Fascination or procrastination can’t receive manifestation.
Now faith is, faith is now. It’s always easier to believe what God did or what He will do then what He is doing now. But now is the only time we can really believe in. God is in eternity but He works in our now. Whenever He did something in someone’s life it was always in the now. There are appointed times for specific events, but since the resurrection the time for salvation is always NOW.
2 Cor 6:2
2 For He says:
"In an acceptable time I have heard you,
"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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2 Cor 6:2b
I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
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2 Cor 6:2b
Right now God is ready to welcome you. Today he is ready to save you.
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2 Cor 6:2
I tell you that the "right time" is now, and the "day of salvation" is now.
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As long as we’re “in time” what God does, did and will do - was, is, and will always be - now. You may be inspired by what was, or excited about what will be, but you can only receive what you believe now. As long as you believe that you will have it, you don’t have it, and won’t have it, until you believe that you do.
Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.
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1 John 5:14-15
14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 15 And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him.
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Matt 21:22
22 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive."
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“NOW FAITH is the substance of things hoped for…” As long as you believe that you will receive you don’t have and can’t see. But if you will believe you receive NOW, then you will see.
John 11:40b
"Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?"
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My spirit is always agitated whenever someone says something like, “the Glory is coming” or “there’s a great revival – just around the corner.” Because as long as it’s coming, or just around the corner then it’s not here. And then we just go faster and faster and end up racing NASCAR. We’re goin real fast to get around the corner and driving in circles. We’re literally going nowhere fast and the stadium is full of preachers and demons cheering us on. “Faster, faster, faster!” “You’re ALMOST there!” “When the going gets tough, the tough get going!” “GO, GO, GO!” But where are we going? Until most people either quit or crash and end up “burned.” And all because someone said, what IS, is not NOW but what it will be, putting it off for the future to see.
This revelation is very scary! Because it makes us responsible to actually go somewhere and do something now. People didn’t like it when Jesus came and preached it and they don’t like it now.
Luke 4:17-22, 28-30
7 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:
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."
20 Then He closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing."
…28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. 30 Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.
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But from then until now, NOW is the time! Take a look at these scriptures and look for the “now.” It’s like a Where’s Waldo but you’re looking for “now.” Now God is looking for people will believe and live in the now. And for now it seems, that in the church, they are about as rare a Waldo.
Luke 4:19
19 to announce, "This is God's year to act!"
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Luke 4:19
19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound.] [Isa 61:1,2.]
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2 Cor 6:2
I tell you that the "right time" is now, and the "day of salvation" is now.
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Heb 11:1-2
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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John 4:35-38
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."
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Mark 4:29
29 But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."
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Luke 10:2
2 Then He said to them, "The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.
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John 5:24-26
24 "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
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Rom 8:18-23
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. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.
Rom 8:27-30
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.
28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. 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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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.
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Rom 13:11-13
11 But make sure that you don't get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. 12 The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed.
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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 Cor 12:27-28
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.
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Col 2:9-10
9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 10 and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
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1 Cor 15:20
20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
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2 Cor 1:21-22
21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God,
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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,
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Gal 3:3-6
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh? 4 Have you suffered so many things in vain — if indeed it was in vain?
5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? —
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Gal 3:16
16 Now to Abraham and his Seed were the promises made.
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Eph 2:13
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 2:19-22
19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.
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Eph 3:5-7
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,
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Eph 3:9-11
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; 10 to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenly places,
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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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1 Thess 5:23-24
23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 He who calls you is faithful, who also will do it.
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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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2 Thess 3:5
5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
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2 Tim 1:9-10
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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Heb 8:6
6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
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Heb 12:27-29
27 Now this, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
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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 2:9-10
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; 10 who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
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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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1 John 3:2-3
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
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Rev 1:8
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
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1 John 4:17b
…as He is, so are we in this world.
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1 John 4:3-5
3 and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
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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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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Rev 19:15-16
15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 16 And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written:
KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
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2 Cor 5:16-6:2 (Caps. added)
16 Therefore, from NOW on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet NOW we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 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. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
6 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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1 Tim 1:17
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
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