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Father, Forgive them for they know not what they do  For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

Satan has asked to sift you like wheat. Satan needs permission...... For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

   This will give you an opportunity to bear witness.   For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites      

Why try to question the man who has all the answers    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

If you knew the peace you could have in Jesus    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

We are to pray at all times and not give up.     For more about Gloribites  https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

We must watch ourselves to prevent stumbling, forgive others, obey Christ, have faith, and await his return   For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

There is no scripture indication that salvation is available beyond the grave    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

You cannot serve God and Money      For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

If someone you love was lost..would you search for it until it is found?   For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

You are invited to the Banquet...Will you accept my invitation?      For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

I wanted to protect you but you wouldn't let me   Will update show notes      For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

What would you do if you knew a thief was coming to your home today? I hope you will prepare! Be Ready to open the door    Be Ready for service and keep your lamps lit  You are to be like people waiting for the master to return from the wedding banquet so that when he comes and knocks on the door they can open  Blessed are those whom the master finds alert when he comes  He will get ready to recline and serve them  If he comes in the middle of the night or near dawn and he finds them alert blessed are those who are alert  If the homeowner knew the thief was coming he would not let his house be broken into  You must also be ready because you do not know when the  Son of man is coming when you least expect him  Be faithful  The master put faithful managers in charge of his household  Blessed is the servant who is found doing his job when the Master returns  He will put him in charge of all his possessions  But the servant who says my master is delaying his coming and begins to beat his servants  eats and gets drunk when the master comes on that unexpected he hew will cut him into pieces and assign him to a place with the unfaithful  The servant who knows that his master will and does not do it will be severely punished  The servant who didn't know and did what deserved punishment will receive a light beating  For everyone who has given much, much will be required and from the one who has been entrusted with much even more will be expected  Jesus says he came to bring fire on the earth (judgment -what does fire do REFINE  I wish it were already here to set it ablaze  BUT I have  a baptism (the crucifixion and resurrection) How it consumes me  until IT IS FINISHED the mission would be complete  Do you think I come to bring peace? Peace with God those who choose to be his disciples Unbelievers remain at odds with God and His requirements    He would bring division in households and families  Division over the gospel of Christ in some families split them down the middle  The Spiritual family is more important the family bloodline Holman commentary  They could interpret the weather but not the present time they refused to see Jesus as the Messiah Be Reconciled He compares it to a legal dispute reconciles to God  before you get to the court of final judgment when the Gravel is down it is done  Settle the account before it is too late If Jesus were to come today will you be found ready, and in faith?  Have you been reconciled to Christ through this finished work at the cross?   The chew  Be Alert for you don't know when your Master will return. Don't Delay the Master is on his way    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites      

What does worrying accomplish for the believer?   For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

Take care that the light in you is not darkness   For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

Apart from a personal relationship with Jesus, your prayers are void-GB     The Desire to Learn to Pray Jesus was praying in a certain place The disciple asked to be taught to pray. Prayer can be taught and shown by example.  They see him praying and they want to pray for themselves    He tells them what to say : Father - we called God by Name  Hallowed be your name- your name is holy  Your kingdom come- we operate for the purpose of glorifying the kingdom will Give us each day our daily bread - pray for daily provision we don't stockpile this kind of bread We can't live off bread alone but by every word of God  Forgive us our sins-we acknowledge our sins 1 John 1:9 Forgive others because we have been forgiven  Lead us not into temptation- protect us from the things people and places that cause us to fall away from God Persistent Prayer  He then gives the story of the persistent friend who needed bread and his friend didn't have anything but his friend but because of his friend's boldness he will get up and help him  ask it will be given  So he said asking it would be given  seek and you will find knock And the door will be open  everyone who acts receives whoever seats fine  to him who knocks the door will be open Our Earthly parents if we ask for something we'll try their best to give us what we asked for and not the opposite so how much more will our heavenly father give us the good gifts The greatest gift that he gives us is the gift of the Holy Spirit How is your prayer life?   Jesus > Satan  Jesus is casting out a demon and someone who is mute The person begins to speak everyone is amazed so they say that he is driving out demons with demons Others told him to do a sign from heaven despite his continuously doing all of these Miracles healing and casting out evil people still did not want to believe  He said that a kingdom against itself would be divided in a house divided against itself will fall and he said if Satan is divided against himself how can his kingdom stand Then he kind of like roasted them he said that if I'm driving out by saying then how y'all driving it out but if I drive them out by the Finger of God and the kingdom of God has come near you He was letting them know that he was driving this out through his power and God He next says that when a strong man fully armed guards his house his possessions are safe but when someone stronger than him attacks and overpowers him and takes away his armor that Plunder his stuff-divides his spoils satan thinks he is winning for now but God is taking Satan's kingdom one by one  Whoever is not with me is against me whoever does not gather with me scatter    If you are not on God's side then you are on satans There is no middle no neutral  Why would you want to stay on the losing team? To be undecided is to be decided  The two forces are at work, trying to win your allegiance  One will win    He was letting us know that he is stronger than the evil one  He can overcome all of Satan's plans    Any vacancy in your heart?   Vacant hearts have opportunities if your heart is not occupied by Jesus then there is a vacancy for Satan  It goes back to the house because there is not a resident he says when an evil spirit comes out of a man it goes through places looking for rest and does not find it this lets us know that demonic spirits love to find a body to reside in a place to take up residence I will return to the house I left and even though it's been swept clean and put so that is going to come back seven times more wicked than itself and go in and live there and at the final state was worse than the first state   To empty the evil we must fill with Jesus and his Holy Spirit    This woman cries out blesses you know he that was born in his mama who nursed him and Jesus said blessed are those who hear my word and Obey it  The Chew We must train ourselves to pray on every occasion and we must make sure we are in the right standing with God to pray "Prayer always begins with a relationship. If there is not an established relationship, there is no basis for prayer. The Father's ear is always open to the children's cry. And if you have that relationship with God where you can say, "Father," then you've established that relationship that opens prayer for you, effective prayer for you. But if you do not have that relationship, then prayer is meaningless. There is only one prayer that God wants to hear from you if you are not His child, and that's the prayer, "God, be merciful to me a sinner." And that establishes then relationship, and opens this glorious opportunity of prayer for each one of you. But prayer begins with relationship" Chuck Smith        For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites      

"There is no unemployment in the Kingdom we all have jobs"   https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

It cost to follow Jesus. We must live something or someone to follow Jesus    Show Notes will be uploaded.    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

Jesus offered deliverance from Demons, Disease and Death    For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

To grow a seed must be planted  On Tour with Jesus  Jesus is on a tour of the nearby town and villages  Preaching the good news with his 12 disciples  Some healed women with him on the journey  They had been healed of demonic and diseases  They were using their own resources    The Farmer Did His Job He gives this parable about a farmer scattering seed  The seed fell on 4 types of soil  Footpath-stepped on and eaten by birds Rocks-wilted and died from lack of moisture ( you have go to be watered by the Word) Thorny-grew and choked  Fertile-produced a crop hundredfold  They all grew but all were affected by the circumstances surrounding them  Which soil are you in? He uses parables fulfilled with scriptures  He explains the meaning  The Footpath- hear the message, only to have the devil snatch and prevent them from believing and being saved  Rocky- hear, receive with joy, don't have roots so they believe for only a little while fall away from face temptation  Thorny-hear the message but quickly gets crowded out by the cares, riches, and pleasures of this life, never matures Fertile-honest good-hearted people who hear the word and cling to it and patiently produce a harvest  Shine your light and Listen  No one hides lamps around their house  It's on a stand display  Where are your lamps? How is it shining? Our witness is public. What secret will be brought out in the open  Everything concealed will be revealed  Therefore consider how you hear.  Listen and get more understanding  Don't listen and what you understand will be taken away from you    Hear the Word and obey it  Jesus  mother and brothers came to see him and they couldn't get to hi So they sent the word to your family outside  Jesus responds my mother and brothers are those who hear the Word and obey it  Are you in Jesus' Family? Where is your faith? Jesus said Let's go to the other side of the lake  They get in the boat Jesus takes a nap  They failed to realize Jesus said they were going to get to the other side  Fierce storm, boat filling up, they were in danger  They woke him up shouting we are going to drown  Jesus woke up and rebuked the wind and the waves, all is calm He asked them Where is your faith? Their eyes were on the storm and not the Savior  They were terrified and amazed  Who is this man? The wind and waves obey him  They have seen his authority over the death, the sick, and now the creation and they still asking who is this man  We must see Jesus for who he is. Rebuke the storms when they arise don't wait until the water fills the boat    Chew We must have fertile soil, watered daily by the Word of God to obey and shine our light and to walk by faith  For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites  

Jesus showed Willingness to be with all the people who needed him.    When you sought Jesus who did you see? Are you believing in his message or rejecting it? Repentance was in her actions. Her sin was loud but her repentance was louder. Jesus looked at what she was doing not what she did. Public repentance and public forgiveness    Salvation involves humility.  She came behind Jesus but she showed. No matter what the past looked like for you. The future can be forgiveness  The Chew Faith is necessary we are saved by grace through faith.  For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites    

Jesus raises us from the coffin of our sin to new life in Him  I Have Not Found Such Great Faith  Jesus is in Capernaum A highly valued slave was sick and nearing death  He was the slave of a Roman officer  The officer heard about Jesus, and he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal his slave They earnestly begged Jesus to come with them and help the man who felt that he deserved the help bc of his love for the Jews and he built them a synagogue He was uncertain if Jesus was going to grant a Gentile request. Jesus is for everyone  Jesus went with them  Right before they get to the house the officer sends word to Jesus that he should not trouble himself by coming to his house because he feels unworthy for Jesus to enter his house so he said Just say the word from where you are and my servant will be healed  He explains that he is a man under authority and he has authority and he only needs to say Go and his servants go and come and they come do and they do. He was humble  Jesus was amazed and he turned to the crowd and said I tell you, (the crowd) I haven't seen faith like this in all the land of Israel that gentile understood his authority and not his own chosen people  When the officers who were sent went back to the house they found the slave completely healed  What does your faith look like right now in the eyes of Jesus? Get Up  Jesus went village with his disciples with a great crowd following  A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village  The boy who died was the only son of a widow she would have no hope and no support  The Lord saw her and was overflowed with compassion  Don't cry  Jesus walked to the coffin  touched it and the bearers stopped  Young man, Get up  The dead boy sat up, began to talk  Jesus gave him back to his mother this was the first time he raised someone from the dead Great awe and praise  We have seen the hand of God at work today  The news spread all over Judea and surrounding areas Jesus is saying to the woman and us don't cry get up I can handle rather it is what you are dealing with hurt, pain, and grief. He has compassion on us just this women  We see salvation in this we were dead in the coffin of sin like this boy and Jesus loved you and had compassion on you while you were still sinners and he called you to get up and be raised from death to life.    Should We Expect Someone Else  John's disciples told him about everything Jesus was doing  John sent two of them to ask Jesus  Are you the Messiah we are expecting or should we expect someone else? At that very time, he cured many people of their various diseases, cast out evil spirits, and restored sight to the blind   They were expecting a Messiah and asking should expect someone else. Who are you expecting him to deal with life in the world as we have seen that is going crazy the only hope you have is to put your trust in Jesus and surrender your life to him  John needed reassurance and so do we when we are suffering and it's about to take our doubts and questions to God we just don't stay there God Blessed those who are not offended by me  Jesus tells them to Go back and report to John  What you seen  What you heard  The blind see  The lame walk  The Lepers are cured  The deaf hear  The dead are raised to life  The Good News is being preached to the poor  God blessed those who are not offended by me  They said a mighty prophet has risen among us when it was God himself in the flesh in the form of Jesus    The Chew: To Have Faith in the authority of Jesus to get us up when and down to raise us from the dead place of sin. We are to expect Him alone, He is the one who blesses us.  For more about Gloribites https://linktr.ee/Gloribites     

Day 11 Luke 6: 17-49    Jesus is teaching the disciples    The Beatitudes -  God blessed the poor - the Kingdom of God is theirs (spiritually poor) God blessed the hungry now -they will be satisfied (spiritual appetite) God blessed those who weep now they will laugh with joy (spiritual grief over sin) You may be experiencing this now but not always  God blessed the hated, excluded, mocked, cursed-identifited with me the Son of Man  Because he was hated, excluded, mocked, and cursed    When these things happen to you -rejoice  Your reward is in heaven  He reminds them that their ancestors were mistreated as well    The Sorrows  Who does sorrow await?  The rich -you have your only happiness now they have no spiritual wealth  The satisfied and prosperous now time of awful hunger is before you  You who laugh carelessly-laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow  Praised by the crowds- ancestors also praised false prophets  They may have now but will lack later  Divine approval over human praise    Love for Enemies   If you are willing to listen ( to do these you have a willingness  Love your enemies  Do good to those who hate you  Pray for those who curse you  Pray for those who hurt you  Turn the other cheek  Give what you have to anyone who asks  Do for others as you would like to do them  Do you deserve credit for loving those who love you, even sinners do that  If you do good to those who do good to you is that wonderful sinner do that  Lend money to those who can repay even sinners do that  Love your enemies do good to them lend to them don't be concerned if they can repay bc the reward from heaven will be great and you are acting like children on the Most High  Because he is kind to the unthankful and the wicked  Be compassionate bc your Father is compassionate    Judgment  Stop judging and you will not be judged this verse is about discernment  Stop criticizing others or it will come back on you  Forgive others you will be forgiven  Give and you will receive  Your gift will return to you in full measure pressed down and shaken together to make room for more running over  What you use in the measure that the standard measure you will be used    The blind leads the blind to death you need someone who can See to lead those who reject Christ and teach others to do so will end up in destruction    The student is not greater than the teacher the one who works hard will be like the teacher. Christ is our teacher and we are to be like him   Be careful about following the wrong person    Worry about the log in your own eyes vs the speck in your friends Hyporcrietes one who pretends to be someone else  Deal with you first then you will see well enough to worry about someone else    The Tree and its Fruit  A good tree can't produce bad fruit  Bad trees can't produce good fruit  A tree is identified by the fruit it produces  A good person produces good deeds from a good heart  An evil person produces evil deeds from an evil heart You can identify people who follow God based on what they say and do Whatever is in your heart determines what you say    Two Foundations Why do you call me Lord when you won't obey me or do what I say  I will show you what it is like to  Come to me  Listen to my teaching  Obey me   A person who builds their house on a strong foundation when the floodwaters rise and break against the house  It stands bc it well built Your foundation determines your future Listening and not obeying  Like a house without a foundation when the flood goes against it, it will crumble into a heap of ruins    https://linktr.ee/Gloribites    

Satan tempts us in our strength and not our weaknessess  He then tempts Jesus in these areas: Provisions Turn these stones into bread  Jesus response: People can't live by bread alone  Possessions  The Devil told him I will give you all these kingdoms and authority over them because they are mine and I can give to whoever I please  Posture If you worship me.... Jesus replied: You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him  Protection The Devil took Jesus to the highest point of the Temple  If you are the Son of God. Jump off  Then the Devil used Scripture  How you going to use the Word with the Word  Jesus replied You must not test the Lord your God   The Digest  The Devil tempts us with our strengths, not our weaknesses. He knew Jesus had power and he wanted Jesus to use his power prematurely. Once he overcomes this temptation he will be ready for the mission field  Jesus was tempted and temptation is part of the human experience so he like us was tempted and didn't sin.  The Devil will misinterpret Scripture  The Devil doesn't isolate us to one temptation they are ongoing so we must be ongoing  The best way to resist temptation is the Word of God  Jesus was in the synagogue weekly making him the example for us to be in church each week  Your family and friends may not welcome your life in Christ and that's ok. Keep seeking God because you belong to the greater family and the Kingdom Family  Be a witness to them anyway  Where Jesus is demons flee. The demons have an agenda of “interfering”   Demons are fallen angels ruled by satan to harass people, tempt them to sin, and kill them. God restores our health through faith like Peter's Mother in Law so that we can serve  He has the ability to heal all kinds of diseases with a word.  He shut the demons up to show his authority  His identity would be revealed in God's timetable  The demons know who He was  Jesus at daybreak went to a place of solitary to pray and be with His Father so should we.  We are to proclaim the good news more places How are you handling temptations? In what ways, have you rejected by family and friends due to faith in Christ? How do you handle or need to handle  Seeing the authority Jesus has and if you are his how can this help you combat the evil one. You have no power over me only which i give you.. The Chew  Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you  To help support this ministry  www.buymeacoffee.com/gloribites To shop merch gloribites.com/shop    

 Are you prepared for the coming of the Lord? The Bite: Luke 3:1-38 The Digest: God speaks to us in the wilderness  God prepares us in the wilderness God uses us after the wilderness  Baptism is after salvation. It's your first testimony showing others that you have repented and turned to the Lord Matt 3:6 when they confessed their sin he baptized them  Baptism is not some holy water. It is the symbolism of you dying to your own life and being raised to a new life with Christ. Have you followed the Lord in believers' baptism? Are you prepared for the Lord's second coming?  Clear the road for him? What things do you need to clear out of your life? Are you expecting the Messiah? Repentance and fruit are necessary in your life with Christ. Check your heart attitude and posture. What does the fruit you have revealed about you? Are you part of the chaff or the wheat? Calling out sin is an offense to the unbeliever. They jump right to “you judging me” so don't be surprised when that happens.  It's never too late to serve God.  Is the Lord pleased with your lifestyle?   To help support this ministry www.buymeacoffee.com/gloribites To shop merch  www.gloribites.com/shop   

Why do we search for other things besides Him?   Why were you searching for me? Didnt you know that it was necessary for me to be in my Fathers house? Worldly business must not be more important than kingdom business 5 Things we can learn from this portion of scripture  To find Christ you must seek Christ Be Kingdom over the World  Be in our praying era like Anna Follow the obedience of Jesus  Be found in the house of the Lord and the Word of the Lord    The Digest  Are you about your Father's business or your own business ? the details of your world or HIs? How is your prayer life? Must be. What does your desire to be in the house of the Lord look like? Where can you be found right now? Know He knows, see all .... will he like the place he finds you in?    The Chew  Stand on Kingdom Business like Jesus   

    The Bite: Luke 2:1-20 The Savior was born She gave birth while they were there and she wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger bc there was no room  The Savior is for ALL people The shepherds were keeping watch over their flocks and the angels brought them good news of great joy for ALL people The Savior is accessible You will find a baby wrapped in clothes  The Savior gives peace to those who are submitted to him Then a great company of angels praised God saying Glory to God and peace on earthy to the people he favors  and returned to heaven. This was not a universal peace  The Savior is to be sought out and shared The shepherds then sought out to go see this thing that had happened which the  Lord told them about        The Digest We must realize that the good news is for all people. Even when it is not received with joy like it is here. It is available and accessible. Peace is what belongs to those who make people with God through Christ  Once you have Jesus, you are to share him. You don't hide him. You show him off by the fruit of your life. You want others to experience that peace you have. Sometimes we share outloud and some testimony we treasure like Mary and store into the time is right to share.    Have you accepted the gift of salvation from Christ? He was born to save you. Salvation is his name If you have, are you sharing the "thing which has happened" in your life?   The Chew  Receive Christ and then Share Christ 

   We must look at our wilderness experiences as opportunities for growth in Christ   The Bite: Luke 1:39-80   The Digest  We see that what the angel told Zechariah and in his doubt came to pass just as the angel said.  We see that John's life was necessary to be the forerunner of Jesus.  He was setting the stage for the Savior telling people they needed to repent and we should do the same thing.  We need to be warning people of the coming of Jesus by repentance of sins and salvation so that when he comes this time they will be with Him.  We also see that before God uses John he takes him in the wilderness to grow him and prepare him for ministry.  Where have you seen your doubt turn into a later promise of God? How has doubt caused delays in your growth? Have you ever experienced an wilderness season that set you up for more growth? The Chew  God fulfilled his promises even when there was doubt. We must repent of our doubt and trust. Help my unbelief, Lord     

“Sometimes when God answers a long-awaited prayer request it easy to be fearful even when you had faith.” -GB   The Bite: Luke 1:1-38   The Digest:  What can we learn from this passage? God has a plan for each of our lives. God hears the prayers of those who are his and in right standing with him.  God's timing is not our timing. Then when it happens it will be on his timetable  God uses humble people. Mary was a humble and willing vessel to let go use her to save us.  We must be humble and willing vessels to make kingdom movements  Jesus was born just like us fully human but fully God  We shouldn't doubt God like Zechariah  Nothing is impossible for God  Where do you need to surrender doubt? What prayers are you still waiting for God to answer? The Chew:  To be used by God you must be humble obedient and not afraid    To support this ministry www.buymeacoffee.com/gloribites To shop our prayer journals  www.linktree.com/gloribites    

You may have seen the ad during the Super Bowl of the Jesus Get Us  I wanted to take a look at the context of the Scripture with You.    The ad seems to protray the idea the we are supposed to wash the feet of our neighbor regardless of their race, faith, or lifestyle.   While we are called to love our neighbor. We don't love their sinful lifestyle that is contratry to the True gospel of repentance and salvation.    We are called to use the Scriptures to teach rebuke   All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for rebuking, for correcting, for training in righteousness, Preach the word of God. Be prepared, whether the time is favorable or not. Patiently correct, rebuke, and encourage your people with good teaching. 2 Tim 4:2   When Jesus met people who were stuck in sin. He forgives them. And he told them to go and sin no more not just He gets us in our sin. He meet us in our sin. He forgives the sin that we confess to him We see that sin as he see it.    We don't just wash the feet and walk away. We are to serve one another in the way that glorifies God and lines up with Scripture He washed us white as snow with his blood. So the cross was necessary for the blood to be able to cleanse us because without the sheeding of blood there can be no forgiveness of sins.  Jesus did not wash the feet of the disciples to get them to be nice to each other. They were getting prepared to take the gospel to the world serving God and serving others  

2 Corithians 5:1-10, Revelation 21:1-4   New Body for New Jerusalem    Tent to a house We are going to get upgraded when we die or raptured to an eternal body Tent is the state we are in now. Tent get tragedy worn down blow away by circumstance  We have a body made by God and now our parents.  This body gets weary and worn down and we long for a change We will put on heavenly bodies and we will not be spirits without bodies  This earthly body groans and sighs  We desire new bodies  God has prepared us for this and secured with the Holy Spirit  The spirit is a down payment  Almost Home  We can be confident that although not home yet we will one day be home with the Lord.  Believe not seeing  No matter whether we are here in this body or away from this body the goal is to please God We will stand before Christ and receive what we deserve based on what we did in this earthly body (not for eternal destination but eternal reward) obedience    Heaven comes down for us    The old heaven and earth will disappear  The sea is one  The holy city of new Jerusalem will come down like a brided dress beautiful for her husband  He will live with them  They will be his people  God will be with them He will wipe away tears death sorrow crying pain  All these things are gone forever    The Word starts with the creation of the world as we know it. The Word ends with the creation of a new heaven and earth that is reserved for those who accept his gift of salvation. Will you experience the New Heaven and Earth?   

1 John 3:11-24   The Message was love from the beginning  We should love another  We shouldn't be like Cain  Cain belonged to the evil one and did what was evil and he killed his brother because he was doing what was righteous    Cain didn't love Abel. He wanted what Abel had. A right relationship with God with the wrong methods and motives. God wants all of us. Not some half-unacceptable offering and expecting God's blessings on half-doings.   If you want a relationship with someone who you admire in the faith you have to go and seek God for yourself.  The World Hates You   V 13  Don't be surprised if the world hates you  Love is the proof  If we love brothers/sisters who believe it proves we have passed from death to life  A person with no love is dead  Anyone who ates another bro/sis is a murderer at heart  Murderer don't have eternal life within them  Real Love Gives  Jesus gave up his life for us  We should give up our lives for our bro/sisters  If someone lives well and sees a bro/sis in need but shows no compassion how is God's love in that person  Love in Action  Don't just say it  Show your truth through your actions  Our actions show we belong to the truth  These actions give us the confidence to stand before God God is greater than our feelings and our guilt. He knows everything  If we don't feel guilty, we can come to God with bold confidence and we will receive what we ask according to his will  Because of our obedience and doing what pleases him    The Commandment  We must believe in the name of the Son, Jesus Christ  Love one another  Those who obey his commandments remain in fellowship with him and he with them We know he lives in us bc of his Spirt   

Paul teaches us about a Living Hope  Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. I am writing to  God's chosen people  living as foreigners God the Father knew  chose you long ago,   his Spirit has made you holy.  As a result:  you have obeyed him   have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus Christ. May God give you more and more grace and peace. This is the Trinity: God who chose us  The Spirit who makes us holy  Jesus who cleanses us from our sin  He praises God for the rebirth because of Christ  All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Great mercy that we have been born again, God raised Jesus Christ from the dead. As a result of the Resurrection  we live with great expectation,   we have a priceless inheritance—an inheritance that is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay.   God is protecting you by his power until you receive this salvation, which is ready to be revealed on the last day for all to see. (This is judgment day) We can't have this inheritance apart from being born again.    Be glad even in trials Be truly glad wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while  trials will show that your faith is genuine. Trials tests us and purify us  It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. When go is purified and is heated up all the impurities float to the top and they skim off the the impurities so that the the What's Left Behind is the goal that is useful God refines Us by our trials and tests so that we can be used by him  faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. How do you measure a faith that has never been tested?  The tests shows if the faith is genuine and if it is strong And sees what needs to be purified and removed    You love him even though you have never seen him. Though you do not see him now, you trust him; and you  rejoice with a glorious, inexpressible joy.  Thomas also known as doubting Thomas wanted to physically stick his hands in the wounds of Jesus or he said that he would not believe but Jesus says that blessed are you who have not seen me and yet believe our faith is a promise that we will see him face to face if we believe in the right now God knows the future and so we hang to the hope that our reward is resting in Trust and our reward is stored for us in heaven  The reward for trusting him will be the salvation of your souls. We love him by seeking his glory and allow him to get Glory out of all our circumstances we believe in Jesus by obeying him and we rejoice in Jesus by thanking and praising him because we have a future reward that awaits us in eternity  This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you.  They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward. No amount of Trials or persecution can take away the eternal life promise to those who believe in him  How are you holding on during trials?   The Chew  We hold on to our faith until Jesus returns  

Live in the light as we wait for Christ 

Romans 12:-1-21   Your Body is a Living Sacrifice    Because of God's mercy. We are urged to present our bodies as a living sacrifice  Holy, pleasing to the Lord (life that is holy according to the Word  This true worship Do not be conformed to this age  Transformed by renewing our minds  To have discernment of God's will   Offering your whole self to christ daily     Sacrifice is a choice  We can do a lot of work for God and never give Him our body  They had to bring a living animal sacrifice so for paul to say bring yourself as a living sacrifice  The opposite of transform is to be conformed. He talking about renewing your mind. Because that where the battle is  We allow the Holy spirit to renew,, reeducate and redirect us daily through the Word    Everyone in the Body has a Gift, Use it Well Don't think more highly of yourself than you should  Think Sensibly  Each person has been distributed a measure of faith  Everybody does not have the same function  We are one body in Christ and individual still should be unified on the WORD  Our gifts have been given to us by grace. The gifts  Prophecy -use it according to the proportion of one's faith Those with the gift of prophecy should speak only when they are confident that the Holy Spirit is truly revealing something to them. Service-use it in service  Teaching-teaching  Exhorting-in exhortation Giving-in generosity  Leading-with diligence  Mercy-showing mercy with cheerfulness   Love without hypocrisy (no mask no feeling, actions  Detest evil (all ungodliness and wickedness  Cling to what is good Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters Outdo one another in showing hone  Do not lack diligence in zeal  Be fervent in the Spirit (boiling)/ Serve the Lord  Rejoice in hope Patient in affliction  Be persistent in prayer  Share with the saints in need  Pursue hospitality  Bless those who persecute you. Bless not curse Rejoice with those who rejoice  Weep with those who weep Live in harmony with one another  Don't be proud. Associate with the humble  Don't be wise in your own estimation  Don't repay evil for evil  Give careful thought to doing what is honorable in everyone's eyes IF possible far as it depends on you. Live in peace with everyone  Don't avenge for yourself  Leave room for God's wrath because vengeance belongs to Him. He will pay  Feed your enemy to heap fiery coal on his head  Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good  When we submit to God and our lives are living sacrifices we can be used by HIm   Have you presented your body as a living sacrifice?  Where are you using your spiritual gifts?    The Chew  To be renewed in the mind.  Watch what goes into the body and feed the mind with the Word   

Because Jesus condemned sin We are Free From Condemned No condemnation of those in Christ  The law of the Spirit sets us free from the law of death  The flesh weakened the law  Jesus came in the flesh to be a sin offering to fully meet the righteous requirement  For those who do not live according to the flesh but to the Spirit    Are you free? The Fleshy vs Spiritual Mindset Those who live according to the flesh have the mindset of what the flesh desires Those who live according to the Spirit have their mindset on what the Spirit desires  The mind governed by flesh = death  The mind governed by spirit =life and peace The mind governed by flesh is hostile to God  It does not submit to God's law nor can it  If your mindset is wrong then your feet are going to go in the wrong direction Which mindset do you have? Like watching TV or social media you can be on two channels or two apps simultaneously. You have to choose  The Spirit vs Fleshy Realm  Those who are in the realm of the flesh can not please God  If the spirit of god is in you then you are in the realm of the Spirit  If you don't have the spirit of God then you don't belong to Christ  If Christ is in you, even tho your body is subject to death you will have life and righteousness because of the spirit  If the Spirit who raised Christ lives in you he will give life to your mortal bodies  Which realm are you operating in? Life According to the Flesh  We have an obligation not to live according to the flesh  If you do, you will de If by the spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body you will live    The Spirit identifies God's Children  Those who the Spirit leads are God's children  The Spirit doesn't make you a slave but makes you a son by adoption  Now you can call God Abba Father he is now your daddy  The Spirit will testify with our spirit if we are God's children  Children receive an inheritance from their father  We share his suffering and his glory ( we don't just take our inheritance and life the total peaceful we will have trials and how we deal with them represents his glory  Our walk represents our daddy Abba it is the proof. The word Abba has the meaning papa or daddy  The Desires of the Spirit vs the Flesh  Walk by the Spirit to not gratify the desires of the Flesh  The flesh desires what is contrary to the spirit  The spirit desires what is contrary  to the flesh  They conflict with each other  You are not to do whatever you want  If you are led by the spirit you are not under the law  You are either pleasing God over self or your self over God  Our walk is the conduct of our lives  To  walk you have to be active not passive the spirit leads we follow  Two ways of life, Two outcomes  The Acts of the Flesh vs The Fruit of the Spirt  Acts of the flesh  Sexual immorality Impurity  Debauchery  Idolatry  Witchcraft  Hatred  Discord Jealousy  Fits of rage  Self ambition Dissensions Factins  Envy  Drunkenness  Orgies  Those who practice these things will not inherit the Kingdom of God  These are obvious and observable  To walk in these is slavery  Believers who live in the flesh will have consequences  Work is something you.. Works of the flesh or works spirit ; Fruit of the Spirit  Love  Joy  peace  Patience  Kindness Goodness  Faithful  Gentleness  Self-control  Just as the works of the flesh are evident so is the fruit  Against these, there is no law  Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh and its passions and desires  We live by the spirit so we keep in step with the spirit march with the commander leading the holy spirit must be included in every move  Let us not become conceited provoking and envying each other you can't take credit for the fruit you bear that's all  on the Spirit and you can't envy another person's fruit    The flesh must be crucified   

The actions of one person affect many...   There is a comparison in the Scriptures that shows you what Adam's sin vs Christ's righteousness did for us. Today we will look at Romans 5:12-21 Adam Sin brought Death into the world  When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned. For the sin of this one man, Adam brought death to many. Adam's sin brought condemnation  Cause sin to rule over many  Christ's Death Brought Life into the World  Jesus brought the gift of forgiveness to many God's free leads to righteousness even though we are guilty  The sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to be king over all, but all who will take God's gift of forgiveness and acquittal are kings of life[d] because of this one man, Jesus Christ. V17 TLB Christ's righteousness to those who receive it will triumph over sin and death  through Jesus    Adams one sin vs Jesus one act  Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. 19    One person disobeyed vs One person Obeyed    Because one person disobeyed God, many became sinners. But because one other person obeyed God, many will be made righteous.   God's law shows our sin and his grace  God's law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God's wonderful grace became more abundant.    Sin used to rule but now grace rules  So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death,  now God's wonderful grace rules instead,  giving us the right standing with God  resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. The Digest    Sin came into the world through Adam's sin and every time we sin we identify with Adam We all came from the Adam family line of sin, guilt, and punishment but we can trade family lines and be born again into Christ's family where there is righteousness, forgiveness, and eternal life  Everyone is either in Adam or in Christ. If we do nothing we stay in Adam's family and die. If we come to God through Jesus we live which family do you belong to?   The Chew    Sin can't overpower grace.   

"We had a need and God had a solution in Christ Jesus"   "We are all under the power of sin" "We have all turned away" " Every part of our body is guilty of sin"  "We are freed from the slavery of sin with the redemption price of the blood of Christ"

  Refusal to Repent requires Righteous Judgment    God is being patient and kind. His kindness is what means to lead to repentance –to lead you to him. He is not going to force himself on you. His spirit will draw you to him leading you to repentance   They mistook his patience for his absence. If I judged me by not he aint going to judge me  But they were being stubborn (    But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself.    What does it mean to store up something? You stack it up. So those who don't repent and turn are stacking up a storage unit of wrath.    For a day of anger is coming when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will judge everyone according to what they have done.  Eternal Life vs Wrath He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good (not good for salvation but good out of your salvation. Those who trust in the Lord will do good.) seeking after the glory and honor and immortality (eternity) that God offers.    He will pour out his anger and wrath on  those who live for themselves who refuse to obey the truth  instead live lives of wickedness, fight against the truth walk in evil ways    Trouble or Glory  There will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.    But there will be glory and honor and peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.    It's not works-based salvation but he will reward those who honor him not based on the background but individual specifically    For God does not show favoritism.  The Gospel is for everyone. All means All in the Bible. This faith has no race.   You going to get what you have earned We must ask him to reveal our sins so we can repent  Not get satisfied in our sin.  What if God punished us right away every time we did something wrong life would be a mess and be graceless. But eventually, there will be punishment if you don't repent    As parents we give our children chance after chance but why take a chance with Jesus? It's too much to gamble your eternity for the sake of thinking you have time.    Remember that Jesus came first to save and next to Judge    The chew   The antidote for wrath is repentance.  

God is angry because we are suppressing HIS truth. God shows his anger at Wicked people who know about God but suppress the truth  Once a man rejects the truth of God in Jesus, he will fall for anything foolish So basically God is like you want to do what you want to do, so he closes up his Mercy and opens up his Wrath. It is the consequence of living apart from him God Abandons those who do vile and degrading things, follow heart desires, homosexual Paul lived in a culture like ours that was accepting the shameful vile and degrading lifestyle as the norm.  They trade the truth for the lie. WHo is the Liar? The enemy.    God abandoned to foolish thinking and foolish behaviors  The freedom to continue in the sin is  the judgment A culture without Jesus is death because he is the way the truth and the life. Apart from him, there is no life. Wrath is righteous and necessary  That's why we needed a savior when God sees Jesus in the US he doesn't see his Wrath Christ took upon the Wrath that we deserved on the cross.   God does not send you to hell. Your rejection of Christ is what sends you to hell. First people reject God,fall into sin, and then they encourage others to reject God through their lifestyle. The Chew  Life without God is the worst slavery known to mankind because you are a slave to sin it is your master you are on the plantation of rebellion But the good news is that Christ can redeem you from that Plantation he came to purchase you from the bondage and death sentence of the master named sin.  

Overview of the Book of Hebrews  Focus on what stood out to you the most!

The Son was Gone..The Death, Burial and Resurrection     “By this time it was about noon, and darkness fell across the whole land until three o'clock. The light from the sun was gone. And suddenly, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. Then Jesus shouted, “Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands!” And with those words, he breathed his last.    The light was gone from the sun, Nature and Creation mourned This shows us that Jesus is the true light and the Son of Man.  Darkness preceded his death showing us that without Jesus there would be no light The torn curtain shows allow us access to the throne room of God. Only the Holy Priest could enter once a year to atone for the sins of the people at the death of Christ the barrier was split so Christ gave us access to Jesus Jesus had trusted God's plan for us and now he released his spirit into the hands of His Father and breathed his last breath   How is this significant to us? Without Jesus, there is a darkness that hovers over our lives. There is not Light. There is no Son. There is no access to the throne room without him.  Christ's dead tore the veil to grant us access to God's presence. His obedience to the point of death is an example of following God and taking up our cross daily   The Sorrow was present  When the Roman officer overseeing the execution saw what had happened, he worshiped God and said, “Surely this man was innocent.” And when all the crowd that came to see the crucifixion saw what had happened, they went home in deep sorrow. But Jesus' friends, including the women who had followed him from Galilee, stood at a distance watching.   Here we see the death was execution  The Roman officer knew Jesus was innocent.  He began to worship God. Could this have been salvation at the cross the scales were removed from his eyes  The crowd saw the crucifixion –when is it ever comfortable to watch someone die  But the people who loved him and followed him they stood back at a distance    It took the death of Jesus to remove the scales from the Roman officer's eyes. What is it going to take for yours? I wonder if he was saved after this. He gave worship to God but I wonder if he gave his heart to him. We would want to stand around the execution chair of our best friend for a crime they didn't do. So his friends stood at a distance. This had to be hard to experience and watch.    The Secret Disciple who buried Jesus   Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council, but he did not agree with the decisions and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come. He went to Pilate and asked for Jesus' body. Then he took the body down from the cross wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock. This was done late on Friday afternoon, the day of preparation, as the Sabbath was about to begin. As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed. Then they went home and prepared spices and ointments to anoint his body. But by the time they were finished the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭23‬:‭44‬-‭56‬ ‭NLT‬‬   Joseph was not in agreement with the death of Jesus. He was waiting for the Kingdom of God to come  He took care of Jesus' burial body  Here we see the wrapping in the linen cloth like we saw in the cloths at birth  It was the women who went to the tomb  It was the women who went to prepare ointments and spices to anoint his body  He had got Jesus a new tomb. So we see there was o fishy stuff.They might have tried to say the stone was a little used and loose. Joseph was waiting on the Kingdom are you waiting on the Kingdom?    The Sunday that changes everything   “But very early on Sunday morning, the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared. They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. So they went in, but they didn't find the body of the Lord Jesus. As they stood there puzzled, two men suddenly appeared to them, clothed in dazzling robes. The women were terrified and bowed with their faces to the ground. Then the men asked, “Why are you looking among the dead for someone alive? He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Remember what he told you back in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be betrayed into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and that he would rise again on the third day.” Then they remembered that he had said this. So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened. It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and several other women who told the apostles what had happened. But the story sounded like nonsense to the men, so they didn't believe it. However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬   Sunday morning. The women took the spices but the stone had been rolled away  They didn't find the body  Two men in dazzling robes appeared and terrified them  The men question them. Why are you looking among the dead for someone alive? He isn't here! He is risen from the dead! Jesus had already told them he would be betrayed, crucified and risen  The women rushed to tell the disciples and everyone else  It was women who told about the resurrection  But the men thought it sounded like nonsense and didn't believe  Peter jumped to see and he went home wondering what had happened  Are you looking among the dead for the living? What dead thing, place, or circumstance are you still looking to?   Who are you going to for help? Remember in the Old Testament how the Lord told them in Jeremiah their idols can't help them nor harm them. Why because they are dead!   The fact that Jesus told them and they didn't believe the plan after it was played out right in their face.  When Jesus returns, there will be some people who still don't believe what is happening even though through his Word He tells us just like he told them    The women have a role and relationship in the resurrection  It was the women who stayed at the cross  It was the women who prepared the spices It was the women who followed to the tomb  It was the women who first entered the tomb  It was the woman that the angel first told about the Risen Lord It was the women who rushed to tell the others about the Resurrection    The man thought it sounded like nonsense and didn't believe. Peter ran to see and still didn't believe  Will you be like these women?   Without the Resurrection, we have no faith and no hope, no eternal. Jesus had to rise so we can live forever.  Christian faith is the only faith that has a LIVING GOD and LIVING WORD  The Chew   Women have a role and responsibility to prepare our souls for Jesus to follow him, testify about him, and share the gospel.   

Jesus demonstrates the power in His Identity... I AM HE  Jesus is Betrayed...   Jesus had just finished praying for all believers Pause .. when we are praying and covering trust that the enemy is going to come seeking to kill and destroy that which you just covered. Jesus was praying for us before he was about to die.  He was with his disciples across the Kidron Valley in the garden.  The brook would have been reddish from the blood of the Passover lamb right before he would become our lamb of God shedding his blood that still flows today.  Judas the betrayer knew the location because Jesus often met with his disciples there  So Judas brings his mob squad to the garden  (around about 200men)  Jesus knew everything that was getting ready to happen Jesus knew everything that was going to go down and he didn't run and escape he stayed and let the plan unfold. The plan that benefits us right now.  I am the man you are looking for  He stepped to them and asked Who is it that you are looking for? Jesus was not afraid of these weapon-carrying men He approached them first. The whole time he is in control. They fell, and they let his men go.  They replied Jesus of Nazareth Jesus replied I am he” Judas was standing with them  Jesus tells them again I am he The mob stepped back and fell to the ground (they knew who they were dealing with the great  I am, their physical weapons had no power. Jesus's words were enough to knock them off their feet. Divine power  Jesus asked them again who are you looking for Jesus, they replied if you looking for me let these men go  This fulfilled the word he had said I have not lost one of those you have given to me    Simon the Sword Slayer Simon Peter drew his sword and struck the high Priest servant's right ear off Jesus said to Peter put the sword away. Am I not to drink the cup the Father has given me? Peter was in the way of the obedience of Jesus to the Father who is in your way to obedience to the Father? Peter was always trying to be Jesus' bodyguard but Jesus didn't need Peter to protect him. He was El Nekamoth the God who avenges. He can handle his own. And if Peter would have blocked his obedience then you and I would be dead in our trespasses forever. Because Jesus went on to drink the cup of wrath for our sins and sake 

YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN --Jesus  Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jew. Pharisee comes to Jesus at night.  He told Jesus he knew he was sent from God because no one else could perform the signs he did unless God was with him  Jesus responded by telling him unless you are born again you will never enter the Kingdom of God  Two types of Birth  Physical/Spiritual  One comes from the flesh. Your mother's body  One comes from the Spirit. From the Holy Spirit The wind blows and you hear, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with the Spirit. We don't know who he will give his spirit to next because the heart work is inside. We only see the evidence of the fruit on the outside I'm telling you what I know  Jesus said he was telling what he knew, what he has seen, yet you still won't believe and accept my testimony He had the testimony out of Jesus' mouth. And still wouldn't believe I have told you about earthly things you don't believe so how can you believe things about heaven? No one has ascended into heaven except the one who has descended from heaven—the son of man  Just as man lifted up the snake in the wilderness. Jesus tells him I will be lifted up so that everyone who believes in me will have eternal life. God so loved the world  The most famous verse–for God so loved the world that he sent his one and only son  So that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life  Jesus was not sent to condemn but to save the world  The Trial of this life  Believers are not condemned  Unbelievers are already condemned because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God  This is the judgment  Light came into the world  People loved the darkness rather than the light they wanted to sin her their darkness  Because their deeds were evil  Those who do evil hate the light and avoid it  Coming into the light would expose the darkness  Those who live in the truth  Come to the light  So that his works may be accomplished by God and everyone see what God has done in their life.   John testifies about Jesus again  Jesus and disciples were baptizing in Judea  John was baptized as well  Dispute broke out because everyone was going to Jesus' baptisms  John responds No one can receive anything unless its from heaven  John reminds him my work was to prepare so that everyone would go to him  He said his joy was complete and that Jesus must become greater and he become less  He said Jesus was from above and is above all and he was from earthly and spoke on earthly terms  He told them just what Jesus told NIcodemus Jesus had testified to what he seen and heard and yet they still didnt accept his testimony  The one who accepts his testimony has affirmed that God is true  The one God sent speaks God's words  God gives him his  Spirit without measure  God loves Jesus and  has given him all things into his hand  The one who believes in Jesus has eternal life a The one who rejects Jesus will not see life(heaven) and the wrath(anger and punishment) of God remains on him.  What does it mean to reject Jesus? not to allow one's self to be persuaded to refuse or withhold belief to refuse belief and obedience not to comply with   So have you trusted in Jesus as your Lord and Surrender your life to Him? Are you like Nicodemus you know about his teaching and want to know more but afraid to do it in the day?  Jesus is available  day or night. Run to Him! The Chew  You must be born again  

Jesus came to fulfill not abolish the law...That would be through His perfect obedience    Christ wants us to be obedient to the law for sanctification, not salvation No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus How to walk  Destination: Point your life in the direction of God's will  Dependence: All your weight walking one foot in front of the other. Dependent on God's power Dedication-keep stepping, calling on God to help you. When starting to walk as a baby. You will waddle, fall, pull yourself up on something, and try it again. Until one day you are running.  Your faith walk is the same. You will be tempted to waddle and fall back into your old patterns of life. But you will reach out your hand for the Father and he will pull you up because one day at the end you will be running full speed into the arms of Jesus.   

Jesus has the authority to heal physically and spiritually     The faith of your friends matters..Some men brought to him Jesus saw their faith   Who are your faith friends?   There was a physical healing and a spiritual healing “Take heart, son; your sins are forgiven.” Before Jesus healed the man physically he healed him spiritually  Sometimes our spiritual states affects our physical/emotional state.    The teachers of the law said to themselves so they didn't say it out loud. And Jesus who knows our thoughts asked them  “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?    What does your thought life look like? Jesus has the authority to forgive sins  But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” Healing fills people with awe and praise  When the crowd saw this, they were filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man. Where do you need to seek healing emotionally, spiritually, and physically? Jesus has the authority to heal on the Sabbath  Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman on the Sabbath Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,  a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years.  She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.  When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”   Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Jesus saw her and called her. He knows the position we are standing in, bent over in, laid out no matter what. And he spoke healing over her with his word. YOU ARE SET FREE from your infirmity.  You can be free sis. What is it that you need to be FREE from? After he spoke the healing with His Word he touched. The Word of God is not bound once it was spoken she was healed.  Her response was to praise God  After 18 years of being bent out of shape with her head slumped over to the ground she could look up she could see. Her life was a ground level and now by the grace of the healing Father, she was God level. She could lift her eyes to her helper the maker of heaven and earth.  So the synagogue leaders were big mad because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath  Jesus called them hypocrites! And said your animals can get water. But this woman can't get freedom from what Satan has kept bound in for 18 years CSB-disabled by a spirit. The Word also said she was bound for 18 years. Satan had placed a demonic attack on her life.  Jesus called this woman, a daughter of Abraham. She was a member of the covenant and its promises  Hebrews 2:16b……Helps Abraham's offspring.  This was the mic drop moment because after that they were humiliated I like how the Word uses the opponents. They were against him.  But the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.  When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.   We see Jesus in both these people's lives…Change their position one was lying on a stretcher and the other one was bent over. We see both of these people had spiritual aliments -because there was sin that needed to be forgiven in the man first and a spirit to be delivered from in the woman  We we that the scribe and synagogue leaders could not see Jesus for who He really was. The Son of Man. The one with authority.  We see the response of the people. Awestruck and praising God and filled with delight     The Chew  Real friends carry you to Jesus. Whether it's a sin or sickness. A burden or a birth. Grief or great Joy. They are willing to lower you through the roof of your circumstances and into the presence of the true healer. Jehovah Rapha   

  The Light shines in the Darkness. And Darkness can't overcome it.    John 1:1-18   The Word In the beginning was the Word. Jesus was here in the beginning  He was with God  The Word was God. Jesus is God in the human flesh    The Creation  All things were created through him  Apart from him not one thing was created      The Life  Life is found in him Life was the light of men    The Light Shine in the darkness  Darkness can't overcome it True light gives light to everyone coming into the world  The world did not recognize him  Not received by his own people    The Man who testified    A man named John  Sent by God  Witness to testify about the light  So that ALL might believe through him. He wasn't the light but testified about the light We are to reflect his light   The Children of God Those who receive him  Right to be called of God  Those who believe in his name  Born again not of natural descent spiritual new birth    The World became flesh  Became flesh and dwelt among us  Observed his glory  The one and only son of God Full of grace and truth  John testified that Jesus ranked about him and existed before him,  We received grace upon grace from his fullness  Moses gave the law Jesus gave grace and truth  No one has seen God but Jesus was revealed    An unseen God became a seen God in Christ. An untouchable God became touchable in Christ.  Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.  Martin Luther King  

The King was born.      We see the fulfillment of the things we have been reading for the past two weeks. That the Messiah was coming. We have this access to Him that is eternal. But I want to look at the Shepherds They were watching. We need to watching the world around us. Being woke. Keeping our flock covered. Seeking God's Word for the good news Daily. Praise should be our weapon in these times.  The Shepherds heard the word and then they sought out to see truth for themselves.  We may receive the Word from many different sources with today's access but make sure that go to seek out the Truth for yourself (Acts 17:11) And then they spread the good news. We need to spread this good news. The next announcement of the angels will be with the coming of the king  When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Matthew 25:31-33   The Chew Christ was born. Christ was crucified. Christ has risen. Christ is coming.