MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 8-9-2020

Impossible means not able to happen, occur, exist or be done. We, the church, have not taken on the impossible too often. We have moved in our comfort zone. But now we must with the way things are now, the virus, jobs etc. We must have confidence in God to do through us what can otherwise not be done. The disciples were told to wait till they receive power to do it otherwise was impossible. But we have received the Holy Spirits power. Kingdom thinking knows anything is possible at any time. We think like God. Paul says he fully preached the gospel. That means he demonstrated with signs and wonders. What is impossible became possible.

Mark 10:27 Jesus was blunt: “No chance at all if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you let God do it.”  MSG

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MK 10:27 Jesus looked at them and replied, “With people it is impossible, but not with God—God makes all things possible!  TPT

Luke 1:37  For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. AMP

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LU 1:37 Ps 147:5 How great is our God! There’s absolutely nothing his power cannot accomplish, and he has infinite understanding of everything.  TPT

NOTHING- Not a thing”not even ever,”  at any time.”

Jer 32:17 ‘Dear GOD, my Master, you created earth and sky by your great power — by merely stretching out your arm! There is nothing you can’t do. MSG

Matt 19:26 But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God.  AMP

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

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

Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me?  AMP

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Jer 32:27 “Stay alert! I am God, the God of everything living. Is there anything I can’t do?  MSG

Gen 18:14 Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son.  AMP

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

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

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

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

Luke 24:49 And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high.  AMP  

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LU 24:49 And I will send the fulfillment of the Father’s promiseto you. So stay here in the city until the mighty power of heaven falls upon you and wraps around you.” TPT

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. AMP

John 7:38 Rivers of living water will brim and spill out of the depths of anyone who believes in me this way, just as the Scripture says.”  MSG

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JOHN 7:38 Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowingfrom your innermost being, just like the Scripture says! TPT

Rom 8:11 It stands to reason, doesn’t it, that if the alive-and-present God who raised Jesus from the dead moves into your life, he’ll do the same thing in you that he did in Jesus, bringing you alive to himself? When God lives and breathes in you (and he does, as surely as he did in Jesus), you are delivered from that dead life. With his Spirit living in you, your body will be as alive as Christ’s!

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RO 8:11 Yes, God raised Jesus to life! And since God’s Spirit of Resurrection lives in you, he will also raise your dying body to life by the same Spirit that breathes life into you! TPT

MK 16:17-18 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues. ¹⁸ They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous.And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.” TPT

John 14:12 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. AMP

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JN 14:12 “I tell you this timeless truth: The person who follows me in faith, believing in me, will do the same mighty miracles that I do—even greater miracles than these because I go to be with my Father! TPT

Rom 4:17 As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed.  AMP

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RO 4:17 That’s what the Scripture means when it says: “I have made you the father of many nations.” He is our example and father, for in God’s presence he believed that God can raise the dead and call into being things that don’t even exist yet.TPT

Phil 4:13 Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am.  MSG

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Phil 4:13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency].  AMP

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PHIL 4:13 I know what it means to lack, and I know what it means to experience overwhelming abundance. For I’m trained in the secret of overcoming all things, whether in fullness or in hunger. And I find that the strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficultyTPT

PS 71:18 God, now that I’m old and gray, don’t walk away. Give me grace to demonstrate to the next generation all your mighty miracles and your excitement, to show them your magnificent power! TPT

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

1 Cor 1:17 God didn’t send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what he has done, collecting a following for him. And he didn’t send me to do it with a lot of fancy rhetoric of my own, lest the powerful action at the center — Christ on the Cross — be trivialized into mere words. MSG

1 Cor 2:4 and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God’s Spirit and God’s power did it, MSG  ▼▼▼

1 COR 2:4 The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit.  TPT

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

Eph 1:19 oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him — endless energy, boundless strength!

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

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

22 He is in charge of it all, has the final word on everything. At the center of all this, Christ rules the church.

23 The church, you see, is not peripheral to the world; the world is peripheral to the church. The church is Christ’s body, in which he speaks and acts, by which he fills everything with his presence.  MSG

Eph 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think

[infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]

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1 Thess 1:5 For our [preaching of the] glad tidings (the Gospel) came to you not only in word, but also in [its own inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction and absolute certainty [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved [ourselves] to be among you for your good.  AMP

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

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

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

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

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

Ezek 12:21 God’s Message came to me:

22 “Son of man, what’s this proverb making the rounds in the land of Israel that says, ‘Everything goes on the same as ever; all the prophetic warnings are false alarms’?

23 “Tell them, ‘God, the Master, says, This proverb’s going to have a short life!’ “Tell them, ‘Time’s about up. Every warning is about to come true.

24 False alarms and easygoing preaching are a thing of the past in the life of Israel.

25 I, God, am doing the speaking. What I say happens. None of what I say is on hold. What I say, I’ll do — and soon, you rebels!’ Decree of God the Master.”

26 God’s Message came to me:

27 “Son of man, do you hear what Israel is saying: that the alarm the prophet raises is for a long time off, that he’s preaching about the far-off future?

28 Well, tell them, ‘God, the Master, says, “Nothing of what I say is on hold. What I say happens.”‘ Decree of God, the Master.” MSG

RELEASING THE GLORY OF HEAVEN FROM WITHIN YOU 8-7-2020

God wants us to speak out from the atmosphere of the glory that is within us. In the book of Acts the believers were so immersed in the glory that was in them so that the supernatural could always manifest through them. Peter was so immersed in the glory even his shadow healed the sick or was it his shadow- maybe it was a glory zone established around him. GLORY-self-manifestation of God. The glory is still the physical manifestation of the Divine presence. We have the glory So that we can give it away. God’s glory always shows itself in tangible ways.

Ezek 1:27 From what had the appearance of His waist upward, I saw a lustre as it were glowing metal with the appearance of fire enclosed round about within it; and from the appearance of His waist downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness [of a halo] round about Him.

28 Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face and I heard a voice of One speaking.  AMP

Ezek 43:4 And the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east.

5 Then the Spirit caught me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple.  AMP

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Ezek 43:4 The bright Glory of God poured into the Temple through the east gate. 5 The Spirit put me on my feet and led me to the inside courtyard and — oh! the bright Glory of God filled the Temple!  MSG

Ex 29:43 There I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory [the Shekinah, God’s visible presence].   AMP

John 1:14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.  AMP

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

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2 COR 6:16  What friendship does God’s templehave with demons? For indeed, we are the temple of the living God, just as God has said: I will make my home in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they will be my people   TPT

PS 85:9 For I know your power and presence shines on all your lovers. Your glory always hovers over all who bow low before you. TPT

Phil 3:21 who will transform our earthy bodies into glorious bodies like his own. He’ll make us beautiful and whole with the same powerful skill by which he is putting everything as it should be, under and around him.  MSG

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PHIL 3:21 who will transform our humble bodiesand transfigure us into the identical likeness of his glorified body. And using his matchless power, he continually subdues everything to himself.  TPT

1 Peter 4:13  But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly].

14 If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are you — happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.  AMP

COL 1:27 To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.  TPT 

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Col 1:27 God wanted everyone, not just Jews, to know this rich and glorious secret inside and out, regardless of their background, regardless of their religious standing. The mystery in a nutshell is just this: Christ is in you, therefore you can look forward to sharing in God’s glory. It’s that simple. That is the substance of our Message.  MSG

John 2:11  This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him].  AMP

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

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

John 6:56 He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.  AMP

Gal 1:15 But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased 

16 To reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone].  AMP

Eph 3:20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] —  AMP

1 John 5:18 We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ’s divine presence within him preserves him against the evil], and the wicked one does not lay hold (get a grip) on him or touch [him].  AMP

2 Cor 3:18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.  MSG

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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 transfiguredinto his very image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit TPT

COL 3:4 And as Christ himself is seen for who he really is, who you really are will also be revealed, for you are now one with him in his glory!  TPT

PS 145:10-13 Everything you have made will praise you, fulfilling its purpose. And all your godly lovers will be found bowing before you.
¹¹ They will tell the world of the lavish splendor of your kingdom and preach about your limitless power.
¹² They will demonstrate for all to see your miracles of might and reveal the glorious majesty of your kingdom.¹³ You are the Lord who reigns over your never-ending kingdom through all the ages of time and eternity! You are faithful to fulfill every promise you’ve made.
You manifest yourself as kindness in all you do.  TPT 

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Ps 145:10  Creation and creatures applaud you, God;

11 your holy people bless you. They talk about the glories of your rule, they exclaim over your splendor,

12 Letting the world know of your power for good, the lavish splendor of your kingdom.

13 Your kingdom is a kingdom eternal; you never get voted out of office. God always does what he says, and is gracious in everything he does. MSG

Matt 6:13 And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. AMP

Isa 40:5 And the glory (majesty and splendor) of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.  AMP

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ISA 40:5 Then Yahweh’s radiant glory will be unveiled, and all humanitywill experience it together. Believe it, for Yahweh has spoken his decree!” TPT

JN  17:22-23 For the very glory you have given to me I have given them so that they will be joined together as one and experience the same unity that we enjoy.
²³ You live fully in me and now I live fully in them so that they will experience perfect unity, and the world will be convinced that you have sent me, for they will see that you love each one of themwith the same passionate love that you have for me.  TPT

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John 17:22  The same glory you gave me, I gave them, So they’ll be as unified and together as we are — 

23 I in them and you in me. Then they’ll be mature in this oneness, And give the godless world evidence That you’ve sent me and loved them In the same way you’ve loved me.  MSG

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John 17:22 I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one:

23 I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me.  AMP

Isa 60:1-3 ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you — rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! 

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

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

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

Deut 5:24 and said, “Our God has revealed to us his glory and greatness. We’ve heard him speak from the fire today! We’ve seen that God can speak to humans and they can still live.   MSG

Ps 96:3 Take the news of his glory to the lost, News of his wonders to one and all!   MSG

Eph 1:12 So that we who first hoped in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and appointed to] live for the praise of His glory!  AMP

Eph 3:16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality].  AMP

COL 1:11 And we pray that you would be energized with all his explosive power from the realm of his magnificent glory, filling you with great hope TPT

2 Thess 1:10 When He comes to be glorified in His saints [on that day He will be made more glorious in His consecrated people], and [He will] be marveled at and admired [in His glory reflected] in all who have believed [who have adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him], because our witnessing among you was confidently accepted and believed [and confirmed in your lives]. AMP

RIGHTEOUSNESS  8-2-2020

Righteousness is our mantle. We have inherited righteousness which is God righteousness. Faith or trust in God is righteousness. Starting with Abraham. Even before Jesus finished his work. A mantle is a covering also an important job that passes from one generation to the next. If God judges us in righteousness then he favors those who are righteous. He sees himself in us. Righteousness  becomes us our position and state of being. Right- wiseness 

Isa 64:6  For we have all become like one who is unclean [ceremonially, like a leper], and all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags or a polluted garment; we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away [far from God’s favor, hurrying us toward destruction].  

Job 22:3 So what if you were righteous — would God Almighty even notice? Even if you gave a perfect performance, do you think he’d applaud? MSG

Ro 10:9 Now your salvation is realized! Your own words echo God’s voice. The unveiling of the masterful act of Jesus formed the words in your mouth, inspired by the conviction in your heart that God indeed raised him from the dead.

10 Heart faith confirms the fact of mankind’s righteousness and ignites the kind of conversation consistent with salvation. Mirror

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Rom 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. NKJV

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

Rom 4:5 But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it — you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked — well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift. MSG

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

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

PRAYER Ps 34:15 The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry.

16 The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

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

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PS 34:15-17 The Lord sees all we do; he watches over his friends day and night. His godly ones receive the answers they seek whenever they cry out to him.
¹⁶ But the Lord has made up his mind to oppose evildoers and to wipe out even the memory of them from the face of the earth.
¹⁷ Yet when holy lovers of God cry out to him with all their hearts, the Lord will hear them and come to rescue them from all their troubles. TPT

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

25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the

[uncompromisingly] righteous have an everlasting foundation. AMP

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PROV 10:24 The lawless are haunted by their fears and what they dread will come upon them, but the longings of the lovers of God will all be fulfilled.
²⁵ The wicked are blown away by every stormy wind. But when a catastrophe comes, the lovers of God have a secure anchor. TPT

Ps 34:19 Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. AMP

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PS 34:19 Even when bad things happen to the good and godly ones, the Lord will save them and not let them be defeated by what they face. TPT

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

PROV 11:18-19 Evil people may get a short-term gain, but to sow seeds of righteousness will bring a true and lasting reward.
¹⁹ A son of righteousnessexperiences the abundant life, but the one who pursues evil hurries to his own death. TPT

PS 89:14 Your glorious throne rests on a foundation of righteousness and just verdicts. Grace and truth are the attendants who go before you. TPT

Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a crown!  AMP

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

Prov 21:21 He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor.  AMP

Isa 54:14 You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God’s will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.  AMP 

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ISA 54:14 You will be established in righteousness. Oppression—be far from them! Fear—be far from them!  Yes, terror will not come near you, nor will you be afraid. TPT

Isa 54:17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.   

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

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PS 72:7 In the days of his reign the righteous will spring forth with the abundance of peace and prosperity forevermore. TPT

Prov 4:18  But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and clearer) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day [to be prepared].   AMP

Prov 10:16 The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin. AMP

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

James 5:16 Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working].  AMP

Rom 6:18. Sin once called the shot; now righteousness rules. I want to say as plainly as possible: you willingly offered your faculties to obey sin, you stained your body with unclean acts and allowed lawlessness to gain supremacy in all your conduct; and exactly the same way, I now encourage you to present your faculties and person to the supremacy of righteousness to find unrestricted expression in your lifestyle. You were sins slaves without any obligation to righteousness.  MIRROR

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ROM 6:18-20 And now you celebrate your freedom from your former master—sin. You’ve left its bondage, and now God’s perfect righteousness holds power over you as his loving servants.

¹⁹ I’ve used the familiar terms of a “servant” and a “master” to compensate for your weakness to understand. For just as you surrendered your bodies and souls to impurity and lawlessness, which only brought more lawlessness into your lives, so now surrender yourselves as servants of righteousness, which brings you deeper into true holiness.

²⁰ For when you were bound as servants to sin, you lived your lives free from any obligation to righteousness.  TPT

Rom 8:10 But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].  AMP

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RO 8:10 Now Christ lives his life in you! And even though your body may be dead because of the effects of sin, his life-giving Spirit imparts life to you because you are fully accepted by God. TPT

Prov 11:4 Riches provide no security in any day of wrath and judgment, but righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) delivers from death.  AMP

ROM 5:21 And just as sin reigned through death, so also this sin-conquering grace will reign as king through righteousness, imparting eternal life through Jesus, our Lord and Messiah! TPT

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Rom 5:21. Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now Grace is taking over through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us. Mirror

ROM 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of rules about food and drink, but is in the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace, and joy. TPT

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

2 COR 5:21 For God madethe only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we who did not know righteousness might become the righteousness of God through our union with him.  TPT

Phil 1:11 May you abound in and be filled with the fruits of righteousness (of right standing with God and right doing) which come through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the honor and praise of God [that His glory may be both manifested and recognized]. AMP

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PHIL 1:11 And you will be filled completely with the fruits of righteousnessthat are found in Jesus, the Anointed One—bringing great praise and glory to God! TPT

1 Tim 6:11 But you, Timothy, man of God: Run for your life from all this. Pursue a righteous life — a life of wonder, faith, love, steadiness, courtesy.

12 Run hard and fast in the faith. Seize the eternal life, the life you were called to, the life you so fervently embraced in the presence of so many witnesses.MSG

2 Tim 3:16 Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action),  AMP

2 Tim 4:8 [As to what remains] henceforth there is laid up for me the [victor’s] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and recompense me on that [great] day — and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing (His return). AMP

THE COMEBACK 7-30-2020

Come back, to return to your rightful place. The Spirit of God is calling those who once were positioned in their calling but were hurt and cast out by the body of Christ. Some choose sin and didn’t receive the love of God for themselves. They thought they could do this on their own. To live their lives on their own. But God is calling them back. Their comeback will be miraculous. The prodigals will be healed from their broken hearts.

ROM 8:28-39 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, whohave been called according to his purpose.

²⁹ For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.

³⁰ And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.

³¹ What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

³² He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?

³³ Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.

³⁴ Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.

³⁵ Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

³⁶ As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

³⁸ For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,

³⁹ neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. TPT

Joel 2:13  Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God. And here’s why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, always ready to cancel catastrophe. MSG

LU 15:20-24 So he got up and went to his father. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

²¹ “The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

²² “But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.

²³ Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate.

²⁴ For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate. TPT

Rom 11:29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]

30 Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience,

31 So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you — through you as messengers of the Gospel to them].

32 For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike].  AMP

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RO 11:29-32 for God’s gifts and his call are irrevocable.

³⁰ Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

³¹ so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may nowreceive mercy as a result of God’s mercy to you.

³² For God has bound everyone over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all. TPT

1 Thess 5:24 Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you].  AMP

2 Thess 1:11 With this in view we constantly pray for you, that our God may deem and count you worthy of [your] calling and [His] every gracious purpose of goodness, and with power may complete in [your] every particular work of faith (faith which is that leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). AMP

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2 THESS 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. TPT

2 Tim 1:9 [For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago].  AMP

2 Peter 1:10 So, friends, confirm God’s invitation to you, his choice of you. Don’t put it off; do it now. Do this, and you’ll have your life on a firm footing, MSG

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2 Peter 1:10 Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall.  AMP

Isa 44:22 I’ve wiped the slate of all your wrongdoings. There’s nothing left of your sins. Come back to me, come back. I’ve redeemed you.”  MSG

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ISA 44:22 I have swept away your offenses like a cloud, your sins like the morning mist. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.” TPT

Hos 12:6 What are you waiting for? Return to your God! Commit yourself in love, in justice! Wait for your God, and don’t give up on him — ever! MSG

Zech 1:3  So give to the people this Message from God-of-the-Angel-Armies: ‘Come back to me and I’ll come back to you. MSG

Isa 35:10 And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.  AMP

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Isa 35:10 The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night. MSG

Zech 9:12 Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], you prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you.   AMP

ISA 61:6-7 And you will be called priests of the Lord, you will be named ministers of our God. You will feed on the wealth of nations, and in their riches you will boast.

⁷ Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours. TPT

Ps 34:18 If your heart is broken, you’ll find God right there; if you’re kicked in the gut, he’ll help you catch your breath.

19 Disciples so often get into trouble; still, God is there every time.

20 He’s your bodyguard, shielding every bone; not even a finger gets broken.

21 The wicked commit slow suicide; they waste their lives hating the good.

22 God pays for each slave’s freedom; no one who runs to him loses out. MSG

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

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

Jer 15:19  Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile [cleansing your own heart from unworthy and unwarranted suspicions concerning God’s faithfulness], you shall be My mouthpiece. [But do not yield to them.] Let them return to you — not you to [the people].  AMP

Acts 3:19  “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you,

20 and send you the Messiah he prepared for you, namely, Jesus.

21 For the time being he must remain out of sight in heaven until everything is restored to order again just the way God, through the preaching of his holy prophets of old, said it would be. MSG

Deut 4:30  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

Deut 30:2  and come back to God, your God, and obey him with your whole heart and soul according to everything that I command you today,

3 God, your God, will restore everything you lost; he’ll have compassion on you; he’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered. MSG

EPH 3:14-21 For this reason I kneel before the Father,

¹⁵ from whom every familyin heaven and on earth derives its name.

¹⁶ I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,

¹⁷ so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love,

¹⁸ may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ,

¹⁹ and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

²⁰ Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

²¹ to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.   TPT

ENDUED WITH LIGHT  7-12-2020 The ‪‎holy fire is a miracle that happens every year in the church or resurrection the bright Saturday day in Jerusalem. The patriarch enters to Christ’s tomb holding candles and pray, then goes out with the candles lighten by the holy fire that never hurts when people touch it. VIDEO

Endued means to be gifted with some unique quality or ability. Without light there would be no form of life. We’re not talking about the sun the moon the stars etc. we’re talking about The Light of the world Jesus. The Hebrew word for light means illumination lighting, happiness, bright, clear, day, morning to be, to set on fire, to shine. Darkness in the Hebrew means misery, destruction, death, sorrow, wickedness, impaired vision, curse. Albert Einstein‘s theory of relativity: light is constant, light is the only constant, light is the only unchangeable thing.

GEN 1:1-4  When God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was completely formless and empty with nothing but darkness over the deep. God‘s Spirit hovered over the face of the waters  and then God announced Let there be light, and light burst forth. And God saw their light as pleasing and beautiful.  He used the light to dispel the darkness.”.  TPT

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Gen 1:1 First this: God created the Heavens and Earth — all you see, all you don’t see.

2 Earth was a soup of nothingness, a bottomless emptiness, an inky blackness. God’s Spirit brooded like a bird above the watery abyss.

3 God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared.

4 God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.  MSG

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Luke 1:34 Then Mary spoke to the angel, “How can this be,” she said, “I am not married!”

35-37 But the angel made this reply to her – “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the most high will overshadow you. Your child will therefore be called holy – the Son of God. PHILLIPS

Ps 104:2 [You are the one] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent, AMP

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

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

JESUS John 1:1 The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God,

2 in readiness for God from day one.

3 Everything was created through him; nothing — not one thing! —

came into being without him.

4 What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by.

5 The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.  MSG

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JN 1:6   Then suddenly a man appeared who was sent from God, a messenger named John.
⁷ For he came to be a witness, to point the way to the Light of Life, and to help everyone believe.
⁸ John was not that Light but he came to show who is. For he was merely a messenger to speak the truth about the Light.
⁹ For the Light of Truthwas about to come into the world and shine upon everyone. TPT

MATT 4:16 You who spend your days shrouded in darkness can now say, “We have seen a brilliant Light.” And those who live in the dark shadow land of death can now say, “The Dawning Light arises on us.” TPT

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Matt 4:16 People sitting out their lives in the dark saw a huge light; Sitting in that dark, dark country of death, they watched the sun come up.  MSG

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

John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the world’s Light.  AMP

MATT 17:5-6 But while Peter was still speaking, a radiant cloud composed of light spread over them, enveloping them all. And God’s voice suddenly spoke from the cloud, saying, “This is my dearly loved Son, the constant focus of my delight. Listen to him!”  TPT

JN 3:19  And here is the basis for their judgment: The Light of God has now come into the world, but the hearts of people love their darkness more than the Light, because they want the darkness to conceal their evil. TPT

2 Cor 4:4 All they have eyes for is the fashionable god of darkness. They think he can give them what they want, and that they won’t have to bother believing a Truth they can’t see. They’re stone-blind to the dayspring brightness of the Message that shines with Christ, who gives us the best picture of God we’ll ever get.

5 Remember, our Message is not about ourselves; we’re proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. All we are is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you.

 6 It started when God said, “Light up the darkness!” and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and beautiful.  MSG

GODS WORD PS 19:8 His teachings make us joyful and radiate his light; his precepts are so pure! His commands, how they challenge us to keep close to his heart! The revelation-light of his word makes my spirit shine radiant. TPT

Ps 119:130 The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. AMP

OUR LIGHT Ex 10:21 God said to Moses: “Stretch your hand to the skies. Let darkness descend on the land of Egypt — a darkness so dark you can touch it.”

22 Moses stretched out his hand to the skies. Thick darkness descended on the land of Egypt for three days.

23 Nobody could see anybody. For three days no one could so much as move. Except for the Israelites: they had light where they were living. MSG

Ps 97:11 Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection].  AMP

MATT 5:14-16  “Your lives light up the world. Let others see your light from a distance, for how can you hide a city that stands on a hilltop?

¹⁵ And who would light a lamp and then hide it in an obscure place? Instead, it’s placed where everyone in the house can benefit from its light.

¹⁶ So don’t hide your light  Let it shine brightly before others, so that the commendable things you do will shine as light upon them, and then they will give their praise to your Father in heaven.” TPT 

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Matt 5:14  “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill.

15 If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand.

16 Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand — shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven. MSG

John 12:36 As you have the light, believe in the light. Then the light will be within you, and shining through your lives. You’ll be children of light.” Their Eyes Are Blinded Jesus said all this, and then went into hiding.  MSG

PS 112:4 Even if darkness overtakes them, sunrise-brilliance will come bursting through because they are gracious to others, so tender and true. TPT

Prov 13:9 The lives of good people are brightly lit streets; the lives of the wicked are dark alleys. MSG

2 Cor 3:17 They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We’re free of it!

18 All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him.  MSG

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

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

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EPH 5:8-9 Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light!

⁹ And the supernatural fruits of his lightwill be seen in you—goodness, righteousness, and truth.  TPT

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

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

1 PET 2:9 But you are God’s chosen treasure—priests who are kings, a spiritual “nation” set apart as God’s devoted ones. He called you out of darkness to experience his marvelous light, and now he claims you as his very own. He did this so that you would broadcast his glorious wonders throughout the world. TPT

1 JN 1:5-7 This is the life-giving messagewe heard him share and it’s still ringing in our ears. We now repeat his words to you: God is pure light. You will never find even a trace of darkness in him.

⁶ If we claim that we share life with him, but keep walking in the realm of darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not living the truth.

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

PS 27:1 The Lord is my revelation-light to guide me along the way, he’s the source of my salvation to defend me every day. I fear no one! I’ll never turn back and run from you, Lord; surround and protect me. TPT

Ps 4:6 Many say, Oh, that we might see some good! Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord.  AMP

PS 36:9 To know you is to experience a flowing fountain, drinking in your life, springing up to satisfy. In your light we receive the light of revelation. TPT

PS 56:13 For you have saved my soul from death and my feet from stumbling
so that I can walk before the Lord bathed in his life-giving light. TPT

Col 1:13 [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,  AMP

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

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

EPH 5:13 Whatever the revelation-light exposes, it will also correct, and everything that reveals truth is light to the soul. TPT

1 JN 2:9 Anyone who says, “I am in the light,” while holding hatred in his heart toward a fellow believer is still in the darkness.

¹⁰ But the one who truly loves a fellow believer lives in the light, and there is nothing in him that will cause someone else to stumble.

¹¹ But whoever hates a fellow believer lives in the darkness—stumbling around in the dark with no clue where he is going, for he is blinded by the darkness. TPT

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

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

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

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

CAST YOUR CARES ON ME 7-10-2020  

Cares is a state of mind in which one is troubled, worried, or anxious, or has grief, or has sorrow. Each persons cares vary as to what troubles one person may not trouble another. Worry-distress, anxiety it is a form of torment.

The word cast or casting means to move away from you by using force. To take off you. Do not let it cling. Like a fisherman throwing the net out into deep waters.

1 Peter 5:7 Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.  AMP

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1 Peter 5:7 Live carefree before God; he is most careful with you. MSG

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1 PET 5:7 Pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, for he always tenderly cares for you. TPT

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1 Peter 5:7 You can throw the whole weight of your anxieties upon him, for you are his personal concern. PHILLIPS

PS 55:22 So here’s what I’ve learned through it all: Leave all your cares and anxieties at the feet of the Lord, and measureless grace will strengthen you. TPT

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.

8 Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious — the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse.

9 Put into practice what you learned from me, what you heard and saw and realized. Do that, and God, who makes everything work together, will work you into his most excellent harmonies. MSG

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

⁷ then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ.

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

Prov 15:15 All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. AMP

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PROV 15:15 Everything seems to go wrong when you feel weak and depressed.
But when you choose to be cheerful, every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness TPT

Ps 94:19 In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! AMP

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PS 94:19 Whenever my busy thoughts were out of control, the soothing comfort of your presence calmed me down and overwhelmed me with delight. TPT

PRO 12:25 Anxious fear brings depression, but a life-giving word of encouragement can do wonders to restore joy to the heart. TPT

This insightful proverb can also be translated “Stop worrying! Think instead of what brings you gladness.” Our focus must never be on what we can’t change but on the everlasting joy we have in Christ. Sometimes we have to find the life-giving word of encouragement rising up in our own hearts. This is the secret of finding perpetual encouragement by the Word that lives in us.

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Prov 12:25 Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up. MSG

Luke 12:22 And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear. AMP

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LU 12:22 Jesus taught his disciples, saying, “Listen to me. Never let anxiety enter your hearts. Never worry about any of your needs, such as food or clothing. TPT

Luke 12:24 Look at the ravens, free and unfettered, not tied down to a job description, carefree in the care of God. And you count far more.  MSG

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LU 12:24 Take the carefree birds as your example. Do you ever see them worry? They don’t grow their own food or put it in a storehouse for later. Yet God takes care of every one of them, feeding each of them from his love and goodness. Isn’t your life more precious to God than a bird? Be carefree in the care of God! TPT

Luke 12:28 If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, most of them never even seen, don’t you think he’ll attend to you, take pride in you, do his best for you?  MSG

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LU 12:28 If God can clothe the fields and meadows with grass and flowers, can’t he clothe you as well, O struggling one with so many doubts? TPT

Matt 6:31 What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving.

32 People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.

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

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 to make a living for fear of not having enough. God can provide for his lovers even while they sleep! TPT

Ps 13:2 Long enough I’ve carried this ton of trouble, lived with a stomach full of pain. Long enough my arrogant enemies have looked down their noses at me.

3 Take a good look at me, God, my God; I want to look life in the eye,

4 So no enemy can get the best of me or laugh when I fall on my face.

5 I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms —  I’m celebrating your rescue.

6 I’m singing at the top of my lungs, I’m so full of answered prayers. MSG

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PS 13:2-6 How much longer must I cling to this constant grief? I’ve endured this shaking of my soul. So how much longer will my enemy have the upper hand? It’s been long enough!³ Take a good look at me, God, and answer me! Breathe your life into my spirit. Bring light to my eyes in this pitch-black darkness or I will sleep the sleep of death.
⁴ Don’t let my enemy proclaim, “I’ve prevailed over him.” For all my adversaries will celebrate when I fall.
⁵ Lord, I have always trusted in your kindness, so answer me. I will yet celebrate with passion and joy when your salvationlifts me up.
⁶ I will sing my song of joy to you, the Most High, for in all of this you have strengthened my soul. My enemies say that I have no Savior, but I know that I have one in you! TPT

Job 5:11 He raises up the down-and-out, gives firm footing to those sinking in grief.

MK 4:18-20 And the seed sown among thorns represents those who hear the Word,

¹⁹ but they allow the cares of this life and the seduction of wealth and the desires for other things to crowd out and choke the Word so that it produces nothing.

²⁰ “But the seed sown on good soil represents those who open their hearts to receive the Word and their lives bear good fruit—some yield a harvest of thirty, sixty, even one hundred times more than was sown!”  TPT

James 5:11 What a gift life is to those who stay the course! You’ve heard, of course, of Job’s staying power, and you know how God brought it all together for him at the end. That’s because God cares, cares right down to the last detail.

12 And since you know that he cares, let your language show it. Don’t add words like “I swear to God” to your own words. Don’t show your impatience by concocting oaths to hurry up God. Just say yes or no. Just say what is true. That way, your language can’t be used against you.  MSG

1 Sam 2:8 He puts poor people on their feet again; he rekindles burned-out lives with fresh hope, Restoring dignity and respect to their lives —  a place in the sun!

For the very structures of earth are God’s; he has laid out his operations on a firm foundation.

9 He protectively cares for his faithful friends, step by step, but leaves the wicked to stumble in the dark. No one makes it in this life by sheer muscle! MSG

Luke 21:32 Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that definite period of time) will not perish and pass away until all has taken place.

33 The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My words will not pass away.

34 But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;

35 For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth.

36 Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man. AMP

Matt 6:34 So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble. AMP  ▼▼▼

MATT 6:34 Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time.Tomorrow will take care of itself.” TPT

Heb 2:6 It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him?

7 For some little time You have ranked him lower than and inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands, 

8 For You have put everything in subjection under his feet. Now in putting everything in subjection to man, He left nothing outside [of man’s] control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him [man].

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

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HEB 2:6-9 But the Scriptures affirm: What is man that you would even think about him, or care about Adam’s race.
⁷ You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You placed your glory and honor upon his head as a crown. And you have given him dominion over the works of your hands,
⁸ For you have placed everything under his authority. This means that God has left nothing outside the control of his Son, even if presently we have yet to see this accomplished.

⁹ But we see Jesus, who as a man, lived for a short time lower than the angels and has now been crowned with glorious honor because of what he suffered in his death. For it was by God’s gracethat he experienced death’s bitterness on behalf of everyone! TPT

Ps 41:2 God looks after us all, makes us robust with life — Lucky to be in the land, we’re free from enemy worries. MSG

Isa 8:12 “Don’t be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them. Don’t fear what they fear. Don’t take on their worries.  MSG

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ISA 8:12 “Don’t believe their every conspiracy rumor. And don’t fear what they fear—don’t be moved or terrified.  TPT

Proverbs 15:15 Everything seems to go wrong when you feel weak and depressed. But when you choose to be cheerful, every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness. TPT

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

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

VIDEO DON’T WORRY

WORSHIP 4-5-2020

Worship provides a rest in the middle of a battle. All we have been hearing every day, all the fear has tried bombarding us. We need to set aside a time to just worship God. Reminding us of his love and eternal presence. Seen him in his power and glory. We recall who God is when we worship him. We put him the forefront of our mind. Worship is not just singing praise songs, it’s not the first 45 minutes of a church service. It literally means to bow down and acknowledge God‘s greatness in his nature. He is a omnipotent. God is love, he is immutable he is omnipresent.

PS 22:25-28 You’re the reason for my praise; it comes from you and goes to you. I will keep my promise to praise you before all who fear you among the congregation of your people.
²⁶ I will invite the poor and broken, and they will come and eat until satisfied. Bring Yahweh praise and you will find him. Your hearts will overflow with life forever!
²⁷ From the four corners of the earth, the peoples of the world will remember and return to the Lord. Every nation will come and worship him.
²⁸ For the Lord is King of all, who takes charge of all the nations.  TPT

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Ps 22:25 Here in this great gathering for worship I have discovered this praise-life. And I’ll do what I promised right here in front of the God-worshipers.

26 Down-and-outers sit at God’s table and eat their fill. Everyone on the hunt for God is here, praising him. “Live it up, from head to toe. Don’t ever quit!”

27 From the four corners of the earth people are coming to their senses,

are running back to God. Long-lost families are falling on their faces before him.

28 God has taken charge; from now on he has the last word.  MSG

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

REV 1:8 “I am the Aleph and the Tav,” says the Lord God, “who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.” TPT

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REV 22:13 I am the Aleph and the Tav, the First and the Last,the Beginning and the Completion.”TPT

FUTURE ISA 43:12-13 I am the only one who revealed this to you.  I saved you, foretoldthe future, and brought it to pass. It was not some foreign god who did this! You are my witnesses that I am God,” declares Yahweh.
¹³ “From the very beginning, I am the only God! No one can be snatched from my hand. When I choose to act, who can reverse it?” TPT ▼▼▼

Isa 43:12 I spoke, I saved, I told you what existed long before these upstart gods appeared on the scene. And you know it, you’re my witnesses, you’re the evidence.” God’s Decree. “Yes, I am God.

13 I’ve always been God and I always will be God. No one can take anything from me. I make; who can unmake it?”   MSG

PS 23:6 So why would I fear the future? For your goodness and 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

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

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

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1 PET 1:4-5 We are reborn into a perfect inheritancethat can never perish, never be defiled, and never diminish. It is promised and preserved forever in the heavenly realm for you!

⁵ Through our faith, the mighty power of God constantly guardsus until our full salvationis ready to be revealedin the last time.  TPT

HEAVEN REV 4:8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings, full of eyes all around and under their wings. They worshiped without ceasing, day and night, singing, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty!  The Was, the Is, and the Coming!”  TPT

Ascribe attributes Num 14:17 And now, I pray You, let the power of my Lord be great, as You have promised, saying, 

18 The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation.  AMP

Job 5:20 “In famine, he’ll keep you from starving, in war, from being gutted by the sword.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ps 67:2 That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations.  AMP

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

Ps 147:5 Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible and boundless. AMP

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

healing Luke 6:19  And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them all [saving them from severe illnesses or calamities].  AMP

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Luke 6:19  Everyone was trying to touch him — so much energy surging from him, so many people healed!  MSG

Luke 8:46 But Jesus said, Someone did touch Me; for I perceived that [healing] power has gone forth from Me.  AMP

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Luke 8:46 Jesus insisted, “Someone touched me. I felt power discharging from me.”   MSG

Deut 7:13 He will love you, he will bless you, he will increase you. He will bless the babies from your womb and the harvest of grain, new wine, and oil from your fields; he’ll bless the calves from your herds and lambs from your flocks in the country he promised your ancestors that he’d give you.

14 You’ll be blessed beyond all other peoples: no sterility or barrenness in you or your animals.

15 God will get rid of all sickness. And all the evil afflictions you experienced in Egypt he’ll put not on you but on those who hate you. MSG

EPH 4:10 The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfillmentof all things. TPT

rescues us Ps 54:1 SAVE ME, O God, by Your name; judge and vindicate me by Your mighty strength and power.  AMP

MATT 6:13 Rescue us every time we face tribulationand set us free from evil. For you are the King who rules with power and glory forever. Amen. TPT

1 John 3:19 This is the only way we’ll know we’re living truly, living in God’s reality.

20 It’s also the way to shut down debilitating self-criticism, even when there is something to it. For God is greater than our worried hearts and knows more about us than we do ourselves.  MSG

Job 23:13 But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does.

14 For He performs [that which He has] planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful.  AMP 

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Job 23:13 “But he is singular and sovereign. Who can argue with him? He does what he wants, when he wants to.

14 He’ll complete in detail what he’s decided about me, and whatever else he determines to do.  MSG

Rom 11:29 For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]  AMP

love   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 31:7 I’m leaping and singing in the circle of your love; you saw my pain, you disarmed my tormentors,

8 You didn’t leave me in their clutches but gave me room to breathe. MSG

RO 8:35-39 Who could ever separate us from the endless love of God’s Anointed One? Absolutely no one! For nothing in the universe has the power to diminish his love toward us. Troubles, pressures, and problems are unable to come between us and heaven’s love. What about persecutions, deprivations, dangers, and death threats? No, for they are all impotent to hinder omnipotent love,

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

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

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

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

EPH 1:4-5 And he chose us to be his very own, joining us to himself even before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordainedus, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence.

^5–6 For it was always in his perfect planto adoptus as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace—for the same love he has for his Beloved One, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!TPT

1 JN 3:1 Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him. TPT

1 JN 4:8-10 The one who doesn’t love has yet to know God, for God is love. ⁹ The light of God’s love shined within uswhen he sent his matchlessSon into the world so that we might live through him.

¹⁰ This is love: He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins. TPT

SUPERNATURAL POWER  4-3-2020

Supernatural power is the power that goes beyond the natural forces. It goes beyond natural laws and scientific understanding. The world is seeking power. Power to rule and control man’s actions and thoughts. But there is a power that lives in every believer who has the Holy Spirit. Supernatural force that raises the dead, cast out demons. and heals the sick. It is the church and we must stop being unimpressed with the power of the Holy Spirit that lives inside us and is upon us. Supernatural power proves to us that we have a new life.

ACTS 1:7-8 He answered, “The Father is the one who sets the fixed dates and the times of their fulfillment. You are not permitted to know the timing of all that he has prepared by his own authority.

⁸ But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be my messengersto Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces—even to the remotest places on earth!” TPT

John 18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power) belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it has no such origin or source]. AMP

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

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JN 16:33 And everything I’ve taught you is so that the peace which is in me will be in you and will give you great confidence as you rest in me. For in this unbelieving world you will experience trouble and sorrows, but you must be courageous, for I have conquered the world!”TPT

JN 17:2 You have already given me authorityover all people so that I may give
 the gift of eternal life to all those that you have given to me. TPT

ACTS 2:1-6  On the day Pentecost was being fulfilled, all the disciples were gathered in one place.

² Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of windrushing into the housefrom out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!

³ Then all at once a pillar of fire appeared before their eyes. It separated into tongues of fire that engulfedeach one of them.

⁴ They were all filled and equippedwith the Holy Spirit and were inspiredto speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned!

⁵ Now, at that time there were Jewish worshiperswho had emigrated from many different lands to live in Jerusalem.

⁶ When the peopleof the city heard the roaring sound, crowds came running to where it was coming from, stunned over what was happening, because each one could hear the disciples speaking in his or her own language. TPT

ACTS 4:7-11 They made Peter and John stand in front of the council as they questioned them, saying, “Tell us, by what power and authority have you done these things?”

⁸ Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered, “Respected elders and leaders of the people, listen.

⁹ Are we being put on trial today for doing an act of kindness by healing a frail, crippled man? Well then,

¹⁰ you and everyone else in Israel should know that it is by the power of the name of Jesus that the crippled man stands here today completely healed! You crucified Jesus Christ of Nazareth, but God raised him from the dead.

¹¹ This Jesus is ‘the stone that you, the builders, have rejected, and now he has become the cornerstone!’

12 There is no one elsewho has the power to save us, for there is only one name to whom God has given authority by which we must experience salvation: the name of Jesus. TPT

ACTS 4:13-14 The council members were astonished as they witnessed the bold courageof Peter and John, especially when they discovered that they were just ordinary men who had never had religious training. Then they began to understand the effect Jesus had on them simply by spending time with him.

¹⁴ Standing there with them was the healed man, and there was nothing further they could say. TPT

Acts 11:21 And the presence of the Lord was with them with power, so that a great number [learned] to believe (to adhere to and trust in and rely on the Lord) and turned and surrendered themselves to Him.  AMP

Acts 8:10 He had them all, from little children to old men, eating out of his hand. They all thought he had supernatural powers, and called him “the Great Wizard.”

11 He had been around a long time and everyone was more or less in awe of him.

12 But when Philip came to town announcing the news of God’s kingdom and proclaiming the name of Jesus Christ, they forgot Simon and were baptized, becoming believers right and left!

13 Even Simon himself believed and was baptized. From that moment he was like Philip’s shadow, so fascinated with all the God-signs and miracles that he wouldn’t leave Philip’s side.  MSG

Acts 10:38 How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. AMP

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ACTS 10:38 “Jesus of Nazareth was anointed by God with the Holy Spirit and with great power. He did wonderful things for others and divinely healed all who were under the tyranny of the devil, for God had anointed him.  TPT

Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God’s power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek,  AMP

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ROM 1:16 I refuse to be ashamed of sharing the wonderful message of God’s liberating power unleashed in us through Christ! For I am thrilled to preach that everyone who believes is saved—the Jew first, and then people everywhere!  TPT

ROM 6:4-5 Sharing in his death by our baptism means that we were co-buried and entombed with him, so that when the Father’s glory raised Christ from the dead, we were also raised with him. We have been co-resurrected with him so that we could be empowered to walk in the freshness of new life.

⁵ For since we are permanently grafted into him to experience a death like his, then we are permanently grafted into him to experience a resurrection like his and the new life that it imparts. TPT

2 COR 13:4 For although he was crucified as a “weakling,” now he lives robed with God’s power. And we also are “weak ones” in our co-crucifixion with him, but now we live in God’s triumphant power together with him, which is demonstrated on your behalf. TPT

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

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ROM 15:19 And I will not be presumptuous to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me. For many non-Jewish people are coming into faith’s obedience by the power of the Spirit of God, which is displayed through mighty signs and amazing wonders, both in word and deed. Starting from Jerusalem I went from place to place as far as the distant Roman province of Illyricum, fully preaching the wonderful message of Christ TPT

1 Cor 1:5 [So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning].  AMP

1 COR 1:18 To preach the messageof the cross seems like sheer nonsense to those who are on their way to destruction, but to us who are on our way to salvation, it is the mighty power of God released within us. TPT

1 Cor 2:4  and so nothing I said could have impressed you or anyone else. But the Message came through anyway. God’s Spirit and God’s power did it,

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

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1 COR 2:4-5 The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit.

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

1 Cor 4:20 God’s Way is not a matter of mere talk; it’s an empowered life. MSG

2 Cor 3:5 Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God.  AMP

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

Eph 3:18  That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];

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

20 Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams] —  AMP

2 Tim 1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

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

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2 Tim 1:7 God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.

8 So don’t be embarrassed to speak up for our Master or for me, his prisoner. Take your share of suffering for the Message along with the rest of us. We can only keep on going, after all, by the power of God,

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

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2 TIM 1:7-8  For God will never give you the spirit of fear but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-control.

⁸ So never be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor be embarrassed over my imprisonment, but overcome every evil by the revelation of the power of God! TPT

John 17:18 Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.  AMP

JESUS IS THE KING 6-28-2020

We are closing out the month by worshiping the King. We are in need of a true leader in the world today. One who will lay down his life for the people. Fix your eyes on the King.

Ps 74:12  God is my King from the very start; he works salvation in the womb of the earth. MSG

Isa 43:15  I am GOD, your Holy One, Creator of Israel, your King.”  MSG

John 18:33 Upon hearing this, Pilate went back inside his palace and summoned Jesus. Looking him over, Pilate asked him, “Are you really the king of the Jews?”

³⁴ Jesus replied, “Are you asking because you really want to know,or are you only asking this because others have said it about me?”

³⁵ Pilate responded, “Only a Jew would care about this; do I look like a Jew? It’s your own people and your religious leaders that have handed you over to me. So tell me, Jesus, what have you done wrong?”

³⁶ Jesus looked at Pilate and said, “The royal power of my kingdom realm doesn’t come from this world. If it did, then my followers would be fighting to the end to defend me from the Jewish leaders. My kingdom realm authority is notfrom this realm.”

³⁷ Then Pilate responded, “Oh, so then you are a king?” “You are right.” Jesus said, “I was born a King, and I have come into this world to prove what truth really is. And everyone who loves the truthwill receive my words.”

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John 18:33 Pilate went back into the palace and called for Jesus. He said, “Are you the ‘King of the Jews’?”

34 Jesus answered, “Are you saying this on your own, or did others tell you this about me?”

35 Pilate said, “Do I look like a Jew? Your people and your high priests turned you over to me. What did you do?”

36 “My kingdom,” said Jesus, “doesn’t consist of what you see around you. If it did, my followers would fight so that I wouldn’t be handed over to the Jews. But I’m not that kind of king, not the world’s kind of king.”

37 Then Pilate said, “So, are you a king or not?” Jesus answered, “You tell me. Because I am King, I was born and entered the world so that I could witness to the truth. Everyone who cares for truth, who has any feeling for the truth, recognizes my voice.”  MSG

Acts 13:21 Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 And when He had deposed him, He raised up David to be their king; of him He bore witness and said, I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart, who will do all My will and carry out My program fully

23 Of this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior [in the person of Jesus], according to His promise.  AMP

1 Cor 15:25 For [Christ] must be King and reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet.  

26 The last enemy to be subdued and abolished is death.

27 For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ’s] feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him.  AMP

PS 24:7-10 So wake up, you living gateways! Lift up your heads, you ageless doors of destiny! Welcome the King of Glory, for he is about to come through you.
⁸ You ask, “Who is this Glory-King?” The Lord, armed and ready for battle,
the Mighty One, invincible in every way!
⁹ So wake up, you living gateways, and rejoice! Fling wide, you ageless doors of destiny! Here he comes; the King of Glory is ready to come in.
¹⁰ You ask, “Who is this King of Glory?” He is the Lord of Victory, armed and ready for battle, the Mighty One, the invincible commander of heaven’s hosts! Yes, he is the King of Glory! Pause in his presence TPT

PS 47:2 The Lord God Most High is astonishing, awesome beyond words!
He’s the formidable and powerful King over all the earth. TPT

Rev 15:3 And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, Mighty and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God the Omnipotent! Righteous (just) and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the ages (King of the nations)!  AMP

REV 17:14 They will wage war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings! Those who are with him will also conquer them, and they are called ‘chosen ones’ and ‘faithful ones.’” TPT

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

US  Eph 2:6 And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed one). SHARERS / THRONE

ISA 32:1-2 Look—a new era begins! A king will reign with righteousness, and his princesaccording to justice!
² Each will be a hiding place from the stormy wind and a secret shelter from the tempest. Life will flow from each one, like streams of waterin the desert, like the refreshing shade of a massive rock in a weary, thirsty land.  TPT

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Isa 32:1 But look! A king will rule in the right way, and his leaders will carry out justice.

2 Each one will stand as a shelter from high winds, provide safe cover in stormy weather. Each will be cool running water in parched land, a huge granite outcrop giving shade in the desert.  MSG

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

WORSHIP PS 72:5-20 The sun and moon will stop shining before your lovers will stop worshiping; for ages upon ages the people will love and adore you!
⁶ Your favor will fall like rain upon our surrendered lives, like showers reviving the earth.
⁷ In the days of his reign the righteous will spring forth with the abundance of peace and prosperity forevermore.⁸ May he subdue and take dominion from sea to sea; may he rule from the river to the rim.
⁹ Desert nomads are bowing at his feet, every enemy falling facedown, biting the dust!¹⁰ Distant kings will surrender and come with their gifts from every continent and coastland; they will offer their tribute to you.
¹¹ O King of kings, they will all bow before you. O King of kings, every nation will one day serve you.
^12–13 He will care for the needy and neglected when they cry to him for help. The humble and helpless will know his kindness, for with a father’s compassion he will save their souls.¹⁴ They will be rescued from tyranny and torture, for their lifeblood is precious in his eyes.
¹⁵ Long live this King! May the wealth of the world be laid before him. May there be ceaseless praise and prayer to him. May all the blessing be brought to him.
¹⁶ Bless us with a bountiful harvest, with golden grain swaying on the mountain fields! May the cities be full of praising people, fruitful and filled—¹⁷ So that his name may be honored forever! May the fame of his name spring forth! May it shine on, like the sunshine! In him all will be blessed to bless others, and may all the people bless the One who blessed them.
¹⁸ Praise forever Jehovah-God, the God of Israel! He is the one and only God of wonders, surpassing every expectation.
¹⁹ The blazing glory of his name will be praised forever! May all the earth overflow with his glory! Faithful is our King! Amen! TPT

PS 47:6-9 Sing and celebrate! Sing some more, celebrate some more! Sing your highest song of praise to our King!⁷ For God is the triumphant King; the powers of earth are all his. So sing your celebration songs of highest praise to the glorious Enlightened One!⁸ Our God reigns over every nation. He reigns on his holy throne over all.
⁹ All the nobles and princes, the loving servants of the God of Abraham, they all gather to worship. Every warrior’s shield is now lowered as surrendered trophies before this King. He has taken his throne, high and lofty, exalted over all! TPT

PS 74:12  You have always been, and always will be, my King. You are the mighty conqueror, working wonders all over the world.  TPT

Ps 95:3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.  AMP

PS 98:6-9 Blow those trumpets and shofars! Shout with joyous triumph before King Yahweh!
⁷ Let the ocean’s waves join in the chorus with their roaring praise until everyone everywhere shouts out in unison, “Glory to the Lord!”
⁸ Let the rivers and streams clap with applause as the mountains rise in a standing ovation to join the mighty choir of exaltation.
⁹ Look! Here he comes! The Lord and judge of all the earth! He’s coming to make things right and to do it fair and square. And everyone will see that he does all things well!  TPT

1 Tim 1:17 Deep honor and bright glory to the King of All Time — One God, Immortal, Invisible, ever and always. Oh, yes!  MSG

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1 TIM 1:17 Because of this my praises rise to the King of all the universewho is indestructible, invisible, and full of glory, the only Godwho is worthy of the highest honors throughout all of time and throughout the eternity of eternities! Amen! TPT

FUTURE   Isa 33:17 Oh, you’ll see the king — a beautiful sight! And you’ll take in the wide vistas of land.

18 In your mind you’ll go over the old terrors: “What happened to that Assyrian inspector who condemned and confiscated? And the one who gouged us of taxes? And that cheating moneychanger?”

19 Gone! Out of sight forever! Their insolence nothing now but a fading stain on the carpet! No more putting up with a language you can’t understand, no more sounds of gibberish in your ears.

20 Just take a look at Zion, will you? Centering our worship in festival feasts! Feast your eyes on Jerusalem, a quiet and permanent place to live. No more pulling up stakes and moving on, no more patched-together lean-tos.

21 Instead, God! God majestic, God himself the place in a country of broad rivers and streams, But rivers blocked to invading ships, off-limits to predatory pirates.

22 For God makes all the decisions here. God is our king. God runs this place and he’ll keep us safe.

23 Ha! Your sails are in shreds, your mast wobbling, your hold leaking. The plunder is free for the taking, free for all —  for weak and strong, insiders and outsiders.

24 No one in Zion will say, “I’m sick.” Best of all, they’ll all live guilt-free. MSG

1 TIM 6:15-19 Yes, God will make his appearing in his own divine timing, for he is the exalted God, the only powerful One, the King over every king, and the Lord of power!

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

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

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

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

2 Tim 2:8 Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David, according to the good news (the Gospel) that I preach.  AMP

Isa 9:7 His ruling authority will grow, and there’ll be no limits to the wholeness he brings. He’ll rule from the historic David throne over that promised kingdom. He’ll put that kingdom on a firm footing and keep it going  With fair dealing and right living, beginning now and lasting always. The zeal of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies will do all this. MSG

REV 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and a loud voice broke forth in heaven, saying: “The kingdom of the worldhas become the kingdom of our Godand of his Anointed One! He will reign supreme for an eternity of eternities!” TPT

BEAR UP 6-26-2020

Suffering in the Bible does not mean tolerating pain or discomfort. It’s referring to worry, anxiety, pressure and trials. We are to bear up under these circumstances and hard times because victory has already been given to us. 

Dan 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, it is not necessary for us to answer you on this point.

17 If our God Whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, He will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up! 

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury and his facial expression was changed [to antagonism] against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times hotter than it was usually heated.

20 And he commanded the strongest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.

21 Then these [three] men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics or undergarments, their turbans, and their other clothing, and they were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.

22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame and sparks from the fire killed those men who handled Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the burning fiery furnace.

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king [saw and] was astounded, and he jumped up and said to his counselors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered, True, O king.

25 He answered, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods!   

26 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire.

27 And the satraps, the deputies, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered around together and saw these men — that the fire had no power  garments scorched or changed in color or condition, nor had even the smell of smoke clung to them.  AMP

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Deut 4:20 But you — God took you right out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to become the people of his inheritance — and that’s what you are this very day. MSG

Rom 8:17 And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory. AMP ▼▼▼

Rom 8:17 And since we are his true children, we qualify to share all his treasures, for indeed, we are heirs of God himself. And since we are joined to Christ, we also inherit all that he is and all that he has. We will experience being co-glorified with him provided that we accept his sufferings as our own. TPT

1 Cor 10:13 For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. AMP

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1 COR 10:13 We all experiencetimes of testing, which is normal for every human being. But God will be faithful to you. He will screen and filter the severity, nature, and timing of every test or trial you faceso that you can bear it. And each test is an opportunity to trust him more, for along with every trial God has provided for you a way of escapethat will bring you out of it victoriously TPT

2 Cor 4:8 We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair;

9 We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed;

10 Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies.

11 For we who live are constantly [experiencing] being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced through our flesh which is liable to death.

12 Thus death is actively at work in us, but [it is in order that our] life [may be actively at work] in you.

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

2 Cor 6:4 Our work as God’s servants gets validated — or not — in the details. People are watching us as we stay at our post, alertly, unswervingly . . . in hard times, tough times, bad times;

5 when we’re beaten up, jailed, and mobbed; working hard, working late, working without eating;

6 with pure heart, clear head, steady hand; in gentleness, holiness, and honest love;

7 when we’re telling the truth, and when God’s showing his power; when we’re doing our best setting things right;

8 when we’re praised, and when we’re blamed; slandered, and honored; true to our word, though distrusted;

9 ignored by the world, but recognized by God; terrifically alive, though rumored to be dead; beaten within an inch of our lives, but refusing to die;

10 immersed in tears, yet always filled with deep joy; living on handouts, yet enriching many; having nothing, having it all.

11 Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life.

12 We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way.

13 I’m speaking as plainly as I can and with great affection. Open up your lives. Live openly and expansively!  MSG

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

1 John 5:4 Every God-begotten person conquers the world’s ways. The power that brings the world to its knees is our faith.

5 The person who wins out over the world’s ways is simply the one who believes Jesus is the Son of God. MSG

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1 JN 5:4-5 You see, every child of God overcomesthe world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world.

⁵ So who are the world conquerors, defeating its power? Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. TPT

ISA 53:4-5 Yet he was the one who carried our sicknessesand endured the torment of our sufferings. We viewed him as one who was being punished for something he himself had done, as one who was struck down by God and brought low.
⁵ But it was because of our rebellious deeds that he was piercedand because of our sins that he was crushed He endured the punishment that made us completely whole, and inhis woundingwe found our healing. TPT

Rom 8:18 That’s why I don’t think there’s any comparison between the present hard times and the coming good times.

19 The created world itself can hardly wait for what’s coming next.

20 Everything in creation is being more or less held back. God reins it in

21 until both creation and all the creatures are ready and can be released at the same moment into the glorious times ahead. Meanwhile, the joyful anticipation deepens.

22 All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. MSG

2 TIM 1:12 The confidence of my calling enables me to overcome every difficulty without shame, for I have an intimate revelation of this God. And my faith in him convinces me that he is more than able to keep all that I’ve placed in his hands safe and secure until the fullness of his appearing.

¹³ Allow the healing words you’ve heard from me to live in you and make them a model for life as your faith and love for the Anointed One grows even more. ¹⁴ Guard well this incomparable treasure by the Spirit of Holiness living within you. TPT    

2 Tim 2:3 When the going gets rough, take it on the chin with the rest of us, the way Jesus did.

4 A soldier on duty doesn’t get caught up in making deals at the marketplace. He concentrates on carrying out orders.

 5 An athlete who refuses to play by the rules will never get anywhere.

6 It’s the diligent farmer who gets the produce.

7 Think it over. God will make it all plain.

8 Fix this picture firmly in your mind: Jesus, descended from the line of David, raised from the dead. It’s what you’ve heard from me all along.

9 It’s what I’m sitting in jail for right now — but God’s Word isn’t in jail!

10 That’s why I stick it out here — so that everyone God calls will get in on the salvation of Christ in all its glory.

11 This is a sure thing: If we die with him, we’ll live with him;

12 If we stick it out with him, we’ll rule with him; If we turn our backs on him, he’ll turn his back on us;

13 If we give up on him, he does not give up — for there’s no way he can be false to himself.  MSG

1 PET 2:19-24 You find God’s favor by deciding to please God even when you endure hardships because of unjust suffering.

²⁰ For what merit is it to endure mistreatment for wrongdoing? Yet if you are mistreated when you do what is right, and you faithfully endure it, this is commendable before God.

²¹ In fact, you were called to live this way, because Christ also suffered in your place, leaving you his example for you to follow.

²² He never sinned and he never spoke deceitfully.

²³ When he was verbally abused, he did not return with an insult; when he suffered, he would not threaten retaliation. Jesus faithfully entrusted himself into the hands of God, who judges righteously.

²⁴ He himself carried our sinsin his body on the crossso that we would be dead to sinand live for righteousness. Our instant healing flowed from his wounding. TPT

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

16 Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.  AMP

Heb 2:18 For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].  AMP

JAMES 1:2 My fellow believers, when it seems as though you are facing nothing but difficulties see it as an invaluable opportunity to experience the greatest joy that you can!

³ For you know that when your faith is testedit stirs up power within you to endure all things.

⁴ And then as your endurance grows even stronger it will release perfection into every part of your being until there is nothing missing and nothing lacking. TPT

Isa 41:10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to *difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.  AMP

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Rom 8:37 None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us.

38 I’m absolutely convinced that nothing — nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic, today or tomorrow,

39 high or low, thinkable or unthinkable — absolutely nothing can get between us and God’s love because of the way that Jesus our Master has embraced us. MSG

ISA 25:8 It is the gloom of death! He will swallow it up in victory forever!And God, Lord Yahweh, will wipe away  every tear from every face. He will remove every trace of disgrace  that his people have suffered throughout the world, for the Lord Yahweh has promised it! TPT

1 Cor 15:57 But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three — sin, guilt, death — are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!

58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort.  MSG