FEARLESS-COURAGEOUS PURSUIT OF DESTINY 1-8-17
VIDEO SPOKEN WORD DESTINY 2
New year-new opportunity to follow after and walk in your destiny. Our destiny is God's plans for our lives-our future-but destiny requires our cooperation with God-without fear- Trusting Him. Mary Dorian says, "I hear the voice say this year pursue- without fear- destiny".
Isa 41:4 Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord--the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]--I am He.
Rom 8:29 For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. AMP
Rom 11:2 No, God has not rejected destined people! Haven't you heard Elijah's testimony in the scriptures, and how he prays to God, agonizing over Israel? Passion
Eph 1:5 For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]
Eph 1:11 Moreover, because of what Christ has done, we have become gifts to God that he delights in, for as part of God's sovereign plan we were chosen from the beginning to be his, and all things happen just as he decided long ago.
12 God's purpose in this was that we should praise God and give glory to him for doing these mighty things for us, who were the first to trust in Christ. TLB
NO FEAR Heb 11:8 [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go. AMP
Heb 10:35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.
36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised. AMP
Heb 10:35 So don't throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It's still a sure thing!
36 But you need to stick it out, staying with God's plan so you'll be there for the promised completion. MSG
Heb 10:35 So don't lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!
36 You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God's will and then you will receive the promise in full. Passion
GIDEON Judg 6:12 And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of [fearless] courage.
13 And Gideon said to him, O sir, if the Lord is with us, why is all this befallen us? And where are all His wondrous works of which our fathers told us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian.
14 The Lord turned to him and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you? AMP
Judg 6:12 The angel of God appeared to him and said, "God is with you, O mighty warrior!"
13 Gideon replied, "With me, my master? If God is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all the miracle-wonders our parents and grandparents told us about, telling us, 'Didn't God deliver us from Egypt?' The fact is, God has nothing to do with us he has turned us over to Midian."
14 But God faced him directly: "Go in this strength that is yours. Save Israel from Midian. Haven't I just sent you?" MSG
Josh 1:6 Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. AMP
FEAR OF MAN 1 Sam 15:24 And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. AMP
John 12:42 And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the synagogue;
43 For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.] AMP
John 12:42 On the other hand, a considerable number from the ranks of the leaders did believe. But because of the Pharisees, they didn't come out in the open with it. They were afraid of getting kicked out of the meeting place.
43 When push came to shove they cared more for human approval than for God's glory. MSG
Ps 27:1 Light, space, zest that's God! So, with him on my side I'm fearless,
afraid of no one and nothing. MSG
Ps 27:14 Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord. AMP
SECRETARIAT Job 39:22 He laughs at danger, fearless, doesn't shy away from the sword.
23 The banging and clanging of quiver and lance don't faze him.
24 He quivers with excitement, and at the trumpet blast races off at a gallop. MSG
GOD IS ON OUR SIDE SO NO FEAR Job 5:21 You'll be protected from vicious gossip and live fearless through any catastrophe.
22 You'll shrug off disaster and famine, and stroll fearlessly among wild animals.
23 You'll be on good terms with rocks and mountains; wild animals will become your good friends.
24 You'll know that your place on earth is safe, You'll look over your goods and find nothing amiss.
25 You'll see your children grow up, your family lovely and lissome as orchard grass.
26 You'll arrive at your grave ripe with many good years, like sheaves of golden grain at harvest.
27 "Yes, this is the way things are my word of honor! Take it to heart and you won't go wrong." MSG
Ps 46:1 God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.
2 We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,
3 Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us. MSG
Ps 56:4 I'm proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do? MSG
Heb 13:6 we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I'm fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me? MSG
Acts 4:29 "And now they're at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message,
30 as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus."
31 While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God's Word with fearless confidence. MSG
GOD'S PLAN Job 23:13 But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does.
14 For He performs [that which He has] planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful. AMP
Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. AMP
Ps 139:17-18 Every single moment you are thinking of me! How precious and wonderful to consider that you cherish me constantly in your every thought! O God, your desires towards me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! Passion
Isa 65:18 Look ahead with joy. Anticipate what I'm creating: I'll create Jerusalem as sheer joy, create my people as pure delight.
19 I'll take joy in Jerusalem, take delight in my people: No more sounds of weeping in the city, no cries of anguish;
20 No more babies dying in the cradle, or old people who don't enjoy a full lifetime; One-hundredth birthdays will be considered normal anything less will seem like a cheat. MSG
Josh 1:9 Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. AMP
Josh 1:9 Haven't I commanded you? Strength! Courage! Don't be timid; don't get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take." MSG
Isaiah 44:2 Thus says the Lord, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you Jeshurun [the upright one--applied to Israel as a type of the Messiah], whom I have chosen.
Ps 139:15- My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery].
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! AMP
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Ps 139:15 You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something.
16 Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I'd even lived one day.
17 Your thoughts how rare, how beautiful! God, I'll never comprehend them!
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1 Cor 16:13 Remember to stay alert and hold firmly to all that you believe. Be mighty and full of courage. Passion
PURSUE
Col 3:1 He Is Your Life
3 So if you're serious about living this new resurrection life with Christ, act like it. Pursue the things over which Christ presides. MSG
1 Tim 6:11 But you, Timothy, man of God: Run for your life from all this. Pursue a righteous life a life of wonder, faith, love, steadiness, courtesy. MSG
1 Peter 4:2 Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. MSG
John 17:11 For I'm no longer going to be visible in the world; They'll continue in the world While I return to you. Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life That you conferred as a gift through me, So they can be one heart and mind MSG
Acts 26:16 But now, up on your feet I have a job for you. I've handpicked you to be a servant and witness to what's happened today, and to what I am going to show you. MSG
Eph 1:4 Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. AMP