YOU ARE A BELIEVER NOT A SPECTATOR  7-16-23  VIDEO LOVE AS YOU

There is a difference between someone who believes and someone who is just watching to see what happens. Believers are pioneers of new moves of God. They have a desire to impact new cities and territory for the kingdom. They are able to move forward even under pressure. They break through their personal fears because in the end love prevails. Fear is defeated.

JAMES 1:23 Anyone who hears the word, sees the face of their birth, as in a mirror! The difference between a mere spectator and a participator is that both of them hear the same voice and perceive in its message the face of their own genesis reflected there;

24 they realize that they are looking at themselves, but for the one it seems just too good to be true; this person departs [back to the old way of seeing themselves], and immediately forgets what manner of person they are; never giving another thought to the one they saw there in the mirror.

25 The other is mesmerized by what they see; captivated by the effect of a law that frees them from the obligation to the old written code that restricted them to their own efforts and willpower. No distraction or contradiction can dim the impact of what is seen in the mirror concerning the law of perfect liberty [the law of faith] that now frees one to get on with the act of living the life [of their original design.] They find a new spontaneous lifestyle; the poetry of practical living  MIRROR

LUKE 11:46  To which Jesus responded, Shame on you too, professors of the law, you expect people to carry backbreaking burdens with your rules and regulations while suspiciously scrutinizing their efforts as mere spectators without lifting a finger to help!  MIRROR

Matt 23:13 “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either. MSG

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Matt 23:13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to go in to do so.  AMP

Luke 24:25 And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken! AMP

PHIL 1:30  Our faith is on exhibit in the same public arena; we are not spectators of one another’s endurance, but co-witnesses thereof. We mirror one another triumphantly.  MIRROR

1 Thess 2:12 To live lives worthy of God, Who calls you into His own kingdom and the glorious blessedness [into which true believers will enter after Christ’s return]. AMP

Heb 3:14 For we have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end. AMP

Heb 13:1 Let love for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you [never let it fail].  AMP

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HEB 13:1 No matter what, make room in your heart to love every believer.  TPT

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?   AMP

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JAMES 2:5 May I have your full attention on this issue my dear friends, faith in who you really are according to your original identity is the real measure of your wealth; you might be poor according to the standards of this world but according to God you possess your allotted portion which is the kingdom of his promise to those who love him.  MIRROR

JAMES 2:8 Scripture confirms that the law of the kingdom is fulfilled in you realizing the same value in your neighbor as you would see in yourself; this is what doing the word is all about, and it makes beautiful poetry.   MIRROR

Phil 3:10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]  AMP

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Phil 3:10 I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. MSG

Mark 5:36 Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, “Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”

37 He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John. MSG

Luke 8:49 While He was still speaking, a man from the house of the director of the synagogue came and said [to Jairus], Your daughter is dead; do not weary and trouble the Teacher any further.

50 But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him, Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this], and she shall be made well. AMP

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LUKE 8:49 Jesus was still speaking when someone arrived to tell the ruler of the synagogue that his daughter had died and that there would be no further need to trouble the Teacher.

50 Jesus, overhearing the conversation said to the Ruler, “You have no need to be disturbed by this news! Remain in this place of seamless persuasion and she shall be completely restored.” MIRROR

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Mark 5:41 He tenderly clasped the child’s hand in his and said to her in Aramaic, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, wake up from the sleep of death.”

⁴²Instantly the twelve-year-old girl sat up, stood to her feet, and started walking around the room! Everyone was overcome with astonishment in seeing this miracle! TPT

Mark 11:24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours. TPT

John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name —  [AMP

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JOHN 1:12 Everyone who realizes their association in him, convinced that he is their original life and that his name defines them, God gives the assurance that they are indeed his offspring, begotten of him; he sanctions the legitimacy of their sonship.  MIRROR

JOHN 6:28 They immediately wanted the recipe! Tell us then what we must do in order to accomplish God’s work?

29 This is the work of God; your belief in the One whom he has sent!  MIRROR

JOHN 6:64 I notice that there are those among you who are not persuaded about me. It was clear from the start that even amongst Jesus’ close followers there were signs of unbelief and treason.

65 I was addressing your hesitance to believe in me when I said to you that no one is forcing you to see yourself mirrored in me – you do not need to go into make-believe-mode or fake your faith – it is the Father’s gift to you!

66 Because of this conversation many of his followers went back to their old ways and would no longer be associated with Jesus.

67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Don’t feel obliged to stay – you are also free to go if you wish!”

68 Simon Peter said, Lord, who is there to go back to – which mirror should we gaze into? Your words resonate the life of the ages!

69 We believe and know without a doubt that you are the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God!

70 I have pointed all twelve of you to your source and yet one of you remains trapped in the fallen mindset!  MIRROR

JOHN 11:40 Jesus answered, “Did I not tell you that in your believing you see the glory of God?  MIRROR

Acts 16:31 They said, “Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live — and everyone in your house included!”   MSG

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Acts 16:31 And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him,  take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well.  AMP

Rom 4:22 That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.”

23 But it’s not just Abraham;

24 it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. MSG

2 COR 4:13 We echo the exact same spirit of faith David had when he wrote: “I believe and so I speak!” We too believe and so we speak! Our persuasion is our conversation.  MIRROR

1 John 5:13 My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God’s Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.

14 And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he’s listening.

15 And if we’re confident that he’s listening, we know that what we’ve asked for is as good as ours.  MSG

Mark 16:17 “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues,

18 they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.”   MSG

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Mark 16:17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues.

¹⁸They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.” TPT

Times of Refreshing. 7-14-23 VIDEO

Holy Spirit is coming and is moving among His church with refreshing. Even the earth that is heating up, needs a refreshing that only the Spirit can bring. Refreshing comes from the presence of God. The Holy Spirit pours out upon us, and upon our children. Refresh means to strengthen to give new energy to revive to reinvigorate.

Acts 3:19 So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;  AMP

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Acts 3:19 Let this be your wake-up call once and for all. Face the fact that your sins and scars were completely blotted out, and return to the one you have wandered from. Now you may encounter times of  “total rejuvenation in the face to face, immediate embrace of the Lord. Mirror

Ps 20:2 Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you from Zion;  AMP

Matt 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]

29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.  

30 For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good — not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.  AMP ▼▼▼

Matthew 11:28 “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.

²⁹Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me.

³⁰For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.  TPT

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Matt 11:28-30 Come here to me, all who are growing weary to the point of exhaustion, and who have been loaded with burdens and are bending beneath their weight, and I alone will cause you to cease from your labor and take away your burdens and thus refresh you with rest. Take at once my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find cessation from labor and refreshment for your souls, for my yoke is mild and pleasant, and my load is light in weight. WUEST

PS 41:3 When they are sick, lying upon their bed of suffering, God will restore them. He will raise them up again and restore them back to health. TPT

Jer 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? [Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician!]  AMP

Ps 73:28 But I’m in the very presence of God —  oh, how refreshing it is! I’ve made Lord God my home. God, I’m telling the world what you do!  MSG

Isa 40:28 Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out.

29 He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts.

30 For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall.

31 But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind. MSG

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Isa 40:28 Don’t you know? Haven’t you been listening?  Yahweh is the one and only everlasting God, the Creator of all you can see and imagine! He never gets weary or worn out. His intelligence is unlimited; he is never puzzled over what to do!

29-30 He empowers the feeble and infuses the powerless with increasing strength. Even young people faint and get exhausted; athletic ones may stumble and fall.

31 But those who entwine their hearts with Yahweh will experience divine strength! They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their race without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up.’  TPT

Isa 41:10 Do not yield to fear, for I am always near. Never turn your gaze from me,’ for I am your faithful God. I will infuse you with my strength and help you in every situation.” I will hold you firmly with my victorious right hand.’  TPT

Hos 6:3 We’re ready to study God, eager for God-knowledge. As sure as dawn breaks,

so sure is his daily arrival. He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground.”  MSG

Isa 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty ground and send streams coursing through the parched earth. I will pour my Spirit into your descendants and my blessing on your children.

4 They shall sprout like grass on the prairie, like willows alongside creeks. MSG

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Isa 44:3 I will pour refreshing water on the thirsty and streams on the dry ground.” I will pour out my Spirit on your children,’ my blessing upon your descendants.

4 They will spring up like grass blanketing a meadow,’ like poplars growing by gushing streams. TPT

Ps 23:1 God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing.

2 You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from.

3 True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. MSG  ▼▼▼

Psalms 23:1 Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough.

²He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace near the quiet brook of bliss.

³That’s where he restores and revives my life. He opens before me the right path and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name. TPT

Psalms 68:9 You, O God, sent the reviving rain upon your weary inheritance,

showers of blessing to refresh it.  TPT

ROM 15:13 God who is the engineer of expectation fills you to the brim with tranquil delight. The dynamic of the Holy Spirit causes faith to exceed any possible hesitation in hope. MIRROR

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Rom 15:13 May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. AMP

Psalms 92:10 Your anointing has made me strong and mighty. You’ve empowered my life for triumph by pouring fresh oil over me.  TPT

Proverbs 11:25 Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor. TPT

Isa 58:11 Yahweh will always guide you where to go and what to do. He will fill you with refreshment even when you are in a dry, difficult place. TPT

2 Cor 7:6 Then the God who lifts up the downcast lifted our heads and our hearts with the arrival of Titus. MSG

Prov 25:13 Reliable friends who do what they say are like cool drinks in sweltering heat — refreshing! MSG

Jer 31:25 I’ll refresh tired bodies; I’ll restore tired souls. MSG

Joel 2:23 Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God. He’s giving you a teacher

to train you how to live right — Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words

to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. MSG

DIVINE PURPOSE 7-7-23  VIDEO 

Your divine purpose is not just to do miracles, signs, and Wonders, but to reveal Jesus to the world. Purpose is defined as the reason for which something is done or created or why something exists. Just as Jesus, purposely revealed his Father, we have the divine purpose of revealing Jesus to the whole world. Jesus revealed the Father to everyone He met. Jesus tells us the works that he would do, and that we would do even greater. The disciples went everywhere and preached Jesus, and demonstrated Him with power. We carry the same divine purpose. Prophecy interprets the divine will, and purposes of God.

Job 42:2 I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted.  AMP

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Job 42:2  “I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans.   MSG

Matt 11:27 Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.  MSG

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Matthew 11:27 You have entrusted me with all that you are and all that you have. No one fully and intimately knows the Son except the Father. And no one fully and intimately knows the Father except the Son. But the Son is able to unveil the Father to anyone he chooses.  TPT

John 1:18 No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].  AMP

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.  AMP

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JOHN 6:38 For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me! (I am here to demonstrate to you how persuaded my Father is about you!) MIRROR

Matthew 18:19 Again, I give you an eternal truth: If two of you agree to ask God for something in a symphony of prayer, my heavenly Father will do it for you.   TPT

JOHN 8:19 Then they said to him, “So where is your Father?” And Jesus answered, “My Father is just as invisible to you as I am – if you perceived me you would have also seen my Father!”  MIRROR  ▼▼▼

John 8:19 They said, “Where is this so-called Father of yours?” Jesus said, “You’re looking right at me and you don’t see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father.”   MSG

JOHN 6:38  For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me!   MIRROR

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JOHN 8:28 For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me! (I am here to demonstrate to you how persuaded my Father is about you!)

29 My Sender’s desire is for me to rescue every single individual – this is his gift to me – that I will lose no detail of their original identity mirrored in me! My rescuing mission will conclude in their joint-resurrection! This is the completeness of time!  MIRROR

JOHN 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I have told you and you would not believe; all I do is endorsed by my Father and in his name and these works confirm my words.”   MIRROR

JOHN 15:15 I do not communicate with you on a slave – boss basis; slaves have no clue what their Master is about to do. I talk to you as my friends telling you everything that I have heard in my conversation and intimate association with my Father. This I explain to you in the clearest possible terms.  

16 I did not begin in you; you began in me! I am not your idea; you are mine! I have strategically positioned you in order that you may abound in much fruit bearing, wherever life leads you – fruit that would ceaselessly continue this same incarnate life of union with me! From within this place, anything you desire has already been granted you by my Father.  

17 All these things are the conclusion of my assignment to you and find their context in your love for one another.

18 Know that the world-system hated me first whenever you encounter their resistance against you.  MIRROR

JOHN 14:6 Jesus said, “My I-am-ness [mirrored in you] is your way; this is your truth and also your life! Every single person is now brought face to face with the Father entirely because of my doing.”

7 If you had known me for who I really am, you would have immediately recognized my Father in me. Now, with me bringing you back face to face with the Father, you will certainly know him and become fully acquainted with him.  

8 Phillip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, then we will be satisfied.”  

9 “Phillip, I have been with you for a long time, and yet you haven’t really known me? To see me is to see the Father! How can you still say, “Show us the Father?”

10 Are you not convinced that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? We are in seamless union. The words that I speak to you are not my independent opinion or ideas; the Father in me addresses you; this conversation then translates into the Father’s action unveiled in my doing.  MIRROR

Prov 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand.  AMP

John 14:12 The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it. MSG

Acts 2:23 this Jesus, following the deliberate and well-thought-out plan of God, was betrayed by men who took the law into their own hands, and was handed over to you. And you pinned him to a cross and killed him.

24 But God untied the death ropes and raised him up. Death was no match for him.   MSG

Acts 2:32 This Jesus, God raised up. And every one of us here is a witness to it.

33 Then, raised to the heights at the right hand of God and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out the Spirit he had just received. That is what you see and hear. MSG

Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and return to God, and each one of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus, the Anointed One, to have your sins removed. Then you may take hold of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

³⁹For God’s promise of the Holy Spirit is for you and your families, for those yet to be born and for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”  TPT

Acts 5:41 The apostles went out of the High Council overjoyed because they had been given the honor of being dishonored on account of the Name.

42 Every day they were in the Temple and homes, teaching and preaching Christ Jesus, not letting up for a minute. MSG

Rom 6:18 And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose, and action). AMP

ROM 8:28 Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His Master Plan is announced in our original identity.

29 He pre-designed and engineered us from the start to be jointly fashioned in the same mold and image of his Son according to the exact blueprint of his thought. We see the original and intended pattern of our lives preserved in his Son. He is the firstborn from the same womb that reveals our genesis. He confirms that we are the invention of God. 

30 Jesus reveals that we pre-existed in God; he defined us. He rendered us innocent and also adorned us with splendor and esteem.  MIRROR

1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].  AMP

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1 Cor 15:58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. MSG

Acts 11:27 And during these days prophets (inspired teachers and interpreters of the divine will and purpose) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.  AMP

Eph 1:5 Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!)

6 He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. MSG

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Ephesians 1:6 For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace— for the same love he has for the Beloved, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!  TPT

Eph 1:9  letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ,

10 a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. MSG

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EPH 1:9 The secret is out! His cherished love dream now unfolds in front of our very eyes.

10 In the economy of the fullness of time, everything culminates in Christ. All that is in heaven and all that is on earth is reconciled in him. Jesus is the consummation of the ages!   MIRROR

Eph 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think

[infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]

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Eph 3:20 God can do anything, you know — far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.  MSG

Our God is on the Move by Mary Dorian 7-2-23.

2 Corinthians 2:11 The agenda of any 1accusation is to divide and dominate. We are not ignorant about that.  Mirror 

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2 Cor 2:11 After all, we don’t want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief — we’re not oblivious to his sly ways!   MSG

John 13:1 [NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree.

2 So [it was] during supper, Satan having already put the thought of betraying Jesus in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,

3 [That] Jesus, knowing (fully aware) that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God,

4 Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant’s] towel, He fastened it around His waist.  AMP

Isa 41:10 Do not yield to fear, for I am always near. Never turn your gaze from me, for I am your faithful God. I will infuse you with my strength and help you in every situation.”

I will hold you firmly with my victorious right hand.  TPT

Jer 15:19 Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile [cleansing your own heart from unworthy and unwarranted suspicions concerning God’s faithfulness], you shall be My mouthpiece. [But do not yield to them.] Let them return to you — not you to [the people].

20 And I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord.  AMP

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Jer 15:19 This is how God answered me: “Take back those words, and I’ll take you back. Then you’ll stand tall before me. Use words truly and well. Don’t stoop to cheap whining. Then, but only then, you’ll speak for me. Let your words change them. Don’t change your words to suit them.

20 I’ll turn you into a steel wall, a thick steel wall, impregnable. They’ll attack you but won’t put a dent in you because I’m at your side, defending and delivering.”

God’s Decree. MSG

Neh 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its [fortified] gates are destroyed by fire.

4 When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven,

5 And I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness, and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

6 Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites, Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.  AMP

Neh 4:18 And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side.

19 And I said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people, The work is great and scattered, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.

20 In whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.

21 So we labored at the work while half of them held the spears from dawn until the stars came out. AMP

Neh 6:14 My God, think on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us feared and fell far in their own esteem, for they saw that this work was done by our God.

17 Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

19 Also they spoke of [Tobiah’s] good deeds before me and told him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. AMP

Luke 6:43 For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit.

44 For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush.

45 The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks. AMP

Matthew 7:15 “Constantly be on your guard against phony prophets. They come disguised as lambs, appearing to be genuine, but on the inside they are like wild, ravenous wolves!

¹⁶You can spot them by their actions, for the fruits of their character will be obvious. You won’t find sweet grapes hanging on a thorn bush, and you’ll never pick good fruit from a tumbleweed.

17-19 So if the tree is good, it will produce good fruit; but if the tree is bad, it will bear only rotten fruit and deserves to be cut down and burned.

 ²⁰You’ll know them by the obvious fruit of their lives and ministries.” TPT

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Matt 7:15  “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. 16-20 Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned. MSG

Acts 3:6 Peter said, “I don’t have a nickel to my name, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”

7 He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. In an instant his feet and ankles became firm.

8 He jumped to his feet and walked. The man went into the Temple with them, walking back and forth, dancing and praising God.

9 Everybody there saw him walking around and praising God.

10 They recognized him as the one who sat begging at the Temple’s Gate Beautiful and rubbed their eyes, astonished, scarcely believing what they were seeing.

11 The man threw his arms around Peter and John, ecstatic. All the people ran up to where they were at Solomon’s Porch to see it for themselves. MSG

Acts 4:7 They stood Peter and John in the middle of the room and grilled them: “Who put you in charge here? What business do you have doing this?”

8 With that, Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, let loose: “Rulers and leaders of the people,

9 if we have been brought to trial today for helping a sick man, put under investigation regarding this healing,

10 I’ll be completely frank with you — we have nothing to hide. By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the One you killed on a cross, the One God raised from the dead, by means of his name this man stands before you healthy and whole.

11 Jesus is ‘the stone you masons threw out, which is now the cornerstone.’

12 Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one.”

13 They couldn’t take their eyes off them — Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

14 but with the man right before them, seeing him standing there so upright — so healed! — what could they say against that?

15 They sent them out of the room so they could work out a plan. They talked it over:

16 “What can we do with these men? By now it’s known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that.

17 But so that it doesn’t go any further, let’s silence them with threats so they won’t dare to use Jesus’ name ever again with anyone.”

18 They called them back and warned them that they were on no account ever again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John spoke right back, “Whether it’s right in God’s eyes to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.

20 As for us, there’s no question — we can’t keep quiet about what we’ve seen and heard.”

21 The religious leaders renewed their threats, but then released them. They couldn’t come up with a charge that would stick, that would keep them in jail. The people wouldn’t have stood for it — they were all praising God over what had happened.

22 The man who had been miraculously healed was over forty years old. MSG

FROM ANXIETY TO PEACE  6-30-23  VIDEO DEAR ANXIETY 2

To be anxious is to be free of extreme uneasiness about what’s to come, to be worried, fearful of something that might happen.The enemy works to try to keep us in stress and anxiety. This keeps us from being creative, from moving forward without fear.

If you are in Christ, you are risk-free from not succeeding in your destiny. Meaning your future has already been written in the book of life.

Ps 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.  NIV

1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God.  AMP

2 PET 1:3 Let us celebrate the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with articulate acclaim. According to his matchless mercy and tender compassions, he  birthed us again when Jesus was raised from the dead. In him, we were rebooted to live the authentic life of our design; while participating in a living hope, witnessing the Father’s expectation of the ages unfold in us!  MIRROR

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2 Peter 1:3 Everything we could ever need for life and godliness has already been deposited in us by his divine power. For all this was lavished upon us through the rich experience of knowing him who has called us by name and invited us to come to him through a glorious manifestation of his goodness.

⁴As a result of this, he has given you magnificent promises that are beyond all price, so that through the power of these tremendous promises we can experience partnership with the divine nature, by which you have escaped the corrupt desires that are of the world.  TPT

Prov 15:15 All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances].  AMP

Matt 6:25 Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing?  AMP

Matt 6:34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.  AMP

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Matthew 6:34 Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself.”  TPT

Phil 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

8 Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious — the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

9 Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies.   MSG

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Phil 4:6 Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.

7 And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them].  AMP

Prov 12:25 Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad.  AMP

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Proverbs 12:25 Anxious fear brings depression, but a life-giving word of encouragement can do wonders to restore joy to the heart.  TPT

Prov 15:13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.  AMP

Ps 34:4 God met me more than halfway he freed me from my anxious fears. MSG

Col 3:15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].  AMP

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COL 3:15 Appoint the peace of Christ as umpire in your hearts. We are all identified in the same person; there is only one body. We are born to be a blessing and exhibit his benevolence.  MIRROR

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Colossians 3:15 Let your heart be always guided by the peace of the Anointed One, who called you to peace as part of his one body. And always be thankful. TPT

James 3:18 And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God’s will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. AMP

Ps 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.  AMP

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Ps 4:8 At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together.  MSG

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Psalms 4:8 Now, because of you, Lord, I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once, for no matter what happens, I will live unafraid! TPT

Psalms 29:11 This is the one who gives his strength and might to his people.

This is the Lord giving us his kiss of peace.  TPT

Prov 16:7 When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.  AMP

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Prov 16:7 When God approves of your life, even your enemies will end up shaking your hand. MSG

Isaiah 26: 3 Perfect, absolute peace surrounds those whose imaginations are consumed with you; they confidently trust in you.   TPT 

Isa 32:17 The work of righteousness is peace,” and the result of righteousness is quietness and confidence forever.

18 My people will live free from worry in secure homes and quiet resting places. TPT 

JN 14:27 Peace be with you! I give you my own peace – this is not the kind the world gives – this is peace in the midst of troubled times; therefore you have nothing to fear! Let not your hearts be timid.  MIRROR

Rom 8:6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. AMP  ▼▼▼

ROM 8:6 Thinking patterns are formed by reference; either the sensual appetites of the flesh and spiritual death, or zoe-life and total tranquillity flowing from a mind addicted to spirit [faith] realities.  MIRROR

ROM 14:17 God’s royal dominion is not based on food and drink regulations, but righteousness, [likeness] friendship [peace] and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 This is definitely a win-win situation; God is pleased and people respect you.

19 Pursue whatever promotes peace and mutual encouragement. MIRROR

2 COR 13:11 And now, dear friends, we wish you joy; to be fully established, living your lives within the immediate proximity of your true identity; with your minds made up about the fact that we are one, fitly joined together in perfect harmony; and knowing that God is your constant companion and that he himself is the source of love and peace.  MIRROR

EPH 2:15 In his incarnation, he rendered the entire Jewish system of ceremonial laws and regulations useless as a measure to justify human life and conduct. In that he died mankind’s death all grounds for tension and hostility were entirely removed. The peace he proclaims reveals one new human race, created and defined in Christ, instead of two groups of people separated by their ethnic identity and differences. MIRROR

Num 6:22  And the Lord said to Moses, 

23 Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them, 

24 The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you; 

25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you; 

26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually). 

27 And they shall put My name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them.   AMP

YOU ARE WORTH IT!  6-25-23 VIDEO WORTHY 2

Worthy or worth means having value deserving of attention or notice. Perhaps what you will hear today will be one of the most vital and wonderful teachings you have ever heard. It comes from the heart of the Father straight to you! Yes, you! As you believe this, you will feel empowered to take your true position as the light of the world. You are worth it! Jesus loves you! 

In the beginning, God created mankind in His own image and likeness. Image means to resemble. We look like Him. Image means that we represent Him. Like father, like son. Likeness means the ability to reflect God. More than in a photo resembles Him in character and actions and we are made from His substance. When we leave this body, it is not the end. There is more to come: your value and worth continues in the realm of heaven.

ROM 9:21 The Potter sets the pace; same Potter, same clay; one vessel understands its value and another not; one realizes that it is priceless, the other seems worthless to itself.

22 Their sense of worthlessness has labelled them for destruction, yet God’s power and passion prevail in patient endurance.

He has set the stage to exhibit the wealth of his mercy upon the vessels of value. He desires to confirm in them his original intent.   MIRROR

COL 3:10 We stand fully identified in the new creation renewed in knowledge according to the pattern of the exact image of our Creator.

11 The revelation of Christ in us gives identity to the individual beyond anything anyone could ever be as a Greek or a Jew, American or African, foreigner or famous, male or female, king or pawn. From now on everyone is defined by Christ; everyone is represented in Christ.  MIRROR

Gen 1:27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female.  MSG

EPH 2:10 We are engineered by his design; he molded and manufactured us in Christ. We are his workmanship, his 1poetry. We are fully fit to do good, equipped to give attractive evidence of his likeness in us in everything we do. MIRROR

1 Cor 8:3 But if one loves God truly [with affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he is known by God [recognized as worthy of His intimacy and love, and he is owned by Him]. AMP

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1 COR 8:3 Loving God [and your fellow human] is so easy when you understand that he knows you! Let God’s knowledge of you inspire your love for him and your fellow human. MIRROR

2 Cor 3:6  [It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive.  AMP  ▼▼▼

2 Cor 3:6 He alone makes us adequate ministers who are focused on an entirely new covenant. Our ministry is not based on the letter of the law but through the power of the Spirit. The letter of the law kills, but the Spirit pours out life. TPT

2 Thess 1:11 With this in view we constantly pray for you, that our God may deem and count you worthy of [your] calling and [His] every gracious purpose of goodness, and with power may complete in [your] every particular work of faith (faith which is that leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness).

12 Thus may the name of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and become more glorious through and in you, and may you [also be glorified] in Him according to the grace (favor and blessing) of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)AMP

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2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray that our God will empower you to live worthy of all that he has invited you to experience. And we pray that by his power all the pleasures of goodness and all works inspired by faith would fill you completely.

¹²By doing this the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you will be glorified in him, by the marvelous grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.  TPT

2 COR 4:4 The survival and self-improvement programs of the religious systems of this world veil the minds of the unbelievers; exploiting their ignorance about their true origin and their redeemed innocence.  The veil of unbelief obstructs a person’s view and keeps them from seeing what the light of the gospel so clearly reveals: the glory of God is the image and likeness of our Maker redeemed in human form; this is what the gospel of Christ is all about.  MIRROR

Psalms 139:14 I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord!

¹⁵You even formed every bone in my body when you created me in the secret place;

carefully, skillfully you shaped me from nothing to something.

¹⁶You saw who you created me to be before I became me! Before I’d ever seen the light of day, the number of days you planned for me were already recorded in your book. 

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 toward me are more than the grains of sand on every shore! When I awake each morning, you’re still with me.  TPT

Matthew 10:29 You can buy two sparrows for only a copper coin, yet not even one sparrow falls from its nest without the knowledge of your Father. Aren’t you worth much more to God than many sparrows?

30-31 So don’t worry. For your Father cares deeply about even the smallest detail of your life.  TPT

Isa 43:1 Now, this is what Yahweh says: “Listen, Jacob, to the One who created you,

Israel, to the one who shaped who you are. Do not fear, for I, your Kinsman-Redeemer, will rescue you. I have called you by name, and you are mine. TPT

Isa 43:4 Since you are cherished and precious” in my eyes, and because I love you dearly and want to honor you.  I willingly give up nations in exchange for you-a man to save your life. TPT 

Isa 44:13 From the very beginning, I am the only God! No one can be snatched from my hand. When I choose to act, who can reverse it?” TPT 

Isa 51:16 I teach you how to talk, word by word, and personally watch over you,

Even while I’m unfurling the skies, setting earth on solid foundations, and greeting Zion: ‘Welcome, my people!'”   MSG

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Isa 51:16 And I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may fix the [new] heavens as a tabernacle and lay the foundations of a [new] earth and say to Zion, You are My people.  AMP

Matthew 5:14 “Your lives light up the world. For how can you hide a city that stands on a hilltop?  TPT

ROM 8:9 But you are not ruled by a flesh-consciousness, (law of works), but by a spirit-consciousness [faith], God’s Spirit is at home in you. Anyone who does not see themselves fully clothed and identified in the Spirit of Christ, cannot be themselves.

10 The revelation of Christ in you declares that your body is as good as dead to sin’s demands; sin cannot find any expression in a corpse. You co-died together with him. Yet your spirit is alive because of what righteousness reveals.   MIRROR

1 COR 3:9 We are co-employed by God. You are God’s agricultural field; or in another context, you are his building and he is the architect and engineer of the life of your design. MIRROR

1 COR 3:23 As much as Christ is inseparably God’s own, you are the property of Christ. You are one with him.  MIRROR

1 COR 6:19 Do you not realize that your body is the sacred shrine of the Spirit of God, echoing within you. You do not own your life!

20 You are bought and paid for. All of you are his. Live your life conscious of how irreplacable priceless you are. You host God in your skin.  MIRROR

GAL 3:26 What Jesus Christ believes to be true about you is the final confirmation of mankind’s redeemed sonship. His faith is the only valid reference to your belief!

27 To be immersed in Christ is to be fully clothed with him! He is your brand new wardrobe confirming your sonship! From now on, the diaper days are over! “Our own righteousness, measured by our efforts to keep the law, compares to filthy rags!”

28 Nothing resembles your previous identity as Jew or Gentile, bond or free, male or female, Billabong or Gucci, now you are all defined in oneness with Christ! He is your significance and makes you beautiful!  MIRROR

Gal 4:7 Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant) but a son; and if a son, then [it follows that you are] an heir by the aid of God, through Christ. AMP

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GAL 4:7 Can you see how foolish it would be for a son to continue to live his life with a slave mentality? Your sonship qualifies you to immediately participate in all the wealth of God’s inheritance which is yours because of Christ. MIRROR

EPH 2:19 The conclusion is clear; you are no longer frowned upon as a foreigner; you are where you belong and part of an intimate family.

20 Your lives now give tangible definition to the spiritual structure, having been built into it by God upon the foundation of the Prophets and Apostles. Jesus Christ himself is the chief cornerstone.

21 In him everyone of us are like living Lego blocks fitted together of the same fabric [conversation], giving ever increasing articulation to a global mobile sanctuary intertwined in the Lord.  

22 In him you are co-constructed together as God’s permanent spiritual residence. You are God’s address!  MIRROR

Col 2:10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].   AMP

Ephesians 2:6 He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!  TPT

COL 3:1 See yourselves co-raised with Christ! Now ponder with persuasion the consequence of your co-inclusion in him. Relocate yourselves mentally! Engage your thoughts with throne room realities where you are co-seated with Christ in the executive authority of God’s right hand.

2 Becoming affectionately acquainted with throne room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly [soul-ruled] realm.

3 Your union with his death broke the association with that world; see yourselves located in a fortress where your life is hidden with Christ in God!   MIRROR

WHATEVER YOU PUT YOUR HAND WILL PROSPER 6-23-23

VIDEO SUDDENLY RATICALLY HEALED 2

Prosper means to succeed! Not just in money, but in all areas of your life. In the Greek “prosper’ means to help in all areas of your life and in reaching out to others. Prosperity is not the world’s idea of prosperity but it’s in the Spirit.

Gen 39:2 As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him. He ended up living in the home of his Egyptian master.

3 His master recognized that God was with him, saw that God was working for good in everything he did.

4 He became very fond of Joseph and made him his personal aide. He put him in charge of all his personal affairs, turning everything over to him.

5 From that moment on, God blessed the home of the Egyptian — all because of Joseph. The blessing of God spread over everything he owned, at home and in the fields,  MSG

Gen 39:23 The prison warden paid no attention to anything that was in [Joseph’s] charge, for the Lord was with him and made whatever he did to prosper.  AMP

1 Chron 22:11 Now, my son, the Lord be with and prosper you in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you. AMP

2 Chron 7:11 Solomon completed building The Temple of God and the royal palace — the projects he had set his heart on doing. Everything was done — success! Satisfaction!  MSG

2 Chron 31:21 And every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in keeping with the law and the commandments to seek his God [inquiring of and yearning for Him], he did with all his heart, and he prospered.  AMP

Ezra 6:14 And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished their building as commanded by the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia.  AMP

Job 22:21 “Give in to God, come to terms with him and everything will turn out just fine.

22 Let him tell you what to do; take his words to heart. MSG

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Job 22:21 Acquaint now yourself with Him [agree with God and show yourself to be conformed to His will] and be at peace; by that [you shall prosper and great] good shall come to you.  AMP

Deut 29:9 Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may deal wisely and prosper in all that you do.  AMP

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Deut 29:9 Diligently keep the words of this Covenant. Do what they say so that you will live well and wisely in every detail.   MSG

Josh 1:8  And don’t for a minute let this Book of The Revelation be out of mind. Ponder and meditate on it day and night, making sure you practice everything written in it. Then you’ll get where you’re going; then you’ll succeed.

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

Ps 1:3 And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. AMP

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Psalms 1:3 He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design,

deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.  TPT

3 John 2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers.  AMP

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3 John 2 We’re the best of friends, and I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health — that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!  MSG

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3 John 2 Beloved friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and that you continually enjoy good health, just as your soul is prospering.  TPT

Ps 35:27 But those who want the best for me, Let them have the last word — a glad shout! — and say, over and over and over, God is great — everything works

together for good for his servant.”   MSG

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Ps 35:27 Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant.  AMP

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Psalms 35:27 But let all my true friends shout for joy, all those who know and love what I do for you. Let them all say, “The Lord is great, and he delights in the prosperity of his servant.”  TPT

Romans 8:28 So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose. TPT

Isa 61:9 And their offspring shall be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed.  AMP▼▼▼

Isa 61:9 Your descendants will become well-known all over. Your children in foreign countries Will be recognized at once as the people I have blessed.”   MSG

Zech 9:12 Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], you prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you.  AMP

2 Peter 1:2 May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

3 For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue).   AMP

Deut 28:12 God will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won’t have to take out a loan. MSG

Hag 2:9 The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus came] shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts.  AMP

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Hag 2:9 “‘This Temple is going to end up far better than it started out, a glorious beginning but an even more glorious finish: a place in which I will hand out wholeness and holiness.’ Decree of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.”  MSG

Prov 16:3 Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.  AMP

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Proverbs 16:3 Before you do anything, put your trust totally in God and not in yourself. Then every plan you make will succeed.  TPT

Proverbs 22:4 Laying your life down in tender surrender before the Lord will bring life, prosperity, and honor as your reward.  TPT

Psalms 37:4 Find your delight and true pleasure in Yahweh, and he will give you what you desire the most.

⁵Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way,

you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly!   TPT

Deut 15:10 You shall give to him freely without begrudging it; because of this the Lord will bless you in all your work and in all you undertake. AMP

Deut 28:8 God will order a blessing on your barns and workplaces; he’ll bless you in the land that God, your God, is giving you. MSG

Ps 118:25  Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, and give to us success!  AMP

John 3:27  John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed — I’m talking about eternal success — without heaven’s help. MSG

GIFTS 6-16-23 VIDEO gifts

We who belong to God, body, soul, and spirit, have been given many gifts that we could never earn or pay for. It came just because we belong to Him. We are rich and filled with treasures of heaven. The greatest Gift God gives is His love personified in Jesus Christ.

James 1:17 Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect, streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change.  

18 God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of his infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all his creation! TPT

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JAMES 1:17  Without exception God’s gifts are only good; its perfection cannot be flawed. They come from above (where we originate from); proceeding like light rays from its source, the Father of lights, with whom there is no distortion, or even a shadow of shifting to obstruct, or intercept the light; nor any hint of a hidden agenda.    

18  We were brought forth by the Word of truth. Our true origin is preserved in God’s resolve. It was according to the Father’s delight that he birthed us; giving authentic, incarnate expression to the Word.  Just like the first-fruits mirror the harvest, so we mirror the conclusion of his workmanship in the core of our being. MIRROR

Heb 2:4 [Besides this evidence] it was also established and plainly endorsed by God, Who showed His approval of it by signs and wonders and various miraculous manifestations of [His] power and by imparting the gifts of the Holy Spirit [to the believers] according to His own will. AMP

Matthew 7:9 “Do you know of any parent who would give his hungry child, who asked for food, a plate of rocks instead?

¹⁰Or when asked for a piece of fish, what parent would offer his child a snake instead? ¹¹If you, imperfect as you are, know how to lovingly take care of your children and give them what’s best, how much more ready is your heavenly Father to give wonderful gifts to those who ask him?”  TPT

ROM 11:29 For God’s grace gifts and his persuasion of mankind’s original identity are irrevocable.  MIRROR

1 COR 2:12 The Spirit proceeding from God unveils the gifts of his generosity. He has graced us with understanding so that we may know what he has always had in mind for us; this is so unlike the secular spirit of the wisdom of the world where everything has a price tag!   MIRROR

1 Cor 12:4 God’s various gifts are handed out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit.

5 God’s various ministries are carried out everywhere; but they all originate in God’s Spirit.

6 God’s various expressions of power are in action everywhere; but God himself is behind it all.

7 Each person is given something to do that shows who God is: Everyone gets in on it, everyone benefits. All kinds of things are handed out by the Spirit, and to all kinds of people!

8 The variety is wonderful: wise counsel clear understanding MSG

John 1:16 For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.  AMP

1 Peter 4:10 As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God’s many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor].  AMP

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1 Peter 4:10 Every believer has received grace gifts, so use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of the many-colored tapestry of God’s grace.  TPT

1 Cor 12:31 But earnestly desire and zealously cultivate the greatest and best gifts and graces (the higher gifts and the choicest graces). And yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one that is better by far and the highest of them all — love].  AMP

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1 Corinthians 12:31 But you should all constantly boil over with passion in seeking the higher gifts. And now I will show you a superior way to live that is beyond comparison!  TPT

JOHN 3:16 The entire cosmos is the object of God’s affection! And he is not about to abandon his creation – the gift of his Son is for mankind to realize their origin in him who mirrors their authentic birth – begotten not of flesh but of the Father! In this persuasion the life of the ages echoes within the individual and announces that the days of regret and sense of lost-ness are over!

17 God has no intention to condemn anyone – he sent his Son, not to be the Judge but the Savior of the world. MIRROR

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John 3:16 “This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.

17 God didn’t go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again.  MSG

John 17:24 Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. AMP

2 Cor 1:21 But it is God Who confirms and makes us steadfast and establishes us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and has consecrated and anointed us [enduing us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit];

22 [He has also appropriated and acknowledged us as His by] putting His seal upon us and giving us His [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as the security deposit and guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise].  AMP

EPH 4:8 Scripture confirms that he arrested every possible threat that held mankind hostage!  And in his resurrection, he led us as trophies in his triumphant procession on high. Consider the genius of God, in the incarnate Christ, he repossessed what belonged to us by design, in human form; this is his grace-gift to us!  MIRROR 

Eph 4:10 And the One who climbed down is the One who climbed back up, up to highest heaven. He handed out gifts above and below, filled heaven with his gifts,

11 filled earth with his gifts. He handed out gifts of apostle, prophet, evangelist, and pastor-teacher

12 to train Christians in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church,

13 until we’re all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God’s Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ. MSG

Prov 18:16 A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. AMP

Prov 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it.  AMP

John 3:34 “The One that God sent speaks God’s words. And don’t think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces.

35 The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away — a lavish distribution of gifts.

36 That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn’t see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that.”  MSG

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JOHN 3:34 For the one sent from God communicates God’s gift language from the limitless resource of the Spirit.

35 The theme of this conversation celebrates the extravagant love the Father has for the Son – and in him every gift of God is revealed – his hand extends God’s touch; he is God’s embrace of the human race!

36 To be persuaded about sonship as unveiled in the Son is to fully participate in the life of the ages! To be unpersuaded about sonship is to remain in blindfold mode to life itself in the here and now and to exchange fellowship with the Author of the life of our design for a fearful image of a vengeful, merciless god – quite the opposite of the loving Father the Son reveals!  MIRROR

Acts 10:45 And the believers from among the circumcised [the Jews] who came with Peter were surprised and amazed, because the free gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed and poured out largely even on the Gentiles.  AMP

ROM 1:11  I really look forward to finally meet you in person, knowing that my spiritual gift will benefit you greatly; it will cement and establish you in your faith.MIRROR

ROM 5:15 The only similarity in the comparison between the crash-landing and the gift, is that both Adam and Christ represent the masses. However, the grace gift lavished upon mankind in the one man Jesus Christ supersedes the effect of Adam’s failure by far and is beyond comparison in significance to the idea of death and separation.

16 The principle of the gift speaks a different language and brings a radically different equation to the table. Whereas a single sin resulted in a judgment that concluded in condemnation; grace translates countless deviations into acquittal and innocence.

17 Death no longer has the final say. Life rules! If the effect of one man’s crash-landing engaged mankind in a death-dominated lifestyle how much more advantaged is the very same mankind now that they are the recipients of the boundless reservoirs of grace, empowering them to enjoy the dominion of life through the gift of righteousness because of that one man, Jesus Christ. Grace is out of all proportion in superiority to the transgression.  MIRROR

ROM 6:23 The reward of the law is death the gift of grace is life! The bottom line is this: sin employs you like a soldier for its cause and rewards you with death; God gifts you with the highest quality of life all wrapped up in Christ Jesus our Leader. MIRROR

1 COR 6:19 Do you not realize that your body is the sacred shrine of the Spirit of God, echoing within you. You do not own your life!

20 You are bought and paid for. All of you are his. Live your life conscious of how irreplacable priceless you are. You host God in your skin.  MIRROR

Gal 2:21 [Therefore, I do not treat God’s gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. [His death was then wholly superfluous.]  AMP

1 Timothy 4:14 Don’t minimize the powerful gift that operates in your life, for it was imparted to you by the laying on of hands of the elders and was activated through the prophecy they spoke over you.

¹⁵Make all of this your constant meditation and make it real with your life so everyone can see that you are moving forward. TPT

WISDOM FROM ANOTHER WORLD VIDEO BILL JOHNSON NATURAL VS SUPER

God has given us wisdom by possessing the mind of Christ. It is a wisdom that this world cannot understand. It is not logical. It is super natural. It is the way God created the world

Job 28:23 “God alone knows the way to Wisdom, he knows the exact place to find it.

24 He knows where everything is on earth, he sees everything under heaven. MSG

Prov 3:19 The Lord by skillful and godly Wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding He has established the heavens. 

20 By His knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies distill the dew.

21 My son, let them not escape from your sight, but keep sound and godly Wisdom and discretion,

22 And they will be life to your inner self, and a gracious ornament to your neck (your outer self).

23 Then you will walk in your way securely and in confident trust, and you shall not dash your foot or stumble. 

24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.  AMP

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Proverbs 3:19The Lord laid the earth’s foundations with wisdom’s blueprints.

By his living-understanding all the universe came into being.

²⁰By his divine revelation he broke open the hidden fountains of the deep,

bringing secret springs to the surface as the mist of the night dripped down from heaven.

²¹My child, never drift off course from these two goals for your life: to walk in wisdom and to discover your purpose. Don’t ever forget how they empower you.

²²For they strengthen you inside and out and inspire you to do what’s right; you will be energized and refreshed by the healing they bring.

²³They give you living hope to guide you, and not one of life’s tests will cause you to stumble.

²⁴You will sleep like a baby, safe and sound—your rest will be sweet and secure. TPT

Proverbs 3:14 As wisdom increases, a great treasure is imparted, greater than many bars of refined gold.

¹⁵It is a more valuable commodity than gold and gemstones, for there is nothing you desire that could compare to her.

¹⁶Wisdom extends to you long life in one hand and wealth and promotion in the other. Out of her mouth flows righteousness, and her words release both law and mercy.  TPT

1 Corinthians 2:2 For while I was with you I was determined to be consumed with one topic—Jesus, the crucified Messiah.

³I stood before you feeling inadequate, filled with reverence for God, and trembling under the sense of the importance of my words.

⁴The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit.

⁵For God intended that your faith not be established on man’s wisdom but by trusting in his almighty power.

⁶However, there is a wisdom that we continually speak of when we are among the spiritually mature. It’s wisdom that didn’t originate in this present age, nor did it come from the rulers of this age who are in the process of being dethroned.

⁷Instead, we continually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery. It is his secret plan, destined before the ages, to bring us into glory.

⁸None of the rulers of this present world order understood it, for if they had, they never would have crucified the Lord of shining glory.

⁹This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine—these are the many things God has in store

for all his lovers.

¹⁰But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit. Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things.

¹¹After all, who can really see into a person’s heart and know his hidden impulses except for that person’s spirit? So it is with God. His thoughts and secrets are only fully understood by his Spirit, the Spirit of God.

¹²For we did not receive the spirit of this world system but the Spirit of God, so that we might come to understand and experience all that grace has lavished upon us.

¹³And we articulate these realities with the words imparted to us by the Spirit and not with the words taught by human wisdom. We join together Spirit-revealed truths with Spirit-revealed words.

¹⁴Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit.

¹⁵Those who live in the Spirit are able to carefully evaluate all things, and they are subject to the scrutiny of no one but God.

¹⁶For Who has ever intimately known the mind of the Lord Yahweh well enough to become his counselor? Christ has, and we possess Christ’s perceptions.  TPT

1 Cor 1:21 Since the world in all its fancy wisdom never had a clue when it came to knowing God, God in his wisdom took delight in using what the world considered dumb — preaching, of all things! — to bring those who trust him into the way of salvation.

22 While Jews clamor for miraculous demonstrations and Greeks go in for philosophical wisdom,

23 we go right on proclaiming Christ, the Crucified. Jews treat this like an anti-miracle — and Greeks pass it off as absurd. 24 But to us who are personally called by God himself — both Jews and Greeks — Christ is God’s ultimate miracle and wisdom all wrapped up in one.  MSG

1 Kings 4:29 And God gave Solomon exceptionally much wisdom and understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand of the seashore.

30 Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. AMP

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1 Kings 4:29 God gave Solomon wisdom — the deepest of understanding and the largest of hearts. There was nothing beyond him, nothing he couldn’t handle.

30 Solomon’s wisdom outclassed the vaunted wisdom of wise men of the East, outshone the famous wisdom of Egypt.  MSG

1 Kings 4:34 Sent by kings from all over the earth who had heard of his reputation, people came from far and near to listen to the wisdom of Solomon. MSG

 Job 12:12 Do you think the elderly have a corner on wisdom, that you have to grow old before you understand life?

13 “True wisdom and real power belong to God; from him we learn how to live,

and also what to live for.  MSG

Job 28:28 But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord — that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.  AMP

Ps 51:6 Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. AMP

Proverbs 2:6 Wisdom is a gift from a generous God, and every word he speaks is full of revelation and becomes a fountain of understanding within you. TPT

Proverbs 2:8 For the Lord has a hidden storehouse of wisdom made accessible to his godly ones. He becomes your personal bodyguard as you follow his ways, protecting and guarding you as you choose what is right.

Prov 4:7 Above all and before all, do this: Get Wisdom! Write this at the top of your list: Get Understanding!

8 Throw your arms around her — believe me, you won’t regret it; never let her go — she’ll make your life glorious.  MSG

JAMES 1:5 The only thing you could possibly lack is wisdom. [ However, make your request in such a way that you draw directly from the source. God is the origin and author of wisdom; he intertwines your thoughts with good judgment. His gifts are available to all, without regret.

6 Your requests give voice to faith. Faith is the stabilizing factor; otherwise you become driven by emotions (inconsistent judgments) that get out of control like rough seas tossed by tempest winds.

7 A haphazard request makes it impossible to interpret God’s wisdom accurately.  MIRROR  ▼▼▼

James 1:5 And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and he will give it! He won’t see your lack of wisdom as an opportunity to scold you over your failures but he will overwhelm your failures with his generous grace.

⁶Just make sure you ask empowered by confident faith without doubting that you will receive. For the ambivalent person believes one minute and doubts the next. Being undecided makes you become like the rough seas driven and tossed by the wind. You’re up one minute and tossed down the next.  TPT

Prov 24:3 Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation],  AMP

Acts 9:31 So the church throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was edified [growing in wisdom, virtue, and piety] and walking in the respect and reverential fear of the Lord and in the consolation and exhortation of the Holy Spirit, continued to increase and was multiplied.  AMP

1 Cor 1:30 But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin].  AMP

1 Cor 12:8 To one is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy] Spirit;

9 To another [wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy] Spirit, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit;  AMP

EPH 1:17 I desire that you will draw directly from the source; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory kindles within you the spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the unveiling of his Master Plan. I long for you to know by revelation what he has known about you all along!  MIRROR

Ephesians 3:10 The purpose of this was to unveil before every throne and rank of angelic orders in the heavenly realm God’s full and diverse wisdom revealed through the church. TPT

Colossians 2:3 For our spiritual wealth is in him, like hidden treasure waiting to be discovered—heaven’s wisdom and endless riches of revelation knowledge.  TPT

Sunday June 4, 2023 Illusion (distorted vision) vs. Reality (Original Identity)
Video- Man at the pool

Romans 7:21-25 (TPT)²¹Through my experience of this principle, I discover that even when I want to do good, evil is ready to sabotage me.²²Truly, deep within my true identity, I love to do what pleases God ²³But I discern another power operating in my humanity, waging a war against the moral principles of my conscience and bringing me into captivity as a prisoner to the “law” of sin—this unwelcome intruder in my humanity. ²⁴What an agonizing situation I am in! So who has the power to rescue this miserable man from the unwelcome intruder of sin and death? ²⁵ I give all my thanks to God, for his mighty power has finally provided a way out through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One! So if left to myself,the flesh is aligned with the law of sin, but now my renewed mind is fixed on and submitted to God’s righteous principles.

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 (Mirror) ³I am concerned for you that you might pine away through the illusion of separation from Christ and that, just like Eve, you might become blurry-eyed and deceived into believing a lie about yourselves. ⁴The temptation was to exchange the truth about our completeness (I am) with the idea of incompleteness (I am not) and shame; thinking that perfection required your toil and all manner of wearisome labor

2 Corinthians 11:3-4 (AMP) ³But I am afraid that, even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, your minds may be corrupted and led away from the simplicity of [your sincere and] pure devotion to Christ. ⁴For [you seem willing to allow it]if one comes and preaches another Jesuswhom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted. You tolerate all this beautifully [welcoming the deception]

Illusion-
 ¹a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses.

²A deceptive appearance or impression
³ false idea or belief.

Romans 1:23 (Mirror) ²³Their losing sight of God, made them lose sight of who they really were. In their calculation the image and likeness of God became reduced to a corrupted and distorted pattern of themselves. Suddenly a person has more in common with “creepy crawlies” than with their original blueprint.

Romans 6:17-18 (TPT) ¹⁷And thanks be to God, for in the past you were servants of sin, but now your obedience is heart deep, and your life is being molded by truth through the teaching you are devoted to ¹⁸And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants.

Romans 6:21-23 (TPT) ²¹So tell me, what benefit ensued from doing those things that you’re now ashamed of? It left you with nothing but a legacy of shame and death. ²²But now, as God’s loving servants, you live in joyous freedom from the power of sin. So consider the benefits you now enjoy—you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life! ²³For sin’s meager wages is death, but God’s lavish gift is life eternal, found in your union with our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

Romans 8:1-2 (AMP) ¹Therefore there is now no condemnation [no guilty verdict, no punishment] for those who are in Christ Jesus [who believe in Him as personal Lord and Savior]. ²For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

Romans 8:1-2 (TPT) ¹So now the case is closed. There remains no accusing voice of condemnation against those who are joined in life-union with Jesus, the Anointed One. ²For the “law” of the Spirit of life flowing through the anointing of Jesus has liberated us from the “law” of sin and death.

Romans 8:9 (Mirror) ⁹But you are not ruled by a flesh-consciousness, (law of works), but by a spirit-consciousness [faith], God’s Spirit is at home in you. Anyone who does not see themselves fully 1clothed and identified in the Spirit of Christ, cannot be themselves.

Romans 8:12 (Mirror) ¹² We owe the flesh nothing

Romans 8:12 (TPT) ¹² So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it.

Romans 8:14-15 (TPT) ¹⁴ The mature children of God are those who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁵ And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!”.

Romans 6:6 (AMP) ⁶ We know that our old self [our human nature without the Holy Spirit] was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin.

Romans 6:6 (TPT) ⁶Could it be any clearer that our former identity is now and forever deprived of its power? For we were co- crucified with him to dismantle the stronghold of sin within us, so that we would not continue to live one moment longer submitted to sin’s power.

John 10:9-10 (AMP) ⁹ I am the Door; anyone who enters through Me will be saved [and will live forever], and will go in and out [freely], and find pasture (spiritual security).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].
John 10:9-10 (TPT) ⁹ I am the Gateway. To enter through me is to experience life, freedom, and satisfaction. ¹⁰ A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect- life in its fullness until you overflow.

Romans 8:28 (Mirror) ²⁸ Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His Master Plan is announced in our original identity.

Romans 8:28 (Living Bible) ²⁸ And we know that all that happens to us is working for our good if we love God and are fitting into his plans.

Psalm 139:5 (TPT) ⁵You’ve gone into my future to prepare the way, and in kindness you follow behind me to spare me from the harm of my past.

Romans 8:31 (Mirror) ³¹All these things point to one conclusion, God is for us! Who can prevail against us?

Romans 8:33 (Mirror) ³³God has 1identified us, who can disqualify us? His 2word is our origin. No-one can point a finger; he declared us innocent. (He has placed us beyond the reach of blame and shame, guilt and gossip!)

Psalm 119:133 (AMP) ¹³³Establish my footsteps in [the way of] Your word;
Do not let any human weakness have power over me [causing me to be separated from You].

Psalm 119:133 (NKJV) ¹³³ Direct my steps by Your word, And let no iniquity have dominion over me.

Romans 8:38-39 (TPT) ³⁸ So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. ³⁹There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One!

Corinthians 11:6 (Mirror) ⁶ I am not here to entertain you with my public speaking skills, or to impress you with me, but to impress you with you! It is not in the plausible sounding words of my conversation; it is in what I know to be true about you. This is clearly evident in all of our dealings with you.

Philippians 3:12-16 (TPT) ¹²I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me to make me his own. ¹³ I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however, I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead. ¹⁴I run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory-prize through the anointing of Jesus. ¹⁵So let all who are fully mature have this same passion, and if anyone is not yet gripped by these desires, God will reveal it to them. ¹⁶And let us all advance together to reach this victory-prize, following one path with one passion.