BLOOD

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?

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!

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!

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

What’s Yo Thing?

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!?

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!

“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!