REIGNING IN LIFE  7-28-22  VIDEO REGIN BILL JOHNSON

We are positioned by the Holy Spirit to not just get by in life but to reign. Reign means to exercise power and authority to be overcomers in whatever circumstances we face. The enemy will attack us by challenging our position, trying to get us to give up the title, “children of God.” Peter in spite of everything he got wrong recognized who Jesus  really was. The Father showed Peter  who Jesus was and who Peter was. His identity was revealed. It was the confession that changed Peter‘s life. He was the first one to share the Gospel on Pentecost.  Because of who we are, we reign in Christ 

Gen 3:1The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?”

2 The Woman said to the serpent, “Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden.

3 It’s only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don’t eat from it; don’t even touch it or you’ll die.'”

4 The serpent told the Woman, “You won’t die.

5 God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what’s really going on. You’ll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil.”

6 When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it — she’d know everything! — she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.  MSG

LUKE 4:1 And Jesus, fully infused and prompted by Holy Spirit, intentionally turns back, away from the river Jordan into the wilderness and embarks on a forty day fast in order to victoriously face the same diabolic scrutiny that snared humanity in Adam and Eve, and later dramatically displayed in Israel’s forty year detour in the wilderness of their unbelief.

2 When the forty days were concluded, he felt famished, having not taken anything to eat at all.

3 The Devil had an immediate suggestion, “If you really are the son of God, then prove it and do your magic! Tell this stone to become a loaf of bread!”  

4 And Jesus answered, “It is written that man shall not live on bread alone.”                     

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

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

7 It’s all yours if you worship me.  

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

9 Then he led him to Jerusalem and brought him to the wing of the temple and challenged him to cast himself down, if he really is the son of God.

10 It is written, he says, that God would command his celestial messengers to protect you from any harm.

11 They would bear you up on their hands and protect you so that you will not even stumble over a stone.

12 Again, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy and said, you shall not put the Lord your God to the test. Testing is not trusting.

13 This concluded the devil’s scrutiny and he departed until an opportune time. MIRROR

Matt 16:16 Simon Peter said, “You’re the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus came back, “God bless you, Simon, son of Jonah! You didn’t get that answer out of books or from teachers. My Father in heaven, God himself, let you in on this secret of who I really am.

18 And now I’m going to tell you who you are, really are. You are Peter, a rock. This is the rock on which I will put together my church, a church so expansive with energy that not even the gates of hell will be able to keep it out.

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

Rom 5:17 For if one man’s offence meant that men should be slaves to death all their lives, it is a far greater thing that through another man, Jesus Christ, men by their acceptance of his more than sufficient grace and righteousness, should live all their lives like kings!

18-19 We see, then, that as one act of sin exposed the whole race of men to God’s judgment and condemnation, so one act of perfect righteousness presents all men freely acquitted in the sight of God. One man’s disobedience placed all men under the threat of condemnation, but one man’s obedience has the power to present all men righteous before God. PHILLIPS

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ROM 5:17 Death no longer has the final say. Life rules! If the effect of one man’s crash-landing engaged mankind in a death-dominated lifestyle how much more advantaged is the very same mankind now that they are the recipients of the boundless reservoirs of grace, empowering them to enjoy the dominion of life through the gift of righteousness because of that one man, Jesus Christ. Grace is out of all proportion in superiority to the transgression.  

18 The conclusion is clear: if one offence condemns the entire human race; then in principle, the righteousness of one vindicates the entire human race.   MIRROR

1 COR 15:19 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 mankind who died in a man was raised again in a man.

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

ROM 5:21 Death provided sin its platform and power to reign from; now grace has taken over sovereignty through righteousness to introduce unthreatened life under the Lordship of Jesus Christ over us.  A simple equation: We were not made sinners by our own disobedience; neither were we made righteous by our own obedience.

The same humanity represented in the one man Adam, is triumphantly represented in the one man Jesus Christ!  Adam’s transgression no longer holds the human race hostage.  MIRROR

ROM 5:10 And you have made them unto God a realm of royalty to reign upon the earth as priests! MIRROR 

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Rev 5:10 And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth!  AMP

1 Corinthians 1:30 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.

³¹And this fulfills what is written: If anyone boasts, let him only boast in all that the Lord has done!  TPT

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1 COR  1:30 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

2 COR 2:14 I am overwhelmed with gratitude! Wherever my travels take me I am so aware that God leads us as trophies in his victory parade. What he knows to be true about us diffuses through us like a perfume of sweet aroma everywhere we go, celebrating the success of the cross.  

15 We are a sweet savor of Christ to God evident in everyone we meet. The fragrance of Christ is recognized in all to salvation. The same gospel that announces the fragrant victory of Christ declares the odor of death; the defeat of destruction in everyone!

16 The message we communicate is a fragrance with an immediate association; to darkness, it is the smell of doom [the death of death]; to life it is the familiar fragrance of life itself.   MIRROR

2 COR 5:17 Now, in the light of your co-inclusion in his death and resurrection, whoever you thought you were before, in Christ you are a brand new person! The old ways of seeing yourself and everyone else are over. Acquaint yourself with the new!

18  The idea of mankind’s co-inclusion in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is entirely God’s doing! To now realize that God has indeed brought final closure to the old and for us to see everything and everyone in this new light is to simply see what God has always known to be true about us in Christ; we are not debating human experience, opinion, or their contribution; this is exactly what God believes. In Jesus Christ, God exchanged equivalent value to redeem us to himself. He went to the highest extreme in this act of reconciliation to persuade us of our original worth! This, God has given us as the mandate of our ministry.  MIRROR

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2 Corinthians 5:17 Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new.

¹⁸And God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God. TPT

GAL 3:26 What Jesus Christ believes to be true about you is the final confirmation of mankind’s redeemed sonship. His faith is the only valid reference to your belief! 

27 To be immersed in Christ is to be fully clothed with him! He is your brand new wardrobe confirming your sonship!  MIRROR

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

⁴And in love he chose us before he laid the foundation of the universe! Because of his great love, he ordained us, so that we would be seen as holy in his eyes with an unstained innocence. TPT

Ephesians 1:10 And because of God’s unfailing purpose, this detailed plan will reign supreme through every period of time until the fulfillment of all the ages finally reaches its climax—when God makes all things new in all of heaven and earth through Jesus Christ.

¹¹Through our union with Christ we too have been claimed by God as his own inheritance. Before we were even born, he gave us our destiny; that we would fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in his heart.

¹²God’s purpose was that we Jews, who were the first to long for the messianic hope, would be the first to believe in the Anointed One and bring great praise and glory to God!  TPT

Ephesians 2:6 He raised us up with Christ the exalted One, and we ascended with him into the glorious perfection and authority of the heavenly realm, for we are now co-seated as one with Christ!  TPT

Ephesians 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 works we would do to fulfill it!  TPT

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Eph 2:10 For we are God’s [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. AMP

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

Colossians 2:10 And our own completeness is now found in him. We are completely filled with God as Christ’s fullness overflows within us. He is the Head of every kingdom and authority in the universe!  TPT

2 Tim 1:9  who first saved us and then called us to this holy work. We had nothing to do with it. It was all his idea, a gift prepared for us in Jesus long before we knew anything about it.

10 But we know it now. Since the appearance of our Savior, nothing could be plainer: death defeated, life vindicated in a steady blaze of light, all through the work of Jesus. MSG

HOLY SPIRIT HELP US TO KNOW YOU MORE 7-29-22  VIDEO

We’re living in a season prophesied by Joel. The Spirit being poured out on everyone, everywhere. Let’s draw closer to the Holy Spirit so we can hear his voice as He remains with us until the end of the ages. The Holy Spirit has the power to breathe life into Mary causing her to be impregnated with Jesus. He is called the Paraclete which means He’s the advocate, He is by your side. The word Para means beside Clete means to call. He’s the counselor, helper, defense attorney, comforter. Holy Spirit is the outpouring the indwelling Who with us forever. Jesus operated and all the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Isa 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; therefore He turned to become their enemy and Himself fought against them.

11 Then His people [seriously] remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people [and they said], Where is He Who brought [our fathers] up out of the [Red] Sea, with [Moses and the other] shepherds of His flock? Where is He Who put His Holy Spirit within their midst,

12 Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make for Himself an everlasting name,

13 Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble?

14 Like the cattle that go down into the valley [to find better pasturage, refuge, and rest], the Spirit of the Lord caused them to rest. So did You lead Your people [Lord] to make for Yourself a beautiful and glorious name [to prepare the way for the acknowledgment of Your name by all nations].  AMP

Joel 2:28 “And that’s just the beginning: After that — “I will pour out my Spirit

on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters. Your old men will dream, your young men will see visions.

29 I’ll even pour out my Spirit on the servants, men and women both.  MSG

Luke 1:35 The angel answered, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, the power of the Highest hover over you; Therefore, the child you bring to birth will be called Holy, Son of God.   MSG

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LUKE 1:35 And he said to her, “Holy Spirit will overwhelm you – hovering over you in the power of the Most High. Therefore, this holy begotten one will be called, son of God!  MIRROR

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

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

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

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

JN 14:16 In my prayerful engagement with the Father, he will give you another close companion to be with you – in such an intimate way that my immediate presence will continue to be inseparably one with you in timeless ages to come!

17 Your eternal companion is the Spirit of truth, whom those trapped in the sense-ruled world, just cannot get to grips with! Their visual horizon is veiled, and they are unable to understand what they cannot see. But, [in your acquaintance with me], you are familiar with this seamless, intimate union, and the Spirit’s continued presence within you.  MIRROR

LUKE 11:13 So, if you, even within the confines of an earth-bound, performance-based religious 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

LUKE 12:10 To err in one’s conclusion concerning the son of man is not the end of the road; they too will be restored to their true “I am-ness”!  However, to reach a blasphemous conclusion concerning the Holy Spirit is stalemate! If the Holy Spirit is taken out of the equation who can possibly bring someone to discover the truth about themselves in this age? MIRROR

Ephesians 4:30 The Holy Spirit of God has sealed you in Jesus Christ until you experience your full salvation. So never grieve the Spirit of God or take for granted his holy influence in your life.  TPT

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Eph 4:30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God’s own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin).  AMP

1 Thess 5:19 Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit;  AMP

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1 THESS 5:19 Do not suffocate the flame of the Spirit within you. MIRROR

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

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2 Tim 1:14 Guard and keep [with the greatest care] the precious and excellently adapted [Truth] which has been entrusted [to you], by the [help of the] Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us. AMP

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

JOHN 20:22 Having said this he breathed an effusion of Spirit upon them and said, “Take Holy Spirit as your Companion.”

23 “If you forgive someone’s sins, they are gone and forgotten. If you don’t let go, then you are stuck with them.”  MIRROR

Acts 1:8 What you’ll get is the Holy Spirit. And when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will be able to be my witnesses in Jerusalem, all over Judea and Samaria, even to the ends of the world.”   MSG

Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Repent and return to God, and each one of you must be baptized in the name of Jesus, the Anointed One, to have your sins removed. Then you may take hold of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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

Acts 9:31 Things calmed down after that and the church had smooth sailing for a while. All over the country — Judea, Samaria, Galilee — the church grew. They were permeated with a deep sense of reverence for God. The Holy Spirit was with them, strengthening them. They prospered wonderfully. MSG

ROM 5:5 This kind of hope does not disappoint; the gift of the Holy Spirit completes our every expectation and ignites the love of God within us like an artesian well.  MIRROR

Ephesians 1:13 And because of him, when you who are not Jews heard the revelation of truth, you believed in the wonderful news of salvation. Now we have been stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit. TPT

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Ephesians 4:30 The Holy Spirit of God has sealed you in Jesus Christ until you experience your full salvation. So never grieve the Spirit of God or take for granted his holy influence in your life.  TPT

Rom 8:9 But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God].  AMP

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ROM 8:9 But you are not ruled by a flesh-consciousness, (law of works), but by a spirit-consciousness , God’s Spirit is at home in you. Anyone who does not see themselves fully clothed and identified in the Spirit of Christ, cannot be themselves. MIRROR

Romans 8:5 Those who are motivated by the flesh only pursue what benefits themselves. But those who live by the impulses of the Holy Spirit are motivated to pursue spiritual realities.

⁶For the sense and reason of the flesh is death, but the mind-set controlled by the Spirit finds life and peace. 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).

17 For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.  AMP

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

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

ROM 15:13 God who is the engineer of expectation fills you to the brim with tranquil delight. The dynamic of the Holy Spirit causes faith to exceed any possible hesitation in hope.  MIRROR

ROM 5:19 The message was confirmed in every sign and miracle in the power of the Holy Spirit. Thus, I went full circle from Jerusalem to Illyricum proclaiming the glad tidings of Christ in its most complete context.MIRROR

HEB 2:4 The delightful resolve of God in every sign, miracle, and diffusion of Holy Spirit bear joint-testimony to the magnificence of this salvation.

5 God never intended to put celestial-messengers in charge of this new world order that we are speaking of.

6 Somewhere in the Scriptures it is written, “What is it about the human species that God cannot get them out of his mind? What does he see in the son of man, that so captivates his gaze?”

7 It seems that man briefly descends to a less elevated place than Elohim; yet he is crowned with God’s own glory and dignity, and appointed in a position of authority over all the works of his hands.” MIRROR

2 Timothy 1:14 Guard well this incomparable treasure by the Spirit of Holiness living within you. TPT

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

TAKE NO OFFENSE 7-24-22  VIDEO PRISON OF OFFENCE 2

Do not give in to be offended or give into staying in the offense. One of the tactics of the enemy is to remind you how you have been offended or the wrongs by a brother or sister and then distraction tries to overtake us from moving forward in our destiny. To take in an offense is to become angry or upset by something another person has done or said. It is to be angry. Jesus spoke the truth about the kingdom and  many were offended by him and could not enter in. Let us forgive and give up “our right” to be offended.

Proverbs 18:19 It is easier to conquer a strong city than to win back a friend whom you’ve offended. Their walls go up, making it nearly impossible to win them back. TPT

Matt 24:5 For many will come in (on the strength of) My name [appropriating the name which belongs to Me], saying, I am the Christ (the Messiah), and they will lead many astray.

6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;

8 All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].

9 Then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

10 And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to trust and obey] and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred.

11 And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error.

12 And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity,  AMP

LUKE7:23 And tell him, not to allow the idea of fate or judgment to rob him of the bliss of knowing who he is and what he has in me. Offence is a snare. MIRROR

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Luke 7:23 And blessed (happy — with life-joy and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions — and to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [whatever may occur]. AMP

Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended us or done us wrong]. And bring us not into temptation but rescue us from evil.  AMP

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Luke 11:4 Forgive our sins as we ourselves release forgiveness to those who have wronged us. And rescue us every time we face tribulations.”  TPT

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Luke 11:4 Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others. Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil.”  MSG ▼▼▼

LUKE 11:4 Oh, that your forgiveness of our sins may be fully realized! So, everyone indebted to us may also know that we have released them from their obligations to us! MIRROR

James 1:19  Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry.

20 For man’s anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires]. AMP  ▼▼▼

James 1:19 My dearest brothers and sisters, take this to heart: Be quick to listen, but slow to speak. And be slow to become angry,

²⁰for human anger is never a legitimate tool to promote God’s righteous purpose. TPT

Matthew 13:56 And don’t his sisters all live here in Nazareth? From where then did he get all this revelation and power?”

⁵⁷And the people became offended and began to turn against him.

Jesus said, “There’s only one place a prophet isn’t honored—his own home-town!” ⁵⁸And their unbelief kept him from doing many mighty miracles in Nazareth. TPT

1 COR 10:32 So live your life in freedom and wisdom. Thus the Jews, the Gentiles and the church will all witness the attraction of your life without taking any offence.

33 I am so persuaded about every person’s inclusion in Christ that I desire to be everything I need to be in order to win everyone’s understanding of their union with Christ; my mission is to be exactly what is required of me in every possible situation to awaken every kind of person, whoever they are, to own their salvation! I have no other agenda.  MIRROR

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1 Corinthians 10:32 And make sure you’re not offending Jews or Greeks or any part of God’s assembly over your personal preferences.

³³Follow my example, for I try to please everyone in all things, rather than putting my liberty first. I sincerely attempt to do anything I can so that others may be saved.  TPT

2 Cor 6:3 We put no obstruction in anybody’s way [we give no offense in anything], so that no fault may be found and [our] ministry blamed and discredited. AMP

Prov 16:32 Moderation is better than muscle, self-control better than political power.

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Prov 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. AMP

Prov 19:11 Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. AMP

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Proverbs 19:11 An understanding person demonstrates patience, for mercy means holding your tongue. When you are insulted, be quick to forgive and forget it, for you are virtuous when you overlook an offense.  TPT

Proverbs 15:1 Respond gently when you are confronted and you’ll defuse the rage of another. Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse. Don’t you know that being angry can ruin the testimony of even the wisest of men?  TPT

Ephesians 4:31 Lay aside bitter words, temper tantrums, revenge, profanity, and insults.

³²But instead be kind and affectionate toward one another. Has God graciously forgiven you? Then graciously forgive one another in the depths of Christ’s love.  TPT

Col 3:8 But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips!  AMP

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COL 3: 8 But now, because you realize that you co-died and were co-raised together with Christ, you can flush your thoughts with truth! Permanently put these things behind you: things such as violent outbursts of rage, depression, all manner of wickedness, slander and every form of irregular conversation. MIRROR

1 Tim 2:8 I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands. AMP

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1 Timothy 2:8 Therefore, I encourage the men to pray on every occasion with hands lifted to God in worship with clean hearts, free from frustration or strife. TPT

Matt 18:15  “If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell him — work it out between the two of you. If he listens, you’ve made a friend.

16 If he won’t listen, take one or two others along so that the presence of witnesses will keep things honest, and try again.

17 If he still won’t listen, tell the church. If he won’t listen to the church, you’ll have to start over from scratch, confront him with the need for repentance, and offer again God’s forgiving love.  MSG

Isa 43:18 “Forget about what’s happened; don’t keep going over old history.

19 Be alert, be present. I’m about to do something brand-new. It’s bursting out! Don’t you see it? There it is! I’m making a road through the desert, rivers in the badlands. MSG

Proverbs 4:25 Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions.

²⁶Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of truth, and the road will be safe and smooth before you.

²⁷Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness.  TPT

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Prov 4:25 Keep your eyes straight ahead; ignore all sideshow distractions.

26 Watch your step, and the road will stretch out smooth before you.

27 Look neither right nor left; leave evil in the dust.  MSG

2 Cor 12:10 Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size — abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.  MSG

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2 COR 12:10 I now enjoy a delightfully different frame of mind when I encounter things that would normally make me feel frail, whether it be from insults or when I am in situations where I’m forced to do things with my arms twisted behind my back; whether I am persecuted or feel squeezed into claustrophobic spaces. Because of Christ, every time that I encounter weakness I escape into the strength of my I am-ness!  MIRROR

2 Corinthians 5:17 Now, if anyone is enfolded into Christ, he has become an entirely new person. All that is related to the old order has vanished. Behold, everything is fresh and new.

¹⁸And God has made all things new, and reconciled us to himself, and given us the ministry of reconciling others to God.

¹⁹In other words, it was through the Anointed One that God was shepherding the world, not even keeping records of their transgressions, and he has entrusted to us the ministry of opening the door of reconciliation to God.

²⁰We are ambassadors of the Anointed One who carry the message of Christ to the world, as though God were tenderly pleading with them directly through our lips. So we tenderly plead with you on Christ’s behalf, “Turn back to God and be reconciled to him.”  TPT

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2 Cor 5:17 Now we look inside, and what we see is that anyone united with the Messiah gets a fresh start, is created new. The old life is gone; a new life burgeons! Look at it!

18 All this comes from the God who settled the relationship between us and him, and then called us to settle our relationships with each other.

19 God put the world square with himself through the Messiah, giving the world a fresh start by offering forgiveness of sins. God has given us the task of telling everyone what he is doing.

20 We’re Christ’s representatives. God uses us to persuade men and women to drop their differences and enter into God’s work of making things right between them. We’re speaking for Christ himself now: Become friends with God; he’s already a friend with you.   MSG

RESTORATION MORE THEN BEFORE  7-22-22 

VIDEO SPOKEN WORD RESTORATION 2

You will recover all! Do not just plan for getting by in life but for a full recovery. Recovery means to find a regain possession of something that was stolen or lost. David was in a very bad place his own men wanted to stone him, all because their wives their children their possessions were stolen and their homes were burnt. But God promised that all would be recovered. It’s only through Jesus Christ at all things are recovered and restored. In the Bible restoration is always an abundance more than what we had hoped for. It came back with spoil. Better than if the situation had not happened. To restore abundantly is always the plan of God.

1 Sam 30:8 And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all. AMP

Ps 39:13 O look away from me and spare me, that I may recover cheerfulness and encouraging strength and know gladness before I go and am no more! AMP

Acts 3:19 So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;  AMP

John 10:10 A thief is only there to steal and kill and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.  MSG

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John 10:10A thief has only one thing in mind—he wants to steal, slaughter, and destroy. But I have come to give you everything in abundance, more than you expect—life in its fullness until you overflow! TPT

Gal 3:16 Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah).  AMP

Ezek 36:11 And I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited according to your former estate and I will do better for you than at your beginnings; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. AMP

Job 42:12  And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkey. AMP

Ps 71:20 0 You, who made me stare trouble in the face, Turn me around; Now let me look life in the face. I’ve been to the bottom; Bring me up,

21 streaming with honors; turn to me, be tender to me,  MSG

Joel 2:25 And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten — the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you.

26 And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame.

27 And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am in the midst of Israel and that I the Lord am your God and there is none else. My people shall never be put to shame.

28 And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.

29 Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit.  AMP

Caterpillar- as destructive; canker worm- devouring a simile of scattering and disappearing  locust- “repeatedly.”

Acts 8:7 For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health. AMP

James 5:15 And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  AMP

Rom 8:29 God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him. MSG

Rev 21:5 And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine). 

6 And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life. 

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

Ezek 36:26 I’ll give you a new heart, put a new spirit in you. I’ll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that’s God-willed, not self-willed. MSG

Matt 19:28  Jesus replied, “Yes, you have followed me. In the re-creation of the world, when the Son of Man will rule gloriously, you who have followed me will also rule, starting with the twelve tribes of Israel.

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

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

JOHN 6:39 My Sender’s desire is for me to rescue every single individual – this is his gift to me – that I will lose no detail of their original identity mirrored in me! My rescuing mission will conclude in their joint-resurrection! This is the completeness of time!

40  And this is the desire of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son, through his eyes, and finds the conclusion of their persuasion in him, will resonate (echo) the life of the ages! And I will raise him up in the final day! MIRROR

Rom 8:2 A new power is in operation. The Spirit of life in Christ, like a strong wind, has magnificently cleared the air, freeing you from a fated lifetime of brutal tyranny at the hands of sin and death.

3 God went for the jugular when he sent his own Son. He didn’t deal with the problem as something remote and unimportant. In his Son, Jesus, he personally took on the human condition, entered the disordered mess of struggling humanity in order to set it right once and for all. The law code, weakened as it always was by fractured human nature, could never have done that. The law always ended up being used as a Band-Aid on sin instead of a deep healing of it.  MSG

2 Cor 5:19  It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor).

20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ’s personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God.  AMP

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2 COR 5:19 Our ministry declares that Jesus did not act independently of his Father. God was present in Christ when he reconciled the total cosmos to himself. Deity and humanity embraced in him; the fallen state of mankind was deleted; their trespasses would no longer count against them! He now announces his friendship with every individual from within us!

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

Psalms 126:4Now, 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.

⁵Those who sow their tears as seeds will reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee.

⁶They 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

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

Zech 9:12 Come home, hope-filled prisoners! This very day I’m declaring a double bonus —  everything you lost returned twice-over!  MSG

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

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

2 Cor 9:8  God can pour on the blessings in astonishing ways so that you’re ready for anything and everything, more than just ready to do what needs to be done.

9 As one psalmist puts it, He throws caution to the winds, giving to the needy in reckless abandon. His right-living, right-giving ways never run out, never wear out.

10 This most generous God who gives seed to the farmer that becomes bread for your meals is more than extravagant with you. He gives you something you can then give away, which grows into full-formed lives, robust in God,

11 wealthy in every way, so that you can be generous in every way, producing with us great praise to God. MSG

Eph 3:20 God can do anything, you know — far more than you could ever imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by pushing us around but by working within us, his Spirit deeply and gently within us.

21 Glory to God in the church! Glory to God in the Messiah, in Jesus! Glory down all the generations! Glory through all millennia! Oh, yes!  MSG

2 Cor 1:5  We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort — we get a full measure of that, too. MSG

Titus 3:7 God’s gift has restored our relationship with him and given us back our lives. And there’s more life to come — an eternity of life! MSG 

FEAR FACTOR  7-17-22  VIDEO FACE YOUR FEARS 2

Fear is a common affliction produced by dread insecurity or withdrawal, causing anxiety and nightmares. Fear is the opposite of faith. Fear can be learned and unlearned. Spiritual forces can stir up fears. We as God‘s people, are being delivered from fear. Fear of death, fear sickness, fear of loss, fear of failure. Fear is intimidating it keeps you from speaking your heart. It’s fear of man. Fear stops us from being free. It tries to stop us from fulfilling our destiny.

Job 3:25  The worst of my fears has come true, what I’ve dreaded most has happened.

26 My repose is shattered, my peace destroyed. No rest for me, ever — death has invaded life.”  MSG

Job 1:8 God said to Satan, “Have you noticed my friend Job? There’s no one quite like him — honest and true to his word, totally devoted to God and hating evil.”

9 Satan retorted, “So do you think Job does all that out of the sheer goodness of his heart?

10 Why, no one ever had it so good! You pamper him like a pet, make sure nothing bad ever happens to him or his family or his possessions, bless everything he does — he can’t lose!

11 “But what do you think would happen if you reached down and took away everything that is his? He’d curse you right to your face, that’s what.”   MSG

Job 2:9  His wife said, “Still holding on to your precious integrity, are you? Curse God and be done with it!”

10 He told her, “You’re talking like an empty-headed fool. We take the good days from God — why not also the bad days?”  MSG

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

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

Job 42:10  After Job had interceded for his friends, God restored his fortune — and then doubled it!

11 All his brothers and sisters and friends came to his house and celebrated. They told him how sorry they were, and consoled him for all the trouble God had brought him. Each of them brought generous housewarming gifts.  MSG

Proverbs 29:25 Fear and intimidation is a trap that holds you back. But when you place your confidence in the Lord, you will be seated in the high place.  TPT

Prov 29:25  The fear of human opinion disables; trusting in God protects you from that. MSG

Isa 8:12  Do not call conspiracy [or hard, or holy] all that this people will call conspiracy [or hard, or holy]; neither be in fear of what they fear, nor [make others afraid and] in dread.

13 The Lord of hosts — regard Him as holy and honor His holy name [by regarding Him as your only hope of safety], and let Him be your fear and let Him be your dread [lest you offend Him by your fear of man and distrust of Him].

14 And He shall be a sanctuary [a sacred and indestructible asylum to those who reverently fear and trust in Him]; but He shall be a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Isa 8:12  “Don’t be like this people, always afraid somebody is plotting against them.

Don’t fear what they fear. Don’t take on their worries.

13 If you’re going to worry, worry about The Holy. Fear God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

14 The Holy can be either a Hiding Place or a Boulder blocking your way, The Rock standing in the willful way of both houses of Israel, A barbed-wire Fence preventing trespass to the citizens of Jerusalem.   MSG

Psalms 23:4Even when your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for you already have! Your authority is my strength and my peace. The comfort of your love takes away my fear. I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.

⁵You become my delicious feast even when my enemies dare to fight. You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit; you give me all I can drink of you until my cup overflows.

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

Psalms 27:1 Yahweh is my revelation-light and the source of my salvation. I fear no one! I’ll never turn back and run, for you, Yahweh, surround and protect me.

2 When evil ones come to destroy me, they will be the ones who turn back.

3 My heart will not fear even if an army rises to attack. I will not be shaken, even if war is imminent. TPT

Ps 27:1 Light, space, zest —  that’s God! So, with him on my side I’m fearless,

afraid of no one and nothing.

2 When vandal hordes ride down ready to eat me alive, Those bullies and toughs

fall flat on their faces.

3 When besieged, I’m calm as a baby. When all hell breaks loose, I’m collected and cool.  MSG

Ps 46:2  We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in seastorm and earthquake,

3 Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God of angel armies protects us.  MSG

Ps 56:4 I’m proud to praise God; fearless now, I trust in God. What can mere mortals do?  MSG

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Psalms 56:4What harm could a man bring to me? With God on my side, I will not be afraid of what comes. The roaring praises of God fill my heart as I trust his promises. TPT

Proverbs 1:33But the one who always listens to me will live undisturbed in a heavenly peace. Free from fear, confident and courageous, that one will rest unafraid and sheltered from the storms of life. TPT

Psalms 91:4 His massive arms are wrapped around you, protecting you. You can run under his covering of majesty and hide. His arms of faithfulness are a shield keeping you from harm.

⁵You will never worry about an attack of demonic forces at night nor have to fear a spirit of darkness coming against you.

⁶Don’t fear a thing! Whether by night or by day, demonic danger will not trouble you, nor will the powers of evil launched against you.

⁷Even in a time of disaster, with thousands and thousands being killed, you will remain unscathed and unharmed.

⁸You will be a spectator as the wicked perish in judgment, for they will be paid back for what they have done! TPT

Isa 35:4 Tell fearful souls, “Courage! Take heart! God is here, right here, on his way to put things right And redress all wrongs. He’s on his way! He’ll save you!”  MSG

Isa 41:10 Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you.

11 “Count on it: Everyone who had it in for you will end up out in the cold —  real losers. Those who worked against you will end up empty-handed — nothing to show for their lives.

12 When you go out looking for your old adversaries you won’t find them —  Not a trace of your old enemies, not even a memory.

13 That’s right. Because I, your God, have a firm grip on you and I’m not letting go. I’m telling you, ‘Don’t panic. I’m right here to help you.’   MSG

Isa 43:1- BUT NOW [in spite of past judgments for Israel’s sins], thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you [ransomed you by paying a price instead of leaving you captives]; I have called you by your name; you are Mine.

2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you.

3 For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt [to the Babylonians] for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba [a province of Ethiopia] in exchange [for your release].

4 Because you are precious in My sight and honored, and because I love you, I will give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life.   AMP

Isa 54:14  You’ll be built solid, grounded in righteousness, far from any trouble — nothing to fear! far from terror — it won’t even come close!

15 If anyone attacks you, don’t for a moment suppose that I sent them, And if any should attack, nothing will come of it.

16 I create the blacksmith who fires up his forge and makes a weapon designed to kill. I also create the destroyer — 

17 but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best. “God’s Decree.  MSG

Matt 10:26 “Don’t be intimidated. Eventually everything is going to be out in the open, and everyone will know how things really are.

27 So don’t hesitate to go public now.

28 “Don’t be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life — body and soul — in his hands.  Forget About Yourself

29 “What’s the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do.

30 He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail — even numbering the hairs on your head!

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

Mark 5:36 Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing.  AMP

Acts 18:9 One night, the Lord spoke to Paul in a supernatural vision and said, “Don’t ever be afraid. Speak the words that I give you and don’t be intimidated,

¹⁰because I am with you. No one will be able to hurt you, for there are many in this city whom I call my own.”

¹¹For the next year and a half, Paul stayed in Corinth, faithfully teaching the word of God. TPT

2 Cor 4:1 THEREFORE, SINCE we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion.  AMP

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2 COR 4:1 Since we are employed by the mercy of God, and not by our own qualifications, quitting is not an option.    MIRROR

2 COR 4:16 We have much reason to be brave! There might be a lot of wear and tear on the outside; but don’t be distracted by that! On the inside we are celebrating daily revival!  MIRROR

Rom 8:15 For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!

16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.  AMP

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

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2 TIM 1:7 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. MIRROR”–

LOOKING BEYOND OUR PAST EXPERIENCE  7-15-2022  VIDEO MOVE FORWORD

We often feel like what has happened to us in the past will be what will happen to us in the future. But our future is the same as Jesus future. We must raise our expectation. What was in our family line in the past: generational sickness, bad traits, etc. has been changed through Christ. So let us expect good and not evil. Expect means the state of expecting something special or extra ordinary to happen. It is hoping for good not a repeat of the past trials and tribulations.

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  

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

HEB 12:8 See yourselves as sons, not as illegitimate children, [children of faith, not of the slave woman] welcoming your spiritual education together with the rest of the family of faith.  MIRROR

Isa 50:7 For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. AMP

Phil 3:13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.  AMP

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PHIL 3:12 To know even as I have always been known! 

13 I am not boasting about this new-found-righteousness as if I came up with the idea; on the contrary, I have distanced myself from everything the of the law of works and willpower previously represented in my reference; now I am fully engaged with that to!

14 I have the prize of mankind’s redeemed innocence in full view; just like a champion athlete in the public games I refuse to be distracted by anything else. God has invited us in Christ, to lift up our eyes and realize our identity in him.  

15 We who have discovered our perfect righteousness have our thoughts anchored in Christ. If you still see yourself as imperfect, God will reveal to you that you are wasting your time to imagine that you can become more accepted and righteous than what you already are! MIRROR

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. We are fully represented in Christ Jesus.

7 Imagine how God is now able for timeless perpetuity to exhibit the trophy of the wealth of his grace demonstrated in his kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. Grace exhibits excessive evidence of the success of the cross.  MIRROR

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Eph 2:6 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

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

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1 JOHN4:4 My darling children, you have nothing to fear; do not doubt for a moment the legitimacy of your sonship! You originate in God and have already conquered the worldly religious system because of the unveiling of Christ in you! His living presence in you is far superior to the futile anti-Christ mindsets present in the world! MIRROR

1 John 4:17 By living in God, love has been brought to its full expression in us so that we may fearlessly face the day of judgment, because all that Jesus now is, so are we in this world. TPT

Jer 29:11 I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out — plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. MSG

1 Cor 3:21 I don’t want to hear any of you bragging about yourself or anyone else. Everything is already yours as a gift —  

22 Paul, Apollos, Peter, the world, life, death, the present, the future — all of it is yours,

23 and you are privileged to be in union with Christ, who is in union with God. MSG ▼▼▼

1 COR 3:21 Therefore no one has any reason to boast in themselves, as if they gained anything that does not already belong to them! For all things you wish to gain already belong to you!  Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise glory in their wisdom, let not the mighty glory in their might, let not the rich glory in their riches; but let the one who glories glory in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the Lord.” 

22 You are not winning any competition by picking your favorite teacher amongst Paul, Apollos or Kefas; they all belong to you anyway. The world belongs to you! Life and death are yours; in what you now have in this present moment you already possess the future!  

23 As much as Christ is inseparably God’s own, you are the property of Christ. You are one with him.  MIRROR

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

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

6 I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime.

7 Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus wraps this all up, it’s your faith, not your gold, that God will have on display as evidence of his victory. MSG

Heb 11:20 [With eyes of] faith Isaac, looking far into the future, invoked blessings upon Jacob and Esau. 

21 [Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff.  

22 [Actuated] by faith Joseph, when nearing the end of his life, referred to [the promise of God for] the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his own bones.  AMP

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HEB 11:20 By the same faith Isaac extended the future of the promise in the blessing he pronounced over his sons, Esau and Jacob.

21 In his dying moments, Jacob, in worship to the God of Abraham, as the father of the nations, included in the promise 1the sons of Joseph who were born in Egypt.

22 At the end of his life, Joseph prophetically reminded his sons of the exodus. He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise that he exacted an oath from them: they were not to leave his bones in Egypt.  MIRROR

1 Peter 1:21 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.

22 Now that you’ve cleaned up your lives by following the truth, love one another as if your lives depended on it.

23 Your new life is not like your old life. Your old birth came from mortal sperm; your new birth comes from God’s living Word. Just think: a life conceived by God himself!

24 That’s why the prophet said, The old life is a grass life, its beauty as short-lived as wildflowers; Grass dries up, flowers droop,

25 God’s Word goes on and on forever. This is the Word that conceived the new life in you. MSG

Prov 10:28 The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing. AMP

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Prov 10:28 The aspirations of good people end in celebration; the ambitions of bad people crash. MSG

Proverbs 23:18 Your future is bright and filled with a living hope that will never fade away.  TPT

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

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

Col 1:5 The lines of purpose in your lives never grow slack, tightly tied as they are to your future in heaven, kept taut by hope.   The Message is as true among you today as when you first heard it. It doesn’t diminish or weaken over time.  MSG

2 Thessalonians 1:11 With this in mind, we constantly pray that our God will empower you to live worthy of all that he has invited you to experience. And we pray that by his power all the pleasures of goodness and all works inspired by faith would fill you completely.  TPT

Phil 1:20 This is in keeping with my own eager desire and persistent expectation and hope, that I shall not disgrace myself nor be put to shame in anything; but that with the utmost freedom of speech and unfailing courage, now as always heretofore, Christ (the Messiah) will be magnified and get glory and praise in this body of mine and be boldly exalted in my person, whether through (by) life or through (by) death. AMP

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PHIL 1:20 My thoughts are not trapped in my head! They roam free in expectation that I will not be ashamed by any contradiction! My immediate circumstances do not distract from my message! I am convinced that our conversation now and always will continue to give accurate account of the magnificence of Christ.   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 If we can only keep our grip on the sure thing we started out with, we’re in this with Christ for the long haul. MSG

WHOES REPORT ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE 7-10-22  VIDEO GOD FIXED 2

Do you want the worlds opinion or do you want God‘s Word. An opinion is just a view or a judgment formed about something or someone not necessarily based on facts or knowledge. But Gods living Word speaks. It is alive and full of power. Once He releases it goes forth and accomplishes what He spoke. We are told to get a second opinion but in reality the only word we need is what God speaks. Remember there is the tree of life and the tree of knowledge of good and evil  From tree of knowledge is where  the world got its opinions but we are of the tree of life and our “opinions: must agree with Life. Adam and Eve traded Gods Word for a second opinion. When Jesus was in the wilderness He did not trade Gods Word for another opinion.  Moses came before the Lord and reminded Him of His Word.

1 Kings 18:21 Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you halt and limp between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him! But if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.  AMP

Gen 2:15 And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden;

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.  AMP

Gen 3:1 NOW THE serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,

3 Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.

4 But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, 

5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.

7 Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.

8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.  AMP

LUKE 4 :3 The Devil had an immediate suggestion, “If you really are the son of God, then prove it and do your magic! Tell this stone to become a loaf of bread!”  

4 And Jesus answered, “It is written that man shall not live on bread alone.”

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

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

7 It’s all yours if you worship me.  

8 Jesus responded with, “Get out of my face Satan! Scripture says, you shall worship the Lord your God with undivided 1adoration.”  

9 Then he led him to Jerusalem and brought him to the wing of the temple and challenged him to cast himself down, if he really is the son of God.  

10 It is written, he says, that God would command his celestial messengers to protect you from any harm.

11 They would bear you up on their hands and protect you so that you will not even stumble over a stone.  

12 Again, Jesus quoted Deuteronomy and said, you shall not put the Lord your God to the test. Testing is not trusting.

13 This concluded the devil’s scrutiny and he departed until an opportune time.  

14 Then Jesus, empowered in spirit, turned to Galilee. His 1fame spread throughout the entire region. MIRROR

Acts 27:10 Saying, Sirs, I perceive [after careful observation] that this voyage will be attended with disaster and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but of our lives also.

11 However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said.

12 And as the harbor was not well situated and so unsuitable to winter in, the majority favored the plan of putting to sea again from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenice, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there.

13 So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast.

14 But soon afterward a violent wind [of the character of a typhoon], called a northeaster, came bursting down from the island.  AMP

Acts 27:21 Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm and misery and loss.

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

Ex 31:18 And He gave to Moses, when He had ceased communing with him on Mount Sinai, the two tables of the Testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.  AMP

Ex 32:1 WHEN THE people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, [they] gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. 

2 So Aaron replied, Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives, your sons, and daughters, and bring them to me. 

3 So all the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. 

4 And he received the gold at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it a molten calf; and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt! 

5 And when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord. 

6 And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.   AMP

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

13 The entire person is thoroughly exposed to his scrutinizing gaze.   

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

15 As High Priest he fully identifies with us in the context of our frail human lives. Having subjected it to close scrutiny, he proved that the human frame was master over sin. His sympathy with us is not to be seen as excusing weaknesses which are the result of a faulty design, but rather as a trophy to mankind.  

16 For this reason we can approach the authoritative throne of grace with bold utterance. We are welcome there in his embrace, and are 1reinforced with immediate effect in times of trouble.  MIRROR

Num 23:11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead! 

12 And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?   AMP

Deut 30:14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it.

15 See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil.

16 [If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess. AMP

Psalms 33:4 For God’s Word is something to sing about! He is true to his promises, his word can be trusted, and everything he does is reliable and right.

⁵The Lord loves seeing justice on the earth. Anywhere and everywhere you can find his faithful, unfailing love!

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

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

Psalms 105:9  For though a thousand generations may pass away, he is still true to his word. He has kept every promise he made to Abraham and to Isaac.  TPT

Proverbs 13:13 Despise the word, will you? Then you’ll pay the price and it won’t be pretty! But the one who honors the Father’s holy instructions will be rewarded.  TPT

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

JOHN 1:14 Suddenly the invisible, eternal Word takes on visible form – the Incarnation, on display in a flesh and blood Person, as in a mirror! In him, and now confirmed in us! The most accurate tangible exhibit of God’s eternal thought finds expression in human life! The Word became a human being; we are his address; he resides in us! He captivates our gaze! The glory we see there is not a religious replica; he is the authentic begotten Son. The gloryreturns in fullness! Only grace can communicate truth in such complete context!  MIRROR

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

Acts 14:3 So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands. AMP

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

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

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

COL 1:25 I am an administrator in God’s economy; my mission is to make his word known to you with utmost clarity.   MIRROR

Col 3:16 Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts.  AMP

2 TIM 4:2 Broadcast this word on every occasion, even when it doesn’t seem to be convenient or appropriate; give evidence to this message; value every individual in your audience highly; esteem people’s authentic identity passionately; teach tirelessly! MIRROR

THE LORD WHO RESCUES US! VIDEO

Many films are made these days about superheroes. People are looking for someone who will keep them out of trouble and danger. The word to rescue Is a strong word. It paints a picture of a person who is helpless or cannot deliver himself from a oppressive situation.

Ps 107:20 He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death.

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Psalms 107:20 God spoke the words “Be healed,” and we were healed, delivered from death’s door!

²¹So lift your hands and give thanks to God for his marvelous kindness and for his miracles of mercy for those he loves!  TPT

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

Heb 9:15 [Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance — since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement.  AMP

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HEB 9:15 As fully representing mankind, Jesus’s death brought an end to the old, and introduced the New Testament. He thus redeemed us from the transgressions recorded under the first Covenant and identified us as heirs; qualifying us to participate in the full inheritance of all that he obtained on our behalf.   MIRROR

Ps 55:17  At dusk, dawn, and noon I sigh deep sighs — he hears, he rescues.

18 My life is well and whole, secure in the middle of danger Even while thousands

are lined up against me. MSG

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

4 His huge outstretched arms protect you — under them you’re perfectly safe; his arms fend off all harm.

5 Fear nothing — not wild wolves in the night, not flying arrows in the day,

6 Not disease that prowls through the darkness, not disaster that erupts at high noon. MSG

Ps 113:7  He picks up the poor from out of the dirt, rescues the wretched who’ve been thrown out with the trash,

8 Seats them among the honored guests, a place of honor among the brightest and best. MSG ▼▼▼

Psalms 113:7 He promotes the poor, picking them up from the dirt, and rescues the needy from the garbage dump.

⁸He turns paupers into princes and seats them on their royal thrones of honor. TPT

Proverbs 20:22 Don’t ever say, “I’m going to get even with them if it’s the last thing I do!”

Wrap God’s grace around your heart and he will be the one to vindicate you. TPT

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Prov 20:22 Don’t ever say, “I’ll get you for that!” Wait for God; he’ll settle the score. MSG

Matt 8:25 They roused him, pleading, “Master, save us! We’re going down!”

26 Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you such cowards, such faint-hearts?” Then he stood up and told the wind to be silent, the sea to quiet down: “Silence!” The seabecame smooth as glass.

27 The men rubbed their eyes, astonished. “What’s going on here? Wind and sea come to heel at his command!”  MSG

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Matthew 8:25 The disciples woke him up, saying, “Save us, Lord! We’re going to die!”

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

²⁷ The disciples were astonished by this miracle and said to one another, “Who is this Man? Even the wind and waves obey his Word.”  TPT

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

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

Gal 1:4 We know the meaning of those words because Jesus Christ rescued us from this evil world we’re in by offering himself as a sacrifice for our sins. God’s plan is that we all experience that rescue.

5 Glory to God forever! Oh, yes!  MSG

John 10:12  A hired man is not a real shepherd. The sheep mean nothing to him. He sees a wolf come and runs for it, leaving the sheep to be ravaged and scattered by the wolf.

13 He’s only in it for the money. The sheep don’t matter to him.

14 “I am the Good Shepherd. I know my own sheep and my own sheep know me.

15 In the same way, the Father knows me and I know the Father. I put the sheep before myself, sacrificing myself if necessary. MSG

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JOHN 10:12  In contrast, the hireling who is not the shepherd and owner of the sheep, sees the wolf approach and leaves the sheep unattended and flees for his life while the wolf kills and scatters the sheep at will!

13 The hireling is doing the job merely for the wage and not because of any affection for the sheep.

14 I am the good shepherd, the one who knows what is mine and they know me!

15 My knowledge of the Father is anchored in his knowledge of me. Because I know my father’s heart I lay down my life for the sheep.   MIRROR

2 Peter 2:9 Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom,  AMP

Lam 3:58 O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life!  AMP

Ps 136:24 And rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever;  AMP

Josh 4:23 “Yes, God, your God, dried up the Jordan’s waters for you until you had crossed, just as God, your God, did at the Red Sea, which had dried up before us until we had crossed.

24 This was so that everybody on earth would recognize how strong God’s rescuing hand is and so that you would hold God in solemn reverence always.”  MSG

Psalms 18:1I love you, Yahweh, and I’m bonded to you, my strength!

² Yahweh, you’re the bedrock beneath my feet, my faith-fortress, my wonderful deliverer, my God, my rock of rescue where none can reach me. You’re the shield around me,

the mighty power that saves me, and my high place.

³ All I need to do is to call on you, Yahweh, the praiseworthy God. When I do, I’m safe and sound in you— delivered from my foes!  TPT

Psalms 144:2 He’s my shelter of love and my fortress of faith, who wraps himself around me as a secure shield. I hide myself in this one who subdues enemies before me. TPT

Isa 49:25 But God says, “Even if a giant grips the plunder and a tyrant holds my people prisoner, I’m the one who’s on your side, defending your cause, rescuing your children.  MSG

2 Thess 3:2  And pray that we’ll be rescued from these scoundrels who are trying to do us in. I’m finding that not all “believers” are believers.

3 But the Master never lets us down. He’ll stick by you and protect you from evil. MSG

Rom 5:15 Yet the rescuing gift is not exactly parallel to the death-dealing sin. If one man’s sin put crowds of people at the dead-end abyss of separation from God, just think what God’s gift poured through one man, Jesus Christ, will do!

16 There’s no comparison between that death-dealing sin and this generous, life-giving gift. The verdict on that one sin was the death sentence; the verdict on the many sins that followed was this wonderful life sentence. MSG

ISA 41:10 Do not yield to fear, for I am always near. Never turn your gaze from me,[ a] for I am your faithful God. I will infuse you with my strength and help you in every situation. I will hold you firmly with my victorious right hand.’  TPT

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Isa 41:10  Don’t panic. I’m with you. There’s no need to fear for I’m your God. I’ll give you strength. I’ll help you. I’ll hold you steady, keep a firm grip on you. MSG

1 Cor 10:13 No test or temptation that comes your way is beyond the course of what others have had to face. All you need to remember is that God will never let you down; he’ll never let you be pushed past your limit; he’ll always be there to help you come through it.  MSG

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1 COR 10:13 Your situation is not unique! Every human life faces contradictions! Here is the Good News: God believes in your freedom! He has made it possible for you to triumph in every situation that you will ever encounter! MIRROR

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 “Yes, this is the way things are — my word of honor! Take it to heart and you won’t go wrong.” MSG

Heb 13:5  Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,”

6 we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what.

Who or what can get to me?  MSG

SEEKING GOD 1-28-19  VIDEO seek first 22

John 5:39 You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me!

40 And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life.  AMP

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John 5:39 “You have your heads in your Bibles constantly because you think you’ll find eternal life there. But you miss the forest for the trees. These Scriptures are all about me!

40 And here I am, standing right before you, and you aren’t willing to receive from me the life you say you want.  MSG

Ps 89:6 Search high and low, scan skies and land, you’ll find nothing and no one quite like God. MSG

Matt 22:37 Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence.’

38 This is the most important, the first on any list. MSG

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Mt 22:37Jesus answered him, “‘Love^[a] the Lord your God with every passion of your heart, with all the energy of your being, and with every thought that is within you.

³⁸ This is the great and supreme commandment. Passion

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

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

1 Cor 2:9 This is why the Scriptures say: Things never discovered or heard of before, things beyond our ability to imagine^[a]—these are the many things God has in storefor all his lovers.

¹⁰ But God now unveils these profound realities to us by the Spirit.^[c] Yes, he has revealed to us his inmost heart and deepest mysteries through the Holy Spirit, who constantly explores all things. Passion

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1 Cor 2:9 But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. 

10 Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man’s scrutiny].

11 For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man’s thoughts except the man’s own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

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1 Chron 28:9 And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever!  AMP

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1 Chron 28:9 “And you, Solomon my son, get to know well your father’s God; serve him with a whole heart and eager mind, for God examines every heart and sees through every motive. If you seek him, he’ll make sure you find him, but if you abandon him, he’ll leave you for good.  MSG

1 Chron 16:10 Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!

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

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1 Chron 16:10 Revel in his holy Name, God-seekers, be jubilant!

11 Study God and his strength, seek his presence day and night; MSG

Heb 11:5 Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For even before he was taken to heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he had pleased and been satisfactory to God. 

6 But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. AMP

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Heb 11:5 By an act of faith, Enoch skipped death completely. “They looked all over and couldn’t find him because God had taken him.” We know on the basis of reliable testimony that before he was taken “he pleased God.”

6 It’s impossible to please God apart from faith. And why? Because anyone who wants to approach God must believe both that he exists and that he cares enough to respond to those who seek him.  MSG

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Heb 11:5 Faith lifted Enoch from this life and he was taken up into heaven! He never had to experience death; he just disappeared from this world because God promoted him. For before he was translated to the heavenly realm his life had become a pleasure to God. Passion

6 And without faith living within us it would be impossible to please God.^[a] For we come to God in faith^[b] knowing that he is real and that he rewards the faith of those who give all their passion and strength into seeking him. Passion

Ps 24:5 He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]!  AMP

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Ps 24:5 They will receive the Lord’s blessing and righteousness given by the Savior-God.
⁶ They will stand before God,for they seek the pleasure of God’s face, the God of Jacob. Pause in his presence Passion

Ps 24:7 So wake up, you living gateways! Lift up your heads, you ageless doors of destiny!Welcome the King of Glory, for he is about to come through you.
⁸ You ask, “Who is this Glory-King?” The Lord, armed and ready for battle,
 the Mighty One, invincible in every way!  Passion

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

2 So here I am in the place of worship, eyes open, drinking in your strength and glory.

3 In your generous love I am really living at last! My lips brim praises like fountains.

4 I bless you every time I take a breath; My arms wave like banners of praise to you. MSG

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Ps 63:1 O God of my life, I’m lovesick for you in this weary wilderness. I thirst with the deepest longings to love you more, with cravings in my heart that can’t be described. Such yearning grips my soul for you, my God!
² I’m energized every time I enter your heavenly sanctuary to seek more of your power and drink in more of your glory.
³ For your tender mercies mean more to me than life itself. How I love and praise you, God!
⁴ Daily I will worship you passionately and with all my heart. My arms will wave to you like banners of praise. Passion

Ps 105:4 Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him! Let’s always be seeking the light of his face.
⁵ Don’t you ever forget his miracles and marvels. Hold to your heart every judgment he has decreed. Passion

Rom 8:5 Those who think they can do it on their own end up obsessed with measuring their own moral muscle but never get around to exercising it in real life. Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them — living and breathing God!

6 Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.

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

8 And God isn’t pleased at being ignored.

9 But if God himself has taken up residence in your life, you can hardly be thinking more of yourself than of him. Anyone, of course, who has not welcomed this invisible but clearly present God, the Spirit of Christ, won’t know what we’re talking about.

10 But for you who welcome him, in whom he dwells — even though you still experience all the limitations of sin — you yourself experience life on God’s terms.

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

Ps 34:10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God.

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Ps 34:10 Even the strong and the wealthy^[a] grow weak and hungry, but those who passionately pursue the Lord will never lack any good thing.  Passion

Matt 7:7 Keep on asking and it will be given you;  keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.

8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.

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Mt 7:7  Ask, and the gift is yours. Seek, and you’ll discover. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.

⁸ For every persistent one will get what he asks for. Every persistent seeker will discover what he longs for. And everyone who knocks persistently will one day find an open door. Passion

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

Amos 5:14 Seek good and not evil — and live! You talk about God, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, being your best friend. Well, live like it, and maybe it will happen.  MSG

Acts 17:27 so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn’t play hide-and-seek with us. He’s not remote; he’s near.  MSG

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Acts 17:27  He has done this so that every person would long for God, feel their way to him, and find him—for he is the God who is easy to discover  Passion

WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH 7-1-22 VIDEO AWESOME WORSHIP ADVICE

Worshiping the Father in Spirit and in Truth means worshiping from our hearts as the Holy Spirit leads us. It means outside of any tradition, religious rules, or repetition. we are also free to worship in any geographic location. In Truth means not from the flesh but from the living Word of God. The Holy Spirit has revealed in us in the word to return to our first love. Worshiping God in Spirit and Truth is more than just singing songs. It is bowing down before Him. It comes from everything in us our whole heart.

JOHN 4:20 I’m also religious! Our forefathers worshiped here in this mountain; yet you Jews insist that everyone should worship in Jerusalem!  

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

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

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

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

Isa 29:13 The Master said: “These people make a big show of saying the right thing, but their hearts aren’t in it. Because they act like they’re worshiping me but don’t mean it,  MSG

REV 2:1 Write to the celestial shepherd-messenger of the ekklesia of Ephesus: The One who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks between the seven golden lampstands, would say this to you:

2 I see how hard you work and all your exhausting efforts; also your unyielding commitment to the task and how you cannot stand the wicked. You have made it your business to scrutinize some so-called Apostles and judge them to be false.

3 You have applied great diligence and have relentlessly pushed yourself beyond limits – and all along you did it in my Name as if you were representing me!

4 Here is my problem, you have divorced me and abandoned your first love!  

5 Now, I implore you to call to mind that place where you have fallen from. Remember our intimate romance. The poetry of this union is the driving force of your life! It is so different from being duty- or guilt-driven. It is in your entwining with my thoughts that you are most strategic and effective.  MIRROR

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Revelation 2:1 Write the following to the messenger of the congregation in Ephesus. For these are the words of the one who holds the seven stars firmly in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

²I know all that you’ve done for me—you have worked hard and persevered. I know that you don’t tolerate evil. You have tested those who claimed to be apostles and proved they are not, for they were imposters.

³I also know how you have bravely endured trials and persecutions because of my name, yet you have not become discouraged.

⁴But I have this against you: you have abandoned the passionate love you had for me at the beginning.

⁵Think about how far you have fallen! Repent and do the works of love you did at first. I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place of influence if you do not repent. TPT

PHIL 3:3 We give “circumcision” its true spiritual meaning! Our worship is not defined by anything external that would even remotely resemble the law of works and religious rituals! We worship God in the certainty of our redeemed innocence and rejoice in the finished work of Jesus Christ. Faith-righteousness gives substance to spiritual worship; the flesh occupies the religious mind with its own futile efforts to attain to righteousness. I am convinced that circumcision or any work of the law can add nothing to the righteousness that Jesus secured on our behalf.  MIRROR

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Phil 3:3 For we have already experienced “heart-circumcision,” and we worship God in the power and freedom of the Holy Spirit, not in laws and religious duties. We are those who boast in what Jesus Christ has done, and not in what we can accomplish in our own strength.  TPT

JOHN  7:38 In your realizing that I am what the Scriptures are all about, you will discover uniquely for yourself, face to face with me, that you are what I am all about and rivers of living waters will gush out of your innermost being!

39 Jesus spoke about the Spirit whom those who would believe that he is the conclusion of Scripture were about to grasp since who Jesus was in all of his majestic splendor was not yet fully acknowledged and thus the Spirit was not yet evident.  MIRROR

Ps 25:14 God-friendship is for God-worshipers; They are the ones he confides in. MSG  ▼▼▼

Psalms 25:14 There’s a private place reserved for the devoted lovers of Yahweh,

where they sit near him and receive the revelation-secrets of his promises. TPT

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

Psalms 33:8 With breathtaking wonder, let everyone worship Yahweh, this awe-inspiring Creator. TPT

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

10 Young lions on the prowl get hungry, but God-seekers are full of God. MSG

Acts 16:24 So the jailer placed them in the innermost cell of the prison and had their feet bound and chained.

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

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

27 Startled, the jailer awoke and saw every cell door standing open. Assuming that all the prisoners had escaped, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself

²⁸when Paul shouted in the darkness, “Stop! Don’t hurt yourself. We’re all still here.”

²⁹The jailer called for a light. When he saw that they were still in their cells, he rushed in and fell trembling at their feet.

30 Then he led Paul and Silas outside and asked, “What must I do to be saved?” TPT

1 COR 14:24 However if all speak with inspired revelation, the newcomer will feel drawn by the message that brings conviction and light.

25 By witnessing the gift of the word of knowledge, where something that could not be known in any other way comes to light, the visitor will be struck with awe and acknowledge God in you and will yield himself to God in worship.  MIRROR

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

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Romans 12:1 Beloved friends, what should be our proper response to God’s marvelous mercies? To surrender yourselves to God to be his sacred, living sacrifices. And live in holiness, experiencing all that delights his heart. For this becomes your genuine expression of worship. TPT

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

HEB 12:28  We are fully associated in this immovable Kingdom; an authority that cannot be challenged or contradicted. Our participation echoes grace [and not law and fear-inspired obedience] as we accommodate ourselves to God’s delight, yielding in awe to his firm embrace.  

29 His zeal for us burns like fire.   MIRROR

Psalms 145:1 My heart explodes with praise to you! Now and forever my heart bows in worship to you, my King and my God!  TPT

PHIL 2:10 What his name unveils will persuade every creature of their redemption! Every knee in heaven and upon the earth and under the earth shall bow in spontaneous worship!  

11 Also every tongue will voice and resonate the same devotion to his unquestionable Lordship as the Redeemer of life! Jesus Christ has glorified God as the Father of creation! This is the ultimate conclusion of the Father’s intent!    MIRROR

Rom 14:11 Read it for yourself in Scripture: “As I live and breathe,” God says,

“every knee will bow before me; Every tongue will tell the honest truth that I and only I am God.”  MSG

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

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

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

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