WAVES OF GLORY 1-26-18 VIDEO GLORY FROM PRESENCE

GLORY-that which belongs to God, the kingly majesty which belongs to him as the supreme ruler. The majesty in the sense of the absolute perfection of the deity: Also the majesty which belongs to Christ. The kingly majesty of the Messiah, to which belongs his kingly state, It is the absolutely perfect inward or personal excellence of Christ:   A condition with God the Father in heaven to which Christ was raised after he had achieved his work on earth. It is the glorious condition of blessedness into which it is appointed and promised that true Christians shall enter. It was exhibited in the character and acts of Christ in the days of His flesh. His grace and His power were manifested, and these constituted His “glory.

Matt 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. KJV

John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. KJV

Luke 13:17 Even as He said this, all His opponents were put to shame, and all the people were rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him. AMP

John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: KJV

John 11:40 Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you and promise you that if you would believe and rely on Me, you would see the glory of God? AMP

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John 11:40 Jesus looked at her and said, “Didn’t I tell you that if you will believe in me, you will see God unveil his power?” Passion

John 11:12 The disciples answered, Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover.

13 However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing and natural sleep.

14 So then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead,

15 And for your sake I am glad that I was not there; it will help you to believe (to trust and rely on Me). However, let us go to him. AMP

John 11:21 Martha said to Jesus, “My Lord, if only you had come sooner, my brother wouldn’t have died.

²² But I know that if you were to ask God for anything, he would do it for you.”

²³ Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise and live.”

²⁴ She replied, “Yes, I know he will rise with everyone else on resurrection day.”^[a]

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

²⁶ And the one who lives by believing in me will never die.^[d] Do you believe this?”^[e]

²⁷ Then Martha replied, “Yes, Lord, I do! I’ve always believed that you are the Anointed One, the Son of God who has come into the world for us!” Passion

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].

43 When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!

44 And out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go. AMP

Mark 16:3 They worried out loud to each other, “Who will roll back the stone from the tomb for us?”

4 Then they looked up, saw that it had been rolled back — it was a huge stone — and walked right in.

5 They saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed all in white. They were completely taken aback, astonished.

6 He said, “Don’t be afraid. I know you’re looking for Jesus the Nazarene, the One they nailed on the cross. He’s been raised up; he’s here no longer. You can see for yourselves that the place is empty.

7 Now — on your way. Tell his disciples and Peter that he is going on ahead of you to Galilee. You’ll see him there, exactly as he said.”

8 They got out as fast as they could, beside themselves, their heads swimming. Stunned, they said nothing to anyone. MSG

Ps 65:5 You answer our prayers with amazing wonders and with awe-inspiring displays of power. You are the righteous God who helps us like a father. Everyone everywhere looks to you, for you are the confidence of all the earth, even to the farthest islands of the sea. Passion

Ps 66:1 All together now — applause for God!

2 Sing songs to the tune of his glory, set glory to the rhythms of his praise.

3 Say of God, “We’ve never seen anything like him!” When your enemies see you in action, they slink off like scolded dogs.

4 The whole earth falls to its knees — it worships you, sings to you, can’t stop enjoying your name and fame.

5 Take a good look at God’s wonders — they’ll take your breath away. MSG

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Ps 66:1 Everyone everywhere, lift up your joyful shout to God!
² Sing your songs tuned to his glory! Tell the world how wonderful he is.
³ For he’s the awe-inspiring God, great and glorious in power! We’ve never seen anything like him! Mighty in miracles, you cause your enemies to tremble. No wonder they all surrender and bow before you!
⁴ All the earth will bow down to worship; all the earth will sing your glories forever!
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⁵ Everyone will say, “Come and see the incredible things God has done; it will take your breath away! He multiplies miracles for his people! Passion

Ps 72:19 Blessed be His glorious name forever; let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen! AMP

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Ps 72:19 The blazing glory of his name will be praised forever! May all the earth overflow with his glory! Faithful is our King! Amen! Passion

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Ps 72:19 Blessed always his blazing glory! All earth brims with his glory.

20 Yes and Yes and Yes. MSG

Ps 145:5 On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate.

6 Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness.

7 They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice. AMP

Rom 6:4 We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life. AMP   ↓↓↓

Rom 6:4 Sharing in his death by our baptism means that we were co-buried and entombed with him, so that when the Father’s glory raised Christ from the dead, we were also raised with him. We have been co-resurrected with him so that we could be empowered to walk in the freshness of new life. Passion

Rom 8:21 That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children. AMP

1 Cor 15:42 This image of planting a dead seed and raising a live plant is a mere sketch at best, but perhaps it will help in approaching the mystery of the resurrection body — but only if you keep in mind that when we’re raised, we’re raised for good, alive forever!

43 The corpse that’s planted is no beauty, but when it’s raised, it’s glorious. Put in the ground weak, it comes up powerful.

44 The seed sown is natural; the seed grown is supernatural — same seed, same body, but what a difference from when it goes down in physical mortality to when it is raised up in spiritual immortality!

45 We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

46 Physical life comes first, then spiritual —

47 a firm base shaped from the earth, a final completion coming out of heaven. 48 The First Man was made out of earth, and people since then are earthy; the Second Man was made out of heaven, and people now can be heavenly. MSG

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

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

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

Eph 1:18 your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for Christians,

19 oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him — endless energy, boundless strength!

20 All this energy issues from Christ: God raised him from death and set him on a throne in deep heaven,

21 in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever. MSG

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

¹⁹ I pray that you will continually experience the immeasurable greatness of God’s power made available to you through faith. Then your lives will be an advertisement of this immense power as it works through you! This is the mighty power

²⁰ that was released when God raised Christ from the dead and exalted him^[c] to the place of highest honor and supreme authority^[d] in the heavenly realm!

²¹ And now he is exalted as first above every ruler, authority, government, and realm of power in existence! He is gloriously enthroned over every name that is ever praised,^[e] not only in this age,^[f] but in the age that is coming. Passion

Eph 5:27 All that he does in us is designed to make us a mature church for his pleasure, until we become a source of praise to him—glorious and radiant,^[a] beautiful and holy, without fault or flaw. Passion

Eph 1:14 This signet from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life. MSG

Eph 1:11 It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, MSG

1 Cor 3:17 No one will get by with vandalizing God’s temple, you can be sure of that. God’s temple is sacred — and you, remember, are the temple. MSG

Rom 6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. KJV

Rom 8:18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! AMP

1 Peter 5:10 The suffering won’t last forever. It won’t be long before this generous God who has great plans for us in Christ — eternal and glorious plans they are! — will have you put together and on your feet for good.

11 He gets the last word; yes, he does. MSG

NEW SEASON FOR YOU 1-19-18 VIDEO TD Jakes new thing

We hear the words: New things, new season, new wine. It seems global and it is. But today step in to this new season and let the Holy Spirit help you see things that you have never seen before take this personally for you. In this season it’s a time of change repositioning moving into the new places. This new season is not a timeline but a state of realization that nothing can hinder us but our own hearts. We can step in. There are no obstacles in our way. God has already made the way to open your eyes and see and in our heart and believe. In this new season where to stretch out, enlarge and have big dreams and to allow them in our thoughts.

Luke 12:56 Frauds! You know how to tell a change in the weather, so don’t tell me you can’t tell a change in the season, the God-season we’re in right now. MSG

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Lu 12:56  What hypocrites!^[a] You are such experts at forecasting the weather, but you are totally unwilling to understand the spiritual significance of the time you’re living in. Passion

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

Eccl 3:11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. AMP

Lev 26:10 And you shall eat the [abundant] old store of produce long kept, and clear out the old [to make room] for the new.

11 I will set My dwelling in and among you, and My soul shall not despise or reject or separate itself from you.

12 And I will walk in and with and among you and will be your God, and you shall be My people.

13 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should no more be slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect [as free men].

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!

Song 2:11 For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.   AMP

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Song 2:11 Look around you: Winter is over; the winter rains are over, gone!

Isa 48:3 I have declared from the beginning the former things [which happened in times past to Israel]; they went forth from My mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass [says the Lord]. AMP

Matt 9:36 When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd.

37 Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few.

38 So pray to the Lord of the harvest to force out and thrust laborers into His harvest.  AMP

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Matt 9:36 When he saw the vast crowds of people, Jesus’ heart was deeply moved with compassion, because they seemed weary and helpless, like wandering sheep without a shepherd.

³⁷ He turned to his disciples and said, “The harvest is huge and ripe! But there are not enough harvesters to bring it all in.

³⁸ As you go, plead with the Owner of the Harvest to thrust out^[a] many more reapers to harvest his grain!” Passion

Rom 3:26 It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time (in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus. AMP

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Rom 3:26 This is not only clear, but it’s now — this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness. MSG

Gal 6:9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.

10 So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally]

to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God’s family with you, the believers]. AMP

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Gal 6:9 So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up, or quit.

10 Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance, let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith. MSG ↓↓↓

Gal 6:9  And don’t allow yourselves to be weary or disheartened in planting good seeds, for the season of reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming!

10 Take advantage of every opportunity to be a blessing to others,^[a] especially to our brothers and sisters in the family of faith! Passion

Ezek 34:26 I’ll make them and everything around my hill a blessing. I’ll send down plenty of rain in season — showers of blessing! MSG

Matt 12:35 A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the orchard. MSG

Acts 14:17 yet he has never left himself without clear evidence of his goodness. For he blesses us with rain from heaven and seasons of fruitful harvests, and he nourishes us with food to meet our needs. He satisfies our lives, and euphoria^[a] fills our hearts.” Passion

Dan 2:21 He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding!

22 He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him!   AMP

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Dan 2:21 He changes the seasons and guides history, He raises up kings and also brings them down, he provides both intelligence and discernment,

22 He opens up the depths, tells secrets, sees in the dark — light spills out of him! MSG

1 Thess 5:1 BUT AS to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you.

2 For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night.

3 When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape.

4 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 Thess 5:1-6 Now, beloved brothers and sisters, concerning the question of God’s precise times and specific seasons,^[a] you don’t need me to write anything to you. ² For you already know quite well that the day of the Lord^[b] will come unexpectedly and as a complete surprise.^{[c] 3} For while some are saying, “Finally we have peace and security,” sudden destruction will arrive at their doorstep, like labor pains seizing a pregnant woman—and with no chance of escape!

⁴ 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.  Passion

Isa 43:19 Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. AMP

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Isa 43:19 Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. MSG

Isa 45:2 I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight]; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron.

3 And I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by your name. AMP

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Isa 45:2 “I’ll go ahead of you, clearing and paving the road. I’ll break down bronze city gates, smash padlocks, kick down barred entrances.

3 I’ll lead you to buried treasures, secret caches of valuables — Confirmations that it is, in fact, I, God, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. MSG

Isa 45:8 Let fall in showers, you heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness [the pure, spiritual, heaven-born possibilities that have their foundation in the holy being of God]; let the earth open, and let them [skies and earth] sprout forth salvation, and let righteousness germinate and spring up [as plants do] together; I the Lord have created it. AMP

Luke 5:35 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in those days.

36 He told them a proverb also: No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment; if he does, he will both tear the new one, and the patch from the new [one] will not match the old [garment].

37 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed).

38 But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. AMP

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Luke 5:35-38 But when the Bridegroom is taken away from them, then you will see them fasting.”

³⁶ And he gave them this illustration: “No one rips up a new garment to make patches for an old, worn-out one. If you tear up the new to make a patch for the old, it will not match the old garment.

³⁷ And who pours new wine into an old wineskin? If someone did, the old wineskin would burst and the new wine would be lost.

³⁸ New wine must always be poured into new wineskins.^[a] Passion

John 2:10 And said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now!

11 This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him]. AMP

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John 2:10 He called the bridegroom over and said to him, “Every host serves his best wine first until everyone has had a cup or two, then he serves the wine of poor quality. But you, my friend, you’ve reserved the most exquisite wine until now!”^[a]

¹¹ This miracle in Cana was the first of the many extraordinary miracles Jesus performed in Galilee. This was a sign revealing his glory, and his disciples believed in him. Passion

Gal 4:9 But now that you know the real God — or rather since God knows you — how can you possibly subject yourselves again to those paper tigers?

10 For that is exactly what you do when you are intimidated into scrupulously observing all the traditions, taboos, and superstitions associated with special days and seasons and years. MSG

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Gal 4:9-10 But now that we truly know him and understand how deeply we’re loved by him, why would we, even for a moment, consider turning back to those weak and feeble principles of religion, as though we were still subject to them?

¹⁰ Why would we want to go backwards into the bondage of religion—scrupulously observing rituals like special days,^[a] celebrations of the new moon, annual festivals, and sacred years? Passion

CONTROL THOUGHTS BY THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH 1-14-18

VIDEO words can change our thoughts

Ps 33:6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.

7 He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; He puts the deeps in storage places.

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord [revere and worship Him]; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect. AMP

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Ps 33:6 All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-wind command, and God created the heavenlies. Filled with galaxies and stars, the vast cosmos he wonderfully made.
⁷ His voice scooped out the seas. The ocean depths he poured into vast reservoirs.
⁸ Now, with breathtaking wonder, let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator.
⁹ Words he breathed and worlds were birthed. “Let there be,” and there it was—Springing forth the moment he spoke. No sooner said than done! Passion

John 6:63 The Spirit can make life. Sheer muscle and willpower don’t make anything happen. Every word I’ve spoken to you is a Spirit-word, and so it is life-making. MSG

John 17:8 For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me. AMP

WORD GIVEN-with the force of to cause, produce, give forth from oneself: denoting strength, power, virtue they get pure teaching immediately from heaven:

Matt 12:37 Words can be your salvation. Words can also be your damnation.”

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

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

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

15 Look at what I’ve done for you today: I’ve placed in front of you Life and Good

Death and Evil. MSG

Rom 10:8 But what does it say? The Word (God’s message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach.

9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. AMP

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Ro 10:8 But the faith-righteousness we receive speaks to us in these words of Moses: “God’s living message is very close to you, as close as your own heart beating in your chest and as near as the tongue in your mouth.”

⁹ And what is God’s “living message”? It is the revelation of faith for salvation,^[ which is the message that we preach. For if you publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will experience salvation.

¹⁰ The heart that believes in him receives the gift of the righteousness of God—and then the mouth gives thanks^[c] to salvation. Passion

James 1:21 So get rid of all uncleanness and the rampant outgrowth of wickedness, and in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your souls. AMP

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James 1:21 So throw all spoiled virtue and cancerous evil in the garbage. In simple humility, let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life. MSG

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

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Ro 10:13  And it’s true: “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord Yahweh
will be rescued and experience new life.” Passion

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

Ps 145:21 My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever. AMP

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Ps 145:21 My mouth is filled with God’s praise. Let everything living bless him,

bless his holy name from now to eternity!   MSG

Ps 145:10 All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]!

11 They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, AMP

Mal 3:16 Then those whose lives honored God got together and talked it over. God saw what they were doing and listened in. A book was opened in God’s presence and minutes were taken of the meeting, with the names of the God-fearers written down, all the names of those who honored God’s name. MSG

2 Cor 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,

5 [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), AMP

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2 Cor 10:4 For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide.

⁵ We can demolish every deceptive fantasy^[b] that opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thought^[c] and insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One. Passion

Prov 23:16 Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things. AMP

Isa 50:4 [The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught]. AMP

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Isa 50:4 The Master, God, has given me a well-taught tongue, So I know how to encourage tired people. He wakes me up in the morning, Wakes me up, opens my ears to listen as one ready to take orders. MSG

Luke 7:7 Neither did I consider myself worthy to come to You. But [just] speak a word, and my servant boy will be healed. AMP

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Lu 7:7 I’m not worthy enough to even come out to meet one like you. But if you would just release the manifestation of healing right where you are, I know that my young servant will be healed. Passion

Ps 119:49 Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope.

50 This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. AMP

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Ps 119:49 Remember what you said to me, your servant — I hang on to these words for dear life!

50 These words hold me up in bad times; yes, your promises rejuvenate me. MSG

Heb 4:12 For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart.

13 And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do. AMP

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Heb 4:12 God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey.

13 Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word. We can’t get away from it — no matter what. MSG

Deut 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live   AMP

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Deut 30:19 I call Heaven and Earth to witness against you today: I place before you Life and Death, Blessing and Curse. Choose life so that you and your children will live. MSG

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

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Acts 4:31 At that moment the earth shook beneath them, causing the building they were in to tremble.^[a] Each one of them was filled with the Holy Spirit, and they proclaimed the word of God with unrestrained boldness. Passion

Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God. AMP

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Eph 6:17 Embrace the power of salvation’s full deliverance, like a helmet to protect your thoughts from lies. And take the mighty razor-sharp Spirit-sword^[a] of the spoken Word of God. Passion

Col 3:16 Let the Word of Christ — the Message — have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! MSG

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Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ live^[a] in you richly, flooding you with all wisdom. Apply the Scriptures as you teach and instruct one another with the Psalms, and with festive praises,^[b] and with prophetic songs given to you spontaneously by the Spirit, so sing to God with all your hearts! Passion

2 Cor 4:13 Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, I have believed, and therefore have I spoken. We too believe, and therefore we speak,   AMP

Jer 1:9 GOD reached out, touched my mouth, and said, “Look! I’ve just put my words in your mouth — hand-delivered!

10 See what I’ve done? I’ve given you a job to do among nations and governments — a red-letter day! Your job is to pull up and tear down, take apart and demolish, And then start over, building and planting.”

11 Stand Up and Say Your Piece GOD’s Message came to me: “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “A walking stick — that’s all.”

12 And GOD said, “Good eyes! I’m sticking with you. I’ll make every word I give you come true.” MSG

GOD IS THE GOD OF THE IMPOSSIBLE 11-12-18

Heb 6:18 This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us]. AMP

Ps 147:5 How great is our God! There’s absolutely nothing his power cannot accomplish, and he has infinite understanding of everything. Passion

Num 11:23 The Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord’s hand (His ability and power) become short (thwarted and inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass for you or not. AMP

Isa 45:8 Let fall in showers, you heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness [the pure, spiritual, heaven-born possibilities that have their foundation in the holy being of God]; let the earth open, and let them [skies and earth] sprout forth salvation, and let righteousness germinate and spring up [as plants do] together; I the Lord have created it. AMP

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Isa 45:8 “Open up, heavens, and rain. Clouds, pour out buckets of my goodness! Loosen up, earth, and bloom salvation; sprout right living. I, God, generate all this. MSG

Luke 1:35 Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God.  

36 And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren.

37 For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.

38 Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her. AMP

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Luke 1:35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.

36 “And did you know that your cousin Elizabeth conceived a son, old as she is? Everyone called her barren, and here she is six months’ pregnant!

37 Nothing, you see, is impossible with God.”

38 And Mary said, Yes, I see it all now: I’m the Lord’s maid, ready to serve.

Let it be with me just as you say. Then the angel left her. MSG

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Luke 1:35  Gabriel answered, “The Spirit of Holiness will fall upon you and almighty God will spread his shadow of power over you in a cloud of glory!^[a] This is why the child born to you will be holy,^[b] and he will be called the Son of God. ³⁶ What’s more, your aged aunt,^[c] Elizabeth, has also become pregnant with a son. The ‘barren one’ is now in her sixth month.

³⁷ Not one promise from God is empty of power, for nothing is impossible with God!”^[d]

³⁸ Then Mary responded, saying, “This is amazing! I will be a mother for the Lord!^[e] As his servant, I accept whatever he has for me. May everything you have told me come to pass.” And the angel left her. Passion

Job 15:14 Do you think it’s possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God’s sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together? MSG

Job 32:8 But I see I was wrong — it’s God’s Spirit in a person, the breath of the Almighty One, that makes wise human insight possible. MSG

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

Ezek 36:27 I’ll put my Spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. MSG

Mic 7:18 Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness. AMP

Rom 3:26 This is not only clear, but it’s now — this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness. MSG

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Rom 3:26  And when the season of tolerance came to an end, there was only one possible way for God to give away his righteousness and still be true to both his justice and his mercy—to offer up his own Son. So now, because we stand on the faithfulness of Jesus,^[a] God declares us righteous in his eyes! Passion

Rom 4:1 So how do we fit what we know of Abraham, our first father in the faith, into this new way of looking at things?

2 If Abraham, by what he did for God, got God to approve him, he could certainly have taken credit for it. But the story we’re given is a God-story, not an Abraham-story.

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.” MSG

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Rom 4:1 Let me use Abraham as an example. It is clear that humanly speaking, he was the founder of Judaism. What was his experience of being made right with God?

² Was it by his good works of keeping the law? No. For if it was by the things he did, he would have something to boast about, but no one boasts before God. ³ Listen to what the Scriptures say: Because Abraham believed God’s words, his faith transferred God’s righteousness into his account. Passion

Gen 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She was past the age of childbearing].

12 Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? [1 Peter 3:6.]

13 And the Lord asked Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I really bear a child when I am so old?

14 Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son. AMP

1 Sam 14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on now, let’s go across to these uncircumcised pagans. Maybe God will work for us. There’s no rule that says God can only deliver by using a big army. No one can stop God from saving when he sets his mind to it.” MSG

Isa 59:21 As for Me, this is My covenant or league with them, says the Lord: My Spirit, Who is upon you [and Who writes the law of God inwardly on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your [true, spiritual] children, or out of the mouths of your children’s children, says the Lord, from henceforth and forever. AMP

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Isa 59:21 “As for me,” God says, “this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I’ve placed upon you and the words that I’ve given you to speak, they’re not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won’t ever stop.” God’s orders. MSG

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

1 Cor 2:7 God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into the interior of his purposes. You don’t find it lying around on the surface. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest — what God determined as the way to bring out his best in us, long before we ever arrived on the scene. MSG

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1 Cor 2:7 ⁷ Instead, we^[a] continually speak of this wonderful wisdom that comes from God, hidden before now in a mystery.^[b] It is his secret plan, destined^[c] before the ages, to bring us into glory. Passion

2 Chron 14:11 Asa cried to the Lord his God, O Lord, there is none besides You to help, and it makes no difference to You whether the one You help is mighty or powerless. Help us, O Lord our God! For we rely on You, and we go against this multitude in Your name. O Lord, You are our God; let no man prevail against You! AMP

Rom 8:31 So, what do you think? With God on our side like this, how can we lose? MSG

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

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1 Peter 1:23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself! MSG

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

1 John 3:9 People conceived and brought into life by God don’t make a practice of sin. How could they? God’s seed is deep within them, making them who they are. It’s not in the nature of the God-begotten to practice and parade sin. MSG

BOY WITH A SPIRIT   Mark 9:20 They brought him. When the demon saw Jesus, it threw the boy into a seizure, causing him to writhe on the ground and foam at the mouth.

21 He asked the boy’s father, “How long has this been going on?” “Ever since he was a little boy.

22 Many times it pitches him into fire or the river to do away with him. If you can do anything, do it. Have a heart and help us!”

23 Jesus said, “If? There are no ‘ifs’ among believers. Anything can happen.”

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Mark 9:20 So they brought him to Jesus. As soon as the demon saw him, it threw the boy into convulsions. He fell to the ground, rolling around and foaming at the mouth.

²¹ Jesus turned to the father and asked, “How long has your son been tormented like this?”“Since childhood,” he replied.

²² “It tries over and over to kill him by throwing him into fire or water. But please, if you’re able to do something, anything—have compassion on us and help us!”

²³ Jesus said to him, “What do you mean ‘if’?^[a] If you are able to believe,^[b] all things are possible to the believer.”

²⁴ When he heard this, the boy’s father cried out with tears, saying, “I do believe, Lord; help my little faith!”^[

²⁵ Now when Jesus saw that the crowd was quickly growing larger, he commanded the demon, saying, “Deaf and mute spirit, I command you to come out of him and never enter him again!” Passion

Luke 8:50 But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him, Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this], and she shall be made well. AMP

FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD 12-15-17

VIDEO FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD RIC JOYNER

Eccl 4:12 By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped. MSG

Job 29:4 As I was in the [prime] ripeness of my days, when the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,

5 When the Almighty was yet with me and my children were about me,

6 When my steps [through rich pasturage] were washed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!   AMP

John 15:13 No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

14 You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do.

15 I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.]

16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you. . AMP

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John 15:13 This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.

14 You are my friends when you do the things I command you.

15 I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.

16 “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. MSG

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John 15:13 For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life^[a] for his friends.

¹⁴ “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey^[b all^[c] that I command you.

¹⁵ I have never called you ‘servants,’^[d] because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you my most intimate friends,^[e] for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.

¹⁶ You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen^[f] and commissioned you to go into the world^[g] to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake,^[h] he will give it to you! Passion

Prov 27:9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul. MSG

DAVID/JONATHAN   1 Sam 20:13 May God do his worst to me if I let you down! If my father still intends to kill you, I’ll tell you and get you out of here in one piece. And God be with you as he’s been with my father!

14 If I make it through this alive, continue to be my covenant friend. And if I die,

15-16 keep the covenant friendship with my family — forever. And when God finally rids the earth of David’s enemies, stay loyal to Jonathan!”

17 Jonathan repeated his pledge of love and friendship for David. He loved David more than his own soul! MSG

ABRAHAM   Isa 41:8 But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham My friend, AMP

James 2:23 And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God’s will in thought and deed), and he was called God’s friend. AMP

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James 2:23 The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that mesh of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” MSG

Acts 13:16 Paul stood up, paused and took a deep breath, then said, “Fellow Israelites and friends of God, listen. MSG

Acts 13:26 “Dear brothers and sisters, children of Abraham, and friends of God, this message of salvation has been precisely targeted to you. MSG

Rom 1:1 Paul, am a devoted slave of Jesus Christ on assignment, authorized as an apostle to proclaim God’s words and acts. I write this letter to all the Christians in Rome, God’s friends. MSG

Ps 34:15 God keeps an eye on his friends, his ears pick up every moan and groan. MSG

Prov 2:10 Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion. MSG

Prov 3:13 You’re blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight. MSG

Prov 3:14 She’s worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary. MSG

John 21:15 When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do — with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Feed My lambs. AMP

 John 21:12 After they had breakfast, Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, son of John,^[a] do you burn with love^[b] for me more than these?”^[c]

Peter answered, “Yes, Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my lambs,”^[d] Jesus said. Passion

JESUS IS OUR FRIEND

Prov 18:24 Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. MSG

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Prov 18:24 The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. AMP

Luke 5:18 Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus.

19 When they couldn’t find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle of everyone, right in front of Jesus.

20 Impressed by their bold belief, he said, “Friend, I forgive your sins.” MSG

Luke 12:4 “I’m speaking to you as dear friends. Don’t be bluffed into silence or insincerity by the threats of religious bullies. True, they can kill you, but then what can they do? There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. MSG

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Luke 12:4 “Listen, my beloved friends, don’t fear those who may want to take your life but nothing more. It’s true that they may kill your body, but they have no power over your soul. Passion

Luke 12:32 Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. MSG

John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.] AMP

John 11:11 He said these things, and then announced, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I’m going to wake him up.” MSG

Luke 7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners. AMP

HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:16 I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you.

17 This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you! MSG

John 15:26 “When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes — the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father — he will confirm everything about me. MSG

John 16:13 But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won’t draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said. MSG

2 Cor 13:14 The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you. MSG

Rom 5:11 Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no longer content to simply say it in plodding prose. We sing and shout our praises to God through Jesus, the Messiah! MSG

HOW WE ACT TO EACHOTHER

Prov 22:11 He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech — because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend. AMP

Prov 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose]. AMP

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Prov 27:17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. MSG

Rom 12:16 Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. MSG

1 Cor 11:33 So, my friends, when you come together to the Lord’s Table, be reverent and courteous with one another. MSG

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

2 Cor 5:18 All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.

19 Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends . GNT

2 Cor 5:20 We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you. MSG

FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD 12-15-17

VIDEO FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD RIC JOYNER

Eccl 4:12 By yourself you’re unprotected. With a friend you can face the worst. Can you round up a third? A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped. MSG

Job 29:4 As I was in the [prime] ripeness of my days, when the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent,

5 When the Almighty was yet with me and my children were about me,

6 When my steps [through rich pasturage] were washed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!   AMP

John 15:13 No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends.

14 You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do.

15 I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.]

16 You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you. . AMP

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John 15:13 This is the very best way to love. Put your life on the line for your friends.

14 You are my friends when you do the things I command you.

15 I’m no longer calling you servants because servants don’t understand what their master is thinking and planning. No, I’ve named you friends because I’ve let you in on everything I’ve heard from the Father.

16 “You didn’t choose me, remember; I chose you, and put you in the world to bear fruit, fruit that won’t spoil. As fruit bearers, whatever you ask the Father in relation to me, he gives you. MSG

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John 15:13 For the greatest love of all is a love that sacrifices all. And this great love is demonstrated when a person sacrifices his life^[a] for his friends.

¹⁴ “You show that you are my intimate friends when you obey^[b all^[c] that I command you.

¹⁵ I have never called you ‘servants,’^[d] because a master doesn’t confide in his servants, and servants don’t always understand what the master is doing. But I call you my most intimate friends,^[e] for I reveal to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.

¹⁶ You didn’t choose me, but I’ve chosen^[f] and commissioned you to go into the world^[g] to bear fruit. And your fruit will last, because whatever you ask of my Father, for my sake,^[h] he will give it to you! Passion

Prov 27:9 Just as lotions and fragrance give sensual delight, a sweet friendship refreshes the soul. MSG

DAVID/JONATHAN   1 Sam 20:13 May God do his worst to me if I let you down! If my father still intends to kill you, I’ll tell you and get you out of here in one piece. And God be with you as he’s been with my father!

14 If I make it through this alive, continue to be my covenant friend. And if I die,

15-16 keep the covenant friendship with my family — forever. And when God finally rids the earth of David’s enemies, stay loyal to Jonathan!”

17 Jonathan repeated his pledge of love and friendship for David. He loved David more than his own soul! MSG

ABRAHAM   Isa 41:8 But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham My friend, AMP

James 2:23 And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God’s will in thought and deed), and he was called God’s friend. AMP

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James 2:23 The full meaning of “believe” in the Scripture sentence, “Abraham believed God and was set right with God,” includes his action. It’s that mesh of believing and acting that got Abraham named “God’s friend.” MSG

Acts 13:16 Paul stood up, paused and took a deep breath, then said, “Fellow Israelites and friends of God, listen. MSG

Acts 13:26 “Dear brothers and sisters, children of Abraham, and friends of God, this message of salvation has been precisely targeted to you. MSG

Rom 1:1 Paul, am a devoted slave of Jesus Christ on assignment, authorized as an apostle to proclaim God’s words and acts. I write this letter to all the Christians in Rome, God’s friends. MSG

Ps 34:15 God keeps an eye on his friends, his ears pick up every moan and groan. MSG

Prov 2:10 Lady Wisdom will be your close friend, and Brother Knowledge your pleasant companion. MSG

Prov 3:13 You’re blessed when you meet Lady Wisdom, when you make friends with Madame Insight. MSG

Prov 3:14 She’s worth far more than money in the bank; her friendship is better than a big salary. MSG

John 21:15 When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do — with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Feed My lambs. AMP

 John 21:12 After they had breakfast, Jesus said to Peter, “Simon, son of John,^[a] do you burn with love^[b] for me more than these?”^[c]

Peter answered, “Yes, Lord! You know that I have great affection for you!”

“Then take care of my lambs,”^[d] Jesus said. Passion

JESUS IS OUR FRIEND

Prov 18:24 Friends come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family. MSG

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Prov 18:24 The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. AMP

Luke 5:18 Some men arrived carrying a paraplegic on a stretcher. They were looking for a way to get into the house and set him before Jesus.

19 When they couldn’t find a way in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof, removed some tiles, and let him down in the middle of everyone, right in front of Jesus.

20 Impressed by their bold belief, he said, “Friend, I forgive your sins.” MSG

Luke 12:4 “I’m speaking to you as dear friends. Don’t be bluffed into silence or insincerity by the threats of religious bullies. True, they can kill you, but then what can they do? There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. MSG

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Luke 12:4 “Listen, my beloved friends, don’t fear those who may want to take your life but nothing more. It’s true that they may kill your body, but they have no power over your soul. Passion

Luke 12:32 Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. MSG

John 11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.] AMP

John 11:11 He said these things, and then announced, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I’m going to wake him up.” MSG

Luke 7:34 The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners. AMP

HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:16 I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you.

17 This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you! MSG

John 15:26 “When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes — the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father — he will confirm everything about me. MSG

John 16:13 But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won’t draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said. MSG

2 Cor 13:14 The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you. MSG

Rom 5:11 Now that we have actually received this amazing friendship with God, we are no longer content to simply say it in plodding prose. We sing and shout our praises to God through Jesus, the Messiah! MSG

HOW WE ACT TO EACHOTHER

Prov 22:11 He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech — because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend. AMP

Prov 27:17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose]. AMP

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Prov 27:17 You use steel to sharpen steel, and one friend sharpens another. MSG

Rom 12:16 Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. MSG

1 Cor 11:33 So, my friends, when you come together to the Lord’s Table, be reverent and courteous with one another. MSG

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

2 Cor 5:18 All this is done by God, who through Christ changed us from enemies into his friends and gave us the task of making others his friends also.

19 Our message is that God was making all human beings his friends through Christ. God did not keep an account of their sins, and he has given us the message which tells how he makes them his friends . GNT

2 Cor 5:20 We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you. MSG

ENDURANCE 12-10-17 VIDEO ENDURE TO THE END 2

Endurance in the face of overwhelming odds is possible because God is with us. He will never leave us or let us go. Endurance is the power to remain strong in hard times. It is to continue, like running a marathon, without stopping. Ability to resist trauma and fatigue.

1 Peter 4:12 Friends, when life gets really difficult, don’t jump to the conclusion that God isn’t on the job.

13 Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner. MSG

Gen 15:6 And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God).

STEADFAST-“stability” ENDURE – in the sense of “continue,” PERSEVERANCE-, be constantly diligent, attend (giveself) continually

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Heb 6:15 And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him.

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Hebrews 6:12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ( by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises.

Heb 10:35 Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward.

36 For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised.

Rom 12:12 Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.

Rom 15:4 For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope.

5 Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,

1 Cor 1:8 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).

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

2 Tim 3:11 Persecutions, sufferings–such as occurred to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, persecutions I endured, but out of them all the Lord delivered me proved and rejected as a counterfeit]. AMP

RACE Heb 12:1 THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, AMP

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

1 Cor 9:24 You’ve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win.

25 All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You’re after one that’s gold eternally.

26 I don’t know about you, but I’m running hard for the finish line. I’m giving it everything I’ve got. No sloppy living for me!

27 I’m staying alert and in top condition. I’m not going to get caught napping, telling everyone else all about it and then missing out myself. MSG

Gal 5:7 You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth?

8 This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you [Who invited you to freedom in Christ]. AMP

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Gal 5:7-8 before you were let astray, you were so faithful to Messiah. Why have you now turned away from what is right and true? Who has deceived you. The one who unfolded you into his grace is not behind this false teaching that you’ve embraced not at all! Passion

1 Sam 14:6 And Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving by many or by few.

7 And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that is in your mind; I am with you in whatever you think [best]. AMP

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1 Sam 14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on now, let’s go across to these uncircumcised pagans. Maybe God will work for us. There’s no rule that says God can only deliver by using a big army. No one can stop God from saving when he sets his mind to it.”

7 His armor bearer said, “Go ahead. Do what you think best. I’m with you all the way.”   MSG

Isa 8:10 Plan and plot all you want — nothing will come of it. All your talk is mere talk, empty words, Because when all is said and done, the last word is Immanuel — God-With-Us. MSG

Matt 1:23 Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel — which, when translated, means, God with us.   AMP

John 14:16 I will talk to the Father, and he’ll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you.

17 This Friend is the Spirit of Truth. The godless world can’t take him in because it doesn’t have eyes to see him, doesn’t know what to look for. But you know him already because he has been staying with you, and will even be in you!

18 “I will not leave you orphaned. I’m coming back.

19 In just a little while the world will no longer see me, but you’re going to see me because I am alive and you’re about to come alive. MSG

Heb 13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!]

6 So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? AMP

Luke 21:19 By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls. AMP

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Luke 21:19 Staying with it — that’s what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won’t be sorry; you’ll be saved. MSG

Rom 5:3 There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us,

4 and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next.

5 In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary — we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit! MSG

2 Cor 6:4 But we commend ourselves in every way as [true] servants of God: through great endurance, in tribulation and suffering, in hardships and privations, in sore straits and calamities,

5 In beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless watching, hunger;

6 By innocence and purity, knowledge and spiritual insight, longsuffering and patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love;

7 By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend];

8 Amid honor and dishonor; in defaming and evil report and in praise and good report. [We are branded] as deceivers (impostors), and [yet vindicated as] truthful and honest.

9 [We are treated] as unknown and ignored [by the world], and [yet we are] well-known and recognized [by God and His people]; as dying, and yet here we are alive; as chastened by suffering and [yet] not killed;

10 As grieved and mourning, yet [we are] always rejoicing; as poor [ourselves, yet] bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, and [yet in reality] possessing all things. AMP

2 Cor 4:16-17 So no wonder we don’t give up. For even though our outward person gradually wears out, or inward being is renewed every single day. We view our slight short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as a substance that produces for us and eternal, weighty Glory far beyond all comparison, because we do not focus our attention on what is seen but what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but unseen realm is eternal. Passion
Col 1:11 [We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy,

12 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.

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Col 1:11 We pray that you’ll have the strength to stick it out over the long haul — not the grim strength of gritting your teeth but the glory-strength God gives. It is strength that endures the unendurable and spills over into joy,

12 thanking the Father who makes us strong enough to take part in everything bright and beautiful that he has for us. MSG

Rev 3:10 Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth. AMP
Gal 6:9 And don’t allow yourselves to be weary or disheartened in planting good seeds, for the season as reaping the wonderful harvest you’ve planted is coming! Passion

Ro 12:12 Let this hope burst forth with in you, releasing a continual joy. Don’t give up in a time of trouble, but commune with God at all times. Passion

2 Tim 2:10 I endure all these hardships for the benefit of the chosen ones in Christ so that they may also discover the overcoming life that is in Jesus Christ, and experience the glory that last forever! Passion

YOU ARE LIGHT 12-8-17 VIDEO

We know Jesus was the light of the world. But now we must see ourselves now as light just like Him. Our standing in the world as light is identical with Christ. You can’t be hidden you were created light just like Jesus because you were part of his body. The light we have cannot be contained but we must decide to shine.   He was not Joseph son he was Gods Son. Son of light. Jesus was the light on the earth while He was here physically. But he made a us light when he left this world and return to his Father.

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 By living in God, love has been brought to its full expression in us so that we may fearlessly face the day of judgment, because all that Jesus now is, so are we in this world. Passion
Heb 1:3 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

Isaiah 60 and 61 we’re together and should not be separated in Isaiah 61 we see Jesus as “light” and how he would move as light in the world.

Isa 60:1 ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you — rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!  

2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you.  

3 And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

4 Lift up your eyes round about you and see! They all gather themselves together, they come to you. Your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried and nursed in the arms. AMP

Luke 4:17 And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written,

18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],

19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound.]

20 Then He rolled up the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing [attentively] at Him.

21 And He began to speak to them: Today this Scripture has been fulfilled while you are present and hearing. AMP

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Luke 4:17-21 When Jesus came to the front to read the Scriptures, they handed him the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unroll the scroll and read where it is written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be the hope for the poor, freedom for the brokenhearted, and you eyes for the blind, to preach to the prisoners, you are set free! I have come to share the message of Jubilee, for the time of God‘s great acceptance has begun.” After he read this he rolled up the scroll, and handed it back to the minister, and sat down. Everyone stared at Jesus, wondering what he was about to say. Then he added, the Scriptures came true today in front of you.“ Passion

Matt 17:2 Then Jesus’ appearance was dramatically altered. A radiant light as bright as the sun poured from his face. And his clothes became luminescent dazzling like light. He was transfigured before their very eyes. Passion

Hab 3:4 His cloud-brightness like dawn, exploding, spreading, forked-lightning shooting from his hand — what power hidden in that fist! MSG

Matt 17:5 But while Peter was still speaking, a radiant cloud composed of light spread over them enveloping them all. And God’s Voice suddenly spoke from the cloud saying, “this is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!“ Passion
John 1:4 What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by.

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Jn 1:4 Life came into being because of him for his light is light for all humanity.

5 And the Living Expression is the Light that bursts through gloom–the Light that darkness could not diminish! Passion

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

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Jn 1:9 For The light of truth was about to come into the world and shine upon everyone. Passion
John 12:36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light. Jesus said these things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was lost to their view]. AMP

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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 entered into the crowd and hid himself from them. Passion

Matt 4:16 You who spend your day shrouded in darkness can now say, “we have seen a brilliant light“ and those who live in the dark shadow land of death can now say, “the Dawning Light arises on us.“ Passion
John 1:5 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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John 1:5 The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out. MSG

1 Pet 2:9 But you are God‘s chosen treasure—priest who are kings, a spiritual nation set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light and now he claims you as his own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world. For one time you were not God’s people, but now you are. And at one time you knew nothing of God‘s mercy, because you hadn’t received it yet but now you are drenched with it! Passion

Job 29:3 He always held a lamp before me and I walked through the dark by its light. MSG

Ps 27:1 Light, space, zest — that’s God! So, with him on my side I’m fearless,

afraid of no one and nothing. MSG

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Ps 27:1 The Lord Is my revelation light to guide me along the way. He is the source of my salvation to defend me every day I fear no one! Passion
Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. AMP

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Ps 97:11 For he sows seeds of light within his lovers, and seeds of joy burst fourth for the lovers of God! Passion

Dan 2:22 He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him! AMP

Dan 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom who is full of the divine Holy Spirit. During your father’s time he was well known for his intellectual brilliance and spiritual wisdom. He was so good that your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him the head of all the magicians, enchanters, fortunetellers, and diviners.

12 There was no one quite like him. He could do anything — interpret dreams, solve mysteries, explain puzzles. His name is Daniel, but he was renamed Belteshazzar by the king. Have Daniel called in. He’ll tell you what is going on here.” MSG

Dan 5:14 I have heard of you, that the Spirit of the holy God [or gods] is in you and that light and understanding and superior wisdom are found in you. AMP

Dan 12:3 “‘Men and women who have lived wisely and well will shine brilliantly, like the cloudless, star-strewn night skies. And those who put others on the right path to life will glow like stars forever. MSG

Acts 9:3 Now as he traveled on, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him, AMP

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Acts 26:18 To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me.

Acts 13:46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly and boldly, saying, It was necessary that God’s message [concerning salvation through Christ] should be spoken to you first. But since you thrust it from you, you pass this judgment on yourselves that you are unworthy of eternal life and out of your own mouth you will be judged. [Now] behold, we turn to the Gentiles (the heathen).

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

Ps 36:9 You’re a fountain of cascading light, and you open our eyes to light. MSG

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Ps 36:9 To know You is to experience a flowing fountain, drinking in your life, springing up to satisfy. In the light of your Holiness we receive the light of Revelation. Passion
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. MSG

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

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

2 Cor 4:6 For God who said “Let brilliant light shine out of darkness“, is the one who has cascaded his life into us the brilliant dawning light of the glorious knowledge of God as we gaze into the face of Jesus Christ. Passion

Eph 5:8 For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [lead the lives of those native-born to the Light].

9 For the fruit (the effect, the product) of the Light or the Spirit [consists] in every form of kindly goodness, uprightness of heart, and trueness of life. AMP

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Eph 5:8 Once your life was full of sins darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live his children flooded with his revelation light!
9 And the supernatural fruits of his light will be seen in you—goodness, righteousness, and truth. Passion

Eph 5:13 Whatever the revelation light exposes, it will also correct and everything that reveals truth is light to the soul. That’s why the Scripture says, “arise you sleeper! Rise from the dead and the Anointed One will shine his light into you!“ Passion
1 Thess 5:5 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 Thess 5:5 For you are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night nor to darkness. Passion
Isa 49:6 He says, “But that’s not a big enough job for my servant — just to recover the tribes of Jacob, merely to round up the strays of Israel. I’m setting you up as a light for the nations so that my salvation becomes global!”

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Job 22:28 You’ll decide what you want and it will happen; your life will be bathed in light. MSG

KNOWING INFORMATION WITHOUT EXPERENCE IS NOT TRUTH 12-3-17

VIDEO HELLO COULD I SPEAK TO GOD 2

Experience means the apprehension of something grabbing a hold of something, like an object, thought, or emotion for yourself. Something you participate in or live through. Paul wants to experience for himself the resurrection life. He has the knowledge of what Jesus did but he wants a personal experience. We can have knowledge of the Holy Spirit but we also have to have an encounter with him. David had knowledge of God but he desired to experience of him face to face. When people have an experience it is passed down and recorded it from generation to generation. God is waiting for all mankind to experience him for themselves. The father wants all of us to experience his glory as a part of our calling.

Heb 2:9 But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor) of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual person. AMP

Heb 5:9 And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him, AMP

Gal 1:3 So I greet you with the great words, grace and peace!

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

Gal 4:4 But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law.

5 Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. MSG

Phil 4:23 Receive and experience the amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, deep, deep within yourselves. MSG

John 8:32 And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. AMP

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John 8:32 Then you will experience for yourselves the truth, and the truth will free you.” MSG

Gal 4:4 But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law.

5 Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. MSG

PAUL   Phil 3:11 That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].

12 Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own.

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

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

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Phil 3:11 If there was any way to get in on the resurrection from the dead, I wanted to do it.

12 I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me.

13 Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward — to Jesus.

14 I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back. MSG

MOSES Ex 33:18 And Moses said, I beseech You, show me Your glory.

19 And God said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, THE LORD, before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy and loving-kindness on whom I will show mercy and loving-kindness. AMP

WOMEN AT THE WELL John 4:29 “Come see a man who knew all about the things I did, who knows me inside and out. Do you think this could be the Messiah?”

30 And they went out to see for themselves. MSG

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John 4:39 Many of the Samaritans from that village committed themselves to him because of the woman’s witness: “He knew all about the things I did. He knows me inside and out!”

40 They asked him to stay on, so Jesus stayed two days.

41 A lot more people entrusted their lives to him when they heard what he had to say.

42 They said to the woman, “We’re no longer taking this on your say-so. We’ve heard it for ourselves and know it for sure. He’s the Savior of the world!” MSG

1 John 2:20 But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things. AMP

Ps 9:10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity]. AMP

Ex 29:46 And they shall know [from personal experience] that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.   AMP

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Ex 29:46 They’ll realize that I am their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am God, your God. MSG

2 Cor 13:5 Test yourselves to make sure you are solid in the faith. Don’t drift along taking everything for granted. Give yourselves regular checkups. You need firsthand evidence, not mere hearsay, that Jesus Christ is in you. Test it out. If you fail the test, do something about it. MSG

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

Eph 5:10 And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. AMP

Heb 4:11 Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell]. AMP

1 John 2:3 And this is how we may discern [daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments). AMP

Eph 3:17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,

18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];

19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! AMP

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Eph 3:17 that Christ will live in you as you open the door and invite him in. And I ask him that with both feet planted firmly on love,

18 you’ll be able to take in with all Christians the extravagant dimensions of Christ’s love. Reach out and experience the breadth! Test its length! Plumb the depths! Rise to the heights!

19 Live full lives, full in the fullness of God. MSG

Eph 5:10 And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. AMP ↓↓↓

Eph 5:10 Figure out what will please Christ, and then do it. MSG

Heb 4:11 Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell]. AMP

1 Cor 7:22 I’m simply trying to point out that under your new Master you’re going to experience a marvelous freedom you would never have dreamed of. On the other hand, if you were free when Christ called you, you’ll experience a delightful “enslavement to God” you would never have dreamed of. MSG

1 Cor 14:3 But when you proclaim his truth in everyday speech, you’re letting others in on the truth so that they can grow and be strong and experience his presence with you. MSG

2 Peter 1:8 With these qualities active and growing in your lives, no grass will grow under your feet, no day will pass without its reward as you mature in your experience of our Master Jesus. MSG

2 Pet 1:1 I, Simon Peter, am a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ. I write this to you whose experience with God is as life-changing as ours, all due to our God’s straight dealing and the intervention of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

2 Grace and peace to you many times over as you deepen in your experience with God and Jesus, our Master.

3 Don’t Put It Off Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received! MSG

1 John 1:3 We saw it, we heard it, and now we’re telling you so you can experience it along with us, this experience of communion with the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ. MSG

Mal 3:12 “You’ll be voted ‘Happiest Nation.’ You’ll experience what it’s like to be a country of grace.” God-of-the-Angel-Armies says so. MSG

1 John 2:13 You veterans were in on the ground floor, and know the One who started all this; you newcomers have won a big victory over the Evil One.

And a second reminder, dear children: You know the Father from personal experience. MSG

1 John 3:6 No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains in communion with and in obedience to Him — deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him]. AMP

1 John 3:24 As we keep his commands, we live deeply and surely in him, and he lives in us. And this is how we experience his deep and abiding presence in us: by the Spirit he gave us. MSG

KINGDOM 12-1-17 VIDEO

We are a kingdom people. We are the kingdom of God here on earth. We represent a kingdom in the midst of many nations in the earth. We change and control the atmosphere. We must first control the atmosphere in our own hearts. Then we can bring the kingdom wherever we go. Kingdom of heaven the spiritual dominion control by God and his sons! We bring the covering for the atmosphere of heaven to earth. Nations change when the kingdom is preached. It is our change hearts and lives that bring the kingdom and make it a reality on the earth. Kingdom atmosphere is spread through those who love and serve. God is with their hearts as we shift things in this realm.
Matt 6:33 But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. AMP

Matt 6:31-33 “So don’t worry and don’t keep saying, ‘What shall we eat, what shall we drink or what shall we wear?! That is what pagans are always looking for; your Heavenly Father knows that you need them all. Set your heart on the kingdom and his goodness, and all these things will come to you as a matter of course. PHILLIPS

Matt 4:17 This Isaiah-prophesied sermon came to life in Galilee the moment Jesus started preaching. He picked up where John left off: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.” MSG

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Matt 4:17 from that time on Jesus began to proclaim his message with these words: “keep turning away from your sins and come back to God, for heaven’s kingdom realm is now accessible.“ Passion
Mark 1:14 Now after John was arrested and put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God,

15 And saying, The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent (have a change of mind which issues in regret for past sins and in change of conduct for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news (the Gospel). AMP

Mark 8:35 Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self.

36 What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you?

37 What could you ever trade your soul for? MSG

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Mark 8:35 for if you let your life go for my sake and for the sake of the gospel, you will continually experience true life. But if you choose to keep your life for yourself, you will forfeit what you try to keep. For what uses it to gain all the wealth and power of this world, with everything it could offer you, at the cost of your own life? Passion

Matt 18:1 At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, “Who gets the highest rank in God’s kingdom?”

2 For an answer Jesus called over a child, whom he stood in the middle of the room,

3 and said, “I’m telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like children, you’re not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in.

4 Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God’s kingdom. MSG

Luke 17:20 Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display,

21 Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]. AMP

Luke 12:31 Steep yourself in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

32 Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself. MSG

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Lu 12:31-32 each and every day he will supply your needs as you seek his kingdom passionately, above all else. So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends! Your loving father joyously gives you his kingdom realm with all its promises! Passion
Matt 6:10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. AMP ↓↓↓

Matt 6:10 Set the world right; Do what’s best — as above, so below. MSG

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Matt 6:10 Manifest your kingdom realm, and cause your every purpose to be for filled on the earth, just as it is for filled in heaven. Passion
Rom 14:17 [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

18 He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men. AMP

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Rom 14:17-18 for the kingdom of God is not a matter of rules about food and drink, but it is in the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace, and joy. Serving the anointed one by walking in these kingdom realities pleases God and earns the respect of others. Passion

MEAT / DRINK- outward indifferent things. No permanent effect on the soul.

— The Kingdom effects and maintains the heart. It is Righteousness without sin. Peace without disturbances. Joy without mental agony or distressing fear.

1 Cor 4:20 For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul). AMP

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1 Cor 4:20 for the kingdom realm of God comes with power not simply impressive words. Passion

Luke 22:29 And as My Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred it on Me, so do I confer on you [the privilege and decree], AMP

Ps 103:19 God‘s heavenly throne is eternal, secure, and strong, and his sovereignty rules the entire universe.

20 So bless the Lord, all his messengers of power, for you are his mighty heroes who listen intently to the voice of his word and do it.

21 Bless and praise the Lord, you mighty warriors, ministers who serve him well and fulfill his desires. Passion

Matt 13:43 At the same time, ripe, holy lives will mature and adorn the kingdom of their Father. “Are you listening to this? Really listening? MSG

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Matt 13:43 then the godly ones will shine like the brightness of the sun in their father‘s kingdom realm. If you’re able to understand this, then you better respond! Passion
Matt 16:19 I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. AMP

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Matt 16:19 “And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven.” MSG

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Matt 16:19 I will give you the keys of heaven‘s kingdom realm two forbid on earth what is forbidden in heaven, to release on earth that which is released in heaven. Passion
Luke 10:8 “When you enter a town and are received, eat what they set before you,

9 heal anyone who is sick, and tell them, ‘God’s kingdom is right on your doorstep!’ MSG

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Luke 10:8-9 when you enter into a new town, and you have been welcomed by its people, follow these rules: eat what is served you. Then heal the sick and tell them all, “God‘s kingdom realm has arrived and is now within your reach!“ Passion
Mark 2:14–15 later on, after John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus went back into the region of Galilee and preached the wonderful gospel of God‘s kingdom realm. His message was this: “at last the fulfillment of the age has come! It is time for the realm of God‘s kingdom to be experienced in its fullness! Turn your lives back to God put your trust in the hope-filled gospel!“ Passion
Matt 24:14 And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end. AMP

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Matt 24:14 “yet through it all, this joyful assurance of the realm of Heaven‘s kingdom will be proclaimed all over the world, providing every nation with the demonstration of the reality of God. And after this that end of the age will arrive.“ Passion

Luke 13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds found shelter and roosted and nested in its branches.

20 And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? 3AMP

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Luke 13:19-20 it is like the smallest of seeds that you would plant in the garden. And when it grows, it becomes a huge tree, with so many spreading branches that various birds make nests there.“ Jesus taught them another parable. “How can I describe God‘s kingdom realm? Let me give you this illustration. It’s like something as small as yeast that a woman kneads into a large amount of dough. It works in the unseen until it permeates the entire batch and risers high.”Passion
Matt 13:52 he responded every scholar of the Scriptures, who is instructed in the ways of Heaven‘s kingdom realm, is like a wealthy home owner with his house filled with treasures both new and old. And he knows how and when to bring them out and show others. Passion

WE ARE TO PREACH THE KINGDOM CAUSE WE ARE

Rev 5:10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! AMP

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

Col 1:13 [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

Prov 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]. AMP

Luke 9:62 Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God. AMP

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Luke 9:62 Jesus said, “No procrastination. No backward looks. You can’t put God’s kingdom off till tomorrow. Seize the day.” MSG

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Luke 9:62 Jesus responded, why do you keep looking backward to your past and have second thoughts about following me? When you turn back you are useless to God’s kingdom realm. Passion

Joel 2:13 Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God.

And here’s why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, always ready to cancel catastrophe. MSG

Rev 11:15 Then the seventh Angel sounded his trumpet, and a loud voice broke forth in heaven saying: “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our God and his anointed one!“ He will reign supreme for an eternity of eternity’s. Passion