NEW CREATION 1-16-22  VIDEO

What does this mean? It means we consider ourselves as well as our brothers and sisters in the body of Christ as brand-new. No longer looking at others from what they were but now we consider and treat them for who they are. This goes for ourselves also. We have been resurrected into a new life. God did not clean up our old nature nor do we. We have a new nature. It is a gift given to whoever believes. As a new creation we have unbroken fellowship with Christ and with one another.

2 Cor 5:16 Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a [purely] human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value]. [No] even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, yet now [we have such knowledge of Him that] we know Him no longer [in terms of the flesh].

17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

18 But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].  AMP

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2 Cor 5:16 Because of this decision we don’t evaluate people by what they have or how they look. We looked at the Messiah that way once and got it all wrong, as you know. We certainly don’t look at him that way anymore.

17 Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!

18 All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other.  MSG

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2 COR 5:16 Therefore, from now on, I no longer know anyone according to the flesh! I no longer see people from a human point of view! This is a radical and most defining moment! No label that could possibly previously identify someone carries any further significance! Even our pet doctrines of Christ are redefined. Whatever we knew about him historically or sentimentally is challenged by this conclusion.

17 Now, in the light of your co-inclusion in his death and resurrection, whoever you thought you were before, in Christ you are a brand new person! The old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else are over. Acquaint yourself with the new!

18 The idea of mankind’s co-inclusion in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is entirely God’s doing! To now realize that God has indeed brought final closure to the old and for us to see everything and everyone in this new light is to simply see what God has always known to be true about us in Christ; we are not debating human experience, opinion, or their contribution; this is exactly what God believes. In Jesus Christ, God exchanged equivalent value to redeem us to himself. He went to the highest extreme in this act of reconciliation to persuade us of our original worth! This, God has given us as the mandate of our ministry.  MIRROR

EPH 4:24 And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.  TPT

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EPH 4:24 Remain fully immersed in this God-shaped new person from above! You are created in the image and likeness of God. This is what righteousness and true holiness are all about.  MIRROR

Eph 2:10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. AMP

Acts 20:32 And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul).  AMP

ROM 8:23 And it’s not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spiritalso inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God’s sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed.

²⁴ For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have?

²⁵ So because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment. TPT

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ROM 8:23 We ourselves feel the grief echo of their groaning within us while we are ready to embrace the original blueprint also of our physical stature to the full consequence of sonship. What we already now participate in as first fruits of the spirit, will bloom into a full gathering of the harvest.    

24 For what we already experience confirms our hope and continues to fuel our expectation for what we still cannot see. In the final visible completeness of the harvest, hope has fulfilled its function.

25 In the meantime our expectation takes us beyond visual confirmation into a place of patient contentment. MIRROR

ROM 12:2 Stop imitating the ideals and opinions of the culture around you, but be inwardly transformed by the Holy Spirit through a total reformation of how you think. This will empower you to discern God’s will as you live a beautiful life, satisfying and perfect in his eyes. TPT

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ROM 12:2 Do not allow current religious tradition to mold you into its pattern of reasoning. Like an inspired artist, give attention to the detail of God’s desire to find expression in you. Become acquainted with perfection. To accommodate yourself to the delight and good pleasure of him will transform your thoughts afresh from within.  MIRROR

PHIL 3:10 Oh to comprehend the dynamic of his resurrection! His resurrection is evidence of our righteousness! In the revelation of God’s economy of inclusion, I actually co-suffered with him and co-died together with Christ!  

11 When confronted with death, I actually come face to face with my own resurrection!

12 To know even as I have always been known!  MIRROR

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PHIL 3:10 And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and become like him in his death.

11 Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with him in his resurrection from the realm of death.

12 I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose for which Christ Jesus laid hold of me to make me his own.  TPT

Rom 6:6 We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin.

7 For when a man dies, he is freed (loosed, delivered) from [the power of] sin [among men].

8 Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him,  AMP

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

⁷ Obviously, a dead person is incapable of sinning.

⁸ And if we were co-crucified with the Anointed One, we know that we will also share in the fullness of his life.   TPT

ROM 6:10 His appointment with death was once-off. As far as sin is concerned, he is dead. The reason for his death was to take away the sin of the world; his life now exhibits our union with the life of God.

11 This reasoning is equally relevant to you. Calculate the cross; there can only be one logical conclusion: he died your death; that means you died to sin, and are now alive to God. Sin-consciousness can never again feature in your future! You are in Christ Jesus; his Lordship is the authority of this union.  MIRROR

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ROM 6:10 For by his sacrifice he died to sin’s power once and for all, but he now lives continuously for the Father’s pleasure.

11 So let it be the same way with you! Since you are now joined with him, you must continually view yourselves as dead and unresponsive to sin’s appeal while living daily for God’s pleasure in union with Jesus, the Anointed One. TPT

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Rom 6:10 For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him].

11 Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.  AMP

1 PET 1:23 For through the eternal and living Word of Godyou have been born again. And this “seed” that he planted within you can never be destroyed but will live and grow inside of you forever.TPT

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

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1 JN 3:9 Everyone who is truly God’s child will refuse to keep sinningbecause God’s seedremains within him, and he is unable to continue sinning because he has been fathered by God himselfTPT

EPH 1:7 Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellationof our sins—all because of the cascading richesof his grace.

8 This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding.

⁹ And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desires to us—the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time.

¹⁰ And because of God’s unfailing purpose, this detailed plan will reign supreme through every period of time until the fulfillment of all the ages finally reaches its climax—when God makes all things newin all of heaven and earth through Jesus Christ. TPT

1 JN 1:7 But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin. TPT

COL 1:27 Living 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!

28–29 Christ 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 desire of the nations and completes their every expectation!

28 This is the essence and focus of our message; we awaken everyone’s mind, instructing every individual by bringing them into full understanding  in order that we may prove everyone perfect in Christ.   MIRROR

EPH 1:7 Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellationof our sins—all because of the cascading richesof his grace.

8 This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding.  TPT

EPH 2:21 This entire building is under construction and is continually growing under his supervision until it rises up completed as the holy temple of the Lord himself.

²² This means that God is transforming each one of you into the Holy of Holies, his dwelling place, through the power of the Holy Spirit living in you! TPT

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

ROM 8:35 Who could ever divorce us from the endless love of God’s Anointed One? Absolutely no one! For nothing in the universe has the power to diminish his love toward us. Troubles, pressures, and problems are unable to come between us and heaven’s love. What about persecutions, deprivations, dangers, and death threats? No, for they are all impotent to hinder omnipotent love,

³⁶ even though it is written: All day long we face death threats for your sake, God.
We are considered to be nothing more than sheep to be slaughtered!

³⁷ Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything!

³⁸ So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love.

³⁹ There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. TPT

A Word from God for a Weary World and for My Body of Believers

by Mary Dorian January 9 2022

Isa 44:24 Here is what Yahweh, your Kinsman-Redeemer, who formed you in his womb, has to say:  “I am Yahweh, Creator of all. I alone stretched out the canvas of the cosmos.  I who shaped the earth needed no one’s help. TPT

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Isa 44:24  God, your Redeemer,who shaped your life in your mother’s womb, says: “I am God. I made all that is. With no help from you I spread out the skies and laid out the earth.”  MSG

Rom 11:33 Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out.

34 Is there anyone around who can explain God? Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?

35 Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?

36 Everything comes from him; Everything happens through him; Everything ends up in him. Always glory! Always praise! Yes. Yes. Yes.  MSG

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Romans 11:33 Who could ever wrap their minds around the riches of God, the depth of his wisdom, and the marvel of his perfect knowledge? Who could ever explain the wonder of his decisionsor search out the mysterious way he carries out his plans?

³⁴ For who has discovered how the Lord thinks or is wise enough to be the one to advise him in his plans?

³⁵ Or: “Who has ever first given something to God  that obligates God to owe him something in return?”

³⁶ For out of him, the sustainer of everything, came everything, and now everything finds fulfillment in him. May all praise and honor be given to him forever! Amen! TPT

1 Cor 8:5 There is a lot of talk about other gods and demonic powers operating on earth as well as in the heavenly realm; obviously they seem to be empowered by people’s belief in them and conversation about them; so there seem to be many gods “lording” it over people.

6 This does not make them competition to God; we know that for us there is only one God who is the source of all things; there is only one authority, the Lord Jesus Christ. All things exist because of him; we owe our very being to him. He alone gives context and reference to our lives.  Mirror

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1 Cor 8:5  Although there may be many so-called gods in this world, and in heaven there may be many “gods,” “lords,” and “masters,”

⁶ yet for us there is only one God—the Father. Out of him is all things, and our lives are lived for him. And there is one Lord, Jesus, the Anointed One, through whom we and all things exist.  TPT

Eph 3:9 The mandate of my message is to make all men see. The unveiling of this eternal secret is to bring into public view an association that has always been hidden in God; Jesus Christ is the blueprint of creation.  Mirror  ▼▼▼

Eph 3:9 My passion is to enlighten every person to this divine mystery. It was hidden for ages past until now, and kept a secret in the heart of God, the Creator of all.  TPT

Matt 11:25 Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: “Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You’ve concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people.

26 Yes, Father, that’s the way you like to work.”

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

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

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Heb 11:3 Faith empowers us to see that the universe was created and beautifully coordinatedby the power of God’s words! He spoke and the invisible realm gave birth to all that is seen.  TPT

Col 1:15 In him the image and likeness of God is made visible in human form in order that everyone may recognize their true origin in him. He is the firstborn of every creature.  

16 Everything that is, begins in him; whether in the heavenly realm or upon the earth, visible or invisible, he is the original blueprint of every order of justice and every level of authority, be it kingdoms or governments, principalities or jurisdictions; the original form of all things were founded by him and created for him.

17 He is the initiator of all things, therefore everything finds its relevance and its true pattern only in him.  Mirror

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

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

1 Chron 29:12 Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hands are power and might; in Your hands it is to make great and to give strength to all. AMP

Acts 17:24 “The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn’t live in custom-made shrines

25 or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn’t take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don’t make him.

26 Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living

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.

28 We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’

29 Well, if we are the God-created, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to think we could hire a sculptor to chisel a god out of stone for us, does it?

30 “God overlooks it as long as you don’t know any better — but that time is past. The unknown is now known, and he’s calling for a radical life-change.

31 He has set a day when the entire human race will be judged and everything set right. And he has already appointed the judge, confirming him before everyone by raising him from the dead.” MSG

John 13:3 Jesus was fully aware of the fact that his Father has given all things into his hands; he knew that he came from God and that his destiny was to return face to face with God.  Mirror

Eph 1:20 Do you want to measure the mind and muscle of God? Consider the force which he unleashed in Jesus Christ when he raised him from the dead and forever seated him enthroned as his executive authority in the realm of the heavens. Jesus is God’s right hand of power! He was raised up from the deepest dungeons of human despair to the highest region of heavenly bliss!  

21 Infinitely above all the combined forces of rule, authority, dominion or governments; he is ranked superior to any name that could ever be given to anyone of this age or any age still to come in the eternal future.

22 I want you to see this: he subjected all these powers under his feet. He towers head and shoulders above everything. He is the head;

23 the Ekklesia is his body. The completeness of his being that fills all in all resides in us! God cannot make himself more visible or exhibit himself more accurately. Mirror

Eph 4:10 He now occupies the ultimate rank of authority, from the lowest regions of our darkness into which he reached in order to rescue us, to the highest authority in the heavens, having executed his mission to the full.

11 What God has in us, is gift wrapped to the world: some are commissioned to pioneer, others are gifted prophetically, some as announcers of good news, some as shepherds with a real gift to care and nurture, and others have a gift to ignite instruction through revelation knowledge.  Mirror

2 Peter 3:10 But when the Day of God’s Judgment does come, it will be unannounced, like a thief. The sky will collapse with a thunderous bang, everything disintegrating in a huge conflagration, earth and all its works exposed to the scrutiny of Judgment.

11 Since everything here today might well be gone tomorrow, do you see how essential it is to live a holy life?

12 Daily expect the Day of God, eager for its arrival. The galaxies will burn up and the elements melt down that day —  

13 but we’ll hardly notice. We’ll be looking the other way, ready for the promised new heavens and the promised new earth, all landscaped with righteousness.

14 So, my dear friends, since this is what you have to look forward to, do your very best to be found living at your best, in purity and peace.

15 Interpret our Master’s patient restraint for what it is: salvation. Our good brother Paul, who was given much wisdom in these matters,

16 refers to this in all his letters, and has written you essentially the same thing. Some things Paul writes are difficult to understand. Irresponsible people who don’t know what they are talking about twist them every which way. They do it to the rest of the Scriptures, too, destroying themselves as they do it.

17 But you, friends, are well-warned. Be on guard lest you lose your footing and get swept off your feet by these lawless and loose-talking teachers. 18 Grow in grace and understanding of our Master and Savior, Jesus Christ. Glory to the Master, now and forever! Yes!   MSG

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2Peter 3:10 The day of the Lord will come and take everyone by surprise—as unexpected as a home invasion. The atmosphere will be set on fire and vanish with a horrific roar, and the heavenly bodieswill melt away as in a tremendous blaze. The earth and every activity of man will be laid bare.

¹¹ Since all these things are on the verge of being dismantled, don’t you see how vital it is to live a holy life? We must be consumed with godliness

¹² while we anticipate and help to speed up the coming of the day of God, when the atmosphere will be set on fire and the heavenly bodies consumed in a blaze.

¹³ But as we wait, we trust in God’s royal proclamation to be fulfilled. There are comingheavens new in quality, and an earth new in quality, where righteousness will be fully at home.  Preparation for the Coming of the Lord

¹⁴ So, my beloved friends, with all that you have to look forward to, may you be eager to be found living pure lives when you come into his presence, without blemish and filled with peace.

¹⁵ And keep in mind that our Lord’s extraordinary patience simply means more opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him.

¹⁶ He consistently speaks of these things in all of his letters, even though he writes some concepts that are overwhelming to our understanding, which the unlearned and unstable love to twist to their spiritual ruin, as they do to other Scriptures.

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¹⁷ As for you, divinely loved ones, since you are forewarned of these things, be careful that you are not led astray by the error of the lawless and lose your firm grip on the truth.

¹⁸ But continue to grow and increase in God’s grace and intimacy with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. May he receive all the glory both now and until the day eternity begins. Amen!  TPT

Eph 1:10 In the 1economy of the fullness of time, everything culminates in Christ. All that is in heaven and all that is on earth is reconciled in him. Jesus is the 2consummation of the ages!  Mirror

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Eph 1:10 And because of God’s unfailing purpose, this detailed plan will reign supreme through every period of time until the fulfillment of all the ages finally reaches its climax—when God makes all things new^[a] in all of heaven and earth through Jesus Christ. TPT

Isa 66:22 This is what Yahweh declares: “The new heavens and the new earth that I am making will remain and endure before me in the same way your offspringand your name will endure.  TPT

Ps 46:2 So we will never fear even if every structure of supportwere to crumble away. We will not fear even when the earth quakes and shakes, moving mountains and casting them into the sea.
³ For the raging roar of stormy winds and crashing waves cannot erode our faith in you.
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⁴ God has a constantly flowing river whose sparkling streams bring joy and delight to his people. His river flows right through the city of God Most High, into his holy dwelling places TPT

Rom 10:13  For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.  AMP

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

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

John 3:16 The entire cosmos is the object of God’s affection! And he is not about to 1abandon his creation – the gift of his Son is for mankind to realize their origin in him who mirrors their 3authentic birth – begotten not of flesh but of the Father!   In this persuasion the life of the ages echoes within the individual and announces that the days of regret and sense of lost-ness are over!  Mirror

Gal 1:6 I am amazed that you can so easily be fooled into swapping the Gospel for a gimmick! The Gospel reveals the integrity of your original identity rescued in Christ; the gimmick is a conglomeration of grace and legalism. This mixture boils down to a do-it-yourself plan of salvation.  

7 There is no other gospel in spite of the many so-called Christian products branded “gospel.” If any hint of the law remains, it is not good news but merely religious people’s ideas, detracting from the gospel of Christ.  

8 I and any of my team would stand equally disqualified, even if we claim to have had a celestial messenger visitation, if what we preach were to stray ever so slightly from the Gospel of the finished work of Christ.

9 Let me be blatant and clear about this: any gospel that does not emphasize the success of the cross is counterfeit and produces nothing but the curse!

10 (In sharp contrast to the time when I needed letters of authority from the religious institutions of the day, endorsing my mission) God is my complete persuasion. I answer to him alone, not anyone else. Christ employs me; I am addicted to his grace. Popular religious opinion will not influence me to compromise my message. (What is the point of an impressive CV, when your Maker is not even asking for it?)

11 I want to make it very clear to you my friends that the message I proclaim is not mere speculation or the product of philosophical or religious debate.

12 This is not my own invention, neither was I spoon-fed by human tuition; my source of reference is the unveiled mystery of  Christ in me. Mirror

Matt 24:13 “Staying with it — that’s what God requires. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry, and you’ll be saved.

14 All during this time, the good news — the Message of the kingdom — will be preached all over the world, a witness staked out in every country. And then the end will come.  MSG

Romans 1:16 I have no shame about sharing the Good News of Christ with anyone; the powerful rescuing act of God persuades both Jew and Gentile alike.

17 Herein lies the secret of the power of the Gospel; there is no good news in it until the righteousness of God is revealed! The dynamic of the gospel is the revelation of 1God’s faith as the only valid basis for our belief. The Prophets wrote in advance about the fact that God believes that righteousness reveals the life of our design. “Righteousness by his (God’s) faith defines life.”  Mirror

Hebrews 9:27 So, every person’s once-off appointment with death is mirrored in the full consequence of this very judgment, which Jesus now disengaged!

28 Thus, in this context Jesus is the ultimate sacrifice. What the first, shadow-dispensation merely prophetically pointed to, he fulfilled once and for all, when he was presented as an offering, to take upon himself the sins of the entire human race! Now, with sin no longer on the agenda, he appears a second time, out of this death, to be clearly seen in everyone’s whole-hearted embrace of him as Savior!  Mirror

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Hebrews 9:27 Every human being is appointed to die once, and then to face God’s judgment.

²⁸ But when we die we will be face-to-face with Christ, the One who experienced death once for all to bear the sins of many! And now to those who eagerly await him, he will appear a second time; not to deal with sin, but to bring us the fullness of salvation. TPT

Rom 15:18 And I will not be presumptuous to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me. For many non-Jewish people are coming into faith’s obedience by the power of the Spirit of God, which is displayed through mighty signs and amazing wonders, both in word and deed. Starting from Jerusalem I went from place to place as far as the distant Roman province of Illyricum, fully preaching the wonderful message of Christ.TPT

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Rom 15:19 [Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel [faithfully executing, accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news] of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety.  AMP

POWER OF AGREEMENT  1-7-22 VIDEO

Agreement is harmony of opinion or action. It acknowledges that there are different parts to be played but each party plays their part with regard to the whole.

Harmony is like in a choir or a band it is the blending together of different sounds to bring forth a beautiful song.

1 COR 12:15  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.

16 Should the ear say, “Because I am not the eye I am not part of the same body;” does that mean that the ear is right?

17 If the body was just one huge eye, then everything would be silent; if it was all ears, then how could it smell the fragrance of the flowers!

18 God engineered every individual part of the body according to his deliberate design

19 Our individual significance only finds context in relationship to others! MIRROR

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1 COR 12:15 If the foot were to say, “Since I’m not a hand, I’m not a part of the body,” it’s forgetting that it is still a vital part of the body.

¹⁶ And if the ear were to say, “Since I’m not an eye, I’m not really a part of the body,” it’s forgetting that it is still an important part of the body.

¹⁷ Think of it this way. If the whole body were just an eyeball, how could it hear sounds? And if the whole body were just an ear, how could it smell different fragrances?

¹⁸ But God has carefully designed each member and placed it in the body to function as he desires.

¹⁹ A diversity is required, for if the body consisted of one single part, there wouldn’t be a body at all!  TPT

Amos 3:3 Do two people walk hand in hand if they aren’t going to the same place?MSG     

EPH 1:11 Through our union with Christ we too have been claimed by God as his own inheritance. Before we were even born, he gave us our destiny; that we would fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in his heart.   TPT ▼▼▼

Eph 1:11 In Him we also were made [God’s] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will,   AMP

ROM 8:27 God, the searcher of the heart, knows fully our longings, yet he also understands the desires of the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit passionately pleads before God for us, his holy ones, in perfect harmony with God’s plan and our destiny. TPT

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

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

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EPH 4:3 Being alert to treasure our oneness in spirit; encapsulated in peace.  

4 There is only one body and one Spirit. We are inseparably one, in the same hope; there is no plan B. We bear the same surname.  

5 There is only one legitimate Lordship; one faith and one baptism; we are all immersed in the same oneness! MIRROR

1 COR 1:10 I urge you, my brothers and sisters, for the sake of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree to live in unity with one anotherand put to rest any division that attempts to tear you apart. Be restoredas one united body living in perfect harmony. Form a consistent choreography among yourselves, having a common perspective with shared values.

¹¹ My dear brothers and sisters, I have a serious concern I need to bring up with you, for I have been informed by those of Chloe’s house churchthat you have been destructively arguing among yourselves.

¹² And I need to bring this up because each of you is claiming loyalty to different preachers. Some are saying, “I am a disciple of Paul,” or, “I follow Apollos,” or, “I am a disciple of Peter the Rock,”^[ and some, “I belong only to Christ.”

¹³ But let me ask you, is Christ divided up into groups? Did I die on the cross for you? At your baptism did you pledge yourselves to follow Paul?  TPT

ROM 12:15-16 Celebrate with those who celebrate, and weep with those who grieve.

¹⁶ Live happily together in a spirit of harmony, and be as mindful of another’s worth as you are your own. Don’t live with a lofty mind-set, thinking you are too important to serve others, but be willing to do menial tasks and identify with those who are humble minded. Don’t be smug or even think for a moment that you know it all. TPT

ROM 12:15 Do not merely act the role in someone else’s gladness or grief; feel with them in genuine joy and compassion.

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.  MIRROR

1 COR 12:24 God so structured the body that every single part is equally valued; the less visible parts are often treated with even greater honor and more specific care.

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.  MIRROR

Gal 3:28 In Christ’s family there can be no division into Jew and non-Jew, slave and free, male and female. Among us you are all equal. That is, we are all in a common relationship with Jesus Christ.  MSG

James 3:18 You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.  MSG

1 John 5:14 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. AMP

Rom 15:5 May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all.

6 Then we’ll be a choir — not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!

7 So reach out and welcome one another to God’s glory. Jesus did it; now you do it!   MSG

Matt 18:19 Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven.

20 For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I AM in the midst of them.  AMP

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

²⁰ For wherever two or three come together in honor of my name, I am right there with them!”TPT

This kind of prayer can change the atmosphere of a nation. This is why intercessory prayer is so important. Prophetic words need to have agreement with the Gospel.

Acts 15:15 And with this the predictions of the prophets agree, as it is written,

16 After this I will come back, and will rebuild the house of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its [very] ruins, and I will set it up again,  AMP

17 So that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom My name has been invoked,

18 Says the Lord, Who has been making these things known from the beginning of the world. AMP

1 John 5:7 So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One;

8 and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides].  AMP

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1 JN 5;6 Jesus Christ is the One who was revealed as God’s Son by his water baptism and by the blood of his cross—not by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit, who is truth, confirms this with his testimony.

⁷ So we have these three constant witnesses giving their evidence:

⁸ the Spirit, the water, and the blood. And these three are in agreement.

⁹ If we accept the testimony of men, how much more should we accept the more authoritative testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son? TPT

John 17:11 For I’m no longer going to be visible in the world; They’ll continue in the world While I return to you. Holy Father, guard them as they pursue this life

That you conferred as a gift through me, So they can be one heart and mind

12 As we are one heart and mind. As long as I was with them, I guarded them

In the pursuit of the life you gave through me; I even posted a night watch.

And not one of them got away, Except for the rebel bent on destruction (the exception that proved the rule of Scripture). MSG

John 17:21 The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind —  Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, So they might be one heart and mind with us. Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.

22 The same glory you gave me, I gave them, So they’ll be as unified and together as we are —  AMP

2 Cor 6:16  What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.  AMP

PS 133:1 How truly wonderful and delightful it is to see brothers and sisters living together in sweet unity!
² It’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.
³ This harmony can be compared to the dewdripping from Mount Hermon,which flows down upon the hills of Zion.  Indeed, that is where Yahweh has decreed his blessingswill be found, the promise of life forevermore! TPT

GAL 6:15 Whether a man is circumcised or uncircumcised is meaningless to me. What really matters is the transforming power of this new creation life.

¹⁶ And all those who live in agreement with this standard will have true peace and God’s delight, for they are the Israel of God. TPT

FOR GOD’S SAKE 1-1-22  VIDEO GODS EXPECTION OF HIMSELF 2

ALEXA SAYS; “for God’s sake is defined as a exclamation of surprise or anger or impatience.”  GOOGLE SAY: “for God’s sake is the same as for goodness sake or heavens sake, or Pete’s sake or pity sake. Used to express annoyance.

FOR HIS NAME

1 Sam 12:22  The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself.  AMP

FOR GOD’S SAKE “As though God was doing it for Jesus. As though you were Him”.

John 15:16 You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you! TPT

1 Kings 8:40  That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

41 Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence] — 

42  For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm — when he shall pray in [or toward] this house,

2 Chron 6:32 Also concerning the stranger who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a far country for Your great name’s sake and Your mighty power and Your outstretched arm — if he comes and prays toward this house,

33 Hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do all for which the stranger calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You [reverently and worshipfully], as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Your Name. AMP

Ps 23:3  He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him — not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake.  AMP

Ps 25:11 For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.  AMP

Ps 31:3 Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name’s sake lead me and guide me.  AMP

Ps 115:1  Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake, but for your name’s sake, show your glory. Do it on account of your merciful love, do it on account of your faithful ways. MSG

Ps 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, and purge away our sins for Your name’s sake. AMP

Ps 106:8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known.

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Isa 43:25 I, even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.  AMP

Isa 48:9  For My name’s sake I defer My anger, and for the sake of My praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.  AMP

Isa 48:11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it [I refrain and do not utterly destroy you]; for why should I permit My name to be polluted and profaned [which it would be if the Lord completely destroyed His chosen people]? And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].  AMP

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Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake alone I will do it, so my name will not be dishonored. I will not yield my glory to another.  TPT

Jer 14:7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us [prays Jeremiah], deal and work with us for Your own name’s sake [that the heathen may witness Your might and faithfulness]! For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.  AMP

1 John 2:12  I am writing to you, little children, because for His name’s sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and on account of confessing His name].

2 Tim 2:13 If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself. AMP

Zech 14:9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day the Lord shall be one [in the recognition and worship of men] and His name one. AMP

FOR MERCYS SAKE

Ps 6:4  Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy.  AMP

Ps 44:26  Rise up! Come to our help, and deliver us for Your mercy’s sake and because of Your steadfast love!  AMP

2 Cor 5:15 And He died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake. AMP

 2 Cor 5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].  AMP

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2 COR 5:21 This is the divine exchange: he who knew no sin embraced our distortion; he appeared to be without form; this was the mystery of God’s prophetic poetry. He was disguised in our distorted image and marred with our iniquities; he took our sorrows, our pain and our shame to his grave and birthed his righteousness in us. He took our sins and we became his innocence.  MIRROR

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was infinitely rich, he impoverished himself for our sake, so that by his poverty, we become rich beyond measure. TPT

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2 COR 8:9 You are acquainted with what the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ communicates: He exchanged his riches for our poverty; the extremities of his identifying with our poverty became the reference to our wealth. Everything he has is ours.  MIRROR

FOR THOSE WHO GOD HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH

Gen 26:24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.  AMP

Gen 39:5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.   AMP

Lev 26:45  But I will for their sake [earnestly] remember the covenant with their forefathers whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.   AMP

2 Sam 5:12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.  AMP

Ps 132:10 For Your servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king.  AMP

Isaiah 37:35 I promise to defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and for the sake of David, my loving servant.” TPT

Isaiah 45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name and give you a title of honor. But you don’t even know me.

Mark 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no human being would be saved (rescued); but for the sake of the elect, His chosen ones (those whom He picked out for Himself), He has shortened the days.  AMP

John 17:20  Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,  AMP

FOR GOD SAKE FROM US

1 Corinthians 1:10 I urge you, my brothers and sisters, for the sake of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree to live in unity with one another and put to rest any division that attempts to tear you apart. Be restored as one united body living in perfect harmony. Form a consistent choreography among yourselves, having a common perspective with shared values. TPT

2 Cor 4:11 Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus’ sake, which makes Jesus’ life all the more evident in us. MSG

1 Peter 2:19 What counts is that you put up with it for God’s sake when you’re treated badly for no good reason. MSG

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

Mark 8:35 For if you let your life go for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, you will continually experience true life. But if you choose to keep your life for yourself, you will forfeit what you try to keep. TPT

Luke 18:29 And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30 Who will not receive in return many times more in this world and, in the coming age, eternal life.  AMP

Acts 9:16 For I will make clear to him how much he will be afflicted and must endure and suffer for My name’s sake.  AMP

Rom 15:30 I appeal to you [I entreat you], brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love [given by] the Spirit, to unite with me in earnest wrestling in prayer to God in my behalf.  AMP

1 Cor 4:10  We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt!  AMP

1 Cor 9:23 And I do this for the sake of the good news (the Gospel), in order that I may become a participator in it and share in its [blessings along with you].  AMP

2 Cor 4:5  For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus’ sake.  AMP

2 Cor 5:20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.  AMP

2 Cor 12:10 So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).  AMP

Eph 3:1 FOR THIS reason [because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, [am] the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles —  AMP

2 Tim 1:8 Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God.  AMP

Philem 1:1  I, Paul, am a prisoner for the sake of Christ, here with my brother Timothy. I write this letter to you, Philemon, my good friend and companion in this work 

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Philem 9  Yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am — I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also 

Philem 1:3  I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel’s sake.  AMP

Phil 3:8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),  AMP

Rev 2:3 I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.  AMP

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REV 2:3 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! MIRROR

FOR GOD’S SAKE 1-1-22  VIDEO GODS EXPECTION OF HIMSELF 2

ALEXA SAYS; “for God’s sake is defined as a exclamation of surprise or anger or impatience.”  GOOGLE SAY: “for God’s sake is the same as for goodness sake or heavens sake, or Pete’s sake or pity sake. Used to express annoyance.

FOR HIS NAME

1 Sam 12:22  The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name’s sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself.  AMP

FOR GOD’S SAKE “As though God was doing it for Jesus. As though you were Him”.

John 15:16 You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen and commissioned you to go into the world to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake, he will give it to you! TPT

1 Kings 8:40  That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

41 Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence] — 

42  For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm — when he shall pray in [or toward] this house,

2 Chron 6:32 Also concerning the stranger who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a far country for Your great name’s sake and Your mighty power and Your outstretched arm — if he comes and prays toward this house,

33 Hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do all for which the stranger calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You [reverently and worshipfully], as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Your Name. AMP

Ps 23:3  He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him — not for my earning it, but] for His name’s sake.  AMP

Ps 25:11 For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.  AMP

Ps 31:3 Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name’s sake lead me and guide me.  AMP

Ps 115:1  Not for our sake, God, no, not for our sake, but for your name’s sake, show your glory. Do it on account of your merciful love, do it on account of your faithful ways. MSG

Ps 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, and purge away our sins for Your name’s sake. AMP

Ps 106:8 Nevertheless He saved them for His name’s sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known.

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Isa 43:25 I, even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins.  AMP

Isa 48:9  For My name’s sake I defer My anger, and for the sake of My praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.  AMP

Isa 48:11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it [I refrain and do not utterly destroy you]; for why should I permit My name to be polluted and profaned [which it would be if the Lord completely destroyed His chosen people]? And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you].  AMP

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Isaiah 48:11 For my own sake alone I will do it, so my name will not be dishonored. I will not yield my glory to another.  TPT

Jer 14:7 O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us [prays Jeremiah], deal and work with us for Your own name’s sake [that the heathen may witness Your might and faithfulness]! For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You.  AMP

1 John 2:12  I am writing to you, little children, because for His name’s sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and on account of confessing His name].

2 Tim 2:13 If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself. AMP

Zech 14:9 And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day the Lord shall be one [in the recognition and worship of men] and His name one. AMP

FOR MERCYS SAKE

Ps 6:4  Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy.  AMP

Ps 44:26  Rise up! Come to our help, and deliver us for Your mercy’s sake and because of Your steadfast love!  AMP

2 Cor 5:15 And He died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake. AMP

 2 Cor 5:21 For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness].  AMP

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2 COR 5:21 This is the divine exchange: he who knew no sin embraced our distortion; he appeared to be without form; this was the mystery of God’s prophetic poetry. He was disguised in our distorted image and marred with our iniquities; he took our sorrows, our pain and our shame to his grave and birthed his righteousness in us. He took our sins and we became his innocence.  MIRROR

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you have experienced the extravagant grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was infinitely rich, he impoverished himself for our sake, so that by his poverty, we become rich beyond measure. TPT

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2 COR 8:9 You are acquainted with what the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ communicates: He exchanged his riches for our poverty; the extremities of his identifying with our poverty became the reference to our wealth. Everything he has is ours.  MIRROR

FOR THOSE WHO GOD HAS RELATIONSHIP WITH

Gen 26:24 And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.  AMP

Gen 39:5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.   AMP

Lev 26:45  But I will for their sake [earnestly] remember the covenant with their forefathers whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord.   AMP

2 Sam 5:12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel’s sake.  AMP

Ps 132:10 For Your servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king.  AMP

Isaiah 37:35 I promise to defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and for the sake of David, my loving servant.” TPT

Isaiah 45:4 For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name and give you a title of honor. But you don’t even know me.

Mark 13:20 And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no human being would be saved (rescued); but for the sake of the elect, His chosen ones (those whom He picked out for Himself), He has shortened the days.  AMP

John 17:20  Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching,  AMP

FOR GOD SAKE FROM US

1 Corinthians 1:10 I urge you, my brothers and sisters, for the sake of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree to live in unity with one another and put to rest any division that attempts to tear you apart. Be restored as one united body living in perfect harmony. Form a consistent choreography among yourselves, having a common perspective with shared values. TPT

2 Cor 4:11 Our lives are at constant risk for Jesus’ sake, which makes Jesus’ life all the more evident in us. MSG

1 Peter 2:19 What counts is that you put up with it for God’s sake when you’re treated badly for no good reason. MSG

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

Mark 8:35 For if you let your life go for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, you will continually experience true life. But if you choose to keep your life for yourself, you will forfeit what you try to keep. TPT

Luke 18:29 And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God

30 Who will not receive in return many times more in this world and, in the coming age, eternal life.  AMP

Acts 9:16 For I will make clear to him how much he will be afflicted and must endure and suffer for My name’s sake.  AMP

Rom 15:30 I appeal to you [I entreat you], brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love [given by] the Spirit, to unite with me in earnest wrestling in prayer to God in my behalf.  AMP

1 Cor 4:10  We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt!  AMP

1 Cor 9:23 And I do this for the sake of the good news (the Gospel), in order that I may become a participator in it and share in its [blessings along with you].  AMP

2 Cor 4:5  For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus’ sake.  AMP

2 Cor 5:20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.  AMP

2 Cor 12:10 So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).  AMP

Eph 3:1 FOR THIS reason [because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, [am] the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles —  AMP

2 Tim 1:8 Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God.  AMP

Philem 1:1  I, Paul, am a prisoner for the sake of Christ, here with my brother Timothy. I write this letter to you, Philemon, my good friend and companion in this work 

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Philem 9  Yet for love’s sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am — I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also 

Philem 1:3  I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel’s sake.  AMP

Phil 3:8 Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),  AMP

Rev 2:3 I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name’s sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.  AMP

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REV 2:3 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! MIRROR

2022 THE YEAR TO WALK IN RIGHTEOUSNESS  12-31-21 

VIDEO righteousness by Dan Mohler 2 

2022 is the year that those who are believers in Christ will walk in completely and actively in His righteousness. We can’t just say yes I am righteous. But we must now walk in righteousness and move forward and make progress. Righteousness is so important to the Father that He was and is willing to spare a city for the sake of the righteous.

Gen 18:32 And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again only this once. Suppose ten [righteous people] shall be found there. And [the Lord] said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.  AMP

Ps 32:11  Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you who are upright and in right standing with Him]; shout for joy, all you upright in heart! AMP

Ps 34:17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles. AMP

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

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PS 37:25 I was once inexperienced, but now I’m old. Not once have I found a lover of God forsaken by him, nor have any of their children gone hungry. TPT

PRO 11:10 The blessing that rests on the righteous releases strength and favor to the entire city, but shouts of joy will be heard when the wicked one dies. TPT

MATT 10:41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is God’s messengerwill share a prophet’s reward. And whoever welcomes a righteous person because he follows mewill also share in his reward. TPT

ROM 3:26 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

ROM 5:1 The conclusion is clear: our blameless innocence has absolutely nothing to do with something we did to qualify ourselves; it is what happened to us, solely because of our Lord Jesus Christ’s doing. Faith, and not reward, is the only valid basis for righteousness! Let us now fully engage this seamless union in our face to face friendship with God!  MIRROR

ROM 8:30 Having determined our destiny ahead of time, he called us to himself and transferred his perfect righteousness to everyone he called. And those who possess his perfect righteousness he co-glorified with his Son. TPT

ROM 10:10  This is where believing happens spontaneously, in the heart! The revelation of mankind’s redeemed righteousness ignites a new conversation, announcing salvation.

11 Scripture declares that, whosoever believes in Christ will not be ashamed.   MIRROR

ROM 1:17 This gospel unveils a continual revelation of God’s righteousness—a perfect righteousness given to us when we believe. And it moves us from receiving life through faith, to the power of living by faith. This is what the Scripture means when it says: “We are right with God through life-giving faith!”  TPT

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ROM 1:17 Herein lies the secret of the power of the Gospel; there is no good news in it until the righteousness of God is revealed! The dynamic of the gospel is the revelation of God’s faith as the only valid basis for our belief. The Prophets wrote in advance about the fact that God believes that righteousness reveals the life of our design. “Righteousness by his (God’s) faith defines life.”  MIRROR

PHIL 3:9 My passion is to be consumed with him and not cling to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My only “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God.  TPT

ROM 3:21 But now, independently of the law, the righteousness of God is tangible and brought to light through Jesus, the Anointed One.

22 This is the righteousness that the Scriptures prophesied would come. It is God’s righteousness made visible through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And now all who believe in him receive that gift. For there is really no difference between us,

²³ for we all have sinned and are in need of the glory of God.

²⁴ Yet through his powerful declaration of acquittal, God freely gives away his righteousness. His giftof love and favor now cascades over us, all because Jesus, the Anointed One, has liberated us from the guilt, punishment, and power of sin!

²⁵ Jesus’ God-given destinywas to be the sacrifice to take away sins, and now he is our mercy seatbecause 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 overthe sins of those who lived prior to Jesus’ sacrifice.  TPT

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ROM 3:21 We are now talking a completely different language: the gospel unveils what God did right not what we did wrong! Both the law and all the prophetic writings pointed to this moment!

22 Jesus is what God believes about you! In him the righteousness of God is on display in such a way that everyone may be equally persuaded about what God believes about them, regardless of who they are; there is no distinction.

23 Mankind is in the same boat; their distorted behavior is proof of a lost blueprint.

24 While the law proved mankind’s dilemma, the grace of God announces the same mankind’s redemption in Jesus Christ! Their blameless innocence is a free gift! The gift-principle puts the idea of reward out of business! There is no exception – this belongs to every single person, Jew and Gentile alike!  Mankind’s righteousness is now redeemed. Jesus Christ is proof of God’s grace gift; he redeemed the glory of God in human life; mankind condemned in the language of religion, is now mankind justified in the language of the gospel!

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.   MIRROR

ROM 4:3 Listen to what the Scriptures say: Because Abraham believed God’s words, his faith transferred God’s righteousness into his account. TPT

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ROM 4:3 Scripture is clear, “Abraham believed what God believed about him and that concluded his righteousness.” MIRROR

ROM 4:13 God promised Abraham and his descendants that they would have an heir who would reign over the world. This royal promise was not fulfilled because Abraham kept all the law, but through the righteousness that was transferred by faith.  TPT  ▼▼▼

Rom 4:13 For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith.  AMP

JAMES 2:23 So in this way the Scripture was fulfilled: Because Abraham believed God, his faith was exchanged for God’s righteousness. So he became known as the lover of God! TPT

ROM 6:18 And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants. TPT

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ROM 6:18 Sin once called the shots; now righteousness rules. MIRROR

EPH 4:24 And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.  TPT

HEB 1:8 But when he addresses the Son he says, “Your throne, Oh God, extends to the ages of the ages. The scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom.   MIRROR

SPIRITUAL HUNGER BY MARY DORIAN 12-26-21

JOHN 6:35 Jesus said, I am the bread of life! He that comes face to face with me shall never hunger and he who finds his faith resting in me shall never thirst!  Mirror

John 4:10 He looked her in the eye and said, “If you could see the generosity of God’s grace gift, you would perceive who I am!  So here I am asking you for a drink when you should be asking me and I would give you the water of life for free!

 11 Sir, you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep! How would you reach this living water?

12 Whoever you are, you are certainly not greater than our father Jacob who left us this well and its legacy as our inheritance? He bought this land and dug the well; he drank from it himself and it sustained his family and their livestock for centuries. How can you compete with that?

13 Jesus answered her, “This well cannot quench the thirst that I am talking about. Anyone drinking from it will thirst again!”

14 Whoever drinks from the source of this water that I shall give will never thirst again; because the water that I give becomes an artesian well bursting from within, 1defining the life of the ages!   Mirror

Isa 55: 1-3 Pay attention and come closer to me, and hear, that your total being may flourish. I will enter into an everlasting covenant with you, and I will show you the same faithful love that I showed David.
⁴ See! I made him a witness to the nations, an example of leadership, as prince and commander of peoples.”
⁵ Look! You will summon nations you’ve never heard of. Nations who have never heard of you will come running to follow you because Yahweh, your God, the Holy One of Israel, has glorified you! TPT

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Isa 55:1 “Hey there! All who are thirsty, come to the water! Are you penniless? Come anyway — buy and eat! Come, buy your drinks, buy wine and milk. Buy without money — everything’s free!

2 Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy?

Listen to me, listen well: Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest.

3 Pay attention, come close now, listen carefully to my life-giving, life-nourishing words.

I’m making a lasting covenant commitment with you, the same that I made with David: sure, solid, enduring love.  MSG

Ps 34:10  The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing.  AMP

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Ps 34:10  Even the strong and the wealthygrow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing. TPT

Ps 42:1-5  long to drink of you, O God, to drink deeply from the streams of pleasure flowing from your presence.  My longings overwhelm me for more of you!
² My soul thirsts, pants, and longs for the living God. I want to come and see the face of God.
³ Day and night my tears keep falling and my heart keeps crying for your help, while my enemies mock me over and over, saying, “Where is this God of yours? Why doesn’t he help you?”
⁴ So I speak over my heartbroken soul, “Take courage. Remember when you used to be
  right out front leading the procession of praise when the great crowd of worshipers gathered to go into the presence of the Lord? You shouted with joy as the sound of passionate celebration filled the air and the joyous multitude of lovers honored the feast of the Lord!”
⁵ So then, my soul, why would you be depressed? Why would you sink into despair?
Just keep hoping and waiting on God, your Savior. For no matter what, I will still sing with praise, for you are my saving grace! TPT

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Ps 42:1  A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep draughts of God.

2 I’m thirsty for God-alive. I wonder, “Will I ever make it —  arrive and drink in God’s presence?”

3 I’m on a diet of tears — tears for breakfast, tears for supper. All day long people knock at my door, Pestering, “Where is this God of yours?”

4 These are the things I go over and over, emptying out the pockets of my life. I was always at the head of the worshiping crowd, right out in front, Leading them all, eager to arrive and worship, Shouting praises, singing thanksgiving — celebrating, all of us, God’s feast!

5 Why are you down in the dumps, dear soul? Why are you crying the blues? Fix my eyes on God — soon I’ll be praising again. He puts a smile on my face. He’s my God. MSG

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.

5 I eat my fill of prime rib and gravy; I smack my lips. It’s time to shout praises!

6 If I’m sleepless at midnight, I spend the hours in grateful reflection.

7 Because you’ve always stood up for me, I’m free to run and play.

8 I hold on to you for dear life, and you hold me steady as a post. MSG

Phil 3:7 The sum total of my religious pedigree and sincere devotion amounts to zero! What we have been gifted with in Christ has reduced what once seemed so important, to meaningless information. To esteem the law is to your loss! Faith is your profit.

8 In fact, I have come to the conclusion that every association I have had with that which defined me before as a devout Jew, is by far eclipsed by what I have gained in knowing the Messiah. Jesus Christ and his masterful redemption define me now. Religion is like dog pooh; and it stinks, avoid stepping in it!

9 So here I am; found in Christ! I was looking in the wrong place all along! My own duty-and-guilt-driven religious endeavor snared me in the cul-de-sac maize of self-righteousness, sponsored by the law of works! The faith of Christ reveals my identity; righteousness defines who God believes that I really am. This righteousness is sourced in God and endorses the authority of faith.

10 Oh to comprehend the dynamic of his resurrection! His resurrection is evidence of our righteousness! In the revelation of God’s economy of inclusion, I actually co-suffered with him and co-died together with Christ!  

11 When confronted with death, I actually come face to face with my own resurrection!

12 To know even as I have always been known!   Mirror

Isaiah 26:9 At night I yearn for you with all my heart; in the morning my spirit reaches out to you. When you display your judgments on the earth,  people learn the ways of righteousness. TPT

John 7:37 This made them even more determined to seize him yet no one was able to touch him since his hour had not yet come.

31 Many in the crowds believed on him and reasoned that no Christ still to come could possibly begin to match the miracles which he already performed.

32 The Pharisees were extremely worried when they realized his popularity amongst the people, so with the support of their chief priests they ordered the temple police to arrest him.

33 Jesus then said to them, “I will only briefly remain with you where you can see me, then I will be on my way again, sinking out of sight, to be face to face with my Sender.

34 You will search for me but not find me and where I am your religion cannot take you.”

35 The Jews couldn’t imagine where he would go where they wouldn’t find him. Maybe he would join the dispersed Jews and go teach the Gentiles.

36 What would he mean by saying that we would seek him and not find him and “where I am you are powerless?”

37 On the final day, the crescendo of the eight-day Feast of Tabernacles, Jesus, knowing that he is the completeness of every prophetic picture and promise, cried out with a loud voice, If anyone is thirsty, let him come and stand 1face-to-face with me and drink!  Mirror

Ps 107:9 How he satisfies the souls of thirsty ones and fills the hungry with goodness! TPT

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Ps 107:9  For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good.  AMP

Luke 2:2 This was the first census when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

3 Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for.

4 So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. MSG

Rev 7:16-17 Here there is no memory of hunger or thirst nor a scorching sun to plague them!

17 For the little Lamb who occupies the center stage of the throne will shepherd them and lead them beside living springs of water and God shall 1blot out every hurtful memory of the tears they have cried!  Mirror

Rev 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride beckons, “Come!” And let everyone in whom this bold bidding resonates, extend the same urgent invitation, “Oh yes, come!” This is for the thirsty to come and quench their deepest longings by freely drinking from the water of life! 

REV 22:20 The One, responding to the bidding of the Bride on a disillusioned mankind’s behalf, says yes! I am the evidence of your return! Without any delay! “Oh, you’re so welcome Lord Jesus!”, says the Bride! I can’t wait to embrace you home, my Lord and my God!

21 The grace of the Lord Jesus is with everyone!  Mirror

JESUS ALL THINGS TO ALL MANKIND HE IS ALL AND ALL 12-24-21

VIDEO WHAT HISTORIC FIGURES SAY ABOUT JESUS

Starting as a baby, fully man, now king forever. Even pilot knew he was a king.

ISA 9:6  A child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. The responsibility of complete dominionwill rest on his shoulders, and his name will be: The Wonderful One! The Extraordinary Strategist! The Mighty God! The Father of Eternity! The Princeof Peace!
⁷ Great and vast is his dominion. He will bring immeasurable peace and prosperity. He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom to establish and uphold it by promoting justice and righteousness from this time forward and forevermore. The marvelous passionthat the Lord Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies, has for his people will ensure that it is finished! TPT

“the God of battle” or “Champion-God.” PRINCE “to wrestle, to fight” and another verb meaning “to rule or to govern (as royalty).”

LUKE 2:9 Then suddenly a celestial messenger of the Lord stood by them and the light of the glory of the Lord engulfed them. They were petrified.

10 The celestial messenger immediately calmed them and said, “You have no reason to fear! Listen! I have the most wonderful announcement to make – this will lead to the great encounter of the most joyful bliss for every single person on the planet!

11 For your Savior was born this day in the city of David, the Messiah, the Master.

12 This is how you will know it’s him, you’ll find a little baby, wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding-trough!

13 The next moment, a heavenly host of multitudes of celestial messengers joined and erupted in accolades of praise telling the God-story!

14 God’s highest and grandest intention in the heavens is dove-tailed upon earth in unbroken, incarnate oneness; in being human, he exibits his delight in mankind!

15 Then, as the celestial heralds withdrew into the heavens, the shepherds immediately determined to go to Bethlehem and witness with their own eyes, the prophetic word which has now come to pass, as they have learned from the Lord.

16 They departed with great urgency and searched until they found the trophy – Mary and Joseph with their little baby, who was lying in a feeding-trough.

17 Having now seen for themselves, they boldly shared the significance of their encounter and how the prophetic word was communicated to them concerning this child.  

18 Everyone who heard their story, was filled with wonder!

19 Mary treasured all these sayings, pondering them in her heart; and so forming, as in a mental mosaic, her picture of the Christ, who was to be.  MIRROR

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.

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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.

8 Your salvation is not a reward for good behavior! It was a grace thing from start to finish; you had no hand in it. Even the gift to believe simply reflects his faith!

9 If this could be accomplished through any action of yours then there would be ground for boasting.

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

Dan 7:9 I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat, Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire.

10 A stream of fire came forth from before Him; a thousand thousands ministered to Him and ten thousand times ten thousand rose up and stood before Him; the Judge was seated [the court was in session] and the books were opened.  AMP

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

Hos 3:5 But in time they’ll come back, these Israelites, come back looking for their God and their David-King. They’ll come back chastened to reverence before God and his good gifts, ready for the End of the story of his love. MSG

Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [It is just as] you say. [I AM.]

4 And Pilate said to the chief priests and the throngs, I find no guilt or crime in this Man.

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1 Tim 6:13  I’m charging you before the life-giving God and before Christ, who took his stand before Pontius Pilate and didn’t give an inch:

14 Keep this command to the letter, and don’t slack off. Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way.

15 He’ll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God.

16 He’s the only one death can’t touch, his light so bright no one can get close. He’s never been seen by human eyes — human eyes can’t take him in! Honor to him, and eternal rule! Oh, yes.

17 Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage —  

18 to do good, to be rich in helping others, to be extravagantly generous.

19 If they do that, they’ll build a treasury that will last, gaining life that is truly life.

20 And oh, my dear Timothy, guard the treasure you were given! Guard it with your life. Avoid the talk-show religion and the practiced confusion of the so-called experts.

21 People caught up in a lot of talk can miss the whole point of faith. Overwhelming grace keep you! MSG  

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1 TIM 6:13 So now, I instruct you before the God of resurrection lifeand before Jesus, the Anointed One, who demonstrated a beautiful testimony even before Pontius Pilate,

¹⁴ that you follow this commission faithfully with a clear conscienceand without blemish until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁵ Yes, God will make his appearing in his own divine timing, for he is the exalted God, the only powerful One, the King over every king, and the Lord of power!

16 He alone is the immortal God, living in the unapproachable light of divine glory! No one has ever seen his fullness, nor can they, for all the glory and endless authority of the universe belongs to him, forever and ever. Amen!

¹⁷ To all the rich of this world, I command you not to be wrapped in thoughts of pride over your prosperity, or rely on your wealth, for your riches are unreliable and nothing compared to the living God. Trust instead in the one who lavishes upon us all good things, fulfilling our every need.

¹⁸ Remind the wealthy to be rich in remarkable works of extravagant generosity, willing to share with others.

19 These spiritual investments will provide a beautiful foundation for their lives and secure for them a great future, as they lay their hands upon the meaning of true life.

²⁰ So, my son Timothy, don’t forget all that has been deposited within you. Escape from the empty echoes of menand the perversion of twisted reasoning.

²¹ For those who claim to possess this so-called knowledge have already wandered from the true faith. May God’s grace empower you always! Love in Christ, Paul TPT

REV 17:14 These join forces in that hour to wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb defeats them since he is the Lord of lords and the King of kings. And sharing with him in his victory are his kindred. They recognize their origin in this conversation and are now of the same persuasion. The Lamb led them into freedom from their lost identity, and their doubts. MIRROR

Rev 19:16 And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, King Of Kings And Lord Of Lords.  AMP

Rev 11:15 The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)!  

16 Then the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin], who sit on their thrones before God, prostrated themselves before Him and worshiped,

17 Exclaiming, To You we give thanks, Lord God Omnipotent, [the One] Who is and [ever] was, for assuming the high sovereignty and the great power that are Yours and for beginning to reign.  AMP

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REV 11:15  When the seventh celestial messenger sounded his trumpet, there was a massive crescendo of voices in the heavenly realm, saying, “The kingdom of the cosmos has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign as king for all the ages of the ages.”

16 At that moment, the twenty four elders who were seated on their thrones face to face with God, fell down prostrate before him in adoration

17 and exclaimed: Our hearts are flooded with gratitude and the affection of your favor! We salute your Lordship oh God! You are the Supreme Authority over all things; your I-am-ness defines time – present, past and future. The due dynamic of your Royal-reign is forever established!  MIRROR

PS 145:1 My heart explodes with praise to you! Now and forever my heart bows in worship to you,my King and my God!² Every day I will lift up my praise to your name with praises that will last throughout eternity. TPT

ISA 40:9 Go up on a high mountain, you joyful messengers of Zion, and lift up your voices with power. You who proclaim joyous news to Jerusalem, shout it out and don’t be afraid.  Say to the cities of Judah,  “Here is your God!”
¹⁰ Look! Here comes Lord Yahweh as a victorious warrior;he triumphs with his awesome power. Watch as he brings with him his reward and the spoils of victory to give to his people. TPT

WE ARE IN A SPECIAL SEASON  12-19-21  VIDEO SKIT GUYS  3

The season we are in is not of heaviness, sadness or fear but of comfort joy and hope. Christmas is the season of expectation for good, not for evil. Don’t let anyone hinder or discourage you from your celebration. Joy is a calm delight inner gladness, happiness, to rejoice because of grace. Fresh hope means to desire with anticipation for good as something wonderful to happen. Through the cross and the resurrection of Jesus, a time of recompense has come to conquer sin, sickness, Satan, death, demonic power, and injustice—not vengeance on humanity but on evil wherever it is found.

ISA 35:1 The wilderness and dry land will be joyously glad! The desert will blossom like a rose and rejoice!2 Every dry and barren place will burst forth with abundant blossoms, dancing and spinning with delight! Lebanon’s lush splendor covers it, the magnificent beauty of Carmel and Sharon. My people will see the awesome glory of Yahweh, the beautiful grandeur of our God.
³ Strengthen those who are discouraged. Energize those who feel defeated.
⁴ Say to the anxious and fearful, “Be strong and never afraid. Look, here comes your God!He is breaking through to give you victory! He comes to avenge your enemies With divine retribution he comes to save you!”
5 Then blind eyes will open and deaf ears will hear.
⁶ Then the lame will leaplike playful deerand the tongue-tied will sing songs of triumph. Gushing water will spring up in the wilderness and streams will flow through the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a refreshing oasis, the parched ground bubbling springs,and the dragon’s air a meadow with grass, reeds, and papyrus.
⁸ There will be a highway of holiness called the Sacred Way. The impure will not be permitted on this road, but it will be accessible to God’s people. And not even fools will lose their way.
⁹ The lionwill not be found there; no wild beast will travel on it— they will not be found there. But the redeemed will find a pathway on it.

10 Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return with glee to Zion. They will enter with a song of rejoicing and be crowned with everlasting joy. Ecstatic joy will overwhelm them; weariness and grief will disappear! TPT

ISA 40:1 our God says to you: “Comfort, comfort my peoplewith gentle, compassionate words.
2 Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that she has received from the hand of Yahweh twice as many blessings as all her sins.”
³ A thunderous voice cries out in the wilderness:  “Prepare the wayfor Yahweh’s arrival!  Make a highway straight through the desert for our God!⁴ Every valley will be raised up, every mountain brought low. The rugged terrain will become level ground and the rough places a plain.
⁵ Then Yahweh’s radiant glory will be unveiled, and all humanitywill experience it together. Believe it, for Yahweh has spoken his decree!” TPT

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

3 To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, Messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid spirit. Rename them “Oaks of Righteousness” planted by God to display his glory.

4 They’ll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They’ll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new.

5 You’ll hire outsiders to herd your flocks and foreigners to work your fields,

6 But you’ll have the title “Priests of God,” honored as ministers of our God. You’ll feast on the bounty of nations, you’ll bask in their glory.

7 Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever. MSG

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ISA 61:2 I am sent to announce a new seasonof Yahweh’s grace and a time of God’s recompense on his enemies, to comfort all who are in sorrow,
3 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes,the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness.  Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory.4 They will restore ruins from long ago and rebuild what was long devastated. They will renew ruined cities and desolations of past generations.
⁵ Foreigners will be appointed to shepherd your many flocks; strangers will cultivate your fields and tend your vines.

⁶ But you will be known as Priests of Yahweh,  and called Servants of our God. You will feast on the wealth of nations and revelin their riches!
⁷ Because you received a double dose of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portion of endless joy and everlasting bliss! TPT

Beauty” is phe’er, and the word for “ashes” is epher—simply the moving of one letter. God has the power to change and move things around in our lives to make them into something beautiful.

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.

5 We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort — we get a full measure of that, too. MSG  ▼▼▼

2 COR 1:3 All praises belong to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he is the Father of tender mercy and the God of endless comfort.

⁴ He always comes alongside us to comfort us in every suffering so that we can come alongside those who are in any painful trial. We can bring them this same comfort that God has poured out upon us.

⁵ And just as we experience the abundance of Christ’s own sufferings, even more of God’s comfort will cascade upon us through our union with Christ. TPT

1 THESS 5:1 I do not need to speculate about specific prophetic moments or even mention significant dates.  

2 You know for yourselves from experience how the day of the Lord suddenly dawns like a thief in the night!  

3 The systems of this world of darkness and unbelief, which held the masses under their pseudo-sway of make-belief peace and security shall suddenly be broken into, like travail upon a woman with child, and none of their captives shall remain under their claim! 

4 You are no longer in darkness; there are no daunting surprises waiting for you like a thief in the night!

5 All of you are begotten of light, the Day of the Lord is your true parent! Neither night nor darkness have any claim on you!

6 Live alert and you will not become intoxicated by the indifference of others.

7 Sleeping and drunkenness are typical things people do at night, but now the day of the Lord has dawned within us and has put an end to the slumbering effect and intoxication of the practices of darkness.

8 So let us clothe ourselves with day-garments, protecting our sober seeing by having our hearts fully guarded by the breastplate of love-inspired faith, and having our minds encircled, like a helmet, with an expectation which is consistent with what salvation declares!

9 For God did not set us up for disappointment; he is not teasing us with desires that we desperately reach for but cannot attain! He has brought us to a place where we are surrounded by the poetry of what salvation communicates in the lordship of Jesus Christ.   MIRROR

HEB 13:6 So we can say with great confidence: “I know the Lord is for me and I will never be afraid of what people may do to me!” TPT

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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

PS 16:11 Because of you, I know the path of life,  as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence. At your right side experience divine pleasures forevermore! TPT

Ps 21:6 You pile blessings on him; you make him glad when you smile. MSG

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PS 21:6 Your victory heaps blessing after blessing upon him. What joy and bliss he tastes, rejoicing before your face! TPT

2 COR 4:17  We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison,

¹⁸ because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is eternal. TPT

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2 COR 4:17 We are fully engaged in an exceedingly superior reality; the extent and weight of this glory make any degree of suffering vanish into insignificance! The suffering is fleeting and ever so slight by comparison to the weight and enduring effect of this glory we participate in for all eternity.

18 We are not keeping any score of what seems so obvious to the senses on the surface; it is fleeting and irrelevant; it is the unseen eternal realm within us which has our full attention and captivates our gaze!MIRROR

ISA 51:11 Do it again! Those Yahweh has set free will return to Zion and come celebrating with songs of joy! They will be crowned with never-ending joy! Gladness and joy will overwhelm them; despair and depression will disappear! TPT

Jer 33:11 [There shall be heard again] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of the Lord, Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy and kindness and steadfast love endure forever! For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed and return to be as it was at first, says the Lord.  AMP

Mal 4:2 But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. AMP

Neh 8:10 Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.  AMP

JN 16:24 Until now you have not required anything in my name – when you realize what is yours in my name, then make your requests and lay a hold of that so that your joy may burst its banks! MIRROR

PRO 13:12 When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul. TPT

Prov 23:18  For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.  AMP

ISA 26:4 Yes, trust in the Lord Yahweh forever and ever! For Yah, the Lord God, is your Rock of Ages! TPT

Jer 31:16 Thus says the Lord: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and [your children] shall return from the enemy’s land.

17 And there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country. AMP

ROM 8:24 For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have?

²⁵ So because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment.TPT

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

HEB 6:18 So it is impossible for God to lie for we know that his promise and his vow will never change! And now we have run into his heart to hide ourselves in his faithfulness. This is where we find his strength and comfort, for he empowers us to seize what has already been established ahead of time—an unshakable hope!

¹⁹ We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seatin the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold,

20 and where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone in before us. He is now and forever our royal Priest like Melchizedek. TPT

Rom 15:13 Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! MSG 

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

DOMINION 12-12-21 VIDEO HOW TO USE OUR AUTHORITY 2

Dominion is to rule or to have power over. It means to govern to be responsible for. We the body of Christ have the right to govern over the earth. It’s a level of authority that God has given us. To be responsible for mankind and for each other in a loving caring way. The government of earth is in heaven. The government is like it is in heaven manifest here on the earth. Jesus was given dominion and He passed this rule and rein onto the church. We are free from the dominion of sin, free from the dominion of darkness. The enemies that Jesus defeated were sin, sickness, and death. Those (not people) were the true enemies. Jesus conquered them so we can forever rule and reign over them. The scribe and the Pharisees set a man made seat of authority but we rule and are heirs with Christ by a heavenly authority.

Gen 1:26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. 

28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.  AMP

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Gen 1:26  God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them

reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.”

27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature.

He created them male and female.

28 God blessed them: “Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take charge! Be responsible for fish in the sea and birds in the air, for every living thing that moves on the face of Earth.”  MSG

Luke 11:2 And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven. AMP

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LUKE 11:2 So Jesus taught them this prayer: “Our heavenly Father, may the glory of your name be the center on which our life turns.May your Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us. Manifest your kingdom on earth. TPT

Dan 7:14 And there was given Him [the Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed.  AMP

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Dan 7:14 He was given power to rule — all the glory of royalty. Everyone — race, color, and creed — had to serve him. His rule would be forever, never ending. His kingly rule would never be replaced.  MSG

ROM 5:10 So if while we were still enemies, God fully reconciledus to himself through the death of his Son, then something greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, and because we share in his resurrection life, how much more we will be rescued from sin’s dominion TPT

ROM 6:14 Remember this: sin will not conquer you, for God already has! You are not governed by law but governed by the reign of the grace of God. TPT

COL 1:13  He has rescued us completely from the tyrannical ruleof darkness and has translated us into the kingdom realm of his beloved Son.

14 For in the Son all our sins are canceled and we have the release of redemption through his very blood. TPT

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Col 1:13 God rescued us from dead-end alleys and dark dungeons. He’s set us up in the kingdom of the Son he loves so much,

14 the Son who got us out of the pit we were in, got rid of the sins we were doomed to keep repeating. MSG

REV 12:10 Then I heard a triumphant voice in heaven proclaiming: “Now salvation and power are set in place, and the kingdom reign of our God and the ruling authority of his Anointed One are established. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who relentlessly accused them day and night before our God, has now been defeated—cast out once and for all!TPT

Luke 10:17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name!

18 And He said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven.

19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you. 

20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven.  [AMP

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LUKE 10:17 The seventy-two returned with much excitement and exclaimed, “Lord! Even the demons were subject to us at the mention of your Name!”

18 Jesus responded, “I often contemplate the extent of Satan’s demise, having fallen from the heavens like the flash of a shooting star!”

19  See, I have given you authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions and every powerful symbolic disguize of the enemy. Nothing shall by any means nullify your authentic identity! Your likeness is secured in me!

20 But much more important than your excitement about spirits being subject to you [in my name] rejoice in the awareness that your names are engraved in the heavens. It is time for you to re-discover who you are from heavens perspective!  MIRROR

Eph 1:20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places],

21 Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come.

22 And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church], 

23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself].  AMP

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EPH 1:20 Do you want to measure the mind and muscle of God? Consider the force which he unleashed in Jesus Christ when he raised him from the dead and forever seated him enthroned as his executive authority in the realm of the heavens. Jesus is God’s right hand of power! He was raised up from the deepest dungeons of human despair to the highest region of heavenly bliss!  

21 Infinitely above all the combined forces of rule, authority, dominion or governments; he is ranked superior to any name that could ever be given to anyone of this age or any age still to come in the eternal future.

22 I want you to see this: he subjected all these powers under his feet. He towers head and shoulders above everything. He is the head;

23 the Ekklesia is his body. The completeness of his being that fills all in all resides in us! God cannot make himself more visible or exhibit himself more accurately.  MIRROR

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

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

Rom 5:16 Nor is the free gift at all to be compared to the effect of that one [man’s] sin. For the sentence [following the trespass] of one [man] brought condemnation, whereas the free gift [following] many transgressions brings justification (an act of righteousness).

17 For if because of one man’s trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God’s] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).  AMP

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ROM 5:16 The principle of the gift speaks a different language and brings a radically different equation to the table. Whereas a single sin resulted in a judgment that concluded in condemnation; grace translates countless deviations into acquittal and innocence.

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

1 COR 15:55 Oh death where is your sting? Oh grave, where is your victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; the strength of sin is the law

57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is a given!  MIRROR

REV 5:10 You have chosen us to serve our God and formed us into a kingdom of priestswho reignon the earth.”TPT

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Rev 5:10 Then you made them a Kingdom, Priests for our God, Priest-kings to rule over the earth.  MSG

Prov 29:2 When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.  AMP

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PRO 29:2 Everyone rejoices when the lovers of God flourish, but the people groan when the wicked rise to power. TPT

COL 3:1 Christ’s resurrection is your resurrection too. This is why we are to yearn for all that is above, for that’s where Christ sits enthroned at the place of all power, honor, and authority!

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

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

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