PASSION 3-21-2021 By Mary Dorian

Proverbs 22:29  If you are uniquely gifted in your work, you will rise and be promoted.
You won’t be held back—you’ll stand before kings! TPT

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Prov 22:29 Observe people who are good at their work — skilled workers are always in demand and admired; they don’t take a back seat to anyone. MSG

Proverbs 11: 10-11 The blessing that rests on the righteous releases strength and favor to the entire city, but shouts of joy will be heard when the wicked one dies.
¹¹ The blessing of favor resting upon the righteous influences a city to lift it higher, but wicked leaders tear it apart by their words. TPT

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Prov 11:10-11 When it goes well for good people, the whole town cheers; when it goes badly for bad people, the town celebrates.

11 When right-living people bless the city, it flourishes; evil talk turns it into a ghost town in no time.  MSG

Rev 3:16-20 But because you are neither cold nor hot, but lukewarm, I am about to spit you from my mouth.

¹⁷ For you claim, “I’m rich and getting richer—I don’t need a thing.” Yet you are clueless that you’re miserable, poor, blind, barren, and naked!

¹⁸ So I counsel you to purchase goldperfected by fire, so that you can be truly rich. Purchase a white garment to cover and clothe your shameful Adam-nakedness. Purchase eye salve to be placed over your eyes so that you can truly see.

¹⁹ All those I dearly love I unmask and train. So repent and be eager to pursue what is right.

²⁰ Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come in to you and feast with you, and you will feast with me. TPT

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Rev 3:16-20. This is what really disappoints; when you anticipate a refreshing cool drink but instead get a mouthful of lukewarm sulfur tasting water, you would naturally spit it out!

17. As your name suggests, you were experts in justifying yourselves, you were convinced that you have all your ducks in a row, your plumbing is sorted your trade and economy or thriving industries, you think that you were completely independent. Yet you have no idea how bankrupt you really are! Your entire economy is flawed since you were trading with monopoly money! It’s fake currency, your scales are rigged! If only you knew how desperately in need you are of someone to show you tender compassion and mercy! I mean, look at you! On the outside you may appear to be standing tall and proud in your self-righteousness but in reality you are in a pitiful state! You are like a crouching, cringing beggar! Your smokescreen has blinded your view! You think you’re hiding in your fancy brand-name clothes but you don’t realize how naked and exposed you are!

18. I invite you to talk business with me! Come, let us resolve this together! I want to make you really rich! I advise you to buy gold from me! Gold that is thoroughly refined in the fire, not flawed currency of your own trade! We’re not talking a mixture here! No dross! And from now on, buy your clothing for me; white garments, not of the blended brand of your own making! Clothe yourselves completely with these and there will not even be a hint of shame! For your eyes, buy eye salve from me to anoint your eyes so that you may clearly see yourselves in Christ!

19. It is with affection that I address everyone of you, whoever you are. I would earnestly persuade you as a parent would instruct and nurture their children; eagerly acquaint yourselves with all that I have in mind.

20. You have shut me out in your self-righteousness, but behold, here I stand knocking at the door! If anyone recognizes my voice and let’s me in, I am ready to join you for the feast! Yes I will dine with you and you with me! Mirror

Rev 5:10  Then you made them a Kingdom, Priests for our God, Priest-kings to rule over the earth.  MSG

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Rev 5:10 You have chosen us to serve our God and formed us into a kingdom of priests
 who reignon the earth.” TPT

Prov 18:16 A man’s gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. AMP

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Prov 18:16 A gift gets attention; it buys the attention of eminent people.  MSG

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Prov 18:16  Would you like to meet a very important person? Take a generous gift.
It will do wonders to gain entrance into his presence. TPT

Hebrews 12:2-4  We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectationonto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

³ So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.

⁴ After all, you have not yet reached the point of sweating bloodin your opposition to sin. TPT

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Heb 12:2-4. Look away from the shadow dispensation of the law and the prophets and fix your eyes upon Jesus. He is the Fountainhead and conclusion of faith. He saw the joy when he braved the cross and despised the shame of it. As a executive authority of God he now occupies the highest seed of dominion to endorse mankind‘s innocent!

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

4 Would you be willing to die for your faith? Mirror

2 Cor 7:11  And now, isn’t it wonderful all the ways in which this distress has goaded you closer to God? You’re more alive, more concerned, more sensitive, more reverent, more human, more passionate, more responsible. Looked at from any angle, you’ve come out of this with purity of heart.  MSG

1 John 2:17 his worldand its desires are in the process of passing away, but those who love todo the will of God live forever TPT

OPEN YOUR EYES WIDE 3-18-21  VIDEO

See what God is doing, see what God is saying. If your eye is healthy and sees right spiritually your whole body will be healthy. Jesus open the eyes of men that were born blind. Awesome miracles. Jesus is the light not only for the blind man but for the whole world. Gods intimate knowledge of our lives is sometimes referred to as “the eye of the Lord“. He opens our spiritual eyes so we too can have intimate knowledge of him. When Saul gives his testimony he talks about his site was recovered and he was a new man.

Matt 6:22-23 “Your eyes are windows into your body. If you open your eyes wide in wonder and belief, your body fills up with light.

23 If you live squinty-eyed in greed and distrust, your body is a dank cellar. If you pull the blinds on your windows, what a dark life you will have!  MSG

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Matt 6:22-23 The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light.

23 But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness!  AMP

LU 11:34-36 The eyes of your spirit allow revelation-lightto enter into your being. When your heart is open the light floods in. But when your heart is hard and closed, the light cannot penetrate and darkness takes its place.

³⁵ Open your heart and consider my words. Watch out that you do not mistake your opinions for revelation-light!

³⁶ If your spirit burns with light, fully illuminated with no trace of darkness, you will be a shining lamp, reflecting rays of truth by the way you live.” TPT

Jn 9:30-39. The man answer them, “I am amazed that you just cannot see this; how can you not perceive where he is from? I mean, hello! He open my eyes!

31 Are we not supposed to know that sinners don’t dictate to God, but those who worship God and desire to perform his delight has a “hotline“ to heaven.

32 Since the beginning of time no one is ever heard of anyone who open the eyes of a man born blind!

33 If this is not proof of the man’s close acquaintance with God, then what is – he would be powerless to perform anything on his own.“

34 They replied, “you were born in utter sin and here you are trying to teach the Saints!“ And they cast him out.

35 Jesus heard that they cast him out and went looking for him; when he found him, he asked him, “do you believe in the son of God?“

36 He answered, “then who is he sir, that I may believe in him?”

37. Jesus said, “you have seen him, and he is speaking to you!”

38 And he said, “Lord I believe. And he worshiped him.”

39 I have come to judge the worlds blindness-so that they who are blind me see and those who think that they see may become blind. Mirror

John 1:3 All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.

4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.

5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it].  AMP

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Jn 1:3 The Logos is the source: everything commences in him. He remains the exclusive Parent reference to their existence. There is nothing original, except the Word!  The logic of God defines the only possible place where mankind can trace their origin.

4 His life is the light that defines our lives.

5 The darkness was pierced and could not comprehend or diminish the light. Mirror

John 1:9 There it was — the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. 

10 He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].

11 He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own — His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him.

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

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Jn 1:9-12. A new day for mankind has come. The authentic light of life that illuminates everyone was about to dawn in the world!

10. Although no one took notice of him, he was no stranger to the world; he always was there and is himself the author of all things.

11 It was not as though he arrived on a foreign planet; he came to his own, yet his own did not recognize him.

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

Job 42:5 I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. AMP

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

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

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

PS 33:18-19 The eyes of the Lord are upon even the weakest worshipers who love him—those who wait in hope and expectation for the strong, steady love of God.
¹⁹ God will deliver them from death, even the certain death of famine, with no one to help. TPT

Prov 7:2 Do what I say and you’ll live well. My teaching is as precious as your eyesight — guard it!  MSG

Eph 1:17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him,

18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),  AMP

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Eph 1:17-18. I desire that you will draw directly from the source; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the father of glory candles within us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the unveiling of his master plan. I long for you to know by revelation what he has known about you all along!

18 I pray that your thoughts will be flooded with light and inspired insight; that you will clearly picture his intent in identifying you in him so that you may know how precious you are to him. What God possesses in your redeemed innocence is his treasure and the glorious trophy of his inheritance! You are God’s portion you are the sum total of his assets and the measure of his wealth! Mirror

Acts 22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well spoken of by all the Jews who resided there,

13 Came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, Brother Saul, look up and receive back your sight. And in that very instant I [recovered my sight and] looking up saw him.

14 And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips;

15 For you will be His witness unto all men of everything that you have seen and heard.

16 And now, why do you delay? Rise and be baptized, and by calling upon His name, wash away your sins.

17 Then when I had come back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple [enclosure], I fell into a trance (an ecstasy);

18 And I saw Him as He said to me, Hurry, get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony about Me.  AMP  ▼▼▼

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

¹⁸ and saw him. He said to me, ‘Hurry and depart from Jerusalem quickly, for the people here will not receive the truths you share about me. TPT

Matt 13:13 This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand.

14 In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive.

15 For this nation’s heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them. 

16 But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear.

17 Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.  AMP

2 Cor 4:6-7. The light source is founded in the same God who said, “light be!“ And the light shone out of darkness! He lit the lamp in our understanding so we may clearly recognize the features of his likeness in the face of Jesus Christ reflected within us.

7 And now, in the glow of his glorious light and with unveiled faces we discovered the treasure where it was hidden all along, in these frail skin suits made of clay. We did not invent ourselves; we are Gods idea to begin with and the dynamic of his doing and amazing engineering. Mirror

2 Peter 1:8 For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One).

9 For whoever lacks these qualities is blind, [spiritually] shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him, and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins.

10 Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall.  AMP

Job 13:3 Surely I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue and reason my case with God [that He may explain the conflict between what I believe of Him and what I see of Him]. AMP

1 Jn 3:2. Beloved, we know that we are children of God to begin with, which means that there can be no future surprises; his manifest likeness is already mirrored in us! Our sameness cannot be compromised or contradicted; our gaze will confirm exactly who he is, and who we are. Mirror

FAITH IS LIVING 3-14-2021  VIDEO

What is coming? What’s on the way is a faith revival for the church. We will have faith for the totally completely impossible. People say, “I have all the faith in the world”. Not true you only need as much as a grain of a mustard seed if it is God‘s faith. Our faith is not a thought or an idea. It is living, it is a life, it is Jesus. When the 10 men with leprosy were healed, only one of them when he realized he was healed came to show his gratefulness. His faith in Jesus made him totally whole. In the storms of life, we can’t mentally make things happen. Our faith must be living, settled completely in Jesus Christ. In Jesus hometown, he didn’t do many miracles because they could not have faith in him as the Messiah. With the woman with the issue of blood, did she believe his robe to  heal her or Jesus? She had faith in Jesus. These people who were healed or raised up from the dead, did not have any confidence in their ability to believe. Their confidence was in Jesus. They have a living faith in them.

Luke 17:6 And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.  AMP

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Luke 17:6  But the Master said, “You don’t need more faith. There is no ‘more’ or ‘less’ in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, ‘Go jump in the lake,’ and it would do it.  MSG

 Matt 17:20 He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. AMP

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MATT 17:20 He told them, “It was because of your lack of faith. I promise you, if you have faith inside of you no bigger than the size of a small mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move away from here and go over there,’ and you will see it move! There is nothing you couldn’t do!^[ TPT

Rom 1:17. Herein lies the secret of the power of the gospel; there is no good news in it until the righteousness of God is revealed! The dynamic of the gospel is the revelation of God‘s faith as the only valid basis for our belief. The prophets who wrote in advance about the fact that God believes that righteousness reveals the life of our design. “Righteousness by his faith defines life. Mirror

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ROM 1:17 This gospel unveils a continual revelation of God’s righteousness—a perfect righteousness given to us when we believe. And it moves us from receiving life through faith, to the power of living by faith. This is what the Scripture means when it says: “We are right with God through life-giving faith”   TPT

HEB 12:2-3 We look away from the natural realm and we focus our attention and expectationonto Jesus who birthed faith within us and who leads us forward into faith’s perfection. His example is this: Because his heart was focused on the joy of knowing that you would be his, he endured the agony of the cross and conquered its humiliation, and now sits exalted at the right hand of the throne of God!

³ So consider carefully how Jesus faced such intense opposition from sinners who opposed their own souls, so that you won’t become worn down and cave in under life’s pressures.   TPT

Luke 17:19 And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health. AMP

MATT 8:26-27 But Jesus reprimanded them. “Why are you gripped with fear? Where is your faith?”Then he stood and rebukedthe storm, saying, “Be still!” And instantly it became perfectly calm.

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

MATT 13:53-58 Right after Jesus taught this series of parables, he leftfrom there.

⁵⁴ When Jesus arrived in his hometown of Nazareth, he began teaching the people in the synagogue. Everyone was dazed, overwhelmed with astonishmentover the depth of revelation they were hearing. They said to one another, “Where did this man get such great wisdom and miraculous powers?

⁵⁵ Isn’t he just the craftsman’s son? Isn’t his mother named Mary, and his four brothers Jacob, Joseph, Simon, and Judah?

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

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

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

Matt 9:29 He touched their eyes and said, “Become what you believe.”  MSG

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Matt 9:29  Then He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith and trust and reliance [on the power invested in Me] be it done to you; AMP

Mark 5:35-43 While he was still talking, some people came from the leader’s house and told him, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher any more?”

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

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

38 They entered the leader’s house and pushed their way through the gossips looking for a story and neighbors bringing in casseroles.

39 Jesus was abrupt: “Why all this busybody grief and gossip? This child isn’t dead; she’s sleeping.”

40 Provoked to sarcasm, they told him he didn’t know what he was talking about. But when he had sent them all out, he took the child’s father and mother, along with his companions, and entered the child’s room.

41 He clasped the girl’s hand and said, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Little girl, get up.”

42 At that, she was up and walking around! This girl was twelve years of age. They, of course, were all beside themselves with joy.

43 He gave them strict orders that no one was to know what had taken place in that room. Then he said, “Give her something to eat.”  MSG

Matt 15:26 He said, “It’s not right to take bread out of children’s mouths and throw it to dogs.”

27 She was quick: “You’re right, Master, but beggar dogs do get scraps from the master’s table.”

28 Jesus gave in. “Oh, woman, your faith is something else. What you want is what you get!” Right then her daughter became well. MSG

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MATT 15:26-28 Jesus responded, “It’s not right for a man to take bread from his children and throw it out to the dogs.” 

²⁷ “You’re right, Lord,” she replied. “But even puppies get to eat the crumbs that fall from the prince’s table.”

²⁸ Then Jesus answered her, “Dear woman, your faith is strong! What you desire will be done for you.” And at that very moment, her daughter was instantly set free from demonic torment.TPT

John 16:33 I’ve told you all this so that trusting me, you will be unshakable and assured, deeply at peace. In this godless world you will continue to experience difficulties. But take heart! I’ve conquered the world.”  MSG

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John 17:1. Having said these things Jesus lifted up his eyes into the heavenly sphere and spoke, “Father the hour has come; this is a culmination of time! Glorify your Son; endorse your opinion of your Son so that the Son may mirror his opinion of you and cause your dignity and worth to be made renowned and rendered  illustrious in order to become manifest and acknowledge throughout!

2 Within the mirror reflection of glory you co-echo every nook and cranny of flesh on exhibit in the Son’s authentic “I-am-ness“! In order the every detailed aspect of what it takes to live life in the flesh may be and endued the life of the ages.

3. This light 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.

5 And now, oh Father, bestow the most intimate closeness of your own person upon me with the glory that I shared in your immediate presence even before the world was. Mirror

Gal 2:20  “My old identity has been co-crucified with Messiah and no longer lives; for the nails of his cross crucified me with him. And now the essence of this new life is no longer mine, for the Anointed One lives his life through me—we live in union as one! My new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, and dispenses his life into mine! TPT

Rom 3:3-4. The question is, how does someone’s failure to believe God affect what God believes? Can their unbelief cancel Gods faith?

4 God‘s word is not under threat! In fact if all mankind fails, truth remains intact. Truth is defined in God; it’s neither challenged nor vindicated by human experience. Contradiction does not intimidate or diminish the faith of God. Scripture records that God stands justified in his own word; it confirms that God’s promise and purpose are not compromised by mankind’s failure; neither is God’s reputation threatened by our behavior. Mirror

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Rom 3:3 So, what if, in the course of doing that, some of those Jews abandoned their post? God didn’t abandon them. Do you think their faithlessness cancels out his faithfulness?

4 Not on your life! Depend on it: God keeps his word even when the whole world is lying through its teeth. Scripture says the same: Your words stand fast and true;

Rejection doesn’t faze you. MSG

Rom 3:26. All along God refused to let go of mankind. At this very moment God’s act of righteousness is pointing them to the evidence of their innocence, with Jesus as the fountain of faith. Mirror

Rom 3:30-31. There is only one God, he deals with everyone, circumcised or uncircumcised exclusively on the basis of faith.

31 No faith does not rewrite the rules; instead it confirms the original life-quality meant for mankind as documented in the law, is again realized. Mirror

Rom 4:13-14. Righteousness by faith and not righteousness by the law promoted the promise when God announce to Abraham that he would father those who would inherit the world. It is again a matter of embracing a gift rather than receiving a reward for keeping the law.

14 Faith would be emptied of its substance and the principal of promise would be meaningless if the law of personal performance was still in play to qualify the heirs. Mirror

Rom 10:17 So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).  AMP

1 Cor 2:5 So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.  AMP

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1 Cor 2:5 which made it clear that your life of faith is a response to God’s power, not to some fancy mental or emotional footwork by me or anyone else.  MSG

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BE STILL AND KNOW I AM GOD  3-12-2021  VIDEO

Be still and know I am God. Selah pause and calmly think on that. Sometimes we just need to wait on the Lord. We need to feel God‘s presence and His absolute feeling of trust in us as we trust in Him. We do not have to figure out what to do.We don’t have to do all the talking.  God will do the work. We can depend on Him. Our waiting on God is our stillness and it brings us peace.

Ps 46:10 “Step out of the traffic! Take a long, loving look at me, your High God, above politics, above everything.”  MSG

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PS 46:10 Surrender your anxiety. Be still and realize that I am God.I am God above all the nations, and I am exalted throughout the whole earth. TPT

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

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

Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.  AMP

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Job 6:24 “Confront me with the truth and I’ll shut up, show me where I’ve gone off the track.  MSG

Job 37:14 Hear this, O Job; stand still and consider the wondrous works of God.  AMP    ▼▼▼

Job 37:14  “Job, are you listening? Have you noticed all this?  Stop in your tracks! Take in God’s miracle-wonders!  MSG

PS 131:2 I am humbled and quieted in your presence. Like a contented child who rests on its mother’s lap,  I’m your resting child and my soul is content in you.
³ O people of God, your time has come to quietly trust,  waiting upon the Lord now and forever. TPT

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Ps 131:2  I’ve kept my feet on the ground, I’ve cultivated a quiet heart. Like a baby content in its mother’s arms, my soul is a baby content.

3 Wait, Israel, for God. Wait with hope. Hope now; hope always! MSG

ISA 32:17-18 The work of righteousness is peace, and the result of righteousness  is quietness and confidence forever.¹⁸ My people will live free from worryin secure, quiet homes of peace.TPT

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Isa 32:17 And where there’s Right, there’ll be Peace and the progeny of Right: quiet lives and endless trust.

18 My people will live in a peaceful neighborhood — in safe houses, in quiet gardens.  MSG

Rom 8:24-28. For what we already experience confirms our hope and continues to fuel our expectation for what we still cannot see. In the final visible completeness of the harvest, hope has fulfilled its function.

25  In the meantime our expectation takes us beyond visual confirmation into a place of patient contentment.

26 The spirit also sighs within us with words to deep for articulation, assisting us in our prayers when we struggle to know how to pray properly. When we feel restricted in our flesh, he supersedes our clumsy efforts and hits bull’s-eye every time.

27 He Who scrutinize is the heart understands the intention of the Spirit. His intercession for the saints is consistent with the blueprint purpose of God.

28 Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His master plan is announced in our original identity.  Mirror   ▼▼▼

Rom 8:24  That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us.

25 But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.

26 Meanwhile, the moment we get tired in the waiting, God’s Spirit is right alongside helping us along. If we don’t know how or what to pray, it doesn’t matter. He does our praying in and for us, making prayer out of our wordless sighs, our aching groans.

27 He knows us far better than we know ourselves, knows our pregnant condition, and keeps us present before God.

28 That’s why we can be so sure that every detail in our lives of love for God is worked into something good.  MSG

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

Ps 37:7 Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass.  AMP

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Ps 37:7 Quiet down before God, be prayerful before him. Don’t bother with those who climb the ladder, who elbow their way to the top.  MSG

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

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Mic 7:7 But me, I’m not giving up. I’m sticking around to see what God will do. I’m waiting for God to make things right. I’m counting on God to listen to me. MSG

Lam 3:25-30  God proves to be good to the man who passionately waits, to the woman who diligently seeks.

26 It’s a good thing to quietly hope, quietly hope for help from God.

27 It’s a good thing when you’re young to stick it out through the hard times.

28 When life is heavy and hard to take, go off by yourself. Enter the silence.

29 Bow in prayer. Don’t ask questions: Wait for hope to appear.

30 Don’t run from trouble. Take it full-face. The “worst” is never the worst. MSG

ISA 64:4 These amazing things had never been heard of before; you did things never dreamed of!  No one perceived your greatness. No eye has ever seen a God like you, who intervenes for those who wait and long for you TPT

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Isa 64:4 Since before time began no one has ever imagined, No ear heard, no eye seen, a God like you who works for those who wait for him. MSG

PS 130:5-6 This is why I wait upon you, expecting your breakthrough, for your Word brings me hope.
⁶ I long for you more than any watchman would long for the morning light.I will watch and wait for you, O God,throughout the night. TPT

Isa 30:15 For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength. But you would not,    AMP

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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

Isa 30:18 But God’s not finished. He’s waiting around to be gracious to you. He’s gathering strength to show mercy to you. God takes the time to do everything right — everything. Those who wait around for him are the lucky ones.  MSG

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

HEB 4:16 So now we draw near freely and boldly to where grace is enthroned, to receive mercy’s kiss and discover the grace we urgently need to strengthenus in our time of weakness. TPT

PS 5:3 At each and every sunrise you will hear my voice as I preparemy sacrifice of prayer to you. Every morning I lay out the pieces of my life on the altar and wait for your fire to fall upon my heart TPT

Gal 5:5 Meanwhile we expectantly wait for a satisfying relationship with the Spirit.

6 For in Christ, neither our most conscientious religion nor disregard of religion amounts to anything. What matters is something far more interior: faith expressed in love. MSG

Ps 33:20 We’re depending on God; he’s everything we need.

21 What’s more, our hearts brim with joy since we’ve taken for our own his holy name.

22 Love us, God, with all you’ve got —  that’s what we’re depending on. MSG

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PS 33:20-22 The Lord alone is our radiant hope and we trust in him with all our hearts. His wraparound presence will strengthen us.²¹ As we trust, we rejoice with an uncontained joy flowing from Yahweh!
²² Let your love and steadfast kindness overshadow us continually, for we trust and we wait upon you! TPT

ISA 26:3 Perfect, absolute peace surroundsthose whose imaginationsare consumed with you;  they confidently trust in you. TPT

1 Sam 12:16 So stand still and see this great thing the Lord will do before your eyes now.  AMP

Ex 33:14 And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.   AMP

Ps 94:19 In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul!  AMP

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Ps 94:19 When I was upset and beside myself, you calmed me down and cheered me up.  MSG

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PS 94:19 Whenever my busy thoughts were out of control, the soothing comfort of your presence calmed me down and overwhelmed me with delight. TPT

Matt 6:31 What I’m trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God’s giving.

32 People who don’t know God and the way he works fuss over these things, but you know both God and how he works.

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

NEW PLANS STRATEGIES FOR NEW DAYS 3-7-21  VIDEO MARYS WORD 3-5-21  2

A strategy is a plan of action to achieve a major goal.  It often is hard for us to move in a new plan. Especially when it’s a new thing. David was a warrior and a worshiper. his ear was always open to receive new strategies from the Lord to defeat his enemies. When Paul realized that his time on this earth was running out, he reminded those with him how he would never depart from the plan of God for his life. All God’s  plans move forward in love.

ISA 9:6-7 A child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. The responsibility of complete dominionwill rest on his shoulders, and his name will be: The Wonderful One! The Extraordinary Strategist! The Mighty God!  The Father of Eternity! The Prince of Peace! TPT

PS 1:6 But how different it is for the righteous! The Lord embraces their paths as they move forwardwhile the way of the wicked leads only to doom. TPT

Ps 139:15  You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body; You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something.

16 Like an open book, you watched me grow from conception to birth; all the stages of my life were spread out before you, The days of my life all prepared before I’d even lived one day.

17 Your thoughts — how rare, how beautiful! God, I’ll never comprehend them!

18 I couldn’t even begin to count them — any more than I could count the sand of the sea. Oh, let me rise in the morning and live always with you!

19 And please, God, do away with wickedness for good! And you murderers — out of here! —  MSG

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PS 139:15 My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
¹⁶ Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts, God!How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand—when I awake, I am still with you.  TPT

Eph 1:11 Through our union with Christ we too have been claimed by God as his own inheritance. Before we were even born he gave us our destiny that we would fulfill the plan of God who always accomplishes every purpose and plan in his heart.

Dan 12:3 And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God) [shall give forth light] like the stars forever and ever.  

4 But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God’s purposes as revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great.  AMP

Isa 48:6-7 You have heard [these things foretold], now you see this fulfillment. And will you not bear witness to it? I show you specified new things from this time forth, even hidden things [kept in reserve] which you have not known.

7 They are created now [called into being by the prophetic word], and not long ago; and before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, I knew them! AMP 

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ISA 48:6-7  You have heard what I foretold and have seen it all unfold, so admitthat it happened and I was right!  From now on I will tell you about new things never seen before,hidden things, well-guarded secrets you know nothing about.⁷ They are created now, brand new today, not long ago! You’ve never heard of them before now, so you cannot say, ‘Oh, I already knew about that.’ TPT

ISA 59:21 “And this is my covenant promise with them,” says Lord Yahweh. “From now on, my Holy Spirit will rest on them and not depart from them, and my prophetic words will fill their mouths and will not depart from them, nor from their children, nor from their descendants, from now on and forever,” says Lord Yahweh. TPT

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

Ps 40:17 [As for me] I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought and plans for me. You are my Help and my Deliverer. O my God, do not tarry!  AMP

Prov 16:1 Mortals make elaborate plans, but God has the last word.

2 Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good.

3 Put God in charge of your work, then what you’ve planned will take place. MSG

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Prov 16:3 Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.  AMP

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PRO 16:3 Before you do anything, put your trust totally in God and not in yourself.  Then every plan you make will succeed. TPT

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PROV 19:21 A person may have many ideas concerning God’s plan for his life, but only the designs of God’s purpose will succeed in the end. TPT

Eph 1:8 He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need,

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

1 Peter 5:10 The suffering won’t last forever. It won’t be long before this   generous God who has great plans for us in Christ — eternal and glorious plans they are! — will have you put together and on your feet for good. MSG

Isa 14:24 God-of-the-Angel-Armies speaks: “Exactly as I planned, it will happen. Following my blueprints, it will take shape.

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Isa 14:26 This is the plan, planned for the whole earth, And this is the hand that will do it, reaching into every nation.

27 God-of-the-Angel-Armies has planned it. Who could ever cancel such plans? His is the hand that’s reached out. Who could brush it aside? MSG

Acts 20:27 For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God.   AMP

Rom 8:28-29. Meanwhile we know that the love of God causes everything to mutually contribute to our advantage. His master plan is announced in our original identity.

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

Eph 1:9 Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, AMP

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

1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us.

15 And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him. AMP

Heb 11:7 [Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family. By this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and sentence on the world’s unbelief and became an heir and possessor of righteousness (that relation of being right into which God puts the person who has faith).  AMP

Judg 6:15 Gideon said to Him, Oh Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.

16 The Lord said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man.  AMP

Ex 14:13 Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. 

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

15 The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward! 

16 Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.   AMP

Gen 21:15 When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs.

16 Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the lad. And as she sat down opposite him, he lifted up his voice and wept and she raised her voice and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the youth, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the youth where he is.

18 Arise, raise up the youth and support him with your hand, for I intend to make him a great nation.

19 Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the [empty] bottle with water and caused the youth to drink.

20 And God was with the youth, and he developed; and he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer.   AMP

Luke 22:42-43 Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done.

43 And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him in spirit.

EPH 3:14-20 So I kneel humbly in awe before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,

¹⁵ the perfect Father of every father and childin heaven and on the earth.

¹⁶ And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power.

¹⁷ Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.

^18–19 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!

²⁰ Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you. TPT

REPENTANCE  3-5-2021 VIDEO REPENTANCE SPOKEN WORD 2

Repentance means changing your mind, changing your thinking. Repentance is a transformation in thinking that leads to a change in action. It’s not a feeling of guilt about sin the opposite of repentance is to have a hard heart that is resistant to change.

Rom 12:2-3 Do not allow current religious traditions to mold you into its pattern of reasoning. Like an inspired artist, give attention to the detail of God’s desire to find expression in you. Become acquainted with the perfection. To accommodate yourself to the delight and good pleasure of him will transform your thoughts of fresh from within.
3 His grace gift inspires me to say to you that you’re thinking must be consistent with everything that is within you according to the measure of faith that God has a portioned to every individual. Let the revelation of redemption shape your thoughts. Mirror  ▼▼▼

Rom 12:2-3 Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

3 I’m speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it’s important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we are and what we do for him.  MSG

Mark 1:15  “Time’s up! God’s kingdom is here. Change your life and believe the Message.”   MSG

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MK 1:15 His message was this: “At last the fulfillment of the age has come! It is time for the realm of God’s kingdom to be experienced in its fullness! Turn your lives back to God and put your trust in the hope-filled gospel!”  TPT

2 Tim 2:25-26 Your Gentle way of instructing those who oppose you will inevitably lead them to see what God believes concerning them and give them the best possible chance to acknowledge the truth.
26 And so they will escape the intoxicating influence of the fallen mindset and the enslaving dictates of the devil. Mirror

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2 TIM 2:25-26 Then with meekness you’ll be able to carefully enlighten those who argue with you so they can see God’s gracious gift of repentance and be brought to the truth.

²⁶ This will cause them to rediscover themselvesand escape from the snare of Satan who caught them in his trap so that they would carry out his purposes. TPT

Prov 1:23 If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.  AMP

PROV 1:23 Come back to your senses and be restored to reality. Don’t even think about refusing my rebuke! Don’t you know that I’m ready to pour out my spirit of wisdom upon you and bring to you the revelation of my words that will make your heart wise? TPT

Matt 11:20 Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed]. AMP

Ex 9:34 But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more, and toughened and stiffened his hard heart, he and his servants. 

35 So Pharaoh’s heart was strong and obstinate; he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said by Moses.  AMP

Acts 2:38 And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

39 For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself.  AMP

Ro 2:4-7 Do not underestimate God‘s kindness. The wealth of his benevolence and his resolute refusal to let go of us is because he continues to hear the echo of his kindness in us! That’s his patient passion is to shepherd everyone into a radical mind shift.
5 A calloused heart that resist change accumulates cause to self-destruction, while God‘s righteous judgment is revealed in broad daylight.
6 By resisting him you are  on your own; your own deeds will judge you.  
7 The quest of mankind is to be constant in that which is good, glorious and honorable and of imperishable value. We are eager to pursue the original blueprint-life of the ages. Mirror

2 Cor 3:16-18. The moment anyone returns to the Lord the veil is gone!
17 The Lord and the Spirit are one; his Lordship sanctions our freedom. A freedom from rules chiseled in stone to the voice of our redeem designed echoing in our hearts! 18 And we are, with new understanding, see ourselves in him as in a mirror. The days of window-shopping are over! In him every face is unveiled. In the gazing with wonder at the blueprint of God displayed in human form, we suddenly realize that we are looking into a mirror, where every feature of his image articulated in Christ is reflected within us! The Spirit of the Lord engineers this radical transformation; we are led from an inferior mindset to the revealed endorsement of our authentic identity.  Mirror

2 Cor  7:10 To anchor one thoughts in God’s thoughts when faced with a difficult or painful experiences, brings escape from sorrow and leaves one with no regrets; but oh, what a dreadful contrast is the world system which adds regret upon sorrow! Where as the one brings such immediate relief, the other seems to be an inescapable death trap! Mirror

Heb 6:1. Consequently, as difficult as it may seem, you want 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 mine shift from attempts to impress God by your own behavior, to realize the faithfulness of God, is fundamental. There is no life left in the old system. It’s dead and gone; you have to move on. Mirror

2 PET 3:9 This means that, contrary to man’s perspective, the Lord is not late with his promise to return, as some measure lateness. But rather, his “delay” simply reveals his loving patience toward you, because he does not want any to perish but all to come to repentance. TPT

The Aramaic is quite different and can be translated “The Lord does not treat his kingdom like a dutiful chore, as some people consider it, like the treatment of a temporary laborer. But he pours out his Spirit on your behalf, since he does not wish that anyone should perish but that everyone should come into grace.”

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

Acts 2:38 And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  AMP

Joel 2:13  Change your life, not just your clothes. Come back to God, your God. And here’s why: God is kind and merciful. He takes a deep breath, puts up with a lot, This most patient God, extravagant in love, always ready to cancel catastrophe. MSG

Matt 3:2 His message was simple and austere, like his desert surroundings: “Change your life. God’s kingdom is here.”  MSG

Luke 24:47 And that repentance [with a view to and as the condition of] forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. AMP

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Luke 24:47 and then a total life-change through the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed in his name to all nations — starting from here, from Jerusalem!  MSG

Matt 19:16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”

17 So He said to him,  “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

18 He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ 

19 ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'”

20 The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?”

21 Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. NKJV

LU 15:11Then Jesus said, “Once there was a father with two sons.

¹² The younger son came to his father and said, ‘Father, don’t you think it’s time to give me the share of your estate that belongs to me?’So the father went ahead and distributed among the two sons their inheritance.

¹³ Shortly afterward, the younger son packed up all his belongings and traveled off to see the world. He journeyed to a far-off land where he soon wasted all he was given in a binge of extravagant and reckless living.

¹⁴ “With everything spent and nothing left, he grew hungry, for there was a severe famine in that land.

¹⁵ So he begged a farmer in that country to hire him. The farmer hired him and sent him out to feed the pigs.

¹⁶ The son was so famished, he was willing to even eat the slop given to the pigs, because no one would feed him a thing.

¹⁷ “Humiliated, the son finally realized what he was doing and he thought, ‘There are many workers at my father’s house who have all the food they want with plenty to spare. They lack nothing. Why am I here dying of hunger, feeding these pigs and eating their slop?

¹⁸ I want to go back home to my father’s house, and I’ll say to him, “Father, I was wrong. I have sinned against you.

¹⁹ I’ll never be worthy to be called your son. Please, Father, just treat me like one of your employees.”’

²⁰ “So the young son set off for home. From a long distance away, his father saw him coming, dressed as a beggar, and great compassion swelled up in his heart for his son who was returning home. So the father raced out to meet him. He swept him up in his arms, hugged him dearly, and kissed him over and over with tender love.

²¹ “Then the son said, ‘Father, I was wrong. I have sinned against you. I could never deserve to be called your son. Just let me be—’“The father interrupted and said, ‘Son, you’re home now!  TPT

SIGNS AND WONDERS (THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIFE) 2-28-21  VIDEO AA 2

The normal Christian life. Let’s put our attention and what it means to be Christian. It’s a follower of Christ. Healing the sick, raising the dead, speaking in tongues, casting out demons, controlling the atmosphere. All these things are possible because of Jesus and all He did for mankind. Signs and wonders and miracles by which God authenticates the man or woman that he sends to show they are from Him. They are the miraculous power on display. God’s signs and wonders are to show just who He is! You cannot separate the Lord from His displays of power. His displays of power reveal who He is. Signs point people to God. Wonders describe God‘s supernatural power. Both of these are happening today.

Jesus did say that there would be false prophets and apostles in the last days as well as false “Messiah’s”.  But we do not disregard the supernatural powers of the Holy Spirit rather we acquaint ourselves with the real. Signs and wonders did not pass away with the last apostles. They continue to go forth into every generation.

Matt 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, Teacher, we desire to see a sign or miracle from You [proving that You are what You claim to be].

39 But He replied to them, An evil and adulterous generation (a generation morally unfaithful to God) seeks and demands a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. AMP

JOHN 10:37 If I’m not doing the beautiful works that my Father sent me to do, then don’t believe me.

³⁸ But if you see me doing the beautiful works of God upon the earth, then you should at least believe the evidence of the miracles, even if you don’t believe my words! Then you would come to experience me and be convinced that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”  TPT

Jer 32:20-21 “‘You performed signs and wonders in the country of Egypt and continue to do so right into the present, right here in Israel and everywhere else, too. You’ve made a reputation for yourself that doesn’t diminish.

21 You brought your people Israel out of Egypt with signs and wonders — a powerful deliverance! — by merely stretching out your arm.   MSG

 Dan 4:2 It is my privilege to report to you the gracious miracles that the High God has done for me.

3 “His miracles are staggering, his wonders are surprising. His kingdom lasts and lasts, his sovereign rule goes on forever. MSG

Luke 10:17 The seventy came back triumphant. “Master, even the demons danced to your tune!”

18 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 ▼▼▼

LUKE 10:17-20 When the seventy missionaries returned to Jesus, they were ecstatic with joy, telling him, “Lord, even the demons obeyed us when we commanded them in your name!”

¹⁸ Jesus replied, “While you were ministering, I watched Satan topple until he fell suddenly from heaven like lightning to the ground.

¹⁹ Now you understand that I have imparted to you all my authority to trample over his kingdom. You will trample upon every demon before you and overcome every powerSatan possesses. Absolutely nothing will be able to harm you as you walk in this authority.

²⁰ However, your real source of joy isn’t merely that these spirits submit to your authority, but that your names are written in the journals of heaven and that you belong to God’s kingdom. This is the true source of your authority.”  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 14:3 So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands. AMP

Rom 15:18-19 I could entertain you with all the details of my personal adventures, yet all I desire to communicate is how actively Christ worked through my words to grab the attention of the nations.

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

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RO 15:18-19 And I will not be presumptuous to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me. For many non-Jewish people are coming into faith’s obedience by the power of the Spirit of God, which is displayed through mighty signs and amazing wonders, both in word and deed. Starting from Jerusalem I went from place to place as far as the distant Roman province of Illyricum, fully preaching the wonderful message of Christ.TPT

2 COR 12:12 The things that distinguish a true apostle were performed among you with great perseverance—supernatural signs, startling wonders, and awesome miracles. TPT

Acts 6:8 Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs (miracles) among the people.  AMP

Acts 8:6 And great crowds of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time].  AMP

Dan 11:32 And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert and seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits [for God].  AMP

EPH 4:9-15 He “ascended” means that he returned to heaven, after he had first descended from the heights of heaven, even descending as far as the lowest parts of the earth.

¹⁰ The same one who descended is also the one who ascended above the heights of heaven, in order to begin the restoration and fulfillmentof all things.

¹¹ And he has appointed some with grace to be apostles, and some with grace to be prophets, and some with grace to be evangelists, and some with grace to be pastors, and some with grace to be teachers.

¹² And their calling is to nurture and prepare all the holy believers to do their own works of ministry, and as they do this they will enlarge and build up the body of Christ. ¹³ These grace ministries will function until we all attain oneness in the faith, until we all experience the fullness of what it means to know the Son of God, and finally we become one perfect manwith the full dimensions of spiritual maturity and fully developed in the abundance of Christ.

¹⁴ And then our immaturity will end! And we will not be easily shaken by trouble, nor led astray by novel teachings or by the false doctrines of deceivers^[g] who teach clever lies. ¹⁵ But instead we will remain strong and always sincere in our love as we express the truth. All our direction and ministries will flow from Christ and lead us deeper into him, the anointed Head of his body, the church.  TPT

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Eph 4:9-15. The fact that he ascended confirms his victorious decent into the deepest pits of human despair.

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

11 What God has in us, is gift wrapped to the world; some are commissioned to Pioneer, others are gifted prophetically, some announcers of good news, some shepherds with the real gift to care and nurture, and others have a gift to ignite instruction through revelation knowledge.

12 Each expression of his gift is to fully equip and enable you for the work of the ministry so you may mutually contribute in your specific function to give definition to the visible body of Christ.

13 The purpose of these ministry gifts is to present everyone on par and in oneness of faith; believing exactly what the Son of God believes and knowing accurately what he knows concerning us. Standing face-to-face in equal stature to the measure of the completeness of Christ.

14 This most dangerous life you can live is an ignorant one. You’re left like an infant on a ship out of control in the waves and winds of the storms of life. The fall of the dice dictates while the deceptive teachings of men and their distracting tricks entertain.

15 Love gives truth it’s voice. The conversation that the truth inspires creates the atmosphere wherein growth is both spontaneous and inevitable. The whole person is addressed in Christ who is the head of the body; he is the conclusion of God‘s communication with mankind. Mirror

HEB 2:4 Then God added his witness to theirs. He validated their ministry with signs, astonishing wonders, all kinds of powerful miracles, and by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, which he distributed as he desired. TPT

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Heb 2:4 [Besides this evidence] it was also established and plainly endorsed by God, Who showed His approval of it by signs and wonders and various miraculous manifestations of [His] power and by imparting the gifts of the Holy Spirit [to the believers] according to His own will. AMP

Mark 16:15 And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race].

16 He who believes [who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] and is baptized will be saved [from the penalty of eternal death]; but he who does not believe [who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] will be condemned.

17 And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages;

18 They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well.  AMP

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MARK 16:15-18 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.” TPT

FROM SLAVERY TO SONSHIP 2-26-2021 video From Slave to son 2

Slavery is a condition of being owned by another. Legally.

Sonship is the relationship between a father and his son. Same blood same DNA. Jesus was proclaimed by the Father as his Son. This was the most important proclamation made about Jesus. No one else was called Son but him.

2 Peter 1:17 Jesus resplendent with light from God the Father as the voice of Majestic Glory spoke: “This is my Son, marked by my love, focus of all my delight.”

18 We were there on the holy mountain with him. We heard the voice out of heaven with our very own ears.

19 We couldn’t be more sure of what we saw and heard — God’s glory, God’s voice. The prophetic Word was confirmed to us. You’ll do well to keep focusing on it. It’s the one light you have in a dark time as you wait for daybreak and the rising of the Morning Star in your hearts.

20 The main thing to keep in mind here is that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of private opinion.

21 And why? Because it’s not something concocted in the human heart. Prophecy resulted when the Holy Spirit prompted men and women to speak God’s Word.  MSG

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2 Peter 1:17-21 He was spectacularly endorsed by God the Father in the highest honor and glory. Gods majestic voice announced,  “this is the Son of my delight; he completely pleases me.“

18 For John, James, and I the prophetic word is fulfilled beyond doubt; we heard this voice loud and clear from the heavenly realm while we were with Jesus in that sacred moment on the mountain.

19 For as the appearing of the Messiah is no longer a future promise but a fulfilled reality. Now it’s your turn to have more than a second hand, hearsay testimony. Take my word as one would take a lamp at night; the day is about to dawn within you, in your own understanding. When the Morning Star appears, you will no longer need the lamp; this will happen shortly on the horizon of your own heart.

20 It Is most important to understand that the prophetic word recorded in scripture does not need our interpretation or opinion to make it valid.

21 The holy men who first spoke these words of old did not invent these thoughts, they simply voiced God’s oracles as they were individually inspired by the Holy Spirit. Mirror

Heb 1:5 For to which of the angels did [God] ever say, You are My Son, today I have begotten You [established You in an official Sonship relation, with kingly dignity]? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son? 

6 Moreover, when He brings the firstborn Son again into the habitable world, He says, Let all the angels of God worship Him.

7 Referring to the angels He says, [God] Who makes His angels winds and His ministering servants flames of fire; 

8 But as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever (to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of absolute righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness).  AMP

Heb 2:10 For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the divine nature] that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect [should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering.  AMP

2 Cor 6-16–18 How can the tangible, physical address of the living God compare with a phantom image that people host in their minds? Mankind is Gods idea, we did not Invent God or ourselves; he invented us! He said, “in you I will reside and move and have my being; we belong together; I am yours and you are mine!

17 Consequently, escape the snare of these phantom ideas; do not reduce your horizon to become attached to anything that is not equally elevated.

18 Then you know the embrace of your Father to simply enjoy becoming my sons and daughters, says the Almighty. Mirror

Rom 8:14-17 The Original life of the Father revealed in the Son is the light the Spirit now conducts within us.

15 Slavery such a poor substitute for sonship! They are opposites; one leads forcibly through fear was Sonship responses fondly to Abba father.

16  His spirit bears joint witness within our spirit to confirm the fact that we began in God.

17 Because we are his offspring we are certainly also his heir; God himself is our portion and we are his! We are co-heirs in Christ. Since we were represented and included in his suffering we equally participate in the glory of his resurrection. Mirror

Rom 8:29 He pre-designed and engineered us from the start to be jointly fashioned in the same mold and image of his Son according to the exact blueprint of his thought. We see the original and intended pattern of our lives preserved in his Son. He is the first born from the same womb that reveals our own Genesis. He confirms that we are the invention of God. Mirror

Gal 4:4-7 But Then the day dawned; the most complete culmination of time! The Son arrived, commission by the father; his legal passport to the planet was his mothers womb. In a human body exactly like ours he lived his life subject to the same scrutiny of the law.

5 His mandate was to rescue the human race from the regime of the laws performance and announce the revelation of their true sonship in God.

6 To seal our sonship God has commissioned the spirit of sonship to resonate the Abba echo in our hearts; and now, in our innermost being we recognize Him as our true and very dear Father.

7 Can you see how foolish it would be for a son to continue to live his life with a slave mentality? Your sonship qualifies you to immediately participate in all the wealth of God‘s inheritance which is yours because of Christ. Mirror

Gal 4:23  But whereas the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise.  AMP

Gal 3:26-29 For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith.

27 For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ.

28 There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

29 And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham’s Seed], then you are Abraham’s offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise.      AMP

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Gal 3 26-29 What Jesus Christ believes to be true about you is the final confirmation of mankind’s redeemed sonship. His faith is the only valid reference to your belief!  Mirror

James 1:18 And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself]. AMP  

Rom 9:26 And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall be called sons of the living God.  AMP

1 Thess 5:5 You’re sons of Light, daughters of Day. We live under wide open skies and know where we stand. MSG

1 John 5:18 What was made absolutely clear is that whoever is begotten of God cannot be a distorted image of God! Likeness begets likeness. Jesus did not come to reveal the “otherness“ of God, but his likeness in human form. There is nothing wrong with mankind’s design, neither with their salvation! To see one’s true revealed and now redeemed genesis in God, is to treasure the person you really are by his divine engineering and to remain unstained in your thoughts by the “I am not” tree system.“ The idea that I am not the expression of his image and likeness can no longer attach itself to my thoughts neither do I allow it to ignite its destructive cycle of self righteousness or depression! The system of this world is based on a mentality of separation, which is marked by hardships annoyances and labors! It becomes an all consuming and most exhausting lifestyle of having to prove oneself in every relationship and a futile striving for recognition; with it’s an evitable result of disappointment, condemnation, rejection and pretense.

19 We know that we have our origin in God; yet the whole world lies trapped in the blindfold mode of a lost identity; intoxicated by the poneros system of futile mentality of hardships labors and annoyances! Mirror

Heb 12:5-11 So don’t feel sorry for yourselves. Or have you forgotten how good parents treat children, and that God regards you as his children? My dear child, don’t shrug off God’s discipline, but don’t be crushed by it either.

6 It’s the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.

7 God is educating you; that’s why you must never drop out. He’s treating you as dear children. This trouble you’re in isn’t punishment; it’s training,   MSG

Rom 8:19-21 Our lives now represent the one event every creature anticipates with held breath, standing on tiptoe as it were to witness the unveiling of the sons of God. Can you hear the drumroll?

20 Every creature suffered abuse through Adams fall; they were discarded like a squeezed out orange. Creation did not volunteer to fall prey to the effect of the fall. Yet with this dark setting, hope prevails. All creation knows that the glorious liberty of the sons of God sets the stage for their own release from decay. Mirror

Rom 8:23 And it’s not just creation. We who have already experienced the firstfruits of the Spiritalso inwardly groan as we passionately long to experience our full status as God’s sons and daughters—including our physical bodies being transformed.  TPT

Matt 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.

LUKE 20-34-36 Jesus replied, “Marriage is for the sons of this world only.

^35–36 But those who are worthy of the resurrection from the dead into glory become immortal, like the angels, who never die nor marry. When the dead come to life again, they will be sons of God’s life—the sons of the resurrection.  TPT

1 Jn 3:1  Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we are is that they didn’t recognize him. TPT

 ISA 43:6 I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and to the south, ‘Don’t hold them back!’ Bring me my sons from far away, my daughters from the ends of the earth!⁷ Bring me everyone who is called by my name, the ones I created to experience my glory. I myself formed them to be who they are and made them for my glory.” TPT

VICTORIOUS SAINTS  2-21-2021

Many people recognize that we are in a battle. But to, us the Saints of the living God, we acknowledge that we are victorious. Victorious is a state of being by which I see my life is moving in an upward flow, not downward, always moving forward not to wallow defeat.

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

PS 23:1-6 David’s poetic praise to God The Lord is my best friend and my shepherd.
I always have more than enough.
² He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love.  His tracks take me to an oasis of peace, the quiet brook of bliss.
³ That’s where he restores and revives my life.  He opens before me pathways to God’s pleasure and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name.
⁴ Lord, even when your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for you already have! You remain close to me and lead me through it all the way. Your authority is my strength and my peace.  The comfort of your love takes away my fear. I’ll never be lonely, for you are near.
⁵ You become my delicious feast even when my enemies dare to fight. You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit;  you give me all I can drink of you until my heart overflows.
⁶ So why would I fear the future? For your goodness and love pursue me all the days of my life. Then afterward, when my life is through, I’ll return to your glorious presence to be forever with you! TPT

COL 2:15 Then Jesus made a public spectacle of all the powers and principalities of darkness, stripping away from them every weapon and all their spiritual authority and powerto accuse us. And by the power of the cross, Jesus led them around as prisoners in a procession of triumph. He was not their prisoner; they were hisTPT

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Col 2:15  In Him dying mankind’s death, he diffused 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

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

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

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

Isa 52:12 But you don’t have to be in a hurry. You’re not running from anybody!

God is leading you out of here, and the God of Israel is also your rear guard. MSG

Isa 54:17 but no weapon that can hurt you has ever been forged. Any accuser who takes you to court will be dismissed as a liar. This is what God’s servants can expect. I’ll see to it that everything works out for the best.” God’s Decree.  MSG

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 a sweet aroma everywhere we go, celebrating the success of the cross.

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

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2 COR 2:14-15 God always makes his grace visiblein Christ, who includes us as partners of his endless triumph. Through our yielded lives he spreadsthe fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere we go.

¹⁵ Wehave become the unmistakable aroma of the victory of the Anointed One to God—a perfume of life to those being saved and the odor of deathto those who are perishing.  TPT

Hab 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation!  

19 The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!  AMP  PRAISE & VICTORY GO HAND & HAND

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Hab 3:18-19  I’m singing joyful praise to God. I’m turning cartwheels of joy to my Savior God.

19 Counting on God’s Rule to prevail, I take heart and gain strength. I run like a deer. I feel like I’m king of the mountain! MSG

1 Jn 5:4. Whatever is born of God is destined to triumph over the world system. Our faith celebrates a victory that is already accomplished!  Mirror

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1 JN 5:4-5 You see, every child of God overcomes the world, for our faith is the victorious power that triumphs over the world.

⁵ So who are the world conquerors, defeating its power? Those who believe that Jesus is the Son of God. TPT

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

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

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1 Cor 15:57 Your victory is not a maybe; because of the magnanimous doing of Jesus Christ, it is given!

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

PS 149:4 For he enjoys his faithful lovers. He adorns the humble with his beauty and he loves to give them the victory. TPT

Matt 12:20 A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings justice and a just cause to victory. AMP

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MATT 12:20 He won’t brush aside the bruised and broken. He will be gentle with the weak and feeble,until his victory releases justice.TPT

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

38 This Is my conviction; no threat whether it be in death or life; be it angelic 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 demonstrated in Christ. The Lordship of Jesus Christ is your ultimate authority. Mirror 

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RO 8:37-39 Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything!

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.

³⁹ There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One!  TPT

ISA 25:8 It is the gloom of death! He will swallow it up in victory forever! And God, Lord Yahweh, will wipe away every tear from every face. He will remove every trace of disgracethat his people have suffered throughout the world, for the Lord Yahweh has promised it! TPT

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1 Cor 15:53 For this corruptible must be clothed with incorruptible and this mortal must be clothed with immortality.

54 What was spoken in Isaiah 25:8 is finally realized even in our physical death: “death is swallowed up in victory!

55 Oh death where is your sting? Oh grave, where is your victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; the strength of sin is in the law. Mirror

1 John 2:13-14 You veterans were in on the ground floor, and know the One who started all this; you newcomers have won a big victory over the Evil One. And a second reminder, dear children: You know the Father from personal experience.

14 You veterans know the One who started it all; and you newcomers — such vitality and strength! God’s word is so steady in you. Your fellowship with God enables you to gain a victory over the Evil One.  MSG

Phil 1:28 And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [constancy and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God. AMP

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Phil 1:28 not flinching or dodging in the slightest before the opposition. Your courage and unity will show them what they’re up against: defeat for them, victory for you — and both because of God.  MSG

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1 John 4:4 My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world.  MSG

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

Rev 3:5 “Conquerors will march in the victory parade, their names indelible in the Book of Life. I’ll lead them up and present them by name to my Father and his Angels. MSG

RECEIVING  2-19-2021  VIDEO

When the Lord gives you a revelation of something, don’t just be excited about the revelation. Don’t be in a hurry to tell others, rather receive it first into your heart and take steps to walk in it.  

 Luke 2:19 Mary kept all these things to herself, holding them dear, deep within herself.   MSG  ▼▼▼

LU 2:19  But Mary treasured all these things in her heart and often pondered what they meant. TPT

Luke 2:51 So he went back to Nazareth with them, and lived obediently with them. His mother held these things dearly, deep within herself. MSG

Mal 4:5-6 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. 

6 And he shall turn and reconcile the hearts of the [estranged] fathers to the [ungodly] children, and the hearts of the [rebellious] children to [the piety of] their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance of the ungodly], lest I come and smite the land with a curse and a ban of utter destruction.  AMP

Matt 11:13-14 For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied up until John.

14 And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom]. AMP

LUKE 1:60 So they gestured to the baby’s father to ask what to name the child. ⁶³ After motioning for a writing tablet, in amazement of all, he wrote, “His name is John.”

⁶⁴ Instantly Zechariah could speak again. And his first words were praises to the Lord.

⁶⁵ The fear of God then fell on the people of their village, and the news of this astounding event traveled throughout the hill country of Judea. Everyone was in awe over it! ⁶⁶ All who heard this news were astonished and wondered, “If a miracle brought his birth, what on earth will this child become? Clearly, God’s presence is upon this child in a powerful way!” ⁶⁷ Then Zechariah was filled to overflowing with the Holy Spirit and he prophesied, saying: ⁶⁸ “Praise be to the exalted Lord God of Israel, for he has seen us through eyes of grace, and he comes as our Hero-God to set us free! ⁶⁹ He appears to us as a mighty Savior, a trumpet of redemptionfrom the house of David, his servant, ⁷⁰ Just as he promised long ago by the words of his holy prophets.⁷¹ They prophesied he would come one day and save us from every one of our enemies and from the power of those who hate us. ⁷²Now he has shown us the mercy promised to our ancestors, for he has remembered his holy covenant.  ^73–75 He has rescued us from the power of our enemies! This fulfills the sacred oath he made with our father Abraham.Now we can boldly worshipGod with holy lives, living in purity as priestsin his presence every day! ⁷⁶ And to you I prophesy, my little son, you will be known as the prophet of the glorious God. For you will be a forerunner, going before the face of the Master, Yahweh, to prepare hearts to embrace his ways.  ⁷⁷ You will preach to his people the revelation of salvation life the cancellation of all our sins, to bring us back to God. ⁷⁸ The splendor light of heaven’s glorious sunriseis 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.”

⁸⁰ Afterward, their son grew up and was strengthened by the Holy Spiritand he grew in his love for God. John chose to live in the lonely wilderness until the day came when he was to be displayed publicly to Israel. TPT

Simeon and Anna lived and position themselves for the day what they had believed in their heart would happen. They were prepared, they receive their promise.

LUKE 2:25-33 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.”

26 For the Holy Spirit had revealed to himthat he would not see death before he saw the Messiah, the Anointed One of God.

²⁷ For this reason the Holy Spirit had moved him to be in the temple court at the very moment Jesus’ parents entered to fulfill the requirement of the sacrifice.

²⁸ Simeon cradled the baby in his arms and praised God and prophesied, saying:

^29–31 “Lord and Master, I am your loving servant, and now I can die content, for your promise to me has been fulfilled. With my own eyes I have seen your Word, the Savior you sent into the world.

³² He will be glory for your people Israel, and the Revelation Light for all people everywhere!”

³³ Mary and Joseph stood there, awestruck over what was being said about their baby.

Simeon then blessed them and prophesied over Mary, saying: TPT

Luke 2:36-38 Anna the prophetess was also there, a daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher. She was by now a very old woman. She had been married seven years

37 and a widow for eighty-four. She never left the Temple area, worshiping night and day with her fastings and prayers.

38 At the very time Simeon was praying, she showed up, broke into an anthem of praise to God, and talked about the child to all who were waiting expectantly for the freeing of Jerusalem.   MSG

John 3:27 John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.]  AMP

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John 3:27 John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed — I’m talking about eternal success — without heaven’s help.  MSG

Matt 10:40 “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward. And he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.  NKJV

Col 3:24 Knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [and not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [real] reward. [The One Whom] you are actually serving [is] the Lord Christ (the Messiah). AMP

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

PROV 2:1-6 My child, will you treasure my wisdom?Then, and only then, will you acquire it. And only if you accept my advice and hide it within will you succeed.
² So train your heart to listen when I speak and open your spirit wide to expand your discernment—then pass it on to your sons and daughters.
³ Yes, cry out for comprehension and intercede for insight.
⁴ For if you keep seeking it like a man would seek for sterling silver,
searching in hidden places for cherished treasure,
⁵ then you will discover the fear of the Lord and find the true knowledge of God.
⁶ Wisdom is a gift from a generous God, and every word he speaks is full of revelation and becomes a fountain of understanding within you. TPT

Dan 7:18 But the saints of the Most High [God] shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. AMP

MK 4:20 “But the seed sown on good soil represents those who open their hearts to receive the Word and their lives bear good fruit—some yield a harvest of thirty, sixty, even one hundred times more than was sown!” TPT

John 1:12 But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves.

13 These are the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh-begotten, not sex-begotten.   MSG

Matt 9:29 He touched their eyes and said, “Become what you believe.” MSG

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

Jn 16:24 Until now you’ve not required anything in my name, when you realize what is yours in my name, then make your request and lay a hold of that so that you joy may burst its banks!  Mirror

Dan 10:12  Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind and heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come as a consequence of [and in response to] your words. AMP

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Dan 10:12 “‘Relax, Daniel,’ he continued, ‘don’t be afraid. From the moment you decided to humble yourself to receive understanding, your prayer was heard, and I set out to come to you. MSG

HOLY SPIRIT

Acts 19:2 And he asked them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [on Jesus as the Christ]? And they said, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.   AMP

John 14:17-20 Your eternal companion is the spirit of truth who cannot be grasp by the world order since their visual horizon is veiled and they are not able to understand what they cannot see. But you know because you are already are  acquainted with the spirit in me and the same spirit will reside within you.

18 At No time will you be orphaned or abandoned by me; I come to abide face-to-face with you.

19 In yeah a little while and the world will no longer see me but I will be tangibly visible to you in the very life we share together.

20 In that day you will know that we are in seamless union with one another! I am in my father and you are in me and I am in you! Mirror

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.  AMP

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

1 Cor 4:5 So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God.  AMP

JAMES 1:12 If your faith remains strong, even while surrounded by life’s difficulties, you will continue to experience the untold blessings of God! True happiness comes as you pass the test with faith, and receive the victorious crown of life promised to every lover of God! TPT

LUKE 18:42 “Now you will see. Receive your sight this moment. For your faith in me has given you sight and new life.”   TPT