. 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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Rev 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
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Rev 2:10
Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

I AM I AM after All

I AM - before all - I AM - after all - I AM – Almighty – I AM – all you need – I AM – in love with you – I AM – God – I AM

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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Jer 31:3
3 The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying:
"Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love;
Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.
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Luke 10:39, 42
…Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.
…But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.

Isa 26:9
9 With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
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Ps 27:4
4 One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
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1 Cor 3:16
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
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Phil 4:19
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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John 17:22
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 Cor 6:17
17 But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
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John 6:35
35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
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John 8:58
58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
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John 9:5
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
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John 10:11
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
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John 10:14
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
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John 11:25-26
25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?"
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John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
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John 15:1
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
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John 15:5
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
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Gen 17:1
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
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“I AM ALMIGHTY GOD WALK BEFORE ME AND BE BLAMELESS.”

Rev 22:16
I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star."
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Phil 2:14-16
14 Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, 16 holding fast the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.
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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.
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1 John 4:16-17
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.

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.
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“AS HE IS SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD!”


Circular meditations:

…I am as I AM, I shall ACT as I AM, He lives within, I am one with Him, I am as I AM…(again)

…I am one with Him who is Almighty and I AM…(again)

2 Cor 5:20a
Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us…

Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
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