WE ARE IN A SPECIAL SEASON  12-19-21  VIDEO SKIT GUYS  3

The season we are in is not of heaviness, sadness or fear but of comfort joy and hope. Christmas is the season of expectation for good, not for evil. Don’t let anyone hinder or discourage you from your celebration. Joy is a calm delight inner gladness, happiness, to rejoice because of grace. Fresh hope means to desire with anticipation for good as something wonderful to happen. Through the cross and the resurrection of Jesus, a time of recompense has come to conquer sin, sickness, Satan, death, demonic power, and injustice—not vengeance on humanity but on evil wherever it is found.

ISA 35:1 The wilderness and dry land will be joyously glad! The desert will blossom like a rose and rejoice!2 Every dry and barren place will burst forth with abundant blossoms, dancing and spinning with delight! Lebanon’s lush splendor covers it, the magnificent beauty of Carmel and Sharon. My people will see the awesome glory of Yahweh, the beautiful grandeur of our God.
³ Strengthen those who are discouraged. Energize those who feel defeated.
⁴ Say to the anxious and fearful, “Be strong and never afraid. Look, here comes your God!He is breaking through to give you victory! He comes to avenge your enemies With divine retribution he comes to save you!”
5 Then blind eyes will open and deaf ears will hear.
⁶ Then the lame will leaplike playful deerand the tongue-tied will sing songs of triumph. Gushing water will spring up in the wilderness and streams will flow through the desert.
⁷ The burning sand will become a refreshing oasis, the parched ground bubbling springs,and the dragon’s air a meadow with grass, reeds, and papyrus.
⁸ There will be a highway of holiness called the Sacred Way. The impure will not be permitted on this road, but it will be accessible to God’s people. And not even fools will lose their way.
⁹ The lionwill not be found there; no wild beast will travel on it— they will not be found there. But the redeemed will find a pathway on it.

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

ISA 40:1 our God says to you: “Comfort, comfort my peoplewith gentle, compassionate words.
2 Speak tenderly from the heart to revive those in Jerusalem and proclaim that their warfare is over. Her debt of sin is paid for, and she will not be treated as guilty. Prophesy to her that she has received from the hand of Yahweh twice as many blessings as all her sins.”
³ A thunderous voice cries out in the wilderness:  “Prepare the wayfor Yahweh’s arrival!  Make a highway straight through the desert for our God!⁴ Every valley will be raised up, every mountain brought low. The rugged terrain will become level ground and the rough places a plain.
⁵ Then Yahweh’s radiant glory will be unveiled, and all humanitywill experience it together. Believe it, for Yahweh has spoken his decree!” TPT

Isa 61:2 God sent me to announce the year of his grace —  a celebration of God’s destruction of our enemies — and to comfort all who mourn,

3 To care for the needs of all who mourn in Zion, give them bouquets of roses instead of ashes, Messages of joy instead of news of doom, a praising heart instead of a languid spirit. Rename them “Oaks of Righteousness” planted by God to display his glory.

4 They’ll rebuild the old ruins, raise a new city out of the wreckage. They’ll start over on the ruined cities, take the rubble left behind and make it new.

5 You’ll hire outsiders to herd your flocks and foreigners to work your fields,

6 But you’ll have the title “Priests of God,” honored as ministers of our God. You’ll feast on the bounty of nations, you’ll bask in their glory.

7 Because you got a double dose of trouble and more than your share of contempt, Your inheritance in the land will be doubled and your joy go on forever. MSG

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ISA 61:2 I am sent to announce a new seasonof Yahweh’s grace and a time of God’s recompense on his enemies, to comfort all who are in sorrow,
3 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquet in the place of ashes,the oil of bliss instead of tears, and the mantle of joyous praise instead of the spirit of heaviness.  Because of this, they will be known as Mighty Oaks of Righteousness, planted by Yahweh as a living display of his glory.4 They will restore ruins from long ago and rebuild what was long devastated. They will renew ruined cities and desolations of past generations.
⁵ Foreigners will be appointed to shepherd your many flocks; strangers will cultivate your fields and tend your vines.

⁶ But you will be known as Priests of Yahweh,  and called Servants of our God. You will feast on the wealth of nations and revelin their riches!
⁷ Because you received a double dose of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portion of endless joy and everlasting bliss! TPT

Beauty” is phe’er, and the word for “ashes” is epher—simply the moving of one letter. God has the power to change and move things around in our lives to make them into something beautiful.

2 Cor 1:3 All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel!

4 He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us.

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  ▼▼▼

2 COR 1:3 All praises belong to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he is the Father of tender mercy and the God of endless comfort.

⁴ He always comes alongside us to comfort us in every suffering so that we can come alongside those who are in any painful trial. We can bring them this same comfort that God has poured out upon us.

⁵ And just as we experience the abundance of Christ’s own sufferings, even more of God’s comfort will cascade upon us through our union with Christ. TPT

1 THESS 5:1 I do not need to speculate about specific prophetic moments or even mention significant dates.  

2 You know for yourselves from experience how the day of the Lord suddenly dawns like a thief in the night!  

3 The systems of this world of darkness and unbelief, which held the masses under their pseudo-sway of make-belief peace and security shall suddenly be broken into, like travail upon a woman with child, and none of their captives shall remain under their claim! 

4 You are no longer in darkness; there are no daunting surprises waiting for you like a thief in the night!

5 All of you are begotten of light, the Day of the Lord is your true parent! Neither night nor darkness have any claim on you!

6 Live alert and you will not become intoxicated by the indifference of others.

7 Sleeping and drunkenness are typical things people do at night, but now the day of the Lord has dawned within us and has put an end to the slumbering effect and intoxication of the practices of darkness.

8 So let us clothe ourselves with day-garments, protecting our sober seeing by having our hearts fully guarded by the breastplate of love-inspired faith, and having our minds encircled, like a helmet, with an expectation which is consistent with what salvation declares!

9 For God did not set us up for disappointment; he is not teasing us with desires that we desperately reach for but cannot attain! He has brought us to a place where we are surrounded by the poetry of what salvation communicates in the lordship of Jesus Christ.   MIRROR

HEB 13:6 So we can say with great confidence: “I know the Lord is for me and I will never be afraid of what people may do to me!” TPT

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HEB 13:6 What he said concerning us gives our confession the edge; we boldly echo Scripture, “The Lord is for me, I cannot be afraid of anything that anyone could possibly do to harm me.”  MIRROR

PS 16:11 Because of you, I know the path of life,  as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence. At your right side experience divine pleasures forevermore! TPT

Ps 21:6 You pile blessings on him; you make him glad when you smile. MSG

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PS 21:6 Your victory heaps blessing after blessing upon him. What joy and bliss he tastes, rejoicing before your face! TPT

2 COR 4:17  We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the light of eternity. We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an eternal, weighty glory far beyond all comparison,

¹⁸ because we don’t focus our attention on what is seen but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but the unseen realm is eternal. TPT

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2 COR 4:17 We are fully engaged in an exceedingly superior reality; the extent and weight of this glory make any degree of suffering vanish into insignificance! The suffering is fleeting and ever so slight by comparison to the weight and enduring effect of this glory we participate in for all eternity.

18 We are not keeping any score of what seems so obvious to the senses on the surface; it is fleeting and irrelevant; it is the unseen eternal realm within us which has our full attention and captivates our gaze!MIRROR

ISA 51:11 Do it again! Those Yahweh has set free will return to Zion and come celebrating with songs of joy! They will be crowned with never-ending joy! Gladness and joy will overwhelm them; despair and depression will disappear! TPT

Jer 33:11 [There shall be heard again] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of the Lord, Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy and kindness and steadfast love endure forever! For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed and return to be as it was at first, says the Lord.  AMP

Mal 4:2 But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. AMP

Neh 8:10 Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold.  AMP

JN 16:24 Until now you have not required anything in my name – when you realize what is yours in my name, then make your requests and lay a hold of that so that your joy may burst its banks! MIRROR

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

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

ISA 26:4 Yes, trust in the Lord Yahweh forever and ever! For Yah, the Lord God, is your Rock of Ages! TPT

Jer 31:16 Thus says the Lord: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and [your children] shall return from the enemy’s land.

17 And there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country. AMP

ROM 8:24 For this is the hope of our salvation. But hope means that we must trust and wait for what is still unseen. For why would we need to hope for something we already have?

²⁵ So because our hope is set on what is yet to be seen, we patiently keep on waiting for its fulfillment.TPT

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

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

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

20 and where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone in before us. He is now and forever our royal Priest like Melchizedek. TPT

Rom 15:13 Oh! May the God of green hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of the Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope! MSG 

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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