LOOKING BEYOND OUR PAST EXPERIENCE  7-15-2022  VIDEO MOVE FORWORD

We often feel like what has happened to us in the past will be what will happen to us in the future. But our future is the same as Jesus future. We must raise our expectation. What was in our family line in the past: generational sickness, bad traits, etc. has been changed through Christ. So let us expect good and not evil. Expect means the state of expecting something special or extra ordinary to happen. It is hoping for good not a repeat of the past trials and tribulations.

HEB 12:2 Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the Prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy [of mankind’s salvation] when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As the executive authority of God  

3 Ponder how he overcame all the odds stacked against him; this will boost your soul-energy when you feel exhausted.  MIRROR

HEB 12:8 See yourselves as sons, not as illegitimate children, [children of faith, not of the slave woman] welcoming your spiritual education together with the rest of the family of faith.  MIRROR

Isa 50:7 For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. AMP

Phil 3:13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.  AMP

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PHIL 3:12 To know even as I have always been known! 

13 I am not boasting about this new-found-righteousness as if I came up with the idea; on the contrary, I have distanced myself from everything the of the law of works and willpower previously represented in my reference; now I am fully engaged with that to!

14 I have the prize of mankind’s redeemed innocence in full view; just like a champion athlete in the public games I refuse to be distracted by anything else. God has invited us in Christ, to lift up our eyes and realize our identity in him.  

15 We who have discovered our perfect righteousness have our thoughts anchored in Christ. If you still see yourself as imperfect, God will reveal to you that you are wasting your time to imagine that you can become more accepted and righteous than what you already are! MIRROR

EPH 2:6 We are co-included in his resurrection. We are also co-elevated in his ascension to be equally present in the throne room of the heavenly realm where we are co-seated with him in his executive authority. We are fully represented in Christ Jesus.

7 Imagine how God is now able for timeless perpetuity to exhibit the trophy of the wealth of his grace demonstrated in his kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. Grace exhibits excessive evidence of the success of the cross.  MIRROR

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Eph 2:6 Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.

7 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus.  MSG

1 John 4:4 Little children, you can be certain that you belong to God and have conquered them, for the One who is living in you is far greater than the one who is in the world. TPT

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1 JOHN4:4 My darling children, you have nothing to fear; do not doubt for a moment the legitimacy of your sonship! You originate in God and have already conquered the worldly religious system because of the unveiling of Christ in you! His living presence in you is far superior to the futile anti-Christ mindsets present in the world! MIRROR

1 John 4:17 By living in God, love has been brought to its full expression in us so that we may fearlessly face the day of judgment, because all that Jesus now is, so are we in this world. TPT

Jer 29:11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out — plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. MSG

1 Cor 3:21 I don’t want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift —  

22 Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future — all of it is yours,

23 and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God. MSG ▼▼▼

1 COR 3:21 Therefore no one has any reason to boast in themselves, as if they gained anything that does not already belong to them! For all things you wish to gain already belong to you!  Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise glory in their wisdom, let not the mighty glory in their might, let not the rich glory in their riches; but let the one who glories glory in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord.” 

22 You are not winning any competition by picking your favorite teacher amongst Paul, Apollos or Kefas; they all belong to you anyway. The world belongs to you! Life and death are yours; in what you now have in this present moment you already possess the future!  

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

1 Peter 1:4  including a future in heaven — and the future starts now!

5 God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all — life healed and whole.

6 I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.

7 Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. MSG

Heb 11:20 [With eyes of] faith Isaac, looking far into the future, invoked blessings upon Jacob and Esau. 

21 [Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff.  

22 [Actuated] by faith Joseph, when nearing the end of his life, referred to [the promise of God for] the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his own bones.  AMP

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HEB 11:20 By the same faith Isaac extended the future of the promise in the blessing he pronounced over his sons, Esau and Jacob.

21 In his dying moments, Jacob, in worship to the God of Abraham, as the father of the nations, included in the promise 1the sons of Joseph who were born in Egypt.

22 At the end of his life, Joseph prophetically reminded his sons of the exodus. He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise that he exacted an oath from them: they were not to leave his bones in Egypt.  MIRROR

1 Peter 1:21 It’s because of this sacrificed Messiah, whom God then raised from the dead and glorified, that you trust God, that you know you have a future in God.

22 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.

23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!

24 That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,

25 God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you. MSG

Prov 10:28 The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing. AMP

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Prov 10:28 The aspirations of good people end in celebration; the ambitions of bad people crash. MSG

Proverbs 23:18 Your future is bright and filled with a living hope that will never fade away.  TPT

2 Cor 1:10 And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. MSG

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2 Cor 1:10  [For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that He will again deliver us [from danger and destruction and draw us to Himself],  AMP

Col 1:5 The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.   The Message is as true among you today as when you first heard it. It doesn’t diminish or weaken over time.  MSG

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

Phil 1:20 This is in keeping with my own eager desire and persistent expectation and hope, that I shall not disgrace myself nor be put to shame in anything; but that with the utmost freedom of speech and unfailing courage, now as always heretofore, Christ (the Messiah) will be magnified and get glory and praise in this body of mine and be boldly exalted in my person, whether through (by) life or through (by) death. AMP

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PHIL 1:20 My thoughts are not trapped in my head! They roam free in expectation that I will not be ashamed by any contradiction! My immediate circumstances do not distract from my message! I am convinced that our conversation now and always will continue to give accurate account of the magnificence of Christ.   MIRROR

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

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Heb 3:14 If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul. MSG

WHOES REPORT ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE 7-10-22  VIDEO GOD FIXED 2

Do you want the worlds opinion or do you want God‘s Word. An opinion is just a view or a judgment formed about something or someone not necessarily based on facts or knowledge. But Gods living Word speaks. It is alive and full of power. Once He releases it goes forth and accomplishes what He spoke. We are told to get a second opinion but in reality the only word we need is what God speaks. Remember there is the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil  From tree of knowledge is where  the world got its opinions but we are of the tree of life and our “opinions: must agree with Life. Adam and Eve traded Gods Word for a second opinion. When Jesus was in the wilderness He did not trade Gods Word for another opinion.  Moses came before the Lord and reminded Him of His Word.

1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you halt and limp between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him! But if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.  AMP

Gen 2:15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.  AMP

Gen 3:1 NOW THE serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,

3 Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

4 But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, 

5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.

7 Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  AMP

LUKE 4 :3 The Devil had an immediate suggestion, “If you really are the son of God, then prove it and do your magic! Tell this stone to become a loaf of bread!”  

4 And Jesus answered, “It is written that man shall not live on bread alone.”

5 He then showed him all the kingdom’s of the inhabited world in a split second.

6 And said to him, I will give you the glory and control of all these kingdoms since it was handed over to me and I can do with it whatever I please!

7 It’s all yours if you worship me.  

8 Jesus responded with, “Get out of my face Satan! Scripture says, you shall worship the Lord your God with undivided 1adoration.”  

9 Then he led him to Jerusalem and brought him to the wing of the temple and challenged him to cast himself down, if he really is the son of God.  

10 It is written, he says, that God would command his celestial messengers to protect you from any harm.

11 They would bear you up on their hands and protect you so that you will not even stumble over a stone.  

12 Again, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy and said, you shall not put the Lord your God to the test. Testing is not trusting.

13 This concluded the devil’s scrutiny and he departed until an opportune time.  

14 Then Jesus, empowered in spirit, turned to Galilee. His 1fame spread throughout the entire region. MIRROR

Acts 27:10 Saying, Sirs, I perceive [after careful observation] that this voyage will be attended with disaster and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but of our lives also.

11 However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

12 And as the harbor was not well situated and so unsuitable to winter in, the majority favored the plan of putting to sea again from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenice, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.

13 So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.

14 But soon afterward a violent wind [of the character of a typhoon], called a northeaster, came bursting down from the island.  AMP

Acts 27:21 Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm and misery and loss.

22 But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits and take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship.

23 For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve and worship,

24 And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you.

25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;  AMP

Ex 31:18 And He gave to Moses, when He had ceased communing with him on Mount Sinai, the two tables of the Testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.  AMP

Ex 32:1 WHEN THE people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, [they] gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. 

2 So Aaron replied, Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives, your sons, and daughters, and bring them to me. 

3 So all the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. 

4 And he received the gold at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it a molten calf; and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt! 

5 And when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord. 

6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.   AMP

HEB 4:12 The message God spoke to us in Christ, is the most life giving and dynamic influence in us, cutting like a surgeon’s scalpel, sharper than a soldier’s sword, piercing to the deepest core of human conscience, to the dividing of soul and spirit; ending the dominance of the sense realm and its neutralizing effect upon the human spirit. In this way a person’s spirit is freed to become the ruling influence again in the thoughts and intentions of their heart. The scrutiny of this living Sword-Logos detects every possible disease, discerning the body’s deepest secrets where joint and bone-marrow meet.

13 The entire person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze.   

14 In the message of the incarnation, we have Jesus the Son of God representing mankind in the highest place of spiritual authority. That which God has spoken to us in him is his final word. It is echoed now in our conversation.

15 As High Priest he fully identifies with us in the context of our frail human lives. Having subjected it to close scrutiny, he proved that the human frame was master over sin. His sympathy with us is not to be seen as excusing weaknesses which are the result of a faulty design, but rather as a trophy to mankind.  

16 For this reason we can approach the authoritative throne of grace with bold utterance. We are welcome there in his embrace, and are 1reinforced with immediate effect in times of trouble.  MIRROR

Num 23:11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead! 

12 And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?   AMP

Deut 30:14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil.

16 [If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess. AMP

Psalms 33:4 For God’s Word is something to sing about! He is true to his promises, his word can be trusted, and everything he does is reliable and right.

⁵The Lord loves seeing justice on the earth. Anywhere and everywhere you can find his faithful, unfailing love!

⁶All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-Wind command, and God created the heavenlies. Filled with galaxies and stars, the vast cosmos he wonderfully made.  TPT

Ps 68:11 The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host.  AMP

Psalms 105:9  For though a thousand generations may pass away, he is still true to his word. He has kept every promise he made to Abraham and to Isaac.  TPT

Proverbs 13:13 Despise the word, will you? Then you’ll pay the price and it won’t be pretty! But the one who honors the Father’s holy instructions will be rewarded.  TPT

JOHN 1: 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.  MIRROR

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 15:3 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.  MIRROR

Acts 14:3 So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands. AMP

ROM 10:8 Righteousness announced by God’s faith, is the authentic conversation! Here, every definition of distance in time, space, or even indifference and hostility, is cancelled. The word is no longer a distant prophetic pointer in the mouths of Moses and Elijah! They announced its destiny to be mirrored in the incarnation! “The Word is extremely close to you. It spills over from your heart and becomes dynamic conversation in your mouth!”  We publicly announce this message, since we are convinced that it belongs to everyone.  MIRROR

2 Cor 3:18 And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit. AMP

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2 Corinthians 3:18 We can all draw close to him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into his very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.  TPT

COL 1:25 I am an administrator in God’s economy; my mission is to make his word known to you with utmost clarity.   MIRROR

Col 3:16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.  AMP

2 TIM 4:2 Broadcast this word on every occasion, even when it doesn’t seem to be convenient or appropriate; give evidence to this message; value every individual in your audience highly; esteem people’s authentic identity passionately; teach tirelessly! MIRROR

THE LORD WHO RESCUES US! VIDEO

Many films are made these days about superheroes. People are looking for someone who will keep them out of trouble and danger. The word to rescue Is a strong word. It paints a picture of a person who is helpless or cannot deliver himself from a oppressive situation.

Ps 107:20 He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death.

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Psalms 107:20 God spoke the words “Be healed,” and we were healed, delivered from death’s door!

²¹So lift your hands and give thanks to God for his marvelous kindness and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves!  TPT

1 Thess 1:10 They marvel at how expectantly you await the arrival of his Son, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who rescued us from certain doom.  MSG

Heb 9:15 [Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance — since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement.  AMP

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HEB 9:15 As fully representing mankind, Jesus’s death brought an end to the old, and introduced the New Testament. He thus redeemed us from the transgressions recorded under the first Covenant and identified us as heirs; qualifying us to participate in the full inheritance of all that he obtained on our behalf.   MIRROR

Ps 55:17  At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs — he hears, he rescues.

18 My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger Even while thousands

are lined up against me. MSG

Ps 91:3  That’s right — he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards.

4 His huge outstretched arms protect you — under them you’re perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm.

5 Fear nothing — not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day,

6 Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. MSG

Ps 113:7  He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who’ve been thrown out with the trash,

8 Seats them among the honored guests, a place of honor among the brightest and best. MSG ▼▼▼

Psalms 113:7 He promotes the poor, picking them up from the dirt, and rescues the needy from the garbage dump.

⁸He turns paupers into princes and seats them on their royal thrones of honor. TPT

Proverbs 20:22 Don’t ever say, “I’m going to get even with them if it’s the last thing I do!”

Wrap God’s grace around your heart and he will be the one to vindicate you. TPT

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Prov 20:22 Don’t ever say, “I’ll get you for that!” Wait for God; he’ll settle the score. MSG

Matt 8:25 They roused him, pleading, “Master, save us! We’re going down!”

26 Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you such cowards, such faint-hearts?” Then he stood up and told the wind to be silent, the sea to quiet down: “Silence!” The seabecame smooth as glass.

27 The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. “What’s going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!”  MSG

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Matthew 8:25 The disciples woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We’re going to die!”

²⁶ But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?” Then he stood and rebuked the storm, saying, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.

²⁷ The disciples were astonished by this miracle and said to one another, “Who is this Man? Even the wind and waves obey his Word.”  TPT

2 Cor 1:10  And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing.

11 You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation — I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.  MSG

Gal 1:4 We know the meaning of those words because Jesus Christ rescued us from this evil world we’re in by offering himself as a sacrifice for our sins. God’s plan is that we all experience that rescue.

5 Glory to God forever! Oh, yes!  MSG

John 10:12  A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf.

13 He’s only in it for the money. The sheep don’t matter to him.

14 “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me.

15 In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. MSG

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JOHN 10:12  In contrast, the hireling who is not the shepherd and owner of the sheep, sees the wolf approach and leaves the sheep unattended and flees for his life while the wolf kills and scatters the sheep at will!

13 The hireling is doing the job merely for the wage and not because of any affection for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, the one who knows what is mine and they know me!

15 My knowledge of the Father is anchored in his knowledge of me. Because I know my father’s heart I lay down my life for the sheep.   MIRROR

2 Peter 2:9 Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom,  AMP

Lam 3:58 O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life!  AMP

Ps 136:24 And rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;  AMP

Josh 4:23 “Yes, God, your God, dried up the Jordan’s waters for you until you had crossed, just as God, your God, did at the Red Sea, which had dried up before us until we had crossed.

24 This was so that everybody on earth would recognize how strong God’s rescuing hand is and so that you would hold God in solemn reverence always.”  MSG

Psalms 18:1I love you, Yahweh, and I’m bonded to you, my strength!

² Yahweh, you’re the bedrock beneath my feet, my faith-fortress, my wonderful deliverer, my God, my rock of rescue where none can reach me. You’re the shield around me,

the mighty power that saves me, and my high place.

³ All I need to do is to call on you, Yahweh, the praiseworthy God. When I do, I’m safe and sound in you— delivered from my foes!  TPT

Psalms 144:2 He’s my shelter of love and my fortress of faith, who wraps himself around me as a secure shield. I hide myself in this one who subdues enemies before me. TPT

Isa 49:25 But God says, “Even if a giant grips the plunder and a tyrant holds my people prisoner, I’m the one who’s on your side, defending your cause, rescuing your children.  MSG

2 Thess 3:2  And pray that we’ll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. I’m finding that not all “believers” are believers.

3 But the Master never lets us down. He’ll stick by you and protect you from evil. MSG

Rom 5:15 Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!

16 There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. MSG

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

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Isa 41:10  Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you. MSG

1 Cor 10:13 No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.  MSG

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1 COR 10:13 Your situation is not unique! Every human life faces contradictions! Here is the Good News: God believes in your freedom! He has made it possible for you to triumph in every situation that you will ever encounter! MIRROR

Job 5:19 From one disaster after another he delivers you; no matter what the calamity, the evil can’t touch you — 

20 “In famine, he’ll keep you from starving, in war, from being gutted by the sword.

21 You’ll be protected from vicious gossip and live fearless through any catastrophe.

22 You’ll shrug off disaster and famine, and stroll fearlessly among wild animals.

23 You’ll be on good terms with rocks and mountains; wild animals will become your good friends.

 24 You’ll know that your place on earth is safe, you’ll look over your goods and find nothing amiss.

25 You’ll see your children grow up, your family lovely and lissome as orchard grass.

26 You’ll arrive at your grave ripe with many good years, like sheaves of golden grain at harvest.

27 “Yes, this is the way things are — my word of honor! Take it to heart and you won’t go wrong.” MSG

Heb 13:5  Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,”

6 we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what.

Who or what can get to me?  MSG

SEEKING GOD 1-28-19  VIDEO seek first 22

John 5:39 You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!

40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.  AMP

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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

Ps 89:6 Search high and low, scan skies and land, you’ll find nothing and no one quite like God. MSG

Matt 22:37 Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’

38 This is the most important, the first on any list. MSG

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Mt 22:37Jesus answered him, “‘Love^[a] the Lord your God with every passion of your heart, with all the energy of your being, and with every thought that is within you.

³⁸ This is the great and supreme commandment. Passion

Deut 4:29 But if from there you will seek (inquire for and require as necessity) the Lord your God, you will find Him if you [truly] seek Him with all your heart [and mind] and soul and life.  AMP

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Deut 4:29 But even there, if you seek God, your God, you’ll be able to find him if you’re serious, looking for him with your whole heart and soul. MSG

1 Cor 2:9 This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine^[a]—these are the many things God has in storefor all his lovers.

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

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1 Cor 2:9 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].

11 For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man’s thoughts except the man’s own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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1 Chron 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever!  AMP

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1 Chron 28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, get to know well your father’s God; serve him with a whole heart and eager mind, for God examines every heart and sees through every motive. If you seek him, he’ll make sure you find him, but if you abandon him, he’ll leave you for good.  MSG

1 Chron 16:10 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!

11 Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually!  AMP

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1 Chron 16:10 Revel in his holy Name, God-seekers, be jubilant!

11 Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night; MSG

Heb 11:5 Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For even before he was taken to heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he had pleased and been satisfactory to God. 

6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. AMP

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Heb 11:5 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.”

6 It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.  MSG

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Heb 11:5 Faith lifted Enoch from this life and he was taken up into heaven! He never had to experience death; he just disappeared from this world because God promoted him. For before he was translated to the heavenly realm his life had become a pleasure to God. Passion

6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God.^[a] For we come to God in faith^[b] knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him. Passion

Ps 24:5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]!  AMP

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Ps 24:5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing and righteousness given by the Savior-God.
⁶ They will stand before God,for they seek the pleasure of God’s face, the God of Jacob. Pause in his presence Passion

Ps 24:7 So wake up, you living gateways! Lift up your heads, you ageless doors of destiny!Welcome the King of Glory, for he is about to come through you.
⁸ You ask, “Who is this Glory-King?” The Lord, armed and ready for battle,
 the Mighty One, invincible in every way!  Passion

Ps 63:1 God — you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts.

2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.

3 In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.

4 I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to you. MSG

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Ps 63:1 O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness. I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that can’t be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God!
² I’m energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory.
³ For your tender mercies mean more to me than life itself. How I love and praise you, God!
⁴ Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. My arms will wave to you like banners of praise. Passion

Ps 105:4 Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him! Let’s always be seeking the light of his face.
⁵ Don’t you ever forget his miracles and marvels. Hold to your heart every judgment he has decreed. Passion

Rom 8:5 Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them — living and breathing God!

6 Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.

7 Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing.

8 And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.

9 But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about.

10 But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells — even though you still experience all the limitations of sin — you yourself experience life on God’s terms.

11 It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!  MSG

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

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Ps 34:10 Even the strong and the wealthy^[a] grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing.  Passion

Matt 7:7 Keep on asking and it will be given you;  keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.

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Mt 7:7  Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

⁸ For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. Passion

Isa 55:6 Seek God while he’s here to be found, pray to him while he’s close at hand. MS

Amos 5:14 Seek good and not evil — and live! You talk about God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, being your best friend. Well, live like it, and maybe it will happen.  MSG

Acts 17:27 so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near.  MSG

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Acts 17:27  He has done this so that every person would long for God, feel their way to him, and find him—for he is the God who is easy to discover  Passion

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH 7-1-22 VIDEO AWESOME WORSHIP ADVICE

Worshiping the Father in Spirit and in Truth means worshiping from our hearts as the Holy Spirit leads us. It means outside of any tradition, religious rules, or repetition. we are also free to worship in any geographic location. In Truth means not from the flesh but from the living Word of God. The Holy Spirit has revealed in us in the word to return to our first love. Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth is more than just singing songs. It is bowing down before Him. It comes from everything in us our whole heart.

JOHN 4:20 I’m also religious! Our forefathers worshiped here in this mountain; yet you Jews insist that everyone should worship in Jerusalem!  

21 Jesus said unto her, “Believe me lady, the moment everyone was waiting for has come! From now on worship is no longer about a geographic holy mountain – or a sacred city in Israel experience!  

22 You have been worshipping in ignorance all along while the Jews continue to anticipate the Messiah in their devotion, knowing that the promise pointing to the Savior of the world would be emerging from within.

23 The end of an era has arrived – the future is here! Whatever prophetic values were expressed in external devotional forms and rituals are now eclipsed in true spirit worship from within, face to face with the Father – acknowledging our genesis in him – this is his delight! The Father’s desire is the worshipper more than the worship!

24 God is Spirit and not a holy mountain or a sacred city with man-made shrines! Return to your Source – the Father is our true fountainhead!  MIRROR

Isa 29:13 The Master said: “These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren’t in it. Because they act like they’re worshiping me but don’t mean it,  MSG

REV 2:1 Write to the celestial shepherd-messenger of the ekklesia of Ephesus: The One who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks between the seven golden lampstands, would say this to you:

2 I see how hard you work and all your exhausting efforts; also your unyielding commitment to the task and how you cannot stand the wicked. You have made it your business to scrutinize some so-called Apostles and judge them to be false.

3 You have applied great diligence and have relentlessly pushed yourself beyond limits – and all along you did it in my Name as if you were representing me!

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

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Revelation 2:1 Write the following to the messenger of the congregation in Ephesus. For these are the words of the one who holds the seven stars firmly in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

²I know all that you’ve done for me—you have worked hard and persevered. I know that you don’t tolerate evil. You have tested those who claimed to be apostles and proved they are not, for they were imposters.

³I also know how you have bravely endured trials and persecutions because of my name, yet you have not become discouraged.

⁴But I have this against you: you have abandoned the passionate love you had for me at the beginning.

⁵Think about how far you have fallen! Repent and do the works of love you did at first. I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place of influence if you do not repent. TPT

PHIL 3:3 We give “circumcision” its true spiritual meaning! Our worship is not defined by anything external that would even remotely resemble the law of works and religious rituals! We worship God in the certainty of our redeemed innocence and rejoice in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Faith-righteousness gives substance to spiritual worship; the flesh occupies the religious mind with its own futile efforts to attain to righteousness. I am convinced that circumcision or any work of the law can add nothing to the righteousness that Jesus secured on our behalf.  MIRROR

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Phil 3:3 For we have already experienced “heart-circumcision,” and we worship God in the power and freedom of the Holy Spirit, not in laws and religious duties. We are those who boast in what Jesus Christ has done, and not in what we can accomplish in our own strength.  TPT

JOHN  7:38 In your realizing that I am what the Scriptures are all about, you will discover uniquely for yourself, face to face with me, that you are what I am all about and rivers of living waters will gush out of your innermost being!

39 Jesus spoke about the Spirit whom those who would believe that he is the conclusion of Scripture were about to grasp since who Jesus was in all of his majestic splendor was not yet fully acknowledged and thus the Spirit was not yet evident.  MIRROR

Ps 25:14 God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in. MSG  ▼▼▼

Psalms 25:14 There’s a private place reserved for the devoted lovers of Yahweh,

where they sit near him and receive the revelation-secrets of his promises. TPT

Psalms 29:2 Be in awe before his majesty. Be in awe before such power and might! Come worship wonderful Yahweh, arrayed in all his splendor, bowing in worship as he appears in the beauty of holiness. Give him the honor due his name. Worship him wearing the glory-garments of your holy, priestly calling! TPT

Psalms 33:8 With breathtaking wonder, let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator. TPT

Ps 34:9  Worship God if you want the best; worship opens doors to all his goodness.

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

Acts 16:24 So the jailer placed them in the innermost cell of the prison and had their feet bound and chained.

^25-Paul and Silas, undaunted, prayed in the middle of the night and sang songs of praise to God, while all the other prisoners listened to their worship.

²⁶Suddenly, a great earthquake shook the foundations of the prison. All at once every prison door flung open and the chains of all the prisoners came loose.

27 Startled, the jailer awoke and saw every cell door standing open. Assuming that all the prisoners had escaped, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself

²⁸when Paul shouted in the darkness, “Stop! Don’t hurt yourself. We’re all still here.”

²⁹The jailer called for a light. When he saw that they were still in their cells, he rushed in and fell trembling at their feet.

30 Then he led Paul and Silas outside and asked, “What must I do to be saved?” TPT

1 COR 14:24 However if all speak with inspired revelation, the newcomer will feel drawn by the message that brings conviction and light.

25 By witnessing the gift of the word of knowledge, where something that could not be known in any other way comes to light, the visitor will be struck with awe and acknowledge God in you and will yield himself to God in worship.  MIRROR

ROM 12:1 Live consistent with who you really are, inspired by the loving kindness of God. My brothers, the most practical expression of worship is to make your bodies available to him as a living sacrifice; this pleases him more than any religious routine. He desires to find visible, individual expression in your person. MIRROR

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Romans 12:1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. TPT

2 Cor 7:1  With promises like this to pull us on, dear friends, let’s make a clean break with everything that defiles or distracts us, both within and without. Let’s make our entire lives fit and holy temples for the worship of God. MSG

HEB 12:28  We are fully associated in this immovable Kingdom; an authority that cannot be challenged or contradicted. Our participation echoes grace [and not law and fear-inspired obedience] as we accommodate ourselves to God’s delight, yielding in awe to his firm embrace.  

29 His zeal for us burns like fire.   MIRROR

Psalms 145:1 My heart explodes with praise to you! Now and forever my heart bows in worship to you, my King and my God!  TPT

PHIL 2:10 What his name unveils will persuade every creature of their redemption! Every knee in heaven and upon the earth and under the earth shall bow in spontaneous worship!  

11 Also every tongue will voice and resonate the same devotion to his unquestionable Lordship as the Redeemer of life! Jesus Christ has glorified God as the Father of creation! This is the ultimate conclusion of the Father’s intent!    MIRROR

Rom 14:11 Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says,

“every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.”  MSG

Eph 3:14  My response is to get down on my knees before the Father,

15 this magnificent Father who parcels out all heaven and earth.

16 I ask him to strengthen you by his Spirit — not a brute strength but a glorious inner strength —  

17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love,  MSG

THE GOAL IS UNITY 6-26-2022  VIDEO UNITY 2

The goal is unity. In all that the New Testament declares for Christians in all of the epistles and pastoral letters of Paul and other apostles the call is clearly for unity, and oneness. Church splits in recent and past church times have occurred by people arguing or taking their stand and defense of God‘s Word. Yet how can the integrity and the authority of God’s Word be divided.

JOHN 21 That they all may be one, exactly as you Father are mirrored in me and I in you, that they also will be exactly mirrored to be one in us – then the entire world will believe and be persuaded about your mission upon my life!

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. MIRROR

Psalms 133:1How truly wonderful and delightful it is to see brothers and sisters living together in sweet unity!

²It’s as precious as the sacred scented oil flowing from the head of the high priest Aaron, dripping down upon his beard and running all the way down to the hem of his priestly robes.

³This harmony can be compared to the dew dripping from Mount Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed, that is where Yahweh has decreed his blessings will be found, the promise of life forevermore!  TPT

1 COR 12:12 The many members of the same body do not divide the oneness of the individual. The various gifts and workings of the Spirit of Christ find a beautiful similitude taken from the mutual dependence of the numerous parts of the human body. All the parts unite harmoniously into one whole. The Spirit of Christ is one Spirit; although their workings in each one of us may seem different there is no distraction from their oneness in us.

13 For in one spirit we are all immersed into one body; Jew and Gentile alike, whether we were slave or free is no longer relevant, we are all saturated in one spirit.

14 The individual member and its function do not define the body; the body gives context to the individual member. Your specific gifting does not define you; Christ defines you!

15 The different members co-compliment each other. The hand is not a more valid member of the body than the foot. How silly it would be for the foot to feel inferior to the hand simply because it does not look the same! They fulfill completely different roles but are equally part of the same body.  MIRROR

EPH 2:14 It is in him that we are one and at peace with everyone; he dissolved every definition of division.  MIRROR

1 COR 12:25 Because of the delicate interdependence of the various parts of the body it is natural that no schism can be tolerated; instead every member considers the other with affectionate care.

26 It is impossible for one part of the body to suffer injury without the rest of the body being immediately alerted to it; the pain of the one is the pain of all. In the same way the complete person is honored, not just the fingers that skillfully play the harp. Everyone is equally included in the same joy.

27 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.  MIRROR

1 COR 1:10 Friends, because we are surnamed and identified in the name of our master Jesus Christ, I urge you to speak with one voice; we share the same source as our reference; the idea of division is an illusion. We are a perfect match; accurately joined in the same thought and communicating the same resolve

11 Some of the believers in Chleo’s fellowship told me about the controversy in your ranks; this is most disturbing!

12 What I was told is that you are divided into groups, where some side with Paul, others with Apollos, still others with Cephas, and even some who say, “we are the Messianic group”!

13 This is really ridiculous: can Christ be cut up into little relics? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into Paul’s name?  MIRROR

John 13:35 By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves].  AMP

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John 13:35For when you demonstrate the same love I have for you by loving one another, everyone will know that you’re my true followers.” TPT

Ephesians 4:3Be faithful to guard the sweet harmony of the Holy Spirit among you in the bonds of peace,

⁴being one body and one spirit, as you were all called into the same glorious hope of divine destiny.

⁵For the Lord God is one, and so are we, for we share in one faith, one baptism, and one Father.

⁶And he is the perfect Father who leads us all, works through us all, and lives in us all!  TPT

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Eph 4:3 alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.

4 You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.

5 You have one Master, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness. MSG

Eph 4:12  to train Christians in skilled servant work, working within Christ’s body, the church,

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

14 No prolonged infancies among us, please. We’ll not tolerate babes in the woods, small children who are an easy mark for impostors.

15 God wants us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love — like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, who is the source of everything we do.

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.  MSG

Eph 4:2 And mark that you do this with humility and discipline — not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love,

3 alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.

4 You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.

5 You have one Master, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.  MSG

Eccl 4:12 And though a man might prevail against him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken.  AMP

Mal 2:10 Don’t we all come from one Father? Aren’t we all created by the same God? So why can’t we get along? Why do we desecrate the covenant of our ancestors that binds us together?  MSG

Acts 4:32 Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was [exclusively] his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all.  AMP

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Acts 4:32 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.  MSG

ROM 12:10 Take tender care of one another with fondness and affection; esteem one another’s unique value.  MIRROR

ROM 12:16 Esteem everyone with the same respect; no one is more important than the other. Associate yourself rather with the lowly than with the lofty. Do not distance yourself from others in your own mind.  

17 Two wrongs do not make a right. Never retaliate; instead, cultivate the attitude to anticipate only beauty and value in every person you encounter.  

18 You have within you what it takes to be everyone’s friend, regardless of how they treat you.

19 Do not bother yourselves to get even, dear ones. Do not let anger or irritation distract you; that which we have in common with one another (righteousness) sets the pace.  MIRROR

Rom 12:18 If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for [God’s] wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (requite), says the Lord.  AMP

Rom 14:18 Your task is to single-mindedly serve Christ. Do that and you’ll kill two birds with one stone: pleasing the God above you and proving your worth to the people around you.

19 So let’s agree to use all our energy in getting along with each other. Help others with encouraging words;  MSG

ROM 15:2 We are to please others and consider their good and benefit.

3 For Christ was not in it for himself, but for us. It is written about him, that he took the full blow of the reproach and insults directed at us.  MIRROR

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Rom 15:2  Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, “How can I help?”

3 That’s exactly what Jesus did. He didn’t make it easy for himself by avoiding people’s troubles, but waded right in and helped out. “I took on the troubles of the troubled,” is the way Scripture puts it.  MSG

Romans 15:5Now may God, the source of great endurance and comfort, grace you with unity among yourselves, which flows from your relationship with Jesus, the Anointed One.

⁶Then, with a unanimous rush of passion, you will with one voice glorify God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁷You will bring God glory when you accept and welcome one another as partners, just as the Anointed One has fully accepted you and received you as his partner. TPT

GAL 3:28 Nothing resembles your previous identity as Jew or Gentile, bond or free, male or female, Billabong or Gucci, now you are all defined in oneness with Christ! He is your significance and makes you beautiful!

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

Gal 5:13 For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for selfishness], but through love you should serve one another.

14 For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. 

15 But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another.  AMP

Gal 5:25 Since this is the kind of life we have chosen, the life of the Spirit, let us make sure that we do not just hold it as an idea in our heads or a sentiment in our hearts, but work out its implications in every detail of our lives.

26 That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.   MSG

Gal 6:2  Stoop down and reach out to those who are oppressed. Share their burdens, and so complete Christ’s law.

3 If you think you are too good for that, you are badly deceived.  MSG

Eph 4:2  And mark that you do this with humility and discipline — not in fits and starts, but steadily, pouring yourselves out for each other in acts of love,

3 alert at noticing differences and quick at mending fences.

4 You were all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, so stay together, both outwardly and inwardly.

5 You have one Master, one faith, one baptism,

6 one God and Father of all, who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything you are and think and do is permeated with Oneness.  MSG

Phil 2:2 then do me a favor: Agree with each other, love each other, be deep-spirited friends.

3 Don’t push your way to the front; don’t sweet-talk your way to the top. Put yourself aside, and help others get ahead.

4 Don’t be obsessed with getting your own advantage. Forget yourselves long enough to lend a helping hand.  MSG

MERCY TRUMPHS OVER JUDGEMENT 6-24-22  VIDEO

Mercy is compassion or forgiveness shown towards someone whom it is within our power to punish or harm. Many have spoken in the body of Christ about judgment against people who don’t agree with them. I’m not saying to call evil good, definitely speak your opinion in the light of the Word. Always be encouraging. Give an opportunity for mercy to move upon all. For if you extend mercy the others, and your time of need you will reap mercy.

James 2:12  So speak and so act as [people should] who are to be judged under the law of liberty [the moral instruction given by Christ, especially about love].

13 For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment.  AMP

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James 2:12 Talk and act like a person expecting to be judged by the Rule that sets us free.

13 For if you refuse to act kindly, you can hardly expect to be treated kindly. Kind mercy wins over harsh judgment every time.  MSG

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JAMES 2:12 Let the law of liberty set the pace in your conversation and conduct.  

13 Judgment showed no mercy to those who do not walk in mercy, but mercy triumphs over judgment.  MIRROR

2 Chron 7:3 And when all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed with their faces upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.  AMP

Ps 4:1  ANSWER ME when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.  AMP

Ps 23:6  Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place.  AMP

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Psalms 23:6So why would I fear the future? Only goodness and tender love pursue me all the days of my life. Then afterward, when my life is through, I’ll return to your glorious presence to be forever with you!  TPT

Ps 25:6 Mark the milestones of your mercy and love, God; Rebuild the ancient landmarks!

7 Forget that I sowed wild oats; Mark me with your sign of love. Plan only the best for me, God!  MSG

Psalms 40:11 So Lord, don’t hold back your love or withhold your tender mercies from me. Keep me in your truth and let your compassion overflow to me no matter what I face. TPT

Ps 66:20 Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy and loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me. AMP

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Psalms 66:20 I will forever praise this God who didn’t close his heart when I prayed

and never said no when I asked him for help. He never once refused to show me his tender love.  TPT

Ps 103:4 Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy;

5 Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]!

6 The Lord executes righteousness and justice [not for me only, but] for all who are oppressed.  AMP

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Psalms 103:4 You’ve rescued me from hell and saved my life. You’ve crowned me with love and mercy.

⁵You satisfy my every desire with good things. You’ve supercharged my life so that I soar again like a flying eagle in the sky!

⁶You’re a God who makes things right, giving justice to the defenseless. TPT

Isa 30:18 But God’s not finished. He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right — everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones. MSG

Lam 3:22  God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.

23 They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

24 I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. MSG

Zech 7:9  Thus has the Lord of hosts spoken: Execute true judgment and show mercy and kindness and tender compassion, every man to his brother; AMP

Matthew 5:7 “How blessed you are when you demonstrate tender mercy! For tender mercy will be demonstrated to you. TPT

Matthew 9:10Jesus went to Matthew’s house and made himself at home. Many other tax collectors and outcasts of society were invited to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

¹¹When those known as the Pharisees saw what was happening, they were indignant, and they kept asking Jesus’ disciples, “Why would your Master dine with such lowlifes?”

¹²When Jesus overheard this, he spoke up and said, “Healthy people don’t need to see a doctor, but the sick will go for treatment.”

¹³Then he added, “Now you should go and study the meaning of the verse:

I want you to show mercy, not just offer me a sacrifice. For I have come to invite the outcasts of society and sinners, not those who think they are already on the right path.”  TPT

Luke 1:50 Mercy kisses all who fear him, from one generation to the next.  TPT

Luke 1:54 Because he can never forget to show mercy, he has helped his chosen servant, Israel,  TPT

Romans 3:25Jesus’ God-given destiny was to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seat because of his death on the cross. We come to him for mercy, for God has made a provision for us to be forgiven by faith in the sacred blood of Jesus. This is the perfect demonstration of God’s justice, because until now, he had been so patient—holding back his justice out of his tolerance for us. So he covered over the sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice.

²⁶And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus, God declares us righteous in his eyes!  TPT

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ROM 3:25 Jesus exhibits God’s mercy. In his blood conciliation God’s faith persuades mankind of his righteousness and the fact that he has brought closure to the historic record of their sins.  Jesus is the unveiling of the Father’s heart towards us.  

26 All along God refused to let go of mankind. At this very moment God’s act of

righteousness is pointing them to the evidence of their innocence, with Jesus as the fountainhead of faith. MIRROR

Romans 9:15He had every right to say to Moses: “I will be merciful to whomever I choose and I will show compassion to whomever I wish.”

¹⁶Again, this proves that God’s choice doesn’t depend on how badly someone wants it or tries to earn it, but it depends on God’s kindness and mercy. TPT

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Rom 9:15  God told Moses, “I’m in charge of mercy. I’m in charge of compassion.”

16 Compassion doesn’t originate in our bleeding hearts or moral sweat, but in God’s mercy.  MSG

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ROM 9:15 Moses saw the glory of God’s goodness; he saw God’s mercy and the kindness of his compassion.  

16 God’s mercy is not a reward for good behavior; it is not a wreath given to the fastest athlete.  MIRROR

Rom 15:9 And [also in order] that the Gentiles (nations) might glorify God for His mercy [not covenanted] to them. As it is written, Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles and sing praises to Your name. 

10 Again it is said, Rejoice (exult), O Gentiles, along with His [own] people; 

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him!

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2 Cor 1:3 All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel!

4 He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.  MSG

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2 COR 1:3 Well done, God! You are the Father of our Master Jesus Christ; you are the Father of compassion and the God in whom everyone is equally esteemed!  

4 There is no contradiction of any proportion that we can possibly face that has what it takes to exasperate us or distance us from God. Our consciousness of his inseparable nearness immediately reinforces us to extend the same tangible closeness to you in your difficult times, and together we snuggle up in the comfort of his intimate embrace!  MIRROR

EPH 2:4 None of this could distract from the extravagant love of God; he continued to love us with the exact same intensity.

5 This is how grace rescued us: while we were yet in that state of deadness and indifference in our deviations, we were co-quickened together with Christ! We had nothing to do with it. Grace freed us, once and for all from the lies that we believed about ourselves under the performance-driven system, and now defines our authentic identity!

6 We are co-included in his resurrection. We are also co-elevated in his ascension to be equally present in the throne room of the heavenly realm where we are co-seated with him in his executive authority. We are fully represented in Christ Jesus. MIRROR

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Eph 2:4 Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love,

5 he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us!

6 Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.  MSG

Colossians 3:12 You are always and dearly loved by God! So robe yourself with virtues of God, since you have been divinely chosen to be holy. Be merciful as you endeavor to understand others, and be compassionate, showing kindness toward all. Be gentle and humble, unoffendable in your patience with others. TPT

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COL 3:12 You are the product of God’s love; he restored you to his original thought. You belong to him exclusively. It is like changing garments. Now that you have gotten rid of the old, clothe yourselves with inner compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience,   MIRROR

1 Tim 1:15  Here’s a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I’m proof — Public Sinner Number One —  

16 of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off — evidence of his endless patience — to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever.   MSG

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

1 Peter 1:3Celebrate with praises the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has shown us his extravagant mercy. For his fountain of mercy has given us a new life—we are reborn to experience a living, energetic hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  TPT

SHEKNAH GLORY 6-19-22

Ex 13:20 They journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. 

21 The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. 

22 The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.   AMP

Ex 24:16 The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day [God] called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 

17 And the glory of the Lord appeared to the Israelites like devouring fire on the top of the mountain. 

18 Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and nights.   AMP

Ex 33:9 When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent, and the Lord would talk with Moses.  AMP

1 Kings 8:10 When the priests left the Holy Place, a cloud filled The Temple of God.

11 The priests couldn’t carry out their priestly duties because of the cloud — the glory of God filled The Temple of God!

12 Then Solomon spoke: God has told us that he lives in the dark where no one can see him;

13 I’ve built this splendid Temple, O God, to mark your invisible presence forever. MSG

Zech 2:5 For I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.  AMP

2 Chron 7:1  WHEN SOLOMON had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house.

2 The priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord’s house.

3 And when all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed with their faces upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever.  AMP

PS 68:14 “When the Almighty found a king for himself, it became white as snow in his shade. O huge, magnificent mountain, you are the mighty kingdom of God! All the other peaks, though impressive and imposing, look with envy on you, Mount Zion! For Zion is the mountain where God has chosen to live forever. Look! The mighty chariots of God! Ten thousands upon ten thousands, more than anyone could ever number. God is at the front, leading them all from Mount Sinai into his sanctuary with the radiance of holiness upon him. He ascends into the heavenly heights, taking his many captured ones with him, leading them in triumphal procession. And gifts were given to men, even the once rebellious, so that they may dwell with Yah.” TPT

Joel 3:17 Then you’ll know for sure that I’m your God, Living in Zion, my sacred mountain. Jerusalem will be a sacred city, posted: ‘No Trespassing.’  MSG

Ex 3:3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. 

4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I. 

5 God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. 

6 Also He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.   AMP

Luke 20:37Even Moses taught the resurrection of the dead when he wrote of the Lord God who was at the burning bush and said ‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’

³⁸Don’t you agree that God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living? For in his eyes, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are alive forevermore. He is the God who raises the dead.” TPT

1 Chron 16:24 Publish his glory among the godless nations, his wonders to all races and religions.

25 And why? Because God is great — well worth praising! No god or goddess comes close in honor.

26 All the popular gods are stuff and nonsense, but God made the cosmos!

27 Splendor and majesty flow out of him, strength and joy fill his place. MSG

Luke 2:9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone all about them, and they were terribly frightened.

10 But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people.  AMP

Matt 17:1 AND SIX days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

2 And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light.

3 And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him.

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Matthew 17:1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, Jacob and John, and hiked up a high mountain to be alone.

²Then Jesus’ appearance was dramatically altered. A radiant light as bright as the sun poured from his face. And his clothing became luminescent—dazzling like lightning. He was transfigured before their very eyes.

³Then suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared, and they spoke with Jesus. TPT

Matthew 17:5 But while Peter was still speaking, a bright radiant cloud spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!”

⁶The three disciples were dazed and terrified by this phenomenon, and they fell facedown to the ground.

⁷But Jesus walked over and touched them, saying, “Get up and stop being afraid.”  TPT

Acts 2:1On 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

Colossians 1:27Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it! 28-29Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ. TPT

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COL 1:27  Within us, God is delighted to exhibit the priceless treasure of this glorious unveiling of Christ’s indwelling in order that every person on the planet, whoever they are, may now come to the greatest discovery of all time and recognize Christ in them as in a mirror! He is the 1desire of the nations and completes their every expectation!

28 This is the essence and focus of our message; we 1awaken everyone’s mind, instructing every individual by bringing them into 2full understanding [flawless clarity] in order that we may 3prove (present) everyone 4perfect in Christ. MIRROR

2 Corinthians 3:7 Even the ministry that was characterized by chiseled letters on stone tablets came with a dazzling measure of glory, though it produced death. The Israelites couldn’t bear to gaze on the glowing face of Moses because of the radiant splendor shining from his countenance—a glory destined to fade away.  TPT

2 Cor 3:10 Indeed, in view of this fact, what once had splendor [the glory of the Law in the face of Moses] has come to have no splendor at all, because of the overwhelming glory that exceeds and excels it [the glory of the Gospel in the face of Jesus Christ].

11 For if that which was but passing and fading away came with splendor, how much more must that which remains and is permanent abide in glory and splendor! AMP

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2 Corinthians 3:10 What once was glorious no longer holds any glory because of the increasingly greater glory that has replaced it.

¹¹The fading ministry came with a portion of glory, but now we embrace the unfading ministry of a permanent impartation of glory. TPT

2 Cor 4:6 For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

7 However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves.  AMP

1 Corinthians 3:16Don’t you realize that together you have become God’s inner sanctuary and that the Spirit of God makes his permanent home in you?

¹⁷Now, if someone desecrates God’s inner sanctuary, God will desecrate him, for God’s inner sanctuary is holy, and that is exactly who you are. TPT

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1 COR 3:16 Realize that your life is God’s building; his sanctuary, designed for his permanent abode. His Spirit inhabits you!  

17 Just like fire would burn away the dross, any defilement of God’s temple would be destroyed in order to preserve human life as his permanent sanctuary. MIRROR

Hab 2:14 But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.  AMP

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Hab 2:14 Meanwhile the earth fills up with awareness of God’s glory as the waters cover the sea. MSG

Rev 21:3 Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God.  AMP

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REV 21:3 And a glorious announcement was heralded out of the throne, “Behold, God’s tabernacle is with humanity!” He has taken up permanent residence in human 1skin to be with them in the closest possible association of oneness. They are his own possession; his tribe and he is their God inseparably entwined with them.  MIRROR

Isaiah 60:1 Rise up in splendor and be radiant, a for your light has dawned, and Yahweh’s glory now streams from you!

2 Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick gloom c covers the nations, but Yahweh arises d upon you and the brightness of his glory appears over you! 

3 Nations will be attracted to your radiant light f and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day.

4 Lift up your eyes all around, and see; they all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

5 Then you shall see and be radiant; your heart shall thrill and exult, because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you. TPT

FEARLESS LOVERS 6-17-22  VIDEO

As the Lord raises up a new army of believers there will be two major characteristics, lovers of God and fearlessness. Every step we take towards God is an offensive act against the enemy. When we love God with all our hearts, souls, mind and strength we literally are taking new ground from the enemy. Fearless people give courage to others. They inspire others to move forward. We are an Army of lovers. Loving God makes you able to love your neighbor.

Phil 1:28 And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [constancy and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God. AMP

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Phil 1:28 Your brave fearlessness in the face of every kind of obstacle is a sure sign to those who oppose you that their efforts are futile. Your triumphant attitude makes salvation even more apparent. MIRROR

HEB 4:16  For this reason we can approach the authoritative throne of grace with bold utterance. We are welcome there in his embrace, and are reinforced with immediate effect in times of trouble. MIRROR

Hebrews 10:35 So don’t lose your bold, courageous faith, for you are destined for a great reward!

³⁶You need the strength of endurance to reveal the poetry of God’s will and then you receive the promise in full. TPT

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Heb 10:35  So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing!

36 But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion. MSG

2 Timothy 1:7 For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-control. TPT

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2 TIM 1:7 Become fully acquainted with his gift in you, there is nothing timid about it; the dynamic of a mind liberated in the spirit of love is fearless and unstoppable. MIRROR

Ps 27:1 Light, space, zest —  that’s God! So, with him on my side I’m fearless, afraid of no one and nothing. MSG

Ps 56:11 In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?  AMP

HEB 13:6  What he said concerning us gives our confession the edge; we boldly echo Scripture, “The Lord is for me, I cannot be afraid of anything that anyone could possibly do to harm me.”   MIRROR

1 Timothy 1:8-19So Timothy, my son, I am entrusting you with this responsibility, in keeping with the very first prophecies that were spoken over your life, and are now in the process of fulfillment in this great work of ministry, in keeping with the prophecies spoken over you. With this encouragement use your prophecies as weapons as you wage spiritual warfare by faith and with a clean conscience. For there are many who reject these virtues and are now destitute of the true faith, TPT

John 12:42 And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the synagogue;

43 For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.]  AMP

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John 12:42 On the other hand, a considerable number from the ranks of the leaders did believe. But because of the Pharisees, they didn’t come out in the open with it. They were afraid of getting kicked out of the meeting place.

43 When push came to shove they cared more for human approval than for God’s glory.  MSG

Acts 4:29So now, Lord, listen to their threats to harm us. Empower us, as your servants, to speak the word of God freely and courageously.

³⁰Stretch out your hand of power through us to heal, and to move in signs and wonders by the name of your holy Son, Jesus!”

³¹As they prayed the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble. Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness.  TPT

Mark 12:30 so love the Lord God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence and energy.’

31 And here is the second: ‘Love others as well as you love yourself.’ There is no other commandment that ranks with these.”  MSG

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Mark 12:30 And you shall love the Lord your God out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your life) and out of and with all your mind (with your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. This is the first and principal commandment.

31 The second is like it and is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.  AMP

1 JN 4:16  And thus we have come to know and believe the love that God has unveiled within us. God is love. Love is who God is; to live in this place of conscious, constant love, is to live immersed in God and to feel perfectly at home in his indwelling.

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 5face the scrutiny of contradiction.

18 Fear cannot co-exist in this love realm. The perfect love union that we are talking about expels fear. Fear holds on to an expectation of crisis and judgment  and interprets it as due punishment It echoes torment and only registers in someone who does not yet realize the completeness of their love union. 

19 We love because he loved us first!

20 If anyone claims to love God but he cannot stand a fellow human, his love for God is fake; how is it possible to not love someone you can see with your eyes yet claim to love an invisible God

21 God’s conclusion on this is clear, loving him includes loving your fellow human – there is no distinction. MIRROR

Josh 22:5 Only this: Be vigilant in keeping the Commandment and The Revelation that Moses the servant of God laid on you: Love God, your God, walk in all his ways, do what he’s commanded, embrace him, serve him with everything you are and have.”   MSG

Psalms 31:23 Listen to me, all you godly ones: Love the Lord with passion! The Lord protects and preserves all those who are loyal to him. But he pays back in full all those who reject him in their pride.

²⁴So cheer up! Take courage, all you who love him. Wait for him to break through for you, all who trust in him! TPT

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

1 Corinthians 8:3But if a person passionately loves God, he will possess the knowledge of God. TPT

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

EPH 6:12  People are not the enemy, to target one another is to engage in the wrong combat. We represent the authority of the victory of Christ in the spiritual realm. We are positioned there (in Christ); we confront the mind games and structures of darkness, religious thought patterns, governing and conditioning human behavior.  MIRROR

2 COR 10:3 The fact that we are living in a physical world in human bodies of flesh does not mean that we engage ourselves in a combat dictated to by the typical “tit-for-tat” strategies of religion and the politics of the day.

4 The dynamic of our strategy is revealed in God’s ability to disengage mindsets and perceptions that have held people captive in pseudo fortresses for centuries!

5 Every lofty idea and argument positioned against God’s knowledge of us, is cast down and exposed to be a mere invention of our own imagination. We arrest every thought at spear point – anything that could possibly trigger an opposing threat to our redeemed identity and innocence is taken captive. The caliber of our weapon is empowered by the revelation of the ultimate consequence of the obedience of Christ.

6 Our ears are fine tuned to echo the voice of likeness that resonates within us. We are acquainted with the articulate detail of the authentic language of our origin.   MIRROR

Psalm 59:10 The God of passionate love will meet with me. My God will empower me to rise in triumph over my foes.  TPT

Psalm 91:14 For here is what the Lord has spoken to me: “Because you have delighted in me as my great lover, I will greatly protect you. I will set you in a high place, safe and secure before my face.  TPT

MYSTERIES AND SECRETS REVEALED TO THE UNCOMPROMISINGLY RIGHTEOUS  6-12-22  VIDEO RIGHTEOUSNESS SPOKEN

No compromise is how the righteous are described. Uncompromisingly means no concessions or deals made over what is truth. Compromise tells us that we can have Jesus and all the worlds ways both at the same time. But reality is we can not. Those who are on God side are sold out to Him. They have blessings and treasures and rewards of the uncompromisingly righteous.

Ps 72:7 In His [Christ’s] days shall the [uncompromisingly] righteous flourish and peace abound till there is a moon no longer.  AMP FLOURISH-optimal state, vigorous state.

Ps 5:12 For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor).  AMP

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Ps 5:12 You are famous, God, for welcoming God-seekers, for decking us out in delight.  MSG

Matthew 13:11 He explained, “You’ve been given the intimate experience of insight into the hidden mysteries of the realm of heaven’s kingdom, but they have not.

¹²For everyone who listens with an open heart will receive progressively more revelation until he has more than enough. But those who don’t listen with an open, teachable heart, even the understanding that they think they have will be taken from them.

¹³That’s why I teach the people using parables, because they think they’re looking for truth, yet because their hearts are unteachable, they never discover it. Although they will listen to me, they never fully perceive the message I speak.

¹⁴The prophecy of Isaiah describes them perfectly: Although they listen carefully to everything I speak, they don’t understand a thing I say. They look and pretend to see,

but the eyes of their hearts are closed.

¹⁵Their minds are dull and slow to perceive, their ears are plugged and are hard of hearing, and they have deliberately shut their eyes to the truth. Otherwise they would open their eyes to see, and open their ears to hear, and open their minds to understand. Then they would turn to me and I would instantly heal them.

¹⁶“But blissful are your eyes, for they see. Delighted are your ears, for they are open to hear all these things.

¹⁷Many prophets and godly people yearned to see these days of miracles that you’ve been favored to see. They would have given everything to hear the revelation you’ve been favored to hear.  TPT

Luke 8:10  He said to them, To you it has been given to [come progressively to] know (to recognize and understand more strongly and clearly) the mysteries and secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that, [though] looking, they may not see; and hearing, they may not comprehend.

11 Now the meaning of the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God.  AMP

2 Cor 6:17  So leave the corruption and compromise; leave it for good,” says God.

“Don’t link up with those who will pollute you. I want you all for myself.

18 I’ll be a Father to you; you’ll be sons and daughters to me.” The Word of the Master, God.  MSG

1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you halt and limp between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him! But if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.  AMP

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1 Kings 18:21 Elijah challenged the people: “How long are you going to sit on the fence? If God is the real God, follow him; if it’s Baal, follow him. Make up your minds!” Nobody said a word; nobody made a move. MSG

Heb 11:26 He considered the contempt and abuse and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward and away to the reward (recompense). AMP

1 Cor 4:1 Don’t imagine us leaders to be something we aren’t. We are servants of Christ, not his masters. We are guides into God’s most sublime secrets, not security guards posted to protect them.

2 The requirements for a good guide are reliability and accurate knowledge.

3 It matters very little to me what you think of me, even less where I rank in popular opinion. I don’t even rank myself. Comparisons in these matters are pointless. MSG

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1 COR 4:1 This is how one should regard us (so called, Apostles): we are the under-rowers of Captain Christ; responsible for the engine room as it were! We are entrusted with the administration of the mysteries of God.  

4:2 For this reason our ministry is of unquestionable integrity.

4:3 The authority of my ministry is not based upon your scrutiny of my life or even any cross examination by a human court. Neither is it by my own assumption;  MIRROR

Eph 1:17 But I do more than thank. I ask — ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory — to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally,

18 your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for Christians,  MSG

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Ephesians 1:17 I pray that the Father of glory, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, would impart to you the riches of the Spirit of wisdom and the Spirit of revelation to know him through your deepening intimacy with him.

¹⁸I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling— that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that he finds in us, his holy ones!  TPT

Ephesians 1:4 And in love he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.  TPT

Ps 37:25 I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly] righteous forsaken or their seed begging bread.  AMP

Ps 37:30 Righteous chews on wisdom like a dog on a bone, rolls virtue around on his tongue.  MSG

Ps 64:10 The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust and take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise. 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].  AMP

Prov 3:32 For the perverse are an abomination [extremely disgusting and detestable] to the Lord; but His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him).  AMP

Proverbs 10:7 The reputation of the righteous becomes a sweet memorial to him,

while the wicked life only leaves a rotten stench. TPT

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Prov 10:7 The memory of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked shall rot.  AMP

Prov 10:24 The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted.  AMP

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Proverbs 10:24 The lawless are haunted by their fears and what they dread will come upon them, but the longings of the lovers of God will all be fulfilled. TPT

Isa 26:2 Throw wide the gates so good and true people can enter.

3 People with their minds set on you, you keep completely whole, Steady on their feet, because they keep at it and don’t quit.

4 Depend on God and keep at it because in the Lord God you have a sure thing. MSG

Isaiah 45:3 I will give you hidden treasures from dark, concealed places and wealth waiting in secret sites so that you recognize me, for it is I, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name! TPT

Isaiah 60:1 Rise up in splendor and be radiant, a for your light has dawned, and Yahweh’s glory now streams from you!

2 Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick gloom covers the nations, but Yahweh arises upon you and the brightness of his glory appears over you!

3 Nations will be attracted to your radiant light and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day. 

4 Lift up your eyes higher! Look all around you and believe, for your sons are returning from far away and your daughters are being tenderly carried home. Watch as they all gather together, eager to come back to you! Zion’s Wealth

5 Then you will understand and be radiant. Your heart will be thrilled and swell with joy. The fullness of the sea will flow to you and the wealth of the nations will

be transferred to you!  TPT

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

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COL 2:3 Everything that could possibly define our wealth is hidden in Christ. In this place of our union in him the complete treasure of all wisdom and knowledge is sourced. MIRROR

Colossians 3:2 Yes, feast on all the treasures of the heavenly realm and fill your thoughts with heavenly realities, and not with the distractions of the natural realm. TPT