SPIRITUAL HUNGER 2-15-19 VIDEO SPOKEN WORD INTIMACY

There is a place in the Spirit where we cry out for more. In this season we know that there’s a deep deep hunger to know God more. Only God can satisfy us. From this place of hunger power comes forth and once again the world will be changed and turned upside down. What are you hungry for? Hunger can be a good thing it’s the greatest persuader I know of. It is a marvelous power. Nations have learned that you can do almost anything with the populace that gets hungry. And when they get hungry watch out. There’s a certain spirit of desperation that accompanies hunger.

Hunger is a strong desire or craving for something that without it you are never satisfied.

Matt 5:6 Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! AMP

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Matt 5:6 “You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat. MSG

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MATT 5:6 How enriched you are when you crave righteousness. For you will be surrounded with fruitfulness. TPT

PS 119:81 I’m lovesick with yearnings for more of your salvation, for my heart is entwined with your word. TPT

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

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PS 34:1O Even the strong and the wealthy grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing. TPT

Luke 4:4 And Jesus replied to him, It is written, Man shall not live and be sustained by (on) bread alone but by every word and expression of God. AMP

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LUKE 4:4 Jesus replied, “I will not For it is written in the Scriptures ‘Life does not come only from eating bread but from God. Life flows from every revelation from his mouth.’ TPT

1 PET 2:2 In the same way that nursing infants cry for milk, you must intensely crave the pure spiritual milk of God’s Word. For this “milk” will cause you to grow into maturity, fully nourished and strong for life— TPT

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

Luke 6:21 Blessed (happy — with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition — and to be envied) are you who hunger and seek with eager desire now, for you shall be filled and completely satisfied! Blessed (happy — with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition — and to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh! AMP

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Luke 6:21 You’re blessed when you’re ravenously hungry. Then you’re ready for the Messianic meal. You’re blessed when the tears flow freely. Joy comes with the morning. MSG ↓↓↓

Luke 6:21 How filled you become when you are consumed with hunger and desire, for you will be completely satisfied, Passion

PROV 25:21 Is your enemy hungry? Buy him lunch. Win him over with your kindness
²² Your surprising generosity will awaken his conscience and God will reward you with favor. TPT

Matt 12:1 One Sabbath, Jesus was strolling with his disciples through a field of ripe grain. Hungry, the disciples were pulling off the heads of grain and munching on them.

2 Some Pharisees reported them to Jesus: “Your disciples are breaking the Sabbath rules!”

3 Jesus said, “Really? Didn’t you ever read what David and his companions did when they were hungry,

4 how they entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat?   MSG

Ps 119:20 My soul is starved and hungry, ravenous! — insatiable for your nourishing commands.  MSG

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PS 119:20 I am continually consumed by these irresistible longings,
these cravings to obey your every commandment! TPT

Ps 119:40 See how hungry I am for your counsel; preserve my life through your righteous ways!   MSG

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PS 119:40 See how I long with cravings for more of your ways?
Let your righteousness revive my spirit! TPT

Ps 42:7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. KJV

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Ps 42:7 My deep need calls out to the deep kindness of your love. Your waterfall of weeping sent waves of sorrow over my soul, caring me away, cascading over me like a thundering cataract. Passion

Eccl 6:7 We work to feed our appetites; Meanwhile our souls go hungry. MSG

Isa 55:10 Just as rain and snow descend from the skies and don’t go back until they’ve watered the earth, Doing their work of making things grow and blossom,

producing seed for farmers and food for the hungry,

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

Col 1:6 It’s the same all over the world. The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger, just as it has in you. From the very first day you heard and recognized the truth of what God is doing, you’ve been hungry for more. MSG   ▼▼▼

COL 1:6 This is the wonderful message that is being spread everywhere, powerfully changing hearts throughout the earth, just like it has changed you! Every believer of this good news bears the fruit of eternal life as they experience the reality of God’s grace. TPT

PS 63:5 I overflow with praise when I come before you, for the anointing of your presence satisfies me like nothing else. You are such a rich banquet of pleasure to my soul. TPT

LU 1:53 Those who hunger for him will always be filled but the smug and self-satisfied he will send away empty. TPT

1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation,

3 Since you have [already] tasted the goodness and kindness of the Lord. AMP

Ps 81:10 I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. AMP

Eph 3:19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! AMP

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EPH 3:19  Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God! TPT

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

PHIL 3:12  I admit that I haven’t yet acquired the absolute fullness that I’m pursuing, but I run with passion into his abundance so that I may reach the purpose that Jesus Christ has called me to fulfill and wants me to discover.

¹³ I don’t depend on my own strength to accomplish this; however I do have one compelling focus: I forget all of the past as I fasten my heart to the future instead.

¹⁴ I run straight for the divine invitation of reaching the heavenly goal and gaining the victory-prize through the anointing of Jesus.

¹⁵ So let all who are fully mature have this same passion, and if anyone is not yet gripped by these desires, God will reveal it to them. TPT

Ps 27:8 You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word].

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2 Chron 20:3 Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah. AMP

Ps 70:4 May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified! AMP

1 Chron 16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually! AMP

2 Chron 26:5 He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the things of God; and as long as he sought (inquired of, yearned for) the Lord, God made him prosper. AMP

2 Chron 14:7 Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours, because we sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him [yearning for Him with all our desire] and He has given us rest and peace on every side. So they built and prospered. AMP

PS 24:6  They will stand before God, for they seek the pleasure of God’s face, the God of Jacob. Pause in his presence TPT

Isa 26:9 My soul yearns for You [O Lord] in the night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly; for [only] when Your judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God). AMP

Ps 42:1 AS THE hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.

2 My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?   AMP

Ps 63:1 God — you’re my God! I can’t get enough of you! I’ve worked up such hunger and thirst for God, traveling across dry and weary deserts. MSG

PS 81:10 I am your only God, the living God. Wasn’t I the one who broke the strongholds over you and raised you up out of bondage? Open your mouth with a mighty decree; I will fulfill it now, you’ll see! The words that you speak, so shall it be! TPT

GOD RUSHES TO COME TO THE AID OF HIS CHILDREN 2-10-19 VIDEO

He rescues us because he delights in us. Rescues means to preserve us from loss or danger set us free from suffering. The light we provide a true source of joy and pleasure for the Lord. He is proud of us like a father is of their newborn baby even though the baby doesn’t do anything to deserve it just looks cute to the parents.

PS 18:6 I cried out to you in my distress, the delivering God, and from your temple-throne you heard my troubled cry. My sobs came right into your heart
and you turned your face to rescue me.
⁷ The earth itself shivered and shook. It reeled and rocked before him.  As the mountains trembled, they melted away!  For his anger was kindled, burning on my behalf.
⁸ Fierce flames leapt from his mouth, erupting with blazing, burning coals as smoke and fire encircled him.
^9–10 He stretched heaven’s curtain open and came to my defense. Swiftly he rode to earth as the stormy sky was lowered. He rode a chariot of thunderclouds amidst thick darkness, a cherub his steed as he swooped down, soaring on the wings of Spirit-wind.
¹¹ Wrapped and hidden in the thick-cloud darkness, his thunder-tabernacle surrounded him. He hid himself in mystery-darkness; the dense rain clouds were his garments.
¹² Suddenly the brilliance of his presence broke through with lightning bolts and with a mighty storm from heaven— like a tempest dropping coals of fire. TPT   ▼▼▼

PS 18:16  He then reached down from heaven, all the way from the sky to the sea. He reached down into my darkness to rescue me! He took me out of my calamity and chaos and drew me to himself, taking me from the depths of my despair!
¹⁷ Even though I was helpless in the hands of my hateful, strong enemy, you were good to deliver me.
¹⁸ When I was at my weakest, my enemies attacked— but the Lord held on to me.
¹⁹ His love broke open the way and he brought me into a beautiful broad place. He rescued me—because his delight is in me!   TPT

Isa 63:9 In all their troubles, he was troubled, too. He didn’t send someone else to help them. He did it himself, in person. Out of his own love and pity he redeemed them. He rescued them and carried them along for a long, long time.

Psalms 34:17 Is anyone crying for help? GOD is listening, ready to rescue you.

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Psalms 91:15 Call me and I’ll answer, be at your side in bad times; I’ll rescue you, then throw you a party. MSG

Psalms 91:3 That’s right — he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. MSG

Jer 20:13 Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor and needy from the hands of evildoers. AMP

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Jer 20:13 Sing to God! All praise to God! He saves the weak from the grip of the wicked.   MSG

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

James 5:20 and you will have rescued precious lives from destruction and prevented an epidemic of wandering away from God. MSG

1 Thess 1:10 They marvel at how expectantly you await the arrival of his Son, whom he raised from the dead — Jesus, who rescued us from certain doom. MSG

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1 THESS 1:10 And now you eagerly expect his Son from heaven—Jesus, the deliverer, whom he raised from the dead and who rescues us from the coming wrath. TPT

2 COR 1:10 He has rescued us from terrifying encounters with death. And now we fasten our hopes on him to continue to deliver us from death yet again, TPT

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2 Cor 1:10 [For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that He will again deliver us [from danger and destruction and draw us to Himself], AMP

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2 Cor 1:10 And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. MSG

Job 33:24 A messenger who would mercifully intervene, canceling the death sentence with the words: ‘I’ve come up with the ransom!’ MSG

Job 5:19 From one disaster after another he delivers you; no matter what the calamity, the evil can’t touch you —

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

Ps 144:11 Rescue me from the enemy sword, release me from the grip of those barbarians Who lie through their teeth, who shake your hand then knife you in the back. MSG

EX 3:7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters and oppressors; for I know their sorrows and sufferings and trials.

8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand and power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and large, a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty] — to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

9 Now behold, the cry of the Israelites has come to Me, and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them.

10 Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. AMP

Lev 26:13 I am God, your personal God who rescued you from Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I ripped off the harness of your slavery so that you can move about freely. MSG

2 Peter 2:9 So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how to hold the feet of the wicked to the fire until Judgment Day. MSG

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2 PET 2:9 If the Lord Yahweh rescued Lot, he knows how to continually rescue the godly from their trials and to reserve the ungodly for punishment on the day of judgment. TPT

Ps 13:5 I’ve thrown myself headlong into your arms — I’m celebrating your rescue. MSG

Ps 33:19 He’s ready to come to their rescue in bad times; in lean times he keeps body and soul together. MSG

Ps 70:5 But I’ve lost it. I’m wasted. God — quickly, quickly! Quick to my side, quick to my rescue! God, don’t lose a minute. MSG

Luke 15:7 Count on it — there’s more joy in heaven over one sinner’s rescued life than over ninety-nine good people in no need of rescue. MSG

Rom 1:16 It’s news I’m most proud to proclaim, this extraordinary Message of God’s powerful plan to rescue everyone who trusts him, starting with Jews and then right on to everyone else! MSG

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

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

5 Glory to God forever! Oh, yes! MSG

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GAL 1:3  I pray over you a release of the blessings of God’s undeserved kindness and total well-being that flows from our Father – God and from the Lord Jesus. He’s the Anointed Messiah who offered himself as the sacrifice for our sins! He has taken us out of this evil world system and set us free through our salvation, just as God desired.

⁵ All the glory will go to God alone, throughout time and eternity. Amen! TPT

This “evil world system” would include the religious system that is based on duty and performance instead of love and grace.

Ps 22:8 He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him!

9 Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother’s breasts.

10 I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother’s womb You have been my God. AMP

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Ps 22:8 “Let’s see how God handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!”

9 And to think you were midwife at my birth, setting me at my mother’s breasts!

10 When I left the womb you cradled me; since the moment of birth you’ve been my God. MSG

Jer 50:34 But the Rescuer is strong: God-of-the-Angel-Armies. Yes, I will take their side, I’ll come to their rescue. I’ll soothe their land, but rough up the people of Babylon. MSG

Psalms 91:3 That’s right — he rescues you from hidden traps, shields you from deadly hazards. MSG

2 Corinthians 1:11 You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation — I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part. MSG

Ps 9:9 God’s a safe-house for the battered, a sanctuary during bad times.MSG

Psalms 34:17 Is anyone crying for help? GOD is listening, ready to rescue you.

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BE STILL/ RESTING IN GOD 2-8-19 VIDEO HEARING GOD’S VOICE NOT

Sabbath-blessing is to off set the curse of “working by the sweat of his brow.” It was a foreshadow of Jesus who ended the curse and restored mans dominion.

REST-perpetual sabbath “rest” to be enjoyed uninterruptedly by believers in their fellowship with the Father and the Son,

The world is always roaring in our heads especially at this time. There is always a background of panic stress or anxiety. But we need to be still and hear Gods voice. God’s voice will take us into places we have never been before.

The word STILL means to be astonished at the sound. Gods voice to Elijah didn’t come in anxiety or a loud sound his voice came in stillness. It astonished Elijah and gave him the help and answers he needed

1 Kings 19:11 And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake;

12 And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire [a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice.

13 When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah? AMP

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1 Kings 19:11 Then he was told, “Go, stand on the mountain at attention before God. God will pass by.” A hurricane wind ripped through the mountains and shattered the rocks before God, but God wasn’t to be found in the wind; after the wind an earthquake, but God wasn’t in the earthquake;

12 and after the earthquake fire, but God wasn’t in the fire; and after the fire a gentle and quiet whisper.

13 When Elijah heard the quiet voice, he muffled his face with his great cloak, went to the mouth of the cave, and stood there. A quiet voice asked, “So Elijah, now tell me, what are you doing here?”   MSG

Job 4:12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. AMP

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Job 4:12 “A word came to me in secret — a mere whisper of a word, but I heard it clearly. MSG

Ps 46:10 Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth! AMP

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Ps 46:10 Surrender your anxiety! Be silent and stop your striving and you will see that I am God. I am the God above all the nations, and I will be exalted throughout the whole earth.   TPT

Isa 30:15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength. But you would not,   AMP

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Isa 30:15 Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Come back to me! By returning and resting in Me you will be saved. In quietness and trust you will be made strong. But you refused. TPT

Ps 37:7 Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself — it tends only to evildoing. AMP

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Ps 37:7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don’t bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.

8 Bridle your anger, trash your wrath, cool your pipes — it only makes things worse. MSG

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PS 37:7 Quiet your heart in his presence and pray; keep hope alive as you long for God to come through for you. And don’t think for a moment that the wicked in their prosperity are better off than you.
⁸ Stay away from anger and revenge. Keep envy far from you, for it only leads you into lies. TPT

1 Peter 3:4 But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God. AMP

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1 Pet 3:4  Let your true beauty come from your inner personality, not a focus on the external. For lasting beauty comes from a gentle and peaceful spirit, which is precious in God’s sight and is much more important than the outward adornment of elaborate hair, jewelry, and fine clothes. TPT

1 Sam 12:16 So stand still and see this great thing the Lord will do before your eyes now. AMP

Job 37:14 Hear this, O Job; stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. AMP

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Job 37:14 “Job, are you listening? Have you noticed all this? Stop in your tracks! Take in God’s miracle-wonders! MSG

Ps 23:2 He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters.

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

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Ps 23:2 You have bedded me down in lush meadows, you find me quiet pools to drink from.

3 True to your word, you let me catch my breath and send me in the right direction. MSG

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PS 23:2 He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace, the quiet brook of bliss.
³ That’s where he restores and revives my life He opens before me pathways to God’s pleasure and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness^[ so that I can bring honor to his name. TPT

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

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

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 When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up. MSG

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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

Ps 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil — for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep. AMP

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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

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

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.

23 For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes. AMP

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LUKE 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.

²³ For your life is infinitely more than just food or the clothing you wear. TPT

Ps 16:8 I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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

Matt 11:29 Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

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

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

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

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

HEB 4:8 Now if this promise of “rest” was fulfilled when Joshua brought the people into the land, God wouldn’t have spoken later of another “rest” yet to come.

⁹ So we conclude that there is still a full and complete “rest” waiting for believers to experience.

¹⁰ As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them TPT

Ps 131:2 Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. AMP

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Ps 131:2 I’ve kept my feet on the ground, I’ve cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother’s arms, my soul is a baby content. MSG

Ps 81:6 “I have removed your backbreaking burdens and have freed your hands from the hard labor and toil.
⁷ You called out to me in your time of trouble and I rescued you. I came down from the realm of the secret place of thunder, where mysteries hide. I came down to save you. I tested your hearts at the place where there was no water to drink, the place of your bitter argument with me.” Pause in his presence TPT

Ps 27:4 I’m asking God for one thing, only one thing: To live with him in his house

my whole life long. I’ll contemplate his beauty; I’ll study at his feet.

5 That’s the only quiet, secure place in a noisy world, The perfect getaway,

far from the buzz of traffic. MSG

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

SPEAK IT   1-27-18 VIDEO PATCH FOR WORDS

There is a great power in a spoken, a decreed word. A decree separates us from a negative atmosphere by setting up a positive atmosphere. It’s a healing atmosphere. A decree is spoken out loud. It is then written for the record. A decree is one of the eternal purposes of God by which events are for ordained. Spoken by one in authority.

When we decree a thing we are speaking on God’s behalf. We have great authority and what we say will happen. We must decree with good hearts.

TEN COMMANDMENTS In the Old Testament is uniformly referred to as “the ten words or as “the words of the covenant”

Ex 20:3 “You shall have no other gods before Me.

4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image — any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates.

11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

13 “You shall not murder.

14 “You shall not commit adultery.

15 “You shall not steal.

16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.” NKJV

2 PET 3:3 They conveniently forget that long ago all the galaxies and this very planet were brought into existence out of watery chaos by God’s word. MSG

Ps 148:6 He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away [He fixed their bounds which cannot be passed over]. AMP ▼▼▼

PS 148:6 He established the cosmos to last forever, and he stands behind his commands so his orders will never be revoked. TPT

Prov 8:29 When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth — AMP

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PROV 8:29 when he set in place the pillars of the earth and spoke the decrees of the seas, commanding the waves so that they wouldn’t overstep their boundaries, TPT

Matt 7:24 “These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. MSG

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

Luke 8:52 And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.

53 And they laughed Him to scorn, knowing full well that she was dead.

54 And grasping her hand, He called, saying, Child, arise [from the sleep of death]!

55 And her spirit returned [from death], and she arose immediately; and He directed that she should be given something to eat. AMP

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

29 When they make [you] low, you will say, [There is] a lifting up; and the humble person He lifts up and saves.

30 He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands. AMP

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

29 To those who feel low you’ll say, ‘Chin up! Be brave!’ and God will save them.

30 Yes, even the guilty will escape, escape through God’s grace in your life.” MSG

Mark 11:23 Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. AMP

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MARK 11:23 Listen to the truth I speak to you: If someone says to this mountain with great faith and having no doubt, ‘Mountain, be lifted up and thrown into the midst of the sea,’^[and believes that what he says will happen, it will be done. TPT

The mountain and the sea can also be metaphors. Mountains in the Bible can refer to kingdoms, and the sea represents the nations (“sea of humanity”). Faith lifts up and brings with us the “mountain” of God’s kingdom realm when we go into the nations. The Greek word for mountain, oros, is related to a verb that means “to lift up and carry off and take with you.” This truth Jesus brings is the active power of faith to take and carry the power and authority of the mountain—God’s kingdom realm—with us wherever we go.

Prov 31:8 “Speak up for the people who have no voice, for the rights of all the down-and-outers.

9 Speak out for justice! Stand up for the poor and destitute!”  MSG

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PROV 31:8 But you are to be a king who speaks up on behalf of the disenfranchised and pleads for the legal rights of the defenseless and those who are dying.

9 Be a righteous king, judging on behalf of the poor and interceding for those most in need TPT

Ezek 37:4 Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live;

6 And I will lay sinews upon you and bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin, and I will put breath and spirit in you, and you [dry bones] shall live; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service].

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a [thundering] noise and behold, a shaking and trembling and a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

8 And I looked and behold, there were sinews upon [the bones] and flesh came upon them and skin covered them over, but there was no breath or spirit in them.

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Deut 32:1 GIVE EAR, O heavens, and I [Moses] will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

2 My message shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the light rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

3 For I will proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord. Concede and ascribe greatness to our God.

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are law and justice. A God of faithfulness without breach or deviation, just and right is He. AMP

1 Kings 17:1 And then this happened: Elijah the Tishbite, from among the settlers of Gilead, confronted Ahab: “As surely as God lives, the God of Israel before whom I stand in obedient service, the next years are going to see a total drought — not a drop of dew or rain unless I say otherwise.” MSG

Num 22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Well, I’m here now. But I can’t tell you just anything. I can speak only words that God gives me — no others.” MSG

2 Sam 23:1 NOW THESE are the last words of David: David son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, says,

2 The Spirit of the Lord spoke in and by me, and His word was upon my tongue.   AMP

1 Kings 8:59 “And let these words that I’ve prayed in the presence of God be always right there before him, day and night, so that he’ll do what is right for me, to guarantee justice for his people Israel day after day after day.

60 Then all the people on earth will know God is the true God; there is no other God. MSG

PROV 18:21 Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences. TPT

Matt 12:33 Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit.

34 You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks.

35 The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.

36 But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak. AMP

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Matt 12:33 “If you grow a healthy tree, you’ll pick healthy fruit. If you grow a diseased tree, you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit. The fruit tells you about the tree.

34 “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words.

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

36 Let me tell you something: Every one of these careless words is going to come back to haunt you. There will be a time of Reckoning. Words are powerful; take them seriously. MSG

Eph 4:29 Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God’s favor) to those who hear it. AMP ▼▼▼

EPH 4:29 And never let ugly or hateful words come from your mouth, but instead let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them. TPT

Num 14:20 God said, “I forgive them, honoring your words. MSG

Mark 16:15 Then he said, “Go into the world. Go everywhere and announce the Message of God’s good news to one and all. MSG

YOU HAVE IT 1-20-19 VIDEO YOU SAY GOD SAYS

We are not trying to become children, we are already children. Everything we could ever need has been given to us. It is in us. The same way the Father loves Jesus and calls Him His beloved, so we have the same position and the heart of the Father towards us.

EPH 1:3  Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts! TPT

RO 8:15 And you did not receive the “spirit of religious duty,” leading you back into the fear of never being good enough. But you have received the “Spirit of full acceptance,” enfolding you into the family of God. And you will never feel orphaned, for as he rises up within us, our spirits join him in saying the words of tender affection, “Beloved Father!” TPT

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

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

Col 2:20 If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have escaped from the world’s crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules and regulations? — such as]   AMP

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COL 2:20  For you were included in the death of Christ and have died with him to the religious system and powers of this world. Don’t retreat back to being bullied by the standards and opinions of religion— TPT

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Col 2:20 if it is true that you were included in Christ death, then the religious system of this world with its rules and regulations no longer applies to you. What further relevance would there be for you to continue to live under the influence of man’s doctrines and ideas? Mirror

James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].

18 And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself]. AMP

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JAMES 1:17 Every gift God freely gives us is good and perfect streaming down from the Father of lights, who shines from the heavens with no hidden shadow or darkness and is never subject to change.

¹⁸ God was delighted to give us birth by the truth of his infallible Word so that we would fulfill his chosen destiny for us and become the favorite ones out of all his creation. TPT

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

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

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

Col 3:3 For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. AMP

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COL 3:3 Your crucifixion with Christ has severed the tie to this life, and now your true life is hidden away in God in Christ. TPT

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Col 3:3  Your union with his death broke the association with that world, see yourself as located in a fortress where your life is hidden with Christ in God!  Mirror

Heb 12:22 But rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering,

23 And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect,

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

HEB 12:22 By contrast, we have already come near to God in a totally different realm, the Zion-realm, for we have entered the city of the Living God, which is the New Jerusalem in heaven! We have joined the festal gathering of myriads of angels in their joyous celebration!

²³ And as members of the church of the Firstborn all our names have been legally registered as citizens of heaven! And we have come before God who judges all, and who lives among the spirits of the righteous who have been made perfect in his eyes!

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

Eph 3:19 [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] —

21 To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it). AMP

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EPH 3:19 Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitude of the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God!

²⁰ Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.

²¹ Now we offer up to God all the glorious praise that rises from every church in every generation through Jesus Christ—and all that will yet be manifest through time and eternity. Amen! TPT

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Eph 3:19 I desire for you to become intimately acquainted with the love of Christ on the deepest possible level; far beyond the reach of mere academic, intellectual grasp. Within the scope of this equation God finds the ultimate expression of himself in you.

20 we celebrate him who super charges us powerfully from within. Our biggest request or most amazing dream cannot match the extravagant proportion of his thoughts towards us.

21 He is both the author and the conclusion of the glory on display in the Ekklesia mirrored in Christ Jesus. The encore continues throughout every generation, not only in this age but in the countless ages to come. Amen! Mirror

Eph 1:6 [So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

7 In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor,

8 Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence), AMP

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EPH 1:6  For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us 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!

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

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

John 15:11 I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. AMP

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John 15:11 “I’ve told you these things for a purpose: that my joy might be your joy, and your joy wholly mature. MSG

John 17:21 The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind —

Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, So they might be one heart and mind with us. Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me. MSG

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

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].

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

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ROM 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.

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   ▼▼▼

Rom 8:10 The revelation of Christ in you declares that your body is as good as dead to sin’s demands; sin cannot find any expression in a corpse. You co-died together with him. Yet your spirit is alive because of what righteousness reveals.

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

Phil 2:13 [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. AMP

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Phil 2:13 That energy is God’s energy, an energy deep within you, God himself willing and working at what will give him the most pleasure. MSG

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PHIL 2:13 God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him. TPT

1 TIM 4:14 Don’t minimize the powerful gift that operates in your life, for it was imparted to you by the laying on of hands of the elders and was activated through the prophecy they spoke over you. TPT

1 John 2:27 But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do]. AMP

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1 JOHN 2:27 But the wonderful anointing you have received from God is so much greater than their deception and now lives in you. There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you. His anointing teaches you all that you need to know, for it will lead you into truth, not a counterfeit. So just as the anointing has taught you, remain in him. TPT

Philem 6 [And I pray] that the participation in and sharing of your faith may produce and promote full recognition and appreciation and understanding and precise knowledge of every good [thing] that is ours in [our identification with] Christ Jesus [and unto His glory]. AMP

TEACHING BY Mary Dorian 1-18-19

John 3:2 Who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know and are certain that You have come from God [as] a Teacher; for no one can do these signs (these wonderworks, these miracles — and produce the proofs) that You do unless God is with him.

3 Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and be born?

5 Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God.

6 What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at My telling you, You must all be born anew (from above).

8 The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered by asking, How can all this be possible?

10 Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know nor understand these things? [Are they strange to you?]

11 I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, We speak only of what we know [we know absolutely what we are talking about]; we have actually seen what we are testifying to [we were eyewitnesses of it]. And still you do not receive our testimony [you reject and refuse our evidence — that of Myself and of all those who are born of the Spirit].

12 If I have told you of things that happen right here on the earth and yet none of you believes Me, how can you believe (trust Me, adhere to Me, rely on Me) if I tell you of heavenly things?

13 And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven — the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven.

14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], [Num 21:9.]

15 In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever!

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JOHN 17:3 Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God, and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent. TPT

Gen 3:9 But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?

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Prov 12:10 A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. AMP

Jer 22:15 Do you think that being a king [merely] means [self-indulgent] vying [with Solomon] and striving to excel in cedar [palaces]? Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank, do justice and righteousness [being upright and in right standing with God]? Then it was well with him. AMP

Eph 1:23 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

HEB 12:26 The earth was rocked at the sound of his voice from the mountain, but now he has promised, “Once and for all I will not only shake the systems of the world, but also the unseen powers in the heavenly realm!”

²⁷ Now this phrase “once and for all” clearly indicates the final removal of things that are shaking, that is, the old order, so only what is unshakeable will remain. ²⁸ Since we are receiving our rights to an unshakeable kingdom we should be extremely thankful and offer God the purest worship that delights his heart^[ as we lay down our lives in absolute surrender, filled with awe. TPT

EPH 1:3 Every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm has already been lavished upon us as a love gift from our wonderful heavenly Father, the Father of our Lord Jesus—all because he sees us wrapped into Christ. This is why we celebrate him with all our hearts! TPT

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN OVERCOMER 1-13-19 VIDEO

Who is an overcomer? An overcomer is not someone who works and tries harder to be healed or delivered or set free. It’s the one who follows Jesus. And just as He overcame all these things: sin, sickness, and death. We overcome by believing and trusting in Him.  An overcomer is a believer. Overcomers are those who no matter what circumstances come their way they are identified with Christ. They have a real relationship with Him. The Overcomer is the one whose life was changed by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony. It is not relying on ourselves but on Him. The promises are receive not when we get to heaven but they were given to us while we are on this earth. We have the victory in Jesus so that sin, death, sickness and the grave have been overcome for us already right here and now.

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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JOHN 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

1 John 4:4 Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. AMP

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1 JN 4:4 Little children, you can be certain that you belong to God and have conquered them, for the One who is living in you is far greater than the one who is in the world. TPT

REV 7:14  I answered, “My lord—you must know.” Then he said to me, “They are ones who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb and have emerged from the midst of great pressure and ordeal.

¹⁵ For this reason they are before the throne of God, ministering to him as priests day and night, within his cloud-filled sanctuary. And the enthroned One spreads over them his tabernacle-shelter.

¹⁶ Their souls will be completely satisfied. And neither the sun nor any scorching heat will affect them.

¹⁷ For the Lamb at the center of the throne continuously shepherds them unto life—guiding them to the everlasting fountains of the water of life. And God will wipe from their eyes every last tear! TPT

REV 2:7 The one whose heart is open let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is saying now to all the churches. To the one who overcomes I will give access to feast on the fruit of the Tree of Life that is found in the paradise of God. TPT

REV 2:11 The one whose heart is open let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is presently saying to all the churches. The one who conquers will not be harmed by the second death TPT

REV 2:17 But the one whose heart is open let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is presently saying to all the churches. To everyone who is victorious I will let him feast on the hidden manna and give him a shining white stone. And written upon the white stone is inscribed his new name, known only to the one who receives it TPT

REV 2:26 To everyone who is victorious and continues to do my works to the very end I will give you authority over the nations

²⁷ to shepherd them with a royal scepter. And the rebellious will be shattered as clay pots—

²⁸ even as I also received authority from the presence of my Father. I will give the morning star to the one who experiences victory. TPT

REV 3:12  For the one who is victorious, I will make you to be a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, permanently secure. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God—the New Jerusalem, descending from my God out of heaven. And I’ll write my own name on you. TPT

REV 3:21 And to the one who conquers I will give the privilege of sitting with me on my throne, just as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. TPT

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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).   AMP

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Eph 2:6 And He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now joined as one with Christ. Passion

EPH 6:13 Because of this, you must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious. TPT

1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith.

5 Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]?

6 This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah) — not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. AMP

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1 JN 5:4 You see, every child of God overcomes the 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

REV 12:10 Then I heard a triumphant voice in heaven proclaiming: “Now salvation and power are set in place and the kingdom reign of our God
and the ruling authority of his Anointed One are established, For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who relentlessly accused them day and night before our God, has now been defeated—cast out once and for all!
¹¹ They conquered him completely through the blood of the Lamb and the powerful word of his testimony. They triumphed because they did not love and cling to their own lives, even when faced with death. TPT

1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses.

13 In the presence of God, Who preserves alive all living things, and of Christ Jesus, Who in His testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I [solemnly] charge you AMP

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1 TIM 6:12 So fight with faith for the winner’s prize! Lay your hands upon eternal life, for this is your calling—celebrating in faith before the multitude of witnesses!

13 So now, I instruct you before the God of resurrection life and before Jesus, the Anointed One, who demonstrated a beautiful testimony even before Pontius Pilate,

Matt 27:11 Now Jesus stood before the governor [Pilate], and the governor asked Him, Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact]. AMP

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].

37 Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am a King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice. AMP

Rom 10:9 Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

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

11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed. AMP

Rom 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. AMP

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RO 8:37 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! TPT

• Romans 8:37 Clearly implied in the text with the Greek word hupernikao. The love of God gives us “a glorious hyper-victory,” more than can be described or contained in one word. God’s love and grace has made us hyper-conquerors, empowered to be unrivaled, more than a match for any foe!

Rom 8:3 For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], AMP

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RO 8:3 For God achieved what the law was unable to accomplish, because the law was limited by the weakness of human nature. Yet God sent us his Son in human form to identify with human weakness. Clothed with humanity, God’s Son gave his body to be the sin-offering so that God could once and for all condemn the guilt and power of sin. TPT

Rev 21:7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son. AMP

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REV 21:7 The conquering ones will inherit these gifts from me. I will continue to be their God and they will continue being children for me. TPT

2 THESS 3:13  Brothers and sisters, don’t ever grow weary in doing what is right. TPT

HEB 12:3 So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.  TPT

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

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

COL 2:14   He canceled out every legal violation we had on our record and the old arrest warrant that stood to indict us. He erased it all—our sins, our stained soul—he deleted it all and they cannot be retrieved! Everything we once were in Adam has been placed onto his cross and nailed permanently there as a public display of cancellation.

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

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REV 3:5 And the one who experiences victory will be dressed in white robes and I will never, no never erase your name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge your name before my Father and his angels. TPT

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Rev 3:5 “Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels. MSG

THE LORD IS ALWAYS AWAKE 1-11-19 VIDEO

The Lord is always awake He never forgets is. Never sleeps, or slumbers. He is always watching over us. He protects us, remains faithful, he is always loyal. Sometimes when hard circumstances are in our lives we feel like God has left the building. He is always attentive to us. Always with us! His loyal love is for eternity. Even when we have a total breakdown God remains faithful. He never takes the day off. He never sleeps or slumbers. In the midst of trouble we are surrounded by him protected on every side. He cares for us.

Isa 49:15 [And the Lord answered] Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

16 Behold, I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of My hands; [O Zion] your walls are continually before Me.   AMP

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Isa 49:15 “Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I’d never forget you — never.

16 Look, I’ve written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you’re rebuilding are never out of my sight. MSG

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IS 49:15 Yahweh responds, But how could a loving mother forget her nursing child and not deeply love the one she bore? Even if there is a mother who forgets her child, I could never, no never forget you. Can’t you see? I have carved your name on the palms of my hands! Your walls are always my concern,” TPT

1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil [to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them]. AMP

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

Ps 81:6 “I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor. MSG

Matt 10:31 Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows. AMP

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MATT 10:31 So don’t worry. For your Father cares deeply about even the smallest detail of your life. TPT

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Matt 10:31 So don’t be intimidated by all this bully talk. You’re worth more than a million canaries.   MSG

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

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PS 34:15 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. TPT

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

18 The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent. AMP

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PS 34:17 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.
¹⁸ The Lord is close to all whose hearts are crushed by pain, and he is always ready to restore the repentant one. TPT

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

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1 JN 5:18 We are convinced that everyone fathered by God does not make sinning a way of life, because the Son of God protects the child of God, and the Evil One cannot touch him. TPT

John 17:15 I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one. AMP

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 experience times 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 face so 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 escape that will bring you out of it victoriously. TPT

God’s faithfulness gives us both a way of escape and the power to endure.

PS 124:7 We are free from the hunter’s trap; their snare is broken and we have escaped!
⁸ For the same God who made everything, our Creator and our mighty maker,
he himself is our helper and defender! TPT

LU 22:32 But I have prayed for you, Peter, that you would stay faithful to me no matter what comes. Remember this: after you have turned back to me and have been restored, make it your life mission to strengthen the faith of your brothers.” TPT

Ps 121:1 I WILL lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah] — From whence shall my help come?

2 My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

3 He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand [the side not carrying a shield]. AMP

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PS 121:1 I look up to the mountains and hills, longing for God’s help. But then I realize that our true help and protection come only from the Lord, our Creator who made the heavens and the earth.
³ He will guard and guide me, never letting me stumble or fall. God is my keeper; he will never forget nor ignore me.
⁴ He will never slumber nor sleep; he is the Guardian-God for his people, Israel.
⁵ Jehovah himself will watch over you; he’s always at your side to shelter you safely in his presence. TPT

Isa 62:4 You [Judah] shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be called Desolate any more. But you shall be called Hephzibah [My delight is in her], and your land be called Beulah [married]; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married [owned and protected by the Lord]. AMP

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Isa 62:4 No more will anyone call you Rejected, and your country will no more be called Ruined. You’ll be called Hephzibah (My Delight), and your land Beulah (Married), Because God delights in you and your land will be like a wedding celebration. MSG

Ps 23:4 Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.

6 Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place. AMP

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PS 23:4 Lord, even when your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for you already have! You remain close to me and lead me through it all the way. Your authority is my strength and my peace. The comfort of your love takes away my fear. I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.
⁵ You become my delicious feast even when my enemies dare to fight. You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit; you give me all I can drink of you until my heart overflows.
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 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 PET 5:7 Pour out all your worries and stress upon him and leave them there, for he always tenderly cares for you. TPT

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

Matt 8:24 And suddenly, behold, there arose a violent storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered up by the waves; but He was sleeping.

25 And they went and awakened Him, saying, Lord, rescue and preserve us! We are perishing!

26 And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, O you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm (a perfect peaceableness).   AMP

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MATT 8:24 Suddenly a violent storm developed, with waves so high the boat was about to be swamped. Yet Jesus continued to sleep soundly.

²⁵ The disciples woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We’re going to die!”

²⁶ But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?” Then he stood up and rebuked the storm and said, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm TPT

2 Chron 5:13 The choir and trumpets made one voice of praise and thanks to God — orchestra and choir in perfect harmony singing and playing praise to God:

Yes! God is good! His loyal love goes on forever! Then a billowing cloud filled The Temple of God. MSG

Ps 66:20 Blessed be God: he didn’t turn a deaf ear, he stayed with me, loyal in his love. MSG

Ps 100:5 For God is sheer beauty, all-generous in love, loyal always and ever.

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Jer 9:24 If you brag, brag of this and this only: That you understand and know me. I’m God, and I act in loyal love. I do what’s right and set things right and fair, and delight in those who do the same things. These are my trademarks.” God’s Decree. MSG

Lam 3:22 God’s loyal love couldn’t have run out, his merciful love couldn’t have dried up.

23 They’re created new every morning. How great your faithfulness!

24 I’m sticking with God (I say it over and over). He’s all I’ve got left. MSG

Rev 1:5 and from Jesus Christ — Loyal Witness, Firstborn from the dead, Ruler of all earthly kings. Glory and strength to Christ, who loves us, who blood-washed our sins from our lives,   MSG

STARS SPEAK ABOUT HIM by Mary Dorian 12-30-18

PS 19:1 God’s splendor is a tale that is told; his testament is written in the stars. Space itself speaks his story every day through the marvels of the heavens. His truth is on tour in the starry vault of the sky, showing his skill in creation’s craftsmanship.
² Each day gushes out its message to the next, night with night whispering its knowledge to all.
³ Without a sound, without a word, without a voice being heard,
⁴ Yet all the world can see its story. Everywhere its gospel^[c] is clearly read so all may know. TPT

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].

20 And I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord. AMP

Gen 1:1 IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. AMP

Gen 1:14 And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs and tokens [of God’s provident care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and years, AMP

Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. AMP ▼▼▼

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

Col 1:16 For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him.

17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). AMP

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COL 1:16 For through the Son everything was created, both in the heavenly realm and on the earth, all that is seen and all that is unseen. Every seat of power, realm of government, principality, and authority—it was all created through him and for his purpose!

¹⁷ He existed before anything was made, and now everything finds completion in him. TPT

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

Made Holy through Christ

^21–22 Even though you were once distant from him, living in the shadows of your evil thoughts and actions, he reconnected you back to himself. He released his supernatural peace to you through the sacrifice of his own body as the sin-payment on your behalf so that you would dwell in his presence. And now there is nothing between you and Father God, for he sees you as holy, flawless, and restored. TPT

Gen 22:17 In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, AMP

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Gen 22:17 I’ll bless you — oh, how I’ll bless you! And I’ll make sure that your children flourish — like stars in the sky! like sand on the beaches! And your descendants will defeat their enemies. MSG

Ps 89:11 The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them. AMP

Amos 5:8 Do you realize where you are? You’re in a cosmos star-flung with constellations by God, A world God wakes up each morning and puts to bed each night. God dips water from the ocean and gives the land a drink. God, God-revealed, does all this. MSG

Ps 33:6 The skies were made by God’s command; he breathed the word and the stars popped out. MSG

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PS 33:6 All he had to do was speak by his Spirit-wind command, and God created the heavenlies. Filled with galaxies and stars, the vast cosmos he wonderfully made. TPT

Prov 25:1 THESE ARE also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied:

2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. AMP

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Prov 25:1There are also these proverbs of Solomon, collected by scribes of Hezekiah, king of Judah.

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PROV 25:1 Solomon’s proverbs, published by the scribes of King Hezekiah:

² God conceals the revelation of his word in the hiding place of his glory. But the honor of kings is revealed by how they thoroughly search out the deeper meaning of all that God says. TPT

PS 119:1 You’re only truly happy when you walk in total integrity, walking in the light of God’s word. TPT

1 Cor 15:41 The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way, and the stars are glorious in their own [distinctive] way; for one star differs from and surpasses another in its beauty and brilliance.

42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. [The body] that is sown is perishable and decays, but [the body] that is resurrected is imperishable (immune to decay, immortal).

43 It is sown in dishonor and humiliation; it is raised in honor and glory. It is sown in infirmity and weakness; it is resurrected in strength and endued with power.

44 It is sown a natural (physical) body; it is raised a supernatural (a spiritual) body. [As surely as] there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

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

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

47 The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven. [Gen 2:7.]

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

49 And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven. AMP

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1 COR 15:41 There is the radiance of the sun and differing radiance for the moon and for the stars. Even the stars differ in their shining.

⁴² And that’s how it will be with the resurrection of the dead.

⁴³ The body is “sown” in decay, but will be raised in immortality. It is “sown” in humiliation, but will be raised in glorification.

⁴⁴ It is “sown” in weakness but will be raised in power. If there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body.

^A45 For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit.

⁴⁶ However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual. ⁴⁷ The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is the Lord Jehovah, from the realm of heaven.

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

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

Job 38:31Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades, or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion?

32 Can you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their season? Or can you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young?

33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule upon the earth? AMP

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Job 38:31 “Can you catch the eye of the beautiful Pleiades sisters, or distract Orion from his hunt?

32 Can you get Venus to look your way, or get the Great Bear and her cubs to come out and play?

33 Do you know the first thing about the sky’s constellations and how they affect things on Earth? MSG

POWER IN THE HOLY SPIRIT 12-16-19 VIDEO

The need for power in the church today is so necessary. So much of the world needs to be touched healed delivered and changed by the power of the Holy Spirit. Jesus told them his disciples to wait until they receive power from on high. Power is Dunamis power. Yes it is to do miracles but it’s the power to be transformed, changed. This power that came upon them was to take a man and make him thoroughly like Christ. To take a sinner and wash him and make him pure and white and clean. It was to anoint him with the Holy Spirit who changes the substance of his body. He lives in him until his body, blood, flesh, bones, soul, and spirit are all the soul, spirit, body, and blood of the son of God.
Jesus did not die as a martyr he died as a king. King of kings. He was a conqueror. He went after something, death hell and the grave. He rose having conquered them all.

As we get ready to celebrate Christmas let’s remember what and who we are celebrating. This memorial of Jesus Christ you came as a baby vulnerable and sweet and who is now seated forever at the right hand of the Father. This is why the heavenly host rejoice and worshipped and announced his arrival to the shepherds.

LUKE 2:8 That night, in a field near Bethlehem, there were shepherds watching over their flocks.

⁹ Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared in radiant splendor before them, lighting up the field with the blazing glory of God, and the shepherds were terrified!

¹⁰ But the angel reassured them, saying, “Don’t be afraid. For I have come to bring you good news, the most joyous news the world has ever heard! And it is for everyone everywhere!

¹¹ For today in Bethlehem a rescuer was born for you. He is the Lord Yahweh, the Messiah.

12 You will recognize him by this miracle sign: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a feeding trough!”

¹³ Then all at once, a vast number of glorious angels appeared, the very armies of heaven! And they all praised God, singing:

¹⁴ “Glory to God in the highest realms of heaven! For there is peace and a good hope given to the sons of men.”

¹⁵ When the choir of angels disappeared back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go! Let’s hurry and find this Word that is born in Bethlehem and see for ourselves what the Lord has revealed to us.”

16  So they ran into the village and found their way to Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in a feeding trough. TPT

Hab 2:3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. AMP

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Hab 2:3 This vision-message is a witness pointing to what’s coming. It aches for the coming — it can hardly wait! And it doesn’t lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It’s on its way. It will come right on time. MSG

Acts 1:4 And while being in their company and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak.

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

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ACTS 1:4 and shared meals with them. Jesus instructed them, “Don’t leave Jerusalem, but wait here until you receive the gift I told you about, the gift the Father has promised.

⁵ For John baptized you in water, but in a few days from now you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit!” 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

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ACTS 1:8 But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be filled with power. And you will be my messengers to Jerusalem, “to knit or weld together,” “to mingle,” or “to join together,” and “to make two into one.” “to knit or weld together,” “to mingle,” or “to join together,” and “to make two into one.” “You will seize power,” or “You will be seized with power.”

Eph 5:29 For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church,

30 Because we are members (parts) of His body. AMP

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EPH 5:29 No one abuses his own body, but pampers it—serving and satisfying its needs. That’s exactly what Christ does for his church!

³⁰ He serves and satisfies us as members of his body. TPT

1 Cor 6:17 But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him.   AMP

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1 COR 6 17 But the one who joins himself to the Lord is mingled into one spirit with him. TPT “to knit or weld together,” “to mingle,” or “to join together,” and “to make two into one.”

JN 17:11 “Holy Father, I am about to leave this world to return and be with you, but my disciples will remain here. So I ask that by the power of your name, protect each one that you have given me and watch over them so that they will be united  as one, even as we are one. TPT

1 John 4:4 Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. AMP

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1 JN 4:4 Little children, you can be certain that you belong to God and have conquered them, for the One who is living in you is far greater than the one who is in the world. TPT

ACTS 13:34 “God had promised to not let him decay in the tomb or face destruction again, so God raised him from the dead. He gave this promise in the Psalms: ‘I will give to you what I gave to David: Faithful mercies that you can trust.

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

³⁶ “This cannot be a reference to David, for after he passionately served God’s desires for his generation, he died. He was buried with his ancestors and his body experienced decay.

³⁷ But the one whom God raised from the dead has never experienced corruption in any form.

³⁸ “So listen, friends! Through this Jesus, the forgiveness of sins is offered to you. ³⁹ Everyone who believes in him is set free from sin and guilt—something the law of Moses had no power to do. TPT

Rev 1:18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). AMP

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REV 1:18 the Living One! I was dead, but now look—I am alive forever and ever. And I hold the keys that unlock death and the unseen world TPT

1 Cor 15:55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?

56 Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power [upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law.

57 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

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1 COR 15:55 So death, tell me, where is your victory? Tell me death, where is your sting?

⁵⁶ It is sin that gives death its sting and the law that gives sin its power.

⁵⁷ But we thank God for giving us the victory as conquerors through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One.

⁵⁸ So now, beloved ones, stand firm and secure. Live your lives with an unshakable confidence. We know that we prosper and excel in every season by serving the Lord, because we are assured that our union with the Lord makes our labor productive with fruit that endures TPT

Rom 6:5 For if we have become one with Him by sharing a death like His, we shall also be [one with Him in sharing] His resurrection [by a new life lived for God].

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

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

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

9 Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.

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

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ROM 6:5  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.

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

⁷ Obviously, a dead person is incapable of sinning.

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

⁹ And we know that since the Anointed One has been raised from the dead to die no more, his resurrection life has vanquished death and its power over him is finished.

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

ACTS 2:1 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 wind rushing into the house^] from 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 engulfed each one of them.

⁴ They were all filled and equipped with the Holy Spirit and were inspired^] to speak in tongues—empowered by the Spirit to speak in languages they had never learned! TPT

COL 1:26 There is a divine mystery—a secret surprise that has been concealed from the world for generations, but now it’s being revealed, unfolded and manifested for every holy believer to experience.

²⁷ Living within you is the Christ who floods you with the expectation of glory! This mystery of Christ, embedded within us, becomes a heavenly treasure chest of hope filled with the riches of glory for his people, and God wants everyone to know it!

^28-29 Christ is our message! We preach to awaken hearts and bring every person into the full understanding of truth. It has become my inspiration and passion in ministry to labor with a tireless intensity, with his power flowing through me, to present to every believer the revelation of being his perfect one in Jesus Christ. TPT

EPH 4:8 This is why he says: “He ascends into the heavenly heights taking his many captured ones with him, and gifts were given to men.

⁹ He “ascended” means that he returned to heaven, after he had first descended from the heights of heaven, even descending as far as the lowest parts of the earth.

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

¹¹ And he has appointed some with grace to be apostles, and some with grace to be prophets, and some with grace to be evangelists, and some with grace to be pastors, and some with grace to be teachers.

¹² And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ.

¹³ These grace ministries will function until we all attain oneness in the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God, and finally we become one perfect man with the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed in the abundance of Christ. TPT