HIS GRACE GIVES US THE ADVANTAGE  6-27-21  VIDEO GRACE SPOKEN

Through Christ’s gift of grace, we have gained the victory and we triumph in every detail of our lives! We win!!!  We are marked by His grace. We have a favorable position. Advantage means a more favorable position. Grace positions us with Jesus Christ. We can run our race and win because Grace has given us the advantage. Grace assures we have the victory even when it looks like we’re losing we’re winning because we already have won in Jesus.

EPH 4:7 The gift of Christ measures the extravagant dimensions of grace; where everyone is equally advantaged.  

4:8 Scripture confirms that he arrested every possible threat that held mankind hostage.  MIRROR

Acts 20:32 And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul). AMP

▼▼▼

Acts 20:32 And so now, I entrust you into God’s hands and the message of his grace, which is all that you need to become strong. All of God’s blessings are imparted through the message of his grace, which he provides as the spiritual inheritance given to all of his holy ones. TPT

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

 ▼▼▼

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

1 COR 15:10  While my own doing completely disqualified me; his doing now defines me. I am what I am by the grace of God. I am because he is! His grace was not wasted on me; instead I am inspired to labor beyond the point of exhaustion, more than anything I ever did under the law of performance; whatever it is that I accomplish now has grace written all over it. I take no credit for it.  MIRROR

GAL 1:13  By now you have heard stories of how severelyI harassed and persecuted Christians and how systematically I endeavored to destroy God’s church, all because of my radical devotion to the Jewish religion.

¹⁴ My zeal and passion for the doctrines of Judaism distinguished me among my people, for I was far more advanced in my religious instruction than others my age.

¹⁵ But then God called me by his grace, and chose me from my birth to be his.  TPT

▼▼▼

GAL 1:13 Everyone knows what a zealous Jew I was when I savagely persecuted God’s church.

1:14 And how I progressed in the Jewish faith beyond many of my peers in my excessive eagerness to preserve the traditions of my ancestors.

1:15 God’s eternal love dream separated me from my mother’s womb; his grace became my identity.  MIRROR

TITUS 3:7 His grace vindicates our innocence. We have also become heirs to the life that we have always longed for, the life of the ages.  

3:8 You can confidently lean the weight of your being on this word! I want you to be emphatic about this; encourage the believers to be conscious of the fact that they are the custodians of this message. In their day-to-day lifestyle they positively advertise its attraction and beauty.  

3:9 Avoid confusing speculations and debates about genealogies and quarrelsome controversies about the law; it is folly to engage in such useless conversation. It is like chewing chewing-gum that has long lost its flavor!  MIRROR

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

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

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

 ▼▼▼

1 COR 15:57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is a given! (But now in a single victorious stroke of Life, all three—sin, guilt, death—are gone, the gift of our Master, Jesus Christ. Thank God!-The message. 

58 For this reason you can afford to be absolutely settled and rock-solid in faith’s persuasion and always ready to go beyond where you would have gone before. Your doing now is inspired by your knowing that you are in him. If his resurrection is yours then his victory over sin and death is equally yours.  MIRROR

ROM 8:37 On the contrary, in the thick of these things our triumph remains beyond dispute. His love has placed us above the reach of any onslaught.  MIRROR

Rom 9:16 So then [God’s gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God’s mercy. [It depends not on one’s own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God’s having mercy on him.]  AMP

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

▼▼▼

ROM 11:29 For God’s grace gifts and his persuasion of mankind’s original identity are irrevocable. MIRROR

Heb 12:1-2 THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us,

2 Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. AMP    

Eph 2:6-7 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).

7 He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. AMP▼▼▼

Eph 2:6-7 Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.

7 Now God has us where he wants us, with all the time in this world and the next to shower grace and kindness upon us in Christ Jesus. MSG

▼▼▼

EPH 2:6 We are co-included in his resurrection. We are also co-elevated in his ascension to be equally present in the throne room of the heavenly realm where we are co-seated with him in his executive authority. 

2:7 (In a single triumphant act of righteousness God saved us from the “guttermost” to the uttermost. Here we are now, revealed in Christ, in the highest possible elevation of bliss!  MIRROR

Ps 84:11 For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. AMP

▼▼▼

PS 84:11 For the Lord God is brighter than the brilliance of a sunrise!Wrapping himself around me like a shield,he is so generous with his gifts of grace and glory. Those who walk along his paths with integrity will never lack one thing they need, for he provides it all!  TPT

2 COR 9:8 Yes, God is more than ready to overwhelm you with every form of grace, so that you will have more than enough of everything—every moment and in every way. He will make you overflow with abundance in every good thing you do.  TPT

Ps 92:14  [Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment].

15 [They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.  AMP

RO 11:5 So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God’s unmerited favor and graciousness).

6 But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless].  AMP

▼▼▼

ROM 11:5 Thus even in today’s context, God’s original word of grace has preserved a remnant of much larger proportion than what we can number

6 Grace cannot suggest debt or obligation at the same time. The word grace can only mean what it says. The same argument goes for mankind’s good works; if salvation or any advantage for that matter is to be obtained according to prescribed regulations of conduct, then that’s it. No amount of grace can change the rules! Grace means grace and work means work.  MIRROR

JAMES 4:6-7 But he continues to pour out more and more graceupon us. For it says, “God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”

⁷ So then, surrender to God. Stand up to the devil and resist him and he will flee in agony.TPT

VIDEO GRACE SPOKEN WORD 2 B

THE IMPORTANCES OF EXPECTATION 6-25-21 

Expectation is a strong belief that something will happen in the future. A future and a hope for good. To reach forward to fix your eyes upon.

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

EPH 2:10 We have become his poetry, a re-created people that will fulfill the destiny he has given each of us, for we are joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. Even before we were born, God planned in advance our destiny and the good workswe would do to fulfill it! TPT

Ps 85:8 I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him) — but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly. AMP

▼▼▼

Ps 85:8  I can’t wait to hear what he’ll say. God’s about to pronounce his people well, The holy people he loves so much, so they’ll never again live like fools. MSG

Mic 7:7 But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.  AMP

▼▼▼

Mic 7:7 But me, I’m not giving up. I’m sticking around to see what God will do.

I’m waiting for God to make things right. I’m counting on God to listen to me. MSG 

EX:WISEMEN,  Matt 2:1 NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking,

2 Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him.  AMP

PROV 13:12  When hope’s dream seems to drag on and on, the delay can be depressing. But when at last your dream comes true, life’s sweetness will satisfy your soul. TPT

Ps 25:21 Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You.  AMP

PS 37:34 So don’t be impatient for Yahweh to act; keep moving forward steadily in his ways, and he will exalt you to possess the land. You’ll watch with your own eyes and see the wicked lose everything. TPT   ▼▼▼

Ps 37:34  Wait passionately for God, don’t leave the path. He’ll give you your place in the sun while you watch the wicked lose it. MSG

Ps 52:9 I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones).  AMP   ▼▼▼

Ps 52:9  I thank you always that you went into action. And I’ll stay right here,

your good name my hope, in company with your faithful friends. MSG

ISA 40:31 But those who wait for Yahweh’s grace will experience divine strength They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their race without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up. TPT

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

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

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

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

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

30 And my eyes have seen your salvation! MIRROR

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

2:37 For all these years, since her husband’s death, she ministered to the Lord continually in the temple with prayers and frequent fastings.

2:38 As Simeon concluded his prophetic song over the family, Anna mirror-echoed his words in a song of thanksgiving to God for the child. And from that day on, she told everyone in Jerusalem that their Darling, the anticipated Messiah-redeemer has come!  MIRROR

Acts 27:22 But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits and take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship.

23 For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve and worship,

24 And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you.

25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;  AMP

Jude 1:21 Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) — [which will bring you] unto life eternal. AMP

PS 33:18 The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him— those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God. TPT

PS 40:5 O Lord, our God, no one can compare with you. Such wonderful works and miracles are all found with you! And you think of us all the timewith your countless expressions of love—far exceeding our expectations! TPT

Rom 8:15-17 This resurrection life you received from God is not a timid, grave-tending life. It’s adventurously expectant, greeting God with a childlike “What’s next, Papa?”

16 God’s Spirit touches our spirits and confirms who we really are. We know who he is, and we know who we are: Father and children.

17 And we know we are going to get what’s coming to us — an unbelievable inheritance! We go through exactly what Christ goes through. If we go through the hard times with him, then we’re certainly going to go through the good times with him!   MSG

RO 8:20-21 For against its will the universe itself has had to endure the empty futilityresulting from the consequences of human sin. But now, with eager expectation,

²¹ all creation longs for freedom from its slavery to decay and to experience with us the wonderful freedom coming to God’s children.  TPT

COL 1:27 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! TPT

Prov 23:18 For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off.  AMP

Prov 24:14 So shall you know skillful and godly Wisdom to be thus to your life; if you find it, then shall there be a future and a reward, and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. AMP

2 Peter 3:12 Daily expect the Day of God, eager for its arrival. The galaxies will burn up and the elements melt down that day —  

13 but we’ll hardly notice. We’ll be looking the other way, ready for the promised new heavens and the promised new earth, all landscaped with righteousness. MSG

HEB 11:1 Persuasion confirms confident expectation and proves the unseen world to be more real than the seen. Faith celebrates as certain what hope visualizes as future.  MIRROR

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

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

HEB 12:2  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! TPT

Heb 10:35  So don’t throw it all away now. You were sure of yourselves then. It’s still a sure thing!

36 But you need to stick it out, staying with God’s plan so you’ll be there for the promised completion.

37 It won’t be long now, he’s on the way; he’ll show up most any minute. MSG

Rev 22:20 He Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says, Yes (it is true). [Surely] I am coming quickly (swiftly, speedily). Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!  AMP

VIDEO TO GOOD TO NOT BELIEVE 2

 SPIRIT CONSCIOUSNESS  6-20-21  VIDEO

We are Spirit now. God Himself is Spirit. Instead of operating from our souls, we lean on the Holy Spirit who lives inside us and who is upon us. We are not orphaned but we are in the keeping hands of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit teaches us what the father is saying. We too are anointed just like Jesus.

John 3:6-8. Whatever originates out of flesh is flesh; but what is sourced in Spirit is Spirit!

7. Don’t be surprised when I say to you, you couldn’t get here in the flesh unless you got here from above!

8. We can observe the effect the wind has and hear its sound whenever it touches objects, yet those objects do not define the wind; it comes and goes of its own accord, if life was not born out of the Spirit in the first place, it would not be possible to detect Spirit influence at all! We are Spirit compatible by design! Mirror

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

▼▼▼

John 4:23. The end of an era has arrived, the future is here! Whatever Prophetic values were expressed an external devotion forms and rituals are now eclipsed in the true Spirit worship from within, face-to-face with the Father, acknowledging our genesis in Him, this is His delight! The Fathers desire is the worshiper more than the worship! Mirror

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

1 COR 2:9  It is written: “What has been concealed for ages in a realm inaccessible to the senses; what no human eye could catch a glimpse of, nor man’s ear could even hear a whisper of, neither could the inquiring mind decipher the code of that mystery which God has already fully arranged and was ready reveal to those who love him.”

10 These profound mysteries of God’s eternal resolve are now thoroughly unveiled to us by his Spirit; nothing is hidden from him; he explores the innermost thoughts of God.

11 Just as a man’s spirit knows his own  thoughts  beyond the public eye even so the Spirit of God is our faith decoder to access the thoughts of God.

12 The Spirit proceeding from God unveils the gifts of his generosity. He has graced us with understanding so that we may know what he has always had in mind for us; this is so unlike the secular spirit of the wisdom of the world where everything has a price tag!

13 The impact of our words are not confined to the familiar wisdom of the world taught by human experience and tradition, but communicated by seamless spirit resonance, combining spirit with spirit.

14 The soulish man has no capacity to comprehend the language of the Spirit of God; spiritual things seem meaningless to him; he is incapable to discern that which can only be spiritually appreciated.  

15 Those who are spiritually awakened are immediately compatible to discern all things from a spiritualperspective, while they themselves are free from any man’s critical scrutiny.

16 There is no other basis to teach from but to echo the mind of Christ; he is the Master mind personified within us! MIRROR

John 16:14-15. Holy Spirit will endorse my opinion of you by taking that which is mine and interpreting it in you.

15 The Father and I enjoy all things in common, even to the finest detail, because this is so, I said that the Close Companion esteems my glory and lays hold of that which is within me and declares it within you from Heaven’s point of view. Mirror

▼▼▼

John 16:14-15  He will glorify me on the earth, for he will receive from me what is mineand reveal it to you.

¹⁵ Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to me—that’s why I say that the Divine Encourager will receive what is mine and reveal it to you.  TPT

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

JN 7:38-39 Believe in me so that rivers of living water will burst out from within you, flowingfrom your innermost being, just like the Scripture says!”

³⁹ Jesus was prophesying about the Holy Spirit that believers were being prepared to receive. But the Holy Spirit had not yet been poured out upon them, because Jesus had not yet been unveiled in his full splendor.TPT

Luke 12:11 When you’re dragged into the synagogues and appear before their leaders and judges do not bother yourselves to anxiously try and figure out what to say and how to defend yourselves!

12 Holy Spirit will always be your timely teacher so you may know exactly how to respond. Mirror

John 20:22-23. Having said this he breathed an effusion of the Spirit upon them and said, “take Holy Spirit as your companion.“

23. If you forgive someone’s sin they are gone and forgotten. If you don’t let go then you were stuck with them. Mirror

ACTS 2:2-4 Suddenly they heard the sound of a violent blast of windrushing into the housefrom out of the heavenly realm. The roar of the wind was so overpowering it was all anyone could bear!

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

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

ACTS 2:39 For God’s promise of the Holy Spirit is for youand your families, for those yet to be born and for everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” TPT

Luke 11:13. So, if you, even with the confines of an earthbound performance-based religion society, know to give your children excellent gifts that will only advantage them, how much more certainly will your Father give the Holy Spirit out of his limitless, heavenly resources to everyone who asks him! Mirror

Rom 8:6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever].  AMP

RO 8:8-16 For no matter how hard they try, God finds no pleasure with those who are controlled by the flesh.

⁹ But when the Spirit of Christ empowers your life, you are not dominated by the flesh but by the Spirit. And if you are not joined to the Spirit of the Anointed One, you are not of him.

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!

¹² So then, beloved ones, the flesh has no claims on us at all, and we have no further obligation to live in obedience to it.

¹³ For when you live controlled by the flesh, you are about to die. But if the life of the Spirit puts to death the corrupt ways of the flesh, we then taste his abundant life.

¹⁴ The mature children of God are those who are moved by the impulses of the Holy Spirit.

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!”

¹⁶ For the Holy Spirit makes God’s fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God’s beloved child!” TPT

GAL 4:6 To seal our sonship God has commissioned the Spirit of sonship to resonate the Abba echo in our hearts; and now, in our innermost being we recognize him as our true and very dear Father. MIRROR

RO 8:26-28 And in a similar way, the Holy Spirit takes hold of us in our human frailty to empower us in our weakness. For example, at times we don’t even know how to pray, or know the best things to ask for. But the Holy Spirit rises up within us to super-intercedeon our behalf, pleading to God with emotional sighstoo deep for words.

²⁷ God, the searcher of the heart, knows fully our longings, yet he also understands the desires of the Spirit, because the Holy Spirit passionately pleads before God for us, his holy ones, in perfect harmony with God’s plan and our destiny.

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

▼▼▼

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

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

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

ROM 15:13 Now may God, the fountain of hope, fill you to overflowing with uncontainable joy and perfect peace as you trust in him. And may the power of the Holy Spirit continually surround your life with his super-abundance until you radiate with hope!TPT

Gal 5:16 But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). AMP

GAL 5:25 the Spirit is the source of our life, we must also allow the Spirit to direct every aspect of our lives. TPT

THE GIFT OF PEACE 6-18-21 VIDEO PEACE SPOKEN WORD 2

From the very first moment Jesus arrived on the earth to the moment he left, he gave us this gift of peace. Peace is essential. Peace was proclaimed when Jesus was born and remains essential and powerful until he returns again. Peace is defined as wholeness or completion independent of the worlds condition or adverse circumstances. Peace is given to mankind in spite of circumstances Jesus knew his coming would not bring peace to the world. It would be a shaking to religion but it would produce a kingdom they could not be shaken. Men of goodwill will not be shaken and they will inherit the kingdom they cannot be shaken. This peace can not be shaken.

LUKE 2:14 “Glory to God in the highest realms of heaven! For there is peaceand a good hopegiven to the sons of men.” TPT

▼▼▼

Luke 2:14 Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor]. AMP

ISA 9:6-7 A child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. The responsibility of complete dominion will rest on his shoulders, and his name will be: The Wonderful One! The Extraordinary Strategist! The Mighty God! The Father of Eternity! The Princeof Peace!⁷ Great and vast is his dominion. He will bring immeasurable peace and prosperity.He will rule on David’s throne and over David’s kingdom to establish and uphold it by promoting justice and righteousness from this time forward and forevermore. The marvelous passionthat the Lord Yahweh,Commander of Angel Armies, has for his peoplewill ensure that it is finished! TPT

Luke 8:22-24 On A certain day, he suggested to his disciples that they cross the lake by boat.

23 while sailing he fell into a deep sleep. Suddenly a massive storm broke up on them and the raging waves were surging dangerously over the boat and filling it with water.

24 They woke him with urgent cries, “Captain, Captain, we are drowning!” And he rose up to face a storm and ordered the wind and the waves to be quiet, and immediately there was a great calm. Mirror

Jn 16:33 I have spoken these things to you so in me you would know the sweet and assured resonance of my peace! In the world you encounter extreme and stressful times, but be of good cheer, I have conquered the world order! Mirror

▼▼▼

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

Luke 24:36 Now while they were talking about this, Jesus Himself took His stand among them and said to them, Peace (freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin) be to you!  AMP

PHIL 4:7 then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will make the answers known to you through Jesus Christ. TPT

PS 37:11 But the humble of heart will inherit every promiseand enjoy abundant peace. TPT

PS 4:8 Now, because of you, Lord, I will lie down in peace and sleep comes at once,for no matter what happens, I will live unafraid! TPT

▼▼▼

Ps 4:8 At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together. MSG

Isa 53:5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole.   AMP

▼▼▼

ISA 53:5 But it was because of our rebellious deeds that he was piercedand because of our sins that he was crushed. He endured the punishment that made us completely whole, and inhis woundingwe found our healing. TPT

HEB 12:27-29 In the words of the prophet, “Yet once more will I shake every unstable system of man’s effort to rule himself.” God clearly indicates his plan to remove the old and replace it with the new. The second shaking supersedes any significance in the first shaking. Then it was a physical quaking of the earth; now the very foundations of every man-made  system was shaken to the core while the heavens were impacted by the announcement of his permanent rule on earth as it is mirrored in heaven.

28 We are fully associated in this immovable Kingdom; an authority that cannot be challenged or contradicted. Our participation echoes grace as we accommodate ourselves to God’s delight, yielding in awe to his firm embrace.  

29 His jealousy over us burns like fire.  MIRROR

Isa 54:10 For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you.  AMP

▼▼▼

ISA 54:10 Even if the mountains were to crumble and the hills disappear,
my heart of steadfast, faithful love will never leave you, and my covenant of peacewith you will never be shaken,” says Yahweh, whose love and compassionwill never give up on you. TPT

ISA 60:17 “I will replace your copper with gold, your iron with silver, your wood with copper, and your stone with iron. I will install peace and prosperity as your governmentand righteousness as your overseer.  TPT

Jn 14:27-29 Peace be with you! I give you my own peace, this will not be the kind of peace the world gives, it’s peace in the midst of trouble times therefore you have nothing to fear! Let not your heart be timid.

28 You have heard me say that I go away to come to be face to face with you; now if you were in love with me you would not be threatened by the idea of my departure, but you would rejoice since all be going to the father and my father is greater than me. From now on we will be present in a much closer capacity to you than what I could ever be well I am with you in the flesh!

29 What I need to tell you is to prepare you for what is about to happen, so that when it happens, you will not be shaken in your belief but stand strong. Mirror

Luke 24:36 Now while they were talking about this, Jesus Himself took His stand among them and said to them, Peace (freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin) be to you!  AMP

Acts 10:36 You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel, announcing the good news (Gospel) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all —  AMP

Rom 8:6 Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. AMP

▼▼▼

ROM 8:6 Thinking patterns are formed by reference, either the sensual appetites of the flesh and spiritual death, or zoe-life and total tranquillity flowing from a mind addicted to spirit realities. MIRROR

Rom 14:17  [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. AMP

Rom 16:20 And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you. AMP

▼▼▼

Rom 16:20  and before you know it the God of peace will come down on Satan with both feet, stomping him into the dirt. Enjoy the best of Jesus! MSG

2 Cor 13:11 And that’s about it, friends. Be cheerful. Keep things in good repair. Keep your spirits up. Think in harmony. Be agreeable. Do all that, and the God of love and peace will be with you for sure. MSG

EPH 2:14-15 Our reconciling “Peace” is Jesus! He has made Jew and non-Jew one in Christ. By dying as our sacrifice, he has broken down every wall of prejudice that separated us and has now made us equal through our union with Christ.

¹⁵ Ethnic hatred has been dissolved by the crucifixion of his precious body on the cross. The legal code that stood condemning every one of us has now been repealed by his command. His triune essence has made peace between us by starting over—formingone new race of humanity, Jews and non-Jews fused together in himself! TPT

Num 6:26 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).  AMP

Ps 55:18 Though many wish to fight and the tide of battle turns against me,
by your power I will be safe and secure; peace will be my portion. TPT

PHIL 4:7  And in this place of worship and gratitude you will witness how the peace of God within you echoes the awareness of your oneness in Christ Jesus beyond the reach of any thought that could possibly unsettle you. Just like the sentry guard secures a city, watching out in advance for the first signs of any possible threat, your hearts deepest feelings and the tranquility of your thoughts are fully guarded there.  MIRROR

Col 3:15 And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always]. AMP

▼▼▼

COL 3:15 Appoint the peace of Christ as umpire in your hearts. We are all identified in the same person; there is only one body. We are born to be a blessing and exhibit his benevolence. MIRROR

PROPHECY Mary Dorian 6-13-21

Isaiah 29:10-14 For Yahweh has poured out over you the spirit of a deep, deep sleep— putting the covers over your slumbering seers^[ and rocking all your prophets to sleep.”

¹¹ This entire prophetic revelation will become to you like the words of a sealed book. If it’s given to one who can read it with the command “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t because it is sealed.”

¹² Or if it’s given to one who is illiterate with the command “Read this,” he responds, “I can’t because I cannot read.”

¹³ This is what the Lord says about these people: “They come near to me with hollow words  and honor me superficially with their lips; all the while their hearts run far away from me! Their worship is nothing more than man-made rules.
¹⁴ So therefore, I will again jolt this people awake with astonishing wonders upon wonders! And the wisdom of their wise ones will fail, and the intelligent know-it-alls will have no explanations. TPT

Isaiah 30:10 They say to the seers: “Stop seeing your visions.” They say to the prophets: “Stop prophesying to us about what is right. Prophesy only pleasant things to us, even if they’re illusions!  TPT

Matthew 5:12  So leap for joy—since your heavenly reward is great. For you are being rejected the same way the prophets were before you.  TPT

Matthew 5:17 “If you think I’ve come to set aside the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets, you’re mistaken. I have come to bring to perfection all that has been written.  TPT

Matthew 7:12  “In everything you do, be careful to treat others in the same way you’d want them to treat you, for that is the essence of all the teachings of the Law and the Prophets.  TPT

Matthew 7:15-20 “Constantly be on your guard against phony prophets. They come disguised as lambs, appearing to be genuine, but on the inside they are like wild, ravenous wolves!

¹⁶ You can spot them by their actions, for the fruits of their character will be obvious. You won’t find sweet grapes hanging on a thorn bush, and you’ll never pick good fruit from a tumbleweed.

^17–19 So if the tree is good, it will produce good fruit; but if the tree is bad, it will bear only rotten fruit and deserves to be cut down and burned. ²⁰ You’ll know them by the obvious fruit of their lives and ministries.”  TPT

Matthew 11:12-15  From the moment John stepped onto the scene until now, the realm of heaven’s kingdom is bursting forth, and passionate people have taken hold of its power.

¹³ For all the prophets and the Torah prophesied until John appeared.

¹⁴ If you can receive this truth, John is the Elijah who was destined to come.

¹⁵ So listen and understand what I’m telling you.  TPT.   

Matthew 13:17 Many prophets and godly people yearned to see these days of miracles that you’ve been favored to see. They would have given everything to hear the revelation you’ve been favored to hear.  TPT

Matthew 23:29-37  “Great sorrow awaits you religious scholars and Pharisees—frauds and imposters! You build memorials for the prophets your ancestors killed and decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors murdered. ³⁰ Then you boast, ‘If we had lived back then, we would not have joined them in killing the prophets.’

³¹ But your words and deeds testify that you are just like them and prove that you are indeed the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. ³² Go ahead and finish what your ancestors started!

³³ You are nothing but snakes in the grass, the offspring of poisonous vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell if you refuse to turn in repentance?

³⁴ “For this reason I will send you more prophets and wise men and teachers of truth. Some you will crucify, and some you will beat mercilessly with whips in your meeting houses, abusing and persecuting them from city to city.

³⁵ As your penalty, you will be held responsible for the righteous blood spilled and the murders of every godly person throughout your history—from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Jehoiada,^[a] whom you killed as he stood in the temple between the brazen altar and the Holy Place.

³⁶ I tell you the truth: the judgment for all these things will fall upon this generation!”

Jesus Prophesies Judgment Coming to Jerusalem

³⁷ “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem—you are the city that murders your prophets! You are the city that stones the very messengers who were sent^[b] to deliver you! So many times I have longed to gather a wayward people, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings—but you were too stubborn to let me.

Matthew 24:11-13 And many lying prophets will arise, deceiving multitudes and leading them away from the path of truth.

¹² There will be such an increase of the sin of lawlessness that those whose hearts once burned with passion for God and others will grow cold.

¹³ But hold your hope firmly to the end and you will experience life and deliverance. TPT

Mark 13:22-23 For there will be imposters falsely claiming to be God’s ‘Anointed One.’ And false prophetswill arise to perform miracle signs, and if it were possible, they would cause God’s chosen ones to wander off the right track.

²³ Be alert, for I prophesy all this will happen!”  TPT

Luke 11:49 That is why God’s wisdom is proclaiming: ‘I will send to them apostles and prophets though some they will murder and others they will persecute.’  TPT

John 4:44 Now Jesus knew that prophets are honored everywhere except in their own hometown. TPT

Acts 10:43  And not only us, but all of the prophets agree in their writings that everyone who believes in him receives complete forgiveness^[a] of sins through the power of his name.” TPT

Acts 13:38-41 So listen, friends! Through this Jesus, the forgiveness^[a] 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.

⁴⁰ So be very careful that what the prophets warned about does not happen to you:

⁴¹ ‘Be amazed and in agony, you scoffers! For in your day I will do something so wonderful that when I perform mighty deeds among you, you won’t even believe that it was I who did it!’ ”^[   TPT

Acts 15:32  Then Judas and Silas, who were both prophets, spoke to them affirming wordsthat strengthened the believers.TPT

Acts 26:23  Moses and the prophets have said was destined to happen: that our Messiah had to suffer and die and be the first to rise from the dead, to release the bright light of truth both to our people and to the non-Jewish nations. TPT

Rom 1:2  My commission is to preach the good news. Yet it is not entirely new, but the fulfillment of the hope promised to us through his prophets in the sacred Scriptures.  TPT

Rom 11:2-6  God has not rejected his chosen, destined people! Haven’t you heard Elijah’s testimony in the Scriptures, and how he prays to God, agonizing over Israel?

³ “Lord, they’ve murdered your prophets; they’ve demolished your altars. Now I’m the only one left and they want to kill me!”

⁴ But what was the revelation^[c] God spoke to him in response?

“You are not alone. For I have preserved a remnant for myself—seven thousand others who are faithful and have refused to worship Baal.”

⁵ And that is but one example of what God is doing in this age of fulfillment, for God’s grace empowers his chosen remnant.

⁶ And since it is by God’s grace, it can’t be a matter of their good works; otherwise, it wouldn’t be a gift of grace, but earned by human effort.  TPT

1Cor 14:32  The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. TPT

Eph 3:5-6  There has never been a generation that has been given the detailed understanding of this glorious and divine mystery until now. He kept it a secret until this generation. God is revealing it only now to his sacred apostles and prophets by the Holy Spirit.

⁶ Here’s the secret: The gospel of grace has made you, non-Jewish believers, into coheirs of his promise through your union with him. And you have now become members of his body—one with the Anointed One!  TPT

Eph 4:11-13 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 into the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God, and finally we become one into a perfect manwith the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed into the abundance of Christ.  TPT

James 5:10-11  My brothers and sisters, takethe prophets as your mentors. They have prophesied in the name of the Lordand it brought them great sufferings, yet they patiently endured.

¹¹ We honor them as our heroesbecause they remained faithful even while enduring great sufferings. And you have heard of all that Job went through and we can now see that the Lord ultimately treated him with wonderful kindness, revealing how tenderhearted he really is! TPT

1 Peter 1:10-12 This salvation was the focus of the prophets who prophesied of this outpouring of grace that was destined for you. They made a careful search and investigation of the meaning of their God-given prophecies

¹¹ as they probed into the mysteries of who would fulfill them and the time period when it would all take place. The Spirit of the Anointed One was in them^[a] and was pointing prophetically to the sufferings that Christ was destined to suffer and the glories that would be released afterward.

¹² God revealed to the prophets that their ministry was not for their own benefit^[b] but for yours. And now, you have heard these things from the evangelists^[c] who preached the gospel to you through the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven—the gospel containing wonderful mysteries that even the angels long to get a glimpse of.  TPT

2Peter 1: 17-21  ¹⁷ Yes, Father God lavished upon him radiant glory and honor when his distinct voice spoke out of the realm of majestic glory, endorsing him with these words: This is my cherished Son, marked by my love. All my delight is found in him!

¹⁸ And we ourselves heard that voice resound from the heavens while we were with him on the holy mountain.

Prophecy

¹⁹ And so we have been given the prophetic word—the writtenmessage of the prophets, made more reliable and fully validated by the confirming voice of God on the Mount of Transfiguration. And you will continue to do well if you stay focused on it. For this prophetic message is like a piercing lightshining in a gloomy placeuntil the dawning of a new day, when the Morning Starrises in your hearts.

²⁰ You must understand this at the outset: Interpretation of scriptural prophecy requires the Holy Spirit, for it does not originate from someone’s own imagination.

²¹ No true prophecy comes from human initiative but is inspired by the moving of the Holy Spirit upon those who spoke the message that came from God. TPT

2 Peter 2:1  In the past there arose false prophetsamong God’s people, just as there will continue to be false teachers who will secretly infiltrate in your midst to divide you, bringing with them their destructive heresies. They will even deny the Master, who paid the price for them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.

2 Peter 2:15-16 They have wandered off the main road and have gone astray, because they are prophets who love profit—the wages they earn by wrongdoing. They are following the example of Balaam, son of Beor,

¹⁶ who was rebuked for evil by a donkey incapable of speech yet that spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.  TPT

1John 4:1-4  Delightfully loved friends, don’t trust every spirit, but carefully examine what they sayto determine if they are of God, because many false prophets have mingled into the world.

² Here’s the test for those with the genuine Spirit of God: they will confess Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh.

³ Everyone who does not acknowledge that Jesus is from God has the spirit of antichrist, which you heard was coming and is already active in the world.

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 2:17-18  ‘This is what I will do in the last days—I will pour outmy Spirit on everybody and cause your sons and daughters to prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will experience dreams from God.

¹⁸ The Holy Spirit will come upon all my servants, men and women alike, and they will prophesy.  TPT

Rev19:10 At this I fell facedown at the angel’s feet to worship him, but he stopped me and said, “Don’t do this! For I am only a fellow servant with you and one of your brothers who clings to what Jesus testifies. Worship God. The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”    ^TPT

FULLY PERSUSADED VIDEO persuaded 2

We are at a place of decision in our lives. It’s more than repeating the sinners prayer. It is the giving up of our old identity and ways of life to walk in the fullness of our life in Christ. Fully persuaded means to be completely convinced  of something. No evidence on the contrary will change your belief.

Rom 8:38-39  For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,

39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.  AMP

▼▼▼

RO 8:38-39  This is my conviction, no threat whether it be in death or life; be it angelic beings, 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. Jesus is our ultimate authority.  MIRROR

Rom 4:20 No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God,

21 Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised.

22 That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God).  AMP

▼▼▼

RO 4:20-22  While he had every reason to doubt the promise, he did not hesitate for a moment but instead empowered by faith confidence, he continued to communicate God’s opinion. things that were not as though they were

21 Abraham’s confidence was his dress-code; he knew beyond doubt that the power of God to perform was equal to his promise.

22 The persuasion of God rubbed off on Abraham and became his personal conviction. This was the basis of his righteousness. MIRROR

2 Tim 1:5 I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [dwells] in you also.

6 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination].

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

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

2 TIM 1:5-8 I rejoice in the pure faith that I see in you. Remember that you are the third generation of a strong lineage of faith: the same unwavering persuasion that indwelt your grandmother Lois also resides in your mother Eunice and is now abundantly evident in you.

6 This gives me all the more reason to remind you to fan the flame of God’s grace gift within you into a blazing hot fire. Your life and ministry mirrors mine; I endorsed the gift of God ‘s boldness within you when I laid my hands on you.

 7 Become fully acquainted with his gift in you, there is nothing timid about it; the dynamic of a mind liberated in the spirit of love is fearless and unstoppable.

8 Do not let my imprisonment make you feel embarrassed about the testimony of Christ or your association with me! We are partners in the afflictions of the gospel  and also in the intensity of God’s power! We experience a constant download of power in the midst of affliction!  MIRROR

2 Tim 3:14 But as for you, continue to hold to the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced, knowing from whom you learned [them],

15 And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness]. AMP

▼▼▼

2 TIM 3;14 Yet you must continue to advance in strength with the truth wrapped around your heart, being assured by God that he’s the Onewho has truly taught you all these things.

¹⁵ Remember what you were taught from your childhood from the Holy Scrollswhich can impart to you wisdom to experience everlasting life through the faith of Jesus, the Anointed One!   TPT    

2 Tim 1:12  And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed [to Him] until that day. AMP

▼▼▼

2 TIM 1:12  What I suffer because of this does not frighten me at all; faith has made him so apparent. I am absolutely persuaded that I am safe in him. We are no longer looking for a future event, or another day, the day  has come! Death is not doomsday; nothing can interrupt what he has done!  MIRROR

Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, however, that in accordance with the Way [of the Lord], which they call a [heretical, division-producing] sect, I worship (serve) the God of our fathers, still persuaded of the truth of and believing in and placing full confidence in everything laid down in the Law [of Moses] or written in the prophets;

15 Having [the same] hope in God which these themselves hold and look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous (the just and the unjust).

16 Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward God and toward men. AMP

ACTS 11:8-10 But I promise you this—the Holy Spirit will come upon you, and you will be seized with power.You will be my messengersto Jerusalem, throughout Judea, the distant provinces—even to the remotest places on earth!”

⁹ Right after Jesus spoke those words, the disciples saw him being lifted into the sky, and disappearing into a cloud!

¹⁰ As they stared into the sky, watching Jesus ascend, two men in white robes suddenly appeared beside them.  TPT

John 14:31 But [Satan is coming and] I do as the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know (be convinced) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do. [I act in full agreement with His orders.] Rise, let us go away from here.  AMP

PHIL 1:6 I pray with great faith for you, because I’m fully convinced that the One who began this gracious workin you will faithfully continue the process of maturing youuntil the unveilingof our Lord Jesus Christ! TPT

▼▼▼

PHIL 1:6 who is the initiator of the good work within you is also the one who executes its completeness as mirrored in Jesus Christ, who is the light of day. He is the fullness of time. MIRROR

HEB 6:9  Having said all this, my dear friends, I am fully convinced of God’s love for you; what God accomplished in salvation on your behalf is beyond comparison to anything you were familiar with before. Salvation realities echo what the law could only shadow.

10 God is not unfair, neither is he unaware of the affectionate way in which you have honored his Name, and the diligence you have  shown in your unrelenting religious service in keeping all the sacred rituals and ceremonies, even to this the present day.

11 I urge you to employ that same sincere devotion to now realize the fulfillment of everything that the old system anticipated.the old system anticipated. MIRROR

Heb 13:18 Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good (clear) conscience, that we want to walk uprightly and live a noble life, acting honorably and in complete honesty in all things.  AMP

▼▼▼

Heb 13:18 Pray for us. We have no doubts about what we’re doing or why, but it’s hard going and we need your prayers. All we care about is living well before God. MSG

1 Cor 2:4 And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them],

5 So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.  AMP

HEB 12:2-3 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. TPT

RO 15:19-21  [Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel

[faithfully executing, accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news]

of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety.

20 Thus my ambition has been to preach the Gospel, not where Christ’s name has already been known, lest I build on another man’s foundation;

21 But [instead I would act on the principle] as it is written, They shall see who have never been told of Him, and they shall understand who have never heard [of Him]. 

22 This [ambition] is the reason why I have so frequently been hindered from coming to visit you. AMP

The gospel was brought forth by Jesus Paul and Peter. They persuaded people to believe by both their words and demonstrations. So we are fully persuaded and we must do the same.

2 COR 5:20 The voice God has in Christ he now has in us; we are God’s ambassadors. Our lives exhibit the urgency of God to persuade everyone to realize the reconciliation of their redeemed identity. MIRROR

WHERE’S THE BEEF  6-6-21 VIDEO WHERE’S THE BEEF

There is a battle coming. The church needs to be ready. The goal is it would become skilled in the word of righteousness. That way we can handle corporately and individually anything that comes our way.

No fear of man. This is one of the yolks of bondage that we will be delivered from. Fear of Man’s opinion has kept us in a bad place. The Word sets us free from fear of man. The apostles proclaim the word during difficult days and change the world.

Amos 8:11 “Oh yes, Judgment Day is coming!” These are the words of my Master God. “I’ll send a famine through the whole country. It won’t be food or water that’s lacking, but my Word.

12 People will drift from one end of the country to the other, roam to the north, wander to the east. They’ll go anywhere, listen to anyone, hoping to hear God’s Word — but they won’t hear it.  MSG

John 15:3 You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].  AMP

▼▼▼

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

EPH 6: :14 Take your position: you have the truthwrapped around your hips like a soldier’s belt, holding the complete body armor together. Righteousness covers your heart like a bulletproof breastplate.

15 You wear your eagerness and passion to communicate the good news like soldier’s shoes. Announce peace; the battle has already been fought and won!  

16 It is most important to engage your faith as a man-size shield that covers your whole person and empowers you to extinguish the flame in every arrow of contradiction that you might face. The only visible part of you is your faith!  

17 Pondering redemption realities is your headgear that protects your mind; inspired thoughts give voice to God’s word—this is your spiritual sword.MIRROR

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

13 The whole person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze. Every creature’s original form is on record in the Word.  MIRROR

HEB 5:12 For you should already be professors instructing others by now; but instead, you need to be taught from the beginning the basics of God’s prophetic oracles! You’re like childrenstill needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food.

¹³ For every spiritual infant who lives on milk is not yet piercedby the revelation of righteousness.

¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive heavenly matters. And they have been adequately trained by what they’ve experienced to emergewith understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful.  TPT

▼▼▼

HEB 5:12 By now youshould have been professors, able to teach the rest of the world, but you are still struggling with the ABC’s of God’s language in Christ.The difference between the prophetic shadow and the real is like that between milk and meat in your diet. You cannot live on baby food for the rest of your lives!

13 The revelation of righteousness is the meat of God’s word. Babes live on milk so does everyone who is not pierced in the ear of his heart by the revelation of Christ.  

14 This is the nourishment of the mature. They are those who have their faculties of perception trained as by gymnastic precision to distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant.  MIRROR

Heb 6:1 So come on, let’s leave the preschool fingerpainting exercises on Christ and get on with the grand work of art. Grow up in Christ. The basic foundational truths are in place: turning your back on “salvation by self-help” and turning in trust toward God;

2 baptismal instructions; laying on of hands; resurrection of the dead; eternal judgment.

3 God helping us, we’ll stay true to all that. But there’s so much more. Let’s get on with it! MSG

 ▼▼▼

Heb 6:1 Now is the time for us to progress beyond the basic message of Christand advance into perfection. The foundation has already been laid for us to build upon: turning away from our dead worksto embrace faith in God,

 ² teaching about different baptisms, impartation by the laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

³ So with God’s enablementwe will move on to deeper truths.  TPT

Deut 30:11  This commandment that I’m commanding you today isn’t too much for you, it’s not out of your reach.

12 It’s not on a high mountain — you don’t have to get mountaineers to climb the peak and bring it down to your level and explain it before you can live it.

13 And it’s not across the ocean — you don’t have to send sailors out to get it, bring it back, and then explain it before you can live it.

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

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

WORD—PS 105:7 For he is the Lord our God, and his wise authoritycan be seen in all he does.
^8–9 For though a thousand generations may pass away, he is still true to his word. He has kept every promisehe made to Abraham and to Isaac.  TPT

ISA 40:8 But even though grass withers and the flower fades, the word of our God stands strong forever!”  TPT

John 1:1  IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.  AMP

▼▼▼

JN 1:1 In the beginningthe Living Expressionwas already there. And the Living Expression was with God, yet fully God. TPT

Ps 138:2 I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name!  AMP

TITUS 1:2-3which rests on the hope of eternal life. God, who never lies, has promised this before time began.

³ In his own time he unveiled his word through the preaching of the gospel, which was entrusted to me by the command of God our Life Giver.   TPT

HEB 6:18-19  So it is impossible for God to lie for we know that his promise and his vow will never change! And now we have run into his heart to hide ourselves in his faithfulness. This is where we find his strength and comfort, for he empowers us to seize what has already been established ahead of time—an unshakable hope!

¹⁹ We have this certain hope like a strong, unbreakable anchor holding our souls to God himself. Our anchor of hope is fastened to the mercy seatin the heavenly realm beyond the sacred threshold  TPT

NO FEAR OF MAN   ISA 8:13 Fear nothing and no one except Yahweh, Commander of Angel Armies! Honor him as holy. Be in awe before him with deepest reverence TPT

Jn 12:42-43. Many of the chief rulers believe that Jesus was the Messiah but because of the Pharisees they would not openly confess him since I knew that they would be thrown out of the synagogue.

43. They love the opinion in recognition of people more than the opinion of God.  MIRROR

▼▼▼

JOHN 12:42-43 Yet there were many Jewish leaders who believed in Jesus, but because they feared the Pharisees they kept it secret, so they wouldn’t be ostracized by the assembly of the Jews.

⁴³ For they loved the glory that men could give them rather than the glory that came from God! TPT

Phil 1:14 And [also] most of the brethren have derived fresh confidence in the Lord because of my chains and are much more bold to speak and publish fearlessly the Word of God [acting with more freedom and indifference to the consequences].  AMP

Phil 2:16 Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose.  AMP

Col 1:25-26 In it I became a minister in accordance with the divine stewardship which was entrusted to me for you [as its object and for your benefit], to make the Word of God fully known [among you] — 

26 The mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations [from angels and men], but is now revealed to His holy people (the saints),  AMP

COL 3:16 Let the word of Christ livein you richly, flooding you with all wisdom. Apply the Scriptures as you teach and instruct one another with the Psalms, and with festive praises, and with prophetic songs given to you spontaneously by the Spirit, so sing to God with all your hearts! TPT

2 COR 3:18 And we all, with new understanding, see yourselves in him as in a mirror. The days of window-shopping are over in him every face is unveiled. And gazing with wonder at the blueprint of God displayed in human form, we suddenly realize that we are looking into a mirror, where every feature of his image is articulated in Christ is reflected within us. The spirit of the Lord engineers this radical transformation; we are led from an inferior mindset to the revealed endorsement of our authentic identity. MIRROR

▼▼▼

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

A MERRY HEART-JOY AND LAUGHTER 6-4-21 Video RolandwhatisGod like

Maybe we need, after the past year of 2020, a time of real joy and laughter again. A joyful heart does cause laughter and that produces healing for the body. It boost our heart rate, increases our oxygen, boost our immunity, relieve stress and anxiety. It helps our brain concentrate by clearing the clouds of sadness over our minds and hearts. It releases endorphins. God told Abraham to name his son Isaac which means the sound of laughter. Laughter and joy are our weapons against the enemy.

Prov 17:22 A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. AMP

▼▼▼

PROV 17:22 A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul. But the one whose heart is crushed struggles with sickness and depression. TPT

Neh 8:8 So they read from the Book of the Law of God distinctly, faithfully amplifying and giving the sense so that [the people] understood the reading.

9 And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, This day is holy to the Lord your God; mourn not nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.

10 Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.

11 So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved and sad.

12 And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them.  AMP

ISA 35:10 Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return with glee to Zion. They will enter with a song of rejoicing and be crowned with everlasting joy. Ecstatic joy will overwhelm them; weariness and grief will disappear! TPT

Job 8:20 Behold, as surely as God will never uphold wrongdoers, He will never cast away a blameless man.

21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter [Job] and your lips with joyful shouting.   AMP

 ▼▼▼

Job 8:20-21 0 “There’s no way that God will reject a good person, and there is no way he’ll help a bad one.

21 God will let you laugh again; you’ll raise the roof with shouts of joy,  MSG

Gen 17:17 Abraham fell flat on his face. And then he laughed, thinking, “Can a hundred-year-old man father a son? And can Sarah, at ninety years, have a baby?”

18 Recovering, Abraham said to God, “Oh, keep Ishmael alive and well before you!”

19 But God said, “That’s not what I mean. Your wife, Sarah, will have a baby, a son. Name him Isaac (Laughter). I’ll establish my covenant with him and his descendants, a covenant that lasts forever.

20 “And Ishmael? Yes, I heard your prayer for him. I’ll also bless him; I’ll make sure he has plenty of children — a huge family. He’ll father twelve princes; I’ll make him a great nation.

21 But I’ll establish my covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will give you about this time next year.”  MSG

Gen 21:3 Abraham named him Isaac.

4 When his son was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded.

5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born.

6 Sarah said, God has blessed me with laughter and all who get the news will laugh with me!

7 She also said, Whoever would have suggested to Abraham that Sarah would one day nurse a baby! Yet here I am! I’ve given the old man a son!

8 The baby grew and was weaned. Abraham threw a big party on the day Isaac was weaned.  MSG

PS 126:2-6 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 seedswill 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

Ps 30:5 He gets angry once in a while, but across a lifetime there is only love.

The nights of crying your eyes out give way to days of laughter. MSG

Ps 100:2 Bring a gift of laughter, sing yourselves into his presence. MSG

Jer 30:19 Thanksgivings will pour out of the windows; laughter will spill through the doors. Things will get better and better. Depression days are over. They’ll thrive, they’ll flourish. The days of contempt will be over. MSG

Jer 33:11 But the time is coming when you’re going to hear laughter and celebration, marriage festivities, people exclaiming, “Thank God-of-the-Angel-Armies. He’s so good! His love never quits,” as they bring thank offerings into God’s Temple. I’ll restore everything that was lost in this land. I’ll make everything as good as new.’ I, God, say so.  MSG

1 Peter 1:8 You never saw him, yet you love him. You still don’t see him, yet you trust him — with laughter and singing.

9 Because you kept on believing, you’ll get what you’re looking forward to: total salvation.  MSG

Ps 4:7  More joy in one ordinary day Than they get in all their shopping sprees.

8 At day’s end I’m ready for sound sleep, For you, God, have put my life back together. MSG

Ps 5:11-12 But you’ll welcome us with open arms when we run for cover to you.

Let the party last all night! Stand guard over our celebration.

12 You are famous, God, for welcoming God-seekers, for decking us out in delight. MSG

 ▼▼▼

PS 5:11-12 But let them all be glad, those who turn aside to hide themselves in you. May they keep shouting for joy forever! Overshadow them in your presence as they sing and rejoice. Then every lover of your name will burst forth with endless joy.¹² Lord, how wonderfully you bless the righteous. Your favor wraps around each one and covers them under your canopy of kindness and joy. TPT

PS 51:12  Let my passion for life be restored, tasting joyin every breakthrough you bring to me. Hold me close to you with a willing spirit  that obeys whatever you say. TPT

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

▼▼▼

PS 97:11 For he sows seeds of light within his devoted lovers, and seeds of joy burst forth for the lovers of God!TPT

Ps 37:13 The Lord laughs at [the wicked], for He sees that their own day [of defeat] is coming.  AMP

ISA 60:5 “Then you will understand and be radiant. Your heart will be thrilled and swell with joy. The fullness of the sea will flow to youand the wealthof the nations will be transferred to you! TPT

ISA 61:3-4 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful bouquetin the place of ashes, the oil of blissinstead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praiseinstead of the spirit of heaviness. Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaksof Righteousness, plantedby Yahweh as a living display of his glory.
⁴ They will restore ruins from long ago and rebuild what was long devastated. They will renew ruined cities and desolations of past generations. TPT

John 15:11 I have spoken these things and to you so that my joy I will continuously infuse you-you don’t have to invent your own if you can tap into mine! This is ultimate bliss! Mirror

John 17:13. And now I come to be face-to-face with you father; I speak these things while I am still in the world that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. Mirror

John 16:20-22 During this brief time of my apparent absence you will mourn and grieve but while the religious world rejoices, your pain will give birth to joy!

21. The anguish a woman suffers when her hour has come to give birth, is soon forgotten and replaced with delight when another human life is born! Just like with childbirth where joy eclipses the labor pains, so your present sorrow will be vanquished and your hearts will erupt in joy when you realize how you captivate my gaze! And no one will be able to take this joy away from you! Mirror

Acts 2:28 You have made known to me the ways of life; You will enrapture me [diffusing my soul with joy] with and in Your presence.  AMP

Rom 14:17 [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. AMP

▼▼▼

RO 14:17 God’s royal dominion is not based on food and drink regulations, but righteousness, (likeness) friendship (peace) and joy in the Holy Spirit.  MIRROR

Isa 61:7 Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs. AMP

▼▼▼

ISA 61:7 Because you received a double dose of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portion of endless joy and everlasting bliss! TPT