WISDOM by Mary Dorian  4-23-21

James 3:13 Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom.

14 But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth.

15 This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal).

16 For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices.

17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity).

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

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James 3:13-18 Do you want to be counted wise, to build a reputation for wisdom? Here’s what you do: Live well, live wisely, live humbly. It’s the way you live, not the way you talk, that counts.

14 Mean-spirited ambition isn’t wisdom. Boasting that you are wise isn’t wisdom. Twisting the truth to make yourselves sound wise isn’t wisdom.

15 It’s the furthest thing from wisdom — it’s animal cunning, devilish conniving. 16 Whenever you’re trying to look better than others or get the better of others, things fall apart and everyone ends up at the others’ throats.

17 Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced.

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

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

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James 1:5 If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. AMP

Col 2:3 In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden.

4 I say this in order that no one may mislead and delude you by plausible and persuasive and attractive arguments and beguiling speech.  AMP

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Col 2:3 All the richest treasures of wisdom and knowledge are embedded in that mystery and nowhere else. And we’ve been shown the mystery!

4 I’m telling you this because I don’t want anyone leading you off on some wild-goose chase, after other so-called mysteries, or “the Secret.”

5 I’m a long way off, true, and you may never lay eyes on me, but believe me, I’m on your side, right beside you. I am delighted to hear of the careful and orderly ways you conduct your affairs, and impressed with the solid substance of your faith in Christ.   MSG

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COL 2 :3 Everything that could possibly define our wealth is 1hidden in him. In Christ the complete

4 I want to say it with such clarity that no one will be able to lead you to an inferior conclusion by bending your mind with clever words. (Any message that would divert from the revelation of the mystery of Christ in you is founded in error.) MIRROR

ROM 11:33-36   I am overwhelmed by the limitless extent of the wealth of God’s wisdom and the perfection of his knowledge. How we have failed to explore or fathom the conclusion of his resolve! In our clumsy efforts to find him, we have completely lost track of God.

34 Who inspired his thought? Who sat in council with him?

35 Is God indebted to anyone?

36 Everything originates in him; finds both its authentic expression and ultimate conclusion in him. His opinion rules the ages. We cannot but agree with our yes and awe. Amen.  MIRROR

James 3:13-18 If you consider yourself to be wise and one who understands the ways of God, advertise it with a beautiful, fruitfullife guided by wisdom’s gentleness. Never brag or boast about what you’ve done and you’ll prove that you’re truly wise.

¹⁴ But if there is bitter jealousy or competition hiding in your heart, then don’t deny it and try to compensate for it by boasting and being phony.

¹⁵ For that has nothing to do with God’s heavenly wisdom but can best be described as the wisdom of this world, both selfishand devilish.

¹⁶ So wherever jealousyand selfishness are uncovered, you will also find many troublesand every kind of meanness.

¹⁷ But the wisdom from above is always pure, filled with peace, considerate and teachable  It is filled with loveand never displays prejudice or hypocrisy^[i] in any form

¹⁸ and it always bears the beautiful harvest of righteousness! Good seeds of wisdom’s fruit will be planted with peaceful acts by those who cherish making peace. TPT

Romans 11:33-36 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 Corth 1:20-25 So where is the wise philosopher who understands? Where is the expert scholar who comprehends? And where is the skilled debater of our time who could win a debate with God? Hasn’t God demonstrated that the wisdom of this world system is utter foolishness?

²¹ For in his wisdom, God designed that all the world’s wisdom would be insufficient to lead people to the discovery of himself. He took great delight in baffling the wisdom of the world by using the simplicity of preaching the story of the crossin order to save those who believe it.

²² For the Jews constantly demand to see miraculous signs, while those who are not Jewsconstantly cling to the world’s wisdom,

²³ but we preach the crucified Messiah. The Jews stumble over him and the rest of the world sees him as foolishness.

²⁴ But for those who have been chosen to follow him, both Jews and Greeks, he is God’s mighty power, God’s true wisdom, and our Messiah.

²⁵ For the “foolish” things of God have proven to be wiser than human wisdom. And the “feeble” things of God have proven to be far more powerful than any human ability. TPT

1 Corth 1:30-31  Of God’s doing are we in Christ. He is both the genesis and genius of our wisdom; a wisdom that reveals how righteous, sanctified and redeemed we already are in him.

31  He is our claim to fame.  Mirror

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1 Corth 1:30-31 For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now he is our God-given wisdom, our virtue, our holiness, and our redemption. ³¹ And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done! TPT

1 Corth 2:1-9  My brothers and sisters, when I first came to proclaim to you the secretsof God, I refused to come as an expert, trying to impress you with my eloquent speech and lofty wisdom.

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

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

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

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

Wisdom from God

⁶ However, there is a wisdom that we continually speak of when we are among the spiritually mature. It’s wisdom that didn’t originate in this present age, nor did it come from the rulers of this age who are in the process of being dethroned. ⁷ Instead, wecontinually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery.^[ It is his secret plan, destinedbefore the ages, to bring us into glory.

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

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

 2 Cor 2:12-13 Now when I arrived at Troas [to preach] the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, a door of opportunity was opened for me in the Lord,

13 Yet my spirit could not rest (relax, get relief) because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave from them and departed for Macedonia.  AMP

Prov 9:11 For by me [Wisdom from God] your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. AMP

Prov 14:8 The Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of [self-confident] fools is to deceive. AMP

Prov 24:3- 7 Wise people are builders^[–they build families, businesses, communities. And through intelligence and insight  their enterprises are established and endure.
⁴ Because of their skilled leadership, the heartsof people are filled with the treasures of wisdom and the pleasures of spiritual wealth.
⁵ Wisdom can make anyone into a mighty warrior, and revelation-knowledge increases strength.
⁶ Wise strategy is necessary to wage war, and with many astute advisers you’ll see the path to victory more clearly.
⁷ Wisdom is a treasure too lofty for a quarreling fool^—he’ll have nothing to say when leaders gather together. TPT

Prov 28:26 Self-confident know-it-alls^[a] will prove to be fools. But when you lean on the wisdom from above, you will have a way to escape the troubles of your own making. TPT

Eccl 1:18 For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.  AMP

Jer 9:23-24  Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] riches;

24 But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.  AMP

STANDING FIRM 4-18-21  VIDEO 

As soon as we recognize thoughts of fear, doubt, discouragement, and anxiety we have to choose what to think or decide – we choose to guard our thoughts, and our words and think God’s thoughts and speak His words. We make our stand at the foot of the cross.

1 Cor 16:13  Be alert and on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men and be courageous; grow in strength!  AMP

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1 COR 16:13 Be wide awake and constant in your faith, courageous and invincible.  MIRROR

Eph 6:11 Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil.  AMP

Eph 6:13  Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. AMP

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EPH 6:13 It is most important therefore to acquaint yourself with every aspect of God’s armor. You are fully fit to powerfully defeat any onslaught or contradiction on any day of confrontation, triumphantly standing your ground. The days where the law of 1hardships and annoyances and labor dictated your life are over MIRROR

1 Peter 5:9 Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset — rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. AMP

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1 Peter 5:9 Keep your guard up. You’re not the only ones plunged into these hard times. It’s the same with Christians all over the world. So keep a firm grip on the faith.  MSG

2 Cor 1:24  Not that we have dominion [over you] and lord it over your faith, but [rather that we work with you as] fellow laborers [to promote] your joy, for in [your] faith (in your strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God) you stand firm.  AMP

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2 COR 1:24 I am not your faith-monitor! I am your co-worker, and I am jealous for your joy! You stand on your own feet in your faith!  MIRROR

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

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HEB 3:14 For we are mingled with the Messiah, if we will continue unshaken in this confident assurance from the beginning until the end. TPT

HEB 4:14 In the message of the incarnation we have Jesus the Son of God representing humanity in the highest place of spiritual authority. That which God has spoken to us in him is his final word. It is echoed now in the declaration of our confession.  MIRROR

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Heb 4:14 Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him].  AMP

Heb 10:23-24 So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.

24 And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities, AMP

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HEB 10:23 So now wrap your heart tightly around the hope that lives within us, knowing that God always keeps his promises!

²⁴ Discover creative ways to encourage othersand to motivate them toward acts of compassion, doing beautiful works as expressions of love.   TPT

PHIL 1:27-28 Whatever happens, keep living your lives based on the reality of the gospel of Christ. Then when I come to see you, or hear good reports of you, I’ll know that you stand united in one Spirit and one passion—celebrating together as conquerorsin the faith of the gospel.

²⁸ And then you will never be shaken or intimidated by the opposition that rises up against us. Your courage will prove to be a sure sign from God of their coming destruction.  TPT

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Phil 1:27-28 Only be sure as citizens so to conduct yourselves [that] your manner of life [will be] worthy of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, so that whether I [do] come and see you or am absent, I may hear this of you: that you are standing firm in united spirit and purpose, striving side by side and contending with a single mind for the faith of the glad tidings (the Gospel).

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

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

Phil 4:1  Now in the light of all this, I am sure that you can appreciate what enormous delight you are to me! My precious friends and brethern, you are my trophy and my joy! Just as you have been doing, continue to stand immovably strong in the Lord! MIRROR

Col 3:2 And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. AMP

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

PHIL 4:6-8 Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life,

⁷ then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will guard your heart and mind through Jesus Christ.

⁸ Keep your thoughts continually fixed on all that is authentic and real, honorable and admirable, beautiful and respectful, pure and holy, merciful and kind. And fasten your thoughts on every glorious work of God, praising him always.  TPT

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PHIL 4:6 Let no anxiety about anything distract you! Rather translate moments into prayerful worship, and soak your requests in gratitude before God! 

7 And in this place of worship and gratitude you will witness how the peace of God within you echoes the awareness of your oneness in Christ Jesus beyond the reachof any thought that could possibly unsettle you.MIRROR

GAL 6:14 May my only boast be found in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. In him I have been crucified to this natural realm; and the natural realm is dead to me and no longer dominates my life. TPT

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GAL 6:14 May my boasting be in nothing but in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world. The religious-systems and applause of this world have no appeal to me. As far as they are concerned, I am like a dead man.  MIRROR

COL 2:15 Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and powerto accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were hisTPT

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COL 2:15 His brilliant victory made a public spectacle of every rule and authority empowered by the fall of Adam. The voice of the cross will never be silenced!  MIRROR

HEB 12:2 Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy (of mankind’s salvation) when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As the executive authority of God (the right hand of the Throne of God) he now occupies the highest seat of dominion to endorse man’s innocence!  MIRROR

Ps 88:13  I’m standing my ground, God, shouting for help, at my prayers every morning, on my knees each daybreak.  MSG

Rom 3:24  God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. MSG

Rom 5:2 And that’s not all: We throw open our doors to God and discover at the same moment that he has already thrown open his door to us. We find ourselves standing where we always hoped we might stand — out in the wide open spaces of God’s grace and glory, standing tall and shouting our praise.  MSG

2 COR 10:7 Do you form your perceptions on mere face value? No one has a secret advantage in his or her claim of Christ; think again: each one belongs equally to him. Despite appearances or whether they realize it or not!MIRROR

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2 COR 10:7  You seem to always be looking at people by their outward appearances. If someone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: we belong to Christ no less than he does.   TPT

1 John 4:17 This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we’re free of worry on Judgment Day — our standing in the world is identical with Christ’s.  MSG

Jude 24 And now to him who can keep you on your feet, standing tall in his bright presence, fresh and celebrating —  MSG

PRAYER WITH CONFIDENCE 4-16-21

When we pray we are supposed to expect an answer to our prayer. The Father wants to know he is answering and wants us to have joy. Do not just hope to receive believe you will. Praying in Jesus name means to pray with his character. In the old testament the word “names” means character, honor and authority to pray like Jesus prayed with the confidence that he was heard and of the results. He demonstrated God’s character. We actually pray with him. What is Jesus nature; loving, kind, righteous confidently determined. Jesus change the atmosphere of the temple. Jesus prayed with the Spirit and received everything he would ever need in this natural realm. This is what it means to have a life of prayer. Jesus had a lot alone time with the Father.

Phil 2:21 For the others all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). AMP

Pro 18:10 The character of God is a tower of strength, for the lovers of God delight to run into his heartand be exalted on high.  TPT

Jn 2:23.  While Jesus was at the Passover Feast, the number of his followers began to grow, and many gave their allegiance to him because of all the miraculous signs they had seen him doing!  TPT 

Heb 7:25 Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them.  AMP

1 John 2:1 MY LITTLE children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God’s law and sin. But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (One Who will intercede for us) with the Father — [it is] Jesus Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father’s will in every purpose, thought, and action]. AMP

John 17:13.“But now I am returning to you so Father, I pray that they will experienceand enter into my joyous delight in youso that it is fulfilled in them and overflows. TPT

John 16:24 Until now you’ve not been bold enough to ask the Father for a single thing in my name, but now you can ask, and keep on asking him! And you can be sure that you’ll receive what you ask for, and your joy will have no limits!TPT 

Matt 6:5-13  “Whenever you pray, be sincere and not like the pretenders who love the attention they receive while praying before others in the meetings and on street corners. Believe me, they’ve already received their reward. 

6 But whenever you pray, go into your innermost chamber and be alone with Father God, praying to him in secret. And your Father, who sees all you do, will reward you openly. 

7 When you pray, there is no need to repeat empty phrases, praying like the Gentiles do, for they expect God to hear them because of their many words. 

8 There is no need to imitate them, since your Father already knows what you need before you ask him. 

9 Pray like this: ‘Our Beloved Father, dwelling in the heavenly realms, may the glory of your name be the center on which our lives turn.
10 Manifest your kingdom realm,and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is in heaven.
11 We acknowledge you as our Provider of all we need each day.
12 Forgive us the wrongs we have done as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us.
13 Rescue us every time we face tribulation and set us free from evil.  For you are the King who rules with power and glory forever. Amen.’   TPT 

John 11:41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

42 Yes, I know You always hear and listen to Me, but I have said this on account of and for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me [that You have made Me Your Messenger]. AMP

Mt 18;19-20 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 

Matt 21:12-14.  Upon entering Jerusalem Jesus went directly into the temple area and drove away all the merchants who were buying and selling their goods. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the stands of those selling doves 

13 And he said to them, “My dwelling place will be known as a house of prayer, but you have made it into a hangout for thieves!”

14 Then the blind and the crippled came into the temple courts, and Jesus healed them all. And the children circled around him shouting out, “Blessings and praises to the Son of David!”  TPT

Philemon 1:6.  I pray for you that the faith we share may effectively deepen your understanding of every good thing that belongs to you in Christ. TPT 

James 6:15.  And the prayer of faith will heal the sick and the Lord will raise them up, and if they have committed sins they will be forgiven. TPT 

3 Jn 1:2  Beloved friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and that you continually enjoy good health, just as your soul is prospering..  TPT 

Matt 21:21-22.  Jesus replied, “Listen to the truth. If you do not doubt God’s power and speak out of faith’s fullness, you can also speak to a tree and it will wither away. Even more than that, you could say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and be thrown into the sea’ and it will be done.

22 Everything you pray for with the fullness of faith you will receive!”  TPT The mountain and the sea are both metaphors. Mountains speak of kingdoms, and the sea represents the nations (e.g., “sea of humanity”). Faith brings the reality of the kingdom realm into the nations.

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Mk  11:23.  Listen to the truth I speak to you: Whoever says to this mountain with great faith and does not doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’and believes that what he says will happen, it will be done. 

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

Lu 5:16. But Jesus often slipped away from them and went into the wilderness to pray.  TPT 

Mark 1:35 And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a deserted place, and there He prayed. AMP

Mark 6:46 And after He had taken leave of them, He went off into the hills to pray.

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Luke 6:12  Now in those days it occurred that He went up into a mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God.  AMP

Lu 6:28. When someone curses you, bless that person in return. When others mistreat and harass you, accept it as your mission to pray for them. TPT 

Luke 23:34 Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what they’re doing.” Dividing up his clothes, they threw dice for them. MSG

Acts 7:60  Then he knelt down, praying loud enough for everyone to hear, “Master, don’t blame them for this sin” — his last words. Then he died. Saul was right there, congratulating the killers. MSG

Lu 18:8.   God will give swift justice to those who don’t give up. So be ever praying, ever expecting, in the same way as the widow. Even so, when the Son of Man comes back, will he find this kind of undying faith on earth?” TPT 

Lu 21:36. Keep a constant watch over your soul, and pray for the courage and grace to prevail over these things that are destined to occur and that you will stand before the presence of the Son of Man with a clear conscience.” TPT 

Ro 8:34. Who then is left to condemn us? Certainly not Jesus, the Anointed One! For he gave his life for us, and even more than that, he has conquered death and is now risen, exalted, and enthroned by God at his right hand. So how could he possibly condemn us since he is continually praying for our triumph? TPT 

ISA 53:12 So I, Yahweh, will assign him a portion among a great multitude, and he will triumphand divide the spoils of victory with his mighty ones—all because he poured out his life-bloodto death. He was counted among the worst of sinners, yet he carried sin’s burden for manyand intercedes for those who are rebels.TPT

Jn 17:21.  I pray for them all to be joined together as one even as you and I, Father, are joined together as one.I pray for them to become one with us so that the world will recognize that you sent me. TPT 

Act 4:31.  As they prayed the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble. Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness. TPT 

Eph 1:18.  I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling—that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that he finds in us, his holy ones! TPT 

EPH 1:18  I pray that your thoughts will be flooded with light and inspired insight; that you will clearly picture his intent in identifying you in him so that you may know how precious you are to him. The saints are his treasure and the glorious trophy of his portion! (We are God’s assets and the measure of his wealth!) MIRROR

HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY 4-3-21  VIDEO PETER AND JOHN TOMB

Jesus raised people from the dead and they came back to life and died again. Jesus Christ died as a man but was raised as a living Spirit. Forever at the right hand of the Father. Now by the power of Jesus Christ we have inherited a kingdom that cannot be shaken.

JOHN 11:24-25 She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.”

²⁵ “Martha,” Jesus said, “You don’t have to wait until then.I amthe Resurrection, and I am Life Eternal. Anyone who clings to me in faith, even though he dies, will live forever.  TPT

MATT 28:6-7 He isn’t here—he has risen victoriously, just as he said! Come inside the tomb and see the place where our Lord was lying.

⁷ Then run and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead! I give you his message: ‘I am going ahead of you to Galilee and you will see me there.’ ” TPT

PS 16:10-11 For you will not abandon me to the realm of death, nor will you allow your Faithful One to experience corruption.
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

Acts 2:31 seeing far ahead, he talked of the resurrection of the Messiah — ‘no trip to Hades, no stench of death.’

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

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

Acts 13:32 “And we’re here today bringing you good news: the Message that what God promised the fathers

33 has come true for the children — for us! He raised Jesus, exactly as described in the second Psalm: My Son! My very own Son! Today I celebrate you!

34 “When he raised him from the dead, he did it for good — no going back to that rot and decay for him. That’s why Isaiah said, ‘I’ll give to all of you David’s guaranteed blessings.’

35 So also the psalmist’s prayer: ‘You’ll never let your Holy One see death’s rot and decay.’  MSG

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ACTS 13:32-35 So here we are to share with you some wonderful news! The promise God made to our forefathers

³³ has now been fulfilled for us, their children. For God has raised Jesus from the dead, as it says in Psalms: ‘Today I reveal you as my Son, and I as your Father.’

³⁴ “God had promised to not let him decay in the tomb or face destruction again, so God raised him from the dead. He gave this promise in the Psalms: ‘I will give to you what I gave to David: Faithful merciesthat you can trust.’

³⁵ “He explains it further in another Psalm: ‘You will not allow your holy one to experience bodily decay. TPT

1 COR 15:16 If the dead aren’t raised up, that would mean that Christ has not been raised up either.

¹⁷ And if Christ is not alive, you are still lost in your sins and your faith is a fantasy.

¹⁸ It would also mean that those believers in Christ who have passed awayhave simply perished.

¹⁹ If the only benefit of our hope in Christ is limited to this life on earth, we deserve to be pitied more than all others!

²⁰ But the truth is, Christ is risen from the dead, as the firstfruitof a great resurrection harvest of those who have died.

²¹ For since death came through a man, Adam, it is fitting that the resurrection of the dead has also come through a man, Christ.

²² Even as all who are in Adam die, so also all who are in Christ will be made alive.  TPT  ▼▼▼

1 Cor 15:16  If there is no global resurrection from the dead and there can be no individual resurrection from the dead; then Jesus did not really rise from the dead.

17 And if Jesus is still dead your faith has no relevance and you are still in your sins.

18 No resurrection implies no hope for anyone beyond the grave; it makes no difference whether you believed that you were included in Christ death or not.

19 If our hope in Christ was restricted to only benefit us in this life then imagine the severity of our disappointment if it all had to come to an abrupt end when we died.

20 However this very moment the risen Christ represents everyone who has ever died; exactly like the first fruit represents the complete harvest.

21 The same humanity who died in a man was raised again in a man.

22 In Adam all died; in Christ all are made alive. Mirror

US TOO  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: sin left us dead towards God, like spiritual corpses; yet in that state of deadness and indifference, God co-quickened us together with Christ. Sin proved how dead we were. Grace reveals how alive we now are. Before anyone but God believed it, he made us alive together with him and raised us up together with him. Mirror

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

ROM 6:5 or since we are permanently grafted into himto experience a death like his, then we are permanently grafted into him to experience a resurrection like his and the new life that it imparts.  TPT   ▼▼▼

Rom 6:5. We were like seeds planted together in the same soil, to be co-quickened to life. If we were included in his death we are equally included in his resurrection. Mirror

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!TPT  ▼▼▼

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

PHIL 3:10-11 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.TPT

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Phil 3:10-11. 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! Mirror

1 Cor 15:45-49. It is recorded in scripture how the first Adam became a living soul; the last Adam is a life radiating spirit.

46 Physical life is the platform for spiritual life.

47 Human life was reduced to slavery and the soul-ruled earthly realm through Adam’s fall but is now awakened to Lordship in the heavenly realm of spiritual realities through the knowledge of our co-resurrection with Christ.

48 The reduced state of the individual left its mark on mankind as being earthly; now the redeemed state of mankind confirms their origin in God and marks their new heavenly life.

49 Just as we were once defined by the flesh we are now defined by our Spirit image. MIRROR  

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1 COR 15:45-49 For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul.  The last Adambecame the life-giving Spirit.

⁴⁶ However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual.

⁴⁷ The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven.

⁴⁸ The first one, made from dust, has a race of people just like him, who are also made from dust. The One sent from heaven has a race of heavenly people who are just like him.

⁴⁹ Once we carried the likeness of the man of dust, but now let uscarry the likeness of the man of heaven.  TPT

Ro 8:11-12. Our union with Christ further reveals that because the same Spirit that awaken the body of Jesus from the dead inhabits us, we equally participate in his resurrection. In the same act of authority whereby God raised Jesus from the dead, he Co-restores your body to life by his indwelling Spirit.

12 We owe flesh nothing. Mirror

John 5:25-26. Oh how I desire for you to get this! The prophetic hour has come! This is the moment for the dead to hear the voice of the son of God. C’mon! Hear and live!

26 The ‘very self existence within the Father is what he has bestowed upon the Son in order for the Son to radiate the same zoe-life. Mirror

Rom 1:4-6. However, his powerful resurrection from the dead by the Holy Spirit, locates and confirms his being and Sonship in God.

5 The grace and commission we received from him, is to bring about a faith-inspired lifestyle in all the nations. His name is his claim on the human race.

6 In Jesus Christ you individually discover who you are. Mirror

ROM 5:10-11 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!

¹¹ And even more than that, we overflow with triumphant joyin our new relationship of living reconciled to God—all because of Jesus Christ!  TPT

Ro 8:33-39. God has identified us, who can disqualify us? His word is our origin. No one can point a finger; he declared us innocent.

34 What further ground can they possibly be to condemn mankind? In his death he faced our judgment; in his resurrection he reveals our righteousness; the implications cannot be undone! He now occupies the highest seat of authority as the executive of our redemption in the throne room of God.

35 What will it take to distance us from the love of Christ? You name any potential calamity: intense pressure of the worst possible kind, clausterphobia, persecution, destitution, loneliness, extreme exposure, life-threatening danger, or war?

36 Let me quote Scripture to remind you, “Because of our association with you, we were reckoned as sheep to be slaughtered; we have been jointly slain on that day.

37 On the contrary, in the thick of these things are triumph remains beyond dispute. His love has placed us above the reach of any onslaught.

38 This is my conviction; no threat whether it be in death or life; be it angelic messengers, demon powers or political principalities, nothing known to us at this time, or even in the unknown future;

39 no dimension of any calculation in time or space, nor any device yet to be invented, has what it takes to separate us from the love of God demonstrated in Christ. The Lordship of Jesus Christ is our ultimate authority. Mirror

THE BLOOD THE CROSS  4-2-21 VIDEO LAMB OF GOD SACRIFICED 2

Blood represents life. Without blood there can be no life. There is a cost associated with the blood sacrifice it is the life of the one sacrifice. The Father gave the life physical and spiritual of his Son to pay the price for the sin of mankind. The blood represents freedom from bondage. The importance of the blood is that it transports oxygen from the lungs to all the tissues in the body. It absorbs and transports heat throughout the body. Blood is a mixture of plasma and blood cells. Jesus gave the sacrifice of his blood for all mankind. His blood opens the portals of heaven.

Ex 12:13-14 The blood shall be for a token or sign to you upon [the doorposts of] the houses where you are, [that] when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. 

14 And this day shall be to you for a memorial. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations, keep it as an ordinance forever.   AMP

Rom 5:7-9. It is most unlikely that someone would die for another person, Even if they are righteous; yet it is remotely possible that someone can brave such devotion that one would actually lay down ones on life in an effort to save the life of an extraordinary good person.

8 Hearing is the extremity of God’s love gift: mankind was rotten to the core with Christ died their death.

9. If God could love us that much when we were ungodly and guilty how much more are we free to realize his love now that we are declared innocent by his blood? Mirror      

HEB 9:12-14 And he has entered once and forever into the Holiest Sanctuary of All, not with the blood of animal sacrifices, but the sacred blood of his own sacrifice. And he alone has made our salvationsecure forever!

¹³ Under the old covenant the blood of bulls, goats, and the ashes of a heifer were sprinkled on those who were defiled and effectively cleansed them outwardly from their ceremonial impurities.

¹⁴ Yet how much more will the sacred blood of the Messiah thoroughly cleanse our consciences! For by the power of the eternal Spirit he has offered himself to God as the perfectSacrifice that now freesus from our dead worksto worship and serve the living God. TPT

Heb 7:27. Unlike the previous high priests whose system of daily sacrifices was a constant reminder of their own failures, he had no need to sacrifice on his own behalf. The sacrifice he offered was himself for all; a sacrifice never to be repeated. Mirror 

Heb 9: 26 For then would He often have had to suffer [over and over again] since the foundation of the world. But as it now is, He has once for all at the consummation and close of the ages appeared to put away and abolish sin by His sacrifice [of Himself].  AMP

PUT AWAY-Cancellation – disannulling, to thwart the efficacy of anything, to nullify, to frustrate it, rejected, to make void

HEB 10:19-20 And now we are brothers and sisters in God’s family because of the blood of Jesus, and he welcomes us to come into the most holy sanctuary in the heavenly realm—boldly and without hesitation.

²⁰ For he has dedicated a new, life-giving way for us to approach God. For just as the veil was torn in two, Jesus’ body was torn open to give us free and fresh access to him! TPT

Isa 52:14 [For many the Servant of God became an object of horror; many were astonished at Him.] His face and His whole appearance were marred more than any man’s, and His form beyond that of the sons of men — but just as many were astonished at Him,

15 So shall He startle and sprinkle many nations, and kings shall shut their mouths because of Him; for that which has not been told them shall they see, and that which they have not heard shall they consider and understand.  AMP

Or “sprinkle many nations” or “Many nations will marvel at him”. The words startle and sprinkle share a homonymic root. The idea is that Jesus would sprinkle to cleanse many with his redeeming blood and also that he would startle the nations with his resurrection power and endless life.

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

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HEB 12:24 And we have come to Jesus who established a new covenant with his blood sprinkled upon the mercy seat; blood that continues to speak from heaven, “forgiveness,” a better message than Abel’s blood that cries from the earth, “justice.” TPT

Zech 9:11 As for you also, because of and for the sake of the [covenant of the Lord with His people, which was sealed with sprinkled] covenant blood, I have released and sent forth your imprisoned people out of the waterless pit.  

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

1 Jn 1:7. We are invited to explore the dimensions of the same light that engulfs God; when we see the light in his light, fellowship ignites! In his light we understand how the blood of Jesus Christ is the removal of every stain of sin! The success of the cross celebrates our redeemed innocence! Mirror  

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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

1 Peter 1:18-21 It cost God plenty to get you out of that dead-end, empty-headed life you grew up in.

19 He paid with Christ’s sacred blood, you know. He died like an unblemished, sacrificial lamb.

20 And this was no afterthought. Even though it has only lately — at the end of the ages — become public knowledge, God always knew he was going to do this for you.

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

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1 PET 1:18-21 For you know that your lives were ransomed once and for all from the empty and futile way of life handed down from generation to generation. It was not a ransom payment of silver and gold, which eventually perishes,

¹⁹ but the precious blood of Christ—who like a spotless, unblemished lamb was sacrificed for us.

²⁰ This was part of God’s plan, for he was chosen and destined for this before the foundation of the earth was laid, but he has been made manifest in these last days for you.

²¹ It is through him that you now believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, so that you would fasten your faith and hope in God alone. TPT

Rom 3:25-26. Jesus exhibit God’s mercy. His blood conciliation God’s faith persuades mankind of his righteousness and the fact that he has brought closure to the historic record of their sins. Jesus is the unveiling of the Father’s heart towards us.

26. All along God refused to let go of mankind. At this very moment God’s act of righteousness is pointing them to the evidence of their innocence, with Jesus as the fountainhead of faith. Mirror

1 Jn 2:2-5. Jesus is our at-one-ment, he has conciliated us to himself and has taken our sins and distortions out of the equation. What he has accomplished is not to be seen as something that belongs to us exclusively; the same at-one-ment includes the entire cosmos!

3. In this we know that we know him; by treasuring the conclusion of his prophetic purpose.

4. To merely claim that you know him, based on your own academic or even sentimental interpretation of him, and not upon the conclusion of his prophetic purpose unveiled in a heart that treasures his truth, is to continue to live a life of pretense!

5. Whoever treasures the logic of God’s authentic thought, has his agape love fully realized in its most complete context. This is what our association and this union in Christ is all about!  Mirror

Rev 13:8 And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world.  AMP

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].  AMP 

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Rom 6:6-7. We perceive that our old lifestyle was co-crucified together with him; this concludes that the vehicle that accommodated sin in us, was scrapped and rendered entirely useless. Our slavery to sin has come to an end.

7. If nothing else stops you from doing something wrong, death certainly does. Mirror

Col 1:20 Not only that, but all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe — people and things, animals and atoms — get properly fixed and fit together in vibrant harmonies, all because of his death, his blood that poured down from the Cross. MSG

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

Mark 15:17  They dressed him in purple, twisted some thorns into a crown, and placed it on his head. GOD’S WORD 

Luke 22:44 And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground.  AMP

Col 2:14-16. His body nailed to the cross hung there as the document of mankind‘s guilt; in dying our death he canceled the detailed handwritten record which testified against us. Every stain on our conscience, reminding of the sense of failure and guilt was fully blotted out.

15. In him dying mankind‘s death, he diffused every possible claim of accusation against the human race and thus made a public spectacle of every rule and authority in Gods brilliant triumph, demonstrated in him. The voice of the cross will never be silenced!

16.  Do not let anyone therefore bring a restriction on your freedom by reviving religious rules and regulations pertaining to eating and drinking, all Jewish festivals, new moons, and Sabbath have come to an end in Christ!  Mirror

HEB 12:2-4 We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectationonto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

³ So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.

⁴ After all, you have not yet reached the point of sweating bloodin your opposition to sin.  TPT

REV 12:11 They conquered him completely through the blood of the Lamb and the powerful word of his testimony. They triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives, even when faced with death. TPT

Luke 22:15 And He said to them, I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer;

16 For I say to you, I shall eat it no more until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.

17 And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He said, Take this and divide and distribute it among yourselves;

18 For I say to you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine at all until the kingdom of God comes.

19 Then He took a loaf [of bread], and when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and gave it to them saying, This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.

20 And in like manner, He took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament or covenant [ratified] in My blood, which is shed (poured out) for you.

offering sacrifices there is a remembrance of sins,  the memory of sins committed is revived by the sacrifices,

NT MEMORY- “in memory of” but in an affectionate calling of the Person Himself to mind; (b) not of the “remembrance” of sins, what is indicated, in regard to the sacrifices under the Law, is not simply an external bringing to “remembrance,” but an awakening of mind

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

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

 COMMUNION 4 CUPS AT PASSOVER

1. The Cup of Sanctification

I am Adonai, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. I will deliver you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.

2. The Cup of Deliverance

I will deliver you from their bondage…

3. The Cup of Redemption

The Messiah redeemed us from the curse pronounced in the Torah by becoming cursed on our behalf; for the Tanakh says, “Everyone who hangs from a stake comes under a curse.”

4. The Cup of Hallel (Praise or Acceptance) I will take you to Me for my people

It is this last of the Passover cups that has the Jewish people look toward their acceptance into the Kingdom of the Father!

THE MIRACLE OF LIGHT-THE POWER OF LIGHT  3-28-21

The most powerful and creative work of God is light all the miraculous begin with the command of God. Light is not the light of the sun the moon or the stars but calling down of the Lord of glory upon the planet, that was without form and void. Earth. Chosen in the midst of the universe of stars planets and heavenly bodies. Light is always associated with good or goodness because it is sourced is God.  Light gives spiritual life. Only light can produce living works. Dead works don’t produce anything.  Light protects kind of like a vaccination. Jesus told us to become children of the light. We know the future because we are of the light. We’ve been given spiritual light not of this world. We are a light to the nations.

GEN 1:3 “When God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was completely formless and empty, with nothing but darkness draped over the deep. God’s Spirit swept over the face of the waters. And then God announced: “Let there be light,” and light burst forth!”  TPT

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Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.  AMP

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Gen 1:4  And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. AMP

Matt 17:5  While he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud [composed of light] overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is My Son, My Beloved, with Whom I am [and have always been] delighted. Listen to Him!    AMP

Mal 4:2  But for you, sunrise! The sun of righteousness will dawn on those who honor my name, healing radiating from its wings. You will be bursting with energy, like colts frisky and frolicking. MSG

Hab 3:4  And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power.  AMP

James 1:17 Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. There is nothing deceitful in God, nothing two-faced, nothing fickle.

18 He brought us to life using the true Word, showing us off as the crown of all his creatures. MSG

ISA 60:1-3 “Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned,and Yahweh’s glorynow streams from you!² Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick gloomcovers the nations, but Yahweh arisesupon you and the brightness of his glory appears over you!
³ Nations will be attracted to your radiant lightand kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day. TPT

2 COR 4:6 the one who has cascaded his light into us—the brilliant dawning light of the glorious knowledge of God as we gaze into the face of Jesus Christ.^[ TPT

Albert Einstein said, “Light is constant. Light is the only constant. It is unchangeable. Light is eternal.” But Paul wrote about this first.

1 Tim 6:16 Who alone has immortality [in the sense of exemption from every kind of death] and lives in unapproachable light, Whom no man has ever seen or can see. Unto Him be honor and everlasting power and dominion. Amen (so be it).  AMP

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1 Tim 6:16 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.  MSG

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1 TIM 6:16 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! TPT

John 8:12 Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life.  AMP

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JN 8:12  Then Jesus said, “I amlight to the world, and those who embrace me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walkin darkness.” TPT

Heb 1:2 [But] in the last of these days He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time [He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged them in order].

3 He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high, AMP

Eph 5:13 But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light.

14 Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. 

15 Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people),  AMP

ROM 13:12-14 Night’s darkness is dissolving away as a new day of destiny dawns. So we must once and for all strip away what is done in the shadows of darkness, removing it like filthy clothes. And once and for all we clothe ourselves with the radiance of light as our weapon.

¹³ We must live honorably, surrounded by the light of this new day, not in the darkness of drunkennessand debauchery, not in promiscuity and sensuality, not being argumentative or jealous of others.

¹⁴ Instead fully immerse yourselves intothe Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, and don’t waste even a moment’s thought on your former identity to awaken its selfish desires. TPT

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Rom 13:12-14. It was night for long enough; the day has arrived. Cease immediately with any action associated with the darkness of ignorance. Clothe yourself in the radiance of light as a soldier would wear his full weaponry.

13 Our lives exhibit the kind of conduct consistent with the day, in contrast to the parade of the night of intoxicated licentiousness and lust, with all the quarrels and jealousy it ignites. By being fully clothed in Christ makes it impossible for the flesh to even imagine to find any further expression or fulfillment in less. Jesus is Lord of your life.  Mirror

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Rom 13:12 The night is far gone and the day is almost here. Let us then drop (fling away) the works and deeds of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light.

13 Let us live and conduct ourselves honorably and becomingly as in the [open light of] day, not in reveling (carousing) and drunkenness, not in immorality and debauchery (sensuality and licentiousness), not in quarreling and jealousy.

14 But clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts).  AMP

JN 12:36 So believe and cling to the light while I am with you, so that you will become children of light.”After saying this, Jesus then entered into the crowd and hid himself from them.   TPT

1 Thess 5:4-5  But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief.

5 For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we do not belong either to the night or to darkness.  AMP

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1 THES 5:4-5 But you, beloved brothers and sisters, are not living in the dark, allowing that day to creep up on you like a thief coming to steal.

⁵ For you are all children of the light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night nor to darkness.  TPT

Col 1:12-13 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light.

13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,   AMP

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COL 1:12-13 Your hearts can soar with joyful gratitude when you think of how God made you worthy to receive the glorious inheritance freely given to us by living in the light.

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

Eph 1:18 I pray that the light of God will illuminate the eyes of your imagination, flooding you with light, until you experience the full revelation of the hope of his calling—that is, the wealth of God’s glorious inheritances that he finds in us, his holy ones! TPT

Phil 2:15  That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world,  AMP

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Phil 2:15 For then you will be seen as innocent, faultless, and pure children of God, even though you live in the midst of a brutal and perverse culture. For you will appear among them as shining lightsin the universe,  TPT

Acts 13:47 For so the Lord has charged us, saying, I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles (the heathen), that you may bring [eternal] salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth. AMP

Isa 60:19 You’ll have no more need of the sun by day nor the brightness of the moon at night. God will be your eternal light, your God will bathe you in splendor.

20 Your sun will never go down, your moon will never fade. I will be your eternal light.  Your days of grieving are over.  MSG

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

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

Num 6:25 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;   AMP

Isa 2:5 Come, family of Jacob, let’s live in the light of God. MSG

“Stop begging God.”  3-26-2021

He already loves you and is totally invested in helping you. No strings attached. We think if I praise Him enough, thank Him enough, pray to Him enough I will receive what I need. No this is paying a wage earning some thing. It’s not through having zeal that we receive the promises of God but through grace. Paul’s confession; he had great religious teachings but that did not make him who he was to be. When we pray the Father hears us not  because we’ve gained a secret formula in prayer but because our Father loves us. He makes grace come our way. Our worth is defended by his gift not by our behavior. So we do not preach works we preach Christ and by his grace we receive every gift and promise no giving up.

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

Rom 8:28-34. Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His master plan is announced in our original identity.

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

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

31. All these things pointed to one conclusion, God is for us! Who can prevail against us?

32 The gift of his Son is irrefutable evidence of God’s heart towards us. He had nothing in reserve; but freely gave everything we could ever wish to have; this is what our joint sonship is all about.

33 God has identified us, who can disqualify us? His word is our origin. No one can point a finger; he declared us innocent.

34 What further ground can there possibly be to condemn mankind? In his death he faced our judgment; in his resurrection he reveals our righteousness; the implications cannot be undone! He now occupies the highest seat of authority as the executive of our redemption in the throne room of God. Mirror

HEB 4:16 So now we draw near freely and boldly to where grace is enthroned, to receive mercy’s kiss and discover the grace we urgently need to strengthenus in our time of weakness. TPT

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

Ro 3:24. While the law proved mankind‘s dilemma, the grace of God announced the same mankind‘s redemption in Jesus Christ! Their blameless innocence is a free gift! The gift principal puts the idea 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 a 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! Mirror

Ro 4:3-6. Scripture is clear, “Abraham believed what God believed about him and that concluded his righteousness.“

4 There is a large difference between a reward and a gift: if you have earned some thing through hard-work, what you receive in return is your due and certainly not a gift.

5 It is clear than that someone who believes that God declares the ungodly innocent understands that it is faith and not our toil that accounts for righteousness.

6 David confirms his principal when he speaks of the blessedness of the one who discovers Gods approval without any reference to something specific that they have done to qualify themselves. Mirror

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Rom 4:3 What we read in Scripture is, “Abraham entered into what God was doing for him, and that was the turning point. He trusted God to set him right instead of trying to be right on his own.”

4 If you’re a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don’t call your wages a gift.

5 But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it — you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked — well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.

6 David confirms this way of looking at it, saying that the one who trusts God to do the putting-everything-right without insisting on having a say in it is one fortunate man:MSG

Rom 5:15 But God’s free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man’s falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God’s grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many.

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

Rom 11:6. Grace cannot suggest debt or obligation at the same time. The word grace can only mean what it says. The same argument goes for mankind’s good

works; if salvation or any advantage for that matter is to be obtained according to the prescribed regulations of conduct, then that’s it. No amount of Grace can change the rules! Grace means grace and work means work. Mirror

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RO 11:6 And since it is by God’s grace, it can’t be a matter of their good works; otherwise, it wouldn’t be a gift of grace, but earned by human effort.  TPT

ROM 11:29 And when God chooses someone and graciously imparts gifts to him, they are never rescinded.TPT

Rom 9:31 Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law.  

32 For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone.  AMP

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

Jn 1:16-17. He is the source of our completeness. Everyone may now realize their own completeness as evidenced in him. This Is grace mirrored and grace!

17 The law was given to Moses; grace and truth have their genesis in Jesus Christ. Against the stark background of the law, with Moses representing the condemned state of mankind, Jesus Christ unveils grace and truth! Mirror

1 Cor 1:7-9 That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all.

8 And He will establish you to the end [keep you steadfast, give you strength, and guarantee your vindication; He will be your warrant against all accusation or indictment so that you will be] guiltless and irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).

9 God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.  AMP

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1 COR 1:7-9 So now you aren’t lacking any spiritual giftas you eagerly await the unveiling of the Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

⁸ He will keep you steady and strong to the very end, making your character mature so that you will be found innocent on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁹ God is forever faithful and can be trusted to do this in you, for he has invited you to co-share the life of his Son, Jesus, the Anointed One, our King!^[ TPT

1 Cor 15:10. Well my own thing completely disqualified me; his doing now defines me. I am what I am by the grace of God. I am because he is! His grace was not wasted on me; instead I am inspired to labor be on the point of exhaustion, more than anything I ever did under the law a performance; whatever it is that I accomplish now has grace written all over it. I take no credit for it. Mirror

2 Cor 9:8 God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done. MSG

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

Eph 2:5-7. This is how grace rescued us: while we were yet in the state of deadness and indifference in our deviations we were co-quicken together with Christ! We had nothing to do with it. By grace you are-having-been saved! Grace defines us and interprets our salvation.

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 exclusive 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 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 grounds for boasting.  Mirror

2 Tim 1:9 who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it.

10 But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus.  MSG

1 PET 1:13 So then, prepare your hearts and minds for action! Stay alert and fix your hope firmly on the marvelous grace that is coming to you. For when Jesus Christ is unveiled, a greater measure of grace will be released to you.  TPT

PASSION 3-21-2021 By Mary Dorian

Proverbs 22:29  If you are uniquely gifted in your work, you will rise and be promoted.
You won’t be held back—you’ll stand before kings! TPT

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Prov 22:29 Observe people who are good at their work — skilled workers are always in demand and admired; they don’t take a back seat to anyone. MSG

Proverbs 11: 10-11 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.
¹¹ The blessing of favor resting upon the righteous influences a city to lift it higher, but wicked leaders tear it apart by their words. TPT

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Prov 11:10-11 When it goes well for good people, the whole town cheers; when it goes badly for bad people, the town celebrates.

11 When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes; evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.  MSG

Rev 3:16-20 But because you are neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I am about to spit you from my mouth.

¹⁷ For you claim, “I’m rich and getting richer—I don’t need a thing.” Yet you are clueless that you’re miserable, poor, blind, barren, and naked!

¹⁸ So I counsel you to purchase goldperfected by fire, so that you can be truly rich. Purchase a white garment to cover and clothe your shameful Adam-nakedness. Purchase eye salve to be placed over your eyes so that you can truly see.

¹⁹ All those I dearly love I unmask and train. So repent and be eager to pursue what is right.

²⁰ Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come in to you and feast with you, and you will feast with me. TPT

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Rev 3:16-20. This is what really disappoints; when you anticipate a refreshing cool drink but instead get a mouthful of lukewarm sulfur tasting water, you would naturally spit it out!

17. As your name suggests, you were experts in justifying yourselves, you were convinced that you have all your ducks in a row, your plumbing is sorted your trade and economy or thriving industries, you think that you were completely independent. Yet you have no idea how bankrupt you really are! Your entire economy is flawed since you were trading with monopoly money! It’s fake currency, your scales are rigged! If only you knew how desperately in need you are of someone to show you tender compassion and mercy! I mean, look at you! On the outside you may appear to be standing tall and proud in your self-righteousness but in reality you are in a pitiful state! You are like a crouching, cringing beggar! Your smokescreen has blinded your view! You think you’re hiding in your fancy brand-name clothes but you don’t realize how naked and exposed you are!

18. I invite you to talk business with me! Come, let us resolve this together! I want to make you really rich! I advise you to buy gold from me! Gold that is thoroughly refined in the fire, not flawed currency of your own trade! We’re not talking a mixture here! No dross! And from now on, buy your clothing for me; white garments, not of the blended brand of your own making! Clothe yourselves completely with these and there will not even be a hint of shame! For your eyes, buy eye salve from me to anoint your eyes so that you may clearly see yourselves in Christ!

19. It is with affection that I address everyone of you, whoever you are. I would earnestly persuade you as a parent would instruct and nurture their children; eagerly acquaint yourselves with all that I have in mind.

20. You have shut me out in your self-righteousness, but behold, here I stand knocking at the door! If anyone recognizes my voice and let’s me in, I am ready to join you for the feast! Yes I will dine with you and you with me! Mirror

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

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

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

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Prov 18:16 A gift gets attention; it buys the attention of eminent people.  MSG

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Prov 18:16  Would you like to meet a very important person? Take a generous gift.
It will do wonders to gain entrance into his presence. TPT

Hebrews 12:2-4  We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectationonto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

³ So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.

⁴ After all, you have not yet reached the point of sweating bloodin your opposition to sin. TPT

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Heb 12:2-4. Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the Fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As a executive authority of God he now occupies the highest seed of dominion to endorse mankind‘s innocent!

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

4 Would you be willing to die for your faith? Mirror

2 Cor 7:11  And now, isn’t it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You’re more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you’ve come out of this with purity of heart.  MSG

1 John 2:17 his worldand its desires are in the process of passing away, but those who love todo the will of God live forever TPT

OPEN YOUR EYES WIDE 3-18-21  VIDEO

See what God is doing, see what God is saying. If your eye is healthy and sees right spiritually your whole body will be healthy. Jesus open the eyes of men that were born blind. Awesome miracles. Jesus is the light not only for the blind man but for the whole world. Gods intimate knowledge of our lives is sometimes referred to as “the eye of the Lord“. He opens our spiritual eyes so we too can have intimate knowledge of him. When Saul gives his testimony he talks about his site was recovered and he was a new man.

Matt 6:22-23 “Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light.

23 If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!  MSG

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Matt 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.

23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!  AMP

LU 11:34-36 The eyes of your spirit allow revelation-lightto enter into your being. When your heart is open the light floods in. But when your heart is hard and closed, the light cannot penetrate and darkness takes its place.

³⁵ Open your heart and consider my words. Watch out that you do not mistake your opinions for revelation-light!

³⁶ If your spirit burns with light, fully illuminated with no trace of darkness, you will be a shining lamp, reflecting rays of truth by the way you live.” TPT

Jn 9:30-39. The man answer them, “I am amazed that you just cannot see this; how can you not perceive where he is from? I mean, hello! He open my eyes!

31 Are we not supposed to know that sinners don’t dictate to God, but those who worship God and desire to perform his delight has a “hotline“ to heaven.

32 Since the beginning of time no one is ever heard of anyone who open the eyes of a man born blind!

33 If this is not proof of the man’s close acquaintance with God, then what is – he would be powerless to perform anything on his own.“

34 They replied, “you were born in utter sin and here you are trying to teach the Saints!“ And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they cast him out and went looking for him; when he found him, he asked him, “do you believe in the son of God?“

36 He answered, “then who is he sir, that I may believe in him?”

37. Jesus said, “you have seen him, and he is speaking to you!”

38 And he said, “Lord I believe. And he worshiped him.”

39 I have come to judge the worlds blindness-so that they who are blind me see and those who think that they see may become blind. Mirror

John 1:3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.

4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.

5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].  AMP

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Jn 1:3 The Logos is the source: everything commences in him. He remains the exclusive Parent reference to their existence. There is nothing original, except the Word!  The logic of God defines the only possible place where mankind can trace their origin.

4 His life is the light that defines our lives.

5 The darkness was pierced and could not comprehend or diminish the light. Mirror

John 1:9 There it was — the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. 

10 He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].

11 He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own — His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him.

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

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Jn 1:9-12. A new day for mankind has come. The authentic light of life that illuminates everyone was about to dawn in the world!

10. Although no one took notice of him, he was no stranger to the world; he always was there and is himself the author of all things.

11 It was not as though he arrived on a foreign planet; he came to his own, yet his own did not recognize him.

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

Job 42:5 I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. AMP

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Job 42:5 I admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all firsthand — from my own eyes and ears!   MSG

Ps 33:18 Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love. 

19 He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together.  MSG

PS 33:18-19 The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him—those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God.
¹⁹ God will deliver them from death, even the certain death of famine, with no one to help. TPT

Prov 7:2 Do what I say and you’ll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight — guard it!  MSG

Eph 1:17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),  AMP

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Eph 1:17-18. I desire that you will draw directly from the source; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory candles within us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the unveiling of his master plan. I long for you to know by revelation what he has known about you all along!

18 I pray that your thoughts will be flooded with light and inspired insight; that you will clearly picture his intent in identifying you in him so that you may know how precious you are to him. What God possesses in your redeemed innocence is his treasure and the glorious trophy of his inheritance! You are God’s portion you are the sum total of his assets and the measure of his wealth! Mirror

Acts 22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well spoken of by all the Jews who resided there,

13 Came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, Brother Saul, look up and receive back your sight. And in that very instant I [recovered my sight and] looking up saw him.

14 And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips;

15 For you will be His witness unto all men of everything that you have seen and heard.

16 And now, why do you delay? Rise and be baptized, and by calling upon His name, wash away your sins.

17 Then when I had come back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple [enclosure], I fell into a trance (an ecstasy);

18 And I saw Him as He said to me, Hurry, get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony about Me.  AMP  ▼▼▼

ACT 22:17 “Then I returned to Jerusalem. And while I was praying in the temple, I entered another realm

¹⁸ and saw him. He said to me, ‘Hurry and depart from Jerusalem quickly, for the people here will not receive the truths you share about me. TPT

Matt 13:13 This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.

14 In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.

15 For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them. 

16 But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.

17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.  AMP

2 Cor 4:6-7. The light source is founded in the same God who said, “light be!“ And the light shone out of darkness! He lit the lamp in our understanding so we may clearly recognize the features of his likeness in the face of Jesus Christ reflected within us.

7 And now, in the glow of his glorious light and with unveiled faces we discovered the treasure where it was hidden all along, in these frail skin suits made of clay. We did not invent ourselves; we are Gods idea to begin with and the dynamic of his doing and amazing engineering. Mirror

2 Peter 1:8 For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

9 For whoever lacks these qualities is blind, [spiritually] shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him, and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10 Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall.  AMP

Job 13:3 Surely I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue and reason my case with God [that He may explain the conflict between what I believe of Him and what I see of Him]. AMP

1 Jn 3:2. Beloved, we know that we are children of God to begin with, which means that there can be no future surprises; his manifest likeness is already mirrored in us! Our sameness cannot be compromised or contradicted; our gaze will confirm exactly who he is, and who we are. Mirror

FAITH IS LIVING 3-14-2021  VIDEO

What is coming? What’s on the way is a faith revival for the church. We will have faith for the totally completely impossible. People say, “I have all the faith in the world”. Not true you only need as much as a grain of a mustard seed if it is God‘s faith. Our faith is not a thought or an idea. It is living, it is a life, it is Jesus. When the 10 men with leprosy were healed, only one of them when he realized he was healed came to show his gratefulness. His faith in Jesus made him totally whole. In the storms of life, we can’t mentally make things happen. Our faith must be living, settled completely in Jesus Christ. In Jesus hometown, he didn’t do many miracles because they could not have faith in him as the Messiah. With the woman with the issue of blood, did she believe his robe to  heal her or Jesus? She had faith in Jesus. These people who were healed or raised up from the dead, did not have any confidence in their ability to believe. Their confidence was in Jesus. They have a living faith in them.

Luke 17:6 And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.  AMP

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Luke 17:6  But the Master said, “You don’t need more faith. There is no ‘more’ or ‘less’ in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,’ and it would do it.  MSG

 Matt 17:20 He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. AMP

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MATT 17:20 He told them, “It was because of your lack of faith. I promise you, if you have faith inside of you no bigger than the size of a small mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move away from here and go over there,’ and you will see it move! There is nothing you couldn’t do!^[ TPT

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 who wrote in advance about the fact that God believes that righteousness reveals the life of our design. “Righteousness by his faith defines life. Mirror

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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

HEB 12:2-3 We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectationonto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

³ So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.   TPT

Luke 17:19 And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health. AMP

MATT 8:26-27 But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?”Then he stood and rebukedthe storm, saying, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.

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

MATT 13:53-58 Right after Jesus taught this series of parables, he leftfrom there.

⁵⁴ When Jesus arrived in his hometown of Nazareth, he began teaching the people in the synagogue. Everyone was dazed, overwhelmed with astonishmentover the depth of revelation they were hearing. They said to one another, “Where did this man get such great wisdom and miraculous powers?

⁵⁵ Isn’t he just the craftsman’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary, and his four brothers Jacob, Joseph, Simon, and Judah?

⁵⁶ And don’t his sisters all live here in Nazareth? From where then did he get all this revelation and power?”

⁵⁷ And the people became offended and began to turn against him.

Jesus said, “There’s only one place a prophet isn’t honored—his own hometown!” ⁵⁸ And their unbelief kept him from doing many mighty miracles in Nazareth. TPT

Matt 9:29 He touched their eyes and said, “Become what you believe.”  MSG

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Matt 9:29  Then He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith and trust and reliance [on the power invested in Me] be it done to you; AMP

Mark 5:35-43 While he was still talking, some people came from the leader’s house and told him, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”

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

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

38 They entered the leader’s house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles.

39 Jesus was abrupt: “Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.”

40 Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn’t know what he was talking about. But when he had sent them all out, he took the child’s father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child’s room.

41 He clasped the girl’s hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, get up.”

42 At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy.

43 He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, “Give her something to eat.”  MSG

Matt 15:26 He said, “It’s not right to take bread out of children’s mouths and throw it to dogs.”

27 She was quick: “You’re right, Master, but beggar dogs do get scraps from the master’s table.”

28 Jesus gave in. “Oh, woman, your faith is something else. What you want is what you get!” Right then her daughter became well. MSG

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MATT 15:26-28 Jesus responded, “It’s not right for a man to take bread from his children and throw it out to the dogs.” 

²⁷ “You’re right, Lord,” she replied. “But even puppies get to eat the crumbs that fall from the prince’s table.”

²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “Dear woman, your faith is strong! What you desire will be done for you.” And at that very moment, her daughter was instantly set free from demonic torment.TPT

John 16:33 I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”  MSG

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John 17:1. Having said these things Jesus lifted up his eyes into the heavenly sphere and spoke, “Father the hour has come; this is a culmination of time! Glorify your Son; endorse your opinion of your Son so that the Son may mirror his opinion of you and cause your dignity and worth to be made renowned and rendered  illustrious in order to become manifest and acknowledge throughout!

2 Within the mirror reflection of glory you co-echo every nook and cranny of flesh on exhibit in the Son’s authentic “I-am-ness“! In order the every detailed aspect of what it takes to live life in the flesh may be and endued the life of the ages.

3. This light of the ages, invites them to engage in the inexhaustible adventure of knowing you, the only true God and Jesus as the Christ whom you have commissioned!

4 I have caused your dignity and worth to be made renowned and rendered illustrious in order to become manifest and acknowledged throughout the earth by accomplishing the work which you have given me to do.

5 And now, oh Father, bestow the most intimate closeness of your own person upon me with the glory that I shared in your immediate presence even before the world was. Mirror

Gal 2:20  “My old identity has been co-crucified with Messiah and no longer lives; for the nails of his cross crucified me with him. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives his life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, and dispenses his life into mine! TPT

Rom 3:3-4. The question is, how does someone’s failure to believe God affect what God believes? Can their unbelief cancel Gods faith?

4 God‘s word is not under threat! In fact if all mankind fails, truth remains intact. Truth is defined in God; it’s neither challenged nor vindicated by human experience. Contradiction does not intimidate or diminish the faith of God. Scripture records that God stands justified in his own word; it confirms that God’s promise and purpose are not compromised by mankind’s failure; neither is God’s reputation threatened by our behavior. Mirror

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Rom 3:3 So, what if, in the course of doing that, some of those Jews abandoned their post? God didn’t abandon them. Do you think their faithlessness cancels out his faithfulness?

4 Not on your life! Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth. Scripture says the same: Your words stand fast and true;

Rejection doesn’t faze you. MSG

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 fountain of faith. Mirror

Rom 3:30-31. There is only one God, he deals with everyone, circumcised or uncircumcised exclusively on the basis of faith.

31 No faith does not rewrite the rules; instead it confirms the original life-quality meant for mankind as documented in the law, is again realized. Mirror

Rom 4:13-14. Righteousness by faith and not righteousness by the law promoted the promise when God announce to Abraham that he would father those who would inherit the world. It is again a matter of embracing a gift rather than receiving a reward for keeping the law.

14 Faith would be emptied of its substance and the principal of promise would be meaningless if the law of personal performance was still in play to qualify the heirs. Mirror

Rom 10:17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).  AMP

1 Cor 2:5 So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.  AMP

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1 Cor 2:5 which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God’s power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else.  MSG

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