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Bikers Church Cape Town

  FAITH #2 (Everyone needs a FAITH-Lift.)   We trust God that with His Sword He will cut and do surgery on us – to give us a faith-lift – to remove that which is old and not so pretty anymore. Our key scripture Hebrews 11:6 - “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”   Hebrews 11:3 (NIV) – By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what is visible. 1 Peter 1:3-8 -  3“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, Oswald Chambers wrote in “My utmost for His Highest”: Before I can say “I saw the Lord” there must be something in my character that conforms to the likeness of God.  What we need is God's surgical procedure – His use of external circumstance to bring about internal purification.   Our Faith can re-write our future (allow Him to give you a Faith-lift) Regret looks back – past possessed. Worry looks around – seed among the thorns, Chokes your Faith. FAITH looks UP. Here's the promise – plus side of: Hebrews 11:6a – with faith we can please God (WHY) Hebrews 11:6b – He is a rewarder of those who *earnestly and *diligently seek Him. * Earnestly = showing intense feeling *Diligently = hard-working, showing effort Prophetic word God is calling for “Order in my house Hebrews 6:11-12 (Amp). The Challenge “But we do [strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity [all the way through] in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of [your] hope until the end, 12 In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith ([b]by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. You must first be a believer if you want to be an achiever. Without a “Faith”- driven life you will become disinterested, and a spiritual *sluggard. *sluggard = lazy person “Faith” is action – never a “passive” [not active] attitude. “Faith” is not a pill you take, but a muscle you use. You see – faith is when your hands, your heart and feet keep on working, when your head and others say it can't be done, that the situation has become too BIG for me to handle. The ones who get anything significant of eternal value done for God are: Faith-filled, Faith-focused, Real faith will refuse to see anything that is contrary (opposite) to the Bible.  It doesn't look at circumstances or conditions, but it looks at the promises. We must be moved by the “Word of God” not our feelings. 2 Corinthians 5:7 – We walk by faith and NOT by feelings Smith Wigglesworth said: “I'm not moved by what I feel.  I'm not moved by what I see. I am only moved by what I believe.” You must remember, when Adam and Eve fell, their emotions fell too. Romans 14:23b – whatsoever is not of faith is sin. Ever since that day, man kinds' of emotions have been: Inconsistent, Misleading, and Often plain WRONG Do you know what I'm talking about? One minute you'll feel happy. The next minute sad. One minute calm. The next you're steaming angry. One minute radically saved – the next not sure if you are a Christian. Imagine a world in which all of our decisions were based on our feelings.  Life run on emotions would be chaos!!  That's why we don't feel the Holy Spirit – we sense Him.  The difference between a born-again child of God and an unsaved person is  - the One lives by faith, while the world runs on emotion.  That's what they should be seeing in US - active faith. The good news is the more we walk in faith, the more our feelings start lining up with faith. Ralph Wald Emerson said: “All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.” Here's a stern warning: Hebrews 3:9 – Where your fathers tried (My patience) and tested (My forbearance) (tolerance) and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for 40 years. Their faith-less life caused them to be “skape met bokneigings”. Sheep with Goat attitudes Many times, we know and believe God has come through for us and still we chose to be “faithless”, negative, ungodly and disobedient and long to go back to the Egypt ways. The real reason why Israel missed the promised land and God's best for them.  Only a faith-filled Joshua generation went in. Romans 11:19-21 - 19They were pruned (broken) off so that we might be grafted in. 20That is true.  But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through Faith (because you believe).  So do not become proud and conceited but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid. 21For if God did not spare the natural branches (because of unbelief), neither will He spare you (if you are guilty of the same offense). James 2:14 (Msg) -Dear friends, do you think you'll get anywhere in this if you learn all the right words but never do anything?  Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really, has it? (No!) In closing: How is your faith walk?  Is your “Faith” showing itself through your daily actions? - o O o -

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1690: Cultivation Story: Cultivating Diligently Is Not Difficult

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 29:47


A practitioner in Inner Mongolia shares her experiences with giving up the attachment to lust and cell phone addiction, and her struggles with clarifying the truth to people about Falun Dafa. When she improved her Fa study and focused on cultivating kindness, she found the compassion to help others came to her naturally. This and […]

Field Of Dreams Australia
Hearken diligently | Daryl Crawford-Marshall | PM Sunday 2 March 2025

Field Of Dreams Australia

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 39:54


Parenting with Ginger Hubbard
Ep. 215 | Teaching Them Diligently

Parenting with Ginger Hubbard

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 18:58


Do you find it challenging or awkward to talk about God with your children? Would you like to incorporate biblical teachings into your daily conversations in natural ways? Join Ginger Hubbard and Alex Cody as they talk about creative and practical ideas to help you discuss spiritual matters more confidently as you teach and train your children in the ways of the Lord. *** For show notes and episode downloads, go to https://www.gingerhubbard.com/blogs/podcast/episode-215-teaching-them-diligently *** Support this podcast:   https://www.gingerhubbard.com/support *** Sponsor for this episode:   CTC Math | ctcmath.com Voetberg Music Academy | voetbergmusicacademy.com, code GINGER20 The Pour Over Today | https://thepourover.org/

Brooklyn Tabernacle - Audio Sermons Feed
2025.02.18 | Daily Devotion | Watch Out! │ Mark 13:3–6 | Pastor Jim Cymbala

Brooklyn Tabernacle - Audio Sermons Feed

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025


Diligently search the Scriptures and compare everything you hear to the Word of God. Why? We need to watch out for false teachers! Everywhere, every day, there are people who claim to have a word from above, and we must stay clear of any false teachings. When we draw close to God daily, the Spirit will show us the truth. Let's stay on guard!

Mohan C Lazarus Audio Podcast
Those who seek me diligently will find me

Mohan C Lazarus Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 4:26


Those who seek me diligently will find me [NKJV]

First Presbyterian Church of Norway
Diligently Using The Ordinary Means of Grace

First Presbyterian Church of Norway

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 62:35


Pastor Matt continues our series on using Biblical wisdom for making plans God's way, looking at the ordinary means of grace.

Vast Voice produced by VastSolutionsGroup.com
Bookkeeping Mistakes Costing You Thousands!

Vast Voice produced by VastSolutionsGroup.com

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 17:32


R. Kenner French discusses the critical role of bookkeeping in enhancing the financial health of real estate professionals. He emphasizes the importance of maintaining accurate financial records, tracking expenses, and utilizing accounting software to improve profitability and tax efficiency.The conversation outlines five essential bookkeeping tips tailored for real estate agents and investors, highlighting the need for organized records and the potential benefits of hiring professional bookkeepers. He also shares personal anecdotes to illustrate the impact of effective bookkeeping on business success.Takeaways• Bookkeeping can significantly increase your wealth.• Accurate bookkeeping is essential for understanding profitability.• Separating business and personal finances is crucial.• Diligently tracking expenses leads to better financial management.• Utilizing accounting software can streamline bookkeeping processes.• Organized records facilitate easier tax preparation and financial analysis.• Hiring a professional bookkeeper can enhance compliance and reporting.• Regularly reviewing financials helps in making informed decisions.• Good bookkeeping practices can lower tax liabilities.• Effective bookkeeping contributes to overall business management.

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1668: Cultivation Story: Singapore Fahui | Progressing Diligently Through Solid Cultivation, Master Is Always by My Side

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 27:09


From the 2024 Germany Fa Conference. A practitioner moves to Berlin to assist in a practitioner run media and finds a rich cultivation environment to improve her character. Initially she enjoyed the group Fa study and exercise, she then began to uncover attachments that interfered with her work and progress, including jealousy, a show off […]

Tabernacle Baptist Church of Raleigh
"Plan Diligently: Go to the Ant" Proverbs 6:6-11

Tabernacle Baptist Church of Raleigh

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2025 36:14


Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1650: Cultivation Story: Philadelphia Fahui: Returning to Falun Dafa and Cultivating Diligently

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 23:48


From the Philadelphia Fa Conference; a young woman learned of Dafa ten years ago when her husband began practicing, she read Zhuan Falun at that time, and learned the exercises, but did not cultivate diligently. She has recently taken up the practice again with renewed vigor, and here she shares her current cultivation state, and […]

Joyce Meyer Enjoying Everyday Life® TV Audio Podcast
He Rewards the Diligent – Part 2

Joyce Meyer Enjoying Everyday Life® TV Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 28:33


God's Word is alive and well and His promises are true for everyone, including you. Diligently seek God today, and rest in His promise that your reward is coming!

Covenant Sermon Library
Psalm 119:1-8 "Diligently Keeping the Word of God"

Covenant Sermon Library

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025


Dr. David B. McWilliams - January 5, 2024

Covenant Presbyterian Church
Diligently Keeping the Word of God

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 32:50


Celebrate Jesus Ministry - Greg
#1642 Diligently Seeking Him 1/3/25

Celebrate Jesus Ministry - Greg

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 11:30


Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1625: Cultivation Story: Taiwan Fahui: Cultivate Diligently, Keep a Compassionate Heart

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2024 24:29


A Tai Chi instructor learned Falun Dafa two years ago and gave up his teaching practice to dedicate his time to cultivating in Dafa. Here he shares some of what he has learned; from enduring hardships to eliminate karma, and cultivating well in his work environment, and being able to treat a harrowing accident his […]

JOHN CHOQUE is Touching People For Heaven
TUESDAY TRUTH CLASS — "The disciple that reads diligently through all the kings of Israel may see the ups and downs." — December 17, 2024.

JOHN CHOQUE is Touching People For Heaven

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2024 63:32


Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast
Diligently Listen to the Voice of The LORD 11/22

Believer's Voice of Victory Audio Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 28:31


Believers Voice of Victory Audio Broadcast for 11/22/2024. Are you listening? Watch Believer's Voice of Victory as Kenneth Copeland discusses how to diligently listen to the voice of The LORD. Learn that when you choose to listen for God's voice, you will develop strong faith!

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Believer's Voice of Victory Video Podcast
Diligently Listen to the Voice of The LORD 11/22

Believer's Voice of Victory Video Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 28:31


Believers Voice of Victory Video Broadcast for 11/22/2024. Are you listening? Watch Believer's Voice of Victory as Kenneth Copeland discusses how to diligently listen to the voice of The LORD. Learn that when you choose to listen for God's voice, you will develop strong faith!

Yahweh's Restoration Ministry
Prize Fight - Contending for the Faith

Yahweh's Restoration Ministry

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2024 46:09


Diligently contending for the faith, as Jude encourages, involves actively seeking and practicing Yahweh's truth daily, just as Abraham did. This practice will lead to a life of righteousness and blessings.

Harvest Chapel International - Kumasi
MGD: Following Diligently

Harvest Chapel International - Kumasi

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 8:00


In this devotional message titled "Following Diligently", we are encouraged to be consistent in our walk with Jesus.This was aired on Radio HCI Today via the WeLove Radio App.

First Baptist Tulsa
Seek Unity and Work Diligently

First Baptist Tulsa

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 30:40


Seek Unity and Work Diligently Sermon from October 13, 2024– Stuart Tilley, Student Minister

The Profitable Photographer
278: Luci Dumas: Resistance, When Easy Things Feel Hard To Do

The Profitable Photographer

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 27:01


Hello new and loyal listeners. This episode is from the “Way Back” machine from 2019. I still have the resistance challenge, and I thought you would enjoy it again as well, or for the first time.Are you like me? Are there a million great ideas to help you grow your business, and simple tasks on your "To Do" list that you struggle with completing or even starting?This is called "Resistance", everyone experiences it and it can be conquered day by day.In this episode, Luci discusses:How personal resistance to daily tasks is the enemy of success.What resistance looks like in its many iterations.The value in working with a coach to move through fear and resistance.Key Takeaways:Personal resistance is a natural part of being a professional artist.Diligently working through a list of defined tasks can set you free.Delegate or hire out time-sucking tasks that don't generate the most money.“Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got.” Steven PressfieldReferences:The War of Art - Steven PressfieldTed Talk “How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over” - Mel RobbinsConnect with Photography Business Coach Luci Dumas: Website Email: luci@lucidumas.comInstagram FacebookYouTube

A Leadership Beyond
Leading Beyond the Ordinary - How Anatoliy Labinskiy Built a High-Performing Remote Team with Extreme Ownership

A Leadership Beyond

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2024 35:19


"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." – Winston Churchill The path to extraordinary leadership is rarely a straight line. It's a winding journey, paved with adversity, setbacks, and the courage to chart a course beyond the status quo. It takes a unique blend of determination, resilience, and humility to stay the course and bring others along to the land of A Leadership Beyond. In this episode, we sit down with Anatoliy Labinskiy, whose story embodies the spirit of leadership that goes beyond the confines of a traditional career. From humble beginnings as an immigrant in Dubai to building multiple seven-figure businesses, Anatoliy has navigated the ups and downs of entrepreneurship with a relentless drive to create a better future - for himself, his family, and the teams he's assembled along the Way. Anatoliy has a unique blend of grit, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to his team. In this insightful discussion, Anatoliy shares the key qualities that have propelled his success, the strategies he's employed to cultivate a high-performing, remote workforce, and his perspective on leveraging emerging technologies like AI to stay ahead of the curve. His experiences and lessons offer a roadmap for leaders who are ready to lead. Key highlights include: • The three critical qualities for entrepreneurial success:  All-in determination Willingness to take big risks  Defining a strong "why" beyond just money • Cultivating an "extreme ownership" mindset in his remote team, where each person is an entrepreneur of their own role. This drives accountability and Results. • Leveraging AI strategically to boost productivity and efficiency, without letting it dehumanize the workforce. Anatoliy emphasizes adapting skills to complement AI rather than being replaced by it. • Three leadership encouragements for the new world:  Never stop learning Genuinely care for your team Diligently track performance metrics to identify and address issues Anatoliy's journey is a powerful example of how grit, resilience, and a steadfast commitment to one's vision can pave the way to success, even when the odds may seem stacked against us. This is a valuable lesson for anyone looking to lead beyond the constraints of the ordinary and make a lasting impact. We welcome and encourage the continued participation of all our listeners, whether you're an established leader, an aspiring entrepreneur, or simply someone seeking to cultivate a mindset and approach that can create positive change. Your voices, your stories, and your unique insights are invaluable in shaping the ongoing dialogue around what it means to lead beyond the ordinary. A Leadership Beyond is led by Change Management Consultant Adrienne Guerrero and Leadership Communication Strategist Tom Rosenak, and exists to support the alignment between  business strategy and people strategy - to drive results with people not at the expense of people (Talent Optimization).  Subscribe to our podcast to join the Leadership Beyond Community of Conversation and hear insights from thought leaders and human development experts leading the way in the field of  Talent Optimization.  As always, we'd love to hear from you about your insights, challenges, and successes around leading (self and others) through transitions. To learn more visit https://aleadershipbeyond.com.

Get Fed Today
Joe Focht: Teach the Word Diligently

Get Fed Today

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024


Today's sermon is Teach the Word Diligently by Joe Focht Find more teaching from Pastor Joe at www.ccphilly.org

Law School
Moot Court and Mock Trials: How to Get the Most Out of These Opportunities

Law School

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 21:20


Maximizing the Moot Court and Mock Trial Experience Source: Excerpts from "Moot Court and Mock Trials: How to Get the Most Out of These Opportunities" Main Themes: Practical Legal Training: Moot court and mock trials bridge the gap between theoretical legal knowledge and practical application, offering hands-on experience in legal research, analysis, writing, and oral advocacy. Skill Development: These competitions cultivate essential legal skills, including legal research, persuasive writing, oral advocacy, teamwork, and strategic thinking. Professional Development: Participants develop confidence, professionalism, and courtroom etiquette, preparing them for the demands of legal practice. Networking and Career Advancement: Competitions provide valuable networking opportunities with legal professionals, enhancing career prospects and potentially leading to mentorships or job offers. Most Important Ideas/Facts: 1. Benefits of Participation: "The core objective of moot court and mock trials is to offer hands-on legal training." These simulations provide a deeper understanding of legal practice than traditional coursework. "Engaging in these competitions helps students develop key skills that are fundamental to legal practice", including legal research, oral and written advocacy, and teamwork. "Moot court and mock trials are not just learning opportunities; they also serve as valuable networking platforms." Interaction with legal professionals can lead to career opportunities. 2. Preparing for Success: "Master the Facts and the Law: Thoroughly understand the case details and relevant legal principles. "Craft a Compelling Narrative: Humanize the case and present a persuasive story that resonates with the judges. "Practice, Practice, Practice: Regular practice sessions build confidence and fluency in presenting arguments. "Master Objections and Trial Procedures (for Mock Trials): Familiarize yourself with evidentiary rules, objections, and examination techniques. 3. Effective Teamwork and Feedback: "Work as a Team and Divide Roles Effectively: Establishing clear roles, building team chemistry, and presenting a unified argument are crucial. "Incorporate Feedback and Learn from Each Round: Actively seek and analyze feedback to refine arguments and adapt to different judicial approaches. 4. Key Takeaways: These competitions offer invaluable experience in practical legal skills, courtroom etiquette, and professional networking. Diligently preparing arguments, mastering legal principles, and practicing advocacy skills are essential for success. Embrace the challenges, learn from each experience, and leverage these opportunities for professional growth and career advancement. Quotes: "A successful legal argument is as much about storytelling as it is about the law." This highlights the importance of engaging the judges with a compelling narrative. "Judges appreciate advocates who argue with conviction yet maintain professionalism and composure." Effective advocacy requires a balance of passion and decorum. "Every competition offers opportunities for improvement." A growth mindset is essential for maximizing learning and development. This document summarizes the key themes and insights from the provided excerpt, emphasizing the significant benefits and practical advice for maximizing the moot court and mock trial experience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1551: Cultivation Story: Cultivating Diligently While Saving People

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 25:00


From the 2024 Canada Fa Conference, a practitioner who has been living in Canada for 10 years shares the trials and tribulation of participating in a local truth clarification site at a shopping mall, and how all the practitioners at the site are “truly cultivating, looking inward, and cultivating their hearts.” This and other stories […]

Christian Podcast Community
Counseling Series: Marriage and Parenting

Christian Podcast Community

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 130:25


Apologetics Live episode 257 Four ACBC counselors will gather to discuss marriage and parenting. Resources mentioned (Affiliate links):MarriageSacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? - Gary ThomasHow to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by - Leslie VernickMarriage Matters: Extraordinary Change Through Ordinary Moments - Winston T. SmithWhen Sinners Say “I Do” - Dave HarveyMarry Wisely, Marry Well - Ernie BakerThe Exemplary Husband - Stuart ScottThe Biblical Marriage Relationship (free) Biblical Love (free) ParentingShepherding a Child's Heart - Ted Tripp Purposeful and Persistent Parenting: Blessing Others, Blue-Tape Boundaries, and Other Practical Perspectives on Raising Children by John Raquet and Cindy RaquetDon't Make me Count to Three by Ginger HubbardTeach them Diligently by Lou PrioloAge of Opportunity - Paul TrippThe Heart of Anger: Practical Help for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children - Lou PrioloYou Never Stop Being a Parent: Thriving in Relationship with Your Adult Children - Newheiser and FitzpatrickCome Back, Barbara (re: prodigal adult children) - C. John Miller & Barbara Miller JulianiMentioned in this episode:What do We Believe by Andrew Rappaport

Apologetics Live
Counseling Series: Marriage and Parenting

Apologetics Live

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 130:25


Apologetics Live episode 257 Four ACBC counselors will gather to discuss marriage and parenting. Resources mentioned (Affiliate links):MarriageSacred Marriage: What If God Designed Marriage to Make Us Holy More Than to Make Us Happy? - Gary ThomasHow to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong by - Leslie VernickMarriage Matters: Extraordinary Change Through Ordinary Moments - Winston T. SmithWhen Sinners Say “I Do” - Dave HarveyMarry Wisely, Marry Well - Ernie BakerThe Exemplary Husband - Stuart ScottThe Biblical Marriage Relationship (free) Biblical Love (free) ParentingShepherding a Child's Heart - Ted Tripp Purposeful and Persistent Parenting: Blessing Others, Blue-Tape Boundaries, and Other Practical Perspectives on Raising Children by John Raquet and Cindy RaquetDon't Make me Count to Three by Ginger HubbardTeach them Diligently by Lou PrioloAge of Opportunity - Paul TrippThe Heart of Anger: Practical Help for the Prevention and Cure of Anger in Children - Lou PrioloYou Never Stop Being a Parent: Thriving in Relationship with Your Adult Children - Newheiser and FitzpatrickCome Back, Barbara (re: prodigal adult children) - C. John Miller & Barbara Miller JulianiMentioned in this episode:What do We Believe by Andrew Rappaport

Audio Bible Old Testament Genesis to Job King James Version
Deuteronomy 28: And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the e

Audio Bible Old Testament Genesis to Job King James Version

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 5:00


église AB Lausanne ; KJV Deuteronomy 28 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. ...

The State of California
CA is working diligently to build wildlife crossings for animal commuters

The State of California

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 7:56


Today, we're learning about a new effort to build wildlife crossings across California. Working with Governor Newsom, a group of state agencies and nonprofits are developing a statewide plan for wildlife connectivity, allowing wildlife to pass major freeways and roads danger free. It's called "California Wildlife Reconnected." For more, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart were joined by Beth Pratt, California Regional Executive Director for the National Wildlife Federation and founder of the Wildlife Crossing Fund. This is The State of California.

Woodside Bible Church Detroit
Breaking Apathy

Woodside Bible Church Detroit

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 39:14


Does your life feel dry and disconnected from true friendships? Do you feel emotionless, and are unable to feel joy?  You may be expereinceing apathy.  Apathy can infiltrate every area of our lives if it goes unchecked, but God has a remedy for this inability to feel.  Pastor Fikre continues the series, Metamorphosis, with a message that looks at the thoughts and actions that will rouse believers to life again.  Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11Big Idea: Gospel urgency defeats apathy. Key Question: How do we live with gospel urgency? 1.       Devote yourself to love. (vv. 7-8)2.       Demonstrate hospitality. (v. 9)3.       Diligently serve. (vv.10-11)

Chinese Language Convo Club
The Joy Of Learning (Elementary)

Chinese Language Convo Club

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 29:08


Join us this week for a beginner Chinese lesson about The Joy of Learning, something as language learners, I believe we can all relate to. Thanks again to Maayot for being our sponsor for this episode as well as providing the article for today's lesson. For daily, bite-sized stories sent to your inbox, follow the link right here: www.maayot.com Vocabulary: 1. 学习 (xuéxí) To Study, To Learn 2.有趣 (yǒuqù) Interesting 3. 提到 (tí dào) To Mention 4.用心 (yòngxīn) Diligently 5.一件事情 (yī jiàn shìqíng) Something 6.学科 (xuékē) Subject 7. 遇到 (yù dào) Encounter, To Come Across 8.复习 (fùxí) Review, To Review 9.困难 (kùnnán) 10. 挑战 (tiǎozhàn) A Challenge 学习是一件很有趣的事。很多人一提到用心学习,就觉得这是没有可能的,因为他们认为学习是一件不是很有趣的事情。其实当你找到你喜欢的学科之后,你就会开始认为学习是有趣的了。 在学习上,遇到简单的问题会觉得是一种复习,遇到困难的问题时,会觉得是一种挑战。 Xuéxí shì yī jiàn hěn yǒuqù de shì. Hěnduō rén yī tí dào yòngxīn xuéxí, jiù juédé zhè shì méiyǒu kěnéng de, yīnwèi tāmen rènwéi xuéxí shì yī jiàn bùshì hěn yǒuqù de shìqíng. Qíshí dāng nǐ zhǎodào nǐ xǐhuān de xuékē zhīhòu, nǐ jiù huì kāishǐ rènwéi xuéxí shì yǒuqù dele. Zài xuéxí shàng, yù dào jiǎndān de wèntí huì juédé shì yī zhǒng fùxí, yù dào kùnnán de wèntí shí, huì juédé shì yī zhǒng tiǎozhàn。 Learning is a very interesting thing. Many people think that it is impossible to study hard because they think that learning is not very interesting. In fact, when you find a subject you like, you will start to think that learning is interesting. In learning, when you encounter simple problems, you will feel that it is a review, and when you encounter difficult problems, you will feel that it is a challenge.

Anthony Plog on Music
Claar ter Horst: The Expert on German Lieder - "Working diligently, refining like a diamond, achieving freedom like a bird, listening with all your senses, and, above all, being amazed like a child."

Anthony Plog on Music

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2024 54:40


Pianist Claar ter Horst is a renowned expert on German Lieder, with a special focus on the music of Robert Schumann and Hugo Wolf. Her impressive career includes collaborations with legendary German singers like Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Who better to delve into the rich tradition of German Lieder than Claar ter Horst?In Part 1, we explore what sets the German singing tradition apart from those of other countries, using France as a point of comparison. Claar shares her experiences working with Fischer-Dieskau and Schwarzkopf, discussing their unique perspectives on music, singing, and their work ethic. She highlights both the similarities and differences between these iconic artists, offering insights into what it was like to collaborate with them. We also dive into Claar's deep passion for the songs of Robert Schumann, a composer whose work she holds dear. Finally, we unpack a profound quote from Claar's website: “In my view, the creative process is essential: working diligently, refining like a diamond, achieving freedom like a bird, listening with all your senses, and, above all, being amazed like a child.”[For Subscribers] Part 2 opens with a fascinating family anecdote: Claar's grandfather attended the premiere of Mahler's 5th Symphony, where conductor Willem Mengelberg asked him to delay the train to allow the Concertgebouw Orchestra to play an encore. What a remarkable family legacy! We then continue our discussion on teaching and learning, with Claar emphasizing her belief that dedication and hard work can help students overcome any lack of innate talent or instinct for phrasing.Would you like more inspirational stories, suggestions, insights, and a place to continue the conversations with other listeners? Visit anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com to learn more! As a Contributing Listener of "Anthony Plog on Music," you'll have access to extra premium content and benefits including: Extra Audio Content: Only available to Contributing Listeners. Podcast Reflections: Tony's written recaps and thoughts on past interviews, including valuable tips and suggestions for students. Ask Me Anything: Both as written messages and occasional member-only Zoom sessions. The Show's Discord Server: Where conversations about interviews, show suggestions, and questions happen. It's a great place to meet other listeners and chat about all things music! Can I just donate instead of subscribing? Absolutely! Cancel at anytime and easily resubscribe when you want all that extra content again. Learn more about becoming a Contributing Listener @ anthonyplog-on-music.supercast.com!

UBM Unleavened Bread Ministries
Endure to Manifest Salvation (8) - David Eells - 7.28.2024

UBM Unleavened Bread Ministries

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 115:49


Endure to Manifest Salvation (8) (audio)   David Eells (7/28/24) I'm going to continue with how we endure in our faith to manifest salvation.  The Bible says you can write the Word on your own heart with your tongue. We can speak these things down into our hearts so that they come out of us naturally. Let's look at this in (Psa.45:1) My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. “My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.” And, just think about this, if you bridle the tongue, you turn the whole body as it says in (Jas.3:3) Now if we put the horses' bridles into their mouths that they may obey us, we turn about their whole body also. (4) Behold, the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, are yet turned about by a very small rudder, whither the impulse of the steersman willeth. (5) So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!   (6) And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell. Have you ever seen a bridle? It goes through the horse's mouth and it has what's called a “bit” on it. The bit presses on the tongue and applies pressure to a horse's sensitive mouth. That allows the rider to control the horse by means of the reins, which are attached to the bridle. A tongue is so tiny compared to the body, but if you bridle the tongue, it allows you to control the whole body, just like the small rudder of a ship turns the whole ship around. It all starts with the tongue! (Rom.10:10) For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.   I tell you, if you confess with your mouth, you will start believing in your heart because you'll be writing something upon your own heart with your own words. According to many studies over the years, if you really want to remember something, speak it as you read it and you'll get a much higher percentage of recall because you're forming auditory links in the memory pathways. Well, it's a spiritual principle! Back in Louisiana, there was a local brother who couldn't read, so we gave him an audio Bible. He would follow along in his Bible while he listened to the audio and I was amazed at how quickly he learned to read. He was so happy because the thing he wanted the most was to be able to read the Bible and God really honored that!     We should always speak in agreement with the Scriptures because “sweet” and “bitter waters” shouldn't come out of the same fountain. Going back to (Jas.3:8) But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] a restless evil, [it is] full of deadly poison. (9) Therewith bless we the Lord and Father; and therewith curse we men, who are made after the likeness of God: (10) out of the same mouth cometh forth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. (11) Doth the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet [water] and bitter? (12) Can a fig tree, my brethren, yield olives, or a vine figs? Neither [can] salt water yield sweet.  (So your own mouth can curse you and others. Speaking scripture or even agreeing with scripture blesses your soul.)   Do you remember what happened when the Israelites camped beside the bitter waters? It says in (Exo.15:23) And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. (24) And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? (25) And he cried unto the Lord; And the Lord showed him a tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. I believe the “tree” is the cross and that we are able to speak the “sweet waters” because of what Jesus did. The “waters” were bitter but God made them sweet. Thank You, Lord!   We're taught to think of leaven only in a negative way. And from the time we come out of “Egypt,” until the end of seven days when we come to the “rest,” we're to partake of only the unleavened bread (Exodus 12:15-20). Let's read what the Lord said in (Mat.16:6) And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. (11) How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. (12) Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. That means we are not to take any teaching into our lives, other than this teaching. As we can see here this teaching is the Unleavened Bread.     But there is a teaching that is supposed to leaven us: (Mat.13:33) Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. The teaching that is supposed to “leaven” us is God's Word because those three measures of meal in this parable represent the spirit, the soul and the body. God's purpose is to completely regenerate our whole being, spirit, soul and body, through His Word. (1Th.5:23) And the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved entire, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. There are some groups that teach these promises are just spiritual and not physical, but they're both as it says in (Psa.107:20) He sendeth his word, and healeth them, And delivereth them from their destructions. Obviously, healing can be both spiritual and physical, and our healing has been given to us from God, according to His Word. Only His Word is able to completely sanctify us in spirit, soul and body. Praise the Lord!   You know, the first sign that Jesus did was turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee. This is in (Joh.2:1) And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: (2) and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage. (3) And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. (4) And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. (5) His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. (6) Now there were six waterpots of stone (Six is the number of man and the stone is hardened clay, which is what man is made out of.) set there after the Jews manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.    (Joh.2:7) Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. (The water is the Word of God.) And they filled them up to the brim. (8) And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it. (9) And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom, (10) and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now. (11) This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.   What was the wine? It's says in (Mat.26:27) And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; (28) for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins. The wine was His blood and it says in (Lev.17:11) For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life. “The life of the flesh is in the blood.” This is showing us that if we fill our vessels with the Word of God, then God will turn that “water” into “wine,” or the “blood,” which is the nature of Jesus Christ! God is saying, “You fill your vessel with the Word and I'll turn it into the nature of Jesus Christ” because a little leaven leavens the whole lump. Praise be to God!    If you keep being faithful to put the Word in your heart, the Word will be faithful to bring forth the fruit. The Word is the “seed” of the sower, as Jesus taught. (Mat.13:3) And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; (4) and as he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them: (5) and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not much earth: and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth: (6) and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (7) And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them: (8) and others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.   Many people don't know why they're just stagnating and not growing in the Lord, but this is the reason. It's because they're not being diligent to keep putting the Word in their heart. Did you know that as wheat goes through the process of bearing seed, which is its fruit, the plant progressively dies to itself and the same thing is true for us? Jesus said, (Mat.16:25) For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it. So you have to lose your life, but that's not something you can do; it's something that the Lord has already accomplished! Through faith, we accept the death of the old man as a gift.    And we need to know that, (2Co.4:11) ... we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. The life of Christ will be manifested in our mortal flesh. Well, what about those people who say, “The life of Christ comes after you die and go to Heaven.” That's not what the Scripture says! It's in our mortal flesh! We are always going to be delivered over to death, so that this can come to pass.   You go through trials, troubles and tribulations, as Paul said: (2Co.4:8) We are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; (9) pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed; (10) always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. But you can go through trials and go through trials and you will go through them for nothing, if you don't exercise faith in the midst of the trial. Every trial, every trouble that you go through, is an opportunity to bring forth spiritual seed as you manifest more of Christ. And Paul tells us we have to, (1Ti.6:12) Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses. Fight the good fight of the faith! Continue to agree with what the Word says and not with what your carnal senses are telling you.   If you don't fight, you lose! Automatically. If you do not fight, you will lose, but the fight is the “good fight of the faith.” In the midst of your trial, you take out the Word of God, which is the “sword of the Spirit.” We are commanded in (Eph.6:10) Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might. (11) Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. (12) For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. (It's too easy in the trial to forget to fight with the demons behind it and not with the people they are using.) (13) Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand. (14) Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,     (15) and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; (16) withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil [one]. (17) And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Some people's spirits are totally defenseless because they don't ever study the Word. We need to give a sword to our spirit! If you know what you can believe in the midst of a trial, then you can use that like a sword and you'll win! You'll win because nothing can stand up against God's Word -- not the devil, not the world, not the flesh, nothing! And let this encourage you to know, (2Co.4:16) Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. (17) For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory. God is going to use all these things that we go through so the Glory of God will be manifested in us. Praise be to God!   How is the glory of God manifested in us? It's manifested as we behold the Lord in the mirror, as we've said. You continue to behold the Lord in the mirror! As you do that, you are going to be transformed into His image, from glory to glory, but this process he's talking about in verses 16 and 17 won't come to pass, unless you pay close attention to verse 18. (2Co.4:18) While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. In other words, you must not pay attention to the things that you see with your natural eyes, if you want to bear fruit, because with your natural eyes you can look only upon yourself. Your natural eyes see where you are, but God wants you to look at the face of Christ in the mirror and see where you are by faith!    That's what He wants you to see and He wants you to accept that as a gift!  At the end, everybody is going to throw their crowns at the Lord's feet as it says in (Rev.4:10) The four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying, (11) Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will they were, and were created. Everybody is going to know that it wasn't ever through our works and it wasn't through our efforts; it was totally by His grace! (Eph.2:8) For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; (9) not of works, that no man should glory. (10) For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God afore prepared that we should walk in them.   And by grace are you still saved through faith and that's not of yourself; it's a gift of God! It's not of your works, lest any man should boast, for in Christ Jesus were we created for good works. It's all faith! While you're not exercising faith, this process is not going on! But while we look at the things which are not seen with the natural eye, while we look at the things that are our gift, which are the promises of the Word, this process will be going on. The putting to death of the old man, in order to bring to life the new man, will be happening automatically, like a seed growing up out of the earth. Study the promises of God. They are the power of God! (Rom.1:16) For I am not ashamed of the gospel: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth....   And we read in (Col.3:3) For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, [who is] our life.... When you manifest sonship, what have you manifested? You've manifested (Col.1:27) ... Christ in you, the hope of glory. When you go astray from the Word, as the Galatians did, do you know what you're going astray from? You are going astray from the manifestation of Christ! Paul told the Galatians, (Gal.4:19) My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ be formed in you. In other words, they weren't sons; they were children. They had gone astray from faith. They had withdrawn from grace and they were getting back into legalism. In this place, there was no hope of them ever manifesting Christ. We just received this dream of a person who fell away because of faction but it fits all falling away.   Marie Kelton -7/26/24 During the meeting, I had asked the father where a certain fallen person was with him. And then had an open vision, of a beautiful tree with leaves on it on a hill. I then saw a hand come from heaven, and shake the tree until there were no leaves on it. (It no longer could take in the light.) And then snap the tree from the trunk. And pull it up. The roots were still in the ground though.  Luke 13:6-9 And he spake this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none. And he said unto the vinedresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why doth it also cumber the ground? And he answering saith unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit thenceforth, well; but if not, thou shalt cut it down. I wasn't sure if I was seeing clearly so the lord gave me another vision of the same tree with a rope being tied around it, being pulled up with the roots this time. I still wanted to be sure so the lord gave me a vision of him standing next to me with a little potted plant in his hand and he pulled the plant up from the pot showing the roots. And yet still I wasn't sure if I was seeing clearly. So the Lord gave me another vision of me sitting in my house sitting on my couch, having an open vision of the tree with the rope around the trunk being pulled from the ground with the roots showing.  Jude 1:12 These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds (Not numeric) that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn leaves without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots. The Lord then gave me another open vision during the meeting of 3 pieces of silver hitting the floor. I immediately, thought of the 30 pieces of silver that Judas betrayed Jesus for. (Those who betray the body of Christ to follow their lusts will be condemned) Matthew 27:3-5 Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is that to us? see thou to it. And he cast down the pieces of silver into the sanctuary, and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. Concerning those who cannot manifest Christ through law, he gave them the parable about the handmaid and the free woman: (Gal.4:21) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? (22) For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the handmaid, and one by the freewoman. (23) Howbeit the [son] by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the [son] by the freewoman [is born] through promise. (24) Which things contain an allegory: for these [women] are two covenants; one from mount Sinai, bearing children unto bondage (through the law), which is Hagar. (25) Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children. (26) But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother. (So, in other words, he told them, “If you're going to be children of the free woman, it's going to be by faith; it's going to be by grace. It won't be through your own works and it won't be through your own efforts because it can't be by the Law.”)  We are commanded in (Col.3:5) Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry; (6) for which things' sake cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience: (7) wherein ye also once walked, when ye lived in these things; (8) but now do ye also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, railing, shameful speaking out of your mouth: (9) lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings (You're not going to be able to obey verses 5 through 8, unless you can see that you have put off the old man with his doings in verse 9.), (Col.3:10) and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him. Can you see that you've put on the new man? Can you see that all of your sin and your sinful nature has been put off and that it's all dead?     Can you see by faith that you have put off the old man and you have put on the new man, Who is Jesus. (Gal.2:20) I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me. “It's no longer I that live, it's Christ Who lives in me.” Paul made a bold confession of faith and we need to be able to do the same thing. In order to become sons, we need to be able to see as he saw. God's purpose in Christ was to make Him a seed Who would bring forth many, many sons through belief in that seed. That was His purpose! In the Parable of the Sower (Matthew 13:1-13; Mark 4:1-30; Luke 8:4-15), the word there for “seed” is actually the Greek word sperma. He sowed that seed in this old, dirty earth, and the fruit it's bringing forth is Christ.   Now, religion can really puff you up, can't it? It can make you so proud that you won't be able to receive the things of God, for He resists the proud (James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5). Let's go to (Col.2:16) Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or a new moon or a sabbath day: (17) which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ's. (18) Let no man rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he hath seen (This speaks of seeing with your natural eyes and not in the spirit.), vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind. When your only understanding is letter and not spirit, all it does is puff up your natural, fleshly mind. It doesn't give you the mind of Christ. The mind of Christ does not come from seeing only the letter because the letter kills the meaning of the Spirit that edifies your soul.     If we understand this, we won't be puffed up by our natural man. We won't be proud or self-righteous because of things we have seen or done in the flesh. Otherwise, our natural mind is going to take over and look at what God says is the penalty for doing this: (Col.2:19) and not holding fast the Head.... See, if you walk after natural sight, puffed up in your fleshly mind, you can't “hold fast” the head. This can only be done through faith and not through our works, for God empowers faith. There is no fruit in not agreeing with God as it says in (Amo.3:3) Shall two walk together, except they have agreed? We can't walk hand-in-hand with Christ, unless we agree with the Spirit of His Word. If you only see with natural eyes, you will not agree with Christ; you will not walk with Him. You cannot walk in the Spirit and you cannot be a son of God. (Rom.8:14) For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.    What you see with your natural eyes will lead you away from Christ so quickly. It will cause you to be anxious and worried, it will cause you to be fearful and it will keep you from walking by faith. The most important thing to us in all the world should not be “going to church”. The most important thing to us in all the world is getting the Word into our heart because the Word is the seed of God with which God creates Jesus Christ in us. The Word is what brings forth the fruit of Christ in us. Put the Word in your heart! Study the Word! You might say, “Well, David, I tried, but I got distracted”. Folks, this is not salvation by works! You can't struggle to make yourself study the Word the way you are supposed to do it. You have to ask God for that gift. “For by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God”.     From the very foundation of faith, it starts with God; it doesn't start with you. Notice what it says in (Joh.15:16) Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should abide: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. “Ye did not choose me, but I chose you”. God chose us! We didn't come to Christ because we chose Him. We came to Christ because He drew us and then we chose Him! You don't come to Christ unless He draws you as Jesus says in (Joh.6:44) No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him.... We need to pray that God will put in us the desire, a hunger and thirst, for the truth of the Word of God. Everybody who hungers and thirsts after the truth will not have to worry about being deceived. That's not possible, if you truly hunger and thirst after the truth!    Without motivation to seek the truth, you have no hope because we are just what we are and that's what we will always be, without the influence of God. God showed me the example of a dog. You can try to teach a dog how to do human things, but he has no hope of being anything but what he is. He can only do what he is. God would have to put another heart in that dog for him to be anything other than what he is. And that's why there's no use in condemning lost people because they can only be what they are and they will never be anything but what they are, unless something from the outside comes in and changes them. The faith that brings this to pass comes from God, so go to God.   Take time to pray, “Lord, help me! I am not digging into Your Word the way I see I should. I ask You to put it in my heart to do this and I thank You for it.” (Php.4:6) In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. When you pray with thanksgiving, that's faith because you are thanking God for something you haven't seen yet. Don't be anxious; don't worry about a thing! (Php.4:7) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.   We progressively grow as it says in (Eph.4:13) Till we all attain unto the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a fullgrown man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: (14) that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error; (15) but speaking truth in love, we may grow up in all things into him, who is the head, even Christ. Paul is talking about how we are learning to follow the Head! We are not our own head; Christ is our Head and we're the Bride if we submit to Him. Christ is the Head of the Church! He's our Head and we have no right anymore to go our own way, do our own thing, think our own thoughts, or see what we want to see because Christ is the Head!   And did you know that the Lord is searching throughout the earth for a place where He can set His Head? It says in (Luk.9:57) And as they went on the way, a certain man said unto him, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. Just like Peter, he was speaking out of self-confidence, and we've all thought that way, too, haven't we? (Luk.9:58) And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven [have] nests (The Greek word here is actually “abodes” or “abiding places.”); but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. What does He mean? Well, you're probably thinking, “He's looking for a house to lay His head down in.” No, the Bible teaches that He's looking for a place, a “house,” to lay His Head on. He is not your Head, unless you follow Him. (Luk.9:59) And he said unto another, Follow me....    Notice that Jesus said, “If you do this, you are My disciple; if you don't do this, you cannot be My disciple.” He always related in terms of discipleship (See, Matthew 10:37- 38,42; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23, 14:26-27, 33; John 1:43, 12:26; etc.). Today, we relate in terms of who is and who is not a “Christian,” but we really ought to go back to calling people “believers.” Remember, it was the pagans who first called the Christians, “Christians,” because they walked and talked like Christ, which is no longer true. Now it's become just a pagan term because it's so loosely applied that nobody knows what a true “Christian” is! “Believers” is a little different because “believers” says that you believe what the Word says. The Greek word for “disciple” is mathetes and it means “learner and follower.” So if you are a “learner and a follower” of Christ, then Christ is your Head.     If you're going your own way, He's not your Head! Jesus is looking for an abode, an “abiding place,” for His Head. Let me show you another place where “abode” is used. It says in (Joh.14:23) Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. (This is the same word that is translated “nests” in Luke 9:58: “the birds of the heavens have nests.”) See, the Lord isn't looking for a physical house to be His abode, but He is looking for a “house” on which to put His Head!     By the way, God is making His “abode” with you. Did you know that? (Joh.14:2) In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. The word there for “mansions” is just a different Greek word for “abodes.” You see, in the Father's House there are many nice “abodes”; there are many “abiding places” for the Father, not for you. It's the Father's House, not your house. God's House is made up of many buildings and they are all put together into a Holy Temple in the Lord as it says in (Eph.2:21) In whom each several building, fitly framed together, groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; (22) in whom ye also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. We are those nice buildings that He dwells in!  And we will have a nice abode to dwell in. Some will be closer to the throne than others. And we read in (Rev.21:9) And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb. (10) And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, (11) having the glory of God: her light was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone, clear as crystal: (12) having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: (13) on the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. (14) And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. That New Jerusalem building and all the symbolism in it reflects the Bride.     Let me show you this again in (1Pe.2:4) Unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious, (5) ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (6) Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame. The only type of building that has a “chief corner stone” is a pyramid. The head stone is the very top stone, but it's also the chief corner stone because it's where all four corners of the pyramid meet. (1Pe.2:7) For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected....   Did you know that the Great Pyramid was built by Enoch and his sons as a prophecy from God? Inside it, there is a timetable of history and for coming events. It also has many measurements encoded, such as the earth's circumference and the distances between the earth and the moon. But the chief cornerstone was never laid! It was rejected by the builders. It was a prophecy of our Chief Corner Stone, Jesus! The Great Pyramid: Prophecy In Stone, by Noah W. Hutchings, is a book about the prophecies of the Great Pyramid. You see, the Great Pyramid wasn't built when the other pyramids were built; it was built before the Flood. The other pyramids were built later by the Egyptians because they saw the properties that were in the Great Pyramid and they copied it. The Bible talks about the Great Pyramid in several places because it's a prophecy about the Church and the “Chief Corner Stone.” According to archeologists, the Great Pyramid went through the flood and didn't settle one 1/100th of an inch anywhere. It's built on and socketed down into a solid rock. It's amazing! Engineers are doubtful it could be built today, even with all our modern machinery.     Going on in (1Pe.2:7) For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner; (Notice: He is both head and corner.) (8) and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient.... By the way, this word “disobedient” is the word apeitheia and it means both “unbelieving” and “disobedient.” The Greeks had the same word for “unbelieving” and “disobedient” because, if you are unbelieving, you will be disobedient and, if you're disobedient, it's because you are unbelieving. (1Pe.2:8) And, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. (9) But ye are an elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.   Jesus can only put His Head on a “house” that makes Him Head. Paul says in (Eph.5:23) For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the church, [being] himself the Saviour of the body. When you submit to the Word, then He becomes your Head, like a wife is to make her husband the head in everything. (Eph.2:18) For through him we both have our access in one Spirit unto the Father. (19) So then ye are no more strangers and sojourners, but ye are fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God (Keep in mind it's God's House.), (20) being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone.... Jesus is the Chief Corner Stone of the Household of God and, if you won't submit to Him, you can't be in the House of God!    Submitting to Him is seeing the way He's commanded you to see and hearing the way He's commanded you to hear. (Eph.2:20) Being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the chief corner stone; (21) in whom each several building.... The Greek says, “every building.” In other words, (21) in whom every building fitly framed together (So we see that the Household of God is made up of many buildings; or, “In my Father's House, there are many mansions.”), groweth into a holy temple in the Lord; (22) in whom you also are builded together for a habitation of God in the Spirit. Who is the building? It's you! The Household of God is you! These mansions He's putting into His House symbolize all those who will submit to the Head. Remember, Jesus said, “Follow Me.” If you follow Him, He has a place to put His Head.     Somebody who's “not holding fast the head” is somebody who's puffed up by their natural mind and the things they see with their natural eyes. You won't have the Head of Christ, if you walk after your natural eyes and, if you don't have the Head of Christ, you're not one of the “buildings” being fitted into the building beneath Him. Now let's read in (Luk.9:59) And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Here's someone who says, “Me first,” so the Lord is not finding a “house” here upon which to put His Head. (60) But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God. (61) And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first (“But first! But first!” Nothing else can be first!) suffer me to bid farewell to them that are at my house. (62) But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.    When you say, “Me first,” you're looking back from the plow and when you look back at where you were, instead of where you're going, you will walk a crooked walk. If you are starting to plow or disc a field you set your eyes straight ahead at a target on the other side.  If you look back you will swerve off the path. Reckon yourself to be dead! Dead men don't say, “Me first!” Dead men don't talk back! If you're dead, the only right you have is to obey your Master, the Lord. You don't have any personal rights anymore. Anyone who wants personal rights doesn't want Jesus as their Head. It says in (Php.2:13) For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure. We need to pray and ask the Lord to put this desire in us: “Lord, let me serve You,” because if we allow anything of the world to take priority over that, Jesus will not be our Head! It's the same as when a woman doesn't submit to her husband; she doesn't have a head as it says in (1Co.11:3) But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. If we want to have our Head, then we have to submit to the chain of command, according to God's order of government.   Now, as we've talked about earlier, we each have a “Promised Land” to conquer and, if we come into agreement with what God says, as Joshua and Caleb did, we will conquer our promised land. God has shown me several parallels about the Promised Land. For one, He's shown me that the Promised Land is the natural life of the born again man. Let's go to (Heb.6:4) For as touching those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit, (5) and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come, (6) and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. (7) For the land which hath drunk the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receiveth blessing from God: (8) but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.     The Israelite is to rule in this land that's been promised to him and the Canaanite is the old man, the man who must die. And in another way, God has shown me that the Promised Land is also all the promises of the Word. God told Joshua, (Jos.1:3) Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. Every place where you stand on this Word, God will give it to you. (Jos.1:5) There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.  Nobody will be able to stand before you! If you stand on this Word, the old man, that carnal man, the Canaanite, will not be able to stand before you! He will not be able to resist you! Joshua and Caleb stood on the Word when they spoke in agreement with God. They didn't say what they saw, what they felt and what they heard with their natural senses. They each conquered their Promised Land.   Those other spies brought the bad report when they said what they saw, what they felt and what they heard. They did not agree with God when they did that (Numbers 13 and 14). The only way you can take the Promised Land is to see what God says to see, hear what God says to hear and feel what God says to feel. This is walking by the Spirit. That's why we have to renew our minds with the Word.   It's quite natural to have the old mind and you are going against the ways of the whole world when you change your mind and repent, and say what the Bible says to say. But it says in (Isa.8:20) To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. There will be no new light, no new day for anybody who doesn't speak according to this Word. And (2Co.4:4) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them]. Our only hope is to agree with God!   You cannot come out from under the curse, if you don't agree with God. (Rev.22:18) I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book: (19) and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book. In circumstances and situations, we're always tempted to add to and take away from the Word. But when you disagree with the Word and you say what comes through your natural senses, you stay underneath the curse. But remember, Jesus gave us authority! (Mat.18:18) Verily I say unto you, what things soever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and what things soever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.    When we agree with the Word, we're going to bind the carnal man, the flesh! When we disagree with the Word, we loose him and we don't carry on the process of death to the old man. So, look again here in (2Co.4:16) Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. (17) For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; (18) while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. The process is only carried on by seeing that we've been delivered, we've been set free! The old man's dead!  Let's go to (Num.21:4) And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. Do you know how to become discouraged, anxious or troubled? You pay attention to the things that are and you don't pay attention to what God has given you, which are the many promises in the Word. And it doesn't ever stop with just discouragement, but next you begin to speak against the Lord. (Num.21:5) And the people spake against God.... And when you speak against God, the next step is God's judgment. We sometimes live continually under the judgment and the chastenings of the Lord because we speak against God. We add to or take away from the Word and, in so doing, we don't come out from under the curse.   Now, not everybody believes this but the Bible says that God sent the curse. We've been told the devil is behind it all, but if you read Deuteronomy 28, God says over and over, “Cursed shalt thou be....” (Deu.28:15) But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. And then He details the curse from verse 16 all the way down through verse 68. But even though God sent the curse, He also sent Jesus to deliver us from the curse. So, here we are under the curse because of our sins and our rebellion against God, but Jesus came to deliver us from the curse through our faith in Him and subsequent submission to Him.   We came under the curse because we submitted to self and the devil, and God sent the curse to motivate us to repent. Jesus offers us the ability to turn around and go the other way because Jesus has already delivered us from the curse and His salvation is total. (Num.21:5) And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. (The manna from heaven; the Word.) (6) And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. (7) And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against the Lord.... Well, they were walking only by the sight of their natural eyes and that caused them to speak against the Lord.    Why didn't they see and hear the Word? God told them He was their “Jehovah-Jireh.” (Gen.22:14) And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh. As it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be provided. If that would have been foremost in their mind, they never would have become discouraged. And the quicker you see and hear that, the quicker the end result comes, which is God's provision. God told Joshua, (Jos.1:8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. He would have “good success” in doing what? Joshua would have good success in conquering the Promised Land. We'll have good success conquering this Promised Land, if we don't let anything but the Word of God come out of our mouth.  The sooner we submit the sooner the answer comes. Psa 81:13-14 Oh that my people would hearken unto me, That Israel would walk in my ways!  14  I would soon subdue their enemies, And turn my hand against their adversaries.   The serpent bite just symbolizes any manifestation of the curse, such as a sickness, or oppressing spirits, or lack of any kind. The curse of sin and of death has bitten all of those who have disagreed with God. And, to the extent that we are disagreeing with God now, we live under the curse of sin and of death. Our hope of coming out from under the curse of sin and of death is to get our eyes on the promises we have in the Word and agree with God. And, of course, that's exactly what God did here. What was His cure? What's an antidote for a snakebite? The antidote is to have a little bit of the poison in you, until your system builds up an immunity to it. You know, we didn't choose to be sinners, did we? (Rom. 8:20) For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason of him who subjected it, in hope (21) that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. The Lord subjected this creation to vanity. We all have a little bit of snakebite.    Nobody can get further away from sin than somebody who's been in it. The elect angels desire to look into God's grace and salvation. They're curious about it because, since they've never been sinners, they've never needed it. We need it! We will be the creation that God wants after being delivered from sin. If God only wanted angels, He would have made us all angels! God didn't want only angels; He wanted people who were sinners and who were redeemed by His grace through faith. He wants sons who are saved through faith because then they appreciate God and they understand grace! Jesus taught this in (Luk.7:40) And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Teacher, say on. (41) A certain lender had two debtors: the one owed five hundred shillings, and the other fifty. (42) When they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore will love him most?     (43) Simon answered and said, He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. (44) And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath wetted my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair. (45) Thou gavest me no kiss: but she, since the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. (46) My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but she hath anointed my feet with ointment. (47) Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. (48) And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. (49) And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that even forgiveth sins? (50) And he said unto the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.   You know, we can love God more than the angels can because we've been forgiven of much. We understand grace. God sent Jesus to give us this grace and all we have to do is get our eyes on what Jesus accomplished for us at the cross. (Num.21:8) And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. (9) And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived. We have to get our eyes on the serpent on the pole. Don't be tempted to look at the world! Don't be tempted to look at the “snakebite”! Don't be tempted to look at the sin or the sickness or whatever the trial is that you're going through.   It's not introspection that's going to save you. Popular psychology teaches “inner healing,” but it's all straight from the devil because it's introspection. God doesn't tell you to inspect your sin! He doesn't tell you to inspect your sickness! He doesn't tell you to inspect the “snakebite”! He tells you to get your eyes on what He's done for you; everything else causes unbelief. (2Co.5:21) Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our be half; that we might become the righteousness of God in him. Jesus became sin for us. Everything that we were that was degenerate was put upon Him. The exchange has been made. Can you see your sin, your corruption, your sickness all put upon Him? This is what you are supposed to see and spiritual senses are the only way we can see according to the Word.   Praise be to God! Keep your eyes on Jesus, saints! Keep praising and thanking God for all that He's accomplished for us! Hallelujah!     I Want To Capture You  Debbie Fenske 7/12/24  This worship night was a very special time of worship. Michael encouraged us to just give Jesus our all, to just give everything up. Nothing, and no one is more important than our closeness with Jesus, and our complete giving up of ourselves in love unto Him in worship, feeling His presence and His love holding us.  So, as I was worshiping Jesus with one of the worship songs, there was such a strong sense of His Spirit there, right up there in the midst of me and Sue, where Chuc and Matthew were. I could see Jesus looking out over all of us, so touched by our hearts in worship of Him, and so full of love for us.  Then Jesus said, “Will you let Me capture you? I want to capture you this night.”  After we finished the last song, Chuc kept strumming beautiful music on his guitar, and letting us know that he was receiving from the Lord that someone had a prophetic song to give. He spoke that out a few times. I finally felt that I should just begin singing out what I knew the Lord was wanting to say, with the worshipful tune Chuc was playing on His guitar. But only part of the word was sung.    “I want to capture you. Will you let Me capture you this night? You are mine and I want all of you. Let Me capture you. Let everything go and let Me capture you. This is My heart tonight.    Look only at Me. You must not let your weaknesses, and the thought that you are not yet good enough, hold you back any longer. For I see within you deeper than you see within yourself. I am not seeing your weaknesses. I see your heart. And I know the depth of your love. And I see and know your desire and heart of love towards Me, I see you allowing Me to have My way in you.  So this is a time of freedom as you let Me capture you. So I say again, let Me capture you this night. This is the night of My Capture.”    Then Winnie shared, as confirmation, this scripture that the Lord had put on her heart earlier before the meeting.   2Co 12:9-10 And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.  The Lord also put this scripture in her mind today:  2Co 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;  Praise you Father for Your great love and mercy towards us. And that You love us with such a great love, and that You want all of us. Thank You that You, God, see in us the finished product. And by faith we see that too, Lord. Your glory in us. We want all of You, Jesus, and we want You to have all of us. So, yes, Lord. Capture us!      Do Diligence  Debbie Fenske – 6/21/24  I would like to give out this word that the Lord began speaking to me about 5:30 this evening. I felt some things I heard shared tonight by Chuc in his prayers during worship time, and I think also in some things David was saying, too, went along with this word.  “My people, do diligence. Diligence, diligence, My people. Allow every aspect of your life to be operated with diligence. Diligently listen for Me. Diligently listen to Me. Diligently know Me in My word and your times of worshiping Me. I long for the hearts that diligently worship Me, in praying to Me, and diligently doing warfare, letting go of every form of self-effort, trusting Me completely in every area of your life. Your life must be a sacrificial diligence in doing all that you know to do, by My grace. Ask Me. I will grace you with a diligent spirit and a diligent mind.  I see much effort. Add diligence in your efforts in walking with Me in every area of living and abiding in Me, My people, called to be in My Bride. Yes, this must needs go out to all those called to be, and desiring to be in My Bride. How close at hand is the time. Be My diligent Shulamite. I am calling for you. I am calling for more of you.” 

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Are you seeking wisdom diligently? (PROVERBS 8:17): [WISE AMONG FOOLS SERIES] Christian Daily Devotional Bible Study and Prayer

Morning Mindset Daily Christian Devotional

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Looking Diligently

On to Victory Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 4:57


Pastor Wayne Van Gelderen shares biblical truth that will bring hope and comfort in these uncertain days. May we draw closer to God through this time and impact those around us for eternity. https://fallsbaptist.org https://baptistcollege.org https://www.theegeneration.org https://ontovictorypress.com If you'd like to support this ministry - https://fallsbaptist.org/give/

The Hour of Intercession
Diligently Using the Weapon of God's Word

The Hour of Intercession

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 48:20


Understand the Bible?  Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.
Seek Diligently Those Things Which Are Above

Understand the Bible? Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D.

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 53:20


Like sanctification, the subject of heaven and hell becomes clearer as you dig into it. If we are to rise with Christ, we must seek the things that are above. Hell is a place, and it is not homogenized. Similarly, heaven is a place where we will continue to learn directly from the Master in the city not made with hands. VF-2212 Colossians 3:1 Watch, Listen and Learn 24x7 at PastorMelissaScott.com Pastor Melissa Scott teaches from Faith Center in Glendale. Call 1-800-338-3030 24x7 to leave a message for Pastor Scott. You may make reservations to attend a live service, leave a prayer request or make a commitment. Pastor Scott appreciates messages and reads them often during live broadcasts. Follow @Pastor_Scott on Twitter and visit her official Facebook page @Pastor.M.Scott. Download Pastor Scott's "Understand the Bible" app for iPhone, iPad and iPod at the Apple App Store and for Android devices in the Google Store. Pastor Scott can also be seen 24x7 on Roku and Amazon Fire on the "Understand the Bible?" channel. ©2024 Pastor Melissa Scott, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved

True Sleep (Scripture Meditation Podcast)
Diligently Listen to the Voice of the LORD (Exodus 15:19-27)

True Sleep (Scripture Meditation Podcast)

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2024 17:36


Get some rest thinking about what it means to listen diligently to God. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/matt4155/support

Morning Watch Prayercast

Without the belief that God exists and the faith in Him that only He can give increase to any seed we plant, it is a wasted work. Hsys Bible in a Year  2 Kings 24-25, John 5:1-24. 

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation
1430: Cultivation Story: Face Criticism, Let Go of Attachments, and Cultivate Diligently Together

Falun Dafa News and Cultivation

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 21:12


Experience sharing articles on the Minghui website. Original Articles:1. Face Criticism, Let Go of Attachments, and Cultivate Diligently Together2. Falun Dafa's Amazing Power To provide feedback on this podcast, please email us at feedback@minghuiradio.org

The Home Church Podcast
Spiritual Toughness Part 8 I Adult Bible Class

The Home Church Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 41:42


2 Timothy 2:14-19 Dealing With Doctrinal Strife in the Church 1. Refuse to engage in debates over teaching that leads to people's destruction (2:14, 16-18) 2. Diligently work to please God and stay focused on the accurate study of God's truth (2:15) 3. Trust God and Do Right (2:19) Three Question Doctrine Test 1. Does it honor God and exalt Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord? (1 John 4:1-3) 2. Does it humble proud, fallen sinners? (Romans 3:10; James 4:6) 3. Does it promote holiness? (2 Timothy 2:19)

United Church of God Sermons
Diligently "Discerning the Lord's Body"

United Church of God Sermons

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 63:02


By Rick Shabi in Cincinnati East, OH - April 13, 2024 - Youtube Link for Video: (https://youtu.be/vQcrsPzvbAI) Proper, "in a worthy manner" Passover observance requires self-examination, acknowledgment of and repentance from areas in which we have strayed from God. God has in mind for us a purpose, and when we commit to Him we submit to His will and direction, serving Him diligently. At Passover, we recognize and recommit ourselves to God, but there must be diligent "discerning of His body" that precedes that. How do we do that so we are ready to come before Him in a "worthy manner?"

The Scriptures Are Real
S3 E 25 Rachel Rhien Tucker on Seeking Diligently to Flood with Light (Week of March 10, 2nd episode)

The Scriptures Are Real

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 29:16


We invite you to join us for our Palm Sunday march on Sunday, March 24, at 4 pm. It will start on the Lindon View Trailhead of the Murdock Canal Trail (330 N. 780 E, Lindon). We will walk along the trail to the Lindon Temple. Then people will need to walk back to their car. Consider getting an Easter gift from He-Lives.net In this episode Rachel and Kerry discuss ways of making more time for Christ by flooding our lives with more light, and how what Rachel is doing on her Instagram channel is helping us all with that. They also look into how this has made the scriptures real for Rachel and can for all of us. They also talk about how we can use online platforms to influence our children and grandchildren for good, and encourage us to make the effort to help the youth in our lives find their phones to be a tool for bringing light into their lives.We are grateful for our sponsor, Lisa Spice, and for our producer, BJ Muhlestein, and for Rich Nicholls, who composed and plays the music for the podcast.

The Gentlemen Project Podcast
Diligently Intentional Parenting: Insights from Mark Stubler

The Gentlemen Project Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 49:07 Transcription Available


Mark Stubler, founder of Joe Homebuyer, shares his insights on balancing family values with business acumen. He talks about parenting, guiding his daughters through life's challenges, and incentivizing without manipulating. He explains how the principles of successful business leadership can foster strong and resilient family bonds. He also emphasizes the importance of humor, spirituality, and gratitude in everyday life. Join us in celebrating family, faith, and dedication's profound impact in our own lives.Check out the show on any of your favorite platforms and give us a like and follow if you like our content! Apple Podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gentlemen-project-podcast/id1536669294Google Podcastshttps://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5idXp6c3Byb3V0LmNvbS8xMzIwMDMxLnJzcw?sa=X&ved=0CAcQrrcFahcKEwiwk7STluT_AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQLAAudiblehttps://www.audible.com/pd/The-Gentlemen-Project-Podcast-Podcast/B08LG4HBLR?action_code=ASSGB149080119000H&share_location=pdpAmazon Musichttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/6a91bd19-279b-41f5-bab2-b2cecfed7beb/the-gentlemen-project-podcastFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/thegentlemenprojectpodcastInstagram https://www.instagram.com/thegentlemenprojectpodcast/Twitter...