TIMES OF REFRESHING FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST  8-29-21 MARY D.

Job 29:5-6 When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me;

6 When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!  NASU

Job 29:14-17  “I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.

15 “I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame.

16 “I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know.

17 “I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth.  NASU

Luke 2:25 As they came to the temple to fulfill this requirement, an elderly man was there waiting—a resident of Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. He was a very good man, a lover of God who kept himself pure, and the Spirit of holiness rested upon him. Simeon believed in the imminent appearing of the one called “The Refreshing of Israel.”  TPT

Matt 11:29  Walk with me and work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

30 Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”  MSG

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MATT 11:29-30 “Are you weary, carrying a heavy burden? Come to me.I will refresh your life, for I am your oasis.

²⁹ Simply 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.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

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 “Now it’s time to change your ways! Turn to face God so he can wipe away your sins, pour out showers of blessing to refresh you, MSG

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Acts 3:19 Therefore repent at once, instantly changing your attitude, and perform a right-about-face in order that your sins may be obliterated, in order that there may come epoch-making periods of spiritual revival and refreshment from the presence of the Lord.  WUEST

Ps 66:12 You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air]. AMP

Ps 41:3 The Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, and transform in his illness. AMP

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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

PS 104:15 You provide sweet wine to gladden hearts. You give us daily bread to sustain life, giving us glowing health for our bodies. 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

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

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Neh 8:10 He continued, “Go home and prepare a feast, holiday food and drink; and share it with those who don’t have anything: This day is holy to God. Don’t feel bad. The joy of God is your strength!”   MSG

Job 33:26 He prays to God, and He is favorable to him, so that he sees His face with joy; for [God] restores to him his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God — with its joys).

27 He looks upon other men or sings out to them, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me, or He did not requite me [according to my iniquity]!

28 [God] has redeemed my life from going down to the pit [of destruction], and my life shall see the light!

29 [Elihu comments] Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man,

30 To bring back his life from the pit [of destruction], that he may be enlightened with the light of the living.  AMP

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Job 33:26  “Or, you may fall on your knees and pray — to God’s delight! You’ll see God’s smile and celebrate, finding yourself set right with God.

27 You’ll sing God’s praises to everyone you meet, testifying, ‘I messed up my life — and let me tell you, it wasn’t worth it.

28 But God stepped in and saved me from certain death. I’m alive again! Once more I see the light!’

29 “This is the way God works. Over and over again

30 He pulls our souls back from certain destruction so we’ll see the light — and live in the light!  MSG

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 sideI experience divine pleasures forevermore! TPT

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

Ps 126:5 So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest,

6 So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing. MSG

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PS 126:5-6 Those who sow their tears as seedswill reap a harvest with joyful shouts of glee.6 They may weep as they go out carrying their seed to sow, but they will return with joyful laughter and shouting with gladness as they bring back armloads of blessing and a harvest overflowing! TPT

ISA 61:3 to strengthen those crushed by despair who mourn in Zion—to give them a beautiful bouquetin 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, plantedby Yahweh as a living display of his glory. TPT

Isa 35:10 The people God has ransomed will come back on this road. They’ll sing as they make their way home to Zion, unfading halos of joy encircling their heads, Welcomed home with gifts of joy and gladness as all sorrows and sighs scurry into the night.  MSG

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

Ps 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.  AMP ▼▼▼

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

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

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PS 30:5 I’ve learned that his anger lasts for a moment, but his loving favor lasts a lifetime!  We may weep through the night, but at daybreak it will turn into shouts of ecstatic joy. TPT

Jer 31:13 Young women will dance and be happy, young men and old men will join in. I’ll convert their weeping into laughter, lavishing comfort, invading their grief with joy.  MSG

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

JN 17:13 This life of the ages, invites them to engage in the inexhaustible adventure of knowing you, the only true God and Jesus as the Christ whom you have commissioned!  MIRROR

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

ACTS 2:25-28 This is the very thing David prophesied about him: ‘I continually see the Lordin front of me. He’s at my right hand, and I am never shaken.²⁶ No wonder my heart is glad and my glory celebrates!  My mouth is filled with his praises, and I have hope that my body will live
²⁷ because you will not leave my soul among the dead, nor will you allow your sacred one to experience decay.
²⁸ For you have revealed to me the pathways to life, and seeing your face fills me with euphoria!  TPT

Isaiah 52:7 What a beautiful sight to behold— the precious feet of the messenger coming over the mountains to announce good news! He comes to refresh us with wonderful news, announcing salvation to Zion and saying, “Your Mighty God reigns!”  TPT

Isaiah 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. He will continually restore strength to you, so you will flourish like a well-watered garden and like an ever-flowing, trustworthy spring of blessing. TPT

Jude 24-25 Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight] —   AMP

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WE SEEK YOUR FACE LORD 9-21   VIDEO FACE TO FACE WITH JESUS

Let’s draw closer to God tonight. Let us seek him. Seek His face and His presence. The fact is “God’s face” is talked about in Genesis and throughout the rest of the Bible. His face is His presence. How we recognize Him and how we see Him. It’s a powerful experience to seek and be close to the living God. We carry the light of the face of Christ with us where ever we go. In His presence we find freedom from self criticism and judgment. When I heart condemns us His presence is greater than our hearts. The Lord loves when we seek Him, His presence His face is known when we draw close.

Jer 29:13 Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. 

14 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive.  AMP

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Jer 29:13-14 “When you come looking for me, you’ll find me. “Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else,

14 I’ll make sure you won’t be disappointed.” God’s Decree. “I’ll turn things around for you. I’ll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you” — God’s Decree — “bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it. MSG

Gen 32:29 Then Jacob asked Him, Tell me, I pray You, what [in contrast] is Your name? But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And [the Angel of God declared] a blessing on [Jacob] there. 

30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [the face of God], saying, For I have seen God face to face, and my life is spared and not snatched away.  AMP

Ps 42:1 AS THE hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.

2 My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? 

3 My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, Where is your God?  AMP

Ps 4:6  Lord, prove them wrong when they say, “God can’t help you!”Let the light of your radiant face break through and shine upon us!  TPT

PS 68:8-18 The earth shook beneath your feet; the heavens filled with clouds
before the presence of the God of Sinai. The sacred mountain shook at the sight of the face of Israel’s God.⁹ You, O God, sent the reviving rain upon your weary inheritance, showers of blessing to refresh it.
¹⁰ So there your people settled. And in your kindness you providedthe poor with abundance.  TPT

PS 80:3  Revive us, O God! Let your beaming face shine upon us with the sunrise rays of glory; then nothing will be able to stop us. TPT  

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Ps 80:3 Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved!  AMP

PS 24:4-6  Those who are clean—whose works and ways are pure, whose hearts are true and sealed by the truth, those who never deceive, whose words are sure.
⁵ They will receive Yahweh’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  TPT

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Ps 24:4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully. 

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

2 COR 4:5-7 We don’t preach ourselves, but rather the lordship of Jesus Christ, for we are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

⁶ For God, who said, “Let brilliant light shine out of darkness,”  is the one who has cascaded his light into us—the brilliant dawning light of the glorious knowledge of God as we gaze into the face of Jesus Christ. Treasure in Clay Jars

⁷ We are like common clay jars that carry this glorious treasure within, so that this immeasurable power will be seen as God’s, not ours.   TPT

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2 COR 4:5-7  Even though we recommend ourselves with great confidence, it is not with arrogance; we do not preach ourselves! We preach Christ Jesus the Lord; we are addicted to this gospel; employed by Jesus for your sakes.

4:6 The light source is founded in the same God who said, “Light, be!” And light shone out of darkness! He lit the lamp in our understanding so that we may clearly recognize the features of his likeness in the face of Jesus Christ reflected within us.

4:7 And now, in the glow of this glorious light and with unveiled faces we discover this treasure where it was hidden all along, in these frail skin-suits made of clay. We did not invent ourselves; we are God’s idea to begin with and the dynamic of his doing and amazing engineering!   MIRROR

1 THESS 3:13 Then your hearts will be strengthenedin holiness so that you may be flawless and pure before the face of our God and Father at the appearing of our Lord Jesus with all his holy ones. Amen!  TPT  

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1 THESS 3:13  The dominion of the Christ life establishes you in blameless innocence, face to face before our God and Father, in the constant awareness of his presence in our mutual togetherness with all the saints! MIRROR

Ps 85:9-13 For I know your power and presence shines on all your devoted lovers.Your glory always hovers over all who bow low before you.
¹⁰ Your mercy and your truth have married each other. Your righteousness and peace have kissed.
¹¹ Flowers of your faithfulness are blooming on the earth. Righteousness shines down from the sky.
12 Yes, the Lord keeps raining down blessing after blessing, and prosperity will drench the land with a bountiful harvest.
¹³ For deliverancegoes before him,preparing a path for his steps.  TPT

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PS: 85 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land.

10 Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

12 Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

13 Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk.  AMP

Luke 12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And [yet] not one of them is forgotten or uncared for in the presence of God. AMP

Heb 9:24 For Christ (the Messiah) has not entered into a sanctuary made with [human] hands, only a copy and pattern and type of the true one, but [He has entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the [very] presence of God on our behalf. AMP

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HEB 9:24 For the Messiah did not enter into the earthly tabernacle made by men, which was but an echo of the true sanctuary, but he entered into heaven itself to appear before the faceof God in our place.  TPT

Ps 23:6 Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place. AMP

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PS 23:6 So 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 presenceto be forever with you!  TPT

PS 105:4 Seek more of his strength! Seek more of him! Let’s always be seeking the light of his face.   TPT

1 John 3:19 By this we shall come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we are of the Truth, and can reassure (quiet, conciliate, and pacify) our hearts in His presence,

20 Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God’s hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him].  AMP

Ps 63:1 O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is.

2 So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory.

3 Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.

4 So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.  AMP

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Ps 63:1-4 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

Job 5:8  “If I were in your shoes, I’d go straight to God, I’d throw myself on the mercy of God.

9 After all, he’s famous for great and unexpected acts; there’s no end to his surprises.  MSG

Acts 17:27 So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.

28 For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring.  AMP

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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.

28 We live and move in him, can’t get away from him! One of your poets said it well: ‘We’re the God-created.’  MSG

ETERNAL LIFE 8-22-21  VIDEO ETERNAL LIFE SPOKEN LIFE

Eternal life is not just life after death. (Physical)  But Jesus said eternal life is a present possession. Eternal life is God‘s kind of life.

We don’t have to wait for heaven when we have eternal life now. We are seated with Him now.

JN 17:3 Eternal life means to know and experience you as the only true God,and to know and experience Jesus Christ, as the Son whom you have sent.
⁴ I have glorified you on the earth by faithfully doing everything you’ve told me to do. TPT

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JN 17:3 This life of the ages, invites them to engage in the inexhaustible adventure of knowing you, the only true God and Jesus as the Christ whom you have commissioned!

4 I have caused your dignity and worth to be made renowned and rendered illustrious in order to become manifest and acknowledged throughout the earth by accomplishing the work which you have given me to do.   MIRROR

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John 17:3 And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.

4 I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do.  AMP

John 3:15  and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life. MSG

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

John 6:40 This is what my Father wants: that anyone who sees the Son and trusts who he is and what he does and then aligns with him will enter real life, eternal life. My part is to put them on their feet alive and whole at the completion of time.”  MSG

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John 6:40 For this is My Father’s will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. AMP

Prov 12:28 Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life).  AMP  

John 10:28 I give them real and eternal life. They are protected from the Destroyer for good. No one can steal them from out of my hand.

29 The Father who put them under my care is so much greater than the Destroyer and Thief. No one could ever get them away from him.

30 I and the Father are one heart and mind.”   MSG

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JN 10:28 I give to them the gift of eternal life and they will never be lost and no one has the power to snatch them out of my hands.

²⁹ My Father, who has given them to me as his gift, is the mightiest of all, and no one has the power to snatch them from my Father’s care.

³⁰ The Father and I are one.” TPT

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel’s will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God].  AMP

EPH 2:6-7 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-seatedas one with Christ!

⁷ Throughout the coming ageswe will be the visible display of the infinite riches of his grace and kindness, which was showered upon us in Jesus Christ.  TPT

EPH 2:10 We are engineered by his design; he molded and manufactured us in Christ. We are his workmanship, his poetry. We are fully fit to do good, equipped to give attractive evidence of his likeness in us in everything we do.  MIRROR

Rom 2:7 To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [springing from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life.  AMP

RO 5:21 And just as sin reigned through death, so also this sin-conquering grace will reign as king through righteousness, imparting eternal life through Jesus, our Lord and Messiah!TPT

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Rom 5:21 All sin can do is threaten us with death, and that’s the end of it. Grace, because God is putting everything together again through the Messiah, invites us into life — a life that goes on and on and on, world without end. MSG    ▼▼▼

RO 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. MIRROR

Rom 6:22 But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life.

23 For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord.  AMP

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Rom 6:22  But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way!

23 Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master. MSG

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RO 6:22-23 But now, as God’s loving servants, you live in joyous freedom from the power of sin. So consider the benefits you now enjoy—you are brought deeper into the experience of true holiness that ends with eternal life!

²³ For sin’s meager wages is death, but God’s lavish gift is life eternal, found in your union with our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. TPT

Gal 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. AMP

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Gal 6:8 harvests a crop of weeds. All he’ll have to show for his life is weeds! But the one who plants in response to God, letting God’s Spirit do the growth work in him, harvests a crop of real life, eternal life. MSG

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GAL 6:8 The harvest you reap reveals the seed that you planted. If you plant the corrupt seeds of self-life into this natural realm, you can expect a harvest of corruption. If you plant the good seedsof Spirit-life you will reap beautiful fruits that grow from the everlasting life of the Spirit. TPT

1 Tim 6:12 Run hard and fast in the faith. Seize the eternal life, the life you were called to, the life you so fervently embraced in the presence of so many witnesses. MSG

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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.  AMP

Titus 1:2  My aim is to raise hopes by pointing the way to life without end. This is the life God promised long ago — and he doesn’t break promises!

3 And then when the time was ripe, he went public with his truth. I’ve been entrusted to proclaim this Message by order of our Savior, God himself. MSG

TITUS 3:7 So as a gift of his love, and since we are faultless—innocent before his face—we can now become heirs of all things, all because of an overflowing hope of eternal life.

8 How true and faithful is this message!  TPT

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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!

8 You can count on this. I want you to put your foot down. Take a firm stand on these matters so that those who have put their trust in God will concentrate on the essentials that are good for everyone. MSG

1 JN 1:2-4 The same life that was face to face with the Father from the beginning, has now dawned on us! The infinite life of the Father became visible before our eyes in a human person!

3 We include you in this conversation; you are the immediate audience of the logic of God! This is the Word that always was; we saw him incarnate and witnessed his language as defining our lives. In the incarnation Jesus includes mankind in the eternal friendship of the Father and the Son! This life now finds expression in an unreserved union.

4 I am writing this to complete your joy and include you in my delight!  MIRROR

1 JN 2:25-27 And he himself has promised us the never-ending life of the ages to come!

²⁶ I’ve written these things about those who are attempting to lead you astray. ²⁷ But the wonderful anointing you have received from Godis so much greater than their deception and now lives in you. There’s no need for anyone to keep teaching you.^[ His anointing teaches you all that you need to know, for it will lead you into truth, not a counterfeit. So just as the anointing has taught you, remain in him. TPT

1 JN 5:11-13 This is the true testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life has its source in his Son.

¹² Whoever has the Son has eternal life; whoever does not have the Son does not possess eternal life.

13 I’ve written this letter to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you will be assured and know without a doubt that you have eternal life. TPT

Rev 1:18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead).  AMP

REAL WORTH REAL RICHES  8-20-21  VIDEO TRUE RICHES 2

Wealth is defined as abundance. More than necessary to live on. A prosperous life. In the Spirit wealth and riches take a backseat to what it means to know God for yourself. His faithfulness. Abraham was a wealthy man very rich but he wasn’t known as much for that as he was known for being rich in faith. God considers Salvation His riches.

Luke 18:22 When Jesus heard that, he said, “Then there’s only one thing left to do: Sell everything you own and give it away to the poor. You will have riches in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

23 This was the last thing the official expected to hear. He was very rich and became terribly sad. He was holding on tight to a lot of things and not about to let them go.

24 Seeing his reaction, Jesus said, “Do you have any idea how difficult it is for people who have it all to enter God’s kingdom?

25 I’d say it’s easier to thread a camel through a needle’s eye than get a rich person into God’s kingdom.”

26 “Then who has any chance at all?” the others asked.

27 “No chance at all,” Jesus said, “if you think you can pull it off by yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust God to do it.”   MSG

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Mark 10:21 Jesus looked him hard in the eye — and loved him! He said, “There’s one thing left: Go sell whatever you own and give it to the poor. All your wealth will then be heavenly wealth. And come follow me.” MSG

LUKE 12:32-34 You might sometimes feel so vulnerable and overwhelmed by the odds against you, like a fragile little flock of lambs amidst wolves! You have nothing to fear – it is your Father’s delight to give you the kingdom.

12:33 From now on, do life from a different perspective! Stuff does not define you!  Exchange whatever it was that you’ve been doing all along under the old system of performance, for this new life of adventure! Get it over and done with! Be compassion driven in your sharing and giving; this takes hoarding out of the equation. Get rid of your antique purses, which typically are your old, worn-out, performance-based ideas. Instead, become creative in the adventure of trading with a new kind of purse – one that is loaded with heaven’s currency – a treasure which cannot be exhausted, since it cannot be broken into or stolen, neither can it be ruined by moths! The stuff you’ve been hoarding before, are clearly targets for thieves and they get moth eaten anyway!

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Luke 12:32 Don’t be afraid of missing out. You’re my dearest friends! The Father wants to give you the very kingdom itself.

33 “Be generous. Give to the poor. Get yourselves a bank that can’t go bankrupt, a bank in heaven far from bankrobbers, safe from embezzlers, a bank you can bank on.

34 It’s obvious, isn’t it? The place where your treasure is, is the place you will most want to be, and end up being. MSG

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LUKE 12:32-34 So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends! Your loving Father joyously gives you his kingdom with all its promises!

³³ “Now, go and sell what you have and give to those in need; you will be making deposits in your account in heaven, an account that will never be taken from you. Your gifts will become a secure and unfailing treasure, deposited in heaven forever.

³⁴ Where you deposit your treasure, that is where you fix your thoughts—and your heart will long to be there also.” TPT

COL:2 The mandate of my ministry is for everyone’s heart to be awakened to their true identity, intertwined in love’s tapestry. This will launch you into a life of knowing the wealth of every conclusion and joint witness hidden within the mystery of God who fathered us and co-revealed us in Christ.

3 Everything that could possibly define our wealth is 1hidden in Christ. In this place of our union in him the complete treasure of all wisdom and knowledge is sourced.  MIRROR

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Col 2:2  [For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One).

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

isa 61:6   But you will be known as Priests of Yahweh,^[ and called Servants of our God.  You will feast on the wealth of nations and revel in their riches
7 Because you received a double dose of shame and dishonor, you will inherit a double portionof endless joy and everlasting bliss!⁸ “For I, Yahweh, love fairness and justice, and I hate stealing and sin. I will rightly repay them because of my faithfulness and enter into an everlasting covenant with them. TPT

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Isa 61:6 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.

8 “Because I, God, love fair dealing and hate thievery and crime, I’ll pay your wages on time and in full, and establish my eternal covenant with you. MSG

LUKE 12:15-21 Then he said to everyone, “Be on your guard to protect yourselves from any trace of covetousness or superfluous desires! Things outside of you do not define you, so, be watchful not to reduce your life to the typical rat-race of getting more and more stuff; much rather discover how rich you already are in yourself! Life is not about getting; it’s about giving!

12:16 He then told them the following parable, A certain man’s fields were yielding abundant crops.

12:17 He then reasoned within himself, plotting what to do with such a large harvest.

12:18 Ah, he reckoned, here’s what I’ll do! I will demolish the old granaries and build much bigger and better barns wherein I may gather and treasure all my grain and belongings!

12:19 And I’ll say to myself, “You have a lot of good things in store, enough to go on a permanent vacation! You might as well indulge and begin the feast right now, eat and drink your fill. Endless merriness awaits you!

12:20 But God said to him, “You obviously did not think this through! Tonight you die, then who does it all belong to?”  

12:21 This is the typical dilemma of a person whose treasure is reduced to his own ability to accumulate things for himself in order to define him, rather than discovering his wealth in God.  MIRROR

Eph 3:8 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints (God’s consecrated people), this grace (favor, privilege) was granted and graciously entrusted: to proclaim to the Gentiles the unending (boundless, fathomless, incalculable, and exhaustless) riches of Christ [wealth which no human being could have searched out],   AMP

Heb 11:26 He considered the contempt and abuse and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward and away to the reward (recompense).

27 [Motivated] by faith he left Egypt behind him, being unawed and undismayed by the wrath of the king; for he never flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible.  AMP

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Heb 11:26 He valued suffering in the Messiah’s camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff.

27 By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king’s blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going.

28 By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn’t touch them. MSG

Heb 11:8 [Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go.

9 [Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise. 

10 For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has fixed and firm foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God. AMP

2 Cor 9:10 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  

1 Tim 6:17 Tell those rich in this world’s wealth to quit being so full of themselves and so obsessed with money, which is here today and gone tomorrow. Tell them to go after God, who piles on all the riches we could ever manage — 

LUKE 16:13 Not even a domestic worker can be employed by two masters; their devotion will be apparent – it can only be the money or the boss! The one will be despised and the other loved; the one clung to while the other is scorned. It is not possible to be a bond-friend of God and mamon at the same time. MIRROR

Rom 10:12 [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith]. AMP

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RO 10:12 Nothing distinguishes the Jew from the Greek when it comes to the generosity of God. He responds with equal benevolence to everyone who sees themselves identified in him.   MIRROR

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Rom 10:12  [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith]. AMP

Rom 11:33 Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It’s way over our heads. We’ll never figure it out. MSG

Matt 6:33  Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met.

34 “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes. MSG

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MATT 6:33 So above all, constantly seek God’s kingdom and his righteousness, then all these less important things will be given to you abundantly.

³⁴ Refuse to worry about tomorrow, but deal with each challenge that comes your way, one day at a time. Tomorrow will take care of itself.”  TPT

EPH 1:7-10 Since we are now joined to Christ, we have been given the treasures of redemption by his blood—the total cancellationof our sins—all because of the cascading richesof his grace.

⁸ This superabundant grace is already powerfully working in us, releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding.

 ⁹ And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desires to us—the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time.

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.  TPT

Eph 2:7 He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. AMP

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EPH 2:7 We are engineered by his design; he molded and manufactured us in Christ. We are his workmanship, his poetry. We are fully fit to do good, equipped to give attractive evidence of his likeness in us in everything we do.  MIRROR

James 1:9 Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his elevation [as a Christian, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God],  AMP

NO WEAPON 8-15-21 

You have power over every word spoken against you in the natural or in the supernatural realm. Every lie cannot prosper or infect or affect you. Every tongue that speaks judgment to condemn you shall not prosper. All because you look like Jesus. Your heritage or inheritance is peace, righteousness and triumph. Because of what Christ did nothing the enemy does can defeat us.

Isa 54:17 But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.  AMP

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ISA 54:17 But I promise you, no weapon meant to hurt you will succeed, and you will refuteevery accusing word spoken against you. This promise is the inheritance of Yahweh’s servants, and their vindicationis from me,” says Yahweh. TPT

Rom 5:1  THEREFORE, SINCE we are justified (acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). AMP

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RO 5:1 The conclusion is clear: our blameless innocence has absolutely nothing to do with something we did to qualify ourselves; it is what happened to us, solely because of our Lord Jesus Christ’s doing. Faith, and not reward, is the only valid basis for righteousness! Let us now fully engage this seamless union in our face to face friendship with God! MIRROR

RO 16:20  God who is the author of our peace shall quickly and utterly trample Satan, doing it with your feet. Your victory is realized in the revelation of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and echoed [personalized] in your amen. MIRROR

Phil 4:7 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

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

Isa 32:17 And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever.  AMP

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ISA 32:17  The work of righteousness is peace,and the result of righteousnessis quietness and confidence forever. TPT

Eph 4:24 And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness. AMP

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EPH 4:24  And to be transformed as you embrace the glorious Christ-within as your new life and live in union with him! For God has re-created you all over again in his perfect righteousness, and you now belong to him in the realm of true holiness.   TPT

PHIL 3:9 My passion is to be consumed with him and not cling to my own “righteousness” based in keeping the written Law. My only “righteousness” will be his, based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God.  TPT

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PHIL 3:9 So here I am; found in Christ! I was looking in the wrong place all along! My own duty-and-guilt-driven religious endeavor snared me in the cul-de-sac maize of self-righteousness, sponsored by the law of works! The faith of Christ reveals my identity; righteousness defines who God believes that I really am. This righteousness is sourced in God and endorses the authority of faith.  MIRROR

2 Cor 2:14 And I got it, thank God! In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. MSG

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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.  MIRROR

Heb 3:6 But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father’s] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ].  AMP

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HEB 3:6 But Christ is more than a Servant, he was faithful as the Son in charge of God’s house. And now we are part of his house if we continue courageously to hold firmly to our bold confidence and our victorious hope. TPT

ISA 54:13-14 All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their peace and prosperity.¹⁴ You will be established in righteousness. Oppression—be far from them Fear—be far from them! Yes, terror will not come near you, nor will you be afraid. TPT

Luke 10:18-20 Jesus said, “I know. I saw Satan fall, a bolt of lightning out of the sky.

19 See what I’ve given you? Safe passage as you walk on snakes and scorpions, and protection from every assault of the Enemy. No one can put a hand on you.

20 All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God’s authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you — that’s the agenda for rejoicing.”   MSG

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Luke 10:18 And He said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven.

19 Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you.

20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven. AMP

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LU 10:18-20 Jesus responded, “I often contemplate the extent of Satan’s demise, having fallen from the heavens like the flash of a shooting star!”

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 16:11 About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him.  AMP

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JN 16:11 And ‘judgment’ because the ruler of this dark world has already received his sentence. TPT

Col 2:15 [God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him and in it [the cross]. AMP

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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. The voice of the cross will never be silenced!  MIRROR

REV 12:10 Then I heard a very loud voice in the heavens announcing, “This is the moment which the entire prophetic word pointed to and culminates in; it is the realization of mankind’s salvation. The power of the kingdom of our God and its authority is endorsed in the I-am-ness of his Christ. The business of accusation is bankrupted. The 24/7 industry of condemning the brotherhood of mankind before the face of God has been annihilated.”   MIRROR

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Rev 12:10 Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come — the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out!  AMP

Job 22:28 You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God’s favor] shall shine upon your ways.

29 When they make [you] low, you will say, [There is] a lifting up; and the humble person He lifts up and saves.

30 He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands. AMP

2 Cor 6:7 By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend];  AMP

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2 COR 6:7 We commend ourselves to you by our truthful teachings, by the power of God working through us, and with the mighty weaponsof righteousness—a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.  TPT

2 COR 10:3-6 For although we live in the natural realm, we don’t wage a military campaign employing human weapons, using manipulation to achieve our aims. Instead, our spiritual weapons are energized with divine power to effectively dismantle the defenses behind which people hide.

⁵ We can demolish every deceptive fantasythat opposes God and break through every arrogant attitude that is raised up in defiance of the true knowledge of God. We capture, like prisoners of war, every thoughtand insist that it bow in obedience to the Anointed One.

⁶ Since we are armed with such dynamic weaponry, we stand ready to punishany trace of rebellion, as soon as you choose complete obedience TPT

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2 COR 10:3-6 The fact that we are living in a physical world in human bodies of flesh does not mean that we engage ourselves in a combat dictated to by the typical “tit-for-tat” strategies of religion and the politics of the day.

10:4 The dynamic of our strategy is revealed in God’s ability to disengage mindsets and perceptions that have held people captive in pseudo fortresses for centuries!

10:5 Every lofty idea and argument positioned against God’s knowledge of us, is cast down and exposed to be a mere invention of our own imagination. We arrest every thought at spear point – anything that could possibly trigger an opposing threat to our redeemed identity and innocence is taken captive. The caliber of our weapon is empowered by the revelation of the ultimate consequence of the obedience of Christ.

10:6 Our ears are fine tuned to echo the voice of likeness that resonates within us. We are acquainted with the articulate detail of the authentic language of our origin.  MIRROR

TRUSTING 8-13-21 VIDEO TRUST HIM

Trusting, excepting, believing, confident, unsuspecting, childlike. An action based on security independent of circumstances. A resting of the mind on the integrity of another person. Trust has a little to do with the one that is trusting and more to do with whom they are trusting in. it is like a parent child relationship. The child doesn’t worry about where the food is coming from but knows his parents will provide.

Jer 7:7 only then will I move into your neighborhood. Only then will this country I gave your ancestors be my permanent home, my Temple.

8 “‘Get smart! Your leaders are handing you a pack of lies, and you’re swallowing them! MSG

ISA 30:15 Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, says: “Come back to me! By returning and resting in me you will be saved.In quietness and trust you will be made strong.But you refused. TPT

Rom 9:30  How can we sum this up? All those people who didn’t seem interested in what God was doing actually embraced what God was doing as he straightened out their lives.

31 And Israel, who seemed so interested in reading and talking about what God was doing, missed it.

32 How could they miss it? Because instead of trusting God, they took over. They were absorbed in what they themselves were doing. They were so absorbed in their “God projects” that they didn’t notice God right in front of them, like a huge rock in the middle of the road. And so they stumbled into him and went sprawling.

33 Isaiah (again!) gives us the metaphor for pulling this together: MSG

Ps 115:11 You who fear God, trust in God!  — trust your Helper! trust your Ruler! MSG

Ps 20:7 Some trust in and boast of chariots and some of horses, but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God.

8 They are bowed down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright.  AMP

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PS 20:7 Some find their strength in their weapons and wisdom,but my miracle-deliverance can never be won by men.Our boast is in Yahweh our God, who makes us strong and gives us victory!
⁸ Our enemies will not prevail; they will only collapse and perish in defeat while we will rise up, full of courage. TPT

2 Cor 1:7  When we see that you’re just as willing to endure the hard times as to enjoy the good times, we know you’re going to make it, no doubt about it.

8 We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it.

9 We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally — not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead!

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

Ps 112:7 They will not live in fear or dread of what may come, for their hearts are firm, ever secure in their faith.  TPT

7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord.  AMP

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PS 112:7 They will not live in fear or dread of what may come, for their hearts are firm, ever secure in their faith. TPT

Matt 18:3 And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all].

4 Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  AMP

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MATT 18:3-4 “Learn this well: Unless you dramatically change your way of thinking and become teachable like a little child, you will never be able to enter in.

⁴ Whoever continually humbles himselfto become like this little child is the greatest one in heaven’s kingdom realm.  TPT

John 20:31 But these are written (recorded) in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of God, and that through believing and cleaving to and trusting and relying upon Him you may have life through (in) His name [through Who He is]. AMP

1 COR 2:5 For God intended that your faith not be established on man’s wisdom but by trusting in his almighty power. TPT

Ps 4:8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust. AMP

Ps 143:8  If you wake me each morning with the sound of your loving voice, I’ll go to sleep each night trusting in you. Point out the road I must travel; I’m all ears, all eyes before you.  MSG

Ps 31:19 Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men!  AMP

Isa 28:16 But the Master, God, has something to say to this: “Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: A Trusting Life Won’t Topple.  MSG

Rom 1:17 God’s way of putting people right shows up in the acts of faith, confirming what Scripture has said all along: “The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”  MSG

Rom 4:16  This is why the fulfillment of God’s promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God’s promise arrives as pure gift. That’s the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them. For Abraham is father of us all. He is not our racial father — that’s reading the story backwards. He is our faith father.   MSG

Rom 10:6 But trusting God to shape the right living in us is a different story — no precarious climb up to heaven to recruit the Messiah,  MSG

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ROM 10:6  Faith finds its voice in something much closer to a person than their most disciplined efforts to obey the law. Faith announces that the Messiah is no longer a distant promise; neither is he reduced to a mere historic hero. He is mankind’s righteousness now! The revelation of what God accomplished in Christ, births a new conversation! The old type of guess-talk has become totally irrelevant; Christ is not hiding somewhere in the realm of heaven as a future hope; so, to continue to say, “Who will ascend into heaven, to bring Christ down”, makes no sense at all! MIRROR

Rom 10:9 Say the welcoming word to God — “Jesus is my Master” — embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it. You’re not “doing” anything; you’re simply calling out to God, trusting him to do it for you. That’s salvation.  MSG

Phil 3:9 and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ — God’s righteousness. MSG

Heb 10:39 But we’re not quitters who lose out. Oh, no! We’ll stay with it and survive, trusting all the way. MSG

Ps 31:6 I hate all this silly religion, but you, God, I trust. MSG

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

Ps 62:8 So trust him absolutely, people; lay your lives on the line for him.

God is a safe place to be.  MSG

Prov 3:5  Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own.

6 Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. MSG

Isa 12:2 “Yes, indeed — God is my salvation. I trust, I won’t be afraid. God — yes God! — is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!”   MSG

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 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!  MSG

Rom 10:17 The point is, Before you trust, you have to listen. But unless Christ’s Word is preached, there’s nothing to listen to.  MSG

2 Cor 5:7 It’s what we trust in but don’t yet see that keeps us going. MSG

Eph 3:12 When we trust in him, we’re free to say whatever needs to be said, bold to go wherever we need to go.  MSG

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

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HEB 6:1 Consequently, as difficult as it may seem, you ought to divorce yourselves from your sentimental attachment to the foreshadowing doctrine of the Messiah, which was designed to carry us like a vessel over the ocean of prophetic dispensation into the completeness of the fulfilled promise. A mind shift from attempts to impress God by your behavior, to realizing the faithfulness of God, is fundamental. There is no life left in the old system. It is dead and gone; you have to move on. MIRROR

1 Tim 1:14 Grace mixed with faith and love poured over me and into me. And all because of Jesus.

15 Here’s a word you can take to heart and depend on: Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. I’m proof — Public Sinner Number One —  

16 of someone who could never have made it apart from sheer mercy. And now he shows me off — evidence of his endless patience — to those who are right on the edge of trusting him forever.  MSG

THE TANGIBLE PRESENCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE MIRACLOUS 8-1-21 VIDEO TODD BENTLY TANGABLE PRESENCE 2

We, have being told in the Scriptures from the book of Esther that, “we have come into the kingdom for such a time as this“. Perhaps it means in part that the body of Christ , the manifest Sons of God, are going to rise up more in the realm of miracles. Miracles are a surprise or welcomed event that is not explainable by the natural or scientific laws therefore consider to be from God. A highly improbable or extraordinary event or development or accomplishment that brings very very welcomed circumstance. Jesus did miracles of healings. Miracles  happen immediately. Jesus sent out his disciples to do miracles. We are also commission for this. 

ACTS 10:38-45 “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.

³⁹ We apostles were eyewitnesses to all the miraclesthat he performed throughout the land of Israel. Finally, in Jerusalem, he was crucified on a cross,

⁴⁰ but God raised him from the dead three days later, allowing him to be seen openly. ⁴¹ He didn’t appear to everyone, but he appeared to us, his chosen witnesses. He actually ate and drank with usafter he rose from the dead!

⁴² “Jesus ordered us to preach and warn the peoplethat God had appointed him to be the judge of the living and the dead.

⁴³ And not only us, but all of the prophets agree in their writings that everyone who believes in him receives complete forgivenessof sins through the power of his name.”

⁴⁴ While Peter was speaking, the Holy Spirit cascaded over all those listening to his message.

45 The Jewish brothers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on people who weren’t Jews,  TPT

1 John 3:8 [But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. AMP

PS 66:5 Everyone will say, “Come and see the incredible things God has done;it will take your breath away! He multiplies miracles for his people!” TPT

MATT 12:12 Isn’t a man much more valuable than a lamb? So of course, it’s always proper to do miracles, even on the Sabbath.”TPT

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

MATT 15:31 And the crowds marveled with amazement, astounded over the things they were witnessing with their own eyes! The lame were walking, the mute were speaking, the crippled were made well, and the blind could see. For three days everyone celebrated the miracles as they exalted and praised the God of Israel!  TPT

MK 9:38-40 John spoke up and said, “Teacher, we noticed someonewas using your name to cast out demons, so we tried to stop him because he wasn’t one of our group.”

³⁹ “Don’t stop him!” Jesus replied. “For the one who does miracles in the power of my name proves he is not my enemy.

⁴⁰ And whoever is not against us is for us. TPT

LU 8:40-44 When Jesus returned to Galilee, the crowds were overjoyed, for they had been waiting for him to arrive.

^41–42 Just then, a man named Jairus, the leader of the local Jewish congregation, fell before Jesus’ feet. He desperately begged him to come and heal his twelve-year-old daughter, his only child, because she was at the point of death.

As Jesus started to go with him to his home to see her, a large crowd surrounded him. ⁴³ In the crowd that day was a woman who had suffered greatly for twelve yearsfrom slow bleeding. Even though she had spent all that she had on healers, she was still suffering.

⁴⁴ Pressing in through the crowd, she came up behind Jesus and touched the fringeof his garment. Instantly her bleeding stopped and she was healed.  TPT

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LU 8:51-55 When they arrived at the house, Jesus allowed only Peter, John, and Jacob—along with the child’s parents—to go inside.

⁵² Jesus told those left outside, who were sobbing and wailing with grief, “Stop crying. She is not dead; she’s just asleep and must be awakened.”

⁵³ They laughed at him, knowing for certain that she had died.

⁵⁴ Jesus approached the body, took the girl by her hand, and called out with a loud voice, “My sleeping child, awake! Rise up!”

^55–56 Instantly her spirit returned to her body and she stood up.

Jesus directed her stunned parents to give her something to eat and ordered them to tell no one what just happened. TPT

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LU 8:51 When they got to the house he would not let anyone in except Peter, James and John, as well as the father and mother of the girl.

8:52 Everyone outside was weeping and overcome with grief, but Jesus said, there is no need for weeping since she is only sleeping and not dead!  

8:53 Their wailing immediately became scornful laughter since they were convinced that she was dead.

8:54 He then grabbed her hand firmly and summoned her, “Little lady, arise!”

8:55 Her spirit immediately returned and she stood up! Jesus then suggested that they bring her something to eat.  MIRROR

LU 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.  

9:2 And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.  

9:3 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.

9:4 Allow the hospitality of the locals to be your home-base to operate from.

9:5 If people don’t receive you, move on!  Don’t carry the negative energy with you! Don’t take it personal or be offended!

9:6 Thus they were on their way, visiting village after village, spreading the good news and curing people everywhere.  MIRROR

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LU 9:1-6  Jesus summoned together his twelve apostlesand imparted to them authority over every demon and the power to heal every disease.

² Then he commissioned them to proclaim God’s kingdom and to heal the sick to demonstrate that the kingdom had arrived. As he sent them out, he gave them these instructions:

³ “Take nothing extra on your journey. Just go as you are. Don’t carry a staff, a backpack, food, money, not even a change of clothes.

⁴ Whatever home welcomes you as a guest, remain there and make it your base of ministry.

⁵ And wherever your ministry is rejected, you are to leave that town and shake the dust off your shoes as a testimony before them.”

⁶ The apostles departed and went into the villages with the wonderful news of God’s kingdom, and they healed diseases wherever they went. TPT

ACTS 5:12-16 The apostles performed many signs, wonders, and miracles among the people.

¹³ And the believers were wonderfully united as they met regularly in the temple courts in the area known as Solomon’s Porch. No one dared harm them, for everyone held them in high regard.

¹⁴ Continually more and more people believed in the Lordand were added to their number—great crowds of both men and women.

¹⁵ In fact, when people knew Peter was going to walk by, they carried the sick out to the streets and laid them down on cots and mats, knowing the incredible power emanating from him would overshadow them and heal them.

¹⁶ Great numbers of people swarmed into Jerusalem from the nearby villages. They brought with them the sick and those troubled by demons—and everyone was healed! TPT

ACTS 8:6-8 The crowds were eager to receivePhilip’s message and were persuaded by the many miracles and wonders he performed.

⁷ Many demon-possessed people were set free and delivered as evil spirits came out of them with loud screams and shrieks, and many who were lame and paralyzed were also healed.

⁸ This resulted in an uncontainable joy filling the city! TPT

ACTS 16:22 A great crowd gathered, and all the people joined in to come against them. The Roman officials ordered that Paul and Silas be stripped of their garments and beaten with rods on their bare backs. TPT

ACTS 19:11-12 God kept releasing a flow of extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul.

¹² Because of this, people took Paul’s handkerchiefs and articles of clothing, even pieces of cloth that had touched his skin, laying them on the bodies of the sick, and diseases and demons left them and they were healed. TPT

1 COR 12:4-10 It is the same Holy Spirit who continues to distribute many different varieties of gifts.
⁵ The Lord Yahweh is one, and he is the one who apportions to believers different varieties of ministries.
⁶ The same God distributes different kinds of miraclesthat accomplish different results through each believer’s gift and ministry as he energizes and activates them.⁷ Each believer is given continuous revelationby the Holy Spirit to benefit not just himself but all.

⁸ For example: The Spirit gives to one the gift of the word of wisdom. To another, the same Spirit gives the gift of the word of revelation knowledge.
⁹ And to another, the same Spirit gives the gift of faith.  And to another, the same Spirit gives gifts of healing.
¹⁰ And to another the power to work miracles. And to another the gift of prophecy.  And to another the gift to discern what the Spirit is speaking. And to another the gift of speaking different kinds of tongues. And to another the gift of interpretation of tongues.

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1 COR 12:4 There may be different manifestations of the grace gifts but they will not confuse, since the same Spirit is speaking.

12:5 Also ministries may appear to be different in their function but the same Lord endorses his purpose and management in everyone.

12:6 We might be doing things differently but we are drawing from the same source. God energizes each and everyone for their particular purpose.

12:7 Every expression of the Spirit is given to bring that which God accomplished in Christ into full focus.  

12:8 To one is given a word that clears the air and wisdom prevails; to another a word of knowledge, where something that could not be known in any other way comes to light! The same Spirit is the source.

12:9 Yet another person is inspired with a gift of faith in the same Spirit and another with gifts of healing of specific diseases in the same Spirit.

12:10 And to another the working of mighty acts of miracles, and to another enlightened speech [prophecy]; to another the ability to discern the difference between God’s Spirit and a foreign spirit; to someone else the ability to communicate in many different languages; another has a gift to interpret these languages.   MIRROR

Ps 107:8 So thank God for his marvelous love, for his miracle mercy to the children he loves.  MSG

Ps 119:129 Every word you give me is a miracle word — how could I help but obey?  MSG

 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

MK 16:15 And he said to them, “As you go into all the world, preach openly the wonderful news of the gospel to the entire human race!

¹⁶ Whoever believes the good news and is baptized will be saved, and whoever does not believe the good news will be condemned.

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.

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

¹⁹ After saying these things, Jesus was lifted up into heaven and sat down at the place of honor at the right hand of God!TPT

JOEL’S PROPHECY  7-25-21  BY MARY DORIAN

Acts 2:16-21 This is the fulfillment of what was prophesied through the prophet Joel, for God says:

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

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

¹⁹ I will reveal startling signs and wonders in the sky above and mighty miracles on the earth below. Blood and fire and pillars of cloudswill appear.

²⁰ For the sun will be turned darkand the moon blood-red before that great and awesome appearance of the day of the Lord.

²¹ But everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ ” TPT

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Acts 2:16-21 This is what the prophet Joel announced would happen:  “In the Last Days,” God says, “I will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: Your sons will prophesy, also your daughters; Your young men will see visions, your old men dream dreams.

18 When the time comes, I’ll pour out my Spirit On those who serve me, men and women both, and they’ll prophesy.

19 I’ll set wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth below, Blood and fire and billowing smoke,

20 the sun turning black and the moon blood-red, Before the Day of the Lord arrives, the Day tremendous and marvelous;

21 And whoever calls out for help to me, God, will be saved.” MSG

1 Corth 2:10-12  These profound 1mysteries of God’s eternal resolve are now unveiled in us; nothing is hidden from Holy Spirit, who explores the innermost thoughts of God.  

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

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

 Eph 3:19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! AMP

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EPH 3:19 Then you will be empowered to discover what every holy one experiences—the great magnitudeof the astonishing love of Christ in all its dimensions. How deeply intimate and far-reaching is his love! How enduring and inclusive it is! Endless love beyond measurement that transcends our understanding—this extravagant love pours into you until you are filled to overflowing with the fullness of God! TPT

John 14:16-17 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 4inseparably 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, you are familiar with this seamless, intimate union, and the Spirit’s continued presence within you.  Mirror

Joel 2:28And 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. AMP

Zech 4:12 And a second time I said to him, What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden tubes or spouts by which the golden oil is emptied out?

13 And he answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

14 Then said he, These are the two sons of oil [Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, the two anointed ones] who stand before the Lord of the whole earth [as His anointed instruments].  AMP

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Zech 4:12 And while you’re at it, the two branches of the olive trees that feed oil to the lamps — what do they mean?”

13 He said, “You haven’t figured that out?” I said, “No, sir.”

14 He said, “These are the two who stand beside the Master of the whole earth and supply golden lamp oil worldwide.”  MSG

Zech 4:1 AND THE angel who talked with me came again and awakened me, like a man who is wakened out of his sleep.

2 And said to me, What do you see? I said, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl [for oil] on the top of it and its seven lamps on it, and [there are] seven pipes to each of the seven lamps which are upon the top of it

3 And there are two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side of it [feeding it continuously with oil].

4 So I asked the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?

5 Then the angel who talked with me answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

6 Then he said to me, This [addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of Whom the oil is a symbol], says the Lord of hosts.

7 For who are you, O great mountain [of human obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who with Joshua had led the return of the exiles from Babylon and was undertaking the rebuilding of the temple, before him] you shall become a plain [a mere molehill]! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone [of the new temple] with loud shoutings of the people, crying, Grace, grace to it!  AMP

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Zech 4:1 The Messenger-Angel again called me to attention. It was like being wakened out of deep sleep.

2 He said, “What do you see?”I answered, “I see a lampstand of solid gold with a bowl on top. Seven lamps, each with seven spouts, are set on the bowl.

3 And there are two olive trees, one on either side of the bowl.”

4 Then I asked the Messenger-Angel, “What does this mean, sir?”

5 The Messenger-Angel said, “Can’t you tell?” “No, sir,” I said.

Then he said,

6 “This is God’s Message to Zerubbabel: ‘You can’t force these things. They only come about through my Spirit,’ says God-of-the-Angel-Armies.

7 ‘So, big mountain, who do you think you are? Next to Zerubbabel you’re nothing but a molehill. He’ll proceed to set the Cornerstone in place, accompanied by cheers: Yes! Yes! Do it!'”  MSG

Isa 59:19 In the west they’ll fear the name of God, in the east they’ll fear the glory of God, For he’ll arrive like a river in flood stage, whipped to a torrent by the wind of God.  MSG

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Isa 59:19 So [as the result of the Messiah’s intervention] they shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight [for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives].  AMP

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ISA 59:19 From the west to the lands of the rising sun, the glory and the name of Yahweh will be held in highest reverence,for he will break in as a flooding, rushingriver driven on by the breath of Yahweh! TPT

 Acts 9:10 Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he answered, Here am I, Lord. AMP

Acts 10:11 And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth.

12 It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air.

13 And there came a voice to him, saying, Rise up, Peter, kill and eat.

14 But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.

15 And the voice came to him again a second time, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding and calling common and unhallowed or unclean.

16 This occurred three times; then immediately the sheet was taken up to heaven.  AMP

Acts 10:27 And as [Peter] spoke with him, he entered the house and found a large group of persons assembled;

28 And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean.

29 Therefore when I was sent for, I came without hesitation or objection or misgivings. So now I ask for what reason you sent for me.

30 And Cornelius said, This is now the fourth day since about this time I was observing the ninth hour (three o’clock in the afternoon) of prayer in my lodging place; [suddenly] a man stood before me in dazzling apparel,

31 And he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and harkened to, and your donations to the poor have been known and preserved before God [so that He heeds and is about to help you].

32 Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon the tanner by the seaside.

33 So at once I sent for you, and you [being a Jew] have done a kind and courteous and handsome thing in coming. Now then, we are all present in the sight of God to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.

34 And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons,

35 But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear for God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed [by Him].  AMP

Dan 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the holy God [or gods], and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father — the king, I say, your father — appointed him master of the magicians, enchanters or soothsayers, Chaldeans, and astrologers,

12 Because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, clarify riddles, and solve knotty problems were found in this same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.  AMP

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Dan 5:11 There is a man in your kingdom who is full of the divine Holy Spirit. During your father’s time he was well known for his intellectual brilliance and spiritual wisdom. He was so good that your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, made him the head of all the magicians, enchanters, fortunetellers, and diviners. 12 There was no one quite like him. He could do anything — interpret dreams, solve mysteries, explain puzzles. His name is Daniel, but he was renamed Belteshazzar by the king. Have Daniel called in. He’ll tell you what is going on here.”  MSG

Matt 9:37  “What a huge harvest!” he said to his disciples. “How few workers! 38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!” 

38 On your knees and pray for harvest hands!” MSG

Rev 14:15 Another celestial messenger appeared out of the most holy place of the temple and with a loud voice addressed the One seated upon the cloud, saying, “Thrust forth your pruning hook, your hour has come – this is your moment to reap for the earth’s harvest is ready.”  Mirror

Jer 8:20 The crops are in, the summer is over, but for us nothing’s changed. We’re still waiting to be rescued.

21 For my dear broken people, I’m heartbroken. I weep, seized by grief.

22 Are there no healing ointments in Gilead? Isn’t there a doctor in the house? So why can’t something be done to heal and save my dear, dear people? MSG

Rom 8:19 Our lives now represent the one event every creature anticipates with held breath, standing on tip-toe as it were to witness the unveiling of the sons of God. Can you hear the drum-roll?

8:20 Every creature suffered abuse through Adam’s fall; they were discarded like a squeezed-out orange. Creation did not volunteer to fall prey to the effect of the fall. Yet within this stark setting, hope prevails.

8:21 All creation knows that the glorious liberty of the sons of God sets the stage for their own release from decay.  Mirror

Hab 2:14 But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.  AMP

MERCIES ARE NEW EVERY MORNING. 7-23-21  VIDEO

Mercies. God made a covenant of mercy with Israel because they belong to him. So he was always there for them. God extends mercy to all who He loves. Mankind‘s mercy is based on actions however God‘s mercy is based on love. God is merciful to all of mankind he made them in his image and likeness. God‘s judgments are for his children and they are for mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. And the day of judgment for those who belong to God… Mercy WILL WIN. So we can look forward to that day. We could extend mercy to those who need it. Jesus sprinkled his blood on the mercy seat. His blood is everlasting. Jesus fulfills the covenant of mercy that he made with David. That’s why they cried out son of David have mercy on me.

PS 5:7 But I know that you will welcome me into your house, for I am covered by your covenant of mercy and love.So I come to your sanctuarywith deepest awe to bow in worship and adore you. TPT

Luke 1:54 He embraced his chosen child, Israel; he remembered and piled on the mercies, piled them high. MSG

Lam 3:22 It is because of the Lord’s mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not.  

23 They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. 

24 The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.  AMP

2 Sam 24:14 And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are many and great; but let me not fall into the hands of man.  AMP

Neh 9:31 Yet in Your great mercies You did not utterly consume them or forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God. AMP

Ps 106:7 Our fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not [earnestly] remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness [on their hearts], but they were rebellious and provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea. AMP

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PS 106:7 Our fathers who were delivered from Egypt didn’t fully understand your wonders, and they took you for granted. Over and over you showed them such tender love and mercy! Yet they were barely beyond the Red Sea when they rebelled against you. TPT

RO 11:32 Actually, God considers all of humanity to be prisoners of their unbelief, so that he can unlock our hearts and show his tender mercies to all who come to him. TPT   ▼▼▼

RO 11:32 In God’s calculation the mass of mankind is trapped in unbelief. This qualifies all mankind for his mercy. MIRROR

Ps 145:9 The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. AMP

PS 34:8 Drink deeplyof the pleasures of this God. Experience for yourself the joyous mercies he gives to all who turn to hide themselves in him. TPT

Ps 119:156 Your mercies, God, run into the billions; following your guidelines, revive me.  MSG

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PS 119:156 Your tender mercies are what I need, O God; give me back my life again through the revelation of your judgments. TPT

LU 1:78-79 The splendor-light of heaven’s glorious sunrise is about to break upon us in holy visitation, all because the merciful heart of our God is so very tender.⁷⁹ The word from heaven will come to uswith dazzling light to shine upon those
 who live in darkness, near death’s dark shadow. And he will illuminate the path that leads to the way of peace.” TPT

JAMES 2:13 and remember that judgment is merciless for the one who judges others without mercy. So by showing mercy, you take dominion over judgment TPT

Ps 9:7 But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment.

8 And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness.

9 The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation).

10 And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God’s Word and the right of their necessity].  AMP

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PS 9:7-10 But Yahweh, our mighty God, reigns forever! He sits enthroned as King ready to render his verdicts and judge all with righteousness.
⁸ He will issue his decrees of judgment,deciding what is right for the entire world, dispensing justice to all.
9 All who are oppressed may come to Yahweh as a high shelter in the time of trouble, a perfect hiding place.
¹⁰ For everyone who knows your wonderful name keeps putting their trust in you.
They can count on you for help no matter what. O Lord, you will never, no never, neglect those who come to you.  TPT

Heb 2:17 So it is evident that it was essential that He be made like His brethren in every respect, in order that He might become a merciful (sympathetic) and faithful High Priest in the things related to God, to make atonement and propitiation for the people’s sins.

18 For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering].  AMP

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HEB 2:17-18 This is why he had to be a man and take hold of our humanity in every way. He made us his brothers and sisters and became our merciful and faithful King-Priestbefore God; as the One who removed our sins to make us one with him.

¹⁸ He suffered and endured every test and temptation, so that he can help us every time we pass through the ordeals of life. TPT

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

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HEB 12:24 Jesus is the spokesman and arbitrator of the New Testament order. His blood signature sanctions mankind’s innocence. This is a complete new language that communicates better things, in that it is the very substance of what was spoken in the shadow-type message of the blood sacrifice that Abel brought.  MIRROR

Rom 3:25 Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment. AMP

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

1 Chron 16:34 O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!  AMP

Ps 57:10 For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great, reaching to the heavens, and Your truth and faithfulness to the clouds. AMP

Ps 59:10 My God in His mercy and steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look [triumphantly] on my enemies (those who lie in wait for me).  AMP

PS 89:1-4 This forever-song I singof the gentle love of God! Young and old alike will hear about your faithful, steadfast love—never failing!
² Here’s my chorus: “Your mercy grows through the ages. Your faithfulness is firm, rising up to the skies.”³ I heard the Lord say, “My covenant has been made,and I’m committed forever to my chosen one, David.⁴ I have made my oath that there will be sons of David forever,sons that are kings through every generation. Pause in his presence TPT

Matt 15:22 And behold, a woman who was a Canaanite from that district came out and, with a [loud, troublesomely urgent] cry, begged, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is miserably and distressingly and cruelly possessed by a demon! AMP

Matt 9:27 As Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting loudly, Have pity and mercy on us, Son of David! AMP

Isa 16:5 Then in mercy and loving-kindness shall a throne be established, and One shall sit upon it in truth and faithfulness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being swift to do righteousness.  AMP

Isa 30:18 And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]!  AMP

Matt 9:13 Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin).  AMP

Luke 1:50 His mercy flows in wave after wave on those who are in awe before him. MSG

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LU 1:50 The kindness of God in the gift of life, from birth to birth, is forever celebrated in awe!  MIRROR

Rom 9:15-16 For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion (pity) on whom I will have compassion. 

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

RO 9:15-16 Moses saw the glory of God’s goodness; he saw God’s mercy and the kindness of his compassion.  

16 God’s mercy is not a reward for good behavior; it is not a wreath given to the fastest athlete.  MIRROR

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

Rom 12:1 So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life — your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life — and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him.  MSG

FULLY PERSUADED 7-18-21  VIDEO SPOKEN GODS WORD 2

Persuaded means someone believes something from their heart that they know to be true in spite of logic. Letting go of human reasoning and believe in God is conviction. Persuade is to be convince beyond a shadow of a doubt. So convinced you can live in a revelation even before it comes to pass in the natural. The opposite of persuade is to be hard hearted. Jesus moved in power and his words and miracles persuaded people to change their heart. Jesus came to persuade and convinced the world that God love them. 

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]. AMP

Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.  AMP

PS 95:7-11 For we are those he cares for, and he is the God we worship.So drop everything else and listen to his voice! For this is what he’s saying: “Today, when I speak, don’t even think about turning a deaf ear to me like they did when they tested me at Meribah and Massah, the place where they argued with me, their Creator. Your ancestors challenged me over and over with their complaining,even though I had convinced them of my power and love. They still doubted my care for them.
¹⁰ So for forty long years I was grieved and disgusted by them. I described them as wicked wanderers whose hearts would not follow my ways or keep my words.
¹¹ So I made a vow in my anger and declared, ‘They will not enter the resting place I’ve planned for them!’ So don’t you ever be hard-hearted or stubborn like they were!” TPT

ROM 8:38 This is my conviction; no threat whether it be in death or life; be it celestial messengers, demon powers or political principalities, nothing known to us at this time, or even in the unknown future;

39 no dimension of any calculation in time or space, nor any device yet to be invented, has what it takes to separate us from the love of God unveiled in our Lord, Jesus Christ.  MIRROR

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ROM 8:38 So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love.  TPT

John 3:16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. AMP

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

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

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

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

Acts 28:23 So when they had set a day with him, they came in large numbers to his lodging. And he fully set forth and explained the matter to them from morning until night, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

24 And some were convinced and believed what he said, and others did not believe.

25 And as they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, [but not before] Paul had added one statement [more]: The Holy Spirit was right in saying through Isaiah the prophet to your forefathers:

26 Go to this people and say to them, You will indeed hear and hear with your ears but will not understand, and you will indeed look and look with your eyes but will not see [not perceive, have knowledge of or become acquainted with what you look at, at all].

27 For the heart (the understanding, the soul) of this people has grown dull (stupid, hardened, and calloused), and their ears are heavy and hard of hearing and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they may not perceive and have knowledge and become acquainted with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their souls and turn [to Me and be converted], that I may heal them. 

28 So let it be understood by you then that [this message of] the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen [to it]! 

29 And when he had said these things, the Jews went away, arguing and disputing among themselves.

30 After this Paul lived there for two entire years [at his own expense] in his own rented lodging, and he welcomed all who came to him,

31 Preaching to them the kingdom of God and teaching them about the Lord Jesus Christ with boldness and quite openly, and without being molested or hindered.  AMP

2 Cor 5:11 Therefore, being conscious of fearing the Lord with respect and reverence, we seek to win people over [to persuade them]. But what sort of persons we are is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood by God, and I hope that it is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood also by your consciences (your inborn discernment). AMP

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2 COR 5:11 Since we are those who stand in holy awe of the Lord, we make it our passion to persuade others to turn to him. We know that our lives are transparent before the God who knows us fully, and I hope that we are also well known to your consciences.   TPT

1 COR 2:4 The message I preached and how I preached it was not an attempt to sway you with persuasive arguments but to prove to you the almighty power of God’s Holy Spirit.

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

JN 12:11 for his miracle testimony was irrefutable and was persuading many of the Jews living in Jerusalem to believe in Jesus. TPT

JN 12:17-19  All the eyewitnesses of the miracle Jesus performed when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead kept spreading the news about Jesus to everyone.

¹⁸ The news of this miracle of resurrection caused the crowds to swell as great numbers of people welcomed him into the city with joy.

19 But the Pharisees were disturbed by this and said to each other, “We won’t be able to stop this. The whole world is going to run after him!” TPT

Acts 26:28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, You think it a small task to make a Christian of me [just offhand to induce me with little ado and persuasion, at very short notice].

29 And Paul replied, Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you, but also all who are listening to me today, might become such as I am, except for these chains. AMP

LUKE 3:3 John went preaching and baptizing throughout the Jordan Valley. He persuaded people to turn away from their sins and turn to Godfor the freedom of forgiveness,

4 fulfilling what was written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: “Listen! You will hear a thunderous voice in the lonely wilderness telling you to wake up and get your heart ready for the coming of the Lord Yahweh. Make straight every twisted thing in your lives.

^5–6 Bring into the light every dark way. Make right every wrong. Remove injustice. Every heart of pride will humbly bow before him. Every deception will be exposed and replaced by the truth to prepare everyone everywhere to see the Life of God!” TPT

John 17:21 The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind — Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you, So they might be one heart and mind with us. Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me. MSG

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

HEB 6:9-12 Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are fully convinced that there are more beautiful and excellent things, which flow from your salvation.

10 For God, the Faithful One, is not unfair. How can he forget the beautiful work you have done for him? He remembers the love you demonstrate as you continually serve his beloved ones for the glory of his name.

¹¹ But we long to see you passionately advance until the end and you find your hope fulfilled.

¹² So don’t allow your hearts to grow dullor lose your enthusiasm, but follow the example of those who fully received what God has promised because of their strong faith and patient endurance.TPT

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Heb 6:9-12 I’m sure that won’t happen to you, friends. I have better things in mind for you — salvation things!

10 God doesn’t miss anything. He knows perfectly well all the love you’ve shown him by helping needy Christians, and that you keep at it.

11 And now I want each of you to extend that same intensity toward a full-bodied hope, and keep at it till the finish.

12 Don’t drag your feet. Be like those who stay the course with committed faith and then get everything promised to them. MSG

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

Gal 6:14 But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) through Whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world!  AMP

In light of all the things that we are going through what are you persuaded for? What passion drives your heart? Controls your actions? Multitudes multitudes in the valley of decision. How long will you waver between two opinions.