AUTHORITY 7-28-23 VIDEO WILLIAM AUTHORITY  5

Authority is the power, or ability to do something, given by, conferred upon, or derive from a higher authority. It is the manifestation of God’s grace upon His people. It is supernatural ability. Authority, started in the beginning. Jesus has complete authority and demonstrated it here on earth. Jesus passes his authority to the disciples and then to us. Jesus is the Word made flesh and now, so are we

Gen 1:26 Then God said: “Let us make a man and a woman in our image to be like us. Let them reign over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the livestock, over the creatures that creep along the ground,’ and over the wild animals.”

27 So God created man and woman and shaped them with his image inside them. In his own beautiful image, he created his masterpiece. Yes, male and female he created them. TPT

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Gen 1:26 God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them.  AMP

Prov 29:2 When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh. AMP

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Proverbs 29:2 Everyone rejoices when the lovers of God flourish, but the people groan when the wicked rise to power.  TPT

Matt 7:29 For He was teaching as One Who had [and was] authority, and not as [did] the scribes.  AMP

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Matt 7:29 It was apparent that he was living everything he was saying — quite a contrast to their religion teachers! This was the best teaching they had ever heard. MSG

Matt 9:5 Which do you think is simpler: to say, ‘I forgive your sins,’ or, ‘Get up and walk’?

6 Well, just so it’s clear that I’m the Son of Man and authorized to do either, or both. ” At this he turned to the paraplegic and said, “Get up. Take your bed and go home.”

7 And the man did it.

8 The crowd was awestruck, amazed and pleased that God had authorized Jesus to work among them this way. MSG

Matt 21:23 Then he was back in the Temple, teaching. The high priests and leaders of the people came up and demanded, “Show us your credentials. Who authorized you to teach here?”

24 Jesus responded, “First let me ask you a question. You answer my question and I’ll answer yours.

25 About the baptism of John — who authorized it: heaven or humans?” They were on the spot and knew it. They pulled back into a huddle and whispered, “If we say ‘heaven,’ he’ll ask us why we didn’t believe him;

26 if we say ‘humans,’ we’re up against it with the people because they all hold John up as a prophet.”   MSG

Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came close to them and said, “All authority of the universe has been given to me.

¹⁹Now wherever you go, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

²⁰And teach them to faithfully follow all that I have commanded you. And never forget that I am with you every day, even to the completion of this age.” TPT

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Matt 28:18 Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you:

19 Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

20 Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”  MSG

Mark 1:27 The crowd was awestruck and kept saying among themselves, “What is this new teaching that comes with such authority? With merely a word he commands demons to come out and they obey him!” TPT

Mark 6:3 But in the next breath they were cutting him down: “He’s just a carpenter — Mary’s boy. We’ve known him since he was a kid. We know his brothers, James, Justus, Jude, and Simon, and his sisters. Who does he think he is?” They tripped over what little they knew about him and fell, sprawling. And they never got any further. MSG

LUKE 10:19 See, I have given you authority to trample upon serpents and scorpions and every powerful symbolic disguize of the enemy. Nothing shall by any means nullify your authentic identity! Your likeness is secured in me!

20 But much more important than your excitement about spirits being subject to you [in my name] rejoice in the awareness that your names are engraved in the heavens. It is time for you to re-discover who you are from heavens perspective!   MIRROR

JOHN 14:12 I want you to be fully convinced about this, anyone whose belief concludes in who I am, will also do the works that I do. And because of my relocation to continue to be face to face with my Father, my works will be greatly multiplied through you; the Father is as present in you as he is in me.  MIRROR

Mark 16:17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues.

¹⁸They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.”  TPT

LUKE 9:1 Then he summoned the twelve together and gave them power and an understanding of their Source in their I am-ness [authority] over all demons and to heal all diseases.  

2 And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.  

3 He then advised them to travel light! They wouldn’t need a staff or travel-bag; not even food or money; neither a change of clothes.  MIRROR

2 Peter 1:3 Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God. The best invitation we ever received!

4 We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you — your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust. MSG

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2 PET 1:3My message announces the completeness of time; God’s eternal moment realized the logic of our salvation.

4 Titus, you really are like a son to me in our mutual faith. The Father’s favor, compassion, and tranquillity is yours; this is what our Master Jesus Christ restored us to through his great act of salvation.MIRROR

Ex 14:14 God will fight the battle for you. And you? You keep your mouths shut!”

15  God said to Moses: “Why cry out to me? Speak to the Israelites. Order them to get moving.

16 Hold your staff high and stretch your hand out over the sea: Split the sea! The Israelites will walk through the sea on dry ground. MSG

2 Cor 10:8 You may think I overstate the authority he gave me, but I’m not backing off. Every bit of my commitment is for the purpose of building you up, after all, not tearing you down.  MSG

Eph 1:21 in charge of running the universe, everything from galaxies to governments, no name and no power exempt from his rule. And not just for the time being, but forever.

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

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

Galatians 5:25 Because faith defines us and not flesh, we take our lead from the spirit in our daily conduct. There is an authority in our step; we are marching in rank like soldiers. Mirror

Ephesians 4:10 He now occupies the ultimate rank of authority, from the lowest regions of our darkness into which he reached in order to rescue us, to the highest authority in the heavens, having executed his mission to the full.  Mirror

Colossians 1:18 The ekklesia [church] is the visible expression [body] of which Jesus is the head. He is the principle rank of authority who leads the triumphant procession of our new birth out of the region of the dead. His pre-eminent rank is beyond threat.  Mirror

Col 2:10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead — Father, Son and Holy Spirit — and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power]. AMP

Rev 2:26 “Here’s the reward I have for every conqueror, everyone who keeps at it, refusing to give up: You’ll rule the nations,

27 your Shepherd-King rule as firm as an iron staff, their resistance fragile as clay pots. This was the gift my Father gave me; I pass it along to you —  

28 and with it, the Morning Star! MSG

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REV 2:26 Seeing my victory as your victory makes you the overcomer. By embracing the completeness of my works as your treasure, you realize my authority in you to possess the nations.

27 You will shepherd the nations with a royal scepter and shatter their ‘alienated mindsets’ like a potter’s vessel of clay.

28 In the same way that my shepherding mission is sourced in the Father I have extended it to you! I also give you the Morning Star! MIRROR

PRAYING FROM THE REALM OF HEAVEN 7-23-23 VIDEO JESUS SHOWED ME 2

When we pray, we are not just in wishful thinking, but we are calling on God, who made heaven and earth. He hears us He sees us.

Psalms 91:10 When we live our lives within the shadow of God Most High, our secret hiding place, we will always be shielded from harm. How then could evil prevail against us or disease infect us?

¹¹God sends angels with special orders to protect you wherever you go, defending you from all harm.

PS 91:12  If you walk into a trap, they’ll be there for you and keep you from stumbling.

¹³You’ll even walk unharmed among the fiercest powers of darkness, trampling every one of them beneath your feet!  TPT

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Ps 91:5 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.

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Psalms 91:5 You 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.  TPT

Matthew 3:16 And as Jesus rose up out of the water, the heavenly realm opened up over him and he saw the Holy Spirit descend out of the heavens and rest upon him in the form of a dove. TPT

Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to proclaim his message with these words: “Keep turning away from your sins and come back to God, for heaven’s kingdom realm is now accessible.” TPT

Matthew 10:7 And as you go, preach this message: ‘Heaven’s kingdom realm is accessible, close enough to touch.’ TPT

Luke 3:22 One day, Jesus came to be baptized along with all the others. As he was consumed with the spirit of prayer, the heavenly realm ripped open above him and the Holy Spirit descended from heaven in the form of a dove and landed on him. Then God’s audible voice was heard, saying, “My Son, you are my beloved one. Through you I am fulfilled.” TPT

Acts 7:55 But Stephen, overtaken with great faith, was full of the Holy Spirit. He fixed his gaze into the heavenly realm and saw the glory and splendor of God—and Jesus, who stood up at the right hand of God. TPT

Acts 22:17 “Then I returned to Jerusalem. And while I was praying in the temple, I entered another realm  TPT

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

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

1 Peter 3:18  That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all — was put to death and then made alive — to bring us to God.

19 He went and proclaimed God’s salvation to earlier generations who ended up in the prison of judgment. MSG

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1 Peter 3:19 He went in the spiritual realm and made a proclamation to the spirits in prison TPT

Acts 2:2 There was a sudden, roaring ‘sound of a gust of a raging wind out of the heavenly realm – the atmosphere within the entire house was filled to the brim with the breath of God. MIRROR

Luke 11:2 And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven.  AMP

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Luke 11:2 So he said, “When you pray, say, Father, Reveal who you are. Set the world right. MSG

Prov 15:29 God keeps his distance from the wicked; he closely attends to the prayers of God-loyal people. MSG

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Proverbs 15:29 The Lord doesn’t respond to the wicked, but he’s moved to answer the prayers of the righteous.  TPT

1 John 5:14 Since we have this confidence, we can also have great boldness before him, for if we ask anything agreeable to his will, he will hear us.

¹⁵And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we also know that we have obtained the requests we ask of him.  TPT

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1 John 5:14  And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he’s listening.

15 And if we’re confident that he’s listening, we know that what we’ve asked for is as good as ours. MSG

1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord Yahweh rest upon the godly,

and his heart responds to their prayers. But he turns his back on those who practice evil.  TPT

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

Isa 65:24 Before they call out, I’ll answer. Before they’ve finished speaking, I’ll have heard. MSG

Gen 16:13 She answered God by name, praying to the God who spoke to her, “You’re the God who sees me!” “Yes! He saw me; and then I saw him!”  MSG

Ps 33:18  Watch this: God’s eye is on those who respect him, the ones who are looking for his love.

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

Prov 15:8 God can’t stand pious poses, but he delights in genuine prayers. MSG

HEB 4:15 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 reinforced with immediate effect in times of trouble.  MIRROR

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

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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

Psalms 42:8 All through the day Yahweh has commanded his endless love to pour over me. Through the night I sing his songs and my praises to the living God.  TPT

Ps 66:19 But he most surely did listen, he came on the double when he heard my prayer.

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

Matt 21:22 Absolutely everything, ranging from small to large, as you make it a part of your believing prayer, gets included as you lay hold of God.”  MSG

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.

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

Eph 6:18 In the same way, prayer is essential in this ongoing warfare. Pray hard and long. Pray for your brothers and sisters. Keep your eyes open. Keep each other’s spirits up so that no one falls behind or drops out.  MSG

Phil 4:6 Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns.

7 Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. MSG

1 Thess 5:16 Be cheerful no matter what;  pray all the time;

18 thank God no matter what happens. This is the way God wants you who belong to Christ Jesus to live.

19 Don’t suppress the Spirit,

20 and don’t stifle those who have a word from the Master.   MSG

JAMES 5:16  if you have wronged someone talk to him about it; pray for each other to maintain a healthy fellowship. Righteousness is the fuel of effective prayer.  

17  He prayed with such resolve that he stopped the rain for three and a half years!

18 He prayed again and everything was back to normal; rain and harvest in season!

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Fighting the Good Fight of Faith 7-21-23  VIDEO BOY RECALLS 2

Sometimes in our life things seem like a struggle, a battle but God is the warrior fighting on our side. Our outcome will be victorious whether the battle is over small things or over big things. It’s not a fight for faith, but in faith. Never change your confession.

Jesus has conquered the enemy for us. Even the moon, the sun and the stars will fight for us.

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

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

14 To keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One),  AMP

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1 Tim 6:12 Fight the worthwhile battle of the faith, keep your grip on that life eternal to which you have been called, and to which you boldly professed your loyalty before many witnesses.

13-14 I charge you in the sight of God who gives us life, and Jesus Christ who fearlessly witnessed to the truth before Pontius Pilate, to keep your commission clean and above reproach until the final coming of Christ.  PHILLIPS

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2 Tim 4:6 You take over. I’m about to die, my life an offering on God’s altar.

7 This is the only race worth running. I’ve run hard right to the finish, believed all the way.

8 All that’s left now is the shouting — God’s applause! Depend on it, he’s an honest judge. He’ll do right not only by me, but by everyone eager for his coming. MSG

John 18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your [own] people and nation and their chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done?

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

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

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JOHN 18:35 Pilate replied, “Am I a Jew, why would I bother to speculate about you? Your own people and priests handed you over to me. What have you done to make them do this?

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

37 Pilate then said, “So you are a king?” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. My destiny was to be born in the flesh and for this purpose have I come into the world to bear testimony to the truth. Everyone who recognizes their true origin, hears my voice.”  MIRROR

John 19:10 So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You?

11 Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater. AMP

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JOHN 19:10 Pilate said, “Why do you not answer me, do you not realize my position? I have the power to crucify or free you!”

19:11 Jesus said, “You have no authority over me, except what was given you from above. Therefore he  who handed me over to you has the greater sin. MIRROR

1 Sam 17:33 Saul answered David, “You can’t go and fight this Philistine. You’re too young and inexperienced — and he’s been at this fighting business since before you were born.”  

 34 David said, “I’ve been a shepherd, tending sheep for my father. Whenever a lion or bear came and took a lamb from the flock,

35 I’d go after it, knock it down, and rescue the lamb. If it turned on me, I’d grab it by the throat, wring its neck, and kill it.

36 Lion or bear, it made no difference — I killed it. And I’ll do the same to this Philistine pig who is taunting the troops of God-Alive.

37 God, who delivered me from the teeth of the lion and the claws of the bear, will deliver me from this Philistine.” Saul said, “Go. And God help you!”  MSG

Luke 21:15 Yet determine in your hearts not to prepare for your own defense. Simply speak with the words of wisdom that I will give you that moment, and none of your persecutors will be able to withstand the grace and wisdom that comes from your mouths.

¹⁶“You can expect betrayal even by your parents, your brothers, your relatives and friends—and yes, some of you will die as martyrs.  TPT

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Luke 21:15  I’ll give you the words and wisdom that will reduce all your accusers to stammers and stutters.

16 “You’ll even be turned in by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you will be killed.  MSG

Psalms 140:7 O Lord, you are my God and my saving strength! My Hero-God, you wrap yourself around me to protect me. For I’m surrounded by your presence in my day of battle. Lord Yahweh, hear my cry. May my voice move your heart to show me mercy. TPT

2 Chron 20:15  He said, “Attention everyone — all of you from out of town, all you from Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat — God’s word: Don’t be afraid; don’t pay any mind to this vandal horde. This is God’s war, not yours.  MSG

Ex 14:14 The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest.  AMP

Josh 23:10  One man of you shall put to flight a thousand, for it is the Lord your God Who fights for you, as He promised you.  AMP

Deut 3:22  Don’t be afraid of them. God, your God, — he’s fighting for you.”  MSG

Isa 59:21 “As for me,” God says, “this is my covenant with them: My Spirit that I’ve placed upon you and the words that I’ve given you to speak, they’re not going to leave your mouths nor the mouths of your children nor the mouths of your grandchildren. You will keep repeating these words and won’t ever stop.” God’s orders.  MSG

Psalms 91:1 When you abide under the shadow of Shaddai, you are hidden in the strength of God Most High.

²He’s the hope that holds me and the stronghold to shelter me, the only God for me, and my great confidence.

³He will rescue you from every hidden trap of the enemy, and he will protect you from false accusation and any deadly curse.

⁴His 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. TPT

Psalms 91:10 When we live our lives within the shadow of God Most High, our secret hiding place, we will always be shielded from harm. How then could evil prevail against us or disease infect us?

¹¹God sends angels with special orders to protect you wherever you go, defending you from all harm.

¹²If you walk into a trap, they’ll be there for you and keep you from stumbling.

¹³You’ll even walk unharmed among the fiercest powers of darkness, trampling every one of them beneath your feet!

¹⁴For here is what the Lord has spoken to me: “Because you loved me, delighted in me, and have been loyal to my name, I will greatly protect you. TPT

Psalms 110:1 Yahweh said to my Lord, the Messiah: “Sit with me as enthroned ruler

while I subdue your every enemy. They will bow low before you as I make them a footstool for your feet.”  TPT

Judg 5:20 The stars in the sky joined the fight, from their courses they fought against Sisera.  MSG

Josh 10:12 The day God gave the Amorites up to Israel, Joshua spoke to God, with all Israel listening: “Stop, Sun, over Gibeon; Halt, Moon, over Aijalon Valley.”

13 And Sun stopped, Moon stood stock still Until he defeated his enemies.  MSG

Ps 18:10  He’s riding a winged creature, swift on wind-wings.

11 Now he’s wrapped himself in a trenchcoat of black-cloud darkness.

12 But his cloud-brightness bursts through, spraying hailstones and fireballs.

13 Then God thundered out of heaven; the High God gave a great shout, spraying hailstones and fireballs.

14 God shoots his arrows — pandemonium! He hurls his lightnings — a rout!

15 The secret sources of ocean are exposed, the hidden depths of earth lie uncovered

The moment you roar in protest, let loose your hurricane anger.

16 But me he caught — reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out Of that ocean of hate,

17 that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning.

18 They hit me when I was down, but God stuck by me.

19 He stood me up on a wide-open field; I stood there saved — surprised to be loved!

20 God made my life complete when I placed all the pieces before him. When I got my act together, he gave me a fresh start.  MSG

JOHN 10:10 The thief “shepherd” has no other agenda but to steal, kill and he couldn’t care less if he lost some sheep. I have come with the sole purpose for you to have life in its most complete form.  MIRROR

2 TIM 4:7 Like a champion athlete I have run my race and completed the course; I have carefully 1attended to the faith!  

8 My wreath of righteousness awaits me as testimony to the Lord’s righteous judgment. He will crown me in that day, the moment I step out of this body. I will not be the only one receiving a wreath of honor; everyone, loving the brilliance of his appearing will be jointly crowned!  MIRROR

Isa 54:17 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

COL 2:15 In him dying mankind’s death, he defused every possible claim of accusation against the human race and thus made a public spectacle of every rule and authority in God’s brilliant triumph, demonstrated in him. MIRROR

YOU ARE A BELIEVER NOT A SPECTATOR  7-16-23  VIDEO LOVE AS YOU

There is a difference between someone who believes and someone who is just watching to see what happens. Believers are pioneers of new moves of God. They have a desire to impact new cities and territory for the kingdom. They are able to move forward even under pressure. They break through their personal fears because in the end love prevails. Fear is defeated.

JAMES 1:23 Anyone who hears the word, sees the face of their birth, as in a mirror! The difference between a mere spectator and a participator is that both of them hear the same voice and perceive in its message the face of their own genesis reflected there;

24 they realize that they are looking at themselves, but for the one it seems just too good to be true; this person departs [back to the old way of seeing themselves], and immediately forgets what manner of person they are; never giving another thought to the one they saw there in the mirror.

25 The other is mesmerized by what they see; captivated by the effect of a law that frees them from the obligation to the old written code that restricted them to their own efforts and willpower. No distraction or contradiction can dim the impact of what is seen in the mirror concerning the law of perfect liberty [the law of faith] that now frees one to get on with the act of living the life [of their original design.] They find a new spontaneous lifestyle; the poetry of practical living  MIRROR

LUKE 11:46  To which Jesus responded, Shame on you too, professors of the law, you expect people to carry backbreaking burdens with your rules and regulations while suspiciously scrutinizing their efforts as mere spectators without lifting a finger to help!  MIRROR

Matt 23:13 “I’ve had it with you! You’re hopeless, you religion scholars, you Pharisees! Frauds! Your lives are roadblocks to God’s kingdom. You refuse to enter, and won’t let anyone else in either. MSG

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Matt 23:13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to go in to do so.  AMP

Luke 24:25 And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken! AMP

PHIL 1:30  Our faith is on exhibit in the same public arena; we are not spectators of one another’s endurance, but co-witnesses thereof. We mirror one another triumphantly.  MIRROR

1 Thess 2:12 To live lives worthy of God, Who calls you into His own kingdom and the glorious blessedness [into which true believers will enter after Christ’s return]. AMP

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

Heb 13:1 Let love for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you [never let it fail].  AMP

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HEB 13:1 No matter what, make room in your heart to love every believer.  TPT

James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?   AMP

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JAMES 2:5 May I have your full attention on this issue my dear friends, faith in who you really are according to your original identity is the real measure of your wealth; you might be poor according to the standards of this world but according to God you possess your allotted portion which is the kingdom of his promise to those who love him.  MIRROR

JAMES 2:8 Scripture confirms that the law of the kingdom is fulfilled in you realizing the same value in your neighbor as you would see in yourself; this is what doing the word is all about, and it makes beautiful poetry.   MIRROR

Phil 3:10 [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope]  AMP

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Phil 3:10 I gave up all that inferior stuff so I could know Christ personally, experience his resurrection power, be a partner in his suffering, and go all the way with him to death itself. MSG

Mark 5:36 Jesus overheard what they were talking about and said to the leader, “Don’t listen to them; just trust me.”

37 He permitted no one to go in with him except Peter, James, and John. MSG

Luke 8:49 While He was still speaking, a man from the house of the director of the synagogue came and said [to Jairus], Your daughter is dead; do not weary and trouble the Teacher any further.

50 But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him, Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this], and she shall be made well. AMP

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LUKE 8:49 Jesus was still speaking when someone arrived to tell the ruler of the synagogue that his daughter had died and that there would be no further need to trouble the Teacher.

50 Jesus, overhearing the conversation said to the Ruler, “You have no need to be disturbed by this news! Remain in this place of seamless persuasion and she shall be completely restored.” MIRROR

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Mark 5:41 He tenderly clasped the child’s hand in his and said to her in Aramaic, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, wake up from the sleep of death.”

⁴²Instantly the twelve-year-old girl sat up, stood to her feet, and started walking around the room! Everyone was overcome with astonishment in seeing this miracle! TPT

Mark 11:24 This is the reason I urge you to boldly believe for whatever you ask for in prayer—be convinced that you have received it and it will be yours. TPT

John 1:12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name —  [AMP

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JOHN 1:12 Everyone who realizes their association in him, convinced that he is their original life and that his name defines them, God gives the assurance that they are indeed his offspring, begotten of him; he sanctions the legitimacy of their sonship.  MIRROR

JOHN 6:28 They immediately wanted the recipe! Tell us then what we must do in order to accomplish God’s work?

29 This is the work of God; your belief in the One whom he has sent!  MIRROR

JOHN 6:64 I notice that there are those among you who are not persuaded about me. It was clear from the start that even amongst Jesus’ close followers there were signs of unbelief and treason.

65 I was addressing your hesitance to believe in me when I said to you that no one is forcing you to see yourself mirrored in me – you do not need to go into make-believe-mode or fake your faith – it is the Father’s gift to you!

66 Because of this conversation many of his followers went back to their old ways and would no longer be associated with Jesus.

67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Don’t feel obliged to stay – you are also free to go if you wish!”

68 Simon Peter said, Lord, who is there to go back to – which mirror should we gaze into? Your words resonate the life of the ages!

69 We believe and know without a doubt that you are the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the living God!

70 I have pointed all twelve of you to your source and yet one of you remains trapped in the fallen mindset!  MIRROR

JOHN 11:40 Jesus answered, “Did I not tell you that in your believing you see the glory of God?  MIRROR

Acts 16:31 They said, “Put your entire trust in the Master Jesus. Then you’ll live as you were meant to live — and everyone in your house included!”   MSG

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Acts 16:31 And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him,  take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well.  AMP

Rom 4:22 That’s why it is said, “Abraham was declared fit before God by trusting God to set him right.”

23 But it’s not just Abraham;

24 it’s also us! The same thing gets said about us when we embrace and believe the One who brought Jesus to life when the conditions were equally hopeless. MSG

2 COR 4:13 We echo the exact same spirit of faith David had when he wrote: “I believe and so I speak!” We too believe and so we speak! Our persuasion is our conversation.  MIRROR

1 John 5:13 My purpose in writing is simply this: that you who believe in God’s Son will know beyond the shadow of a doubt that you have eternal life, the reality and not the illusion.

14 And how bold and free we then become in his presence, freely asking according to his will, sure that he’s listening.

15 And if we’re confident that he’s listening, we know that what we’ve asked for is as good as ours.  MSG

Mark 16:17 “These are some of the signs that will accompany believers: They will throw out demons in my name, they will speak in new tongues,

18 they will take snakes in their hands, they will drink poison and not be hurt, they will lay hands on the sick and make them well.”   MSG

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Mark 16:17 And these miracle signs will accompany those who believe: They will drive out demons in the power of my name. They will speak in tongues.

¹⁸They will be supernaturally protected from snakes and from drinking anything poisonous. And they will lay hands on the sick and heal them.” TPT

Times of Refreshing. 7-14-23 VIDEO

Holy Spirit is coming and is moving among His church with refreshing. Even the earth that is heating up, needs a refreshing that only the Spirit can bring. Refreshing comes from the presence of God. The Holy Spirit pours out upon us, and upon our children. Refresh means to strengthen to give new energy to revive to reinvigorate.

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

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Acts 3:19 Let this be your wake-up call once and for all. Face the fact that your sins and scars were completely blotted out, and return to the one you have wandered from. Now you may encounter times of  “total rejuvenation in the face to face, immediate embrace of the Lord. Mirror

Ps 20:2 Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you from Zion;  AMP

Matt 11:28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.]

29 Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.  

30 For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good — not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.  AMP ▼▼▼

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

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

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

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Matt 11:28-30 Come here to me, all who are growing weary to the point of exhaustion, and who have been loaded with burdens and are bending beneath their weight, and I alone will cause you to cease from your labor and take away your burdens and thus refresh you with rest. Take at once my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find cessation from labor and refreshment for your souls, for my yoke is mild and pleasant, and my load is light in weight. WUEST

PS 41:3 When they are sick, lying upon their bed of suffering, God will restore them. He will raise them up again and restore them back to health. TPT

Jer 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? [Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician!]  AMP

Ps 73:28 But I’m in the very presence of God —  oh, how refreshing it is! I’ve made Lord God my home. God, I’m telling the world what you do!  MSG

Isa 40:28 Don’t you know anything? Haven’t you been listening? God doesn’t come and go. God lasts. He’s Creator of all you can see or imagine. He doesn’t get tired out, doesn’t pause to catch his breath. And he knows everything, inside and out.

29 He energizes those who get tired, gives fresh strength to dropouts.

30 For even young people tire and drop out, young folk in their prime stumble and fall.

31 But those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their wings and soar like eagles, They run and don’t get tired, they walk and don’t lag behind. MSG

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Isa 40:28 Don’t you know? Haven’t you been listening?  Yahweh is the one and only everlasting God, the Creator of all you can see and imagine! He never gets weary or worn out. His intelligence is unlimited; he is never puzzled over what to do!

29-30 He empowers the feeble and infuses the powerless with increasing strength. Even young people faint and get exhausted; athletic ones may stumble and fall.

31 But those who entwine their hearts with Yahweh will experience divine strength! They will rise up on soaring wings and fly like eagles, run their race without growing weary, and walk through life without giving up.’  TPT

Isa 41:10 Do not yield to fear, for I am always near. Never turn your gaze from me,’ 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

Hos 6:3 We’re ready to study God, eager for God-knowledge. As sure as dawn breaks,

so sure is his daily arrival. He comes as rain comes, as spring rain refreshing the ground.”  MSG

Isa 44:3 For I will pour water on the thirsty ground and send streams coursing through the parched earth. I will pour my Spirit into your descendants and my blessing on your children.

4 They shall sprout like grass on the prairie, like willows alongside creeks. MSG

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Isa 44:3 I will pour refreshing water on the thirsty and streams on the dry ground.” I will pour out my Spirit on your children,’ my blessing upon your descendants.

4 They will spring up like grass blanketing a meadow,’ like poplars growing by gushing streams. TPT

Ps 23:1 God, my shepherd! I don’t need a thing.

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

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Psalms 23:1 Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough.

²He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace near the quiet brook of bliss.

³That’s where he restores and revives my life. He opens before me the right path and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name. TPT

Psalms 68:9 You, O God, sent the reviving rain upon your weary inheritance,

showers of blessing to refresh it.  TPT

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

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Rom 15:13 May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. AMP

Psalms 92:10 Your anointing has made me strong and mighty. You’ve empowered my life for triumph by pouring fresh oil over me.  TPT

Proverbs 11:25 Those who live to bless others will have blessings heaped upon them, and the one who pours out his life to pour out blessings will be saturated with favor. TPT

Isa 58:11 Yahweh will always guide you where to go and what to do. He will fill you with refreshment even when you are in a dry, difficult place. TPT

2 Cor 7:6 Then the God who lifts up the downcast lifted our heads and our hearts with the arrival of Titus. MSG

Prov 25:13 Reliable friends who do what they say are like cool drinks in sweltering heat — refreshing! MSG

Jer 31:25 I’ll refresh tired bodies; I’ll restore tired souls. MSG

Joel 2:23 Children of Zion, celebrate! Be glad in your God. He’s giving you a teacher

to train you how to live right — Teaching, like rain out of heaven, showers of words

to refresh and nourish your soul, just as he used to do. MSG

DIVINE PURPOSE 7-7-23  VIDEO 

Your divine purpose is not just to do miracles, signs, and Wonders, but to reveal Jesus to the world. Purpose is defined as the reason for which something is done or created or why something exists. Just as Jesus, purposely revealed his Father, we have the divine purpose of revealing Jesus to the whole world. Jesus revealed the Father to everyone He met. Jesus tells us the works that he would do, and that we would do even greater. The disciples went everywhere and preached Jesus, and demonstrated Him with power. We carry the same divine purpose. Prophecy interprets the divine will, and purposes of God.

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

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Job 42:2  “I’m convinced: You can do anything and everything. Nothing and no one can upset your plans.   MSG

Matt 11:27 Jesus resumed talking to the people, but now tenderly. “The Father has given me all these things to do and say. This is a unique Father-Son operation, coming out of Father and Son intimacies and knowledge. No one knows the Son the way the Father does, nor the Father the way the Son does. But I’m not keeping it to myself; I’m ready to go over it line by line with anyone willing to listen.  MSG

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Matthew 11:27 You have entrusted me with all that you are and all that you have. No one fully and intimately knows the Son except the Father. And no one fully and intimately knows the Father except the Son. But the Son is able to unveil the Father to anyone he chooses.  TPT

John 1:18 No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known].  AMP

John 6:38 For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.  AMP

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JOHN 6:38 For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me! (I am here to demonstrate to you how persuaded my Father is about you!) MIRROR

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

JOHN 8:19 Then they said to him, “So where is your Father?” And Jesus answered, “My Father is just as invisible to you as I am – if you perceived me you would have also seen my Father!”  MIRROR  ▼▼▼

John 8:19 They said, “Where is this so-called Father of yours?” Jesus said, “You’re looking right at me and you don’t see me. How do you expect to see the Father? If you knew me, you would at the same time know the Father.”   MSG

JOHN 6:38  For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me!   MIRROR

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JOHN 8:28 For I have stepped down out of heaven, not to make a name for myself! I did not come to become a mere historic hero! I have come to communicate the resolve of him who sent me! (I am here to demonstrate to you how persuaded my Father is about you!)

29 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!  MIRROR

JOHN 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I have told you and you would not believe; all I do is endorsed by my Father and in his name and these works confirm my words.”   MIRROR

JOHN 15:15 I do not communicate with you on a slave – boss basis; slaves have no clue what their Master is about to do. I talk to you as my friends telling you everything that I have heard in my conversation and intimate association with my Father. This I explain to you in the clearest possible terms.  

16 I did not begin in you; you began in me! I am not your idea; you are mine! I have strategically positioned you in order that you may abound in much fruit bearing, wherever life leads you – fruit that would ceaselessly continue this same incarnate life of union with me! From within this place, anything you desire has already been granted you by my Father.  

17 All these things are the conclusion of my assignment to you and find their context in your love for one another.

18 Know that the world-system hated me first whenever you encounter their resistance against you.  MIRROR

JOHN 14:6 Jesus said, “My I-am-ness [mirrored in you] is your way; this is your truth and also your life! Every single person is now brought face to face with the Father entirely because of my doing.”

7 If you had known me for who I really am, you would have immediately recognized my Father in me. Now, with me bringing you back face to face with the Father, you will certainly know him and become fully acquainted with him.  

8 Phillip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, then we will be satisfied.”  

9 “Phillip, I have been with you for a long time, and yet you haven’t really known me? To see me is to see the Father! How can you still say, “Show us the Father?”

10 Are you not convinced that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? We are in seamless union. The words that I speak to you are not my independent opinion or ideas; the Father in me addresses you; this conversation then translates into the Father’s action unveiled in my doing.  MIRROR

Prov 19:21 Many plans are in a man’s mind, but it is the Lord’s purpose for him that will stand.  AMP

John 14:12 The person who trusts me will not only do what I’m doing but even greater things, because I, on my way to the Father, am giving you the same work to do that I’ve been doing. You can count on it. MSG

Acts 2:23 this Jesus, following the deliberate and well-thought-out plan of God, was betrayed by men who took the law into their own hands, and was handed over to you. And you pinned him to a cross and killed him.

24 But God untied the death ropes and raised him up. Death was no match for him.   MSG

Acts 2:32 This Jesus, God raised up. And every one of us here is a witness to it.

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

Acts 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 5:41 The apostles went out of the High Council overjoyed because they had been given the honor of being dishonored on account of the Name.

42 Every day they were in the Temple and homes, teaching and preaching Christ Jesus, not letting up for a minute. MSG

Rom 6:18 And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose, and action). AMP

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

29 He pre-designed and engineered us from the start to be jointly fashioned in the same mold and image of his Son according to the exact blueprint of his thought. We see the original and intended pattern of our lives preserved in his Son. He is the firstborn from the same womb that reveals our genesis. He confirms that we are the invention of God. 

30 Jesus reveals that we pre-existed in God; he defined us. He rendered us innocent and also adorned us with splendor and esteem.  MIRROR

1 Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose].  AMP

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1 Cor 15:58 With all this going for us, my dear, dear friends, stand your ground. And don’t hold back. Throw yourselves into the work of the Master, confident that nothing you do for him is a waste of time or effort. MSG

Acts 11:27 And during these days prophets (inspired teachers and interpreters of the divine will and purpose) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.  AMP

Eph 1:5 Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!)

6 He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son. MSG

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Ephesians 1:6 For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace— for the same love he has for the Beloved, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!  TPT

Eph 1:9  letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ,

10 a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. MSG

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EPH 1:9 The secret is out! His cherished love dream now unfolds in front of our very eyes.

10 In the economy of the fullness of time, everything culminates in Christ. All that is in heaven and all that is on earth is reconciled in him. Jesus is the consummation of the ages!   MIRROR

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

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

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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.  MSG

Our God is on the Move by Mary Dorian 7-2-23.

2 Corinthians 2:11 The agenda of any 1accusation is to divide and dominate. We are not ignorant about that.  Mirror 

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2 Cor 2:11 After all, we don’t want to unwittingly give Satan an opening for yet more mischief — we’re not oblivious to his sly ways!   MSG

John 13:1 [NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree.

2 So [it was] during supper, Satan having already put the thought of betraying Jesus in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son,

3 [That] Jesus, knowing (fully aware) that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God,

4 Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant’s] towel, He fastened it around His waist.  AMP

Isa 41:10 Do not yield to fear, for I am always near. Never turn your gaze from me, 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

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

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

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Jer 15:19 This is how God answered me: “Take back those words, and I’ll take you back. Then you’ll stand tall before me. Use words truly and well. Don’t stoop to cheap whining. Then, but only then, you’ll speak for me. Let your words change them. Don’t change your words to suit them.

20 I’ll turn you into a steel wall, a thick steel wall, impregnable. They’ll attack you but won’t put a dent in you because I’m at your side, defending and delivering.”

God’s Decree. MSG

Neh 1:3 And they said to me, The remnant there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its [fortified] gates are destroyed by fire.

4 When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven,

5 And I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness, and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

6 Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites, Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.  AMP

Neh 4:18 And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side.

19 And I said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people, The work is great and scattered, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.

20 In whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us.

21 So we labored at the work while half of them held the spears from dawn until the stars came out. AMP

Neh 6:14 My God, think on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear.

15 So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

16 When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us feared and fell far in their own esteem, for they saw that this work was done by our God.

17 Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah’s letters came to them.

18 For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah.

19 Also they spoke of [Tobiah’s] good deeds before me and told him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. AMP

Luke 6:43 For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit.

44 For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush.

45 The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks. AMP

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

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

17-19 So if the tree is good, it will produce good fruit; but if the tree is bad, it will bear only rotten fruit and deserves to be cut down and burned.

 ²⁰You’ll know them by the obvious fruit of their lives and ministries.” TPT

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Matt 7:15  “Be wary of false preachers who smile a lot, dripping with practiced sincerity. Chances are they are out to rip you off some way or other. Don’t be impressed with charisma; look for character. 16-20 Who preachers are is the main thing, not what they say. A genuine leader will never exploit your emotions or your pocketbook. These diseased trees with their bad apples are going to be chopped down and burned. MSG

Acts 3:6 Peter said, “I don’t have a nickel to my name, but what I do have, I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk!”

7 He grabbed him by the right hand and pulled him up. In an instant his feet and ankles became firm.

8 He jumped to his feet and walked. The man went into the Temple with them, walking back and forth, dancing and praising God.

9 Everybody there saw him walking around and praising God.

10 They recognized him as the one who sat begging at the Temple’s Gate Beautiful and rubbed their eyes, astonished, scarcely believing what they were seeing.

11 The man threw his arms around Peter and John, ecstatic. All the people ran up to where they were at Solomon’s Porch to see it for themselves. MSG

Acts 4:7 They stood Peter and John in the middle of the room and grilled them: “Who put you in charge here? What business do you have doing this?”

8 With that, Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, let loose: “Rulers and leaders of the people,

9 if we have been brought to trial today for helping a sick man, put under investigation regarding this healing,

10 I’ll be completely frank with you — we have nothing to hide. By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, the One you killed on a cross, the One God raised from the dead, by means of his name this man stands before you healthy and whole.

11 Jesus is ‘the stone you masons threw out, which is now the cornerstone.’

12 Salvation comes no other way; no other name has been or will be given to us by which we can be saved, only this one.”

13 They couldn’t take their eyes off them — Peter and John standing there so confident, so sure of themselves! Their fascination deepened when they realized these two were laymen with no training in Scripture or formal education. They recognized them as companions of Jesus,

14 but with the man right before them, seeing him standing there so upright — so healed! — what could they say against that?

15 They sent them out of the room so they could work out a plan. They talked it over:

16 “What can we do with these men? By now it’s known all over town that a miracle has occurred, and that they are behind it. There is no way we can refute that.

17 But so that it doesn’t go any further, let’s silence them with threats so they won’t dare to use Jesus’ name ever again with anyone.”

18 They called them back and warned them that they were on no account ever again to speak or teach in the name of Jesus.

19 But Peter and John spoke right back, “Whether it’s right in God’s eyes to listen to you rather than to God, you decide.

20 As for us, there’s no question — we can’t keep quiet about what we’ve seen and heard.”

21 The religious leaders renewed their threats, but then released them. They couldn’t come up with a charge that would stick, that would keep them in jail. The people wouldn’t have stood for it — they were all praising God over what had happened.

22 The man who had been miraculously healed was over forty years old. MSG