ETERNAL LIFE 3-5-23  VIDEO eternal life

There is coming to my people, the heart awakening of what it means to have eternal life. Eternal life is the quality of life that begins on earth, but continues in heaven. Eternal life is found in knowing God, the Father, and knowing Jesus Christ. Jesus said eternal life is a present possession. Eternal life is God‘s kind of life. To experience to gain knowledge through direct participation with God the Father, and the Son, authors of real life.

John 17:2  [Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him.

3 And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.  AMP

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John 17:2 You have already given me authority over all people so that I may give

the gift of eternal life to all those that you have given to me.

³Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent. TPT

Matt 16:25 For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting].

26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?  AMP

Romans 2:7 For those living in constant goodness and doing what pleases him, seeking an unfading glory and honor and imperishable virtue, will experience eternal life.

⁸But those governed by selfishness and self-promotion, whose hearts are unresponsive to God’s truth and would rather embrace unrighteousness, will experience the fullness of wrath. TPT

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ROM 2:7 The quest of mankind is to be constant in expressing that which is good and glorious and of imperishable value. We are eager to engage the original blueprint-life of the ages. 

8 Yet there are those who ignore the truth through unbelief.  They believe in their failure and unrighteousness and are consumed by outbursts of anger and displeasure. MIRROR

John 5:39 “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me!

40 And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.  MSG

John 6:54 The one who brings a hearty appetite to this eating and drinking has eternal life and will be fit and ready for the Final Day.

55 My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

56 By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you.

57 In the same way that the fully alive Father sent me here and I live because of him, so the one who makes a meal of me lives because of me. MSG

John 3:15  and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life. MSG

John 10:10  A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of. MSG

John 6:40 This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time.”  MSG

John 6:68 Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words (the message) of eternal life. AMP

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John 6:68 Peter spoke up and said, “But Lord, where would we go? No one but you gives us the revelation of eternal life. TPT

John 10:28 I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand.

29 The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him.

30 I and the Father are one heart and mind.”    MSG

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JOHN 10:28 And I give them the life of the ages and they shall never be lost neither shall anyone wrestle them out of my hand.

29 As for my Father, what he has given me is most precious and no-one can snatch them out of his hand!

30 My Father and I are one!” MIRROR

Acts 5:20 Go, take your stand in the temple courts and declare to the people the whole doctrine concerning this Life (the eternal life which Christ revealed).  AMP

Titus 3:7 God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come — an eternity of life!

8 You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone.   MSG   ▼▼▼

TITUS 3:7  His grace vindicates our innocence. We have also become heirs to the life that we have always longed for, the life of the ages.  

8 You can confidently lean the weight of your being on this word! I want you to be emphatic about this; encourage the believers to be conscious of the fact that they are the custodians of this message. In their day-to-day lifestyle they positively advertise its attraction and beauty.  MIRROR

Prov 12:28 Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life).  AMP  

Rom 5:21 All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life — a life that goes on and on and on, world without end. MSG 

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Rom 5:21 So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace (His unearned and undeserved favor) might reign also through righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal life through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord.  AMP

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RO 5:21 Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now grace has taken over sovereignty through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us. MIRROR

Rom 6:23 For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.  AMP

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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

Gal 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. AMP

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GAL 6: 8 The flesh cannot compete with the spirit; just like with Adam, the fruit of the do it yourself tree still produces death, while faith produces the spirit fruit of the life of the ages, the God-kind of life.  MIRROR

1 Tim 6:12 Run hard and fast in the faith. Seize the eternal life, the life you were called to, the life you so fervently embraced in the presence of so many witnesses. MSG

TITUS 1:2 This is the life of the ages which was anticipated for generations; the life of our original design announced by the infallible resolve of God before time or space existed.  MIRROR

1 JOHN 1:2-4 The same life that was face to face with the Father from the beginning, has now dawned on us! The infinite life of the Father became visible before our eyes in a human person!

3 We include you in this conversation; you are the immediate audience of the logic of God! This is the Word that always was; we saw him incarnate and witnessed his language as defining our lives. In the incarnation Jesus includes mankind in the eternal friendship of the Father and the Son! This life now finds expression in an unreserved union.  

4 I am writing this to complete your joy and include you in my delight!  MIRROR

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1 John 1:2 The Word of Life appeared right before our eyes; we saw it happen! And now we’re telling you in most sober prose that what we witnessed was, incredibly, this: The infinite Life of God himself took shape before us.

3 We saw it, we heard it, and now we’re telling you so you can experience it along with us, this experience of communion with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ.

4 Our motive for writing is simply this: We want you to enjoy this, too. Your joy will double our joy! MSG

1 John 2:25 This is exactly what Christ promised: eternal life, real life!

26 I’ve written to warn you about those who are trying to deceive you.

27 But they’re no match for what is embedded deeply within you — Christ’s anointing, no less! You don’t need any of their so-called teaching. Christ’s anointing teaches you the truth on everything you need to know about yourself and him, uncontaminated by a single lie. Live deeply in what you were taught. MSG

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1 JOHN2:25 This is the essence of the life of the ages which he has announced and purposed from the beginning.  

26 My intention with this writing is to nullify the influence of those who wish to unsettle you.

27 I am convinced that the effect of his touch within you is permanent; this is the Christ-annointing that teaches you all things, so that you do not need any teacher whose doctrine does not resonate with truth. Deception cannot compete with spirit-resonance.  MIRROR

1 John 5:11 This is the testimony in essence: God gave us eternal life; the life is in his Son.

12 So, whoever has the Son, has life; whoever rejects the Son, rejects life. The Reality, not the Illusion

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.  MSG

Rev 1:18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).  AMP

SPIRIT OF IMPARTATION 3-3-23 VIDEO IMPARTATION OF ANOINTING 2

The Holy Spirit brings His presence in our lives with a Spirit of impartation. He gives us gifts. Gifts of healing, knowledge, wisdom, everything paid for by the blood of Jesus. Importation is to reveal, transmit, divulge. It is the state of having been told, given, or granted something. Impartation is a supernatural understanding of a gift from the Holy Spirit that we can receive and then transmit it to one another. God imparts to believers what Jesus was given. The Spirit of impartation goes deep into us, Spirit to Spirit.

John 16:14 He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

15 Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. AMP

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John 16:14 He will honor me; he will take from me and deliver it to you.

15 Everything the Father has is also mine. That is why I’ve said, ‘He takes from me and delivers to you.’ MSG

JOHN 16:14 Holy Spirit will endorse my opinion of you by taking that which is mine and interpreting it in you.

15 The Father and I enjoy all things in common – even to the finest detail – because this is so, I said that the Close Companion esteems my glory and lays a hold of that which is within me and declares it within you from heavens point of view.  MIRROR

2 TIM 2:2 What you have learned from me is not a theory; you have witnessed ample evidence that confirms the integrity of my message. See the future of this gospel in everyone you influence; their persuasion is also their competence to instruct others in the same revelation.  MIRROR

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2 Tim 2:2 And the [instructions] which you have heard from me along with many witnesses, transmit and entrust [as a deposit] to reliable and faithful men who will be competent and qualified to teach others also. AMP

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2 Tim 2:2 Pass on what you heard from me — the whole congregation saying Amen! — to reliable leaders who are competent to teach others.  MSG

Rom 1:11 The longer this waiting goes on, the deeper the ache. I so want to be there to deliver God’s gift in person and watch you grow stronger right before my eyes!

12 But don’t think I’m not expecting to get something out of this, too! You have as much to give me as I do to you. MSG

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Rom 1:11 For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you;

12 That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine. 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.

12 And so we will be mutually refreshed in the participation and reflection of our common faith. MIRROR

1 Cor 2:6 Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away.

7 But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God — [that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence].

8 None of the rulers of this age or world perceived and recognized and understood this, for if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory.

9 But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed].

10 Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man’s scrutiny].  AMP

Isa 54:17  But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord. AMP

Acts 18:23 After staying there some time, he left and went from place to place in an orderly journey through the territory of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing the disciples and imparting new strength to them. AMP

John 17:7 Now [at last] they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours].

8 For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.

9 I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You.  AMP

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JOHN 17:7 Now they too have come to know that everything you have given me originate in their own I-am-ness in you!  

8 I have given them the very words which you have given me in our conversation, which words they have embraced and have come to know that surely I also proceeded from you and are commissioned by you!  

9 I pray specifically for them – those who know that they are yours to begin with and that you gave them to me. I’m not here to debate with those who still see themselves defined by the world-system!  MIRROR

John 17:22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:

23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.

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

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JOHN 17:22 And I, [the Incarnate word]  have endued them with the same glorious esteem that you have given me so that their oneness may mirror ours.

23 I am in them as you are in me, and on this basis their seamless oneness may be entirely concluded. Thus the world will acknowledge your commission upon my life and know that my love for them mirrors your love for me.  

24 Father I desire that what you have given me in them may cause them to be where I am so that they may see what I see and gaze attentively upon the splendor of my glory which you have given me [in them] because you loved me before the fall of the world. Thus the world will be persuaded that your love for them was never compromised because of the fall – you continued to love them the same! MIRROR

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.  MSG

Jer 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.  AMP

Mark 10:45 That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not to be served — and then to give away his life in exchange for many who are held hostage.”  MSG  ▼▼▼

Mark 10:45  For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for (instead of) many.  AMP

LUKE 12:32 You might sometimes feel so vulnerable and overwhelmed by the odds against you, like a fragile little flock of lambs amidst wolves! You have nothing to fear – it is your Father’s delight to give you the kingdom.  MIRROR

JOHN 5:21 For just as the Father awakens people from their death-sleep and revitalizes them with Zoe-life, even so it pleases the Son to awaken people to life!  MIRROR

Acts 8:18 However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he brought money and offered it to them,  AMP

Acts 2:1 On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place.

²Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of wind rushing into the house from out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!

³Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfed each one of them.

⁴They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!  TPT

1 John 4:13 By this we come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we abide (live and remain) in Him and He in us: because He has given (imparted) to us of His [Holy] Spirit.  AMP

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1 John 4:13 This is how we know we’re living steadily and deeply in him, and he in us: He’s given us life from his life, from his very own Spirit. MSG

Num 27:18 God said to Moses, “Take Joshua the son of Nun — the Spirit is in him! — and place your hand on him.

19 Stand him before Eleazar the priest in front of the entire congregation and commission him with everyone watching.

20 Pass your magisterial authority over to him so that the whole congregation of the People of Israel will listen obediently to him.  MSG

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Deut 34:9 Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid his hands on him. The People of Israel listened obediently to him and did the same as when God had commanded Moses. MSG

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Num 11:25 God came down in a cloud and spoke to Moses and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy leaders. When the Spirit rested on them they prophesied. But they didn’t continue; it was a onetime event.  MSG

1 Tim 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. TPT

THE IMPORTANCE OF FAVOR 2-26-22 VIDEO UNDESERVED FAVOR 2

It is one thing to say, “I have God’s favor”, but it’s quite a different thing when you actually believe that you are favored by God. When you know God’s favor is upon you and in you, you have no fear about facing your future. Favor means that God steps into our lives and situations to a create a wonderful and sizable difference in our future. Favor is the highway that connects you to your destiny. Favor means God demonstrates his delight in you. Favor is a reward. Jesus restored the favor of God to all mankind through his sacrifice. Another definition of favor is grace. For this reason, the Lord is waiting to show His favor to you so He can show you his marvelous love. He wants to be gracious to you He sits on the throne ready to show us mercy He is the Lord of Justice.

Ps 89:17 You are their strength. What glory! Our power is based on your favor! TLB

Gen 39:4 So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] and found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge. 

5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 

6 And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph’s charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking.  AMP

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Gen 39:4 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,

6 and all Potiphar had to concern himself with was eating three meals a day. Joseph was a strikingly handsome man. MSG

Gen 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “You’re the man for us. God has given you the inside story — no one is as qualified as you in experience and wisdom.

40 From now on, you’re in charge of my affairs; all my people will report to you. Only as king will I be over you.”

41 So Pharaoh commissioned Joseph: “I’m putting you in charge of the entire country of Egypt.”

42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and slipped it on Joseph’s hand. He outfitted him in robes of the best linen and put a gold chain around his neck.  MSG

Est 2:15 When it was Esther’s turn to go to the king (Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his daughter), she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, had recommended. Esther, just as she was, won the admiration of everyone who saw her. 

16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of the king’s reign. 

17 The king fell in love with Esther far more than with any of his other women or any of the other virgins — he was totally smitten by her. He placed a royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

18 Then the king gave a great banquet for all his nobles and officials — “Esther’s Banquet.” He proclaimed a holiday for all the provinces and handed out gifts with royal generosity.  MSG

2 COR 9:8 Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.  TPT

Job 22:28 You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God’s favor] shall shine upon your ways. AMP

Ps 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  AMP

Ps 41:11 By this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. AMP

Ps 84:11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!   AMP

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]. AMP

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].

12 Rejoice in the Lord, you [consistently] righteous (upright and in right standing with God), and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.  AMP

2 Sam 9:7 “Don’t be frightened,” said David. “I’d like to do something special for you in memory of your father Jonathan. To begin with, I’m returning to you all the properties of your grandfather Saul. Furthermore, from now on you’ll take all your meals at my table.”  MSG

PRO 16:15 Life-giving light streams from the presence of a king,  and his favor is showered upon those who please him.  TPT

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Prov 16:15 The light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain. AMP

ISA 30:18  For this reason the Lord is still waiting to show his favor to you so he can show you his marvelous love. He waits to be gracious to you. He sits on his throne ready to show mercy to you. For Yahweh is the Lord of justice, faithful to keep his promises. Overwhelmed with bliss are all who will entwine their hearts in him,waiting for him to help them.  TPT

Hos 10:12 Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you.  AMP

Isa 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, AMP

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Isa 61:2 God sent me to announce the year of his grace — a celebration of God’s destruction of our enemies — and to comfort all who mourn, MSG

2 COR 6:2 God declared his delight to do you good! “I have heard the cry of the human race echo within you and immediately ran to your rescue.” 4Now this is mankind’s defining moment! See it for yourself! This is your time; this is your salvation!    MIRROR 

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2 Cor 6:2 For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!  AMP

LUKE 1:30  The Messenger spoke to her and immediately re-assured her to have no fear – “God is head over heels in love with you! This is your moment to discover how favored you have always been!  MIRROR

LUKE 2:52 Meanwhile Jesus continued to engage and advance with courageous progress in all things; in wisdom, in stature and in the consciousness of favor before God and his fellow human beings.  MIRROR

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.

17 For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ.  AMP

1 Cor 1:4 I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, AMP

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1 COR 1:4 I am always so happy for you when I consider how greatly advantaged you are because of God’s grace unveiled in Jesus Christ.  MIRROR

1 Cor 2:12 Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God.  AMP

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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

2 Cor 5:19  It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God. AMP

Luke 14:14 You’ll be — and experience — a blessing. They won’t be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned — oh, how it will be returned! — at the resurrection of God’s people.”  MSG

Heb 4:16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].  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

THE IMPORTACE OF FAVOR 2-26-22 VIDEO UNDESERVED FAVOR 2

It is one thing to say, “I have God’s favor”, but it’s quite a different thing when you actually believe that you are favored by God. When you know God’s favor is upon you and in you, you have no fear about facing your future. Favor means that God steps into our lives and situations to a create a wonderful and sizable difference in our future. Favor is the highway that connects you to your destiny. Favor means God demonstrates his delight in you. Favor is a reward. Jesus restored the favor of God to all mankind through his sacrifice. Another definition of favor is grace. For this reason, the Lord is waiting to show His favor to you so He can show you his marvelous love. He wants to be gracious to you He sits on the throne ready to show us mercy He is the Lord of Justice.

Ps 89:17 You are their strength. What glory! Our power is based on your favor! TLB

Gen 39:4 So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] and found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge. 

5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field. 

6 And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph’s charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking.  AMP

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Gen 39:4 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,

6 and all Potiphar had to concern himself with was eating three meals a day. Joseph was a strikingly handsome man. MSG

Gen 41:39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “You’re the man for us. God has given you the inside story — no one is as qualified as you in experience and wisdom.

40 From now on, you’re in charge of my affairs; all my people will report to you. Only as king will I be over you.”

41 So Pharaoh commissioned Joseph: “I’m putting you in charge of the entire country of Egypt.”

42 Then Pharaoh removed his signet ring from his finger and slipped it on Joseph’s hand. He outfitted him in robes of the best linen and put a gold chain around his neck.  MSG

Est 2:15 When it was Esther’s turn to go to the king (Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had adopted her as his daughter), she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the harem, had recommended. Esther, just as she was, won the admiration of everyone who saw her. 

16 She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of the king’s reign. 

17 The king fell in love with Esther far more than with any of his other women or any of the other virgins — he was totally smitten by her. He placed a royal crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

18 Then the king gave a great banquet for all his nobles and officials — “Esther’s Banquet.” He proclaimed a holiday for all the provinces and handed out gifts with royal generosity.  MSG

2 COR 9:8 Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.  TPT

Job 22:28 You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God’s favor] shall shine upon your ways. AMP

Ps 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  AMP

Ps 41:11 By this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. AMP

Ps 84:11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]!   AMP

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]. AMP

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].

12 Rejoice in the Lord, you [consistently] righteous (upright and in right standing with God), and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.  AMP

2 Sam 9:7 “Don’t be frightened,” said David. “I’d like to do something special for you in memory of your father Jonathan. To begin with, I’m returning to you all the properties of your grandfather Saul. Furthermore, from now on you’ll take all your meals at my table.”  MSG

PRO 16:15 Life-giving light streams from the presence of a king,  and his favor is showered upon those who please him.  TPT

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Prov 16:15 The light of the king’s countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain. AMP

ISA 30:18  For this reason the Lord is still waiting to show his favor to you so he can show you his marvelous love. He waits to be gracious to you. He sits on his throne ready to show mercy to you. For Yahweh is the Lord of justice, faithful to keep his promises. Overwhelmed with bliss are all who will entwine their hearts in him,waiting for him to help them.  TPT

Hos 10:12 Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you.  AMP

Isa 61:2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, AMP

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Isa 61:2 God sent me to announce the year of his grace — a celebration of God’s destruction of our enemies — and to comfort all who mourn, MSG

2 COR 6:2 God declared his delight to do you good! “I have heard the cry of the human race echo within you and immediately ran to your rescue.” 4Now this is mankind’s defining moment! See it for yourself! This is your time; this is your salvation!    MIRROR 

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2 Cor 6:2 For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation!  AMP

LUKE 1:30  The Messenger spoke to her and immediately re-assured her to have no fear – “God is head over heels in love with you! This is your moment to discover how favored you have always been!  MIRROR

LUKE 2:52 Meanwhile Jesus continued to engage and advance with courageous progress in all things; in wisdom, in stature and in the consciousness of favor before God and his fellow human beings.  MIRROR

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.

17 For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ.  AMP

1 Cor 1:4 I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, AMP

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1 COR 1:4 I am always so happy for you when I consider how greatly advantaged you are because of God’s grace unveiled in Jesus Christ.  MIRROR

1 Cor 2:12 Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God.  AMP

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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

2 Cor 5:19  It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God. AMP

Luke 14:14 You’ll be — and experience — a blessing. They won’t be able to return the favor, but the favor will be returned — oh, how it will be returned! — at the resurrection of God’s people.”  MSG

Heb 4:16 Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it].  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

JESUS, OUR DELIVERER
Psalm 34:4 (Amplified Bible)
I sought the LORD [on the authority of His word], and He answered me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
Delivered: nutual naw-teal (Heb) – to snatch away (defend, escape,
part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, save, spoil, strip, take out)
Psalm 18:2 (KJV)
“The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my
strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my
salvation, and my high tower.”
Deliverer: palat (Heb) – to slip out, escape, carry away safe
Daniel 6:27 (Amplified Bible)
“He rescues and saves and performs signs and wonders
In heaven and on earth – He who has rescued Daniel from the power of
the lions.”
Psalm 107:2 (Amplified Bible)
Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the
hand of the adversary
Revelation 7:9,10 (Amplified Bible)
I looked, and this is what I saw: a vast multitude which no one could
count, [gathered] from every nation and from all the tribes and peoples
and languages [of the earth], standing before the throne and before the
Lamb (Christ), dressed in white robes, with [d]palm branches in their
hands; 10 and in a loud voice they cried out, saying,2
“Salvation [belongs] to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the
Lamb [our salvation is the Trinity’s to give, and to God the Trinity we
owe our deliverance].”
II
You might think David could have had some confusion about the role
God played and the role he (David) played in these many instances of
deliverance:
1. That David was, at least in part, able to bring about his own
deliverance
1 Samuel 17:37 (Amplified Bible)
David said, “The LORD who rescued me from the paw of the lion
and from the paw of the bear, He will rescue me from the hand of
this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may
the LORD be with you.”
Haven’t we said that, one way or another, at one time or
another?
But David purposefully used the Hebrew word naw-teal,
meaning to snatch away (defend, escape, part, pluck,
preserve, recover, rescue, save, spoil, strip, take out)
2. That David “praised his way” into his deliverance
Psalm 18:3 (Amplified Bible)
I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved
from my enemies.
An inference that his praise brought about his deliverance
The KJV makes it sound even more like that:3
“I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so
shall I be saved from mine enemies.”
But the Message translation provides a better proof of the
passage’s true meaning:
“I sing to God, the Praise-Lofty, and find myself safe and
saved.”
3. That David’s own “good conduct” brought him his deliverance
2 Samuel 22:21-25 (Amplified Bible)
“The LORD has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.
22 “For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not acted
wickedly against my God. 23 “For all His judgments (legal
decisions) were before me, and from His statutes I did not turn
aside. 24 “I was also blameless before Him, and kept myself from
wrongdoing. 25 “Therefore the LORD has rewarded me according to
my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His sight.
Rather, it was righteousness by faith:
Hebrews 11:1 (Amplified Bible)
Now faith is the assurance (title deed, confirmation) of things
hoped for (divinely guaranteed), and the evidence of things not
seen [the conviction of their reality—faith comprehends as fact
what cannot be experienced by the physical senses]. 2 For by this
[kind of] faith the [a]men of old gained [divine] approval.
Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab
are all examples of people whose faith translated into
righteousness, even before the promise of salvation through the
Messiah had been fulfilled.4
Hebrews 11:32-34 (Amplified Bible)
And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon,
Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the
prophets, 33 who by faith [that is, with an enduring trust in God and
His promises] subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained
promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, 34 extinguished the
power of [raging] fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, became mighty and unbeatable in
battle, putting enemy forces to flight.
III
So let’s take a close look at the dynamics of just how David’s
deliverances came to him:
2 Samuel 22:2 (Amplified Bible)
David spoke the words of this song to the LORD when the LORD rescued
him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He
said: “The LORD is my rock and my fortress [on the mountain] and my
rescuer; 3 My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the
horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge, My Savior—You
save me from violence. 4 “I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be
praised, And I am saved from my enemies. 5 “For the waves of death
encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed and terrified
me. 6 “The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death
confronted me. 7 “In my distress I called upon the LORD;
I cried out to my God, And from His temple [in the heavens] He heard
my voice; My cry for help came into His ears. 8 “Then the earth shook
and quaked, the foundations of the heavens trembled and were shaken,
because He was angry. 9 “Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and
devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it. 10 “He bowed
the heavens also, and came down with thick darkness under His feet.
11 “He rode on a cherub and flew; He appeared upon the wings of the
wind. 12 “He made darkness [c]canopies around Him, a mass of waters,5
thick clouds of the skies. 13 “Out of the brightness before Him coals of
fire were set aflame. 14 “The LORD thundered from heaven,
And the Most High uttered His voice. 15 “He sent out arrows and
scattered them; lightning, and confused them. 16 “The channels of the sea
appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke of
the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. 17 “He sent from
above, He took me; He drew me out of great waters. 18 “He rescued me
from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too
mighty for me. 19 “They came upon me in the day of my calamity,
but the LORD was my support. 20 “He also brought me out to an open
place; He rescued me because He delighted in me.
That’s the how. Here’s the why:
Deliver –
: to set free
: to take and hand over to or leave for another
: to send, provide, or make accessible
: to give birth to
: to send (something aimed or guided) to an intended target or
destination
: to bring
: to come through with
: to produce the promised, desired, or expected results
Acts 5:31-32 (Amplified Bible)
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior and Deliverer,
in order to grant repentance to Israel, and [to grant] forgiveness of
sins. 32 And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit,
whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.”
Psalm 56:13 (Amplified Bible)
For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from
falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and the living.6
Luke 4:18 (Amplified Bible)
“THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME (the Messiah),
BECAUSE HE HAS ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO THE
POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO ANNOUNCE RELEASE (pardon,
forgiveness) TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND,
TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED (downtrodden, bruised,
crushed by tragedy)
John 3:16 (KJV)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

REVIVAL 2-19-23 VIDEO revival is on display 2

Renewal by definition is to make a live again, those who have fallen into a cold death state. It is reviving back to the state of being that you were in when you were first born again. Also when you were first filled with the Holy Spirit. Renewal is to refresh the body of Christ specifically after a season of troubles and spiritual war. Renewal may start in one place, but it is meant to be global. No move of God ever really ends. Sometimes it just is lifted up. Looking for a new place to land. Oh, Lord, I pray let it land here.

REVIVAL-IS TO FLORISH AGAIN- IT HAS TO DO WITH CHRISTIANS NOT THE WORLD -AN OUTBREAK OF GOD’S PRESENCE-BRINGING BACK TO LIFE THE LUKEWARM

Ezek 37:1 THE HAND of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones.

2 And He caused me to pass round about among them, and behold, there were very many [human bones] in the open valley or plain, and behold, they were very dry.

3 And He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, You know! 

4 Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.  

5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live;

6 And I will lay sinews upon you and bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin, and I will put breath and spirit in you, and you [dry bones] shall live; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a [thundering] noise and behold, a shaking and trembling and a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

8 And I looked and behold, there were sinews upon [the bones] and flesh came upon them and skin covered them over, but there was no breath or spirit in them.

9 Then said He to me, Prophesy to the breath and spirit, son of man, and say to the breath and spirit, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath and spirit, and breathe upon these slain that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath and spirit came into [the bones], and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great host.  

11 Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we are completely cut off.

12 Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel.

13 And you shall know that I am the Lord [your Sovereign Ruler], when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, O My people.  AMP

REV 2:4 Here is my problem, you have divorced me and abandoned your first love!

5 Now, I implore you to call to mind that place where you have fallen from. Remember our intimate romance. The poetry of this union is the driving force of your life! It is so different from being duty- or guilt-driven. It is in your entwining with my thoughts that you are most strategic and effective.  MIRROR

Hos 6:2 After two days he will give us new life. On the third day he’ll make us like new again. Then we will enjoy his blessing.

3 Let’s recognize him as the Lord. Let’s keep trying to really know him. You can be sure the sun will rise. And you can be just as sure the Lord will appear. He will come to renew us like the winter rains. He will be like the spring rains that water the earth.”

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Hos 6:2 After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him.  

3 Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.  AMP

Joel 2:28-31 “And that’s just the beginning: After that — “I will pour out my Spirit

on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.

29 I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both.

30 I’ll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below: Blood and fire and billowing smoke,

31 the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Judgment Day of God,

the Day tremendous and awesome. MSG

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Joel 2:28 And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit.

30 And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.  AMP

Joel 2:32 Whoever calls, ‘Help, God!’ gets help. On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem

there will be a great rescue — just as God said. Included in the survivors are those that God calls. MSG

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 havecalled you by name, and you are mine. TPT

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;

20 And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you — even Jesus,  AMP

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Acts 3:19 “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you,

20 and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus. MSG

Psalms 69:32 All who seek you will see God do this for them, and they’ll overflow with gladness. Let this revive your hearts, all you lovers of God! TPT

Psalms 85:6 Revive us again, O God! I know you will! Give us a fresh start! Then all your people will taste your joy and gladness.

⁷Pour out even more of your love on us! Reveal more of your kindness and restore us back to you!  TPT

Ps 119:25  My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word!   AMP

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Ps 119:25 I’m feeling terrible — I couldn’t feel worse! Get me on my feet again. You promised, remember?  MSG

Hos 14:7 Those who live near him will be blessed by him, be blessed and prosper like golden grain. Everyone will be talking about them, spreading their fame as the vintage children of God. MSG

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Hos 14:7 They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive like the grain and blossom like the vine; the scent of it shall be like the wine of Lebanon. AMP

Hab 3:2 God, I’ve heard what our ancestors say about you, and I’m stopped in my tracks, down on my knees. Do among us what you did among them. Work among us as you worked among them. And as you bring judgment, as you surely must,

remember mercy.  MSG

Acts 4:29 “And now they’re at it again! Take care of their threats and give your servants fearless confidence in preaching your Message,

30 as you stretch out your hand to us in healings and miracles and wonders done in the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

31 While they were praying, the place where they were meeting trembled and shook. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak God’s Word with fearless confidence.

32 The whole congregation of believers was united as one — one heart, one mind! They didn’t even claim ownership of their own possessions. No one said, “That’s mine; you can’t have it.” They shared everything.

33 The apostles gave powerful witness to the resurrection of the Master Jesus, and grace was on all of them.

34 And so it turned out that not a person among them was needy. Those who owned fields or houses sold them and brought the price of the sale

35 to the apostles and made an offering of it. The apostles then distributed it according to each person’s need. MSG

Ps 23:5 You serve me a six-course dinner right in front of my enemies. You revive my drooping head; my cup brims with blessing. MSG

Ps 119:88 In your great love revive me so I can alertly obey your every word. MSG

Ps 119:156  Your mercies, God, run into the billions; following your guidelines, revive me.

John 6:33 For the Bread of God is He Who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

34 Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)!

35 Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).  AMP

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John 6:33 The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world.”

34 They jumped at that: “Master, give us this bread, now and forever!”

35 Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever. MSG

Ps 34:10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG

Col 1:6 It’s the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you’ve been hungry for more.  MSG

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COL 1:6  This word resonates within you and its appeal is prevailing in the whole world. The harvest is evident everywhere and gaining ground; as also witnessed in your own experience from the moment you heard and understood the true implication and the relevance of his grace.  MIRROR

Acts 2:47  Constantly praising God and being in favor and goodwill with all the people; and the Lord kept adding [to their number] daily those who were being saved [from spiritual death].  AMP

COMMUNION “DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME”  2-17-23  VIDEO WADE

Communion is one of the most special and powerful gifts that Jesus has given us. He has given us the ability in the midst of all our troubles and worldly problems to live in the reality of what he did for us. Given of his body and his blood for us. To experience life and life more abundantly taking communion is the way we can make sure the world can’t harm us. Jesus told his disciples what is body and blood meant, but he also told him that he would soon die on the cross. He prepare them for that, and tells them of a future celebration in the kingdom. Communion was started by Jesus on Passover. He broke off from the law and instituted a new covenant, his body, his blood. Animal sacrifices offered there is a remembrance of sins,  the memory of sins committed is revived by the sacrifices,  NT MEMORY- “in memory of” but in an affectionate calling of the Person Himself to mind; not of the “remembrance” of sins,  but an awakening of mind to Jesus.

John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]  AMP

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JN 16:33 I have spoken these things to you that in me you will know the sweet and assured resonance of my peace! In the world you encounter extreme and stressful times, but be of good courage, I have conquered the world-order!”  MIRROR

Romans 5:9 And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in my sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God.  TPT

Colossians 1:20 And by the blood of his cross, everything in heaven and earth is brought back to himself—back to its original intent, restored to innocence again

Eph 4:16 He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love

1 Cor 10:16 When we drink the cup of blessing, aren’t we taking into ourselves the blood, the very life, of Christ? And isn’t it the same with the loaf of bread we break and eat? Don’t we take into ourselves the body, the very life, of Christ?

17 Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness — Christ doesn’t become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don’t reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is.  MSG

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1 COR 10:16 When we share a meal together we declare our association in Christ! Every time we drink from the same cup, we communicate the language of the covenant of grace, which is what our fellowship is all about. The wine we drink is our participation in what the blood of Christ represents. The bread we break celebrates our participation in the incarnation! The prophetic promise became flesh in his person; we are jointly declaring that in the revelation of our inclusion in his death and resurrection we are now the visible body of Christ.  

17 The single loaf of bread that we all partake of represents the fact that although there are many of us, there is only one Christ! By eating together from that one bread we are declaring that we are one body in Christ and that he is incarnated in each one of us! MIRROR

1 John 4:17 In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. AMP

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1 JN 4:17 So now, with us awakening to our full inclusion in this love union, everything is perfect! Its completeness is not compromised in contradiction. Our confident conversation echoes this fellowship even in the face of crisis; because, as he is, so are we in this world – our lives are mirrored in him. We are as blameless in this life as Jesus is!This perfect love union is the source of our confidence whenever we face the scrutiny of contradiction.  MIRROR

Matt 26:26 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body.

27 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you;

28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which [ratifies the agreement and] is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

29 I say to you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it with you new and of superior quality in My Father’s kingdom.  AMP

John 16:28  Yes, I did come from the Father and I came into the world. Now I leave the world behind and return to the Father.” PHILLIPS

REV 19:9 And he instructed me to record this in writing: Oh the blessedness of this bliss which is the supreme celebration of the union of the ages! You have individually been identified by name and invited to the Lamb’s supper, concluding in the ultimate wedding feast! This is the Grand Finale in the unveiling of God’s word.  MIRROR

JN 6:51 I am the living bread, I stepped out of the heavenly realm into this earth suit, in the incarnation, so that everyone may feast on the idea of their true incarnate identity mirrored in me and discover the life of the ages incarnate in them! The bread that I will give is my own flesh; it will translate into life for the entire cosmos!   

JOHN 6:33 For the bread from God that comes down from heaven is that which gives life to the entire world!

34 They said, Oh Lord, this is the bread we crave! Give us this bread!

35 Jesus said, I am the bread of life! He that comes face to face with me shall never hunger and he who finds his faith resting in me shall never thirst!   MIRROR

JOHN 6:53 Amen amen, I say unto you that you have no real life in yourselves until you consume the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood.

54 Your every meal is a celebration of the incarnation; to eat my flesh and drink my blood is to digest me like your body is designed to digest food and it becomes flesh; this echoes the life of the ages and communicates the fact that you are co-risen with me in the final conclusion of my work of redemption.  

55 My flesh is food in its truest form and my blood is drink in its truest form.

56 The eating of my flesh and drinking of my blood is the celebration of our seamless union – you in me and I in you – because you won’t find you until you find me!  

57 As the living Father has sent me and also sustains me so will I sustain the one eating me. I live through my Father – just like my daily food sustains me, so his life permanently resides in me – now you may also continually and habitually feast on me and live through me!

58 This is the bread that stepped down out of the heavenly sphere – there is no comparison with the manna your fathers received from heaven,  they ate and they died [without completing their destiny] – now feast on me and celebrate the life of the ages.    

Acts 2:42 And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord’s Supper] and prayers.

43 And a sense of awe (reverential fear) came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were performed through the apostles (the special messengers).

44 And all who believed (who adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus Christ) were united and [together] they had everything in common;  AMP

Heb 8:13 When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether.  AMP

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Heb 8:13 By coming up with a new plan, a new covenant between God and his people, God put the old plan on the shelf. And there it stays, gathering dust. MSG

Romans 5:9 And there is still much more to say of his unfailing love for us! For through the blood of Jesus we have heard the powerful declaration, “You are now righteous in my sight.” And because of the sacrifice of Jesus, you will never experience the wrath of God.  TPT

Heb 12:24 And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance].  AMP

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HEB  12:24 Jesus is the spokesman and arbitrator of the New Testament order. His blood signature sanctions mankind’s innocence. This is a complete new language that communicates better things, in that it is the very substance of what was spoken in the shadow-type message of the blood sacrifice that Abel brought.

1 COR 11:23 Let me remind you then what we are actually celebrating in our fellowship meal: The night in which the Lord Jesus was betrayed, he took bread

24 and gave thanks; breaking the bread into portions, he said, “Realize your association with my death, every time you eat, remember my body that was broken for you!”  

25 He did exactly the same with the cup after supper and said, “This cup holds the wine of the New Covenant in my blood; you celebrate me every time you drink with this understanding!”

26 Your every meal makes the mandate of his coming relevant and communicates the meaning of the New Covenant.

27 So whoever does not value the meaning of the bread and the wine, keep themselves in condemnation.

28 To see oneself associated in Christ’s death and declared innocent in his blood is the only worthy manner in which to examine one’s own life in the context of the new covenant meal.  

29 Anyone who partakes of this meal in an indifferent manner, either because of religious sentiment or merely being blasé about the meaning of the meal, eats and drinks judgment upon themselves! The human body of Jesus represents the judgment of every single human life; to fail to acknowledge this is to deliberately exclude yourself from the blessing of the New Covenant.

30 This is the reason why many of you are suffering unnecessarily with weaknesses and illnesses, and many have already died.

31 By judging that we indeed co-died in his death we are free from any kind of judgment!

32 By discerning the broken body of Christ we can only conclude that he suffered our brokenness and distortion. This is the instruction of the Lord; what foolishness it would be to continue to place yourself and the rest of the world under judgment when Jesus already took all judgment upon himself!   MIRROR

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1 COR 11:23I have handed down to you what came to me by direct revelation from the Lord himself. The same night in which he was handed over,^[s] he took bread

²⁴ and gave thanks. Then he distributed it to the disciples and said, “Take it and eat your fill.^[t] It is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.”

²⁵ He did the same with the cup of wine after supper and said, “This cup seals the new covenant with my blood. Drink it—and whenever you drink this, do it to remember me.”

²⁶ Whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are retelling the story, proclaiming our Lord’s death until he comes. TPT VIDEO JESUS BLOOD

DIVINE PURPOSE 2-12-23 VIDEO GOD’S PLAN

God has given each person a purpose or a reason why we are alive at this time. Purpose means the reason for which something is created or for with something or someone exist. If you were still alive and breathing, and you must still have a purpose to fulfill.

In Hebrews, all these heroes fulfilled their purpose even when they didn’t understand their assignment, they all went forward.

Psalms 139:13 You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside

and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. TPT

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Psalms 139:15 You 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. TPT

Rom 8:28 That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.

29 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.

30 After God made that decision of what his children should be like, he followed it up by calling people by name. After he called them by name, he set them on a solid basis with himself. And then, after getting them established, he stayed with them to the end, gloriously completing what he had begun.

31 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? MSG

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

Proverbs 4:25 Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions.

²⁶Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of truth, and the road will be safe and smooth before you.

²⁷Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness. TPT

Prov 19:21 We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God’s purpose prevails. MSG

Eccl 3:1 TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: AMP

Isa 42:6 I, Yahweh, have commissioned you in righteousness to succeed. I will take your hand in love and watch over you. I will give you as a covenant’ for the people,
a walking-light to the nations.
7 Your mission is to open blind eyes, to set prisoners free from dark dwellings,’ and to open prison doors to those who are held by darkness:

8 I am Yahweh; that is my name. I will not give my glory to another god nor my renown to idols.  TPT

Luke 4:17 he was handed the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written,

18 God’s Spirit is on me; he’s chosen me to preach the Message of good news to the poor, Sent me to announce pardon to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, To set the burdened and battered free,

19 to announce, “This is God’s year to act!”

20 He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the assistant, and sat down. Every eye in the place was on him, intent.

21 Then he started in, “You’ve just heard Scripture make history. It came true just now in this place.”  MSG

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LU 4:17  The scroll of Isaiah the prophet, was handed to him and he stood up to read.  

18 He opened the scroll and rolled it out in order to find the specific place where the following was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to announce glad tidings to a starving people; he has commissioned me to announce the freedom of forgiveness [their true I-am-ness] to those held captive at spear-point by their guilt and shame; also, the blind may now look up and be restored in their sight! I am anointed to send out those who are bruised and traumatized, into the freedom of their redeemed innocence.

19 I announce that the Jubilee year of the Lord has come! This is the liberation celebration of the Lord, embracing humanity home!

20 Jesus then rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant and sat down, while everyone’s eyes were fixed on him.  

21 He announced emphatically, Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing! MIRROR

Isa 55:11 So also will be the words that I speak; it does not return to me unfulfilled.

My word performs my purpose and fulfills the mission I sent it out to accomplish. TPT

John 5:30 I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord — but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me.  AMP

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JN 5:30 The dynamic of my doing is in my union with my Father; my intimate acquaintance with his voice is what inspires me – as I hear, I discern and my judgment is just; there is no conflicting interest here – my Father’s commission is my mission in life!   MIRROR

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.

39 And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day.

40 For this is My Father’s will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day.  AMP

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JN 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!)

39 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!

40 And this is the desire of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son, through his eyes, and finds the conclusion of  their persuasion in him, will resonate (echo) the life of the ages! And I will raise him up in the final day!  MIRROR

Rom 14:9 For Christ died and lived again for this very purpose, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. AMP

John 12:27 “Right now I am storm-tossed. And what am I going to say? ‘Father, get me out of this’? No, this is why I came in the first place.

28 I’ll say, ‘Father, put your glory on display.'” A voice came out of the sky: “I have glorified it, and I’ll glorify it again.”

29 The listening crowd said, “Thunder!” Others said, “An angel spoke to him!”  MSG

HEB 11:39 Their lives were trophies to their faith, as the substance of what was visualized by their hope, and the evidence of things their natural eyes never saw.

40 God saw the perfect picture in us; we now complete the history of their lives. MIRROR

Heb 11:39 Not one of these people, even though their lives of faith were exemplary, got their hands on what was promised.

40 God had a better plan for us: that their faith and our faith would come together to make one completed whole, their lives of faith not complete apart from ours. MSG

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Heb 12:1 Do you see what this means — all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running — and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins.

2 Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed — that exhilarating finish in and with God — he could put up with anything along the way: cross, shame, whatever. And now he’s there, in the place of honor, right alongside God.

3 When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

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

Gal 1:4  Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father. AMP

1 JN 3:8 Sin’s source is a fallen mindset, from the beginning! For this purpose the Son of God was revealed! His mission was to undo the works of the Devil!  MIRROR

Eph 2:8 For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God;

9 Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.]

10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. AMP

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Eph 2:8 Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It’s God’s gift from start to finish!

9 We don’t play the major role. If we did, we’d probably go around bragging that we’d done the whole thing!

10 No, we neither make nor save ourselves. God does both the making and saving. He creates each of us by Christ Jesus to join him in the work he does, the good work he has gotten ready for us to do, work we had better be doing. MSG

EPH 2:13 But now, wow! Everything has changed; you have discovered yourselves to be located in Christ. What once seemed so distant is now so near; his blood reveals your redeemed innocence and authentic genesis. MIRROR

EPH 1:5 He is the architect of our design; his heart dream realized our coming of age in Christ.  … and to seal our sonship the spirit of his Son echoes Abba Father in our hearts.” 

6 His grace-plan is to be celebrated: he greatly endeared us and highly favored us in Christ. His love for his Son is his love for us. MIRROR

LIVING A SUPERNATURAL LIFE (OF SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES) 2-10-23

VIDEO MIRACLE DEAF MUSLIM FINDS JESUS

Living a supernatural life of signs, wonders and miracles. We who are in Christ are now living in the supernatural realm even while we are here in our bodies. The supernatural miracle signs and wonders come after speaking the word. When we speak Christ, who is the Word there will always be a supernatural, sign or miracle that That follows it. Everything supernatural has its origin and Christ the Word made flesh.

HEB 11:3 Faith alone explains what is not apparent to the natural eye; how the ages were perfectly framed by the Word of God. Now we understand that everything visible has its origin in the invisible. MIRROR

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Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. AMP

HEB 1:2  In a son, God declares the Incarnate Word to be the heir of all things. He is, after all, the author of the ages.

3 The Messiah-message is what has been on the tip of the Father’s tongue all along! Now he is the crescendo of God’s conversation with us and gives context and content to the authentic, prophetic thought. Everything that God had in mind for mankind is voiced in him. Jesus is God’s language. He is the radiant and flawless mirror expression of the person of God. He makes the glorious intent of God visible and exhibits the character and every attribute of Elohim in human form. His being, announces our redeemed innocence; having accomplished purification for sins, he sat down, enthroned in the boundless measure of his majesty in the right and of God as his executive authority. He is the force of the universe, upholding everything that exists. This conversation is the dynamic that sustains the entire cosmos.

4 He is beyond comparison in stature and significance to any prophetic messenger; his name spells mankind’s salvation; the entire earth is his inheritance. 

5 God did not address any of the prophetic messengers when he said, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you! I am to you all that a Father can be to a son, and you are to me all that a son can be to a Father.”

6 And when he introduces his Son as his firstborn, to the whole inhabited world, he says, “Let all God’s messengers worship him in adoration.”

 7 Of the prophetic messengers he says, I inspire you to be swift like the wind and he fashions those who work his cause like a flash of lightning.  MIRROR

Deut 30:14 No. The word is right here and now — as near as the tongue in your mouth, as near as the heart in your chest. Just do it! MSG

Ezek 12:26 God’s Message came to me:

27 “Son of man, do you hear what Israel is saying: that the alarm the prophet raises is for a long time off, that he’s preaching about the far-off future?

28 Well, tell them, ‘God, the Master, says, “Nothing of what I say is on hold. What I say happens.”‘ Decree of God, the Master.”   MSG

John 1:1 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. 

2 He was present originally with God.  AMP

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JN 1:1-2 1 To go back to the very beginning, is to find the Word already present there; face to face with God. The one mirrors the other! The Word is I am; God’s eloquence echoes and concludes in him. The Word equals God.

2 The beginning mirrors the Word face to face with God  MIRROR

John 1:14 And so the Living Expression became a man and lived among us! We gazed upon his glory, the glory of the One and Only who came from the Father overflowing with tender mercy and truth!  TPT

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JOHN 1:14  Suddenly the invisible, eternal Word takes on visible form – the Incarnation, on display in a flesh and blood Person, as in a mirror! In him, and now confirmed in us! The most accurate tangible exhibit of God’s eternal thought finds expression in human life! The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us! He captivates our gaze! The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten Son. The gloryreturns in fullness! Only grace can communicate truth in such complete context! MIRROR

John 14:10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I speak to you aren’t mere words. I don’t just make them up on my own. The Father who resides in me crafts each word into a divine act.

11 “Believe me: I am in my Father and my Father is in me. If you can’t believe that, believe what you see — these works.

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

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JOHN 14:10 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.

11 The fact that the Father seems distant or invisible to you does not mean that he is absent. In me he is very present with you! You cannot claim to know me while you ignore him – we are inseparable. I dare you [plural] to believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me – if it seems far fetched, then believe me because of what I have done and what I am about to do. It is the Father in me who defines me. My works exhibit his resolve.

12 I want you to be fully convinced about this, anyone whose belief concludes in who I am, will also do the works that I do. And because of my relocation to continue to be face to face with my Father, my works will be greatly multiplied through you; the Father is as present in you as he is in me.  MIRROR

JOHN 2:11 In this first of the signs which Jesus performed at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, he gave everyone a foretaste of the beauty and intention of his mission. And his disciples believed in him.   MIRROR

JOHN 2:23 Now during the Passover feast in Jerusalem, many believed in his Name – surely the signs he did confirmed his mission as the Messiah-Savior of the world?  MIRROR

JOHN 3:2 He came to see Jesus under the cover of the night and said to him, “Rabbi, it is clear for all of us to see that you come from God as a Teacher – the signs you perform are proof that God is with you! No one is able to do these signs you do if they are not in union with God.  MIRROR

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage. AMP

Acts 12:24 But the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] continued to grow and spread.  AMP

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.”

19 Then the Master Jesus, after briefing them, was taken up to heaven, and he sat down beside God in the place of honor.

20 And the disciples went everywhere preaching, the Master working right with them, validating the Message with indisputable evidence.]  MSG

HEB 2:3 No one can afford to underestimate and be blasé about this final message; a salvation of such magnificent proportions! There is no alternative escape. Salvation as it is articulated in Christ, is the message that God spoke from the beginning, and it was confirmed again and again by those who heard him.  

4 The delightful resolve of God in every sign, miracle, and diffusion of Holy Spirit bear joint-testimony to the magnificence of this salvation.  MIRROR

Psalms 77:11 Yet I could never forget all your miracles, my God, as I remember all your wonders of old.

¹²I ponder all you’ve done, Lord, musing on all your miracles.

¹³It’s here in your presence, in your sanctuary, where I learn more of your ways, for holiness is revealed in everything you do. Lord, you’re the one and only, the great and glorious God!

¹⁴Your display of wonders, miracles, and power makes the nations acknowledge you. TPT

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.”

⁴⁰Peter preached to them and warned them with these words: “Be rescued from the wayward and perverse culture of this world!”

⁴¹Those who believed the word that day numbered three thousand. They were all baptized and added to the church.

⁴²Every believer was faithfully devoted to following the teachings of the apostles. Their hearts were mutually linked to one another, sharing communion and coming together regularly for prayer.

⁴³A deep sense of holy awe swept over everyone, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. TPT

Ps 119:129 Every word you give me is a miracle word — how could I help but obey? MSG

1 Cor 1:24  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 COR 12:27-31 You are the body of Christ; individually as much as you are his body corporately. Everyone of you mirrors him. He defines your form. The individual member does not give context to the body; the body gives context to the member.

28 Wherever God places you in the body is to co-compliment the full function of the ekklesia. The seemingly most prominent and visible gifts are the apostolic, then the prophetic, the teachers, the workers of miracles, those gifted with healing various diseases. Then there are those who can fulfill any role required of them for the moment; they are the ones who can stand in full support to assist any of the other gifts! The administrators are gifted to manage the various functions of the ekklesia with great skill. Then there are those gifted in languages.

29 Everyone is not an apostle, or a Prophet, or a teacher, or a miracle worker!  

30 All are not specifically gifted as healers. All do not necessarily speak in tongues. Are all equally accurate in their interpretation of what was said in a foreign tongue?  

12:31 While you are keen to discover which are your favorite gifts, allow me to introduce you to the summum bonum of life. This transcends all!   MIRROR

1 Cor 13:1  If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate.

2 If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, “Jump,” and it jumps, but I don’t love, I’m nothing.   MSG

SEEDTIME AND FRUITFULNESS 2-5-23  VIDEO JOEL

The first Word the Father spoke to Noah after the flood were about seed time and harvest. and fruitfulness. Fruitfulness means to add or muliply what is already there. To multiply that which was already there. Jesus is the tree of life we are called to bear fruit. Jesus is the vine we are the branches. We have gifts of the Holy Spirit and also fruit. The presence of the Holy Spirit in us produces good fruit over our lives. We sow seeds to produce a harvest. We are expecting a mighty harvest in these days of souls. In order to see the harvest, we must sow seeds. Listen to this, the harvest depends on us and the seeds we plant. 

Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired — good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity.  AMP

Genesis 2:16-17 oh, and Yahweh God commanded him, you may freely eat of every fruit of the garden. But you must not eat of the tree that gives the knowledge of good and evil for when you eat from it you will most certainly die” TPT

Gen 8:21 God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, “I’ll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I’ll never again kill off everything living as I’ve just done.

22 For as long as Earth lasts, planting and harvest, cold and heat, Summer and winter, day and night will never stop.”   MSG

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Gen 8:21-22 And when Yahweh smelled the sweet fragrance of Noah’s offerings, his heart was stirred, and he said, never again will I curse the earth, because of the people, even though the imagination of their hearts are evil from childhood, nor will I ever again destroy every living creatures I’ve done I promise this. As long as earth exist, there will always be seasons of planting and harvest, cold and heat summer and winter day and night.  TPT

Gen 9:1 AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.  AMP

Gen 17:6 And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. AMP

Ezek 36:11 I’ll make this place teem with life — human and animal. The country will burst into life, life, and more life, your towns and villages full of people just as in the old days. I’ll treat you better than I ever have. And you’ll realize that I am God. MSG

Gen 22:17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies,

18 And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. AMP

JN 15:1  I am the authentic vine! My Father is the farmer.

2 Every offshoot in me that does not bear fruit, he lifts up from the ground and fastens it to the stake and every fruit bearing part he dresses in order to maximize its yield.

3 Your personal pruning and dressing already happened in our conversation; The word made flesh in my person and language is how the Father prepares and sets you up for fruit bearing.

4 Our seamless union, you in me and I in you, is pictured in the vine: the shoot cannot bear fruit outside of this union. In its abiding in the vine, fruit happens naturally – as with your abiding in me.

5 I am the vine and you are the branches; it is the one who understands this mutual union that naturally bears much fruit – which is impossible to happen apart from me.

6 Every area of human life that does not continue to be entwined in this place of seamlessness in me, was already cast forth where it has withered away and is gathered to be burned as firewood.  MIRROR

Rom 7:4 Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. AMP

Isa 53:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,

And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. NKJV

GAL 3:19 So what is the use of the law then? The law was doing you a favor, in that it was positioned as a mirror-measuring rod as an intermediary arrangement to make people aware of the extent of their out of sync-ness with the life of their design and at the same time point them to the promise of a Redeemer, the Messianic seed! It was given by celestial messengers to Moses. MIRROR

GAL 3:29 Since Christ is the seed of promise, it is only in our realizing our union with him [in the incarnation] that we are equally related to Abraham and heirs of the promise. Faith and not flesh relates us to Abraham. MIRROR

John 12:24 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.  AMP

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John 12:25 Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] AMP

GAL 5:22 Your spirit effortlessly bears the rich harvest of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, integrity, gentleness and self control; all these individually reveal the irresistible attraction of the inner-life of our design.

23 Legalism can neither match nor contradict this. There is no law against love! MIRROR ▼▼▼

Gal 5:22 But what happens when we live God’s way? He brings gifts into our lives, much the same way that fruit appears in an orchard — things like affection for others, exuberance about life, serenity. We develop a willingness to stick with things, a sense of compassion in the heart, and a conviction that a basic holiness permeates things and people. We find ourselves involved in loyal commitments,

23 not needing to force our way in life, able to marshal and direct our energies wisely. Legalism is helpless in bringing this about; it only gets in the way. MSG

JAMES 3:18 Seed always predicts the harvest. Righteousness inspires the kind deeds of those who embrace peace; these are like seeds sown into fertile soil. MIRROR

GAL 6:7 Show-business does not deceive God! Do not be led astray and then pull your nose up at God, as if it was God who let you down. The harvest always reveals the seed.

8 The flesh cannot compete with the spirit; just like with Adam, the fruit of the do it yourself tree still produces death, while faith produces the spirit fruit of the life of the ages, the God-kind of life.

9 Every good deed has a predictable harvest. Let’s not get discouraged in the in-between times.  MIRROR

1 Peter 1:23 You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God.  AMP

1 John 3:9 No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God’s nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God.  AMP

Matt 13:4 As he scattered the seed, some of it fell on the road, and birds ate it.

5 Some fell in the gravel; it sprouted quickly but didn’t put down roots,

6 so when the sun came up it withered just as quickly.

7 Some fell in the weeds; as it came up, it was strangled by the weeds.

8 Some fell on good earth, and produced a harvest beyond his wildest dreams. MSG ▼

LUKE 8:15  But the seed in the good soil are those who hear in such a way, that the word finds a consistent and beautiful resonance in their hearts. They are the ones who continue to bear fruit in steadfast resolve.  MIRROR ▼

MATT 13:36 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;  KJV

1 COR 3:6 I have planted, by bringing the gospel to you in the first place, then Apollos watered the seed in his ministry to you; but God causes the Christ life to ignite and expand in you.

7 If all we succeeded to do was to attach you to us as individuals, then we have failed you; the one who plants is not more important than the one who waters; it is not about us, it is about you realizing God’s work within you.  

8 Our individual assignment does not place the one above the other; we have exactly the same mission; how we succeed or fail in that is to our own account. MIRROR

Ps 126:5 They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing.

6 He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. AMP

Ps 126:5 So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest,

6 So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing.  MSG

Hos 10:12 Sow righteousness, reap love. It’s time to till the ready earth, it’s time to dig in with God, Until he arrives with righteousness ripe for harvest. MSG

2 COR 9:10 The inventor of seed and bread is also the one who supplies and multiplies your resources and increases the harvest of your righteousness!  MIR

James 5:7 Meanwhile, friends, wait patiently for the Master’s Arrival. You see farmers do this all the time, waiting for their valuable crops to mature, patiently letting the rain do its slow but sure work.

8 Be patient like that. Stay steady and strong. The Master could arrive at any time. MSG  

Matt 9:37 “What a huge harvest!” he said to his disciples. “How few workers!

38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!”   MSG

Ps 67:6 The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.

7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him.  AMP

Proverbs 11:30 But a life lived loving God bears lasting fruit, for the one who is truly wise wins souls. TPT

REV 14:15 Another celestial messenger appeared out of the most holy place of the temple and with a loud voice addressed the One seated upon the cloud, saying, “Thrust forth your pruning hook, your hour has come – this is your moment to reap for the earth’s harvest is ready.”  MIRROR