THE POWER OF BLESSING  4-30-21  VIDEO BLESSED SPOKEN WORD

The blessings of God have the power to bring multiplication and increase into our destiny. The Lord wants us to walk in our destiny so we can demonstrate the kingdom by blessing others. God wants us to know the fullness of blessing in every area of our lives. Joseph even though he went through hard times remained blessed by God. The blessings of the Lord cause us to rise to the top, gives us divine appointments, and open doors. Blessings don’t come by saying the right prayer are going to the right church. It is a result of us aligning ourselves with God and his word. Jesus understood how blessings worked. What Jesus had, God multiplied and blessed.

Gen 1:22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth.  AMP

Gen 1:28 And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.  AMP

Deut 7:13 And He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you.

14 You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

15 And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you knew will He put upon you, but will lay them upon all who hate you.  AMP

Deut 28:3-13  God’s blessing inside the city, God’s blessing in the country;

4 God’s blessing on your children, the crops of your land, the young of your livestock, the calves of your herds, the lambs of your flocks.

5 God’s blessing on your basket and bread bowl;

6 God’s blessing in your coming in, God’s blessing in your going out.

7 God will defeat your enemies who attack you. They’ll come at you on one road and run away on seven roads.

8 God will order a blessing on your barns and workplaces; he’ll bless you in the land that God, your God, is giving you.

9 God will form you as a people holy to him, just as he promised you, if you keep the commandments of God, your God, and live the way he has shown you.

10 All the peoples on Earth will see you living under the Name of God and hold you in respectful awe.

11 God will lavish you with good things: children from your womb, offspring from your animals, and crops from your land, the land that God promised your ancestors that he would give you.

12 God will throw open the doors of his sky vaults and pour rain on your land on schedule and bless the work you take in hand. You will lend to many nations but you yourself won’t have to take out a loan.

13 God will make you the head, not the tail; you’ll always be the top dog, never the bottom dog, as you obediently listen to and diligently keep the commands of God, your God, that I am commanding you today.  MSG

Heb 6:13 For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear,

14 Saying, Blessing I certainly will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you. 

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

GAL 3:13-14  Yet, Christ paid the full price to set us free from the curse of the law. He absorbed the curse completely as he became a curse in our place. For it is written: “Everyone who is hung upon a tree is cursed.”

¹⁴ Jesus Christ dissolved the curse from our lives, so that in him all the blessings of Abraham can be poured out upon gentiles. And now through faith we receive the promised Holy Spirit who lives in us.  TPT

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GAL 3:13-14  Christ redeemed us from the curse as consequence of our failure to keep the law. In his cross he concentrated the total curse of the human race upon himself. In his abandoning himself to death, he absorbed and dissolved the horror of the curse in his own person. Scripture declares that anyone hanging on a tree embodies the curse.

14 This act of Christ released the blessing of Abraham upon the Gentiles! Now we are free to receive the blessing of the Spirit.   MIRROR

Gen 39:2 But the Lord was with Joseph, and he [though a slave] was a successful and prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 

3 And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to flourish and succeed in his hand.

4 So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] and found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge. 

5 From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the Lord’s blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field.  AMP

ROM 8:28 So we are convinced that every detail of our lives is continually woven together for good, for we are his lovers who have been called to fulfill his designed purpose.  TPT

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ROM 8:28 Meanwhile we know that the love of God  causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His Master Plan is announced in our original identity. MIRROR

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

Prov 10:22 The blessing of the Lord — it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it].  AMP

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Prov 10:22 God’s blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.  MSG

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PROV 10:22 True enrichment comes from the blessing of the Lord, with rest and contentmentin knowing that it all comes from him. TPT

Ps 67:6-7 The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God’s approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us.

7 God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him. AMP ▼▼▼

PS 67:6-7 The harvest of the earth is here! God, the very God we worship, keeps us satisfied at his banquet of blessings.
⁷ And the blessings keep coming! All the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves and be in awe of him! TPT

PS 1:1-3 What delight comes to the one who follows God’s ways! He won’t walk in step with the wicked, nor share the sinner’s way, nor be found sitting in the scorner’s seat.
² His passion is to remain true to the Word of “I AM,” meditating day and nighton the true revelation of light.
³ He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree plantedby God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous.  TPT

Ezek 37:26 I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will give blessings to them and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. AMP

Acts 13:34 “When he raised him from the dead, he did it for good — no going back to that rot and decay for him. That’s why Isaiah said, ‘I’ll give to all of you David’s guaranteed blessings.’ MSG

HEB 11:20-22 The power of faith prompted Isaac to impart a blessing to his sons, Jacob and Esau, concerning their prophetic destinies.

²¹ Jacob worshiped in faith’s reality at the end of his life, and leaning upon his staff he imparted a prophetic blessing upon each of Joseph’s sons.

²² Faith inspired Joseph and opened his eyes to see into the future, for as he was dying he prophesied about the exodusof Israel out of Egypt, and gave instructions that his bones were to be taken from Egypt with them TPT

Mal 3:10 Bring your full tithe to the Temple treasury so there will be ample provisions in my Temple. Test me in this and see if I don’t open up heaven itself to you and pour out blessings beyond your wildest dreams. MSG

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

Eph 1:3 May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm!  AMP

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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 himwith all our hearts! TPT

Amos 9:13 “Yes indeed, it won’t be long now.” God’s Decree.”Things are going to happen so fast your head will swim, one thing fast on the heels of the other. You won’t be able to keep up. Everything will be happening at once — and everywhere you look, blessings! Blessings like wine pouring off the mountains and hills.  MSG

Ps 126:2 We laughed and laughed and overflowed with gladness. We were left shouting for joy and singing your praise. All the nations saw it and joined in, saying,“The Lord has done great miracles for them!”³ Yes, he did mighty miracles and we are overjoyed!⁴ Now, Lord, do it again! Restore us to our former glory! May streams of your refreshing flow over us until our dry hearts are drenched again.
⁵ Those who sow their tears as seeds will reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee.⁶ They may weep as they go out carrying their seed to sow, but they will return with joyful laughter and shouting with gladness as they bring back armloads of blessing and a harvest overflowing! TPT

KINGDOM COME  4-25-21 VIDEO MY KING I WONDER PT1

It is our commission to change the world and to alter the course of human history.  The purpose of kingdom power is to invade society at its greatest point of need. We are the Kingdom. A spiritual nation. It’s a kingdom so valuable worth everything. Kingdom is a treasure that is flawless. The value of the kingdom we received has that nothing in the universe can equal or compare with it.

John 14:12. I want you to be fully convinced about this, anyone whose belief concludes in who I am, will also do the work that I do. And because of my relocation to continue to be face-to-face with my Father, the works that the believer will do, will be of greater proportion and a global influence; the Father is as present in you as he is in me. Mirror

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

This is a prophecy by Jesus in it he shows us what one person can do who has the spirit without measure. What could millions do that was his point and it became his prophecy his declaration.

MATT 6:10 Manifest your kingdom realm,and cause your every purpose to be fulfilled on earth, just as it is in heaven. TPT

Est 4:14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion?  AMP

PS 145:11 They will tell the world of the lavish splendor of your kingdom and preach about your limitless power.
¹² They will demonstrate for all to see your miracles of might and reveal the glorious majesty of your kingdom.
¹³ You are the Lord who reigns over your never-ending kingdom through all the ages of time and eternity!You are faithful to fulfill every promise you’ve made. You manifest yourself as kindness in all you do. MIRROR

Luke 10:8-9 when you enter into a new town, and you have been welcomed by its people, follow these rules: eat what is served you. Then heal the sick and tell them all, “God‘s kingdom realm has arrived and is now within your reach!“ Passion

Dan 7:18 But the saints of the Most High [God] shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.  AMP

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

Matt 4:23 And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people. AMP

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Matt 4:23 From there he went all over Galilee. He used synagogues for meeting places and taught people the truth of God. God’s kingdom was his theme — that beginning right now they were under God’s government, a good government! He also healed people of their diseases and of the bad effects of their bad lives. MSG

Matt 13:11 He replied, “You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. You know how it works. Not everybody has this gift, this insight; it hasn’t been given to them.

12 Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears.  MSG

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Matt 13:11 He explained, “You’ve been given the intimate experience of insight into the hidden mysteriesof the realm of heaven’s kingdom, but they have not.

12 For everyone who listens with an open heart will receive progressively more revelation until he has more than enough. But those who don’t listen with an open, teachable heart, even the understanding that they think they have will be taken from them. TPT

MT 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the brightness of the sunin their Father’s kingdom realm. If you’re able to understand this, then you’d better respond!” TPT

MATT 13:44-46 “Heaven’s kingdom realm can be illustrated like this:

“A person discovered that there was hidden treasure in a field. Upon finding it, he hid it again. Because of uncovering such treasure, he was overjoyed and sold all that he possessed to buy the entire fieldjust so he could have the treasure.^[

⁴⁵ “Heaven’s kingdom realm is also like a jewel merchant in search of rare pearls.⁴⁶ When he discovered one very preciousand exquisite pearl, he immediately gave up all he had in exchange for it. TPT

MATT 13:52 He responded, “Every scholar of the Scriptures, who is instructed in the ways of heaven’s kingdom realm, is like a wealthy home owner with his house filled with treasures both new and old.” TPT

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

MATT 16:19  I will give you the keysof heaven’s kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in heaven. TPT

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

Matt 16:26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]?   AMP

John 18:36. Jesus answered, “my kingdom has nothing in common with the political or religious system’s  of this world; it does not originate out of their structures. If it did my subordinates would fight for me and resist my handover to the Jews.” Mirror

Mark 2:14–15 later on, after John the Baptist was arrested, Jesus went back into the region of Galilee and preached the wonderful gospel of God‘s kingdom realm. His message was this: “at last the fulfillment of the age has come! It is time for the realm of God‘s kingdom to be experienced in its fullness! Turn your lives back to God put your trust in the hope-filled gospel!“ Passion

Acts 2:18 Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God’s kingdom].  AMP

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

MATT 19:26  Looking into their eyes, Jesus replied, “Humanly speaking, no one, because no one can save himself. But what seems impossible to you is never impossible to God!”TPT

LUKE 1:37 Not one promise from God is empty of power. Nothing is impossible with God!”  TPT

ROM 14:17-18 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of rules about food and drink, but is in the realm of the Holy Spirit, filled with righteousness, peace, and joy.

¹⁸ Serving the Anointed One by walking in these kingdom realities pleases Godand earns the respect of others. TPT

1 COR 4:20 The kingdom of God (the dominion of the Christ life) is about an empowered life and not just a matter of quoting your favorite teacher or scripture!   MIRROR

COL 1:13 He rescued us from the 1dominion of darkness (the sense-ruled world, dominated by the law of performance) and relocated us into the kingdom where the love of his son rules. MIRROR

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COL 1:13 He has rescued us completely from the tyrannical ruleof darkness and has translated us into the kingdom realm of his beloved Son.

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

2 Thess 3:16 Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways [under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes]. The Lord [be] with you all.  AMP

Heb 12:28 Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe;  AMP

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HEB 12:28 Since we are receiving our rightsto an unshakable kingdomwe should be extremely thankful and offer God the purest worship that delights his heartas we lay down our lives in absolute surrender, filled with awe. TPT

Luke 22:29 An Rev 11:15 Then the seventh Angel sounded his trumpet, and a loud voice broke forth in heaven saying: “the kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our God and his anointed one!“ He will reign supreme for an eternity of eternity’s. Passion

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

REV 1:6 and to the one who has appointed us as a kingdom of prieststo serve his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion throughout the eternity of eternities! Amen! TPT  VIDEO MY KING I WONDER PT2

WISDOM by Mary Dorian  4-23-21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor.  MSG

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35 Is God indebted to anyone?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Romans 11:33-36 Who could ever wrap their minds around the riches of God, the depth of his wisdom, and the marvel of his perfect knowledge? Who could ever explain the wonder of his decisionsor search out the mysterious way he carries out his plans?

³⁴ For who has discovered how the Lord thinks or is wise enough to be the one
to advise him in his plans?

³⁵ Or: “Who has ever first given something to God that obligates God to owe him something in return?”

³⁶ For out of him, the sustainer of everything, came everything, and now everything finds fulfillment in him. May all praise and honor be given to him forever! Amen!  TPT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31  He is our claim to fame.  Mirror

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wisdom from God

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

STANDING FIRM 4-18-21  VIDEO 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRAYER WITH CONFIDENCE 4-16-21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mt 18;19-20 Again, I give you an eternal truth: If two of you agree to ask God for something in a symphony of prayer, my heavenly Father will do it for you.

20 For wherever two or three come together in honor of my name, I am right there with them!”.        TPT 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PS 16:10-11 For you will not abandon me to the realm of death, nor will you allow your Faithful One to experience corruption.
¹¹ Because of you, I know the path of life, as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence. At your right side experience divine pleasures forevermore! TPT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

US TOO  EPH 2:4 None of this could distract from the extravagant love of God; he continued to love us with the exact same intensity.

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

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

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

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

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

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

PHIL 3:10-11 And I continually long to know the wonders of Jesus and to experience the overflowing power of his resurrection working in me. I will be one with him in his sufferings and become like him in his death.

¹¹ Only then will I be able to experience complete oneness with him in his resurrection from the realm of death.TPT

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Phil 3:10-11. Oh to comprehend the dynamic of his resurrection! His resurrection is evidence of our righteousness! In the revelation of God‘s economy of inclusion, I actually co-suffered with him and co-died together with Christ!

11 When confronted with death, I actually come face-to-face with my own resurrection! Mirror

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

46 Physical life is the platform for spiritual life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 We owe flesh nothing. Mirror

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

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

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

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

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

ROM 5:10-11 So if while we were still enemies, God fully reconciledus to himself through the death of his Son, then something greater than friendship is ours. Now that we are at peace with God, and because we share in his resurrection life, how much more we will be rescued from sin’s dominion!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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1 JN 1:7 But if we keep living in the pure light that surrounds him, we share unbroken fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, continually cleanses us from all sin. TPT

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 COMMUNION 4 CUPS AT PASSOVER

1. The Cup of Sanctification

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

2. The Cup of Deliverance

I will deliver you from their bondage…

3. The Cup of Redemption

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

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

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