At the Table with God Talk

This episode of At the Table with God Talk focuses on living in the resurrection power of Jesus Christ and how it transforms your life. God invites you to embrace His power to make a difference in your life and experience immeasurable peace.The power of the resurrection is the presence of the Holy Spirit empowering your life (Romans 8:9) Listen, life can be challenging and full of difficulties, but the power of Christ's resurrection infuses in you the ability to conquer every struggle, keep you courageously persistent, and overcome any obstacle (Philippians 4:13).Christ lives in you (Galatians 2:20), and His resurrection power serves as a demonstration of this great strength as it works through you! (1 Thessalonians 1:19) Now Christ is living his life in you through the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit being released in you! (Romans 8:4)

When you are born of the Holy Spirit, you are filled with the Resurrection Power that raised Jesus from the dead. (John 3:5-7) You were co-resurrected with him, so you can walk in the newness of your new life, full of God's glory. (Romans 5:10). You are now permanently engrafted into Christ, having experienced His resurrection and the new resurrection life it provides. (Romans 6:4; 2 Corinthians 5:17)Christ's Resurrection Power is a present-day reality that every believer can access (Ephesians 1:19-20). God's Resurrection Spirit dwells within you (Romans 8:11). You, who were once separated from God due to sin (Romans 3:23), were reconciled to Him through Christ's death and resurrection. You are now holy, faultless, and above reproach in His eyes. (Colossians 1:19-22)God desires you to recognize and comprehend the overflowing power of Christ's resurrection at work in you (Philippians 3:10). The power of the resurrection is the Spirit of Christ empowering your life by living His life through you. (Romans 8:9-10) Jesus does more than give you life; He is life so you can share His triumph over sin, death, and the enemy. (1 John 5:11–12).

Jesus is the resurrection and Eternal life (John 11:25) God reveals that Christ's death made a new and living way to restore you to Himself, (John 14:6) to present you as holy, flawless, and blameless in His presence. (Colossians 1:19-22) For the message of the cross is the power of God to you who are being saved. (1 Corinthians 1:18) Christ is the supreme manifestation of God's power. God wants you to recognize and understand the outflowing power of Christ Jesus' resurrection at work in you. (Philippians 3:10) So that you can continually know practically, through experience for yourself, what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His resurrection power in and for you who believe. (Ephesians 1:19) The power of the resurrection is the Spirit of Christ empowering your life (Romans 8:9) by living His life through you – you living in union as one because He lives in you, dispenses His life into you, and empowers you to live your new by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself up for you! (Galatians 2:20)

More than 700 years before Jesus died on the cross, the prophet Isaiah predicted the Passover sacrifice of Jesus. Isaiah describes Jesus' final hours as a man standing at the foot of the cross, writing His prophesy in the past tense. (Isaiah 53:1–12) There has never been any person in history who could potentially fulfill all of Isaiah's prophecies. Jesus' death on the cross ultimately fulfills the Lamb of God prophecy (John 1:29, Revelation 5:12, Hebrews 9:11-14) He was pierced and crushed; He endured your punishment to obtain peace, prosperity, wholeness, success, and well-being. And with the stripes that wounded Him, you find your healing and wholeness. (Isaiah 53:5, John 19:36-37, Revelations 1:7) Jesus became the sin sacrifice for you (Ephesians 5:2) and died as a criminal on the cross. (Luke 23:39) God placed your guilt on Him, Who never sinned, in order for you to be approved, acceptable, and in right relationship with God through your union with Christ. An amazing divine exchange took place at the cross. All of your sins were left behind, along with all of your guilt forever gone, and you walked away with all of God's righteousness. (2 Corinthians 5:21.)

The Passion Week, commonly known as Holy Week, is an important event in Jesus Christ's life and work (Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-19). It is the final week of Jesus' earthly life before His death and resurrection (Matthew 26:1-2). Today, the timeline continues with Jesus' sovereign visit that transformed the life of a tax collector named Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10).On Palm Sunday, Jesus made His triumphant entry into Jerusalem as the week progressed (Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, John 12:12-19). The crowds greeted Him as their king and messiah, showering Him with palm branches and cloaks (Matthew 21:8-9). This event fulfilled prophecy and established Jesus as the anticipated Messiah's kingship and authority (Zechariah 9:9)..This week's events illustrate Jesus' power and authority as the Messiah and Son of God, as well as his fulfillment of prophecy, which demonstrates our Savior's love, compassion, and might for you. (Isaiah 53:1–12; Zechariah 9:9; Psalm 118:25–26; Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–11; Luke 19:28–44; John 12:12–19; Matthew 21:12–17; Mark 11:15–19; Luke 19:45–48)

God desires that you completely appreciate the Passover as His child (1 John 3:2) in the context of His atoning work through the Messiah. (Romans 3:25) When you realize that all Passover observances foreshadow the redemptive work the Messiah would eventually complete for you (1 Peter 1:20-21), you will appreciate your salvation even more. Jesus is the Lamb of God (John 1:29 and John 1:36), referring to Him as the perfect and ultimate sacrifice for sin. And God creates a direct link between this Passover lamb and Jesus Christ, our Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7). John the Baptist, the prophet, recognized Jesus as "the Lamb of God" (John 1:29) When you say Jesus Christ, you are really saying Jesus the Messiah, who was slaughtered as the Passover Lamb for you. (1 Corinthians 5:7) The Gospel writers and Paul believed that a clear prophetic connection existed between the Messiah's death, burial, and resurrection and Jesus' eventual fulfillment of the Passover. (Isaiah 53:4-10)

Today, the Spirit of God reveals how Jesus could do nothing of His Own initiative – powerless to act on His Own. (John 5:19) He spoke exactly as the Father had instructed Him to, and he merely carried out the deeds in the same manner as the Father to serve as an example for you. (John 5:30, John 8:28)Jesus' ministry demonstrates how God is fulfilling the destiny He has given you, joined to Jesus, through the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:13, Ephesians 2:10, Romans 8:4) By observing how the Father guides Jesus' life, you can learn how He fulfills your destiny and the good deeds He is performing through you to achieve it.Your new life is empowered by the Spirit of Christ, Who lives His life through you – for you live in union as ONE with Him. You are One with Him and He lives in you. (Romans 8:8, Galatians 2:20, John 14:20) Your new life is empowered by the faith of the Son of God who loves me so much that he gave himself for me, dispensing his life into your!!

The beginning of Jesus' public ministry is your example of how-to live-in God's love to achieve the goals and destiny He has given you to accomplish through the dynamic power of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 3:13, Ephesians 2:10, Romans 8:4) So, you see your new life is empowered by Spirit of Christ Who loves you so much that He gave himself for You, dispensing His life into you! (Romans 8:8, Galatians 2:20) Jesus did nothing on His Own initiative. (John 8:38) God shows you in Christ's example how He relied on the Father in everything, particularly in the gospels. So that you can understand your new life in Christ, Who He is in you, and what He is doing for you and through you - living as one with Him, and Him living in you. (Galatians 2:20 John 14:20)

The birth of Jesus Christ was planned from the beginning,(Proverbs 8:22-31) before the beginning of time, He being the Word of God — Christ the Messiah - Who already existed with God, and Who is God Himself. (John 1:1) He sovereignly planned all of the events leading up to His birth and choose each step people would take not only leading up to His birth, but also His life, death and resurrection. (Proverbs 16:9, 20;22; Psalm 37:23, Jeremiah 10:23) At Jesus birth, the Word became a human being (John 1:14), the Presence of God with us—Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23) Who was born for you; the Son of God given to you (Isaiah 9:6, John 3:16) to enfold you into His new creation life through the Holy Spirit.(2 Corinthians 5:17, John 3:5) And He directs your steps, just as He planned, to fulfill the destiny He prearranged and made ready for you to live to bring Him Glory. (Ephesians 2:10, Colossians 1:17-18)

God sovereignly chose and planned before He laid the foundation of the world, (Ephesians 1:4) every event and life path of each person to fulfill the prophecies timing surrounding Jesus Christ's birth. (Galatians 4:4) And in love, He planned all the days of your life (Psalm 139:16) and the good works to fulfill them to remove all cause for you to worry. (Ephesians 2:10, 1 Peter 5:7) Consider how amazing the love and providence of God to birth His only Son Jesus into the world to be your salvation. (John 3:16-17, Luke 1:31) He is Emmanuel, God with you and God among you, Who became one of us (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23) by the Holy Spirit coming down from heaven above and birthing in Mary's womb a new creation – Son of God. (Luke 1:35) Now, you being born from above by the Holy Spirit are a new creation in Christ Jesus, (John 3:7, 2 Corinthian 5:17) living in union as one with Him (Galatians 2:20) – The Word of God Who came as a baby into the world to be your Deliverer. (John 1:14, Ps 118:21)

God sovereignly chose Joseph to be the earthly father of His Son, Jesus Christ. He predicted in the Old Testament that the Messiah would come from the lineage of David. (Isaiah 11:1, Jeremiah 23:5-6) Both Matthew and Luke provide genealogies of Jesus that confirm Jesus was a descendent of David—therefore, a legitimate Messiah. (2 Samuel 7:12–13)The prophets in the Old Testament described the awaited Messiah's birth in detail. They foretold the Jesus would come from the line of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Genesis 12:3; 17:19; Numbers 24:17), and the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10) ) to a virgin who would call Him Immanuel (Isaiah 7:14).And the angel Gabriel confirmed God's Sovereign choice to Mary, you will become pregnant with a baby boy, and you are to name him Jesus. He will be great and will be known as the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of his ancestor David. He will reign as King of Israel

God's Sovereign plan to Restore you back to Himself in love began long before He laid the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) in eternity past before Jesus' birth.. Then when the appointed time arrived, God sent his Son, (Galatians 4:4) birthed by a virgin (Isaiah 7:14, Luke 2:7), so that He would redeem you held hostage to the law into full legal adoption and be recognized as His child (Galatians 4:5, John 1:12) Christ's birth is a reminder that God sovereignly made the deliberate choice to Unconditionally Love you for all eternity before you were ever born, knowing the sins, failures, and mistakes you would make. (John 3:16, Psalms 103:3) Now, you have complete assurance since His Nature (1 John 4:8, Deuteronomy 7:9) is love; there is never a moment He does not love you because He does everything for you out of His Love. (1 Corinthians 13:8)

God's prescription for worry is thanksgiving. God wants you to be thankful in the midst of everything, (1 Thessalonians 5:18) being assured and convinced by the Holy Spirit whisper into your spirit (Romans 8:16) that every detail of your life is continually woven together for good to fulfill His designed purpose. (Romans 8:28)You have so much to be thankful for each and every day. The Holy Spirit helps you realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly bestowed on you by God (1 Corinthians 2:12) - every spiritual blessing lavished upon you as His love gift because He see you wrapped into Christ (Ephesians 1:3) The Spirit remind you of all the things God has blesses you (John 14:26) and that you take for granted, such as physical life, friendship, and good work, are all blessings from God. As a result, the Holy Spirit instills gratitude within you for all that God has done for you, is presently doing and planned in advance to fulfill the destiny He has give you. (Ephesians 2:10)

Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday; it's an opportunity to reflect on God's goodness in your life every day. God wants you to remember today the power available to you in giving Him thanks in all things. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) How recognizing His goodness opens your eyes to His presence all around you. God, Himself will remind you of the many blessings you'll receive when you give Him thanks.Thanksgiving has immense power! God demonstrates how expressing gratitude for His good grace in all He has done, is doing now, and will do in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead convinces you that every facet of your life is constantly knit together for good. (1 Chronicles 16:34, Romans 8:28)Thanksgiving originates from God empowering your life by freely extending His favor toward you to bestow a blessing on you. So, God the Father is the object of thanksgiving, God the Son is the person through whom thanksgiving flows, and God the Holy Spirit is the source of thanksgiving.

The story of Ruth reveals God's sovereign hand of blessing at work, weaving every detail of your life together for good in order to fulfill the predetermined destiny He planned for you before you were born. (Ephesians 2:10, Romans 8:28) Yes, God is personally present with you, working behind the scenes in unexpected and surprising ways in every moment of your life.In Ruth chapter 4, God demonstrates that He faithfully arranges all things in your life, including every situation, circumstance, and even the people He brings into your life, to fulfill His designed purpose. (Ruth 4:14, Psalms 139:16-17, Romans 8:30, Isaiah 40:5) As you seen in Ruth, God sovereignly brings you from life challenges to an abundant life, from hard times to blessings, bitterness to happiness, emptiness to fullness, and despair to hope.Ruth's story begins with a famine and ends with the birth of a baby - Obed, who becomes the father of Jesse, who becomes the father of King David, Israel's greatest king, and places Ruth in the lineage of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:5) Never doubt God's sovereign plan to carry out all of His Good plans for you. (Ephesians 3:20)

In Ruth 3, God continues to show His Sovereign Faithfulness and Care for you, (1 Peter 5:7) convincing and reassuring you that every detail of your life, even the seemingly random events, are continuously woven together for good to fulfill His designed purpose, whether you see it now or not. (Romans 8:28)The Holy Spirit uses Naomi to impart to you today the counsel she gave Ruth: to rest in God's loving arms while He works behind the scenes to bring about His purposes. (Ruth 3:17; Psalm 46:10) And observe how God will use the commonplace happenings in your lives to bring about the miraculous. It is clear from Ruth's account that God is active in every facet of your live.

God demonstrates His faithfulness to take care of you in the midst of chaotic and unpredictable situations in Ruth chapter 2. (Ruth 2:3) Yahweh's grace and sovereign hand are clearly at the forefront of His plan for Ruth time and again. He is constantly weaving every detail of her life and your life together for good in order to fulfill His Designed Purpose. (Romans 8:28)In Ruth, God reveals that His sovereignty extends today over all your personal circumstances, including your shortcomings for His good purposes. God has predetermined your destiny (Romans 8:30) and divinely persuades you to do the good deeds you would do to fulfill it through the Holy Spirit! (Ephesians 2:10), reflecting God's faithful heart and love to you and through you.Ruth recognizes that God's favor was clearly being showered on her through Boaz (Ruth 2:10-13), and that this is all due to the cascading riches of His grace. And as God's delightful child, His tremendous love pours over you through your union with Jesus (Ephesians 1:5-6) glorifying His grace to help you in good time for every need that appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when you need it. (Hebrews 4:16)

The book of Ruth is a love story about God's faithful love and tender care for you, even in the midst of your most difficult circumstances. God demonstrates in Ruth that He is doing more for you than you could ever imagine. (Ephesians 3:20) Yes, He wants you to know that He is always loving and kind to you, and that His faithful love for you never ends. (Psalms 107:1; Psalm 89:33)God reveals His steadfast love for you in the reflection of Ruth's heart, which tenaciously clings to her mother-in-law Naomi. (Ruth 1:14) Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God "El Shaddai" will now be my God - the Sovereign, Almighty God Who is more than sufficient). (Ruth 1:16)Ruth's story is part of God's sovereign plan to show you how every aspect of your life is constantly working for the good of His intended purpose. (Romans 8:28) Ruth's journey begins in great loss and famine, but she ends up being the great-grandmother of King David, the greatest king of Israel, and an ancestor in the lineage of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 1:5)

In Daniel 6, the story of Daniel in the Lion's Den is one of the most well-known in all Scripture. King Darius preferred Daniel above the other two presidents whom he placed over the affairs of Babylon because of the extraordinary spirit within him. (Daniel 6:3) Daniel had distinguished himself, so the King intended to appoint him over all his kingdom just as God had sovereignly planned.God divinely directs the other presidents and straps to plot against Daniel to remove these evil men from leadership in the new reign of the Medo-Persians empire. (Daniel 6:4-9) They deceived King Darius into entrapping Daniel in order to kill him, not realizing that God intents to reveal His sovereignty and easily delivers Daniel from the even the mouth of lions. (Daniel 6:22)King Darius learns God's way is perfect. (Psalm 18:30) After being greatly distressed about having to punish Daniel, he put his faith in Daniel's God saying, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you”. (Daniel 6:16) God does indeed rescue Daniel by sending an angel to shut the mouths of lions. So King Darius recognized God's power, trusted Him, and commanded his people to worship Him (Daniel 6:25-27).

In Daniel 5, Belshazzar, Nebuchadnezzar's grandson, reigns as a co-regent with Nabonidus (his father) 24 years after Nebuchadnezzar's death. (Daniel 5:1) It has been roughly 70 years since the capture of Jerusalem. And Daniel is now at least 80 years old, retired from service, and most forgotten. (Daniel 5:10-12) Until the queen mother suggested that Belshazzar's call Daniel to translate God's message to the prideful king. The Medo-Persian army has surrounded and is going to siege Babylon. Despite this, Belshazzar is hosting a party at his palace for a thousand of his friends. He profaned the Holy Objects looted from the Jerusalem temple decades earlier to drink wine and glorify false gods. (Daniel 5:1-4) Suddenly Belshazzar is terrified by the appearance of the fingers of a man's handwriting on the plaster: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PERES. (Daniel 5:5-6, 24-29) The king's wise men could not interpret the meaning of God's message not being God's messenger. Daniel reads the writing to the king and makes known its interpretation. (Daniel 5:17-22) Daniel reminded Belshazzar of the sovereignty of Yahweh in dealing with Nebuchadnezzar. It was this sovereign God who put the writing on the wall. For the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men and that He appoints and sets over it whomever He will. (Daniel 4:17, Daniel 5:19)

In Daniel 4, King Nebuchadnezzar further testifies to the sovereignty of God over all things, including the affairs of individuals and nations. God predetermined Nebuchadnezzar's destiny (Romans 8:30) in order for you to understand that the Most High God rules over mankind's kingdom, giving it to whom He wills and placing the humblest and lowest of men in charge. (Daniel 4:17) God has control over human events—He gives rulers power and takes rulers' power away. (Daniel 2:21)The personal testimony of King Nebuchadnezzar reveals that God is in charge of everything and rules over everything. He discovers that the favor that leads to promotion and power does not come from anywhere on earth, because no one exalts a person except God, the judge of all things. He alone decides where favor lies. He elevates one to greatness while bringing another to his knees. (Psalm 75:6-67)Nebuchadnezzar discovered the Most High God, Who lives forever, Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and whose kingdom endures from generation to generation, He does whatever He pleases in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and no one can stop Him or say to Him, "What are You doing?" (Daniel 4:34-35) And He has the power to humble those who are walking in pride, but He gives grace to the humble. (Daniel 4:37, Proverbs 3:34)

Daniel chapter 3 continues to demonstrate how God is the sovereign God, the God of gods, the Lord of lords, the Most High God, Who rules over King Nebuchadnezzar's kingdom and all the kingdoms of mankind – for His kingdom rules over all. (Daniel 2:47, 3:26, 4:25, Psalms 103:19) So, you can be convinced that every detail of your life is continually woven together for good to fulfill the destiny God prearranged to accomplish as you see in the lives of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. (Romans 8:28, Ephesians 2:10)God planned to frustrate and demoted all King Nebuchadnezzar trusted counselors and promote His chosen ones - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over all the affairs of Babylon. (Daniel 3:27, 30) So, God quenched the raging fire (Hebrews 11:24) against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, who trusted in Him and delivered them (Daniels 3:28) dramatically and powerfully to display His power in front of Nebuchadnezzar and all his officials.And God promises you: “Do not fear, for I am always with you, I will rescue you. I have called you by name, and you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, and the flames will not set you ablaze.” (Isaiah 43:1-2) Yes, God wraps His arms around you, protecting you so you can rest in Him without fear. (Psalm 91:4)

Daniel chapter 2 continues to reveal how God is sovereign, stirring through the Holy Spirit the course of all the details of your life, just as he does the world's kingdoms. He changes the times and the seasons of your life, just as He removes kings and sets up kings. And He gives you a Spirit of wisdom and knowledge to know what to do as He did in Daniel's life! (Ephesians 1:17, Daniel. 2:21)God created you to experience His glory, (Isaiah 43:7), so He has a plan and a purpose for your life tomgive uou a future and a hope.. (Jeremiah 29:11) He recreated you as His child with Spirit of Christ empowering your life (Romans 8:9) to fulfill the destiny He have you, working every situation and the path of your life together, just as you see Him doing with Daniel, but to accomplish His purpose. (Ephesians 2:10, Proverbs 16:4)

The Book of Daniel is called in the Latin "the Prophecy of Daniel," written by Daniel in the sixth century BC. The name “Daniel” means “God is my judge.” The Holy Spirit reveals in the book of Daniel God's sovereign control over the kingdoms of men (Daniel 1:21, 4:17) and reveals through the life of Daniel to convince you that every detail of your life is continually woven together for good to fulfill His designed purpose. (Romans 8:28)The book of Daniel lets you see through the lens of God's sovereign control how the Holy Spirit and power of God are operating on, around, and through Daniel, stirring him and the minds of those who hear him most holy emotions to accomplish His events. (1 Corinthians 2:4) Daniel teaches that God is sovereign and able to sustain His children even in adverse circumstances.Daniel's story in Chapter 1 clearly shows that when you focus your attention and expectation on God that you always, under all circumstances, have whatever you need —every moment and in every way. (Hebres12:2, 2 Corinthians 9:8) God can even use the hands of your mortal enemies to deliver your needs! Nothing is too difficult for your God to do for you. (Jeremiah 32:17)

God's sovereignty is one of the most important attributes to grasp. God is Sovereign over all the affairs of the Universe and nations. He has established his throne in heaven. His kingdom rules over the entire universe. (Psalms 103:19) He is infinite, transcending, and ultimate authority in every realm, time and place, seen and unseen; all things were created and existed through Him and in Him and for Him. (Colossians 1:16-17)God's sovereignty means He is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, Who is and Who was and Who is to come the Almighty, the Ruler of all (Revelation 1:8). Nothing can stop God from doing his will. Psalm 115:3 says plainly, “Our God is in the heavens; He does all He pleases.” Only He can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything He plans comes to pass, for He does whatever He wishes. He fulfills His every plan. (Isaiah 46:9-10)Through the book of Daniel, the Holy Spirit reveals to you that the Most High God sovereignly rules over all the kingdoms of the earth; (Daniel 4:17) He removes kings and sets up kings (Daniel 2:21). And He gives the kingdoms of mankind to whomever He pleases. (Daniel 4:25) Just as He sovereignly chooses you to be His child. (Ephesians 1:4)

Joseph's story reveals God is in sovereign control of all the events of your life and every detail He is continually weaving together for good, for you who love Him to fulfill His designed purpose. (Romans 8:28) For you who He knew before you were ever born wrote all your days in His Book (Psalms 139:16). God has a definite purpose and goal for your life to fulfill His designed plan that He is going to achieve called your destiny and the good works you would do to complete it! (Ephesians 2:10)The theme of Joseph's story is God's sovereignty and how God confirms His sovereignty in Joseph's life, his brothers' life, and Jacobs's life from Genesis 37 through 50. God confirmed Joseph's destiny by becoming the governor of Egypt and his brothers bowing down to him. He recognized that God sent him ahead of his family to ensure that they would live and have descendants. And then God confirmed to Jacob in a vision to go to Egypt there. He would make him a great nation. (Genesis 46:2-4)God clearly tells you He chooses and directs the steps you take to get to your destiny, not you. (Proverbs 16:9, 20:24) And through Joseph's story, God reveals encouraging insight into how He is sovereignly working all things together for good in the details of your life in Genesis 50:20. Joseph tells his brother, even though you intended to hurt me and thought evil of me, God Intended it for good. It was God's plan all along to ensure the survival of many people and to preserve our family.

God reveals through Joseph's story that every detail of your life is sovereignly woven together for good to fulfill His design purpose. (Romans 8:28) He planned in advance your destiny before you were ever born and the good works you would do to accomplish it as Joseph's life demonstrates.It is God, not you, who orchestrates all the events of your life to mature you to reign in His kingdom as a king and priest to Him. (Revelation 5:10) Just as God sent Joseph ahead of his brothers and family to preserve them from the famine. He directs your path with the message that delivers others out of danger into His safety – the Good News that fulfills the ache of your heart by restoring you to the Father Who loves you, by amazing grace! (Proverbs 16:9, 2 Corinthians 5:18, Ephesian 2:8)Today you learn that God even uses those who hurt you to move you forward to fulfill your destiny. Joseph told his brothers who painfully betrayed him, It was God Who sent me ahead of you to save lives. (Genesis 45:5) God gave Joseph a loving, forgiving heart that flowed mercy for his brothers' failures and gave them the grace they urgently needed to help in their time of need. (Hebrews 4:16). And He continually does the same for you by visibly displaying His grace and kindness toward you in Jesus Christ.

God wrote all of Joseph's days and your days in His Book, even before you were born. (Psalm 139:16) He planned in advance your destiny and chose the steps you would take to get there, doing the good things He prepared in advance and the good works to fulfill them – Just as He did with Joesph.You may feel like you are in a pit, not recognizing God has already made His palace available to you as a member of the Body of Christ. (John 14:2) You are an individual member of God's own household (1 Corinthians 12:27, Ephesians 2:19), God's chosen king and priest of His Kingdom (1 Peter 2:9) – His chosen and unique treasure of great importance to show others His goodness. (Titus 2:14)Never forget! God is thinking about you every single moment! (Psalm 139:17). God is always with you and thinking about you. ( Matthews 28:18, Psalm 139:17) His thoughts and plans for you are continually woven together for good; who loves Him to fulfill the destiny purpose He has given you – being joined to Jesus. (Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28)

God's presence and favor were with Joseph, and although he was enslaved, God had his hand in everything that happened to Joseph, and he has his hand in everything that happens to you. Joseph excelled in everything and became successful and prosperous even while living in bondage in the house of Potipher, the captain of Pharoah's guard.God's presence and favor caused everything Joseph did to prosper (Genesis 39:3), which is far more than your skill, intelligence, and cleverness could ever achieve. The Lord was continually on Joseph's lips. In other words, Joseph did everything as unto God and not to man. (Colossians 3:23) He put his heart and soul into every activity you do, as though you are doing it for the Lord himself.Listen, just as the Lord was with Joseph and demonstrated His faithful love by giving him great favor – He does the same for you, His child! Now, the cascading riches of God's favor are working powerfully in you releasing all forms of wisdom and practical understanding. (Ephesians 1:8. 2:8) According to His power that works in you, who can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20)

God reveals through Joseph's story that you can rest in the fact that God can work all things for your good, even when you cannot readily see how that may happen. He reveals that all things are under His complete control over everything in your life.God wants you to see that He always knows what you need and keeps His promises even in your trying or impossible situations. He works all things together in your life according to His designed plan, so everything in your life is under His sovereign control, from the number of hairs on your head to the destiny He determined ahead of time for you.(Matthew 10:30, Romans 8:28-30)Never doubt God's mighty power to work in you and accomplish all He has planned for you. He sent Joseph ahead of time to Egypt to ensure the survival of His family lineage and the promise God made to Abraham – “I will make of you a great nation.” (Genesis 12:2) So, He can achieve infinitely more than your most extraordinary request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power within you is constantly energizing you. (Ephesians 3:20)

Moses writes more about Joseph in Genesis than he does any of the other main characters: Adam, Noah, and the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Joseph's story is an integral part of our redemptive history. God uses Joseph to highlight that putting your trust in His sovereignty guarantees His promises to you.Through Joseph's story, you find that nothing is too hard for Him to do for you. (Nehemiah 32:17) God is in complete control, and no matter how impossible the situation Joseph finds himself in, the Providence of God is working all the time to secure God's promises to Him – as well as you.Thus you can rest in the fact, that God is always with you and continually weaving together every detail of life for good who loves Him, even when you do not know how He will bring it all together to fulfill His designed purpose of you being joined to Jesus. (Romans 8:28)

The appearance of Jesus after the resurrection for forty days gives powerful witness that He is not only risen but is indeed – Alive. It is a witness to the immense power of God Himself available in you and for you and operating through you to carry out His purposes and do superabundantly greater than you can even think, hope, ask or imagine.Jesus' post-resurrection appearances clearly prove He is absolute Sovereign over life and death. He is the creator of all things. (Colossians 1:16) Only He Who creates life can give life to the dead. He came to give His life for you to have eternal life in all its fullness with Him – overflowing abundant life hidden with Christ in God. (John 10:10, John 3:16, Colossians 3:3)Through accepting God's grace freely extended to you through Jesus, you gain His victory over sin, death, and all the power of the evil one. For you now live in union with Him, making you more than a victorious conqueror over the world, defeating all their spiritual authority and power because Greater is He who lives in you than he who is in the world. (Romans 8:1-2, Galatians 2:20, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 4:4)

He is risen! (Matthew 28:6) The resurrection is the foundation of your new life in Christ Jesus. He is the Living God, the Resurrection, and Eternal Life! Even though you die, whoever believes in Him will live with Him forever. Do you believe this? (John 11:25-26) He is your Great Savior who saves you from sin, spiritual blindness, and death. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, the law of your new being has freed me from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:2) The resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ reveals God's great grace, the marvelous lovingkindness and favor and goodwill He richly bestows upon you. (Acts 4:33) Through the power of Christ's resurrection, you possess the genuine righteousness of God based on the faithfulness of Jesus Christ—the very righteousness that comes from God, what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness. (Philippians 3:9, 2 Corinthians 5:21)You have become one with Christ, permanently united in His death, so too you are one with Him in sharing His resurrection with Him and the new life it imparts. (Romans 6:5) Today discover the complete story about the resurrection of Jesus Christ as it flows in a coherent timeline from all four Gospels. God wants you to know and understand the unlimited power of Christ's resurrection in and for you who believe. (Ephesians 1:19)

At the moment of Jesus' death on the cross (Matthew 27:51), the curtain veil in the Holy of Holies was torn from top to bottom in the presence of the High Priest offering the Passover Blood. God reveals that Christ's death made a new and living way to restore you to Himself. Christ is the way (John 14:6) God reconnects you to Himself through His death to present you as holy, flawless, and blameless in His presence. (Colossians 1:19-22)When Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “It is finished” (John 19:30), and gave up His spirit. (Matthew 27:50) His body died, but His Spirit (the Spirit of God) was alive with important work to do before His Ressurection. Jesus destroyed death and sins dominion over you (Hebrews 2:14, Romans 8:2), having stripped away every weapon and spiritual authority from the principalities and powers of darkness. (Colossians 2:15)Jesus descended to Hades into Abraham's bosom, the place of comfort (Luke 16:23), and proclaimed liberty to the captives – those who had died in faith looked forward to the day of the Messiah. (Ephesians 4:8-10) Christ Jesus took those believers with Him and the thief on the cross to Heaven. And, if publicly declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will experience salvation and go immediately to heaven upon your death if you believe. (Romans 10:9-10)

The prophet Isaiah foretold the Passover sacrifice of the Lamb of God more than 700 years before Jesus died on the cross. Isaiah details Jesus' last hours as one who was standing at the foot of the cross writing His prophecy in the past tense. (Isaiah 53:1-12) His words are referred to about eighty-five (85) times in the New Testament. Jesus is the only person in history who could fulfill all of Isaiah's prophecy.Jesus carried your sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses and endured the torment of your sufferings, paying the sin price for your release by sacrificing His body on your behalf to dwell in God's presence. (Isaiah 53:4, Colossians 1:21-22) Because of your sins, He was pierced and crushed; He endured your punishment to obtain peace, prosperity, wholeness, success, and well-being. And with the stripes that wounded Him, you find your healing and wholeness. (Isaiah 53:5, John 19:36-37, Revelations 1:7)Jesus became the sin offering for you (Ephesians 5:2) and died a criminal's death on the cross. (Luke 23:39) God put your sin on Him, Who never sinned, so that in and through Him you might be approved and acceptable and in right relationship with God through your union with Christ. A great exchange took place at the cross. All your sins were left there and all your guild removed forever, and you walked away with all God's righteousness. (2 Corinthians 5:21)

Jesus loved those who hated Him and even betrayed Him because He being love incarnated, knows love never fails. He is so rich in mercy because of the great love for you; when we were dead and doomed in our many sins, He united you into His very life and saved you by His wonderful grace! (Ephesians‬ ‭2:5‬)At the Last Supper, Jesus clearly demonstrates His Great Love by giving food to His friend who betrayed Him. (John 13:36)‭ Jesus never stops loving you. He made Himself the Lamb of God to restore you back to Himself, restored to your original innocence. (Colossians 1:20) Although you were once far away from God separated by your evil thoughts and actions, He reconnected you back to Himself through the death of Christ's physical body to pay the sin payment on your behalf so that you could dwell in His Presence for all eternity. (Colossians 1:21-22, Romans 5:8)

The Gospels make it clear Jesus is the Messiah, the Suffering Servant, the Lamb of God to be slaughtered for our sins. The Passover Lamb, according to Jewish law, required four (4) days for the chief priest to inspect. (Exodus 12:3-6). Beginning on Nissan 10, four days before Passover, the Lamb was thoroughly inspected for blemishes or defects, for anything that would disqualify it from being an acceptable sacrifice for the people's sins. At the end of the inspection period, the High Priest would publicly declare, Behold the Lamb. I find no fault in him.Jesus was interrogated (inspected), scrutinized, and challenged by the Chief Priest, Pharisees, Herodians, Sadducees, scribes, and experts in the law in the outer courts of the Temple, and they could find no fault in Him. In the inner courts, Caiaphas, the High Priest that year finding no fault with Him, declared, “it is expedient and better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should be destroyed.” (John 11:50) And on the 14th of Nissan, Passover, Caiaphas arranged for His slaughter on the altar of the cross.

The Passover Exodus is a momentous event for all humanity. As a believer, God wants you to fully comprehend the Passover in the context of His atoning work through the Messiah. You more fully appreciate your redemption when you understand that all the observances of the Passover were foreshadowed of the redemptive work the Messiah would ultimately accomplish for you. The Passover in the gospel of John uses the backdrop for the atonement you have received through Jesus your Messiah.When you say Jesus Christ, you are saying Jesus the Messiah, Who is the Passover Lamb sacrificed for you. (1 Corinthians 5:7). Matthew records the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, saying Mary is the mother of Jesus, called Christ (the Messiah). (Matthew 1:16). Simon Peter proclaimed, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” (Matthew 16:16).The Jewish people anticipated the Messiah to be an earthly king, not the Suffering Savior of Isaiah 53. They were so spiritually blind that no amount of miracles made a difference (Matthew 11:20). The Jews of Jesus' time looked for a political and cultural savior, not a Savior from sin. To us who believe Jesus is Lord and Savior, the proof that He is the Jewish Messiah is overwhelming. Isaiah 53 gives one of the most explicit prophecies identifying Jesus as the Messiah; it is the very passage that the Ethiopian eunuch read as Philip met him to reveal to Jesus (Acts 8:26–35).

Palm Sunday, the Sunday before Ressurection of Jesus, is a celebration of Jesus' return to Jerusalem riding on a donkey colt with cloaks and prayers shawls on its back. (Matthew 21:1-9, Mark11:1-10, Luke 19:28-40, John 12:12-19) There was an exceptionally large crowd who carpeted the road before him with their cloaks and prayer shawls. Others cut down branches from trees to spread in His path.As Jesus approached the the city, the crowd witness him shouted with a loud outburst of ecstatic joy over all the mighty miracles and works of power they had witnessed He had done. They shouted over and over, “Highest praises to God for the one who comes as King in the name of the Lord! Heaven's peace and glory from the highest realm now comes to us!” (Luke ‭19:37-38‬)Then Jesus present himself to the people and enter into the Temple, and was question by the chief priests and scribes, the experts of the law, and the prominent men of the city trying to find a strategy to accuse Jesus, for they wanted him dead. (Luke ‭19:47‬) They failed to recognize their Messiah because they expected Him to come as a conquering king with the sword's power, not the King of Peace Who is your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness - depends. But it was hidden from their eyes. (Luke 19:42)

The Passion Week, also called Holy Week, is the week beginning with Palm Sunday reaching to Jesus Resurrection Sunday. The name encompasses both the intense emotion and suffering with which Jesus Christ willingly went to the cross to pay for all your sins.We follow Jesus' life events during the week and reflect on how He fulfilled all the requirements as our Passover Lamb, Who has been sacrificed for you. (1 Corinthians 5:7). He is referred to as “the Lamb” not less than 34 times in the New Testament. Jesus' ultimate fulfillment as the Passover Lamb seen in the ordinance of Passover helps you fully appreciate your redemption through His death, burial, and resurrection.

The Holy Spirit is the living voice of God, Who divinely births faith continually in you to know what God prefers in every circumstance of life. So faith comes by spiritual hearing as the Holy Spirit testifies with your spirit, assuring you the revelation of God's promise will come to pass.As a born-again believer, you can hear the living voice of God because the Holy Spirit lives within you. (John 14:27) And now the Word of God, Jesus Himself, lives His life through you— for you live in union as one! (Galatians 2:20) You can call to Him, and you will hear His voice answer you to direct, enlighten, encourage, comfort, and inspire you. (Jeremiah 33:3)Jesus puts it in plain terms, if you belong to Him, you can hear Him. He tells you, “My sheep hear My voice.” (John 10:27) The problem most of the time is that you are too busy and do not take the time to hear God. Or you refuse or reject God's in the birthing of faith when you hear God's voice and act upon it, the mountains in your life move.

The Holy Spirit operating on you and within you stirs your inner spiritual hearing to discern God's voice. The living voice of the Spirit of Christ births His dynamic, living word in you through faith - His divine persuasion. The Spirit Himself thus testifies together with your spirit to hear the voice of God.As you believe the Word of God the Holy Spirit births in you, then you hear the living voice of God speak to you through His Word that He guarantees you to come to pass. It is always received from God and never generated by you so that you live by believing what you hear from God and not by seeing or appearance.God wants to talk to you and made a way by His Spirit to hear from Him. If you are a child of God, you can hear His voice and He knows your voice, and imprints His Word your heart and fastens it to your thoughts, so it is obvious to you that He is the one speaking.

God wants you to know how to hear His voice and discern His direction in every detail of your life. God deeply loves and cares about you, which is demonstrated by the great price He paid to redeem you entirely back to Himself from the power of darkness and transfer you into the Kingdom of His Son. (Psalm 46:10, Romans 5:8, Colossians 1:13)God is speaking to you. He stirs your innermost being by His Spirit divinely persuading you, testifying together with your spirit, assuring you of what He prefers. (Romans 8:16) This Spiritual hearing comes from receiving what the Living Word of God is in birthing in you through the Holy Spirit's inwrought persuasion. (Romans 10:17)God continuously births in you His Word that He guarantees to come to pass. To hear His voice clearly, you spend more time developing a personal relationship with Him that empowers you to listen to Him regularly. The more you enjoy ongoing conversations with Him, the more He will use them to reveal what He was planned for you to do each day, depending on Him.

Faith for you as a born-again child of the Living God is "God's divine persuasion." It is always received from God and never generated by you. God wants you to know His voice, which comes by the Holy Spirit Himself testifies together with your own spirit, guaranteeing you that the revelation God births in you will come to pass, His way. (Romans 8:16)Faith proceeds from hearing the spoken word, made by the living voice of God. (Roamns10:17) The Lord is speaking His dynamic, Living Word into you births faith in you through His divine persuading you. So, you are given spiritual hearing to discern God's Living Voice to carry out the inner intentions and purposes of God. (Galatians 3:2, 5)Jesus models for you how to walk listening to God through faith, "God's divine persuasion." He went to the Father to know what the Father was doing, and being divinely persuading by the Spirit of God in Him did only the works He saw the Father doing, and in the same way. (John 5:17, 19) Apart from the Father, Jesus could do nothing, and apart from Jesus, you can do nothing. (John 15:5) Find out what Jesus is doing around and for you and join Him in what He is doing, not your own initiative.

God is moving mountains for you even when you can't see Him working. When you believe the Father is at work on your behalf (John 5:17), every day, continually weaving every detail of your life together for good, then you are walking by faith – His Divinely Persuading you. (Romans 8:28)The Lord continuously births faith in you through His living word so that you can know what He prefers, and guarantees will come to pass his way. The Spirit of God whispers into your innermost being, assuring you what He says to you – His Divinely Persuading you.God is faithful and ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on. So walking by faith, not by sight, means you confidently trust God despite what you do not see. It is choosing to listen to His Spirit in full expectation that He is more than enough and not lean to your understanding, nor the world's spirit.

God wants you to understand the power of authority given to you and see that authority operating through you. God gives you authority as His child (John 1:12) the privilege of delegated empowerment – authorizing you to act or operate under His authority as He directs you, not by your own initiative.The Lord continuously births faith in you, "God's divine persuasion," to know what He directs (authorizes) you to do through the revelation He flows out of being in His Presence. Then He gives you the ability to perform what He authorizes you to do—the power to achieve what God divinely persuades you to do through His inherent abilities.Just as the Father sent Jesus, so Jesus sends you in His delegated authority–authorizing you to act to the extent you are guided by faith, His revealed word given by the Holy Spirit whispered into your innermost being. Jesus assures you that living in union with Him as your source, (John 15:5) believing what He tells you, you will be able to do the same mighty miracles that He does—and even greater miracles. But apart from Him, you can do nothing. (John 5:19)

Great faith is always a gift from God, and never something that you can produce. It is "God's divine persuasion" – which is distinct from your human confidence. Jesus is the person Who is the Source of our faith, Who gives you the first incentive to believe by birthing faith in you to know what He loves and prefers. He is also its Finisher. The One Who brings it to full maturity and guarantees that all of he promises will come to pass. (Hebrews 12:2)The Lord births great faith in your heart by hearing the anointed utterance of the Holy Spirit speaking into your innermost being the dynamic, living word of God. And He testifies with your own spirit, assuring the word given you is guranteed to come to pass. The spiritual hearing and power that goes with receiging faith from God. (Romans 8:16)The Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of the miraculous lives in you. There is no limit to His power to accomplish for you greater than you can think, hope, ask or imagine because nothing is too difficult for Him. ( Ephesians 3:20, Jeremiah 32:27). When you believe He is living in you, then you see Him great works through you. (John 14:12)

God's unwavering faith empowers you to trust God with your life more than you trust yourself. He knows all things about you and His plans for you are infinitely greater than your plans for you because He is sovereign over all your affairs. Unwavering faith trusts God's Goodness knowing He is working all things together for your absolute best because He loves you. Unwavering faith is always God's gift to you, and never something that you can produce. God continuously births unwavering faith in you to divinely persuade with His Word of Promise that guarantees that all the words He births in you will come to pass!Thus, unwavering faith is God's living voice speaking to your innermost being's spiritual hearing certifying that God already has fulfillment through the power of His Love all that you need.

The Miraculous Power of Faith is alive in you as a child of the Living God. You are a new creation in Christ Jesus (2 Corinthians 5:17), Who lives His life now through you. Christ is your life. (Galatians 2:20) Now Christ lives his life in you! The Spirit of Christ empowers your life because you are joined to Him. (Romans 8:9-10)Jesus is the Source of your faith; He births faith in you, giving the first incentive for your belief and is also the Finisher of your faith, Who brings it to maturity and leads you into faith's perfection. (Hebrews 12:2) He empowers of your life with His inherent abilities to perform what He in births by His Spirit divinely persuading you in every scene of life.Jesus is your example of living in faith. He did those things the saw the Father continuously birthed in Him to do what He preferred – the persuasion of His will. What the Father revealed by His divine persuasion would come to pass, Jesus did. Now Jesus births in you His word by the Holy Spirit divinely persuading your innermost being, guaranteeing the revelation He births in you will come to pass.

God is your Faithful Father. He is always unwaveringly loyal, constant, reliable, and steadfast. He is the faithful God (Deuteronomy 7:9), and Great is His faithfulness to you. (Lamentations 3:22-23) God is Faithful. Faithful is Who He is. He can be fully depended on because He is ever true to His nature and promises to you. (1 Corinthians 1:9)He is the omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and omnipresent (everywhere) God, but at the same time is your Daddy God, Who clearly demonstrates His great love and faithfulness to you. For He already knows everything; there is to know about you and all your needs before you ask Him. (Matthew 6:8) And promises to liberally provide and satisfy all your needs being you Faithful Father. (Philippians 4:19)Oh, the marvelous love the Father has lavished upon you in making you His very Own child, and that is what you are. (1 John 3:1) You are fully accepted by God, Who always tenderly cares for you. (Galatians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:7) The Holy Spirit makes God's fatherhood real to us as he whispers into our innermost being, “You are God's beloved child!” (Romans 8:15-16)Now being a child of God, He has made His permanent home in you and will never leave you, stop loving you or fail to take care of you in any way. (Hebrews 13:5) He cannot! Because He cannot cease to be What He is. He is your Faithful Father (He cannot be unfaithful to provide, protect and take care of His child). So there is no risk of failure with Him. (Psalm 62:2) He remains faithful to you always because He never changes His mind about you. What He has spoken to you He will bring it to pass. (Numbers 23:19)

God's essential nature in Christ is expressed in three persons known as the Godhead – God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And your completeness is found in Him being filled with Godhead overflowing within you. (Colossians 2:9-10) For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:3) There are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One. (1 John 5:7) These three expressions of God's divine essence tell you that God the Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are “perfectly one” with one another! God is in Christ, and Christ is in you. (2 Corinthians 5:19) He and the Father are One. (John 10:30) The Father is in Him, and He is in the Father that is, He is One with Him. And you are one in them (John 17:21), being born of the Spirit of God (John 3:7) Who is the Spirit of Christ Who lives His life in you. (Romans 8:9-10)