Mark 4:1-20 Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore.

² And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them, ³ “Listen! A sower went out to sow seed;

⁴ and as he was sowing, some seed fell by the road, and the birds came and ate it up. ⁵ Other seed fell on rocks where there was not much soil; and immediately a plant sprang up ^[a]because the soil had no depth.

⁶ And when the sun came up, the plant was scorched; and because it had no root, it dried up and withered away.

⁷ Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no grain.

⁸ And other seed fell into good soil, and as the plants grew and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundred times [as much as had been sown].” ⁹ And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear and heed My words.”

¹⁰ As soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, together with the twelve [disciples], began asking Him about [the interpretation of] the parables.

¹¹ He said to them, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you [who have teachable hearts], but those who are outside [the unbelievers, the spiritually blind] get everything in parables,

¹² so that they will continually look but not see, and they will continually hear but not understand, otherwise they might turn [from their rejection of the truth] and be forgiven.”

Explanation

¹³ Then He said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand and grasp the meaning of all the parables?

¹⁴ The sower sows the word [of God, the good news regarding the way of salvation]. ¹⁵ These [in the first group] are the ones along the road where the word is sown; but when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them.

¹⁶ In a similar way these [in the second group] are the ones on whom seed was sown on rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy [but accept it only superficially];

¹⁷ and they have no real root in themselves, so they endure only for a little while; then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they [are offended and displeased at being associated with Me and] stumble and fall away.

¹⁸ And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word,

¹⁹ but the worries and cares of the world [the distractions of this age with its worldly pleasures], and the deceitfulness [and the false security or glamour] of wealth [or fame], and the passionate desires for all the other things creep in and choke out the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

SEEKING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART 2-28-25 VIDEO SECRET PLACE

What does it mean to be a God seeker? There appears to be a difference between a normal Christian and a true God seeker. A God seeker is one who doesn’t just want to hear about God, but to see him for himself. Always pursuing God‘s presence waiting to experience Him. David, in spite of his sin constantly pursued God. David is a great roadmap of how we should live our lives. God actually touched Moses and covered him with His hand.

Deut 10:12 So now Israel, what do you think GOD expects from you? Just this: Live in his presence in holy reverence, follow the road he sets out for you, love him, serve GOD, your God, with everything you have in you, MSG

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

30 When you are in tribulation and all these things come upon you, in the latter days you will turn to the Lord your God and be obedient to His voice.

31 For the Lord your God is a merciful God; He will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers, which He swore to them. AMP

↓↓↓

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

30 When troubles come and all these awful things happen to you, in future days you will come back to God, your God, and listen obediently to what he says.

31 God, your God, is above all a compassionate God. In the end he will not abandon you, he won’t bring you to ruin, he won’t forget the covenant with your ancestors which he swore to them.  MSG

LUKE 19:1 On his way to Jerusalem, Jesus had to pass through Jericho.

2 There lived a very wealthy man named Zacchaeus, who supervised all the tax collectors.

3 He was very eager to see Jesus and kept trying to get a look at him through the massive crowd. Since Zacchaeus was a short man and couldn’t see over the heads of the people,

4 he ran on ahead of everyone and climbed up a blossoming fig tree to get a glimpse of Jesus as he passed by.

5 When Jesus got to that place, he looked up into the tree and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry on down, for I must stay at your house today!”

6 So he scurried down the tree and found himself face-to-face with Jesus.

7 As Jesus left to go with Zacchaeus, many in the crowd complained, “Look at this! Of all the people to have dinner with, he’s going to eat in the house of a crook.”

8 Zacchaeus was amazed over his gracious visit to his home and joyously welcomed Jesus. Zacchaeus stood in front of the Lord and said, “Half of all that I own I will give to the poor. And Lord, if I have cheated anyone, I promise to pay them back four times as much as I stole.”

9 Jesus said to him, “Your repentance shows that today life has come to you and your household, and that you are a true son of Abraham.

10 The Son of Man has come to seek out and to give life to those who are lost.”  TPT

JN 3:1 Now amongst them there was a man who was a prominent leader among the Jews, a Pharisee named Nicodemus.

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

3 Jesus answered him emphatically; no one would even be able to recognize anything as coming from God’s domain unless they are born from above to begin with! The very fact that it is possible to perceive that I am in union with God, as a human being, reveals mankind’s genesis from above!  MIRROR

PS 22:26 For the Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he saw the Messiah, the Anointed One of God.

27 Keeping his promise, the Holy Spirit led Simeon to be in the temple court at the very moment Jesus’ parents entered to fulfill the requirement of the sacrifice.

28 Simeon cradled the baby in his arms and praised God and prophesied:

29-31“Lord and Master, I am your loving servant and now I can die content, for you have fulfilled your promise to me. With my own eyes I have seen your Word,

the Savior you sent into the world.  TPT

↓

LUKE 2:25 And significantly so, there happened to be a man Simeon, in Jerusalem; he was a righteous man who embraced the goodness of God.  

26 Simeon had a Holy Spirit encounter and knew that he would not die before he sees because the Lord’s Anointed.

27 Prompted in the spirit, he arrived at the temple as the parents of the child Jesus, brought him in, as prescribed in their tradition and law.

28 And Simeon, holding the little child in his arms began to speak eloquent praises to God and said,

29 My Master, I am fully satisfied; you can now release your bond-servant in peace. I am holding your incarnate word in my arms!

30  And my eyes have seen your salvation!  MIRROR

↓

LUKE 2:36 There was also a prophetess Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, from the tribe of Asher. She was already far advanced in her days and a widow for eighty four years. Her husband died when she was only twenty one and married for seven years.  

37 For all these years, since her husband’s death, she ministered to the Lord continually in the temple with prayers and frequent fastings.

38 As Simeon concluded his prophetic song over the family, Anna mirror-echoed his words in a song of thanksgiving to God for the child. And from that day on, she told everyone in Jerusalem that their Darling, the anticipated Messiah-redeemer has come!  

 MIRROR

Acts 13:22 God removed him from office and put King David in his place, with this commendation: ‘I’ve searched the land and found this David, son of Jesse. He’s a man whose heart beats to my heart, a man who will do what I tell him.’

23 “From out of David’s descendants God produced a Savior for Israel, Jesus, exactly as he promised —  MSG

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

6 I’m sorry — forgive me. I’ll never do that again, I promise! I’ll never again live on crusts of hearsay, crumbs of rumor.” MSG

Ex 33:18  Moses said, “Please. Let me see your Glory.”

19 God said, “I will make my Goodness pass right in front of you; I’ll call out the name, God, right before you. I’ll treat well whomever I want to treat well and I’ll be kind to whomever I want to be kind.”

20 God continued, “But you may not see my face. No one can see me and live.”

21 God said, “Look, here is a place right beside me. Put yourself on this rock.

22 When my Glory passes by, I’ll put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with my hand until I’ve passed by.

23 Then I’ll take my hand away and you’ll see my back. But you won’t see my face.” MSG

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

Ps 27:4 One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.   

5 For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock.

6 And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrifices and shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord.

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; have mercy and be gracious to me and answer me!

8 You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].

9 Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger, You Who have been my help! Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation!  AMP

Ps 105:4 Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore. AMP

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

Jer 29:13  “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else,

14 I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree. “I’ll turn things around for you. I’ll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you” — God’s Decree — “bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it. MSG

Matt 6:33 Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. MSG

LUKE 11:9 So what I’m saying to you is this, in prayer, it is the same, simple principle! Ask and it shall be given you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened for you.

10 This is not just true for you as my friends [like in the parable], it is true even for those who are still total strangers to the Father’s goodness! Everyone who asks will receive, and whoever searches will find and whoever knocks, the door will be opened!  MIRROR

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

Acts 17:27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. AMP

Rom 8:7 Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self ignores God, ends up thinking more about self than God. That person ignores who God is and what he is doing.

8 And God isn’t pleased at being ignored. MSG

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

2 Becoming affectionately acquainted with throne room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly [soul-ruled] realm.  MIRROR

THE REALITY OF BEING IN THE SPIRIT 2-23-25 VIDEO HOLY SPIRIT BY DAVID 2

From the very beginning of creation till now, it was always God‘s intention was that we would be Spirit like He is. To be in the Spirit means you are more conscious of God and the things of God and His presence rather than the things of this world. Just like our Creator, we are Spirit and where the Spirit is there is freedom. John was able to receive by the Holy Spirit Divine revelation beyond ordinary perception. He John received revelation light. Living light in the Spirit. He was no longer on Patmos, but translated into heaven. Through the Spirit we do not sin. It was the Holy Spirit, who came upon Mary to make her pregnant with the very life of Jesus. Jesus was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Gen 1:26  God spoke: “Let us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature So they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, And, yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of Earth.”

27 God created human beings; he created them godlike, Reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. MSG

Gen 2:7 Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being.  AMP

2 COR 3:17 The Lord and the Spirit are one; his Lordship sanctions our freedom. A freedom from rules chiselled in stone to the voice of our redeemed design echoing in our hearts!

18 Now, we all, with new understanding, see ourselves in him as in a mirror. The days of window-shopping are over! In him every face is unveiled. In gazing with wonder at the blueprint of God displayed in human form, we suddenly realize that we are looking into a mirror, where every feature of his image, in Christ, is reflected within us! The Spirit articulated of the Lord engineers this radical transformation; we are led from an inferior mind-set to the revealed endorsement of our authentic identity,   MIRROR

↓↓↓

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

↓↓↓

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

John 6:63 It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.  AMP

↓↓↓

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

REV 1:10 I was in a spiritual trance where I witnessed the Day of the Lord. I heard a loud voice behind me, clear and distinct, like the sound of a trumpet!   MIRROR

JOHN 14:26 The Holy Spirit is about to become your close companion, sent by my Father in my name to represent me, to teach you all things and remind you of everything that I have spoken to you. Thus my word will continue to find a voice in you.   MIRROR

↓↓↓

John 14:26 The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. MSG

JN 4:23-24 From now on, worshiping the Father will not be a matter of the right place but with a right heart. For God is a Spirit, and he longs to have sincere worshipers who adore him in the realm of the Spirit and in truth.” TPT

↓↓↓

JOHN 4:24  God is Spirit and not a holy mountain or a sacred city with man-made shrines! Return to your Source – the Father is our true fountainhead!  MIRROR

GAL 5:16 I conclude: engage your spirit to be the dominant influence in your daily walk and see how it defeats the cravings of flesh.  

17 While the law of works still features in your mind, it is a catalyst to disaster; you are caught in the middle of a war zone, wanting to do the things that you desire by design, but finding the flesh in strong resistance to what the spirit desires.    

18 To be acquainted with the prompting of your spirit [faith] is to be free from the law [of personal performance.]  MIRROR

ROM 8:26  The Spirit also sighs within us with words too deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bulls-eye every time.

27 He who scrutinizes the heart understands the intention of the spirit. His intercession for the saints is consistent with the blue-print purpose of God.  

The Spirit also sighs within us with words too deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bulls-eye every time.   MIRROR

↓↓↓

Rom 8:26 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

27 He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.  MSG

Gal 5:25 If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.]  AMP

↓↓↓

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

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

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

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

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

Rom 8:11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.  

12 So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.  AMP  ↓↓↓

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

12 We owe flesh nothing.  MIRROR

1 COR 12:3 Holy Spirit will never distract from Jesus or prompt anyone to dishonor Christ; Holy Spirit will always magnify Jesus!  MIRROR

LUKE 1:34  And Mary asked the Messenger, “So how can this be possible while I am still a virgin?”

35 And he said to her, “Holy Spirit will overwhelm you – hovering over you in the power of the Most High. Therefore, this holy begotten one will be called, son of God!  MIRROR

Luke 1:41  When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby in her womb leaped. She was filled with the Holy Spirit, MSG

LUKE 4:14   Then Jesus, armed with the Holy Spirit’s power, returned to Galilee, and his fame spread throughout the region.

15 He taught in the synagogues and they glorified him. TPT

1 Cor 15:45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. 

46 But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven. 

48 Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).  AMP

Acts 1:5 For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. AMP

Acts 1:7 He told them, “You don’t get to know the time. Timing is the Father’s business.

8 What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”

9 These were his last words. As they watched, he was taken up and disappeared in a cloud.  MSG

Rom 5:5 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

TREASURES IN HEAVEN 2-19-24 VIDEO YOUR VALUE TO GOD DAN

When Jesus is our treasure, we will commit our hearts resources, money time and talents to the spreading of the Gospel. The treasure of the Father has is awaiting us beyond anything we can think of or hope for. We are His treasure. In us who believe that the Lord Jesus Christ are His possessions. His rewards are guaranteed by His Word. Eternal life is the greatest treasure that awaits us.

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.

17 God-of-the-Angel-Armies said, “They’re mine, all mine. They’ll get special treatment when I go into action. I treat them with the same consideration and kindness that parents give the child who honors them.

18 Once more you’ll see the difference it makes between being a person who does the right thing and one who doesn’t, between serving God and not serving him. MSG

 ↓↓↓

Mal 3:16 Then those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name.

17 And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.

18 Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who does not serve Him.  AMP

Deut 26:18 And today God has reaffirmed that you are dearly held treasure just as he promised, a people entrusted with keeping his commandments, MSG

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

↓↓↓

Isa 45:3 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

Matt 6:19 “Don’t hoard treasure down here where it gets eaten by moths and corroded by rust or — worse! — stolen by burglars.

20 Stockpile treasure in heaven, where it’s safe from moth and rust and burglars.

21 It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. MSG

LUKE 6:45 In the same way, a good person will bring forth amazing treasures of goodness from the storehouse of their hearts; while a man with a hidden agenda, will not be able to hide the effect of his evil influence. One’s conversation exhibits whatever it is that has your full attention and captivates your gaze!  MIRROR

LUKE 12:33 From now on, do life from a different perspective! Stuff does not define you! Exchange whatever it was that you’ve been doing all along under the old system of performance, for this new life of adventure! Get it over and done with! Be compassion driven in your sharing and giving; this takes hoarding out of the equation. Get rid of your antique purses, which typically are your old, worn-out, performance-based ideas. Instead, become creative in the adventure of trading with a new kind of purse – one that is loaded with heaven’s currency – a treasure which cannot be exhausted, since it cannot be broken into or stolen, neither can it be ruined by moths! The stuff you’ve been hoarding before, are clearly targets for thieves and they get moth eaten anyway! MIRROR

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

↓↓↓

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

Col 3:1 IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 

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

↓↓↓

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

2 Becoming affectionately acquainted with throne room thoughts will keep you from being distracted again by the earthly [soul-ruled] realm.   MIRROR

HEB 11:26 He was not embarrassed to be associated with the Messianic promise at the expense of the treasures of Egypt. He deliberately looked away from those towards the greater riches of his reward in Christ.  

27 The rage of the King did not scare him when he abandoned Egypt; faith, giving substance to the invisible, made him brave.  MIRROR

MATT 10:40 “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the One who sent me.

41 Whoever receives a prophet because he is God’s messenger will share a prophet’s reward. And whoever welcomes a righteous person because he follows me will also share in his reward.

42 And whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of my disciples, I promise you, he will not go unrewarded.” TPT

1 John 2:5 But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him:  AMP

2 TIM 4:8 There’s a crown of righteousness waiting in heaven for me, and I know that my Lord will reward me on his day of righteous judgment. And this crown is not only waiting for me, but for all who love and long for his unveiling.  TPT

↓↓↓

2 TIM 4:8 My wreath of righteousness awaits me as testimony to the Lord’s righteous judgment. He will crown me in that day, the moment I step out of this body. I will not be the only one receiving a wreath of honor; everyone, loving the brilliance of his appearing will be jointly crowned!  MIRROR

Rev 22:12 “Yes, I’m on my way! I’ll be there soon! I’m bringing my payroll with me. I’ll pay all people in full for their life’s work.

13 I’m A to Z, the First and the Final, Beginning and Conclusion. MSG

Heb 6:10 God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it.

11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish.

12 Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. MSG

Heb 6:17  When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee — 

18 God can’t break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our very lives to God have every reason to grab the promised hope with both hands and never let go. MSG

2 John 1:8 Look to yourselves (take care) that you may not lose (throw away or destroy) all that we and you have labored for, but that you may [persevere until you] win and receive back a perfect reward [in full].  AMP

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!

19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

AMP

1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].  AMP

Matt 19:29 And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields — whatever — because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life.

30 This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first. MSG

Isa 33:6 God keeps your days stable and secure —  salvation, wisdom, and knowledge in surplus, and best of all, Zion’s treasure, Fear-of-God.  MSG

↓↓↓

ISA 33:6 He will be your constant source of stability in changing times, and out of his abundant love he gives you the riches of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge.

Yes, the fear of the Lord is the key to this treasure!   TPT

Mark 10:21 Jesus looked him hard in the eye — and loved him! He said, “There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.”

2 COR 4:7 And now, in the glow of this glorious light and with unveiled faces we discover this treasure where it was hidden all along, in these frail skin-suits made of clay. We did not invent ourselves; we are God’s idea to begin with and the dynamic of his doing and amazing engineering!   MIRROR

 ↓↓↓

2 Cor 4:7 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

PRAISE AND WORSHIP WITH ALL YOUR HEART 2-9-25 VIDEO NFL

In this season of insecurity and worry, the Father has made a way for us to come before Him in praise and worship. In this place, we actually join with heaven in worshiping our Father. Our praise and worship honors Him. It also allows us to see His greatness for ourselves. He is marvelous, faithful, and wrap us in His love. Praise and worship is not restricted to 30 minutes before the teaching. It’s supposed to be a way of life for us. We can truly say on earth as it is in heaven. He is worthy of our praise. We make a decision to fix our eyes on Him. Remember that you are part of the community as you gather to worship the Father. there is power and praise against the enemy. Praise and invites God‘s presence. Our spirit is refreshed and renewed.

Deut 10:21 He’s your praise! He’s your God! He did all these tremendous, these staggering things that you saw with your own eyes. MSG

Ps 150 Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy house of worship, praise him under the open skies;

2 Praise him for his acts of power, praise him for his magnificent greatness;

3 Praise with a blast on the trumpet, praise by strumming soft strings;

4 Praise him with castanets and dance, praise him with banjo and flute;

5 Praise him with cymbals and a big bass drum, praise him with fiddles and mandolin.

6 Let every living, breathing creature praise God! Hallelujah! MSG

Deut 26:19 And He will make you high above all nations which He has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a holy people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken. AMP

↓↓↓

Deut 26:19 a people set high above all other nations that he’s made, high in praise, fame, and honor: you’re a people holy to God, your God. That’s what he has promised.  MSG

Ps 34:1  I bless God every chance I get; my lungs expand with his praise.

2 I live and breathe God; if things aren’t going well, hear this and be happy:

3 Join me in spreading the news; together let’s get the word out. MSG

 ↓↓↓

PS 34:1 Lord! I’m bursting with joy over what you’ve done for me! My lips are full of perpetual praise.

2 I’m boasting of you and all your works, so let all who are discouraged take heart.

3 Join me, everyone! Let’s praise the Lord together. Let’s make him famous! Let’s make his name glorious to all. Lord! I’m bursting with joy over what you’ve done for me! My lips are full of perpetual praise. I’m boasting of you and all your works, so let all who are discouraged take heart. Join me, everyone! Let’s praise the Lord together. Let’s make him famous! Let’s make his name glorious to all. TPT

Ps 33:2 Play his praise on a grand piano!

3 Invent your own new song to him; give him a trumpet fanfare.

4 For God’s Word is solid to the core; everything he makes is sound inside and out.  MSG

PS 33:1 It’s time to sing and shout for joy! Go ahead, all you redeemed ones, do it!

Praise him with all you have, for praise looks lovely on the lips of God’s devoted lovers.

2 Play the guitar as you lift your praises loaded with thanksgiving. Sing and make joyous music with all you’ve got inside.

3 Compose new melodies that release new praises to the Lord. Play his praises on instruments with the anointing and skill he gives you. Sing and shout with passion; make a spectacular sound of joy—

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

Ps 47:6 Sing songs to God, sing out! Sing to our King, sing praise!

7 He’s Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God.  MSG

Ps 51:15 Unbutton my lips, dear God; I’ll let loose with your praise.

16 Going through the motions doesn’t please you, a flawless performance is nothing to you.

17 I learned God-worship when my pride was shattered. Heart-shattered lives ready for love don’t for a moment escape God’s notice. MSG

Ps 56:3When I get really afraid I come to you in trust.

4 I’m proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?

 MSG

Ps 64:10 Be glad, good people! Fly to God! Good-hearted people, make praise your habit.  MSG

Ps 35:28  I’ll tell the world how great and good you are, I’ll shout Hallelujah all day, every day. MSG

PS 95:2 Everyone come meet his face with a thankful heart. Don’t hold back your praises; make him great by your shouts of joy!

3 For the Lord is the greatest of all, King-God over all other gods!

4 In one hand he holds the mysteries of the earth, and in the other he holds the highest mountain peaks.

5 He’s the owner of every ocean, the engineer and sculptor of earth itself!

6 Come and kneel before this Creator-God; come and bow before the mighty God, our majestic maker!  TPT

ACT 16:23 After they were severely beaten, they were thrown into prison and the jailer was commanded to guard them securely.

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

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

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

Rev 7:11 And all the angels were standing round the throne and round the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures, and they fell prostrate before the throne and worshiped God.

12 Amen! (So be it!) they cried. Blessing and glory and majesty and splendor and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and might [be ascribed] to our God to the ages and ages (forever and ever, throughout the eternities of the eternities)! Amen! (So be it!)  AMP

↓↓↓

Rev 7:11 All who were standing around the Throne — Angels, Elders, Animals — fell on their faces before the Throne and worshiped God,

12 singing: Oh, Yes! The blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving, The honor and power and strength, To our God forever and ever and ever! Oh, Yes!  MSG

REV 5:12 In their full capacity they exploded in song, proclaiming in unison, “The Lamb’s worth is now fully realized! Having been slain in sacrifice, the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing belong to him!”

13 At that point the entire universe burst out in praise! I heard every created being in the heavenly realm and upon the earth and under the earth and upon the ocean and everything within all these spheres, declaring to the One seated upon the throne and to the Lamb: “The most articulate language, the admiration, the supreme magnificence, the might until the ages of the ages!”  

14 To which the four Living Beings added their endorsement and the elders prostrated themselves before the throne in silent worship!  MIRROR

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

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

LU 4:5 He then showed him all the kingdom’s of the inhabited world in a split second.

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

7 It’s all yours if you worship me.  

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

JN 4:21 Jesus said unto her, “Believe me lady, the moment everyone was waiting for has come! From now on worship is no longer about a geographic holy mountain – or a sacred city in Israel experience!

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

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

John 4:21 “Believe me, woman, the time is coming when you Samaritans will worship the Father neither here at this mountain nor there in Jerusalem.

22 You worship guessing in the dark; we Jews worship in the clear light of day. God’s way of salvation is made available through the Jews.

23 But the time is coming — it has, in fact, come — when what you’re called will not matter and where you go to worship will not matter. “It’s who you are and the way you live that count before God. Your worship must engage your spirit in the pursuit of truth. That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.

24 God is sheer being itself — Spirit. Those who worship him must do it out of their very being, their spirits, their true selves, in adoration.”  MSG

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

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

Phil 2:10 so that all created beings in heaven and on earth — even those long ago dead and buried — will bow in worship before this Jesus Christ, MSG

Heb 12:28  Do you see what we’ve got? An unshakable kingdom! And do you see how thankful we must be? Not only thankful, but brimming with worship, deeply reverent before God. For God is not an indifferent bystander. MSG

HEROES OF FAITH 2-6-25 VIDEO A SISTERS SACRIFICE

A hero is someone who sacrifices himself for the benefit of others. The Bible is filled with stories and testimonies of men and women who gave all they had for others. Of course, the greatest hero ever recorded is Jesus Christ. He gave everything to save mankind. Let’s take time to recall these awesome stories about heroes in the Bible.

HEB 11:13 These heroes of faith all died believing. Although they did not witness the promise in their lifetime, they saw its fulfillment in the future and embraced the promise by their persuasion. Convinced of its reality; they declared by their way of living that they were mere sojourners and pilgrims in a shadow land whose geography could neither confine nor define their true inheritance.

14 They clearly declared by faith a hinterland beyond their immediate horizon.  

15 They did not regret the country they had left behind. Their faith took them beyond the point of no return.  

16 Their faith saw a greater reality in the spiritual realm than that which they experienced in their present situation; they reached for their true native city designed by God where he himself is proud to be their permanent address. MIRROR

↓↓↓

HEB 11:13  ‘These heroes all died still clinging to their faith, not even receiving all that had been promised them. But they saw beyond the horizon the fulfillment of their promises and gladly embraced it from afar. They all lived their lives on earth as those who belonged to another realm. ‘

14 ‘For clearly, those who live this way are longing for the appearing of a heavenly city. ‘

15 ‘And if their hearts were still remembering what they left behind, they would have found an opportunity to go back. ‘

16  ‘But they couldn’t turn back for their hearts were fixed on what was far greater, that is, the heavenly realm! So because of this God is not ashamed in any way to be called their God, for he has prepared a heavenly city for them.’ TPT

HEB 11:17 Faith became a more tangible evidence of the promise than even Isaac could ever be to Abraham. Isaac neither fulfilled nor replaced the promise. Inspired by what faith saw, Abraham was ready to do the ridiculous; to sacrifice his only son, convinced that not even Isaac’s death could nullify the promise that God had made to him.  

18 Yet Abraham knew that God had said that his lineage of faith would be traced through Isaac!

19 He made a prophetic calculation by faith to which there could only be one logical conclusion based on the word he had received: that God would raise the promise from the dead.  MIRROR

HEB 11:11 Sarah’s testimony of faith is just as amazing: she conceived and bore a child when it was humanly impossible. She believed that God would be faithful to his promise, and gave that belief authority over her life.  MIRROR

HEB 11:23 By faith the parents of Moses did not fear the king’s decree, but hid him from Pharaoh for three months, because they saw a future in the child.  MIRROR

HEB 11:24 It was faith that made Moses realize that he was not the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

25 By faith he preferred to be associated with the affliction of God’s people rather than with the fleeting privileges of Pharaoh’s house, which did not constitute the true portion of his inheritance.  

26 He was not embarrassed to be associated with the Messianic promise at the expense of the treasures of Egypt. He deliberately looked away from those towards the greater riches of his reward in Christ.  

27 The rage of the King did not scare him when he abandoned Egypt; faith, giving substance to the invisible, made him brave.

28 His faith saw the Paschal Lamb and the sprinkled blood on the door posts as the salvation of the people.

29 By faith they crossed the Red Sea on dry ground, but the Egyptians drowned when they followed them.  MIRROR

HEB 11:31 Rahab the prostitute’s faith saved her even though her house was built in the wall! While all the other houses collapsed around her, her own remained. She welcomed the spies and acknowledged the God who saved them out of Egypt. Her family also was given an equal opportunity to be saved through her faith.  MIRROR

LUKE 1:32 The eminence of his stature will be magnificent. He will be known as the son of the Most High. And the Lord God will return to him what already belongs to him, the throne of his father David!  

33 And he will reign as king over the house of Jacob and his kingdom will be without any boundaries.

34 And Mary asked the Messenger, “So how can this be possible while I am still a virgin?”

35 And he said to her, “Holy Spirit will overwhelm you – hovering over you in the power of the Most High. Therefore, this holy begotten one will be called, son of God!

36 Oh, and let me tell you the good news about your aunt Elizabeth! She, who everyone called barren, is now already six months pregnant with a son, in her old age!”

37 Then Gabriel quotes “Every word of God is equal to God’s power and purpose to perform that word!”

38 Then Mary responded, “See, I am the handmaid of the Lord; I wish for it be with me exactly according to this conversation!” And with that, the messenger left.  MIRROR

Josh 10:12 The day God gave the Amorites up to Israel, Joshua spoke to God, with all Israel listening: “Stop, Sun, over Gibeon; Halt, Moon, over Aijalon Valley.”

13 And Sun stopped, Moon stood stock still Until he defeated his enemies. (You can find this written in the Book of Jashar.) The sun stopped in its tracks in mid sky; just sat there all day. MSG

Acts 7:54 At that point they went wild, a rioting mob of catcalls and whistles and invective.

55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, hardly noticed — he only had eyes for God, whom he saw in all his glory with Jesus standing at his side.

56 He said, “Oh! I see heaven wide open and the Son of Man standing at God’s side!”

57 Yelling and hissing, the mob drowned him out. Now in full stampede,

58 they dragged him out of town and pelted him with rocks. The ringleaders took off their coats and asked a young man named Saul to watch them.

59 As the rocks rained down, Stephen prayed, “Master Jesus, take my life.”

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

Rev 12:11They defeated him through the blood of the Lamb and the bold word of their witness. They weren’t in love with themselves; they were willing to die for Christ. MSG

HEB 11:32 And so the list of faith-heroes continues. There is not enough time to tell the stories of Gideon and Barak and Sampson and Jephtah, of David, Samuel and the Prophets.

33 These are they who conquered kingdoms by faith. They accomplished righteousness by that same faith and thus secured the promise. By faith they shut the mouths of lions.  

34 Their faith extinguished powerful fires. They escaped from fierce battles. They were empowered in spite of their frailty. They became heroes in battle and caused hostile armies to flee before them.

35 By faith women received their children back from the dead. Others were severely tortured for their faith and refused to accept release when it was offered them on condition that they would renounce their opinions. To have accepted deliverance then could have saved their lives, but their faith saw a more honorable and glorious resurrection.

36 Still others were mocked and ridiculed for their faith: they were beaten up, shackled and imprisoned.

37 While some were stoned to death, others were sawn asunder with a wood saw. There were yet others who were tempted by the promise of possible release from torture, and then were brutally slaughtered with the sword. Many became wandering refugees with nothing but sheep and goatskins for clothing. They lost everything and were harassed and tormented.

38 The world did not realize their worth. These faith-heroes were often driven from their homes and forced to live in the deserts and mountains; sleeping like animals in caves and holes in the ground.

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

1 John 3:16  This is how we’ve come to understand and experience love: Christ sacrificed his life for us. This is why we ought to live sacrificially for our fellow believers, and not just be out for ourselves. MSG

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.  AMP

Matt 20:28 That is what the Son of Man has done: He came to serve, not be served — and then to give away his life in exchange for the many who are held hostage.” MSG

ROM 5:8  Herein is the extremity of God’s love gift: mankind was rotten to the core when Christ died their death.

9 If God could love us that much when we were ungodly and guilty, how much more are we free to realize his love now that we are declared innocent by his blood?(God does not love us more now that we are reconciled to him; we are now free to realize how much he loved us all along!   MIRROR

HEB 9:12 As High Priest, his permission to enter the Holy Place was not secured by the blood of beasts. By his own blood he obtained access on behalf of the human race. Only one act was needed for him to enter the most sacred place of grace and there to institute a ransom of perpetual consequence. MIRROR

HEB 9:14 How much more effective was the blood of Christ, when he presented his own flawless life through the eternal Spirit before God, in order to purge your conscience from its frustration under the cul-de-sac rituals of the law. There is no comparison between a guilt and duty-driven, dead religious system, and the vibrancy of living your life free from a sin-consciousness! This is what the new testament priesthood is all about! MIRROR

HEB 12:1 So now the stage is set for us: all these faith-heroes cheer us on; they are the cloud of witnesses; as it were, like a great multitude of spectators in the amphitheater. This is our moment. As with an athlete who is determined to win, it would be silly to carry any baggage of the old law-system that would weigh one down. Make sure you do not get your feet clogged up with sin-consciousness. Become absolutely streamlined in faith. Run the race of your spiritual life with total persuasion.  

2 Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the Prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy [of mankind’s salvation] when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As the executive authority of God [the right hand of the throne of God] he now occupies the highest seat of dominion to endorse mankind’s innocence!

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

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

THE POWER OF THE WORD 2-2-25 VIDEO

The Word of God, the Promises He has spoken and it will never fade away. His word will be active until it comes to pass. God is His Word.

MATT 24 34 I assure you, the end of this age will not come until all I have spoken comes to pass.

35 The earth and sky will wear out and fade away before one word I speak loses its power or fails to accomplish its purpose.” TPT

↓↓↓

Matt 24:34  Don’t take this lightly. I’m not just saying this for some future generation, but for all of you. This age continues until all these things take place.

35 Sky and earth will wear out; my words won’t wear out MSG

Ps 138:1 I WILL confess and praise You [O God] with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praises to You.

2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!   AMP

JN 1:13  These are the ones who discover their genesis in God, beyond their natural conception! This is not about our blood lineage or whether we were a wanted- or unwanted-child; this is about our God-begotteness. We are his dream come true and not the invention of our parents. You are indeed the greatest idea that God has ever had!  

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

PRO 30:5 Every promise from the faithful God is pure and proves to be true. He is a wraparound shield of protection for all his lovers who run to hide in him. TPT

Ps 119:11 I’ve banked your promises in the vault of my heart so I won’t sin myself bankrupt.

12 Be blessed, God; train me in your ways of wise living.

13 I’ll transfer to my lips all the counsel that comes from your mouth;

14 I delight far more in what you tell me about living than in gathering a pile of riches.

15 I ponder every morsel of wisdom from you, I attentively watch how you’ve done it.

16 I relish everything you’ve told me of life, I won’t forget a word of it. MSG

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.  AMP 

↓↓↓

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

Isa 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.  AMP

Ps 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him. AMP

ISA 55:11 So also will be the word that I speak it does not return to me unfulfilled.

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

↓↓↓

Isa 55:11 So will the words that come out of my mouth not come back empty-handed. They’ll do the work I sent them to do, they’ll complete the assignment I gave them. MSG

Ps 33:4 For God’s Word is solid to the core; everything he makes is sound inside and out.

5 He loves it when everything fits, when his world is in plumb-line true. Earth is drenched in God’s affectionate satisfaction.

6 The skies were made by God’s command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out.

7 He scooped Sea into his jug, put Ocean in his keg.

8 Earth-creatures, bow before God; world-dwellers — down on your knees!

9 Here’s why: he spoke and there it was, in place the moment he said so. MSG

PS 68:11 God Almighty declares the word of the gospel with power, and the warring women of Zion deliver its message: TPT

LUKE 1:2 Exactly as it has been handed down to us by those who were eyewitnesses since the beginning and therefore, under-rowers and pioneers in carrying the precious cargo of the Word.  

3 I too determined to acquaint myself thoroughly with the utmost attention to detail, scrutinising the unfolding of everything with fresh insight from a heavenly perspective. And thus, I produced this written record with you in mind, most honorable friend of God!  

4 My prayer is that this word will be a heavenly download into your spirit so that you may know beyond a shadow of a doubt the absolute certainty of these things that you were taught.  MIRROR

LUKE 8:11 This is what the parable means, God’s conversation with mankind is the seed.

12 The seed on the road means that some hear the word, then because of a typical inferior mindset, it is stolen from their hearts before it germinates and they remain trapped in their unbelief.

13 The rocky soil represent the ones who hear and receive the word with joy; but because they have no root to anchor them, their belief is brief and in times of temptation they fall away.

14 Then there is the seed that landed up amongst thorny bushes; they are the ones who also hear the word, but, in the course of life, the typical distractions that are associated with the pursuit of wealth and pleasures, suffocate them before any fruit matures.

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

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

LUKE 11:28 To which Jesus responded, “No! Much rather see the bigger picture and realize that the real blessing of my mission is fulfilled in people who hear my words and embrace the treasure they carry!    MIRROR

JOHN 15:3 Your personal pruning and dressing already happened in our conversation; The word made flesh in my person and language is how the Father prepares and sets you up for fruit bearing.  MIRROR

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

 ↓↓↓

Rom 10:8 So what exactly was Moses saying? The word that saves is right here, as near as the tongue in your mouth, as close as the heart in your chest. It’s the word of faith that welcomes God to go to work and set things right for us. This is the core of our preaching.

9 Say the welcoming word to God — “Jesus is my Master” — embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That’s salvation.

10 With your whole being you embrace God setting things right, and then you say it, right out loud: “God has set everything right between him and me!”   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

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!

17 Let every detail in your lives — words, actions, whatever — be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. MSG

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

13 The entire person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze

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

WORD “all effective.”  2 EDGED SWORD  God speaks his word, then we, in agreement, also speak his word and it becomes a two-mouthed sword. the Greek is “joint.”

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

↓↓↓

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

James 1:22  Don’t fool yourself into thinking that you are a listener when you are anything but, letting the Word go in one ear and out the other. Act on what you hear!

23 Those who hear and don’t act are like those who glance in the mirror,

24 walk away, and two minutes later have no idea who they are, what they look like.

25 But whoever catches a glimpse of the revealed counsel of God — the free life! — even out of the corner of his eye, and sticks with it, is no distracted scatterbrain but a man or woman of action. That person will find delight and affirmation in the action. MSG

RESTING IN GOD 1-31-25 VIDEO REST 2

The Father is calling us to rest in Him. It’s a spiritual rest from confusion, worry, stress, useless human effort. It means to be at peace to be still. It means to take a vacation from your troubles and leave it with God. Rest is holy it’s not a reward from productivity. It’s God‘s presence that gives us rest.

Ps 37:4  Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart.

5 Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass.

6 And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday.

7 Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. AMP

↓↓↓

PS 37:4 Find your delight and true pleasure in Yahweh, and he will give you what you desire the most.

5 Give God the right to direct your life, and as you trust him along the way, you’ll find he pulled it off perfectly!

6 He will appear as your righteousness, as sure as the dawning of a new day. He will manifest as your justice, as sure and strong as the noonday sun.

7 Quiet your heart in his presence and wait patiently for Yahweh. And don’t think for a moment that the wicked, in their prosperity, are better off than you.  TPT

GEN 2:2 By the seventh day, God had completed creating his masterpiece, so on the seventh day, he rested from all his work.

3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it sacred, because on it, he paused to rest from all his work of creation. TPT

Job 11:18 Full of hope, you’ll relax, confident again; you’ll look around, sit back, and take it easy.

19 Expansive, without a care in the world, you’ll be hunted out by many for your blessing.

20 But the wicked will see none of this. They’re headed down a dead-end road with nothing to look forward to — nothing.”  MSG

↓↓↓

Job 11:18 And you shall be secure and feel confident because there is hope; yes, you shall search about you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

19 You shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yes, many shall sue for your favor.

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost.  AMP

PS 62:1 In God, alone, my soul finds rest, for my deliverance comes from God, my rock my salvation my fortress I will never be shaken TIB

Ps 91:1  Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

2 This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him.

3 For he will rescue you from every trap and protect you from deadly disease NLB

Ps 127:2 It’s useless to rise early and go to bed late, and work your worried fingers to the bone. Don’t you know he enjoys giving rest to those he loves?  MSG

 ↓↓↓

PS 127:2 It really is senseless to work so hard from early morning till late at night, toiling make to a living for fear of not having enough. God can provide for his devoted lovers even while they sleep! TPT

PRO 3:24 You will sleep like a baby, safe and sound—your rest will be sweet and secure.

25 You will not be subject to terror, for it will not terrify you. Nor will the disrespectful be able to push you aside,

26 because God is your confidence in times of crisis, keeping your heart at rest in every situation. TPT

↓↓↓

Prov 3:24 You’ll take afternoon naps without a worry, you’ll enjoy a good night’s sleep.

25 No need to panic over alarms or surprises, or predictions that doomsday’s just around the corner,

26 Because God will be right there with you; he’ll keep you safe and sound. MSG

Matt 11:28 “Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.

29 Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”  MSG

↓↓↓

MATT 11:28 Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me. I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.

29 Simply join your life with mine. Learn my ways and you’ll discover that I’m gentle, humble, easy to please. You will find refreshment and rest in me.

30 For all that I require of you will be pleasant and easy to bear.”  TPT

Ex 33:14 And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. 

15 And Moses said to the Lord, Your If Presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here!  AMP

Isa 40:31 But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind. MSG

↓↓↓

Isa 40:31 But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.  AMP

Phil 4:6  Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. MSG

↓↓↓

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

7 And in this place of worship and gratitude you will witness how the peace of God within you echoes the awareness of your oneness in Christ Jesus beyond the reach of any thought that could possibly unsettle you. Just like the sentry guard secures a city, watching out in advance for the first signs of any possible threat, your deepest feelings and the tranquillity of your thoughts are fully guarded there.  MIRROR

Ps 16:9  Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety,

10 For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption. 

11 You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.   AMP

ISA 63:14 s a herder leads his cattle to find rest in a fertile valley, the Spirit of Yahweh led them into rest. In the same way, you led your people to win for yourself a glorious name!”      TPT

JER 6:16 Yahweh said to his people: “Stand at the crossroads. Now, consider your ways and ask for the ancient paths. Which is God’s way? Walk on his path, and you’ll enjoy a resting place for yourselves. But they said, ‘We will not. That’s not the path we want.’ ” TPT

Zeph 3:17 The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing. AMP

HEB 4:1 What a foolish thing it would be if we should now fail in a similar fashion to enter into his rest, where we get to celebrate the full consequences of our redemption.  MIRROR

Heb 4:3 If we believe, though, we’ll experience that state of resting. But not if we don’t have faith. Remember that God said, Exasperated, I vowed, “They’ll never get where they’re going, never be able to sit down and rest.” God made that vow, even though he’d finished his part before the foundation of the world.

4 Somewhere it’s written, “God rested the seventh day, having completed his work,”

5 but in this other text he says, “They’ll never be able to sit down and rest.”

6 So this promise has not yet been fulfilled. Those earlier ones never did get to the place of rest because they were disobedient.

7 God keeps renewing the promise and setting the date as today, just as he did in David’s psalm, centuries later than the original invitation: Today, please listen, don’t turn a deaf ear . . .  MSG

HEB 4:9 The conclusion is clear: the original rest is still in place for God’s people.  

10 God’s rest celebrates his finished work; whoever enters into God’s rest immediately abandons his own efforts to improve what God has already perfected.  

11 Let us therefore be prompt to understand and fully appropriate that rest and not fall again into the same trap that snared Israel in unbelief. MIRROR

↓↓↓

 Heb 4:9 So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God;

10 For he who has once entered [God’s] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. 

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

Luke 12:29 “What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with getting so you can respond to God’s giving. MSG

Dan 12:13  “And you? Go about your business without fretting or worrying. Relax. When it’s all over, you will be on your feet to receive your reward.”  MSG

Titus 1:2 [Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began.

3 And [now] in His own appointed time He has made manifest (made known) His Word and revealed it as His message through the preaching entrusted to me by command of God our Savior;  AMP

Ps 116:7 Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.  

8 For You have delivered my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling and falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

10 I believed (trusted in, relied on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken [even when I said], I am greatly afflicted.  AMP

POWER OF PRAYER 1-26-24 VIDEO SCIENCE OF PRAYER 2

We don’t just pray to show sympathy for someone or something. We pray because we believe in the God of miracles. 2025 is a year for the igniting of the fire of prayer. It’s more than asking God for things. It’s declaring the word using authority in the name of Jesus to change things. It’s not bargaining with God. Prayer is talking directly to God. Our prayers go before the throne of God. God hears our prayers in heaven, not one gets by Him. True prayer is often done privately with Jesus.

REV 5:8 The moment he took the scroll, the four Living Beings and the twenty four elders bowed down in worship in their priestly offices before the little Lamb. Each one had a stringed instrument and a typical temple vessel, a broad shallow saucer of pure gold, filled with incense – in the context of this imagery their praise represented the prayers and worship of the masses of saints – and every single one realized how sanctified they were because of the Lamb.  MIRROR

 ↓↓↓

Rev 5:8 The moment he took the scroll, the Four Animals and Twenty-four Elders fell down and worshiped the Lamb. Each had a harp and each had a bowl, a gold bowl filled with incense, the prayers of God’s holy people. MSG

REV 8:3 Then the eighth angel with a golden incense burner came and took his place at the incense altar. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer up, consisting of the prayers of God’s holy people, upon the golden altar that is before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the holy ones billowed up before God from the hand of the angel.

5 Then the angel filled the golden incense burner with coals of fire from the altar and hurled it onto the earth, releasing great peals of thunder, voices, lightning flashes, and an earthquake TPT

2 Chron 6:38 And now, dear God, be alert and attentive to prayer, all prayer, offered in this place. MSG

2 Chron 7:12 God appeared to Solomon that very night and said, “I accept your prayer; yes, I have chosen this place as a temple for sacrifice, a house of worship.

13 If I ever shut off the supply of rain from the skies or order the locusts to eat the crops or send a plague on my people,

14 and my people, my God-defined people, respond by humbling themselves, praying, seeking my presence, and turning their backs on their wicked lives, I’ll be there ready for you: I’ll listen from heaven, forgive their sins, and restore their land to health.

15 From now on I’m alert day and night to the prayers offered at this place.

16 Believe me, I’ve chosen and sanctified this Temple that you have built: My Name is stamped on it forever; my eyes are on it and my heart in it always. MSG

 1 COR 6:19 Have you forgotten that your body is now the sacred temple of the Spirit of Holiness, who lives in you? You don’t belong to yourself any longer, for the gift of God, the Holy Spirit, lives inside your sanctuary.

20 You were God’s expensive purchase, paid for with tears of blood, so by all means, then, use your body to bring glory to God! TPT

Neh 1:11 O Master, listen to me, listen to your servant’s prayer — and yes, to all your servants who delight in honoring you — and make me successful today so that I get what I want from the king.” I was cupbearer to the king. MSG

James 5:17  Elijah, for instance, human just like us, prayed hard that it wouldn’t rain, and it didn’t — not a drop for three and a half years.

18 Then he prayed that it would rain, and it did. The showers came and everything started growing again. MSG

 ↓↓↓

JAMES 5:17 Elijah was a man with human frailties, just like all of us, but he prayed and received supernatural answers. He actually shut the heavens over the land so there would be no rain for three and a half years!

18 Then he prayed again and the skies opened up over the land so that the rain came again and produced the harvest.  TPT

Job 22:27 You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you, and you will pay your vows.

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

Matt 6:5 “And when you come before God, don’t turn that into a theatrical production either. All these people making a regular show out of their prayers, hoping for stardom! Do you think God sits in a box seat?

6 “Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded place so you won’t be tempted to role-play before God. Just be there as simply and honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift from you to God, and you will begin to sense his grace.

7 “The world is full of so-called prayer warriors who are prayer-ignorant. They’re full of formulas and programs and advice, peddling techniques for getting what you want from God.

8 Don’t fall for that nonsense. This is your Father you are dealing with, and he knows better than you what you need.

9 With a God like this loving you, you can pray very simply. Like this: Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are.

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

11 Keep us alive with three square meals.

12 Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.

13 Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You’re in charge! You can do anything you want! You’re ablaze in beauty! Yes. Yes. Yes.  MSG

Hab 3:1 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk, with orchestra:

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

Mark 11:24 That’s why I urge you to pray for absolutely everything, ranging from small to large. Include everything as you embrace this God-life, and you’ll get God’s everything.

25 And when you assume the posture of prayer, remember that it’s not all asking. If you have anything against someone, forgive — only then will your heavenly Father be inclined to also wipe your slate clean of sins.”  MSG

↓↓↓

MK 11:24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours.

25 And whenever you stand praying, if you find that you carry something in your heart against another person, release him and forgive him so that your Father in heaven will also release you and forgive you of your faults TPT

1 Thess 5:16 Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually (always);

17 Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly];  AMP

ROM 8:26 The Spirit also sighs within us with words too deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bulls-eye every time.

27 He who has always known us, mirrors the mind of the Spirit within us and brings our conversation back to the point.    

28 Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His Master Plan is announced in our original identity.  MIRROR

EPH 6:18 Prayer is an ongoing conversation; praying in the spirit includes every form of prayer, whether it be a prayer of request or a prayer of thanksgiving, or worship or interceding for all to realize their saintly innocence. Oh, and remember, you do not have to do all the talking! Always be attentive to the voice of the Spirit. (Prayer is so much more than a one-way conversation.)

19 My most urgent request is for clarity of utterance every time I open my mouth to speak. I desire that my words will be gifted with inspiration, boldly articulating the mystery of the gospel.  MIRROR

Phil 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.  MSG

Col 4:2 Pray diligently. Stay alert, with your eyes wide open in gratitude.

3 Don’t forget to pray for us, that God will open doors for telling the mystery of Christ, even while I’m locked up in this jail.

4 Pray that every time I open my mouth I’ll be able to make Christ plain as day to them. MSG

1 Tim 4:5 God’s Word and our prayers make every item in creation holy. MSG

James 5:15 Believing-prayer will heal you, and Jesus will put you on your feet. And if you’ve sinned, you’ll be forgiven — healed inside and out. MSG

1 PET 3:12  For the eyes of the Lord Yahweh rest upon the godly, and his heart responds to their prayers. But he turns his back on those who practice evil. TPT

1 Peter 4:7 Since we are approaching the end of all things, be intentional, purposeful, and self-controlled so that you can be given to prayer.  TPT

MERCY TRUMPHS OVER JUDGEMENT  1-24-25

Mercy is not something God owes us, but it’s something He freely gives us. It is His extended kindness given to us when we don’t deserve it. God sits on the mercy seat and puts mercy over the law. Jesus showed mercy always in His miracle power. 

Mercy – means compassion or forgiveness upon someone by the One

Who made us who had the power to punish. It is undeserved and never earned.  

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

waiting for him to help them.  TPT

↓↓↓

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

James 2:13  For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment.  AMP

↓↓↓

JAMES 2:13 and remember that judgment is merciless for the one who judges others without mercy. So by showing mercy, you take dominion over judgment!  TPT

James 3:17 Real wisdom, God’s wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced.  MSG

Ex 20:6 and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments AMP

Ex 25:21 You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] that I will give you. 

22 There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites.  AMP

Deut 7:9 Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations,  AMP

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

LU 6:36 Mirror your Father’s compassion.

37 Cultivate the habit not to judge anyone! Mirrored in the Father’s mercy, you are never judged! Neither see anyone contrary to our shared likeness – since our equal participation in our Father’s attributes, is never in question! By setting someone else free from their obligation, you will be setting yourself free – the burden will fall off your shoulders!    MIRROR

↓↓↓

Luke 6:36-37 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. Do Not Judge Others

37 “Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven.

Ps 32:10  Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness.  AMP

Ps 59:16  But I will sing of Your mighty strength and power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning; for You have been to me a defense (a fortress and a high tower) and a refuge in the day of my distress.

17 Unto You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; for God is my Defense, my Fortress, and High Tower, the God Who shows me mercy and steadfast love.  AMP

Ps 86:16 O turn to me and have mercy and be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden. AMP

Isa 16:5 Then in mercy and loving-kindness shall a throne be established, and One shall sit upon it in truth and faithfulness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being swift to do righteousness.  AMP

↓↓↓

ISA 16:5 Then a government of unfailing love will be established, with a faithful king in the tabernacle of David, passionate for justice and swift to do what is right.  TPT

Matt 9:13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin).  AMP

↓↓↓

Matt 9:13 Go figure out what this Scripture means: ‘I’m after mercy, not religion.’ I’m here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.”  MSG

Luke 17:11 It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee.

12 As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance

13 but raised their voices, calling out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”

14 Taking a good look at them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” They went, and while still on their way, became clean.

15 One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.

16 He kneeled at Jesus’ feet, so grateful. He couldn’t thank him enough — and he was a Samaritan. MSG

Rom 3:24 [All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus,  AMP

 ↓↓↓

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

 ↓↓↓

ROM 3:24 While the law proved mankind’s dilemma, the grace of God announces the same mankind’s redemption in Jesus Christ! Their blameless innocence is a free gift! The gift-principle puts the idea of reward out of business! There is no exception – this belongs to every single person, Jew and Gentile alike! Mankind’s righteousness is now redeemed. Jesus Christ is proof of God’s grace gift; he redeemed the glory of God in human life; mankind condemned in the language of religion, is now mankind justified in the language of the gospel!   MIRROR

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

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

 ↓↓↓

Rom 9:15 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion (pity) on whom I will have compassion. 

16 So then [God’s gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God’s mercy. [It depends not on one’s own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God’s having mercy on him.]  AMP

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

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

Eph 2:3 We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us.

4 Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love,

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

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

Col 3:12 Clothe yourselves therefore, as God’s own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. AMP

PS 9:10 For everyone who knows your wonderful name keeps putting their trust in you.

They can count on you for help no matter what. O Lord, you will never, no never, neglect those who come to you.  TPT

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

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

Lam 3:22-23 It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. 

23 They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness.

AMP

↓↓↓

LAM 3:22-23 Yahweh’s tender mercies have no end, and the kindness of his endless love is never exhausted.

23 New, fresh mercies greet me with every sunrise. So wonderfully great is your faithfulness! TPT