Be kind to others, proclaim the good news, imagine how it would be if it were you in their shoes. If you misunderstand don’t be a jerk and berate, especially when you haven’t even tried to relate. Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you, it’s the best way to live long tried and true.
Luke 6:31
And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
NKJV
Matt 7:12
12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
NKJV
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;
NKJV
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Get Up and Get Up!
Unless you just love mornings you probably have to make yourself get up. And even if dawn is your favorite time of day the comfort and serenity of the bed tempts you to stay. But you have to shake off the slumber and get up and get going. But sometimes even after you’re up you’re still not up. You can go through life sleepwalking feeling half dead and dormant inside. But God has given you all good things to richly enjoy. His blessings are immense and intense but if you’re not quite awake then you won’t even notice. So shake off the laze, stop being lethargic and start looking. When you see things in His light it makes everything seem bright. He is the Author of life and has made it in ultimate high definition. When you’re connected with Him you’re empowered from within to see and everything seems more magnificent and glorious. So ou have to make yourself get up you also have to stir yourself up to get up after you’re up. Don’t look down and go around with your eyes on the ground but look up and open up and God will fill up your cup. His love and joy will overflow; His goodness you’ll know; and begin to see His blessings everywhere you go.
Rom 13:11-13
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.
NKJV
Luke 22:45-46
45 When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. 46 Then He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation."
NKJV
1 Tim 6:17-18
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
NKJV
John 4:14
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
NKJV
John 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
Ps 23:5-6
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.
6 Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.
AMP
Rom 13:11-13
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.
NKJV
Luke 22:45-46
45 When He rose up from prayer, and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping from sorrow. 46 Then He said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation."
NKJV
1 Tim 6:17-18
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
NKJV
John 4:14
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
NKJV
John 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
Ps 23:5-6
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.
6 Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.
AMP
Monday, May 10, 2010
Bones in Nose and Tattoo Toes?
Salvation! Can you paint it on like art or is it a matter of the heart? Can you tell merely by looking if someone is a child of God? Are not the whitest tombs still full of dead men’s bones? And do not many still live happily in buildings “decorated” with graffiti?
Childish Christian’s desire kudos for cleanliness and correct conduct but you’ll get none from God. For without the blood of Christ we are all still slaves of sin. All our own righteousness is like filthy rags to God. No matter how spiffy of a saint we may attempt to appear to be it’s the blood of Christ and none else that sets us free.
Our own desires, tastes and opinions we need to stop trying to protect and realize it’s not our job to correct anyone who might not possibly look right, talk right or act right in our sight. We are called to proclaim the good news of forgiveness and salvation through faith in Christ and Him alone. And not judge or begrudge people based on appearance. If we take the gospel to a primitive village do you think God cares if they have a bone in their nose or tattoos on their toes? Should we try to cleanse the outside and hide all the markings of their culture to makes ourselves feel like worthy reformers? Or should we just preach the cross and the gospel of a new heart and reconciliation with God through faith in Jesus Christ the sacrifice?
What about the youth and other people of different tastes of today shall we try to make them look, pray and act “our way”? Do not many supposed saints still put on airs to appear to be perfect cookie cutter Christian’s yet are still un-free? It’s our heart that God came to change and not our personality so get em saved and let em be. We need to preach the Word and not our ways and let God change their lives and get the praise. They may look bad to us, but we look stupid to them and it’s the one who judges by appearance who commits the sin.
And what is sin anyway? The greatest commandment is that of love and we’re supposed to rule our lives thereof. - To love the Lord with all our heart and our neighbors as ourselves that’s our part. No matter how freaky they may at first appear, just preach the gospel and do not fear. God will create a new heart and reside inside and change their lives as He decides. There’s always talk and condemnation for “defiling the temple” but should not him who lives inside know what’s right for his own house plain and simple? And if we think that an outward change of our neighbor’s place needs to occur should we “take it upon ourselves” or to the owner of the soul defer? For God Himself has said that they belong to Him their yards to mow and bushes trim. If they paint their buildings bright and landscape in a wild way, we're not the landlord so what can we say?
The gospel is main thing we need to make sure everyone knows. God forgives all people and desires to be invited in so He sent His only Son to die to cleanse their sin. So His own temple they could be, to dwell within and set them free. To be united with Him in everlasting love, O won’t you receive God above? For your death He died but is alive today simply waiting for you to pray. Receive Jesus as Lord and become God’s own child, it doesn’t matter how you look or if you’re mild or wild. But one thing He requires, your heart’s devotion, this decision will set your everlasting life in motion. Then the Almighty Himself will transform you from the inside out, this is what salvation is all about. Your Creator will considerably enhance your personality for good, and help you express and live and act the way you should. And exactly how that is, is between you and God alone, by His Spirit within He’ll make His way known. Love is the goal and great command, and that’s all from you He will demand. For if you love you will obey and know what’s right till your dying day. And then that’s not the end my friend but eternal bliss will then begin. But I say why wait? It’s time to pray, invite Him who makes heaven heavenly into your heart today, and have sweet fellowship with Him, within, now and alway.
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.
NKJV
John 1:12
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
Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children 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
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
1 Sam 16:6-7
6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him!"
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."
NKJV
Prov 20:9
Who can say, "I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin"?
NKJV
Ps 51:10
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
NKJV
Ezek 11:19-21
19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
NKJV
Ezek 36:26-28
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
NKJV
Rom 2:28-29
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
NKJV
Deut 30:6
6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
NKJV
Matt 23:23-28
23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
NKJV
2 Cor 5:12-21
12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 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.
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.
NKJV
1 Tim 1:15-17
15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
Rom 14:4
4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
NKJV
Rom 10:9-13
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 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."
NKJV
Childish Christian’s desire kudos for cleanliness and correct conduct but you’ll get none from God. For without the blood of Christ we are all still slaves of sin. All our own righteousness is like filthy rags to God. No matter how spiffy of a saint we may attempt to appear to be it’s the blood of Christ and none else that sets us free.
Our own desires, tastes and opinions we need to stop trying to protect and realize it’s not our job to correct anyone who might not possibly look right, talk right or act right in our sight. We are called to proclaim the good news of forgiveness and salvation through faith in Christ and Him alone. And not judge or begrudge people based on appearance. If we take the gospel to a primitive village do you think God cares if they have a bone in their nose or tattoos on their toes? Should we try to cleanse the outside and hide all the markings of their culture to makes ourselves feel like worthy reformers? Or should we just preach the cross and the gospel of a new heart and reconciliation with God through faith in Jesus Christ the sacrifice?
What about the youth and other people of different tastes of today shall we try to make them look, pray and act “our way”? Do not many supposed saints still put on airs to appear to be perfect cookie cutter Christian’s yet are still un-free? It’s our heart that God came to change and not our personality so get em saved and let em be. We need to preach the Word and not our ways and let God change their lives and get the praise. They may look bad to us, but we look stupid to them and it’s the one who judges by appearance who commits the sin.
And what is sin anyway? The greatest commandment is that of love and we’re supposed to rule our lives thereof. - To love the Lord with all our heart and our neighbors as ourselves that’s our part. No matter how freaky they may at first appear, just preach the gospel and do not fear. God will create a new heart and reside inside and change their lives as He decides. There’s always talk and condemnation for “defiling the temple” but should not him who lives inside know what’s right for his own house plain and simple? And if we think that an outward change of our neighbor’s place needs to occur should we “take it upon ourselves” or to the owner of the soul defer? For God Himself has said that they belong to Him their yards to mow and bushes trim. If they paint their buildings bright and landscape in a wild way, we're not the landlord so what can we say?
The gospel is main thing we need to make sure everyone knows. God forgives all people and desires to be invited in so He sent His only Son to die to cleanse their sin. So His own temple they could be, to dwell within and set them free. To be united with Him in everlasting love, O won’t you receive God above? For your death He died but is alive today simply waiting for you to pray. Receive Jesus as Lord and become God’s own child, it doesn’t matter how you look or if you’re mild or wild. But one thing He requires, your heart’s devotion, this decision will set your everlasting life in motion. Then the Almighty Himself will transform you from the inside out, this is what salvation is all about. Your Creator will considerably enhance your personality for good, and help you express and live and act the way you should. And exactly how that is, is between you and God alone, by His Spirit within He’ll make His way known. Love is the goal and great command, and that’s all from you He will demand. For if you love you will obey and know what’s right till your dying day. And then that’s not the end my friend but eternal bliss will then begin. But I say why wait? It’s time to pray, invite Him who makes heaven heavenly into your heart today, and have sweet fellowship with Him, within, now and alway.
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.
NKJV
John 1:12
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
Rom 8:16
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children 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
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
1 Sam 16:6-7
6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him!"
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."
NKJV
Prov 20:9
Who can say, "I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin"?
NKJV
Ps 51:10
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
NKJV
Ezek 11:19-21
19 Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
NKJV
Ezek 36:26-28
26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
NKJV
Rom 2:28-29
28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh; 29 but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the Spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men but from God.
NKJV
Deut 30:6
6 And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
NKJV
Matt 23:23-28
23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
NKJV
2 Cor 5:12-21
12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you opportunity to boast on our behalf, that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart. 13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; or if we are of sound mind, it is for you. 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.
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.
NKJV
1 Tim 1:15-17
15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. 16 However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
Rom 14:4
4 Who are you to judge another's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
NKJV
Rom 10:9-13
9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame." 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."
NKJV
Friday, May 7, 2010
Simple Yet Supernatural
If you need help just ask. God promised to provide but you still need to ask. Over the years we’ve had challenges at times paying for things like tires, tuition, dryers, doctors, dentists, maintenance and mechanics. But we’ve also found out that something amazing thing happens when you get God involved. We’ve gone without necessary things for seasons but when we’ve made a list and presented it to God He’s always been faithful to take care of us. So a simple thing you can do that gets supernatural results is just write down and start praying for what you’ve been having trouble paying for.
James 4:2
2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
NKJV
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
Matt 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you…
NKJV
Matt 18:19
19 "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
NKJV
Matt 21:22
2 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
James 4:2
2 You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.
NKJV
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
Matt 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you…
NKJV
Matt 18:19
19 "Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
NKJV
Matt 21:22
2 And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Kings Abide Satisfied
Those who “receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” He “has made us kings and priests to His God and Father.” “And we shall reign on the earth.” Not just struggle to survive but live in His Presence and rejoice fully alive and satisfied!
Rom 5:17
17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
NKJV
Rev 1:5-6
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
NKJV
Rev 5:9-10
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
NKJV
Ps 21:1-7
21 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him —
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
NKJV
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."
NKJV
Ps 107:8-9
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.
NKJV
Prov 19:23
23 The fear of the Lord leads to life,
And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
He will not be visited with evil.
NKJV
Rom 5:17
17 For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
NKJV
Rev 1:5-6
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6 and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
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Rev 5:9-10
9 And they sang a new song, saying:
"You are worthy to take the scroll,
And to open its seals;
For You were slain,
And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,
10 And have made us kings and priests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth."
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Ps 21:1-7
21 The king shall have joy in Your strength, O Lord;
And in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 You have given him his heart's desire,
And have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
3 For You meet him with the blessings of goodness;
You set a crown of pure gold upon his head.
4 He asked life from You, and You gave it to him —
Length of days forever and ever.
5 His glory is great in Your salvation;
Honor and majesty You have placed upon him.
6 For You have made him most blessed forever;
You have made him exceedingly glad with Your presence.
7 For the king trusts in the Lord,
And through the mercy of the Most High he shall not be moved.
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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 107:8-9
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.
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Prov 19:23
23 The fear of the Lord leads to life,
And he who has it will abide in satisfaction;
He will not be visited with evil.
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010
ABSORB THE ALMIGHTY!
Your capacity to receive the Divine is as great as God Himself! You were made to be the temple of the Almighty and none else.
God set eternity in the hearts of men, gave His own blood to cleanse all sin, so His Spirit could live within.
This is truly wonderful, extraordinary, and amazing, just think about it! When you receive Him Glory moves in! Not just in some small measure but in unlimited ability. It’s God Almighty Himself the eternal Creator and greater than all.
So Life is Glorious and we shall be Victorious! The Divine characteristics of God will manifest to the degree that we know and see the One who truly lives in you and me!
Eccl 3:11-12
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
NIV
2 Peter 1:2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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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?
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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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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!"
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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 3:2
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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1 John 4:12-18
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.
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!” It’s time to know it and show it. YAY GOD!
Rom 8:18-20
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.
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Rom 8:28-30
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
God set eternity in the hearts of men, gave His own blood to cleanse all sin, so His Spirit could live within.
This is truly wonderful, extraordinary, and amazing, just think about it! When you receive Him Glory moves in! Not just in some small measure but in unlimited ability. It’s God Almighty Himself the eternal Creator and greater than all.
So Life is Glorious and we shall be Victorious! The Divine characteristics of God will manifest to the degree that we know and see the One who truly lives in you and me!
Eccl 3:11-12
11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.
NIV
2 Peter 1:2-4
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
NKJV
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?
NKJV
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.
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
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.
NKJV
1 John 3:2
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.
NKJV
1 John 4:12-18
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.
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!” It’s time to know it and show it. YAY GOD!
Rom 8:18-20
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.
NKJV
Rom 8:28-30
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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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Reformation or Regeneration?
God didn’t send His Son to oppress you and put you down but to lift you up and set you free. “Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty!” And He who abides where His Spirit guides will know the Truth be free. Simply know God and serve Him, learn His ways and observe them. This relationship is between you and God and when you sincerely desire to love Him and do what’s right then your heart will lead the way. God’s abundant love, will saturate your heart from above, and by His Spirit in you, you’ll just know what to do.
Don’t let your heart be condemned by modern day Pharisees who focus on the Law and not the Liberator – “for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life.” How many would be believers have been vexed and hindered from following God because a blind guide tried to make a big deal of some little issue in their lives? What happens when supposed “Christians” judge others and make a big deal of petty sins while they themselves commit the greater and break the royal law of love? It produces death on all counts because now the offender and the “offendee” have their eyes on sin and not the Lord of Life. It’s not our job to scrupulously examine those who would desire to follow God and point out all the faults of their following. It’s enough that they want to go and God Himself is the Author and Finisher of their faith and said that He would bring to completion the good work that He began in them. We must keep our eyes on the Lord and His Light lest we be lost in the darkness. "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?” We need to stop trying to reform ourselves and our families, friends and neighbors and boldly take up the message of the cross and the resurrection. Jesus didn’t die to accomplish a mere moral reformation but for complete regeneration. Not so that those who are “dead in sin” could try to act right and hope and pretend that their works could gain them access to life. But through death on the cross He destroyed him who had the power of death and gave us His life through faith is resurrection. We have been made right with God through His sacrifice and faith in that alone. Thus being made right his love compels us and shows us what is right in His sight. This frees us from death’s plight and the scorn the self-right.
So just follow God and let His love lead I grievously plead. Don’t follow the blind man who breaks God’s command, of which love is the greatest we must understand.
2 Cor 3:4-6
4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
NKJV
Matt 23:23-28
23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
NKJV
Titus 3:3-7
For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
NKJV
John 13:34-35
4 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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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. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
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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.
NKJV
Rom 5:6-9
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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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.
NKJV
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."
NKJV
Eccl 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man's all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
NKJV
Don’t let your heart be condemned by modern day Pharisees who focus on the Law and not the Liberator – “for the letter kills but the Spirit gives life.” How many would be believers have been vexed and hindered from following God because a blind guide tried to make a big deal of some little issue in their lives? What happens when supposed “Christians” judge others and make a big deal of petty sins while they themselves commit the greater and break the royal law of love? It produces death on all counts because now the offender and the “offendee” have their eyes on sin and not the Lord of Life. It’s not our job to scrupulously examine those who would desire to follow God and point out all the faults of their following. It’s enough that they want to go and God Himself is the Author and Finisher of their faith and said that He would bring to completion the good work that He began in them. We must keep our eyes on the Lord and His Light lest we be lost in the darkness. "Can the blind lead the blind? Will they not both fall into the ditch?” We need to stop trying to reform ourselves and our families, friends and neighbors and boldly take up the message of the cross and the resurrection. Jesus didn’t die to accomplish a mere moral reformation but for complete regeneration. Not so that those who are “dead in sin” could try to act right and hope and pretend that their works could gain them access to life. But through death on the cross He destroyed him who had the power of death and gave us His life through faith is resurrection. We have been made right with God through His sacrifice and faith in that alone. Thus being made right his love compels us and shows us what is right in His sight. This frees us from death’s plight and the scorn the self-right.
So just follow God and let His love lead I grievously plead. Don’t follow the blind man who breaks God’s command, of which love is the greatest we must understand.
2 Cor 3:4-6
4 And we have such trust through Christ toward God. 5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God, 6 who also made us sufficient as ministers of the new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
NKJV
Matt 23:23-28
23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone. 24 Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence. 26 Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. 28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
NKJV
Titus 3:3-7
For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
NKJV
John 13:34-35
4 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."
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. 15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
Rom 5:6-9
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.
NKJV
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.
NKJV
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."
NKJV
Eccl 12:13-14
13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man's all.
14 For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil.
NKJV
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