A Word in Season

Pain2Reign

2012-02-17T08:15:00.001-07:00

Shall I share my pleasure, and not my pain,
and hide emotions, in vain contain?

Misery becomes me, my heart is rent,
My hope is shallow, my joy is spent,
My eyes wallow, my mind is grey,
The sun rises - to my dismay.

I feel abandoned, yet not alone,
For in agony, my stomach groans,
I cry out, yet no one hears,
Who will come, and kill my fears?

The answer lies, in the One who died,
Who loved me so, He heard my cries,
He took my torment, to His own demise,
And bore my Hell, then did arise.

My sorrow’s shattered, affliction crushed,
Lies are hushed, and turned to dust,
I won’t listen, it’s not my woe,
Mines’ been taken, and burns below.

My cares I cast, I seek His face,
Peace embrace, receive His grace,
His yoke is easy, His burden light,
And by His might, I’ll win this fight.
I know with God, my future’s bright.

Isa 53:4-5
4 Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. [Matt 8:17.]

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.
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1 Peter 2:24-25
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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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"),
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Isa 61:1-3
1 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."
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Luke 4:18-19
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
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Isa 10:27
7 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.
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Ps 55:1-8
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God,
And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.
2 Attend to me, and hear me;
I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily,
3 Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they bring down trouble upon me,
And in wrath they hate me.

4 My heart is severely pained within me,
And the terrors of death have fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me,
And horror has overwhelmed me.
6 So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!
I would fly away and be at rest.
7 Indeed, I would wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness.
Selah
8 I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest."
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Ps 55:16-18
16 As for me, I will call upon God,
And the Lord shall save me.
17 Evening and morning and at noon
I will pray, and cry aloud,
And He shall hear my voice.
18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me,
For there were many against me.
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Ps 55:22
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
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1 Chron 16:11
11 Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
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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."'
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John 14:27
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.
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Phil 4:6-7
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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Col 3:15-17
5 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
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2 Cor 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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2 Cor 6:1-2
1 We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For He says:

"In an acceptable time I have heard you,
And in the day of salvation I have helped you."

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
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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.)
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Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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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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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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1 Sam 30:6
6 Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
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Rom 4:20-22
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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Col 1:11-12
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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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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1 Tim 6:12-13
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Cor 9:26-27
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
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2 Cor 2:14
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.
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Ps 60:11-12
1 Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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1 Cor 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
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GoodFun4Every1

2012-02-16T08:07:00.000-07:00

Rhymes and reason, in every season,
Help you cope, renew your hope,
Make you laugh, when you feel sad,
And let pain go, when you’ve been mad.

Something silly, something true,
Something happy, to get you through.
So take one, make one, sing a song,
Good fun, for everyone, all day long!

Ps 60:12
12 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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2 Sam 22:1-4
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:

"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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Ps 108:12-13
12 Give us aid against the enemy,
for the help of man is worthless.
13 With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
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Till I Die

2012-02-15T06:28:00.000-07:00

There's so many things ta do,
how will I ever get through?
I'll pray everyday and be bold to obey.
I'll not to get stuck in the grey of dismay.

LORD HELP ME!

Help me not drown in things that abound.
To do Your will, as You reveal, one step at a time Your plan to fulfill.
And not to worry or get in a hurry, or distracted by things that make my life blurry.
But simply trust and do what I must, never to quit or to rust or to bust.

Release Your peace Your joy increase, and help me bless the whole world before my decease.

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.
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Gen 12:1-3
12 Now the Lord had said to Abram:

"Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father's house,
To a land that I will show you.
2 I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
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Eph 3:2-9
2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 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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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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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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WINDOWS DIVINE

2012-02-14T06:50:00.001-07:00

The human mind is amazing, its potential is grand,
but even the wisest, still don’t understand –
the future, the Spirit, the depths of the heart,
the heights of our God - or things He imparts.

So how can you know - what to do and to be?
Speak in the Spirit, and then you will see –
Beyond understanding, and abilities of man -
Revelation from heaven - the supernatural plan.

I don’t like being limited to the natural realm, so I “pray in the spirit.” Supernatural strength, necessary revelations, and divine impartations are available but they must be “downloaded.” Prayer is the means by which we receive from the realm of the spirit and “praying in tongues” or “praying in the spirit” is how we are able to receive things beyond our own comprehension. It’s like downloading a program to your computer. Most people don’t understand computer language or logic but it doesn’t matter as long as it works. You just download, and then it’s interpreted through “windows” into something that you can understand. And there’s tremendous potential available but only if you “tap into it.”

And so it is in the realm of the Spirit, the way you receive is by asking. But how can you ask for things that are beyond your understanding? You pray in the spirit and the Spirit helps you ask for things greater than you can think of. So pray in the spirit and open up Windows Divine, and then you’ll get the revelation, interpretation and power in operation - as you go.

Pray in the spirit and be bold to obey,
It will show as you go, so get on your way.
Just do what you know, then you know what to do,
Supernatural speaking – it’s God’s gift to you!

If you don’t know how speak supernaturally and open Windows Divine but would like to, then contact me and I’ll give you more information on the subject

1 Cor 2:9-16
9 But as it is written:

"Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. 11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. 16 For "who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?" But we have the mind of Christ.
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1 Cor 14:2
2 For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries.
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Rom 8:26-27
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
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Eph 6:18
18 praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints —
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1 Cor 14:13-15
13 Therefore let him who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. 15 What is the conclusion then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.
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1 Cor 14:39-40
39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
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Acts 19:1-7
19 And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples 2 he said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?"

So they said to him,"We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit."

3 And he said to them, "Into what then were you baptized?"

So they said,"Into John's baptism."

4 Then Paul said,"John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus."

5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. 7 Now the men were about twelve in all.
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Acts 10:44-46
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. 46 For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God.
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Mark 16:17
17 And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues;
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Mark 16:20
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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Acts 2:1-4
1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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YOU ARE NOT ALONE!

2012-02-13T07:43:00.000-07:00

You may be lonely but you’re not alone. So don’t buy the lie and give in to the grim. “But I feel so alone!” and that may the fact but the truth is that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

The facts you can change but truth you can not.

If you’re feeling lonely because of your present circumstances you may not be able to change the situation right away but you can change how you feel today. Because how you feel is greatly determined what you focus on.

If you focus on the facts you will reinforce them and they will “feel” more real. And you can’t deny em but you don’t have to supply em. In other words, don’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself and marinate your own mind in misery. And I KNOW that it’s easier said then done but what’s the alternative? If you give in to grief you’ll get no relief.

So what you must do is focus on the Truth. Meditate, and marinate your mind in something good. Choose to think on the things that are truly real and you’ll be able to change how you feel. Look at what’s good and not what’s bad and then you won’t feel so sad. And it will work with just good old good thoughts but the best thing you can do is think on “the Truth.”

God’s Word is Truth and has the power to change your mind forever. It’s the lasting solution for your minds pollution. It can cleanse out old thoughts that ail and create a mindset to prevail - a new perspective, a new reality – a new vitality. The Word of God is alive, and full of faith, hope and love. When you believe it, and receive it - it infuses Life into your life. It’s the source of peace and fount of joy when it’s thoughts you do employ.

SO – what does it say about you being alone?

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."
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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."
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Heb 13:5b
…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!]
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Matt 28:20b
…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
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Isa 41:13
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.'
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John 16:32
32 Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
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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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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: 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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Rom 8:31-39
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 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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So even when you’re feeling lonely YOU ARE NOT ALONE. And I know you heart hurts but it’s time for it to be healed. And the healing is in the Word. If you will take the Truth and medicate your mind with that, instead of continuing to marinate it in misery then things will begin to change. It will take dedication and discipline to get your mind right but you must do it in order to get your life right. And I’m here to help you so you’re not alone in this dimension either. And I believe that God will also lead you and connect you with other people if you will take courage, step out and go where you have it in your heart to go. You can meet people here or there or anywhere, or reconnect with those you already know, but your mind and heart have to be open at least a little bitty bit. Because your wounds can become walls that shut you out from the rest of the world. And the walls of your personal prison can only be breached by you, when you put out a hand to take the hand of the One, and the ones that are reaching out to you.

Isa 41:13
For I, the Lord your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, 'Fear not, I will help you.'
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Rev 3:20
20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.
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John 6:37
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
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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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Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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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;
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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."
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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. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
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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:
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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!
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Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
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Matt 28:20b
…and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.
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GET UP and GO!

2012-02-10T08:25:00.001-07:00

It may seem to be a tired and unispired day but get up and go anyway. There’s something about movin that gets you groovin and helps your attitude start improvin.

Acts 9:6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"

Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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Acts 9:6
6 I want you to get up and enter the city. In the city you'll be told what to do next."
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Acts 9:6
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.
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Acts 22:10
10 So I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.'
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Acts 22:10-11
10 "Then I said, 'What do I do now, Master?'

"He said, 'Get to your feet and enter Damascus. There you'll be told everything that's been set out for you to do.'
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Acts 22:10
10 And I asked, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord answered me, Get up and go into Damascus, and there it will be told you all that it is destined and appointed for you to do.
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WORD!

2012-02-09T10:03:00.000-07:00

I’m always talking, bla, bla, bla… So today I just want to give you some scriptures. Read over them and see what you get out of it. Have an awesome day and be blessed in every way!

2 Cor 4:16-18
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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Gal 6:9-10
9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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Isa 50:7
"For the Lord God will help Me;
Therefore I will not be disgraced;
Therefore I have set My face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be ashamed.
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Isa 40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
NKJV

Ps 27:13-14
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord! (*WAIT – Expect)
NKJV

Ps 27:14
14 Stay with God!
Take heart. Don't quit.
I'll say it again:
Stay with God.
MES

Ps 27:14
14 Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord.
AMP

Col 1:11
11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,
AMP

Col 1:11-12
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
NKJV

James 1:2-5
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
NKJV

Phil 4:4-7
4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!

5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.

6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
NKJV

Hab 3:17-19
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation! [Rom 8:37.]

19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!
AMP

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

Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV

Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV

Phil 4:19-20
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.
NKJV

ARISE & GO

2012-02-08T06:21:00.000-07:00

If you just sit there it’s nothing new, you’re uninspired by the same old view.

You think you’re waiting for God, but He’s waiting for you.

So go ahead and pray and say, “God help me know do Your will today.”

Now get on your way, His voice obey!

The grace won’t come until you go, and if you don’t get started you’ll never know.

So take some steps and then you’ll see, the things that lie ahead for thee.

Acts 9:6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"

Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
NKJV

Throwin Out the Baby with the Bathwater

2012-02-07T09:12:00.001-07:00

Now usually you don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater, but when the baby gets big and still won’t get outta the tub then sometimes you gotta throw out the whole mess and start from scratch. The old water won’t work anymore because it’s dirty with residue from those who have gone before. Not that there was anything wrong with it - in it’s time, but now what’s left behind is old, cold and moldy. And that’s how I felt, until God seemed to say, “throw out the baby with the bath water” and “you’re the baby!” So what worked before, won’t work no more! I need to do – something new!

And it’s scary because I’ve always patterned my ministry after someone who has gone before. And it was alright for a while, but now but now I’m older and need to get out on my own. Not that I don’t respect my elders in the faith, because I do and am thankful for them. But just because I love my parents doesn’t mean that I should hide at home all my life to stay safe in their shadow.

So it’s a new frontier and there is no map. All I can do is pray, go day by day and let God show me the way. It’s very tempting to quit or try go back. But I’ve already gone too far! And furthermore the Lord is leading me forward. The going seems to be getting more difficult and I know that the only way I’m going to make it is to shed all the baggage and start from scratch. Going forth only with what’s absolutely necessary for salvation and survival.

And so it begins, the Ministry for Misfits. But misfits why? Because! That’s why. Because I can hear their cry, and if they don’t get help, then they may die. And so I have to try - and I must do – something new. I don’t know exactly what it will look like or how or how it will be, just one step at a time - and then we will see.

Matt 9:9-17
9 As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." So he arose and followed Him.

10 Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

12 When Jesus heard that, He said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"

15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast. 16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse. 17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."
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Luke 5:27-39
27 After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, "Follow Me." 28 So he left all, rose up, and followed Him.

29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

31 Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."

33 Then they said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

34 And He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? 35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast in those days."

36 Then He spoke a parable to them: "No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. 38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. 39 And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, 'The old is better.'"
NKJV

CHILDREN OF GOD!

2012-02-06T06:36:00.000-07:00

God Loves YOU! You are ALREADY FORGIVEN and ACCEPTED. If you will believe Him, and receive Him, He will ADOPT you and cause you to become as His very own Son.

1 John 3:1
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

John 1:12
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
NKJV

Eph 1:5-6
5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.
NKJV

Rom 8:29
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.
NKJV

Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
NKJV

Eph 5:1
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
NKJV

Ground and Pound

2012-02-03T06:53:00.002-07:00

Oppression often comes to say,
“I don’t want do it today!”
But you must resist,
Or become its prey.

Cast down dismay,
It’s thoughts to slay,
Arise and say,
“I’LL DO IT ANYWAY!”

Infections of weakness and legions of lies will try to arise to bring your demise. So you must fight, and persist to resist, till they cease and desist.

Don’t just accept, whatever thought comes into your head, because if you do, your dreams ‘ill be dead. But guard your heart and mind with all diligence for as a man “thinketh in his heart, so is he” and out of his heart “spring the issues of life.”

Ground and pound – weak willed incantations and infectious imaginations. Lift up your chin and declare “I will win!” and “I’ll never give in, to oppression again!”

2 Cor 10:5
5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
KJV

Ps 18:37-38
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.
NKJV

Isa 54:14-15
14 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.
15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.
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

The-Lord-Will-Provide

2012-02-02T05:16:00.000-07:00

The Lord promised to provide but you must obey. In other words, “pray everyday and do what I say.” Pray everyday and be bold to obey! “Today, if you will hear His voice do not harden your hearts”

He said that He would provide but He never said how and He didn’t say that it would be easy either. It’s simple to see that in order to receive the provision the sheep must of necessity follow the Shepherd. And “be diligent to obey his voice” And that’s where the challenge comes in for the flesh. When it comes to the provision it’s not “free choice” but OBEY MY VOICE. You can’t just do whatever, whenever and wherever and expect God to bless the work of your hands. No, He will bless the work of you hands when you obey His voice because then the work of your hands is the work of His hands.

People like to say, “God will provide” and it’s true but the qualification is obedience. God provided for Abraham on the mountain but what if Abraham decided not to get up and go that day? It definitely wasn’t easy and He didn’t know or understand beforehand what God was going to do. But he did know that God is faithful, and was willing to do whatever he needed to do. Obedience even to the extent of sacrificing his own son. Can you even imagine? But he knew that God was greater even than death and that God would fulfill His promise. “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, "In Isaac your seed shall be called," 19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.” (Heb 11:17-19)

And so he went. And ultimate obedience resulted in ultimate provision. Abraham was willing to give his son but God said, “No I will provide My own Son and He will be for your sacrifice.” And because you obeyed my voice you have received THE PROVISION.

The Provision is the Provider within. And the ability was provided by The Sacrifice. Now you have the opportunity to be one with the Almighty. The Shepherd and Provider dwells within. And “He shall supply all your need.” Now it’s your responsibility to PRAY AND OBEY. And it’s usually not easy so don’t expect it to be so you won’t be disappointed. But it makes sense because why would He need to strengthen you with mighty power to do His will if it was going to be easy? You don’t need mighty power to sit on the couch and wait for a check to come in. But you do need strength to get up off you butt and obey. And not just doing and being busy about whatever, whenever and wherever and thinking that because you’re in motion now God will provide. But you need to be in the right place at the right time doing what you believe that He wants you to. And He didn’t promise that you would like it, understand it, or be comfortable with it. If you’ve waked with God for very long then you already know this. You don’t just wake up one day and it suddenly gets easier. No, usually it gets harder but you get stronger and become more of an overcomer.

I’m sorry to say but I’ve been waiting, wishing and praying for twenty years for it to get easier it and it hasn’t yet. So I’m waiting no longer but focusing on getting stronger. And the stronger I get the more I can do and I’ve learned that obedience is always the way to get the breakthrough. It’s called the fight of faith and it’s a fight to obey. Not just one day or one time, but to pray everyday and be bold to obey. And there is no “grey” for this is the way, you must be diligent to DO what God has to say.

In Him you abide, He shall provide,
He strengthens you, so you CAN DO,
What He’s put in your heart,
NOW you must follow through.

Phil 4:13 …19
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. …And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV

Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us,
And establish the work of our hands for us;
Yes, establish the work of our hands.
NKJV

Ps 90:17
7 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us;
establish the work of our hands for us —
yes, establish the work of our hands.
NIV

Ps 90:17
17 and let the Lord our God favor us and give us success. May he give permanence to all we do.
TLB

Ps 90:17
17 And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands — yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it.
AMP

Beauty – S.#5278 – agreeableness, delight, suitableness, splendor, favor

Ps 5:12
12 For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
NIV

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.
NKJV
1 Tim 5:8
8 But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
NKJV
Eph 2:19
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
NKJV

Heb 3:6-4:16
6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:

"Today, if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, 'They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.'
11 So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest.'"

12 Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; 13 but exhort one another daily, while it is called "Today," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said:

"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:

"So I swore in My wrath,
'They shall not enter My rest,'"

although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; 5 and again in this place: "They shall not enter My rest."

6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, "Today," after such a long time, as it has been said:

"Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts."

8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
NKJV

2 Cor 12:9
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness."
NKJV

Isa 1:19
19 If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
NKJV

Deut 28:1-2…8
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:
…8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand,
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Deut 30:8-14…19-20
8 And you will again obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. 9 The Lord your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the Lord will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, 10 if you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

11 "For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

…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."
NKJV

Abraham obeyed…

Gen 22:8
8 And Abraham said, "My son, GOD WILL PROVIDE for Himself the lamb for a burnt offering." So the two of them went together.
NKJV (Caps. added)

Gen 22:14
14 And Abraham called the name of the place, The-Lord-Will-Provide; as it is said to this day, "In the Mount of the Lord it shall be provided."
NKJV

Gen 22:18-19
18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice."
NKJV

Gal 3:14
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

Heb 11:8
8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
NKJV

Gen 22:15-19
15 Then the Angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said:"By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son — 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

Psalm 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

UN-Can’t-tation

2012-02-01T08:01:00.001-07:00

I can I will I shall!
I can I will I shall!
With God I can!
With God I will!
I can I shall prevail!

You can chant this uncantation in when needing affirmation. When bound in frustration or in confrontation, and bring the power of the God of creation, into your situation, by His Word’s declaration.

2 Sam 22:1-4
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:

"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV

Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV

Ps 60:12
With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.
NIV

2 Cor 2:14
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…
NKJV

Isa 42:13
13 The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man;
He shall stir up His zeal like a man of war.
He shall cry out, yes, shout aloud;
He shall prevail against His enemies.
NKJV

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

Prov 18:21a
Death and life are in the power of the tongue…
NKJV

Matt 12:37
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.
NKJV

Num 13:30-31
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, "Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it."

31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we."
NKJV

Num 14:28-31
28 Say to them, 'As I live,' says the Lord, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will do to you: 29 The carcasses of you who have complained against Me shall fall in this wilderness, all of you who were numbered, according to your entire number, from twenty years old and above. 30 Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.
NKJV

2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV

Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
NKJV

Eph 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV

2 Sam 22:1-4

22 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:

"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
NKJV

Job 22:21-28
21 "Now acquaint yourself with Him, and be at peace;
Thereby good will come to you.
22 Receive, please, instruction from His mouth,
And lay up His words in your heart.
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up;
You will remove iniquity far from your tents.
24 Then you will lay your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks.
25 Yes, the Almighty will be your gold
And your precious silver;
26 For then you will have your delight in the Almighty,
And lift up your face to God.
27 You will make your prayer to Him,
He will hear you,
And you will pay your vows.
28 You will also declare a thing,
And it will be established for you;
So light will shine on your ways.
NKJV

Fills and Reveals

2012-01-31T07:12:00.000-07:00

Doing the will of God is hard on the flesh but not doing it is hard on the heart. The will of God is to love and the will of the flesh is selfishness. People that put themselves first are selfish and will suffer an unfulfilled heart. But people that choose to love first will have to suffer the crucifixion of self. So there will be suffering. It can’t be avoided but the type of suffering can be chosen. Suffer in the flesh or suffer in the spirit.

It’s not comfortable or desirable to the flesh to put God and others first, but it is right. And if you don’t do what’s right then you won’t feel right. Not that you don’t need to take care of yourself because you do. But if yourself is the only one you’re taking care of, then you’re not really taking care of yourself, but self serving to the destruction of self. Because selfishness is never satisfied, it’s like leeches within, sucking the life out of the heart leaving it in atrophy unfulfilled.

But when love is revealed it fills and fulfills. God’s love to you and through you is perfected in you. And sometimes it hurts the flesh to love but it heals the heart. Love flows in, the love flows out it’s the life blood of life and what it’s all about.

The commandment is love,
Simply what’s right,
God’s gift from above,
A yoke easy and light.

True love revealed,
Fills and fulfills,
Broken heart heals,
Fills and reveals.

Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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1 John 5:3-4
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
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Matt 22:37-40
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. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'
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Rom 13:8
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
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Rom 8:4-5
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.
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Eph 5:1-2
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Gal 5:22-25
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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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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1 John 4:12
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
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Eye of the Storm

2012-01-30T08:23:00.001-07:00

I feel Overwhelmed,
Within and Without,
And so I Cry Out!
to the Almighty about –
What’s Without,
and Something Changes,
Within.

For I Know,
That there is Someone,
In Me,
Greater than me.

When I am Weak,
He is Strong,
When I Can’t,
He Can.
&
What’s impossible for me,
Is possible with God.

I’m in God!
He’s in me,
And He said that He,
Will never leave,
Or forsake me.

And I Know He is True,
And so I know that - I CAN DO,
All things - through Christ
Who Strengthens me!

Ps 56:9
9 When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me.
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Ps 56:9
9 The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!
TLB

Heb 5:7
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
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James 5:16b
The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].
AMP
Psalm 143
1 Hear my prayer, O Lord,
Give ear to my supplications!
In Your faithfulness answer me,
And in Your righteousness.
2 Do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

3 For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life to the ground;
He has made me dwell in darkness,
Like those who have long been dead.
4 Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is distressed.

5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.
Selah

7 Answer me speedily, O Lord;
My spirit fails!
Do not hide Your face from me,
Lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift up my soul to You.

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies;
In You I take shelter.
10 Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Your Spirit is good.
Lead me in the land of uprightness.

11 Revive me, O Lord, for Your name's sake!
For Your righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 In Your mercy cut off my enemies,
And destroy all those who afflict my soul;
For I am Your servant.
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1 John 4:4
4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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2 Cor 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Heb 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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Eph 3:20
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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Matt 19:26
26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
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Luke 18:27
27 But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with 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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John 15:1-8
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 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.

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. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 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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Heb 13:5-6
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; 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.]
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Rev 19:11a
11 Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True,
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Jer 10:10a
10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
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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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Phil 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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I CAN! CHANT

2012-01-28T10:11:00.000-07:00

There’s so much stuff that I could do!
So how do I know what I should do?
I’ll pray everyday and be bold to obey,
And that’s how I’ll do what He would do.

“The noble man makes noble plans,
and by noble deeds he stands.” (Isa 32:8NIV)

With God I CAN! I won’t say, “I can’t.” (Mk 10:27)
I’ll sing it, shout it, - make a chant!

“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me!” (Php 4:13)
That’s what I say, that’s how I’ll be.

“With God we will gain the victory,
and he will trample down our enemies.”
Ps 60:12 NIV

Here’s a simple system to get you through,
To help you do what you should do –
Pray everyday and be bold to obey!
Itemize – Prioritize – Strategize - and Exercise!

PIE
P - Pray –Talk and listen, read and write.
I - Itemize – Write it down! - a list admonitions and hints.
Prioritize – Put first things first.
Strategize – Make a script and schedule to succeed.
E - Exercise – Action! - ACT it out, Do it!

©2012 by Pat Turner

PIE to PLAY

2012-01-27T09:01:00.001-07:00

“All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts…”
Shakespeare

Eat PIE everyday to Act in the Play.

PIE! But what is PIE, and why should I, give it a try?

PIE is the protocol for peace and prosperity. It is the way - to fulfill – God’s Will.

And…

God’s Will is GOOD!
So fulfill it you should.
As His Will is fulfilled,
Your joy is revealed!
So pray everyday,
And be bold to obey!

PIE stands for PRAY, ITEMIZE and EXERCISE. It’s easy to see but hard to apply, and takes dedication to DO and not just to “try.”

P.I.E.
P - Pray and fellowship with God everyday!
I - Itemize - Write down the plan, and make it plain.
E - Exercise - Put the plan in motion.

This is a circular formula that repeats itself every day.

1. Pray
2. Plan
3. Perform

PRAY

To pray is fellowship and communicate with God! It involves TALKING and LISTENING. But how is it done? You can simply talk to God in your own words, you can talk to Him 'in your heart', you can offer praise and worship or pray 'in the spirit'. A simple way to LISTEN is to READ and WRITE. Read His Word and write down what God is saying to you. As you talk and listen and read and write it’s good to JOURNAL so you can articulate the communication into something your mind can understand. You 'tune in' and put your hand to what comes out. It may be a saying, image, scripture, or inspiration that comes alive in your heart.

ITEMIZE - PLAN

The old use of the word "item" refers to an admonition or hint, or a bit of news or information. As you pray you get items for your “to do” list. This is more of an art more than a since because the communication is usually not direct. You have to "Get the Hint!" As you pray the Lord impresses things on your heart. You seem to get a desire to do something. Or you may sense apprehension or warnings about certain situations that you need to change or avoid. So you make a LIST of the hints, admonitions and information. The list is your SCRIPT for the day. Now how will we act it out? You need to P.S. it. Which stands for PRIORITIZE and STRATEGIZE. You need to put first things first and this again involves prayer as you get THE PLAN prioritized for the day. Then once the script is written and organized it's time for you to ACT.

EXERCISE – PERFORM “ACTION!”

To exercise is to plan into action, to perform it. And that is how you fulfill God's will. The actual exercise requires diligence, dedication and discipline. It’s not enough to just know but you also must DO. And not only do but also keep on DOING day by day. For that is the way to walk in the Way!

PRAY EVERYDAY AND BE BOLD TO OBEY!

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Jer 33:3
'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'
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Heb 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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WRITE IT DOWN
Hab 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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DO IT!
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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Swim! Don't Give In!

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Don't Give In!

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Give to Joy, Keep to Weep

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It’s tempting to withhold in times of trouble but lack of outgo leads to lack of income. Not that we should try to give beyond our means but we need to be diligent to keep our hearts right and be willing to do what we can to help others. “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.” (Prov 4:23) In other words, a generous heart leads to a wealthy life and a stingy heart to a stagnant life. You always be blessed in being a blessing, but if you only help yourself then all you’ll get is what you’ve already got. What you sow you’ll also reap, give to joy, keep to weep. “And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”(Acts 20:35) When you yield to the temptation not to sow, the field goes fallow and crops don’t grow, the heart gets cold, the outlook dim, for without giving the future’s grim. Because you we’re created to give of what you’ve got, and even if - it’s not a lot, the heart’s fulfilled when you share, and show someone else - that you care. And the more fulfilled the more to give, this is the life you were made to live!

Prov 11:24-25
24 There is one who scatters, yet increases more;
And there is one who withholds more than is right,
But it leads to poverty.
25 The generous soul will be made rich,
And he who waters will also be watered himself.
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Prov 11:24-25
24 One man gives freely, yet gains even more;
another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
25 A generous man will prosper;
he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
NIV

Luke 6:37-38
37 "Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
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Luke 6:37-38
37 "Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults — unless, of course, you want the same treatment. Don't condemn those who are down; that hardness can boomerang. Be easy on people; you'll find life a lot easier. 38 Give away your life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back — given back with bonus and blessing. Giving, not getting, is the way. Generosity begets generosity."
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Gal 6:7-10
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. 10 Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.
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Setting the Scene or In-Between?

2012-01-24T07:44:00.000-07:00

Just because the solution is simple doesn’t mean the application is easy. It takes diligence, dedication and discipline to DO, and not only to do but to keep on doing, what you know you need to do. There are all kinds of distractions and other attractions that will try to draw you off course or decay your day with delay. And it’s like driving too close to the edge of the road and if you allow yourself to be dazed, you’ll end up in a ditch.

But what shall you do? You first need to know the course and then you need to stay the course, but the second always more strenuous. Because anyone can start a race but satisfaction is for those who finish. How often have you found yourself distracted and ended up disappointed because you didn’t do what you set out to do? Not because you couldn’t, but because you wouldn’t, or did not - make yourself. And if you don’t - make yourself, then what or who is making you? Is your life just a smorgasbord of everything not ignored? Are you a product of your environment, setting your own scene, or somewhere in the middle, just in-between? And if you’re in-between, is it because of poor routine?

So - if you want to go, beyond the status-quo, be diligent to DO, what you know. Avoid distraction, stay on course, and live your life without remorse.

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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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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Heb 6:11-12
11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. 12 Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
MES

Heb 10:36
36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
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Phil 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Col 1:11
11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
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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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2 Cor 12:9-10
9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV

Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
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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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Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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What is Frontier Fellowship?

2012-01-23T07:58:00.001-07:00

Description:

Helping people:
To love and live,
To know they’re forgiven,
And to forgive.
To have peace,
To know true joy -
And family and fellowship,
That they enjoy.

No matter how you look or what you do,
We’re here to love and help you through.

Mission:

To Help People.

How? By giving what we’ve got. Namely - faith, hope and love.

Why? Because they’re millions ways to help people and help people help people. Everyone has Gifts to give! And the Gifts - are inspired, empowered and expressed - through faith, hope and love.

Faith is the foundation and driving force of your dreams,
for you must believe, before you can achieve.
And not only faith in the dream -
but faith in the Giver of the dream.
You could say,
“Trusting in the One who is Greater Than,
empowers me to be who I really am.”
Trusting in Him gives you peace,
from binding fear doth release.

Hope is what you see when you believe -
the image, expectation and inspiration,
of what could be, of what should be, and what shall be -
when you are free to bring it into being.

Love is the primary and Divine Gift, that everyone is given - to give.
To know you’re loved and to love is fulfillment in life.
It’s the expression of your most precious possession.
For you were made to love.

So we will help people and help people help people. We will help by giving what we’ve got. And what we’ve got is faith, hope and love. It comes from above, flows from within, is perfected when it is given, then begins again.

I Cor 13, I Jn 3:1NIV, Mt 10:8b, I Jn 4:12, Rom 15:13, 1 Pe 4:10-11, Acts 20:35

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1 Cor 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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1 John 3:1
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

Matt 10:8
“…Freely you have received, freely give.”
NKJV

1 John 4:12
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.
NKJV

Rom 15:13
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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1 Peter 4:10-11
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. 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, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV

Acts 20:35
And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
NKJV

YOU SHALL PREVAIL!

2012-01-20T06:24:00.000-07:00

When things are challenging what can you do?
Take the challenge and press on through.
Don’t give up don’t give in, but call on God and receive His grace to win.
Don’t worry about how long it takes, or how many times you fail.
Refuse to quit – AND YOU SHALL PREVAIL!

Luke 22:31-32
31 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, that your faith should not fail; and when you have returned to Me, strengthen your brethren."
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James 1:2-4
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

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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Phil 3:12-14
12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me. 13 Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, 14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
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Phil 3:12-14
12 I'm not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. 13 Friends, don't get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward — to Jesus. 14 I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.
MES

1 Cor 9:26-27
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.
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1 Tim 6:12
12 Fight the good fight of faith! …
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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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2 Tim 4:7
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
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2 Cor 12:8-10
8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV

Heb 4:16
16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
NKJV

Phil 4:13
13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].
AMP

Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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 6:10
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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2 Cor 2:14
14 Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ…
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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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Rom 8:31-38
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 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.
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Ps 63:7
7 Because You have been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.
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Awesome!

2012-01-19T10:54:00.001-07:00

Have an awesome day and be blessed in every way!

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.
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Deut 10:17
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.
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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.
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Neh 1:5
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,
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Neh 9:32
32 "Now therefore, our God,
The great, the mighty, and awesome God,
Who keeps covenant and mercy:
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Job 37:22
22 He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.
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Ps 47:2
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great King over all the earth.
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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;
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Ps 66:5
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
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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.
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Ps 111:1-6
1 Praise the Lord!

I will praise the Lord with my whole heart,
In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation.

2 The works of the Lord are great,
Studied by all who have pleasure in them.
3 His work is honorable and glorious,
And His righteousness endures forever.
4 He has made His wonderful works to be remembered;
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
5 He has given food to those who fear Him;
He will ever be mindful of His covenant.
6 He has declared to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.
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Ps 111:7-9
7 The works of His hands are verity and justice;
All His precepts are sure.
8 They stand fast forever and ever,
And are done in truth and uprightness.
9 He has sent redemption to His people;
He has commanded His covenant forever:
Holy and awesome is His name.
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Ps 145:5-7
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.
7 They shall utter the memory of Your great goodness,
And shall sing of Your righteousness.
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Jer 20:11
1 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.
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Jer 20:11
11 But God, a most fierce warrior, is at my side.
Those who are after me will be sent sprawling —
Slapstick buffoons falling all over themselves,
a spectacle of humiliation no one will ever forget.
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

Dan 9:4-5
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,
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Joel 2:28-32
28 "And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.

30 "And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
32 And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.
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Ex 34:10-11
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.
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Words of Life - Seeds of Love

2012-01-18T07:19:00.001-07:00

What can I offer to help you?
Unconditional love, words kind and true,
A hand in battle, a hand in pain,
By poem, by psalm, or song refrain.

2 Sam 22:1
1 David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said:
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2 Sam 22
1 Then David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, on the day when the Lord had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. 2 And he said:

"The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;
3 The God of my strength, in whom I will trust;
My shield and the horn of my salvation,
My stronghold and my refuge;
My Savior, You save me from violence.
4 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.

5 "When the waves of death surrounded me,
The floods of ungodliness made me afraid.
6 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me;
The snares of death confronted me.
7 In my distress I called upon the Lord,
And cried out to my God;
He heard my voice from His temple,
And my cry entered His ears.

8 "Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations of heaven quaked and were shaken,
Because He was angry.
9 Smoke went up from His nostrils,
And devouring fire from His mouth;
Coals were kindled by it.
10 He bowed the heavens also, and came down
With darkness under His feet.
11 He rode upon a cherub, and flew;
And He was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 He made darkness canopies around Him,
Dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
13 From the brightness before Him
Coals of fire were kindled.

14 "The Lord thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice.
15 He sent out arrows and scattered them;
Lightning bolts, and He vanquished them.
16 Then the channels of the sea were seen,
The foundations of the world were uncovered,
At the rebuke of the Lord,
At the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

17 "He sent from above, He took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
18 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
From those who hated me;
For they were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my calamity,
But the Lord was my support.
20 He also brought me out into a broad place;
He delivered me because He delighted in me.

21 "The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands
He has recompensed me.
22 For I have kept the ways of the Lord,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
23 For all His judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.
24 I was also blameless before Him,
And I kept myself from my iniquity.
25 Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to my cleanness in His eyes.

26 "With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
27 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
28 You will save the humble people;
But Your eyes are on the haughty, that You may bring them down.

29 "For You are my lamp, O Lord;
The Lord shall enlighten my darkness.
30 For by You I can run against a troop;
By my God I can leap over a wall.
31 As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.

32 "For who is God, except the Lord?
And who is a rock, except our God?
33 God is my strength and power,
And He makes my way perfect.
34 He makes my feet like the feet of deer,
And sets me on my high places.
35 He teaches my hands to make war,
So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

36 "You have also given me the shield of Your salvation;
Your gentleness has made me great.
37 You enlarged my path under me;
So my feet did not slip.

38 "I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them;
Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed.
39 And I have destroyed them and wounded them,
So that they could not rise;
They have fallen under my feet.
40 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;
You have subdued under me those who rose against me.
41 You have also given me the necks of my enemies,
So that I destroyed those who hated me.
42 They looked, but there was none to save;
Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.
43 Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I trod them like dirt in the streets,
And I spread them out.

44 "You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people;
You have kept me as the head of the nations.
A people I have not known shall serve me.
45 The foreigners submit to me;
As soon as they hear, they obey me.
46 The foreigners fade away,
And come frightened from their hideouts.

47 "The Lord lives!
Blessed be my Rock!
Let God be exalted,
The Rock of my salvation!
48 It is God who avenges me,
And subdues the peoples under me;
49 He delivers me from my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.
50 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles,
And sing praises to Your name.

51 He is the tower of salvation to His king,
And shows mercy to His anointed,
To David and his descendants forevermore."
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Psalm 107
1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.

4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound in affliction and irons —
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.

17 Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare His works with rejoicing.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
24 They see the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle decrease.

39 When they are diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
42 The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all iniquity stops its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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Isa 54:9-17 NIV - 55:1-3NIV
9 "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.

11 "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted,
I will build you with stones of turquoise,
your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your sons will be taught by the Lord,
and great will be your children's peace.
14 In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

16 "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the Lord. … NIV

1 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you —
The sure mercies of David.
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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 2:24
24 Therefore let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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John 15:1-17
15 "I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 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.

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. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 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.

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. 12 This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. 14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. 17 These things I command you, that you love one another.
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1 John 3:16-19
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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1 John 3:13-17
13 Do not marvel, my brethren, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world's goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
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1 John 3:24
24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.
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John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
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1 John 4:12-16
12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 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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1 John 2:6
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
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Eph 5:1-2
1 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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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!
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Rom 13:8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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James 2:8
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
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Gal 6:7
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Need a Hand

2012-01-17T06:18:00.001-07:00

Day by day, help me through,
I call on You, what shall I do?
Many things, I don’t understand,
But I will trust, and take Your hand.

Lead me forth, to what’s in store,
For You’ve been down, this road before,
And made the Way, prepared the plan,
For You are God, and I am man.

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.'
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Fester or Forgive?

2012-01-16T09:23:00.000-07:00

When you’ve been wounded and are hurting the natural tendency is to begin to hate and retaliate. But that’s exactly the opposite of what you need to do to heal.

Ill will makes you feel ill,
Unforgiveness festers, infects, and rejects,
Pride produces pus, and amplifies to abscess,
Bites of spite feed fetid fancies,
Bitter bile consumes compassion,
Noxious imagination nourishes indignation,
Leaving you isolated, imprisoned and self impaled.

And you want to yell because it hurts like hell,
But what can you do, who can you tell?

To free yourself you must give,
And forgive if you want to live.
For what you need is love not hate,
To sow and reap – it’s not too late.
By humility you can be restored,
Peace of mind – be your reward,
Broken heart made whole again,
The power dwells within,
~ Begin.

Prov 29:23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
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Matt 6:9-15
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.

14 "For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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Matt 18:21-35
21 Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?"

22 Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24 And when he had begun to settle accounts, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. 25 But as he was not able to pay, his master commanded that he be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and that payment be made. 26 The servant therefore fell down before him, saying, 'Master, have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 27 Then the master of that servant was moved with compassion, released him, and forgave him the debt.

28 "But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii; and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat, saying, 'Pay me what you owe!' 29 So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you all.' 30 And he would not, but went and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his fellow servants saw what had been done, they were very grieved, and came and told their master all that had been done. 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' 34 And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.

35 "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
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John 20:21-23
21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. 23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained."
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1 Peter 4:7-9
7 But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. 8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
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Matt 14:14
14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.
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Luke 4:18-19
18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He has anointed Me
To preach the gospel to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."
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Eph 5:1-2
5 Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Don’t Quit Now!

2012-01-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

If you’re goin through it, at least you’re goin through it, just keep on goin, YOU CAN DO IT!

Psalm 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.
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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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1 Peter 5:8
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
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Dan 6:16-23
16 So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you." 17 Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed.

18 Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried out with a lamenting voice to Daniel. The king spoke, saying to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?"

21 Then Daniel said to the king,"O king, live forever! 22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you."

23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
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It’ll Be Okay

2012-01-11T07:27:00.000-07:00

You can overcome it will be okay, for I AM with you always and I AM the Way.

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

Ps 91:14-16
14 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation."
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“I AM with you always”
Matt 28:20

“I AM the Way”
Jn 14:6

SATISFIED?

2012-01-10T05:58:00.000-07:00

I don’t care about mammon, I will pursue my passion! Because it’s better to be poor on the outside and rich the inside, than rich outside and poor inside. Not that you can’t have both, but you’ll never be fulfilled if you get things outside in. You may be able to be filled from the outside but you can only be fulfilled from the inside. All the outside stuff is just stuffing. And you can stuff a scarecrow with the all the most sumptuous stuffing, but it’s still just a statue on a stick.

But life, true life and love come from within. Living things grow from the inside out. It begins within and ends without. The correct order of things is inside out. Love within – love without. Peace within – peace without. And it’s the same for everything that really matters. Love, hope, peace and patience - joy, goodness, kindness and faithfulness, just to mention a few, all come from within, “for out of the heart flow the issues of life.”

Eccl 5:8-6:7
8 If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent perversion of justice and righteousness in a province, do not marvel at the matter; for high official watches over high official, and higher officials are over them.

9 Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

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

11 When goods increase,
They increase who eat them;
So what profit have the owners
Except to see them with their eyes?

12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet,
Whether he eats little or much;
But the abundance of the rich will not permit him to sleep.

13 There is a severe evil which I have seen under the sun:
Riches kept for their owner to his hurt.
14 But those riches perish through misfortune;
When he begets a son, there is nothing in his hand.
15 As he came from his mother's womb, naked shall he return,
To go as he came;
And he shall take nothing from his labor
Which he may carry away in his hand.

16 And this also is a severe evil —
Just exactly as he came, so shall he go.
And what profit has he who has labored for the wind?
17 All his days he also eats in darkness,
And he has much sorrow and sickness and anger.

18 Here is what I have seen: It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; for it is his heritage. 19 As for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, and given him power to eat of it, to receive his heritage and rejoice in his labor — this is the gift of God. 20 For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart.

1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with goodness, or indeed he has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better than he — 4 for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness. 5 Though it has not seen the sun or known anything, this has more rest than that man, 6 even if he lives a thousand years twice — but has not seen goodness. Do not all go to one place?

7 All the labor of man is for his mouth,
And yet the soul is not satisfied.

Eccl 1:8
All things are full of labor;
Man cannot express it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
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Eccl 4:4-8
4 Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

5 The fool folds his hands
And consumes his own flesh.
6 Better a handful with quietness
Than both hands full, together with toil and grasping for the wind.

7 Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun:

8 There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
"For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?"
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.
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Prov 27:20
20 Hell and Destruction are never full;
So the eyes of man are never satisfied.
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Prov 30:15-16
15 The leech has two daughters —
Give and Give!

There are three things that are never satisfied,
Four never say, "Enough!":
16 The grave,
The barren womb,
The earth that is not satisfied with water —
And the fire never says, "Enough!"
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Isa 55:1-3
55 "Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you —
The sure mercies of David.
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Jer 31:14
14 I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord."
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Ps 17:15
15 As for me, I will see Your face in righteousness;
I shall be satisfied when I awake in Your likeness.
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Ps 22:26
26 The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!
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Ps 36:7-9
7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings.
8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,
And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
9 For with You is the fountain of life;
In Your light we see light.
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Ps 37:16-19
16 A little that a righteous man has
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken,
But the Lord upholds the righteous.

18 The Lord knows the days of the upright,
And their inheritance shall be forever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time,
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
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Ps 63:3-5
3 Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
4 Thus I will bless You while I live;
I will lift up my hands in Your name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness,
And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.
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Ps 65:4-5
4 Blessed is the man You choose,
And cause to approach You,
That he may dwell in Your courts.
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Of Your holy temple.

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;
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John 10:10
10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
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John 10:10
10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
AMP

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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Rom 15:13
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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Prov 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
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Matt 6:19-21
19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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1 Sam 16:7
7 But the Lord said to Samuel,"Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
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2 Cor 4:16-18
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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BLOOD

2012-01-09T05:30:00.001-07:00

You may have “Freedom” but who paid for it, and what keeps the wicked from coming and wrenching it from you?

“The life of the flesh is in the blood.” Lev 17:11

Our freedom has been bought by blood and is preserved by the same. Many have poured out their lives for liberty. But One of them through death, defeated death, and rose again to enforce the freedom for which He fights. Not only to give freedom to the living and but also to those who die, that they too may live again.

Died for liberty,
Free from death,
Blood was shed,
Blood gives me Breath.

“And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.”
Jesus - Mark 14:24

Matt 20:28
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.
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Heb 2:14-16
14 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.
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Ezek 37:5-6
5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord."'"
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1 Cor 15:42-57
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed — 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

55 "O Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?"

56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 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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TRUE?

2012-01-06T05:35:00.000-07:00

I come to the conclusion that they’re a million shows that we could do if we would do. But I’m not interested in running around in circles. It may entertain for a moment like playin ring around the rosie, but then - “we all fall down.” So we need not waste our time and energy doing everything we could do but learn to become disciplined and do what we should do.

So what should we do? We need to develop our sound - through blood, sweat and tears that will connect with people’s hearts and endure through the years. We don’t need a gimmick or try “something new.” We need to stay true to ourselves, and thus so to you.

We need to do what we have the passion to do, because if we don’t love it ourselves… - then why should you?

We’re getting ready to enter challenging days as many opportunities arise, but some just may be - a trap in disguise. Let it not be our demise, but let us arise, and do what we do, without compromise.

Music’s an art, expression of heart!
Not a means to an end or a place on the chart.
Immortal’s the sound, in which passion abounds,
To the ends of the world, without bound to astound.

© 2011 by Pat Turner

“But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.” Rom 10:18

People Are AWESOME!

2012-01-05T05:59:00.000-07:00

People are awesome! What would we do without them? Probably start talking to a ball called Wilson.

No one’s the same but we can still love everyone. We don’t have to like what they do, but we can love them for who they are. The planet is filled with people of all different physiques and philosophy’s so we might as well learn to enjoy em. (…some you will have to ignore to enjoy)

In spite of religion or non-religion main pleasure in life comes from lovin and being loved by people. So that’s probably why we’re temped to hate so often. After all “they” can be ignorant and annoying, some more that others depending upon your perspective. But then again what would we do without em?

Everybody relates to somebody so it’s good to find our own peeps. and hang with them. But just because we are as we are doesn’t mean we need to judge those who aren’t. Thank God for variety! Right?

So what I’ve learned is to keep my eyes on what and whom I enjoy. There are so many good people in my life to be thankful for! So why would I want to focus and be forlorn or fierce about what I consider wrong?

I’m lookin for what’s right not what’s wrong, so I find in people all day long!

“Seek and you will find.” Mt 7:7

James 2:8-9
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well;
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Rom 13:8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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1 John 3:18
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
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1 John 4:7-9
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
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1 John 4:20-21
20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? 21 And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.
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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.
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Rom 12:21
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Gen 1:26-28

26 Then God said,"Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 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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Gen 1:26-28
26 Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 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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Ps 139:14
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
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Isa 43:7
7 Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him."
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Eph 2:10
10 For we are God's masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
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You can’t EARN IT. But you can HAVE IT!

2012-01-04T05:33:00.000-07:00

Thank God Almighty that I have faith and hope, for without these I couldn’t cope.
Some say this, and others that, but for me - loving God is where it’s at.
Not just “Believing” in, but “Abiding” in, is to know True Love, again and again.
Then truly loved I can truly live, and what I’ve received - freely give.

You can’t do anything to earn God’s love because He has already given it to you. Like it or not He loves you, because HE choose to. Not because of what you do, or don’t do, but just because - you are you. He made you to love you and He’ll never leave you. You can receive Him or reject Him but you can’t change Him. He has always loved you and always will and that’s just the way it is.

As soon as you learn to stop trying to earn what you already have you will be free. And then understanding “free” you’ll be able to freely give what you have freely received.

People that think that they’ve have earned what they’ve got tend to try to make others earn what they’ll “give.” And then it’s not giving at all but transaction, which is action based on action. Life becomes business and people become brokers of affection fearing rejection. And all because they don’t know that they already have an abundant supply of love and acceptance.

SO KNOW that YOU ARE LOVED!
It’s the Truth -Believe it!
There’s an everlasting supply,
Will you receive it?
Because if you do, you will OVERFLOW -
And what you HAVE, you will bestow!

1 John 4:7-16
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 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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1 Cor 13:1 – 14:1
1 If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

2 If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing.

3 If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

4 Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
5 Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
6 Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
7 Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

8 Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. 9 We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. 10 But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

11 When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

12 We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

13 But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

1 Go after a life of love as if your life depended on it — because it does. Give yourselves to the gifts God gives you. Most of all, try to proclaim his truth.
MES

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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Rom 5:5-8
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.

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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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

“Freely you have received, freely give.” Matt 10:8

What’s Yo Thing?

2012-01-03T07:34:00.000-07:00

What’s important, what matters most to you? Consider this - and follow through. Don’t waste you time and live in vain, futile things – to obtain. But, find “your thing” do your art, and love those you love – with all your heart.

Eccl 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might…
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Prov 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
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1 Peter 4:10
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
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?!SACRIFICE!?

2012-01-02T05:53:00.001-07:00

God doesn’t do deals and you can’t buy His blessing with your sacrifice. People seem to think, “If I do this, then God will do that.” They think that if they “sacrifice” something that God will see and then do something for them in return. They say things like, “God if You’ll get me outta this mess then I promise that I’ll serve You.” as if serving Him was a sacrifice. Or “’I’ll give up this or that if You’ll do thus.” But it’s stupid because it’s based in deception and unbelief. God has already done what He has done and now it’s your turn. Not to sacrifice but to obey, because He already gave His own Son as The Sacrifice. So you can’t offer sacrifice to buy the blessing because it’s already been bought. What you need to do is believe in the blessing and receive it by faith and obedience. And that’s where the sacrifice comes in, because sometimes obedience hurts. The sacrifice that you do have to suffer is that of not getting your own way all the time in order to do His will. And you don’t get to do deals with God because the real deal has already been done. The only thing you can give to Him that He really desires is yourself, not to die but to live with Him. Then living with Him leads to love and loyalty which cause you to walk in obedience and blessing. So quit it trying to give something to get something that you’ve already got. Just go and do what you know you should do.

Pray everyday and be bold to obey for this is the way - the blessing convey.

1 Sam 15:22
…"Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to heed than the fat of rams.
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Matt 9:13
13 But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
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Hos 6:4-6
4 "O Ephraim, what shall I do to you?
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
5 Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets,
I have slain them by the words of My mouth;
And your judgments are like light that goes forth.
6 For I desire *mercy and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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*MERCY – Faithfulness and Loyalty

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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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,
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Deut 10:12
12 "And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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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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Deut 28:1-8
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:

3 "Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.

4 "Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.

5 "Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

6 "Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

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.

8 "The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

9 "The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. 11 And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. 13 And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. 14 So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Matt 22:34-40
34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

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. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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Matt 22:34-40

34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"

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. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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James 2:8-13
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For He who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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WRITE IT DOWN!

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“The faintest ink is more powerful than the strongest memory.”

“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.” Hab 2:2KJV

To rule and reign,
Ascertain to attain,
Write it down,
Make it plain,
Train your brain,
For the campaign,
Maintain your gain,
Goals obtain!

APPLY YOURSELF

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Pray it out, talk it out, walk it out.

You gotta go with what you know!

SO…What do you know and will you go with it?

Don’t make the mistake of severely seeking. When you’re straining “to know” it’s usually because already know, but you don’t wanna go with the flow because you don’t “like” what you know.

So you start seeking another alternative, something more acceptable, more sensible! …and then your mind and your senses get together and start making things up.

Conspiring for comfort and looking for the easy out, you produce doubt and confusion and promote the delusion – “what’s rational is right.”

Then you begin to reason and seek every day of the week - and severely critique, what you already know. Then you can’t GO, but get stuck in a rut, seeking direction in a hut on your butt.

And troubles and turmoil as you sit multiply as you’re shut in your hut and the sky passes by.

You feel destined to die and want to cry, do you wonder why? It’s because you didn’t APPLY.

Deluded by self, you got stuck on a shelf, waiting for Christmas in June like an unemployed elf.

And how long will you pray and on you butt stay? It’s time to get up and go, today is the day.

Just do what you know and go with the flow, one day at a time, that’s how you grow.

You only know what you know, so do what you can do, step out in faith, He’s waiting for you.

Psalm 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.
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Prov 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
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Prov 16:9
9 A man's heart plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
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Acts 9:6
6 So he, trembling and astonished, said, "Lord, what do You want me to do?"

Then the Lord said to him, "Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do."
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MOPE2HOPE

2011-12-23T07:59:00.000-07:00

Choked by skies of gloom and doom,
All thy joy despair consume,
Rotting mind as in a tomb,
Don’t quit now you shall exhume.

Hopelessness will fade away,
The sun will rise another day,
Fire and light the grey to slay,
Life and love in full array.

Ps 107:39-43
9 When they are diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
42 The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all iniquity stops its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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Isa 63:9
9 In all their affliction He was afflicted,
And the Angel of His Presence saved them;
In His love and in His pity He redeemed them;
And He bore them and carried them
All the days of old.
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Mark 5:25-34
25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, 26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment. 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?"

31 But His disciples said to Him, "You see the multitude thronging You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'"

32 And He looked around to see her who had done this thing. 33 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. 34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction."
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2 Cor 4:16-18
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
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Rom 8:18-19
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
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1 Peter 5:6-11
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.

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Peter 4:12-14
12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13 but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
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James 1:2-5
2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
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Psalm 107
1 Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.

10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound in affliction and irons —
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.

17 Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.

21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare His works with rejoicing.

23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
24 They see the works of the Lord,
And His wonders in the deep.
25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits' end.
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.

33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle decrease.

39 When they are diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
42 The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all iniquity stops its mouth.

43 Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
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Ps 46:1-3
1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
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Isa 54:10-14
10 For the mountains shall depart
And the hills be removed,
But My kindness shall not depart from you,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed,"
Says the Lord, who has mercy on you.

11 "O you afflicted one,
Tossed with tempest, and not comforted,
Behold, I will lay your stones with colorful gems,
And lay your foundations with sapphires.
12 I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
Your gates of crystal,
And all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children shall be taught by the Lord,
And great shall be the peace of your children.
14 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.
15 Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake.

16 "Behold, I have created the blacksmith
Who blows the coals in the fire,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy.
17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment
You shall condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their righteousness is from Me,"
Says the Lord.
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Psalm 91
91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."

3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 "Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation."
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2 Cor 1:8-11
8 For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. 9 Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, 10 who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us,
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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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Rom 8:31-39
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 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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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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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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Heb 10:35-39
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

37 "For yet a little while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him."

39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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Phil 1:3-7
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine making request for you all with joy, 5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
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Phil 2:13
13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.
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Heb 13:20-21
20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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1 Peter 2:24-25
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Ps 23:1-5
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

Rom 15:13
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 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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Intent to Kill?

2011-12-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

For war we’re prepared,
War now we wage,
For the enemy’s enraged,
And must be engaged.

Rev 12:10-12
10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 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. 12 Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time."
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1 John 3:8
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
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John 14:12
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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Luke 10:19
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.
NKJV

Rom 16:20
20 And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly.
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INTENT TO KILL - ©2011 VBN INC

VERSE 1 –
We are the sons, We are the children
We are your fear, We’re your worst nightmare
We are your death, We're your destruction
A manifestation, Of God's indignation
We have authority, We have the Power
We have the Word, We have the Light
We have the Spirit, We have the Blood
For your eradication, Complete desolation

VERSE 2
We are anointed, We are appointed
We are your torment, Your conquering foe
We are your pestilence, We are your pain
Your annihilation, Your anti-creation

We have the boldness, We have the might
We are your fright, Your dire distress
We have the Sword, We have the Fire
For Your extermination, Obliteration

BRIDGE
We will find your lair, And turn your flesh to ash
It’s time for you to end you’re never gonna kill again

We will seize your horns, And crush your bones to dust
If you didn’t want to die then you shouldn’t have defied

We will seal your fate, Destroy you in God’s name
Ruin you with our sound, burn affliction to the ground

Spying, listening, hunting, stalking
Assaulting, hammering, beating, choking
Bashing, thrashing, drowning, smashing
Attacking, Conquering, INTENT TO KILL

CHORUS
IN-TENT TO KILL! 4X

VERSE 4
A manifestation, Of indignation
Eradication, Complete desolation
Annihilation, Your anti-creation
Extermination, Obliteration

CHORUS
IN-TENT TO KILL! 4X

References:

INTENT TO KILL – Eccl 3:1, 3, I Jn 3:8, Jn 14:12

VERSE 1
Rom 8:14, Jn 1:12, Php 1:28, Rom 8:19, I Jn 3:8, Jn 14:12, Nah 1:2-9, Ezek 21:28-32, Jer 50:25, Isa 66:14-16, Isa 30:27-33, Ps 78:49, 119:53, Isa 13:2-5, 26:20-21
Mt 28:18-20, Mk 16:15-20, Lu 10:18-20, Ac 1:8, Mt 8:16-17, Rom 13:12, Mt 5:14, Eph 5:13-14, 1 Cor 6:17, Rev 12:11

VERSE 2
2 Cor 1:21, 1 Jn 2:20-27, Lu 4:18-19, 2 Cor 5:20-6:2, Lu 10:1, Jn 15:16, 2 Cor 10:13, 1 Tim 2:5-7, 2 Tim 1:8-11, Mt 8:29, Ps 8:2, Mt 21:16, Ps 9:1-3, Isa 42:12-13, 41:10-12
Prov 28:1, Ps 138:3, Ac 4:13,29-31, Eph 3:10-12, 6:19-20, 1 Jn 4:1, Eph 6:10, 3:16, Isa 11:2, Col 1:11, Eph 6::17, Jer 23:29, 2 Thes 1:6-10

BRIDGE
I Jn 3:8, Jn 14:12, Lu 10:19, Rom 16:20, Ps 18:37-42, Ps 118:10-12, Ps 144:1

VERSE 4
All references above

WAY

2011-12-20T06:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday He made a way, so I’ll not fear or sorrow, today I know I’ll be okay, and He’ll do the same tomorrow!

Heb 13:5-6
5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; 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 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Luke 12:22-34
22 Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. 23 Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? 25 And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 26 If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

29 "And do not seek what you should eat or what you should drink, nor have an anxious mind. 30 For all these things the nations of the world seek after, and your Father knows that you need these things. 31 But seek the kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

32 "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 33 Sell what you have and give alms; provide yourselves money bags which do not grow old, a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches nor moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Matt 6:25-34
25 "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

28 "So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 "Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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James 4:13-15
13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit"; 14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. 15 Instead you ought to say,"If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that."
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Prov 3:5-6
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
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Isa 26:3-4
3 You will keep him in perfect peace,
Whose mind is stayed on You,
Because he trusts in You.
4 Trust in the Lord forever,
For in Yah, the Lord, is everlasting strength.
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Isa 54:10
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
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Rom 8:31-39
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 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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Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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John 10:27-30
27 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. 28 And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand. 30 I and My Father are one."
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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.
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Fits and Misfits

2011-12-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

I might not be completely crazy after all! I was beginning to wonder because what I’ve been considering doing is a little unusual. Besides being in the metal band I also believe the Lord is leading me to start a ministry in a pub. But music, preaching and fellowship in a bar, could this really be God? So I told Him like a teenager, “whatever!” and stepped out to “test the waters.” All the while thinking, who in the hell would want someone to come and start a ministry in their bar? This is messin with my mind so maybe I’m going mad, or have lost my ability to hear from heaven. But again, “whatever God” I’ll do what you lead me to do and we’ll just see if there’s an open door.

Now I’m thinking that I’m probably going to have to search far and wide but I had one particular Pub on my heart and mind. I’d never even been there but recently had started connecting people that are connected with them. So I decided to stop in on Saturday morning to talk to the owners. I didn’t have an appointment but they were both there and we seem to hit it off right away. And guess what; apparently the owners Eric and Connie already had something like this on their hearts also! Because they love people they desire to help and know that the need something. And they’re both believers, just not your average Sunday morning go to church type.

Now let me say that I love the church which is the people and don’t mind going to the church building on Sunday morning but that’s not the case for all. For many even the is scarier than Hell and less desirable than death. Right or wrong, the preconceived perception is lack of affection and expectation of rejection because of imperfection. And let’s face it, some people just do not fit in the traditional “religious” scene nor have any desire to do so. Should we be surprised that the misfit’s don’t fit? But in the Kingdom of everybody fits, so the question becomes, who ministers to the misfit’s and where do they fellowship?

“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. We're the Messiah's misfits.” 1 Cor 4:9-10MES

So who, why not me? Even though I “clean up well” I don’t really like to, and have always been kind of a misfit. Now it seems that God is calling me out as a minister to the misfits, and it makes sense because misfits fit with misfits. And believe it or not I actually feel more at home in this environment then in the traditional Sunday morning service clean and bright.

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

So I’m headed out to the highways and byways…

Matt 22:9-10
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.
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I’m looking for people who need life, love and miracles. Because everybody wants to be somebody and have a place to belong, even the throng who “appear” be wrong. For there’s a great hungry horde, who love Lord, lookin for a place - to be restored.
And amazingly to me Eric and Connie have a desire to help with the cause and also want to have Sunday morning fellowship in the Rocky Mountain Pub. I believe in miracles and this is a miracle to me. So thank you, for opening your door and having a heart to help people.

People are awesome! And what I love - is helping people understand - the love from above.

I’m excited to announce that I will be starting Frontier Fellowship at the Rocky Mountain Pub on January 8th at 10:30AM.

John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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1 Cor 4:9-13
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. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by others, but we're mostly kicked around. 11 Much of the time we don't have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces, 12 and we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us names, we say, "God bless you." 13 When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We're treated like garbage, potato peelings from the culture's kitchen. And it's not getting any better.
MES

Luke 14:1-23
1 One time when Jesus went for a Sabbath meal with one of the top leaders of the Pharisees, all the guests had their eyes on him, watching his every move. 2 Right before him there was a man hugely swollen in his joints. 3 So Jesus asked the religion scholars and Pharisees present, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath? Yes or no?"

4 They were silent. So he took the man, healed him, and sent him on his way. 5 Then he said, "Is there anyone here who, if a child or animal fell down a well, wouldn't rush to pull him out immediately, not asking whether or not it was the Sabbath?" 6 They were stumped. There was nothing they could say to that.

Invite the Misfits

7 He went on to tell a story to the guests around the table. Noticing how each had tried to elbow into the place of honor, he said, 8 "When someone invites you to dinner, don't take the place of honor. Somebody more important than you might have been invited by the host. 9 Then he'll come and call out in front of everybody, 'You're in the wrong place. The place of honor belongs to this man.' Red-faced, you'll have to make your way to the very last table, the only place left.

10 "When you're invited to dinner, go and sit at the last place. Then when the host comes he may very well say, 'Friend, come up to the front.' That will give the dinner guests something to talk about! 11 What I'm saying is, If you walk around with your nose in the air, you're going to end up flat on your face. But if you're content to be simply yourself, you will become more than yourself."

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."

The Story of the Dinner Party

15 That triggered a response from one of the guests: "How fortunate the one who gets to eat dinner in God's kingdom!"

16 Jesus followed up. "Yes. For there was once a man who threw a great dinner party and invited many. 17 When it was time for dinner, he sent out his servant to the invited guests, saying, 'Come on in; the food's on the table.'

18 "Then they all began to beg off, one after another making excuses. The first said, 'I bought a piece of property and need to look it over. Send my regrets.'

19 "Another said, 'I just bought five teams of oxen, and I really need to check them out. Send my regrets.'

20 "And yet another said, 'I just got married and need to get home to my wife.'

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.'

22 "The servant reported back, 'Master, I did what you commanded — and there's still room.'

23 "The master said, 'Then go to the country roads. Whoever you find, drag them in. I want my house full!
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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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What about 2012?

2011-12-16T07:54:00.000-07:00

My 2011 scripture was and is Jeremiah 20:11 “The Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One…” And He has been awesome and will be and I will be an imitator of Him. “As He is so are we in this world” I Jn 4:17

It’s been a year of challenge and change. Challenges have been conquered, strength’s been gained, for now I am ready, for the future trained.

So now what? I’m venturing into a realm unknown to me and it seems like “a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” 1 Cor 16:9

The door that I’m talking about and looking for is “the door of faith to the Gentiles.” Acts 14:27

Somehow I’ve heard the call of the hurting, something like Paul’s vision but in my heart a cry. “…a man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." Acts 16:9

It’s the land of the lost, outcast and misfit toys. But why me I wonder. Possibly because I’ve never really felt like I fit in the “mainstream” but feel more comfortable in mayhem. I know it sounds insane but could it possibly be a gift of grace for those called to war? Not in the flesh but in the realm of the spirit. And if I’m not merely going mad then it makes sense that I would have a “want to war.”

If I’m called to fight, then fight I must, otherwise I feel disgust.
I’ll not be afraid, nor dismayed, for thus created, for battle made.

I may bleed, for captives freed,
But through the pain, let Almighty reign.

Give them hope and heal their heart,
Forever Lord Your love impart.

So for 2012 the scripture I’ve found is 2 Chronicles 20:12. “For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You." Which is apropos for me to know.

I don’t know what to do, but my eyes are on You,
And I’m sure, that You’ll get us through -
Not only us, but others too -
For You are Faithful, Tried and True.

I’ll not only survive, but come alive,
Defeat turmoil and take the spoil.

And for you -
The battle is the Lord’s and the victory’s yours,
He’s your exceeding great reward!

Phil 4:19-20
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
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2 Chron 20:1-30
1 It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat. 2 Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar" (which is En Gedi). 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said: "O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You? 7 Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? 8 And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying, 9 'If disaster comes upon us — sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine — we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.' 10 And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir — whom You would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them and did not destroy them — 11 here they are, rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You."

13 Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

14 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. 15 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. 16 Tomorrow go down against them. They will surely come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook before the Wilderness of Jeruel. 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."

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem bowed before the Lord, worshiping the Lord. 19 Then the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites stood up to praise the Lord God of Israel with voices loud and high.

20 So they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Hear me, O Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you shall be established; believe His prophets, and you shall prosper." 21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the Lord, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying:

"Praise the Lord,
For His mercy endures forever."

22 Now when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated. 23 For the people of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir to utterly kill and destroy them. And when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

24 So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.

25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away their spoil, they found among them an abundance of valuables on the dead bodies, and precious jewelry, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days gathering the spoil because there was so much. 26 And on the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, for there they blessed the Lord; therefore the name of that place was called The Valley of Berachah until this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30 Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
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Ps 56:9-10
9 The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!
TLB

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.
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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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Heb 10:35-39
35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

37 "For yet a little while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him."

39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
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Heb 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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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."
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Reapers and Keepers

2011-12-12T07:29:00.001-07:00

Of those called to the Kingdom there are reapers and keepers. The reapers go out into the world and preach, while the keepers tend to the harvest and teach. For salvation there is preaching and for discipleship teaching.

So where have all the good preachers gone? It seems to me that most of the preachers are preaching in churches, but then who goes into the world and for the lost searches? If the reapers and keepers are all in the church keeping, then who is out in the harvest field reaping?

The reapers and keepers sit around and argue about sin, while the harvest stays stubborn and won’t bring itself in. We send out the novice while the pro stays inside, is it possible to reap while in comfort abide?

God’s calling the preachers to go out and preach while instructing the teachers to stay in and teach. He has made us different for a purpose you see, so don’t fret and worry that we don’t always agree. Just realize what you are and go do your part, for God loves the whole world with all His heart.

Matt 13:38
38 The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one.
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John 3:16-17
16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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Matt 24:14
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
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John 1:9-13
9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 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.
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John 6:33
33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to 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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2 Cor 5:18-21
18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.

20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
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Rom 5:6-11
6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. 11 And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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Acts 26:16-18
16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18 to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
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Acts 14:27
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.

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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Rom 9:23-26
23 and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory, 24 even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?

25 As He says also in Hosea:

"I will call them My people, who were not My people,
And her beloved, who was not beloved."
26 "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them,
' You are not My people,'
There they shall be called sons of the living God."
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Rom 15:7-13
Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God. 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ has become a servant to the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers, 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.

14 Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. 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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Eph 3:1-13
3 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles — 2 if indeed you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which was given to me for you, 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets: 6 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, 9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;

Col 1:25-29
25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship from God which was given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God, 26 the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 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. 28 Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.
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2 Tim 1:8-12
8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 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, 11 to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
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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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Isa 42:1-4
42 "Behold! My Servant whom I uphold,
My Elect One in whom My soul delights!
I have put My Spirit upon Him;
He will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.

Matt 12:15-21
15 But when Jesus knew it, He withdrew from there. And great multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. 16 Yet He warned them not to make Him known, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying:

18 "Behold! My Servant whom I have chosen,
My Beloved in whom My soul is well pleased!
I will put My Spirit upon Him,
And He will declare justice to the Gentiles.
19 He will not quarrel nor cry out,
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.
20 A bruised reed He will not break,
And smoking flax He will not quench,
Till He sends forth justice to victory;
21 And in His name Gentiles will trust."
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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.
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NATIONS /GENTILES - NT:1484 ethnos (eth'-nos); probably from NT:1486; a race (as of the same habit), i.e. a tribe; specially, a foreign (non-Jewish) one (usually by implication, pagan):
KJV - Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
(Strong’s)

Mark 16:15-20
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

18 .They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

20 And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
KJV

WORLD
2889 kosmos (kos'-mos); probably from the base of NT:2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively [morally]):

Matt 13:37-39

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
KJV

John 4:34-38
34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work. 35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 36 And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.' 38 I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors."
NKJV

Matt 9:35-10:2
35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. 36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. 38 Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest."

10 And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.
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

Clean Socks?

2011-12-09T07:24:00.000-07:00

I don’t desire to judge, condemn, manipulate or control. I merely want to minister, which simply means to serve. Everyone is at a different place in life and I desire to help them get better and go forward and to offer encouragement and support in times of struggle. I know that I am not the “Power” so I endeavor to get people into contact with God and offer information from the Scriptures.

So I set out onto a new frontier. I will introduce the Almighty and tell what I know then let people take the information and go as they go. Once people “shake hands” with God then they are in His hands, then all I can do is help them understand His plans. This relationship is very intimate and personal for most people so I purpose to inspire but not intrude.

If you’re “on the frontier” and would like a minister then I am offering to help you.

I won’t require clean socks or ask you to get in a box, but I will help you get through, the School of Hard Knox.

Loving God and loving people, on the frontier, a mobile steeple.

Pat Turner
Frontier Fellowship
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frontier-Fellowship/241028640790

Mark 10:45
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

Luke 19:10
10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."
NKJV

Gal 5:13
13 For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
NKJV

1 Peter 4:10-11
10 As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
NKJV

Destructive Strife or Lovin Life

2011-12-08T06:44:00.001-07:00

If you’re looking for a reason to be offended you’re sure to find one. But if you’re looking for a reason to love you can find that too. The first is for the weak the second for the strong. Seek strife or live in love? You choose.

Matt 13:53-58
53 Now it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, that He departed from there. 54 When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, "Where did this Man get this wisdom and these mighty works? 55 Is this not the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? 56 And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man get all these things?" 57 So they were offended at Him.

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house." 58 Now He did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.
NKJV

Matt 15:10-14
10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."

12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?"

13 But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."
NKJV

John 6:60-69
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?"

61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father."

66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?"

68 But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
NKJV

Prov 18:19
19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.
NKJV

Prov 10:12
12 Hatred stirs up strife,
But love covers all sins.
NKJV

1 Peter 4:8
8 And above all things have fervent love for one another, for "love will cover a multitude of sins."
NKJV

Eph 5:1-2
Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us…
NKJV

~ Humanity ~ Vanity ~ Reality ~ Insanity ~

2011-12-07T06:29:00.000-07:00

Eccl 12:8
"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher,
"All is vanity."
NKJV

CHURCH IN A BAR?

2011-12-06T08:03:00.000-07:00

Church in a bar? Now you’ve gone too far!

What do you think - applaud or spank?

Jesus had plenty of dinners with the “sinners” and if He’s still the same why not spread the flame?

If people go to a bar does it mean that they don’t believe, or the Savior that they don’t receive?

The ultra religious of the day may say, “It’s the haunt of sinners and they must pay.” So let him who is without sin, cast the first stone, but if you’re not perfect, then leave them alone.

Let someone with compassion go, not to judge, but love to show. That they may know and come to see, that God died for them, to set them free. And what could true repentance be, but to turn to God in reality? To receive His Son, to invite Him in - let the work within begin.

Rom 10:14-15
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!"
NKJV

John 1:11-13
11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 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:
NKJV

John 6:37
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
NKJV

Heb 13:8
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
NKJV

Luke 7:31-35
31 And the Lord said, "To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying:

'We played the flute for you,
And you did not dance;
We mourned to you,
And you did not weep.'

33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.' 34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' 35 But wisdom is justified by all her children."
NKJV

Matt 11:19
19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and a winebibber, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
NKJV

Luke 5:29-32
29 Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying,"Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

31 Jesus answered and said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance."
NKJV

Luke 15:1-32
1 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." 3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!' 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

11 Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. 14 But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'

20 "And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

22 "But the father said to his servants,'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

25 "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'

28 "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'

31 "And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'"
NKJV

Mark 16:15
15 And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
NKJV

Mark 16:20
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.
NKJV

Mark 16:15
15 Then he said, "Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God's good news to one and all.
MES

Mark 16:15
15 And then he told them, "You are to go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone, everywhere.
TLB

DEFY

2011-12-05T08:38:00.001-07:00

Ups and downs,
Smiles and frowns,
Pleasure and pain,
Life’s insane.

Through it all,
Walk or crawl.
Rapture and chagrin.
There’s Power within.

You’re still alive,
You will survive,
Laugh or cry,
Death defy!

Eccl 3:1-8
1 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven:

2 A time to be born,
And a time to die;
A time to plant,
And a time to pluck what is planted;
3 A time to kill,
And a time to heal;
A time to break down,
And a time to build up;
4 A time to weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
5 A time to cast away stones,
And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace,
And a time to refrain from embracing;
6 A time to gain,
And a time to lose;
A time to keep,
And a time to throw away;
7 A time to tear,
And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence,
And a time to speak;
8 A time to love,
And a time to hate;
A time of war,
And a time of peace.
NKJV

1 Cor 15:26
26 The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.
NKJV

1 John 3:14-15
14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.
NKJV

God is Great at Any Rate

2011-12-02T08:44:00.000-07:00

I will not fail, I will not quit, even though I wanna throw a fit.
To the pit, I’ll not submit, for I believe the Holy Writ.

I’m strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might, so I commit to win this fight.
Even when it’s frustrating, and things are slow, and I’m annoyed because I wanna GO!

Here I sit, and here I’ll wait, even though I hate - to hesitate,
For God is Great, at any rate, and assures me - that He’s never late!

I’ll watch to see what He’ll say to me, and wait to see what He’s said to me.
I’ll abide in the Word for that’s the place to be, to know the Truth that sets me free.

Hab 2:1
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
KJV

Hab 2:1
I will stand at my watch
and station myself on the ramparts;
I will look to see what he will say to me,
and what answer I am to give to this complaint.
NIV

Hab 2:2-3
2 Then the Lord answered me and said:

"Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
NKJV

Hab 2:3
3 But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, do not despair, for these things will surely come to pass. Just be patient! They will not be overdue a single day!
TLB

Heb 10:36-39
36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

37 "For yet a little while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him."

39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
NKJV

Phil 1:6
6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;
NKJV

1 Thess 5:23-24
23 May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put you together — spirit, soul, and body — and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ. 24 The One who called you is completely dependable. If he said it, he'll do it!
MES

Heb 13:20-21
20 Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV

Col 1:9-12
9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.
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

Heb 6:12
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
KJV

Heb 6:11-12
11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish. 12 Don't drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them.
MES

Heb 6:11-12
11 But we do [strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity [all the way through] in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of [your] hope until the end,

12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.
AMP

1 Tim 6:12
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
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1 Cor 9:26
26 Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

Phil 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
NKJV

Phil 4:13
13 Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.
MES

Phil 4:13
13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency].
AMP

Ps 40:1-3
1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
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

Isa 40:28-31
28 Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
NKJV

Gal 6:7-10
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
NKJV

Ps 27:13-14
13 I would have lost heart, unless I had believed
That I would see the goodness of the Lord
In the land of the living.

14 Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
NKJV

John 8:31-32
1 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

Ps 46:1-3
1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
NKJV

Ps 46:1-3

46 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Selah
NKJV

Isa 54:10
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the Lord, who has compassion on you.
NIV

Rom 8:31-39
31 What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all — how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? 33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died — more than that, who was raised to life — is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written:

"For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
NIV

Overcome or Overcome

2011-12-01T06:18:00.000-07:00

“I Feel so I Will…”
~ or ~
“I have Faith so I Will…”

Feelings or Faith,
~ which one ~
Leads - your will?

Because what you Will,
You Will – Full-fill.

Everybody believes something. I believe that we are created to be led by our convictions. However, we also have feelings which are strong and easily accessible. So there’s a fight, a war within, and each side is looking for loyalty.

It’s easy to be led by feelings, but the problem with fulfilling your feelings is that there’s too much fluctuation. All the ups and downs tend to tear you up and break you down. And progress is slow when there’s no definite direction to go. Then you end up looking back and having a bad feeling attack, because of your feelings that tell you you lack. So feelings are not, made to follow but made - to follow. To follow faith that is. In other words, it’s good when feelings express faith, not faith trying to express feelings. Following feelings is futile because feelings are always changing, so be led by convictions because they are not always rearranging.

Being led by convictions enables us to get rid of contradictions. When what we do is determined by what we believe then our will is able to remain constant. And when our will is consistent then we are able to make progress in the direction of our dreams.

Challenges and disappointments will come. So will we overcome or be overcome? Feelings will overcome while faith overcomes.

So follow your faith and let it be enhanced by your feelings. Because what you will, you will – fulfill.

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

GET UP!

2011-11-29T05:30:00.001-07:00

Everyday is a fight, psychological plight, between darkness and light, the depths and heights.
No matter how hard it may get, do not forget, that God’s on your side, and it ain’t over yet.

Keep getting up, keep on going - rowing and growing, overcoming all - that you’re undergoing.
No matter how far you descend, there’s still Power within, so lift up your chin and endure till the end!

For ~
When you are weak, then you are strong, not in your own strength, but in whose you belong!

2 Cor 12:7-10
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
NKJV

Joel 3:10
10 Beat your plowshares into swords
And your pruning hooks into spears;
Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'"
NKJV

Eph 6:10-11
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
NKJV

Shepherd and Sheep

2011-11-22T05:48:00.000-07:00

You’re the Shepherd and I’m the sheep, I bid Thee Lord my soul to keep, lead me in Your will I today, give me courage to obey, and when I die take me away, for I am Yours so thus I pray.

Psalm 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

1 Peter 2:24-25
24 who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness — by whose stripes you were healed. 25 For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
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Heb 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
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The Wizard

2011-11-21T08:01:00.000-07:00

“We’re off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Oz…” So who or what is your wizard? Have you been searching for someone with the solution, looking for what you’re lacking? “…if I only had a brain…”

If you remember the story of Oz was the characters that possessed the power. It wasn’t the brains of bran, the heart of sawdust, or the potion of courage, but the true ability to win came from within. They had to believe that they could achieve what they desired, and not only believe but also act.

I believe in you! I believe that in you are God given gifts, gifts given to be given. And that - when you’re givin what you’ve been given, then you’re your livin, like you’re supposed to be livin.

So…

Avoid distraction, resist the faction, your gift’s extraction, is by faith in action.

James 2:14-20
14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe — and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
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Rom 11:29-30
29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
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Rom 5:18-19
18 Therefore, as through one man's offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man's righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.
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Luke 6:38
38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
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Eph 2:10
10 For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].
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Pendulum

2011-11-17T05:38:00.000-07:00

The course of life sways, on narrow pathways,
Enticements amaze, each side has its craze.
They sing their own praise, to allure their prey
They insist on their ways, all others must pay.
But who’s gone astray, there’s a ditch either way,
The mindless obey, to the chasm convey.

Follow not kings, or fools on their strings,
The propaganda of man, nor the allure of things.
To the left and the right, the pendulum swings
To far either way - brings death on its wings.

Copyright © 2011 Pat Turner

Prov 4:25-27
25 Let your eyes look straight ahead,
And your eyelids look right before you.
26 Ponder the path of your feet,
And let all your ways be established.
27 Do not turn to the right or the left;
Remove your foot from evil.
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Seedtime and Harvest

2011-11-16T06:40:00.000-07:00

We want everything to happen fast but that’s not the way the world works. Unless there’s a miraculous intervention in time, then it’s always seed – time – and – then harvest. We sow – things grow – and we reap, but it’s not designed to happen overnight.

To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven.
Eccl 3:1

And

He has made everything beautiful in its time.
Eccl 3:11

God can intervene in time but we can’t.

"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." From The Lord of the Rings

We can’t change time but we can work with it. There’s no sense in being frustrated with something we can’t change. We need to learn to work with what we have and not fret about what we have not. We need to live in the now and stop trying to rush to the then.

Now is now and now is good.
Enjoy your life, do what you should,
Today you’re reaping, what you’ve been sowing,
And keep on sowing, things are growing.

Gal 6:7-8
7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.
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Mark 4:26-29
26 And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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Gen 8:22
22 "While the earth remains,
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease."
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Mark 4:26-29
26 And He said, "The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, 27 and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know how. 28 For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head. 29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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THE END

2011-11-11T06:41:00.003-07:00

Some people obsess over what they believe,
Others are focused on what they achieve,
Some seek wisdom others success,
Or to have an abundance in the things they possess.

But what will matter in the end,
Let me ask you my friend -
Will it be wisdom, possessions, the building with the steeple,
Or will our life be judged by how we treated our people?

Luke 12:15
15 And He said to them, "Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses."
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Luke 16:9-10
9 "And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into an everlasting home.
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Luke 16:9
9 Here's the lesson: Use your worldly resources to benefit others and make friends. Then, when your earthly possessions are gone, they will welcome you to an eternal home.
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1 Cor 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.

4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect has come, then that which is in part will be done away.

11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known.

13 And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
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POSSESSED

2011-11-09T06:42:00.000-07:00

By the Spirit of the Almighty I am possessed; I will fear no evil, nor no flesh.

Gal 4:6
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"
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2 Cor 6:18
18 'I will be a Father to you,
And you shall be My sons and daughters,
Says the Lord Almighty."
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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 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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Ps 23:4
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.
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Prov 29:25a
25 The fear of man brings a snare,
But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.
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Prov 29:25a
25 The fear of human opinion disables.
MES

Prov 29:25a
25 Fear of man is a dangerous trap,
TLB

Prov 29:25a
The fear of man is a cause of danger:
BBE

Prov 29:25a
25 It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you
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Isa 51:7b
Do not fear the reproach of men,
Nor be afraid of their insults.
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Ps 56:4b
In God I have put my trust;
I will not fear.
What can flesh do to me?
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PAIN!

2011-11-08T07:16:00.000-07:00

Obedience is a pain! But you know the old saying, “No pain, No gain!”

It’s interesting and agonizing. When you pray and begin to obey a situation always seems come your way. Somebody’s always got something to say, and your “emotions” want to make you pay. You know in your heart what God revealed, but you’ll be tested by how you feel.

But obedience is action and emotion is reaction. And to be let by reaction is retraction. It’s the classic “one step forward and two steps back” and very common is this attack. So you gotta go with what you know and not how you feel. This is the war, the war’s within, and you must follow the Spirit, not your feelings - if you want to win.

There will be pain so stop trying to avoid it. ~ Either the pain of your flesh suffering in obedience or the pain of the consequences of disobedience. One leads to victory and the other defeat, but at least the end of one is sweet. So embrace the pain and press on through, because if you try to avoid it, it will accrue. But if you’ll do what you know - what you need to do, you’ll be rewarded, tried and true.

From the pain you can’t refrain, but you can choose your pain, and through pain reign.

Heb 5:7-10
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, 8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered. 9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
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Luke 22:42-44
42 saying, "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done." 43 Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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Matt 26:38-39
38 Then He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me."

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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Mark 14:35-36
35 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. 36 And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will."
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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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1 Peter 5:6-11
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.

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11 To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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2 Cor 2:14
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.
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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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Heb 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
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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.)
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Escape

2011-11-07T07:14:00.000-07:00

I’ll not give you more than you can bear, so come unto Me, when you’re laden with care,
I’ll comfort, console, and fill you with Love, so cast your cares, and rise above.

1 Cor 10:13
13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
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Matt 11:28-30
28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
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Ps 55:22
22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
And He shall sustain you;
He shall never permit the righteous to be moved.
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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.
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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.
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2 Thess 2:16-17
16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, 17 comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.
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Isa 61:1-3
1 "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
3 To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."
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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 2:4-7
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
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KEEP

2011-11-04T07:25:00.001-06:00

Keep the Lord and He’ll keep you, He is your Keep and Provider too.

Ex 19:5
5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
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James 4:8a
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.
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John 15:5-8
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. 6 If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. 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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Deut 29:9
9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.
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Ps 119:17
7 Deal bountifully with Your servant,
That I may live and keep Your word.
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Ps 119:33
3 Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes,
And I shall keep it to the end.
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Ps 119:44-45
44 So shall I keep Your law continually,
Forever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty,
For I seek Your precepts.
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Prov 4:4
4 He also taught me, and said to me:
"Let your heart retain my words;
Keep my commands, and live.
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Prov 4:13
13 Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go;
Keep her, for she is your life.
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Prov 4:20-23
20 My son, give attention to my words;
Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 Do not let them depart from your eyes;
Keep them in the midst of your heart;
22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.
23 Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.
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Luke 8:15
15 But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.
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Luke 11:28
28 But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
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Eccl 12:13
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man's all.
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Matt 19:17
17 So He said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
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John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. 35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
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Rom 13:8-10
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not bear false witness," "You shall not covet," and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
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Matt 22:37-40
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. 39 And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
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John 14:15-18
15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. 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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John 14:23
23 Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 15:10
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.
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1 John 5:2-5
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. 4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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Jude 20-21
20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
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Ps 17:4-8
4 Concerning the works of men,
By the word of Your lips,
I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Uphold my steps in Your paths,
That my footsteps may not slip.

6 I have called upon You, for You will hear me, O God;
Incline Your ear to me, and hear my speech.
7 Show Your marvelous lovingkindness by Your right hand,
O You who save those who trust in You
From those who rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye;
Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
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Ps 91:1-2
91 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust."
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Jude 24-25
24 Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,
And to present you faultless
Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,
25 To God our Savior,
Who alone is wise,Be glory and majesty,
Dominion and power,
Both now and forever.
Amen.
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HEED

2011-11-03T07:47:00.000-06:00

I diligently seek and pay attention to You, what would You lead me and heed me to do?

This is the question I have asked of the Almighty. He has given me some very detailed and direct instruction.

However I still need to pray everyday.
To Refresh the Vision
To Receive Strength and Provision
To be Bold to Obey
To Keep in the Way

I know what I need to do so how about you? And it’s one thing to know, and quite another to GO. And not only to GO, but to KEEP ON GOING and KEEP ON DOING what you’re supposed to be doing. It’s easy to trip and slip and stray from the Way that’s why you need to PRAY EVERYDAY AND BE BOLD TO OBEY! And you too, the Lord will show what to do. And if you DO and KEEP ON DOING, and STAY IN WAY and KEEP ON GOING, He will manifest and you’ll be blessed and His Promise will be possessed.

Deut 28:1-2
1 "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:
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Deut 28:1-2
28 If you listen obediently to the Voice of God, your God, and heartily obey all his commandments that I command you today, God, your God, will place you on high, high above all the nations of the world. 2 All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of God, your God:
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CRY OUT

2011-11-01T07:51:00.000-06:00

When your world seems a wilderness, and you’re tempted to doubt, don’t give in to fear, it’s time to cry out.

Ps 56:9
9 When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because God is for me.
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Ps 56:9
When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.
KJV

Ps 56:9-10
9 The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!
TLB

Ps 34:17
17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears,
And delivers them out of all their troubles.
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Ps 57:2
2 I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]!
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Ps 107:28-31
28 Then they cry out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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UP!

2011-11-01T05:46:00.000-06:00

There will always be ups and downs but God remains the same -

UP!
UP and ABLE.
And infinitely ABLE -
ABLE - to lift you up!

When your world seems a wilderness, and you’re tempted to doubt, don’t give in to fear, it’s time to cry out.

Do not dismay when they say, “No way!”

Just pray everyday and be bold to obey, acknowledge the Almighty within, for He is - THE WAY.

Isa 40:3-5
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
"Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make straight in the desert
A highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be exalted
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough places smooth;
5 The glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
And all flesh shall see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken."
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Luke 3:4-6
4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way of the Lord;
Make His paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled
And every mountain and hill brought low;
The crooked places shall be made straight
And the rough ways smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'"
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Ps 3:3-4
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
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Eph 3:20
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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“I AM THE WAY!” Jn 14:6

TAKE AUTHORITY

2011-10-28T07:35:00.000-06:00

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

Fear NOT

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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

HARD-CORE

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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

What Happened Here?

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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

Dollars and Sense

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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.

INCREASE!

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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

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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

All to All

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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.
NKJV

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,
NKJV

LIVE FREE

2011-10-17T07:02:00.001-06:00

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!

2011-10-17T06:14:00.000-06:00

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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EMPTY or FULFILLED

2011-10-14T06:59:00.000-06:00

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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INDIVIDUAL!

2011-10-12T07:16:00.000-06:00

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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Dim or Delight

2011-10-11T07:41:00.002-06:00

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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Glorified to Glorify

2011-10-07T06:17:00.000-06:00

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?

2011-10-07T05:52:00.000-06:00

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."
NIV

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."
NKJV

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."
NKJV

Acts 1:8
8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you…
NKJV

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.
NKJV

“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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

Phil 4:19
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

“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.
NKJV

Col 1:19-20
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

1 Cor 6:17
17 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:
NKJV

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

CRUCIFY THYSELF!

2011-10-05T05:19:00.000-06:00

“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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

Gal 2:20a
20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…
NKJV

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."
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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?
NKJV

1 Cor 15:31
31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

Rev 2:10
Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
NKJV

I AM I AM after All

2011-10-04T05:51:00.000-06:00

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."
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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;
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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?
NKJV

Phil 4:19
19 And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
NKJV

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:
NKJV

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

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.
NKJV

John 8:58
58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."
NKJV

John 9:5
5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."
NKJV

John 10:11
11 "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
NKJV

John 10:14
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
NKJV

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?"
NKJV

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.
NKJV

John 15:1
I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

“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."
NKJV

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.
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

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.
NKJV

“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.
NKJV

Pray or Prey

2011-09-30T07:18:00.000-06:00

Pray everyday like your life depended on it and then when it does you’ll know what to do. Don’t wait to pray until the day of need. Be aware and declare before you get there, if you don’t prepare, you won’t have a prayer.

Prayer is preparation and “makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]” James 5:16AMP

When you pray steady the shield and wield the Word.

The slothful soldier who waits… and neglects to seize the shield and swing the sword - until the struggle will surely suffer, and likely die in the day.

Thank God for His mercy! But how long will you cry and rely on others to keep picking you up? Are you a burden or a blessing? Are you a weak one who needs to be fought for, or are you a strong one who fights for? Fight for yourself and for others - and the way is to pray everyday and be bold to obey.

Be diligent to pray. Pray everyday like your life depended on it, and then when it does you’ll know what to do.

Ps 56:9
The very day I call for help, the tide of battle turns. My enemies flee! This one thing I know: God is for me!
TLB

The very day that I pray, the battle goes my way. My enemies flee! One thing I know: My God is for me!
Pataphrased

Rom 8:31
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
NKJV

Over the Edge

2011-09-29T07:57:00.001-06:00

At least the insanity, offers some sanity,
Freedom from fetters, and demands of humanity,
Vexation – Vindication - Liberation from vanity,
At least the insanity, offers some sanity.

When there’s no escape,
Where do I go,
Across the line,
This place I know -
Beyond my mind,
Boundless frontiers,
Over the edge,
Fear disappears.

Possible new lyrics for - Over the Edge - Copyright ©VBN 2011

2 Cor 5:13
13 If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
NIV

Phil 2:5-6
5 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,
NKJV

Eph 4:20-24
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 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.
NKJV

Phil 2:5-6

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

Eph 4:20-24
20 But you have not so learned Christ, 21 if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, 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.
NKJV

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.
NKJV

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

Ps 71:15
15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And Your salvation all the day,
For I do not know their limits.
NKJV

Ps 119:96
96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection,
But Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
NKJV

Ps 119:96
6 I see the limits to everything human,
but the horizons can't contain your commands!
MES

Ps 119:96
6 To all perfection I see a limit;
but your commands are boundless.
NIV

Ps 119:96
Even perfection has its limits,
but your commands have no limit.
NLT

Ps 119:96
96 I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity].
AMP

Ps 118:5
I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and set me in a broad place.
NKJV

Ps 118:5
Pushed to the wall, I called to God;
from the wide open spaces, he answered.
MES

Ps 118:5
5 In my anguish I cried to the Lord,
and he answered by setting me free.
NIV

Ps 118:5
5 Out of my distress I called upon the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free and in a large place.
AMP

Do or do-do

2011-09-15T05:43:00.000-06:00

When will you do what you keep thinking about doing? Repetitive thoughts are usually either leading's or temptations. If it’s good it’s probably God and is its evil it’s obviously not. And then there are just the general repetitive thoughts like, “I just keep thinking I need to check my oil” or “get the furnace ready for the winter.” Sometimes you ‘just don’t feel right’ or ‘have peace’ about a certain person or thing. That’s probably an indication that you need to do something about it, but what? Sometimes you don’t know, but it doesn’t matter what you don’t know the question is, “What do you know?” Focusing on the unknown is ignorant and useless, because you can only GO WITH WHAT YOU KNOW. Not that you can’t gain more knowledge, but you’ll never know more if you keep thinking about all the unknowns. Many times people get stuck in the stupefaction of saying or thinking, “I just don’t know what to do!” And they don’t know, and they don’t know… and it’s like the “song that doesn’t end” and “it just goes on and on my friend.”

This is the ignorance that does not end, it just goes on and on my friend, you started thinking it, not knowing what it was, and now it goes on and on forever just because… This is the ignorance that does not end…

And that’s a trap that will very surely hold you back. If all you think about is what you don’t know you might as well go rent a white room at the Insanity Inn.

If you’re led by the Almighty then it stands to reason that you generally know what you need to know when you need to know it. Don’t try to complicate it or super spiritualize it, just discern it and do it. The leading is usually so simple that you discount it because you’re looking for great things. But great things, like the Eiffel Tower for example are made up of many simple and small things. The Tower has 2,500,000 rivets holding 18,038 pieces all put together one by one. And so is your life, you can probably see the big picture but you’ll never accomplish it unless you’re persistent with all the little pieces. This is daily living and progress in made in the doing. Its many mini materials multiplied that make man monumental.

So do what you know and then you’ll know what to do, because you can’t get to step three until you do two.

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.
NKJV

John 14:12
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

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

Lost-N-Found

2011-09-14T06:47:00.000-06:00

You have to leave the found to find the lost. When found, you found the found. But how many people when found, lost the lost?

Luke 15
1 Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him. 2 And the Pharisees and scribes complained, saying, "This Man receives sinners and eats with them." 3 So He spoke this parable to them, saying:

4 "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' 7 I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

8 "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!' 10 Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

11 Then He said: "A certain man had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me.' So he divided to them his livelihood. 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, journeyed to a far country, and there wasted his possessions with prodigal living. 14 But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in that land, and he began to be in want. 15 Then he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave him anything.

17 "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, 19 and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'

20 "And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 21 And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

22 "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. 23 And bring the fatted calf here and kill it, and let us eat and be merry; 24 for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.' And they began to be merry.

25 "Now his older son was in the field. And as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. 26 So he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. 27 And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.'

28 "But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.'

31 "And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.'"
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Luke 14:34-35
34 "Salt is good; but if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? 35 It is neither fit for the land nor for the dunghill, but men throw it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
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