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Tuesday, 25 March 2025   And suddenly they cried out, saying, “What have we to do with You, Jesus, You Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?” Matthew 8:29   “And, you behold! They croaked, saying, ‘What – us and You – Jesus, Son of God. You came here to us before torment time?'” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus had arrived on the opposite shore of the Sea of Galilee. Upon arrival, it mentioned that He had met two men possessed by demons who were very fierce. This was so much the case that nobody could pass by their way. However, Jesus is now near them, and the demons recognize Him. This begins to be seen in Matthew's next words, which say, “And, you behold! They croaked.”   This is a new word, krazó. It is an onomatopoetic term for the raven's cry. There are various sounds a raven is noted for, such as a kraaa, a croak, short repeated shrills, knocking sounds, squeaking, and swooshing of their wings. The easiest way to describe them is a croak. As for what they croaked out, they were “saying, ‘What – us and You – Jesus, Son of God.'”   It is a Hebrew form of speaking that is found in the Old Testament, such as in David's words to some of his men –   “And says, the king, ‘What to me and to you, sons Zeruiah? If he will make light, and for Yehovah said to him, “Make light of David,” and who says, “Why done thus?”'” 1 Samuel 16:10 (CG).   The demons, therefore, are croaking out a desire to know why Jesus has come and what business He has with them. They seem surprised, but they also note that Jesus is the Son of God, thus acknowledging His deity and that He has every right to be wherever He wants at whatever time He desires.   So far in Matthew, Jesus has only been directly called the Son of God by the Traducer in Matthew 4:3 and 4:6. This is now the first time He is called this in front of others. However, chronologically, He was called this earlier, as recorded in John 1 by John the Baptist (John 1:34) and Nathanael (John 1:49).   In this same account, as recorded by Luke, Legion calls Him “Son of the Most High God” (Luke 8:28). As is clear, they understood Him to be God incarnate, not just a man who is called a son of God as occurs elsewhere in both testaments. This is all the more certain based on their next words which call out, “You came here to us before torment time?”   They use a new word, kairos, which signifies a particular time. Another common word for time in Greek is chronos, which is time that continues to move forward (think of a chronometer), whereas kairos speaks of a particular time such as a season, a set time, an opportune moment, etc.   The demons acknowledge that there is a torment time coming when the demons will be punished, and more, they understand that Jesus is the One who will mete out the punishment. This is not something a regular man will be in charge of. The words leave no doubt about their knowledge that Jesus is the incarnate Lord God.   Life application: Hebrews 2 says that God has not put the world to come in subjection to angels. Instead, He has given that authority to the Son. If Jesus were an angel (meaning a created being) then it would not be referring to Him. The same logic applies to evaluating this verse in Matthew.   God has given authority to the Son to punish both the fallen angels and the humans who fail to come to God through Him. This is seen in Matthew 25:41 –   “Then He will also say to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels.'”   The demons (fallen angels) in Matthew 8 have a place prepared for them, along with the devil. As the judgment of all beings is not granted to angels (meaning created beings), then it logically follows that Jesus is not an angel. However, this is the doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses. They claim that Jesus is the archangel Michael.   It is true that the same word in both Hebrew and Greek, which is translated as “angel,” can simply mean a messenger, and this is what both John the Baptist and Jesus are called in Malachi 3:1. But context determines the meaning and the context is that the Messenger of Malachi 3:1 is the Lord, Yehovah.   Care needs to be taken when evaluating Scripture. Be certain to take all things you are taught with a grain of salt until you have verified them yourself. The deity of Jesus Christ is key to a right relationship with God. Any gospel message that is presented, and which denies this fundamental precept, it is a false gospel. Jesus is the Lord God.   Glorious God, thank You for sending Jesus to redeem us from sin. We know that You united with humanity in the Person of Jesus, and we hail You for what You have done. May we never deny the truth that Jesus is our Lord God! Amen.  

You: "Jesus, you take care of it... take care of everything."Jesus: "Say those words again, but this time like you're speaking them to someone in the room.I don't want dead words. Vain repetitions--meaning words without Love,words that feel like they're going into an abyss.You are My heart,and hearts feel,hearts Love.And that is My Will for you--to keep Me warm with (y)our Love, to keep Me company, and to recognize that I Am your only company.Keep trusting and saying, "Jesus, you take care of it." And know that I have. "I Love you,nik nikki@curlynikki.comPlease support the show: ▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings▶▶ Cash App $NikWalton __________________________________________"...Lead a life worthy of your calling for you have been called by God." - Ephesians 4:1"You put your plans ahead of God's plans for you that's why you have anxiety." -St. Paisios"I go on carrying my Cross for love of you, and you follow me for love of me. You hesitate to carry the cross because your nature seeks joy But how can you have joy if you don't carry the cross? Many souls would like to choose their own crosses and to make them light. When they do this by themselves, their crosses become much heavier instead, causing great distress and discouragement. Unite yourself to the Divine Will and bear your daily crosses with patience, courage, and submission. Trust in me, for I am your Simon of Cyrene. I will help you. What good are impatience and rebellion? Why must you seek your will in everything, when this can only cause you problems? Live with patience, and you shall live in peace. I give you my blessing." - Father Ruotolo Dolindo, Meditations on the Rosary "If God seems quiet right now, remember that no one shouts when they're right next to you." - @David_ford_I can find peace in the middle of a storm and walk on what is trying to drown me." - @kingofsolomon

John 1:35-51,35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” Can you recall the first time that you really saw Jesus? The first time you truly began to understand who he is? The first time when all his goodness, all his glory, all his worth began to really sink in and you saw him? You saw him. And, in a moment, your entire life recentered around him? For some in this room, that moment may have happened a long time ago. Perhaps when you were very young. For others, it may have happened fairly recently. For still others, you may not recall a specific moment, but perhaps a season, where it just steadily grew more and more apparent to you, “Jesus is King, Jesus is everything.” For some here, you may have no idea what I am talking about right now. You've never seen Jesus this way. Perhaps you want to. Perhaps you're open to it. If that's you, be assured, you are in the right place, because this morning our text is really about two things: Seeing Jesus (in the ways just described), and sharing Jesus.People will see Jesus, really see him. Then, they'll go and share Jesus with someone else. As a result, that someone else will also see Jesus. On and on and onIt is the heartbeat of this text — Jesus seen, Jesus shared, Jesus seen, Jesus shared.It is also the heartbeat of the church. At least, it ought to be. For if we truly are seeers of Jesus, then it only makes sense for us to be sharers of Jesus as well. Toward that end then, we're going to trace this story of Jesus seen and Jesus shared with an eye toward two encouragements for sharing Jesus with others. So, Jesus seen, Jesus shared, and, along the way, two encouragements for sharing Jesus with others.Let's pray and ask God for his help…Alright, so Jesus seen, Jesus shared. And that first one, Jesus seen, has already shown up in John.In John 1:14, John the Apostle writes,“And the Word [Jesus] became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”In John 1:32, John the Baptist says of Jesus, “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.”And in verse 34, John the Baptist says again,“I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”So Jesus has been seen. And now, beginning in verse 35, Jesus is going to be seen by more and more. Look with me at John 1:35.Jesus Seen: Andrew and the Other Disciple“The next day again John [that is, John the Baptist] was standing with two of his disciples…”Two of his followers. Men who, as followers of John, would've already been interested in spiritual matters and expecting John's invitation to go forth as Jesus followers. It's no surprise then that, in verse 36, these two disciples do exactly that. Upon hearing John proclaim, “Behold the Lamb of God!” they immediately turn and go after Jesus… And just imagine the smile upon John's face when they did! “At last, they've found him!”Well, Jesus sees these two former disciples of John now following him and asks, verse 38: “What are you seeking?” “What is it that you want?” What are you following me for? Are they in search of entertainment? Wanting to see impressive miracles and hear captivating speeches?Are they in search comfort? Hoping Jesus will solve all their problems and make their lives easier?Are they hoping for wealth and prosperity, and thinking Jesus is the way to get it? Are they looking for a supplement to an otherwise fairly good life?There's more than one reason to go after Jesus, right?So Jesus asks,“What are you seeking?”Their answer, still verse 38,“‘Rabbi' (which means Teacher), ‘where are you staying?'”It is a good response. Better, in fact, than they perhaps knew. For the truth of the matter is what these two men most needed in that moment — more than they needed anything else in all the world — was to simply be near to Jesus. Their souls, whether they knew it or not, were dying for nothing less than him. And, indeed, so are ours. Amazingly, Jesus doesn't respond by saying, “Get away from me.” Or, “Show me your credentials.” Neither does he merely give them his address, which alone would've been a kindness to them. Instead, he invites them in. He invites them near. Verse 39,“Come and you will see.”See what? At one level, they were going to see Jesus — a man who looked just like them. Two eyes, ten fingers, ten toes. And they were going to see him in a home — one that looked just like theirs. Small, simple, nothing to write home about.But at a whole other level, while in that home, while listening to Jesus, they were going to see that this was no ordinary man. This, Jesus, was indeed the long-awaited Messiah. The long-awaited Christ. The promised descendant of David, who would defeat God's enemies, build a house for God's name, and sit upon a throne of glory forever and ever.Hence, Andrew's words to his brother following this event: Verse 41,“‘We have found the Messiah' (which means Christ).”That's what Andrew saw in Jesus. And his first thought afterwards was, “I want my brother to see it too.”Verse 40,“One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, ‘We have found the Messiah' (which means Christ).” You catch the flow of the story so far?John the Baptist sees Jesus. He then shares Jesus with his disciples, “Behold [it means look! See!] the Lamb of God.”Those disciples go and see Jesus.At least one of them, Andrew, then goes and shares Jesus with his brother. Jesus Seen: PeterSo, verse 42, Andrew brings his brother, Simon Peter, to Jesus. And Jesus says of him, verse 42,“‘You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas' (which means Peter).”Now, in that moment, did Peter see in the face of Jesus the same Christ, the same Messiah, that his brother Andrew saw? We don't know. The text doesn't tells us. But what we do know, from the rest of the New Testament, is that Peter did eventually see it. In Matthew 16, Jesus asks Peter, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter's answer was remarkably similar to his brother's. Matthew 16:16, “You [Jesus] are the Christ [Messiah], the Son of the living God.”So Jesus seen, Jesus shared, Jesus seen, Jesus shared. But one thing I want to note amidst this continued rhythm is what appears to be just the slightest degree of variance. And the variance is regarding who the particular persons are who are doing the seeing and sharing.For example, the whole thing begins with what we might call the spiritual A-team of that time. John the Baptist sharing Jesus with his disciples. But then it moves to one of those disciples (Andrew) sharing Jesus with Peter (who, unlike his brother, is not labeled a disciple).John the Baptist → one of his disciples → someone who was not a disciple.Now, if we're meant to detect that slight shift, and I believe we are, then it seems we're also meant to detect an even greater shift in what comes next. Namely, the sharing of Jesus by someone who had not been a disciple of John, with someone who, at least initially, puts up some resistance. See it with me in verse 43. Jesus Seen: PhilipVerse 43,“The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip…”Again, nothing here about Philip being a disciple of John (like Andrew), nor a sibling of a disciple of John (like Peter). Nevertheless, Jesus finds him anyways, and says,“Follow me.”It's a call much like that of Andrew's in verse 39,“Come and you will see.”And the effect is likewise similar. Just as Andrew, after seeing Jesus, went and shared Jesus with Peter, so Philip, having now seen Jesus, goes and finds Nathanael. Look with me at verse 45:“Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote...”That's basically long-hand for we have found the Messiah. The Christ. The one foretold by Moses and the prophets. But then comes a wrinkle. Still verse 45: “‘We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.'” Not Wanting to See Jesus?Now, pause here for a moment. Do you know why those two disciples of John, back in verse 37, went after Jesus in the first place? I know we're moving backward here a little, but stay with me. Do you know what it was that allowed those two disciples of John, as well as Peter, as well as Philip, to see Jesus? To have interest in Jesus? To come to the point of understanding Jesus for who he truly was? Was it the fact that they were living in a time when people commonly thought about and talked about spiritual things? That they had grown up in a context, ancient Judaism, where people commonly anticipated the coming of the Messiah? Do you understand their spiritual interest and spiritual sight to be a direct result of them being pre-conditioned and predisposed towards it?If you do, then you likely already put these men of John 1 into a category far different than all the unbelievers currently around you. Your co-workers, after all, don't seem to ever think about spiritual things. Your neighbors aren't on the lookout for a coming Messiah. And since they're not, then we'd certainly not expect them to, if they were to have Jesus shared with them, actually go after him the way Andrew, Philip, and Peter did, right?Brothers and sisters, could I remind us of something this morning? God is the one who draws the human heart, not worldviews. God is the one who woos people to himself, not cultural contexts.To be sure, God often uses God-conscious worldviews and God-focused contexts to draw people to himself. Hence, the many people in this room who grew up in a Christian home and are now Christians themselves. But remember what God tells us in the Word about the human heart. It is a thing far too dead in sin and far too set on following the course of this world for any mere context — no matter how God-conscious, God-focused it may be — to draw them to Jesus.Do you know why Andrew left John to go after Jesus? Do you know why Philip saw Jesus as Messiah? Do you know why you and I are worshipers of Jesus today?It is because God worked a miracle! Had he not, not one of us — neither you, nor me, nor Andrew, nor Philip — would've ever gone after Jesus, at least not in a way that'd be of any spiritual profit. The truth is that in order for anyone to ever truly see Jesus, God has to work a miracle. God has to draw them in to see. And, that's exactly the work that God has been doing for the last 2,000 years.First TraitAnd so, the first encouragement for sharing Jesus with others: God draws people in to see. People who are far from him, who are initially disinterested in him. People who claim to be dead set against him. God draws people in to see. Because he can, and because he wants to. So, we put in our effort. We still extend the invitation. Andrew got his brother. Philip pursued Nathanael. But God is the one who ultimately draws people in to see. He did so with each one of us who are believers in this room this morning. He did it, and he can do it again. God draws people in to see.Now, back to our wrinkle: Philip talking to Nathanael. Jesus Seen: Nathanael (part one)Verse 45,“We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”Now look right there. Nathanael was not expecting, let alone looking for, a Messiah from the Podunk city of Nazareth. He'd not been pre-conditioned for that. His worldview couldn't seem to put those two details together which is why he responded the way he did in verse 46,“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”Philip does not take that as a sign he should give up. “Whoa, okay man, sorry I brought it up. I guess I'll cross you off my list of potential converts.” No, he doesn't do that. Instead, he just says,“Come and see.”And Nathanael does! Amazing. Second TraitNow, here is a second encouragement for sharing Jesus with others.First encouragement: God draws people in to see.Second encouragement: Jesus is a sight worth seeing.Here's what I mean…Philip did not try and lure Nathanael in with treats and trinkets and balloons, though those things in and of themselves are not bad.Philip did not launch into a philosophical argument or verbal challenge of how Nathanael's worldview was wrong and his own was right, though there may be a place for that. And Philip certainly did not waiver, thinking, “Perhaps Nathanael's right. Perhaps a Messiah from Nazareth really is a bit far-fetched. Unimpressive. Unlikely.” Philip did not do any of those things, and you know why he didn't? Because Philip had seen Jesus! He had seen his glory, seen his goodness, seen his power, seen his beauty. He had seen, in Jesus, the greatest thing he had ever beheld in his entire life.Therefore, his one and only aim in that moment was to just get Nathanael in front of Jesus. Just get him to lift his eyes up to Jesus and see him too! I mean, Jesus can take it from there. His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth, is more than sufficient to captivate any unbeliever no matter how seemingly far from him. Jesus is a sight worth seeing.Do we know this? Do we believe this? Are we convinced that if our unbelieving neighbor, our unbelieving co-worker, could just see Jesus, that that'd be enough? Brothers and sisters, Jesus is not a semi-impressive individual. He walks on water. He gives sight to the blind. He heals the paralyzed. He never lies. Never sins. Never disappoints. His love is deep beyond measure. He is God in the flesh! He is a sight worth seeing. So, first encouragement: God draws people in to see.Second encouragement: Jesus is a sight worth seeing.Now, back to Nathanael.Jesus Seen: Nathanael (part two)Philip and Nathanael go to see Jesus. Turns out, Jesus is way ahead of them. Verse 47,“Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!' Nathanael said to him, ‘How do you know me?' Jesus answered him, ‘Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.'”Nathanael's jaw drops. His eyes widen. He then answers,“‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!'”Nathanael saw Jesus.Now note: when we see that phrase, “Son of God!”, it sounds like Nathanael is calling Jesus God — calling Jesus divine. And while Jesus is God, fully divine, it's far more likely that what Nathanael meant by “Son of God” in this text was Jesus is Messiah. Jesus is the King of Israel, just as he says next. And the reason for that is because the Messiah, the long-awaited king-figure of the Old Testament is also called a son of God. Psalm 2:7,“I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, ‘You are my Son; today I have begotten you.'”2 Samuel 7:14, God says,“I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son.”So it seems Nathanael, Andrew, and Philip are all essentially saying the same thing in slightly different ways in this text — Jesus is the Messiah.And Jesus receives all the variations of that title that they give him. It's interesting. Remember earlier when John the Baptist had rejected all his supposed titles… “Are you the Christ? No. Are you Elijah? No. Are you the Prophet? No.” Here, Jesus receives all his titles: Lamb of God, Messiah, One who Moses and the prophets wrote, Son of God, King of Israel. “Yes”, says Jesus, “I am Messiah. And now, watch as I blow the lid off your understanding of who the Messiah really is.” Jesus Seen As GreaterVerse 50,“Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,' do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”Greater than the Messiah? Really?Verse 51,“And he said to him ‘Truly, truly, I say to you [and the “you” here is plural, so he's referring to more than just Nathanael], you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” That's incredible. What Jesus just did is take two major Old Testament references, smush them together, and say they're all about him.Let's take that first one, “…you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending…” It's a reference to Jacob's vision in Genesis 28. When Jacob, in his sleep, saw a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels going up and down on it. And it's his interpretation of the event that is truly breathtaking. Listen for the emphasis, Genesis 28:16,“Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, ‘Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it.' And he was afraid and said, ‘How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.'”The gate. The doorway. The point of entry between earth and heaven. Jesus, taking ahold of that story, is now saying here, “I am that gate. I am that point of entry between heaven and earth. The angels are going to ascend and descend upon me.” “And who am I? Well, I am the Son of Man.” This is a reference to Daniel 7. And I'm going to read it, and what I want you to mainly focus in on is where this scene from Daniel 7 is taking place. Daniel 7:13-14,I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days [that's God the Father] and was presented before him. And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.Where is this vision taking place? It's taking place in heaven. The Son of Man is King, in other words, not just of Israel, but all of heaven. And Jesus is saying “that's me.” Jesus can be the gate between earth and heaven because he's come from heaven down, for his people, with the invitation, “I'm going back up to reign as King, and if you receive me, then I will take you back with me to be where I am. Andrew, Philip, Nathanael, you see that I am the Messiah. You will soon see that I am a Messiah far greater than anything you ever expected.”Welcome Others to See Him TooFriends, have you seen Jesus? Has God drawn you in to see Jesus? Has he been revealed to you through God's Word and in God's church? Has the sight of Jesus changed your life? Changed your eternity?Be encouraged, share Jesus with others. Share Jesus with others. Invite your neighbor, though he may not care two cents about Christianity, to come and read the Bible with you. Invite your co-worker, though she thinks little if ever upon spiritual matters, to listen to a sermon on the gospel. Invite your family member, though they may be dead set against all forms of organized religion, to hear what you so love about Jesus.And invite people here. Invite them to see Jesus in the book of John. I know there aren't often a lot of empty seats left, but look, I've been around this church enough to know that if you come even just 15 minutes early you'll have plenty of seats to choose from. Invite people to see Jesus. They will not be disappointed. Jesus is a sight worth seeing, and God can draw them in to see him.The TableNow, what brings us to the table this morning is the fact that Jesus, Messiah, King of Heaven came down to earth, ultimately, to die for the sins of the world. He shed his blood, had his body broken, so that forgiveness of sins could be made possible for those who receive him — so that forgiven people could rise with him into heaven for all eternity.

Passage: 1 When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?” 3 Then she said, “Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her.” 4 So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. 5 And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. 6 Then Rachel said, “God has judged me, and has also heard my voice and given me a son.” Therefore she called his name Dan. 7 Rachel's servant Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. 8 Then Rachel said, “With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister and have prevailed.” So she called his name Naphtali. 9 When Leah saw that she had ceased bearing children, she took her servant Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. 10 Then Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a son. 11 And Leah said, “Good fortune has come!” So she called his name Gad. 12 Leah's servant Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. 13 And Leah said, “Happy am I! For women have called me happy.” So she called his name Asher. 14 In the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son's mandrakes.” 15 But she said to her, “Is it a small matter that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes also?” Rachel said, “Then he may lie with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes.” 16 When Jacob came from the field in the evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, “You must come in to me, for I have hired you with my son's mandrakes.” So he lay with her that night. (Genesis 30:1-16 ESV) Song: Thank You, Jesus (https://open.spotify.com/track/4cpZ1FTm1SjwTGbA7R4WH1?si=e164c7ce69184551) by Chris Davenport, Ethan Hulse, Josh Baldwin Lyrics: Thank You Jesus for finding me Like a good shepherd Your mercy leads Back to Your arms where I'm meant to be So I thank You Jesus for finding me Thank You Jesus for saving me You took my place on that cursed tree Died for sinners but rose as a King So I thank You Jesus for saving me Oh it's only because of all You've done That I can be called a friend of God Oh beautiful Savior what else can I do But lift up my voice and say thank You Thank You Jesus for loving me Shame lost its hold when You set me free Every fear has to bow at Your feet So I thank You Jesus for loving me I enter the gates of the Lord with thanksgiving I enter the courts of the Lord with praise Oh thank You Oh thank You Prayer: O you plenteous source of every good and perfect gift, shed abroad the cheering light of your sevenfold grace over our hearts. Yes, Spirit of love and gentleness, we most humbly implore your assistance. You know our faults, our failings, our necessities, the dullness of our understanding, the waywardness of our affections, the perverseness of our will. When, therefore, we neglect to practice what we know, visit us, we ask you, with your grace; enlighten our minds, rectify our desires, correct our wanderings, and pardon our omissions, so that by your guidance we may be preserved from making shipwreck of faith, and keep a good conscience, and may at length be landed safe in the haven of eternal rest; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. -Anselm

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November 24, 2024 Preparation for Worship Time for Gathering Opening Hymn “Come Ye Thankful People Come” Come ye thankful people come raise the song of harvest-home All is safely gathered in ere the winter storms begin God our Maker doth provide for our wants to be supplied Come to God's own temple come raise the song of harvest-home All the world is God's own field fruit unto His praise to yield Wheat and tares together sown unto joy or sorrow grown First the blade and then the ear then the full corn shall appear Lord of harvest grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be For the Lord our God shall come and shall take His harvest home From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away Give His angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore Even so Lord quickly come to Thy final harvest-home Gather Thou Thy people in free from sorrow free from sin There forever purified in Thy presence to abide Come with all Thine angels come raise the glorious harvest-home Amen! Prayer of Praise Song of Worship Prayers of the Church and Prayer of our Lord Offering and Hymn “We Gather Together” We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing He chastens and hastens His will to make known The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing Sing praises to His name He forgets not His own Beside us to guide us our God with us joining ordaining maintaining His kingdom divine So from the beginning the fight we were winning thou Lord was at our side all glory be Thine We all do extol Thee thou Leader triumphant and pray that Thou still our Defender will be Let Thy congregation escape tribulation Thy Name be ever praised O Lord make us free Scripture Lesson 1 Thessalonians 5 :14-22 Sermon Happiness Doubled by Wonder Closing Hymn “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” I was a wretch I remember who I was I was lost I was blind I was running out of time Sin separated the breach was far too wide but from the far side of the chasm You had me in Your sight So You made a way across the great divide left behind Heaven's throne to build it here inside There at the cross You paid the debt I owed broke my chains freed my soul For the first time I had hope Chorus Thank You Jesus for the blood applied thank You Jesus it has washed me white Thank You Jesus You have saved my life brought me from the darkness into glorious light You took my place laid inside my tomb of sin You were buried for three days But then You walked right out again and now death has no sting and life has no end For I have been transformed by the blood of the Lamb [Chorus] There is nothing stronger than (Oh) the wonder working power Of the blood the blood That calls us sons and daughters we are ransomed by our Father Through the blood the blood(2x's)[Chorus] Glory to His name glory to His Name There to my heart was the blood applied glory to His name Benediction BIRTHDAYS Join us tonight at 5PM for a heartwarming concert with Mike Kinnebrew! • Sunday Morning Study: Great Moments in Church History | 9 AM in the Sunshine Room • Sunday Prayer | 9:30 AM in the Sunshine Room • Monday Bible Study | 12 & 6 PM in the Sanctuary and via Zoom • Wednesday Issues Hour | 11 AM in the Fellowship Area and via Zoom • F3 Christmas Trolley: Thursday, December 5th | Trolley leaves the church at 5PM, $10/person to Kathy or Nancy. • The chancel flowers were given today by Mary Elizabeth and Robert Porter Lynch.

Key ScriptureRevelation 4, Revelation 5PrayerHoly, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.You Jesus, are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.Holy Spirit, open the eyes of my heart!In Jesus Name! Amen

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You: "Jesus, you take care of it... take care of everything." Jesus: "Say those words again, but this time like you're speaking them to someone in the room. I don't want dead words.  Vain repetitions-- meaning words without Love, words that feel like they're going into an abyss. You are My heart, and hearts feel, hearts Love. And that is My Will for you-- to keep Me warm with (y)our Love,  to keep Me company,  and to recognize that I Am your only company. Keep trusting and saying, "Jesus, you take care of it."  And know that I have. "   I Love you, nik  nikki@curlynikki.com Our Next 9-Day Surrender Challenge will begin on Monday, August 19th! Follow along here and on Instagram. @CurlyNikki  Please support the show: ▶▶https://www.patreon.com/goodmornings ▶▶ Cash App $NikWalton  __________________________________________ "...Lead a life worthy of your calling for you have been called by God." - Ephesians 4:1 "You put your plans ahead of God's plans for you that's why you have anxiety." -St. Paisios "I go on carrying my Cross for love of you, and you follow me for love of me. You hesitate to carry the cross because your nature seeks joy But how can you have joy if you don't carry the cross? Many souls would like to choose their own crosses and to make them light. When they do this by themselves, their crosses become much heavier instead, causing great distress and discouragement. Unite yourself to the Divine Will and bear your daily crosses with patience, courage, and submission. Trust in me, for I am your Simon of Cyrene. I will help you. What good are impatience and rebellion? Why must you seek your will in everything, when this can only cause you problems? Live with patience, and you shall live in peace. I give you my blessing." - Father Ruotolo Dolindo, Meditations on the Rosary  "If God seems quiet right now, remember that no one shouts when they're right next to you."  - @David_ford_ I can find peace in the middle of a storm and walk on what is trying to drown me." - @kingofsolomon 

August 4, 2024 Preparation for Worship Time for Gathering Opening Hymn “Rejoice the Lord is King” Rejoice the Lord is King your Lord and King adore Rejoice give thanks and sing and triumph evermore Lift up your heart lift up your voice rejoice again I say rejoice Our Savior Jesus reigns the God of truth and love When He had purged our stains He took His seat above Lift up your heart lift up your voice rejoice again I say rejoice His kingdom cannot fail He rules o'er earth and heaven The keys of death and hell are to our Jesus given Lift up your heart lift up your voice rejoice again I say rejoice Rejoice in glorious hope for Christ the Judge shall come And take His servants up to their eternal home Lift up your heart lift up your voice rejoice again I say rejoice Amen! Prayer of Praise Song of Worship Prayers of the Church Offering and Doxology Scripture Lesson Revelation 5:1-10 Sermon The Lion is The Lamb The Lords Supper (The bread is gluten-free and the cup is alcohol free) Prayers of Thanksgiving and the Lord's Prayer Closing Hymn “Thank You Jesus for the Blood” I was a wretch I remember who I was I was lost I was blind I was running out of time Sin separated the breach was far too wide but from the far side of the chasm You had me in Your sight So You made a way across the great divide left behind Heaven's throne to build it here inside There at the cross You paid the debt I owed broke my chains freed my soul For the first time I had hope Chorus Thank You Jesus for the blood applied thank You Jesus it has washed me white Thank You Jesus You have saved my life brought me from the darkness into glorious light You took my place laid inside my tomb of sin You were buried for three days But then You walked right out again and now death has no sting and life has no end For I have been transformed by the blood of the Lamb [Chorus] There is nothing stronger than (Oh) the wonder working power Of the blood the blood That calls us sons and daughters we are ransomed by our Father Through the blood the blood(2x's)[Chorus] Glory to His name glory to His Name There to my heart was the blood applied glory to His name Benediction Fellowship • Sunday Morning Study: The Life and Times of Joseph | 9 AM in the Sunshine Room • Sunday Prayer | 9:30 AM in the Sunshine Room • Monday Bible Study | 12 & 6 PM in the Sanctuary and via Zoom • Wednesday Issues Hour | 11 AM in the Fellowship Area and via Zoom • All Church Brunch: Sunday, August 11th | 12PM at Ridgway. Individual checks, please sign up. • F3 Ladies Luncheon: Wednesday, August 14th | 12 PM at The French on 5th Ave. Please sign up.

The Day of God's Judgment is coming; Are you prepared? Is Jesus your King? if you have put your faith, hope and trust in Christ as your Savior, that day will hold no fear, but friend, if Jesus is not your Savior, seek Him now while you still have breath because the return of the Christ, whether it be today or 100 years from now, is an absolute. No amount of medical attention or wise planning can halt His arrival - if we are not ready, no excuses will be accepted; no exceptions will be made, no explanations allowed. God has provided a way for you, for me, for everyone, to repent and be saved …… so true and raw - thank You Jesus for the cross ….

Jesus comes back. That fact alone is amazing. He's coming to finish what was started at the crucifixion and resurrection. He's coming back to MAKE WAR.We are waiting for You Jesus. And, we are waiting for you IN THIS WAY. He's coming in judgment. He's coming to strike down the rebellious nations. He's coming to rule with a rod of iron. He's coming to tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God.This is exactly how we are waiting for you. We welcome you IN THIS WAY. bewithme.us bewithme.us@gmail Spotify

"You want us to know that when we recognize that all authority has been given unto You Jesus, and then You said to go in Your name, and then You have given the apostles and the prophets the authority in the sphere of influence You have given us... the people that are working under this authority, in their power that they are able to say I am a man, I am a son, I am a citizen of authority, only because I am one under authority, and I honor that authority, and as I honor that authority, then I can say to this situation, I can say to this one: do this, and do that, and it has to happen; because I am operating in alignment with what it is that the kingdom of GOD says." I do what Jesus did We cannot pray without love Love is humble Love is honest Love is integrity That we get to operate in Your character... When we do anything in the Name, in the character, in the ways that You do it, in the integrity of GOD. Being made in Your image means to do things like You do them. After Your likeness, we imagine like You, and we do things like You do them. I pray for all of us, that we get this, this morning, so that we can dominate the sphere, in which You have given us, that we can go into all the world, and release, this good news of the kingdom of GOD, not just in word, but in deed. That we speak it, and then it happens. Jesus came, and He gave us the authority... And then He said to us, I give you My authority, to go and do business in My Name. Quit callin' Me and asking Me Jesus would You do this? GOD would You do this? I have given you the authority, and you are to speak in My Name, you are to carry My character, you are to move as I move. I live a life of integrity. I live a life of honesty. I walk with, in the name of Jesus. I walk with His character. I walk with His authority. I live a life of purity. I live a life of holiness. I walk in His character, because His name is His character. His name is His integrity, and without that, you can't speak in His name. But with it, you can. It does not work unless you walk in My character, My integrity. You are operating as Me As I am so are you, in the Earth He came to release the kingdom of GOD He came to bring a kingdom He brought the message of THE KINGDOM The purpose is so that you can move into the kingdom of GOD and operate as kings and priests. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/communion5779/support

Today's Passage: Matthew 25:34-36, 40Today's Prayer: Father, you are so close to the poor.  You even identify yourself with them.  You are concerned with their needs; you fight for those that are oppressed and you have called us to follow in your steps.  We ask that you would break our hearts for what breaks yours.  We ask that you would slow us down, open our eyes, and attune our hearts to the plight of those on the margins. Lead us into meaningful relationships with those in poverty.   I pray that we would be a people marked by compassion that leads to action, that we would take seriously the call to take care of the poor, that we would be openhanded with our lives and our resources, to literally feed those who are hungry, to clothes those who are naked, to shelter those who are alienated and alone.  May our hearts be obedient to our new mission, willing to be uncomfortable, to risk, to sacrifice for those suffering from poverty, for You Jesus.  Destroy the stereotypes, the negative thoughts, and the busyness in our hearts and lives that keep us from being close to You and those in need. May we truly, truly love our neighbors as ourselves.   For thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever…AMEN.NOTES & LINKS:21 Days of Prayer and Fasting WebsitePDF Guide to Prayer & FastingAs part of the 21 days, we're committing to 21 days of 24/7 prayer. Sign up here.Reach out to the Adult Ministries Team 

Day 243 Today's Reading: Revelation 5 When I travel overseas, the first thing I have to look for in that new country is a currency exchange counter. I need to turn US dollars into the currency of that country. My currency doesn't work on their foreign soil. I can't use dollars when they only accept pesos or euros. In today's reading, we are introduced to a currency that is required to live on eternal soil and a transaction that benefits the planet. The return or rate on the currency is unlike anyone has ever seen or heard. Listen to these words that John hears being sung in heaven: “They sang a new song, saying, ‘Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation'” (Revelation 5:9). Did you see the transaction? “You [Jesus] purchased for God”—the transaction “With Your blood”—the currency “Men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation”—the product purchased, all humanity The blood of Jesus was the currency that heaven accepted to purchase our redemption. The blood of Jesus is the only acceptable currency that allows me to go to heaven. If the value of an article is determined by the price paid for it, and Jesus died for you, then you can believe you are very valuable to God because God is not a foolish investor. Your worth to Him is the price of His precious Son's life. “The temptation of our times is to look good without being good.” In other words, we try to use bogus currency that heaven, that foreign land, will not accept. We spend money and time trying to fix the outside, thinking it will fix the inside. “We suck and tuck and are still stuck and out of luck” (Brennan Manning). The inside issue is the issue, and the issue is a sin issue. The cross has revealed to good men that their goodness has not been good enough. Men have tried for ages to get by on bogus currency. Let's see why this currency called the blood of Jesus is so important to understand. Jesus was punished for my sin because sin had to be punished. His shed blood was the result of my sin and its payment for my sin. If my sin was not transferred to Jesus, then someone else has to pay for it. Why? Because it is a crime against God, and all crimes must be paid for. You and I would not be here if we had to pay for that crime against God. Someone had to die for committing crime against God—and it was Jesus who died in our place. But with one caveat: the One who died for me rose again! Jesus' death is the acceptable payment, the currency for all of humanity. Why is sacrifice necessary for the atonement of sin? Because Justice demands it. A crime cannot be forgiven without a payment or just an “I'm sorry.” We live in a time in which people try to pay the crime with the wrong currency and have never done the currency exchange. Let me give you three currencies that God won't accept: Currency #1: Sincerity. Some think that because they mean well that this is enough. But we have to exchange for the blood of Christ. Currency #2: Service. Some think that God owes them something because of their basic decency. That good people go to heaven, and goodness is measured on a scale against their bad things, and if the scale tips in the good favor, then they're in. Doing good or being good is their currency. But we have to exchange for the blood of Christ. Currency #3. Feeling sorry. Some think that if they feel bad for their sin and they cry, God knows their heart. The problem is that He does know our hearts, and the only remedy is a currency exchange, the blood of Jesus. Romans 5:10 says, “we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son,” not by men's currency of sincerity, service, or apology. We can't leave Jesus out of the equation. Recently I read the best mathematical equation ever: 1 Cross + 3 Nails = 4 Given. That's the currency we need. Consider this: who was the greatest sinner in human history? Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Bin Laden? Some say the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Some list serial killers Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. Some say, the men who planned and acted out the events of September 11, 2001. But the greatest sinner in human history was Jesus. He took all of their sins and ours at the same time to the cross. At some point between noon and 3 p.m. on that Friday two thousand years ago, God charged Jesus as “the” sinner of the planet, with every human sin on Him: “For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God's goodness into us!” (2 Corinthians 5:21, TLB). Why did He die? So you and I would not have to. That's why the most precious metal is not gold, silver, or platinum. It was four rusty nails. Toward the end of the Civil War, when it was clear the North was going to win, Southerners had Confederate money that they realized was soon going to be worthless. Their currency wasn't going to be accepted, so they needed to figure out how to get US currency. Right now, we Christians are living in the south (this world), and when Jesus comes, He is going to take us North (heaven). The only currency that works up there is what has been transmuted into heavenly currency, the blood of Jesus. We need a currency exchange to live on that foreign soil. Calvary shows how far men will go in sin and how far God will go for man's salvation. God always goes further, a lot further. If you need to find a currency exchange counter for heaven, it's as close as asking Jesus to change you. And your currency gets exchanged when you choose to be born again.

Join Revival Cry Podcast host Eric Miller as he shares a message called “I Want More”. Recorded live in Fountain of Life Church, Kingston, New York, United States of America   Voglio di Più" ("I Want More") Written by Gioele Manciavillano Click here to listen to the featured track in this episode!  VERSE 1 Ho bramato la presenza Tua [I have longed for Your presence] Ora sono qui a versare il mio olio ai piedi Tuoi [Now I am here to pour my oil at Your feet] la fragranza della mia lode salga ora a Te [Let the fragrance of my praise rise now to You] VERSE 2 Voglio stare qui alla Tua presenza [I want to stay here in Your presence] Voglio conoscere il Tuo cuore E contemplare il volto Tuo [I want to know Your heart and behold Your face] Avvicinami a te Gesù, io voglio di più [Get me close to You Jesus, I want more] CHORUS Ooh ooh, Voglio di più [Ooh ooh, I want more] lo voglio andare in profondità [I want to go deep] BRIDGE Quando sono qui davanti a Te  [When I am here before You] Voglio solo darti gloria oh Re [All I want is to give you glory oh King] Qui contemplo la Tua maestà  [Here I behold Your majesty] Sono avvolto dalla tua bontà [I am wrapped by your goodness]   Click here to go to the official Revival Cry YouTube channel. To see the Revival Cry podcast on another streaming service, click here.   Listen to Revival Cry on Mango Radio every:  ⏵ Thursday evenings | 6:30pm — 7:00pm PHT ⏵ Saturday mornings | 6:30am — 7:00am PHT available at: ⏵ 102.7 FM (Davao)  ⏵ 91.5 FM (Zamboanga)  ⏵ or listen online via TuneIn   To support Revival Cry or find out more information, go to revivalcry.org Email us at info@revivalcry.org  Follow @RevivalCryInternational on Facebook and Instagram.   Purchase Eric's 30-Day Devotional Books:  ⏵ “How to Become a Burning Bush”, available in English and Italian ⏵ “Hearing God through His Creation”, available in English, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese

Well hey, hello and happy giveaway winner announcement day! Yeah, that's not an official federal day to celebrate I guess, but I'm going to announce the winners of the Celebrate 150 Episodes Giveaway. And we are on to the next book in the Bible, Leviticus, in this series where we are really just working our way through every single one of the 66 books of the Bible to deep dive into a promise from each book. Here we are in book number 3, Leviticus. This is a good one, really powerful faith-building stuff in today's promise. I'm ready if you are! Let's go…   Free Basic Pass to 2023 Homeschool Super Heroes Summit hosted by Kerry Beck You're listening to The Burt (Not Ernie) Show, part of the Spark Network, now playing in the Edifi app. Today's episode is sponsored by Kerry Beck's Homeschool Super Heroes Summit, an online summit for homeschool families that will bless, equip, and encourage those who have chosen the home education lifestyle. Grab your free ticket at the link in the show notes (and fun fact: I'm blessed to be the prayer coordinator for this event and I will be hosting a live prayer room each day of the summit at 12 noon Central time - and I'd love to be able to connect with you there and pray for you in real time, so feel free to sign up and share this with anyone you know who might be interested.) Big thanks to Kerry for hosting this event year after year. Now, on with the show! This is episode number 153.   Leviticus chapter 26 is a promise chapter. In the NLT, it is entitled “God's Promises for Those Who Keep His Laws”. So God's promises play pretty predominantly in Leviticus 26. Now, disclaimer: we are under the New Covenant, thank You Jesus, and I surely do mean that, thank You Jesus, so we aren't like the religious leaders or legalists who are all about the law. We live by faith, we have a living hope, and we are under grace, recipients of tremendous mercy, not sinning wildly, not grace abusers, not bratty children of the Most High God, not at all. Just not legalists. I'm gonna let you in on something, and so many of you likely already know this…the devil is a legalist. If he can find a way to gain some sort of legal access, like he's got permission, has been given access, to invade some part of your life, he will take full advantage (and it is an invasion…he won't stay politely in the guest suite. Invaders just invade, and they aren't usually super polite about it.)  Anywhere he can start to build a stronghold, he's gonna do it. He's a destroyer, for sure, but he is a legalist so he wants a legal reason to get all up into your business. So, what does that actually look like for us? Well, if satan can get you to be a legalist, to be religious more than having a relationship with the Lord, that's a good start for the devil. He would like for all of God's children to have our own set of adaptations and additions to God's Word…like the Pharisees and Sadducees had in Jesus' day. The ten commandments grew into more than 600 rules and regulations. If satan can't keep you out of the Kingdom, he'll put some serious effort into turning you into a legalist. And then, as Jesus said, what happens is we end judging others, inside and outside of the Church, and some things in our own life we let slide, we leave wiggle room, because we're really doing pretty good at following the rules, now the rules may be based on the Bible, but the grace dissipates and do's versus don'ts spring up in the place where grace ought to be. And then it becomes really easy to judge judge judge everybody else by that set of rules. But it's a sliding scale, isn't it? We so easily see the little tiny splinter in someone else's eye and we can't see clearly because we have a two by four jutting out of our skull. Is it time to yell, “Timber!” regarding that hunk of wood obstructing our view, cut it down, rip it out, ask the Holy Spirit for grace in place of legalism, and kick the enemy out by revoking his legal access to our life? If he can get at you legally, he will. He is, after, the accuser of the brethren (that's you and me, my friend) who stands accusing us before the Father day and night. But when you live and walk and exist by grace and stand by grace alone, knowing and even saying out loud at times that you are clean by because the blood of the Lamb has made you clean, you are telling the devil he has overstayed his welcome, time to go. Bye bye.   I hope that is encouraging to somebody listening today. Your freedom in Christ is a big deal. Don't trade it in for legalism.    Leviticus 26:3-11 NLT 3 “This is what I will do if you will live by my laws and carefully obey my commands: 4 “I will give you rain at the right time. The land will produce its crops, and the trees in the field will produce their fruit. 5 Threshing [a] time will last until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until planting. You will eat all you want and live securely in your land. 6 “I will bring peace to your land. You will lie down with no one to scare you. I will remove dangerous animals, and there will be no war in your land. 7 You will chase your enemies, and you will defeat them. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred of them, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand of them. You will defeat your enemies, 9 and I will be pleased with you. Your families will be large, and I will keep my promise [b] to you. 10 You will clear out old food supplies to make room for new ones. 11 “I will put my tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust. 12 So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt so that you are no longer slaves of the Egyptians. I have broken their power over you and made you live as a free people. Yeah, this is awesome. And we can apply this to our lives as disciples of Jesus. Because the Old Testament, if we look and pay attention, it is always pointing toward Jesus. What can we learn about God's promises for us under the New Covenant from this passage? First, we see that God loves us enough to warn us of the evil that is after us. And He is so kind, He tells us about the opposite, too. He promises provision, and uses the words “at the right time” which should alleviate our stress. He is a good, faithful provider. Do you need to trust Him more and believe Him better in the area of provision? If so, you are for sure not alone.  God goes on here to promise peace and protection. He mentions wild and dangerous animals, and He mentions war in their land, they will chase their enemies and defeat them. Hey, let's look at that spiritually. We know based on what Paul told us about who we fight, and who don't fight - principalities and dark forces in the spiritual realm, that's who we are really warring with. Can we believe, based on Leviticus 26, that God will allow us to defeat our enemies? The answer is a bold, strong YES! Can we believe that we won't have war in our land? Well, that comes with a nationwide obedience to the Lord, and we don't have that happening here in the USA…and as I've said before, it is so helpful to remember we are Christians above all else, I just happen to have been born in America but I'm not one to say I am an American Christian because I am a citizen of heaven, as it says in the New Testament. My love of Jesus is far above and beyond the place I live. In this current age, I don't know that God is breaking a promise if war were to come to our nation, ya know what I mean? We don't fulfill the criteria, we have so much heartbreaking vile sin in the US, maybe our baseline prayer for our country should be for revival, that millions upon millions would have Christ revealed to them. And that would be so beautiful, wouldn't it?    Here we also find a promised blessing on the family unit. You know it's a good thing to believe God for His very best for your family, and when your kiddos are younger and still at home, pray boldly and live Biblically, parent Biblically. Expect God to keep His promises, and there are promises about the family in the Bible. A lot of encouragement for us in God's word, so if you are raising young children, ask boldly for all God's promises for the family to prove true for you. That's a big prayer, but man, God is so good at keeping His promises, let's be so good at believing Him for that.   In verse 10, we sort of touch on provision again, but it's like combined with the family blessing promise. If God gives you a large family, He is telling You He will provide. You're gonna have to clear out the old food supply, you won't even be able to use it all, and the new supply will be at your doorstep and you'll have to put that in your storehouse. I think you could pray this in a variety of ways for your own life. “Lord, we need some more coming in provision wise for our family. You blessed us with these children, and You have entrusted them to us for a time. Help us to teach them Your Word, to speak of Your miracles as it says in Psalm 78, and to lean fully on the power of Your Spirit in our parenting. Give us all the provision we need, financially, with food and with healthcare and with our home and our cars and clothing and celebrating special days like birthdays and give us amply all that we need to raise them to know You and to love You and to be set apart to live fully for You, even once they leave our home.” That is how I would pray Leviticus 26 verse 10 if my children were still young and living at home. Pray like God is hearing you, and pray like He is answering you. Pray and trust, two really solid spiritual disciplines for Christian living in times when the economy is rough and society is pushy pushy pushy with things that are the exact opposite of what God wants for the people He created. Pray and trust today, and do it again tomorrow.   Verse 11 - “I will put My tent among you, and I will never look at you with disgust.” He really is God with us. He is Emmanuel. He sees us through the righteousness of Christ, our filthiness becomes wooly white. God does not have to put His tent among us. We have the Holy Spirit indwelling us. This is a gift of magnitude we cannot fully comprehend. We ought to be the most grateful, thankful, joyful people on this planet because God has put His tent among us. This is a big, big deal! How blessed are we? Boy, we are crazy blessed. It's so much blessing we'd prolly fall over and faint if we caught even a glimpse of what it looks like in the spiritual realm to have the Lord right here…has God not made great promises and then kept them all to His people?    Verse 12 - “So I will live among you and be your God, and you will be My people.” Do you know that you are a child of God? Like, know that you know? And has that knowing changed your thinking and changed your living? Children of God should live knowing how loved they are. They should love others well because they are secure in who they are, due to the love of their Father. Are you numbered among His people? If so, you are so very loved and God's love poured out on you is going to keep on pouring out on you, in never-ending measure. Live loved. I think if we could do that we could change the world around us, ya know?   Let's skip down to verse 40 -   40 “But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—the treacherous things they did to oppose me— 41 I will oppose them and bring them into the lands of their enemies. Then, if they humble their uncircumcised hearts and accept their guilt, 42 I will remember my promise to Jacob, Isaac, and Abraham. I will also remember the land. 43 The land, abandoned by them, will enjoy its time to honor the Lord while it lies deserted without them. They must accept their guilt because they rejected my rules and looked at my laws with disgust. 44 Even when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them or look at them with disgust. I will not reject or cancel my promise to them, because I am the Lord their God. 45 But for their sake, I will remember the promise to their ancestors. I brought them out of Egypt to be their God while nations looked on. I am the Lord.”   Now when we sin, He is faithful and just to cleanse us from all our sin and unrighteousness when we confess it, it says in 1 John 1:9. Be quick to confess when you need to. That saying, keep short accounts with God, that's good counsel. As quickly as you can, confess. Repentance isn't a shameful thing; the devil wants us to feel like it's shameful, but it's not. It's a gift. It keeps us clean. Take a shower when you need to, and repent when you need to. And then get the promised blessing! God will not reject or cancel His promise to His people. Because He is the Lord our God.  For our sake, oh man how He loves us, for our sake He will remember the promises He's made. He brought them out of Egypt, the nation of Israel. And has He not brought you out of something? Some place that was bondage? Where you felt beat down, low, lost, forgotten, weary…has He not brought you out? He is good at that, and He does it for each and every person who will turn to Him and receive Him as Savior.    He is your God today, and He has heaped up these promises in the Bible, piled them up high as can be, and they are but a drop in the bucket compared to His love for you. I hope today you can rest in that love, be at peace in His love, pray boldly with newfound faith because of God's love, and go to sleep tonight with ease and wake up refreshed and renewed due to the love God has for you.   Thank you so much for listening today, and remember the link for the homeschool summit and also it's time to announce the giveaway winners…here are the names (not sharing too much like don't want to be unsafe or anything, but check your DM's on Instagram or Messenger on Facebook if you hear your like first name). Okay, had several prizes and several winners so hang on with me while I go through them now.    (Names removed from show notes...) Please check your DMs and that will be on it's way to you soon!  Thank you so much for the support with the new podcast and the milestone of 150 episodes of this podcast. It was a good time to pause and reflect and thank God for allowing me to even do this at all, so thank for listening and being part of getting the promises of God into the people of God. I'm truly grateful!   Now, don't you forget that God's promises for you are true today, tomorrow, and always! I'll see ya back here next time as we take a look at a promise from Numbers. Bye for now!

Welcome to the Month of May's Walk through the Book of Matthew!  Matthew 3:13-15 Then Jesus came tfrom Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. Journal Prompts for You: Jesus, how does it impact your heart when we are able to do the great mission together with me? Jesus, this is how it affects my heart when you say, "us...."   (Adapted from Questions with Jesus by Tony Stolzfus) 

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Pastor Andy Davis expounds on three themes woven together in Mark 9:14-32: the vicious demon, the various degrees of people's unbelief, and the glory of Christ. - SERMON TRANSCRIPT - Turn in your Bibles to Mark chapter 9. I know some of you can scarcely believe we're going to do 14 through 32 today. You're like, I thought we were the church that spent whole sermons on one verse. But not today. We're going to move faster. But it's a marvelous narrative and account we're going to move through. One of the most remarkable pictures of Jesus in the Bible is in Revelation 1, where the beloved and aged apostle John saw the glorified resurrected Christ with eyes of blazing fire and feet of burn bronze, and it says, "with a sharp, double-edged sword coming out of His mouth." Now that phrase double-edged sword should bring to our mind another text, Hebrews 4:12 which says, "The word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword." It divides, it penetrates, it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow judges the thoughts and attitudes of our hearts. We have this concept of a double-edged sword coming out of Jesus' mouth. Swords are designed to sever, to separate. It's what they do. This double-edged sword comes out and in our text today, we're going to see Jesus wielding the double-edged sword of rebuke. He rebukes the demon clearly in verse 25, the text says, “He rebuked the demon and he left.” So in that way, the double-edged sword comes out of Jesus' mouth, severing the connection between the demon and the young man. But the text does not speak of the other rebuke that He gives so very powerfully to His disciples. The text doesn't call it a rebuke, but that's what it is. In Matthew’s account, "Oh, unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?" It’s very heavy what He speaks to His apostles. We're told in 2 Timothy 2, the word of God is God-breathed. All scriptures God-breathed and useful. Useful for what? For teaching. What's next? Rebuking? Correcting, training and righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good word. So the conception I have of that double-edged sword coming out of Jesus' mouth is a sword to destroy His enemies as He is the king of the kingdom of heaven. He is the mighty ruling conquering king of Revelation 19 who comes back, and the sword comes out of His mouth and He kills people. He just destroys His enemies and destroys demonic power. The sword coming out of His mouth is like a weapon against His enemies. But Jesus is also portrayed and again and again, we see this in His healings, as a great physician. In that sense, the sword comes out of His mouth as a scalpel to heal His people of the tumors that are besetting their souls, or we could say severing the invisible chains that are wrapped around our souls. All of you came in here, I came in here today, with invisible bonds wrapped around our souls that Satan has in his deceptiveness, woven around our souls and manifesting themselves in our lives, and those need to be severed. We need to be set free from indwelling sin and Jesus, the great physician can do it, but it's not a painless process. Sometimes He has to hurt us in order to heal us. The image I have today is all of us just need to lay on the operating table under His sharp double-edged scalpel and be rebuked by Him. Rebuked from what? Fundamentally in the text, it's going to be unbelief, our unbelief, which in Matthew’s Gospel He calls perverse. I never thought of myself as a perverse person, but there is something fundamentally perverse about not believing in Jesus. We're going to find in our text, Jesus does not coddle or isn't comfortable with unbelief ever. He's never nice to it. He doesn't speak gently to unbelief. He always rebukes it. He deals with it very forcefully and directly. But in the middle of that, we have this father, one of the most pitiable characters in the Bible along with his son, his oppressed son, saying on behalf of all of us, thank God for it, "Lord, I do believe, help my unbelief." How many of you feel you could say that to him today? I feel all of us could. I think it's a prayer we could pray all the time to Jesus. So that's the text that's in front of us today. “Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.” I. One Main Goal, Three Themes, and a Perfect Narrative In this text today, this account, we have one main goal. We're going to see one main goal that should not be a surprise to us. There'll be three themes serving that one main goal. And to that end, those three themes woven together in a perfect narrative that I want to honor. I want to honor the narrative. I want to walk through the narrative, but then I want to unravel the themes to achieve that one main goal. This is not just another exorcism, it's not just another healing account. First of all, how could there be just another exorcism? How are the exorcisms you saw this week? Were they amazing? I mean this is not... There is no such thing as just another exorcism. This is a miracle, a mighty miracle. But even in the four Gospels, this has unique elements and it's worthy of our careful study. Now in this account, Jesus is going to be confronting two basic enemies, a demon who is revealed as uniquely vicious, and then varying levels of unbelief on the part of different people in the account. He's against the demon, He's going to fight the demon, and He is against the unbelief in the various people He's addressing. The one main goal is the same in all four Gospels, is indeed the same every week as I get up to preach, there is one main overarching goal of the four gospels, I would argue of the entire Bible, 66 books of the Bible, but specifically the four Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. For us specifically in the Gospel of Mark, that account, it is to bring us to a living faith in Jesus for the salvation of our souls from sin. That's the point of the Bible. That's the point of all four Gospels. The theme of Mark's Gospel is asserted right from the very first verse, Mark 1:1, “The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the son of God,” that you would come to the faith that Jesus is the son of God and you would have a greater, more detailed, more majestic understanding of what that means. Then at the end of the Gospel of Mark, as Jesus has just died, and the centurion speaks in a summary sort of way for all of us, "Truly this man was the son of God." That brackets the entire 15 chapters up to that point in the Gospel of Mark or as Peter confessed as recorded in Matthew's gospel, "You are the Christ, the son of the living God,” that we would be able to make that confession from our hearts." You Jesus are the Christ, the Son of the living God. And again, the purpose statement in John's gospel, John 20:31, "These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God and that by believing may have life in His name." That's the point of the whole Bible, I think. So every account in every Gospel is written to serve this one main goal to produce faith in Jesus Christ. How does it do that? It does it by giving us Jesus' credentials for such a lofty claim. His mighty words, His mighty works, His perfect character. Every statement serves that end, it's going to give us His credentials, His power, His nature, His compassion, His love, His unique identity as the incarnate God man, credentials, as the basis of our faith in Jesus. Second, it's also going to address the readers. It's going to reach out to us as the readers where we're at and address our condition and seek to win us from varying levels of unbelief into belief in Christ. The gospels then frequently exemplify unbelief. They put unbelief on display so we can see ourselves in it, so that the word of God becomes a mirror. This is what unbelief looks like. Just to tell you where we're going, we're going to see unbelief in this account expressed in prayerlessness. If I were to ask any of you to say how many of you could be convicted on that count, that you show self-reliance through prayerlessness. That's a form of perverse unbelief. You're like, wait a minute, I didn't know it was perverse. It is. Jesus thinks it is. For you to be self-reliant and therefore think, I got this, I got this and don't need to pray about it. Is that you, it's me. We need to be weened off of that and learn to pray without ceasing, to not think that anything is too little to bring the God in prayer. That's where this sermon is going. Does that make sense? "The gospels then frequently exemplify unbelief. They put unbelief on display so we can see ourselves in it, so that the word of God becomes a mirror." That's what the apostles did. The demon possessed young man came and they thought, “We got this”, and they relied on themselves and their technique and their experience. I believe, and I'm going to argue this, that God the Father threw them under the bus for their own good. He knew what they wanted. He knew what they were trying to do. He would not do it. Jesus was not there. He is up on the Mount of Transfiguration and God the Father let them twist in the breeze. Why? Because we needed the help. They needed it. That what is going on. The idea here is that we would be won to a greater, more mature, more developed faith in Christ, and faith is the eyesight of the soul. We're going to see Jesus as He really is. That's what's going to happen in this narrative. The three themes are the demon, the faith of the people and the glory of Christ, His attributes, how He behaves here, what He shows about himself here. Those are the three themes. So first theme, number one, is the demon; it’s vicious nature and it's chronic reign of terror over this young man and his loving father. That's theme number one. Theme number two is the faith of the people surrounding this case. Actually their unbelief, their varying levels of unbelief. There is no person in this account whose faith is exemplary. No one displays exemplary faith here. Rather, there are varying levels of unbelief. First the crowd, we have the crowd, they come in at the beginning. It's the group of people who are not defined or described here at all. They're just there. They're always there, the crowd. They are the ones from whom Jesus is trying to win His elect sheep. Out of that crowd, people who will cross over from death to light. They're at the level of unbelief. Some of them may be already believers, but that's the crowd. Their spiritual condition is not described, but they're mentioned. They're mentioned at the beginning of the account, and then they come flooding in right before the miracle. When Jesus sees them coming, He does the miracle. Second, you've got Jesus' enemies, teachers of the laws, one translation “of the scribes”. We already know what they think. They've told us what they think. They think that Jesus does exorcisms by Beelzebub above the prince of demons. That's their official judgment. Remember how Jesus warn them about blasphemy against the Spirit that would never be forgiven, not in this age or in the age to come. They've already decided that Jesus does miracles by the power of Satan. In John 9, they've already decided that anyone who said that Jesus is the Messiah will be thrown out of the synagogue. They're the enemies. Third, you got Jesus' nine apostles that were down below while the three apostles, Peter, James, and John were up on the Mount of Transfiguration, the nine apostles. Jesus is utterly exasperated with them and rebukes them as we'll see in this account. Then you've got the father of this young man who has enough faith to be there for the healing, but his faith has taken a major hit because of the apostle's failure. He's at the point now where he doesn't know what to think about Jesus. Those are the individuals we're going to look at. Then theme number three, the great theme is the glory, the glories of Christ, His character, His words, His actions, His response to unbelief, rebuking it to heal it, His compassion on the father and the young man, His infinite power, especially in His openly claiming omnipotence, all things are possible for him who believes. It’s an incredible claim. A small display of that power effortlessly driving out this demon instantly and effortlessly. Dealing also with the wisdom of Christ and dealing with His apostles' unbelief as they come to Him privately later and say, what happened? How did we fail? Then dealing with them. Then at the end, the extra paragraph that I added on, the Christ glory, which He's getting them ready again and again for, His death on the cross and His resurrection. He's getting them ready for what they are not ready for, how Peter keeps pushing against it. That's the whole account. Now, these themes, the demon, the people's unbelief and the glories of Christ are woven together through this account. They're woven together like a tapestry. What I want to do is I want to honor the account as the Holy Spirit has given it to us and just walk from A to Z , first making comments along the way. Secondly, I'm going to pull out these themes and talk about them and then apply it. So that's what we're doing in the sermon. The account starts. They're coming down off the perfect mountaintop experience, the Mount of Transfiguration. Wouldn't you love to have been there? A foresight of Jesus' heavenly glory, the radiance, the brilliant light, all of that, but now it's time to get back to work. He's got to come down off that mountaintop. “No Peter, we're not building three shelters, we're not staying up there. We have work to do.” He has to come down off that mountain and He comes down into this big argument going on. Jesus come down off that Mountain of Transfiguration to continue His journey to the cross. That's where He's going. He sees the nine apostles that He left behind arguing with the teachers of the law while the crowds listening to the argument. The crowd sees Jesus and are said to be overwhelmed with wonder. It's a very strong expression. They're stunned to see him. We don't know why, it doesn't say, but it's likely they have been desperately searching for Jesus and He's not around. They're wondering where He is. Here are the nine apostles. Where's Jesus? Now they see Him, and they run to Him. Jesus begins by asking the apostles that He left behind, “What were you arguing with them about?” They're arguing with these scribes, the teachers of the law, and the father speaks up and we get the first part of this tragic story ,and it is really tragic. Verse 17, “Teacher, ‘I brought you my son who is possessed by a spirit that has robbed him of speech." Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, mashes his teeth and becomes rigid.” It's like he has epileptic seizures or something like that. But you can see the physical effects of this. "I asked your disciples to drive out the spirit, but they could not." The father gives this narrative in verse 17 and 18. The demons overpowering viciousness is first opened up here. More on that in a moment. Jesus doesn't focus on that enemy, the demon, but He zeroes in on a far more significant enemy and that is the unbelief on the part of His apostles. That's the greater danger here. Why is that? Why is unbelief such a great concern for him? Because everything that Jesus does is to produce faith in the hearts of His people so that they can be saved from their sins.“For it is by grace, you have been saved, through faith and this not of yourselves, it's the gift of God.” He wants to give us salvation from our sins through our faith in Jesus and no other way. Unbelief is the enemy. Jesus reacts with a powerful rebuke concerning His apostles who failed to drive out the demon, and thus severely wound the faith of this man and almost certainly many in the onlooking crowd. Verse 19, "Oh, unbelieving generation." Jesus replied, "How long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you?" I think this is definitely the sharpest rebuke Jesus ever gave to the twelve. As I think about Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, I think this is the sharpest rebuke. He's generally very gentle with them, dealing with them, but this is... It's very strong, this rebuke. Then Jesus ordered, “bring the boy here to me.” Behind that you get absolute certainty that Jesus will be able to handle this situation. Don't you? Absolute certainty. “Bring him here.” There is no problem with the demon at all. He'll handle that. They brought the demon-possessed boy to Jesus, and immediately the demon threw the boy down in the ground in a convulsion. He is dominating this tragic young man and his helplessly grieving father. The young man rolls around on the ground, foaming at the mouth. Then Jesus does something unusual. He asks for the medical history of this young man. How long has he been like this? It's fascinating because Jesus doesn't usually do that. He just heals people. He didn't ask the leper, how long has he been leprous? He just heals them. He doesn't need that information. He doesn't need... He knows everything, everything He needs to know and He knows all things and so He doesn't need that. So why does He ask? I think He asks so that we might have a sense of the greatness of the tragedy that's been going on, the magnitude of the emotion that Jesus is stepping into, and also therefore the greatness of the miracle He's about to do. We're not very naturally compassionate. We don't generally care. We're like the priest and Levi in the Parable of the Good Samaritan, walking right by people, bleeding by the side of the road. We generally don't care, but the Holy Spirit wants us to care and He brings us into the situation. Do you understand what this has been like? So He asked for the history. The father answers, "From childhood." Now you have to walk into that and try to understand what that answer means, from childhood. It means that this young man's not a boy anymore. He's not a child anymore, he’s a young man. That means this has been going on for years, for years and years. I can scarcely imagine. Then He asks if the demon has often thrown the boy into the fire or the water to kill him. Often. So we're going to walk back through this to understand the viciousness of the demon, but I'm just going through the account right now. Then the father exposes his own level of unbelief. “But if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us.” Have compassion and help us. See how this poor man's faith has been wounded by the failure of the apostles. It's not a minor deal when we mess up. He had come there expecting Jesus could help. Now he's not so sure. Jesus then uses, I think, a gentler rebuke on the Father. He's just a great physician. He knows what each person needs. So He repeats it, “If you can?” I think that's the right way to read it. "If you can? Everything is possible for him who believes." Do you realize the significance of that statement? It's incredible and we're going to dive into that in due time. But it's amazing. Then the father gives what I've already said is a timeless answer. You want to hold onto it for the future, like tomorrow's quiet time or maybe later today. "Lord, I do believe, help my unbelief." Jesus then sees the crowd coming together, running to the scene. There's already a crowd. Now there's lots more people coming because Jesus is back from the Mount of Transfiguration, and they're running there. From that crowd Jesus is going to seek to gather His sheep through faith. It is for their sake and for the countless millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions crowding around this scene through the scripture in the centuries that would follow. It's for our benefit that Jesus does this miracle. When He sees the crowd, verse 25, He rebuked the evil spirit. That's the one use of the word “rebuke” in the account. "He rebuked the evil spirit, ‘You deaf and mute spirit.’" Now we understand it's not just mute, but he's made this young man deaf. "You deaf and mute spirit." He said, ‘I command you come out of him and never enter him again.'" The latter part of that command I find to be unique. There's no other restraint like it in the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. I'm going to talk more about that in a minute or so. But that particular demon is forbidden from ever tormenting this young man in that manner again, as though that young man and his father and that family have suffered enough from this. It's enough. That part of the account ends with the disciples asking Jesus privately why they had failed. You can understand why they did it privately. They didn't want to do it in front of the crowd. They go to him later, like in the house or something like that. Say, what happened? Why couldn't we drive it out? Keep in mind that Jesus specifically earlier had given the twelve apostles this power over demons. That's key to understanding the rebuke. Mark 3:14-15, “He appointed twelve, designating them apostles that they might be with him and that He might send them out to preach and have authority to drive out demons.” There it is. He gave them that authority and they did. They went out and did it. Mark 6:13, “They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.” So Jesus answers their query, why couldn't we drive it out? In Mark's Gospel, it says, "This kind can only come out by prayer." What does that tell you? It means they didn't pray. Is that significant? Oh, yes, it is. God found it significant. What was going on there as they tried to do the exorcism? They were relying on themselves. This is the “We got this” thing. “All right, I got this. I know what to do.” They were relying on their own experience, their own knowledge, their own strength, their own expertise. Could I say their own technique, and the demon refused to come out. God, the Father did not do anything on their behalf. Then the final section of today's sermon is that paragraph that I've added in which Jesus warns them again, what's about to happen and tells them not to tell anyone. He warns them because He's training them, specifically the apostles, getting them ready for the cross. He's going to be betrayed, He's going to suffer, He's going to die and He's going to rise again. But they didn't understand. II. Jesus Rebukes A Vicious Demon Now we have honored the account as the Holy Spirit gave us in Mark's Gospel. Let's walk through it. I want to pull out the themes. Let's talk first about this demon. Jesus rebukes this vicious demon who is stunningly vicious. They all are, but this is a vicious demon. This demon's oppression of this young man gives us an insight into the coldness and evil of Satan's heart toward the human race. Jesus said in John 10:10, "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy." You see that with the demon. The demon was constantly seeking to kill this young man, but it also stole from him. It stole from his hearing and his speech. Jesus called him a deaf and mute spirit. The father said it robbed him of his speech. But later we learn of hearing and later in the text we get insight into the idea of types of demons. "This kind of demon can only come out by prayer", He says. So there are different levels, I guess, of demons. There are different categories of demons and other scriptures give us indications that this is true. And positively, the holy angels are at least divided into two categories: arc-angels and angels. An arc-angel in the Greek is just a ruler angel. Ruler angels have authority over other angels, but that gives us a glimpse into the whole way that angels are organized into levels of power and authority and responsibility. Paul says in Ephesians 6, "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers." Plural. "Against the authorities." Plural. "Against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." It's layer upon layer of authority, and they're evil. We have a glimpse with the phrase, “this kind”, et cetera. This demon focused in a kind of specialty sort of way on two functions in the young man beyond the epileptic-like seizure that he produced on him. Jesus calls him a deaf and mute spirit. We know the spirit isn't deaf, the spirit isn't mute. That's not the issue. That's the effect he’s having on the young man. It may well be that demons are responsible for specific physiological effects on people, and we openly have it said in the Book of Job how Satan afflicted Job with sores from the head of his top of his head to the bottom of his feet. He is able to do that kind of affliction, physical affliction on human bodies. We'll find out in heaven how responsible they may or may not have been for pandemics, for AIDS, for tumors, for any of the above, but it's Biblical at least to think that these physiological effects can be demon- produced. It is not something our medical scientific world thinks about much, but we Christians ought to. The demons didn't go out of business when Jesus ascended to heaven. Quite the opposite. I want you to think about what life must have been like for this young man and his father. The demon had often it says, sought to kill him by throwing him into the fire of the water. If you were this young man's father, what would your life be like? The word often implies periodic attacks, right? Periodic. You don't know when the next one's going to come. So how can you live your life and think of these specific attacks on this young man's life thrown into the fire. What do you have to do? Grab him out of the fire, roll him on the ground, put a carpet on him, beat the flames out of his clothing. Into the water, you dive in and rescue him. Is he catatonic? Is he stiff? Is he fighting you, beating you up as you're pulling him to shore? And when's the next attack going to happen? Is it middle of the night? Is it three weeks from now? Is it at a family gathering? Is it at the synagogue? Is it on the Sabbath? Do you think the demon cares about what's best for you? It's been going on since he was a boy from childhood. That's years of this abuse. Years. I'm telling you, as a father of five children, I can scarcely go over these details without tears sitting in my eyes. It's true. I'm like, what would it have been like? The demon is vastly more powerful than this young man or his father or any of the scribes that were standing there or the nine apostles that tried to drive him out. This demon is a tyrant. He is a bully. He is vicious. No compassion. Picture a powerful warrior kicking a little boy around physically on the ground like on a playground. I mean just rage would rise up inside you at that kind of bullying. But that's what's going on here. By contrast, let's see Jesus. Jesus' glory, light versus darkness. Light versus darkness. In verse 22, the father said, "If you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." The father has gone to the fountain of compassion. The source, the most compassionate man there has ever been is Jesus. He's compassion incarnate. No one cared like Jesus, and He's also omnipotence incarnate. He doesn't understand the level of power that Jesus has. “If you can do anything, please have compassion on us and help us, if you can.” Everything is possible for him who believes. Jesus is infinitely above the demon in power. You notice again and again, we don't get any reaction of the demon to Jesus here. I guess in one sense you do, but in other accounts it's pretty obvious the demons are afraid of Jesus. Remember the legion of demons, they're terrified of Jesus and there's an army of them inside a man, so they're afraid. Jesus is infinitely above the demons, totally different than the demon. The demon has absolutely no mercy, no pity, no compassion. But Jesus' heart is deeply moved and tender toward this boy and his father. So then He rebukes the demon, verse 25, “'You deaf and mute spirit,’” He said, “'I command you to come out of him and never enter him again.’" That rebuke is the foretaste of a final sentence that He's going to give, a final sentence to the devil, and his angels, “Depart from me.” He says this to people, but we get a sense of what He's going to do to Satan and the demons. "Depart from me, you who are cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.” That's what hell is all about, punishment for Satan and for the demons. The demon makes the boy thrash around one more time, foaming at the mouth. When Jesus drives him out, He leaves the boy completely still as if he's dead. Verse 26, 27, “The spirit shrieked, convulsed him violently and came out. The boy looks so much like a corpse that many said he's dead, but Jesus took him by the hand, lifted him to his feet, and he stood up.” This is the demon's last temper tantrum. He has no desire to come out of this young man, but he's overpowered by Jesus. It reminds me of Revelation 12:12 where it says of Satan, "he is filled with fury because he knows his time is short." He's up against infinitely greater power and that power, power is now brought to bear upon his kingdom and he can't do anything to stop it, but he's angry about it. So let's celebrate Jesus's effortless power over demons again. And note again, this unique element, the demon is forbidden from ever entering this young man. Again, I don't find any other such prohibition in the Bible. It's unique. Why is it unique and why is it important? Because Jesus actually said this is exactly contrary to demonic behavior. In Matthew chapter 12:43-45 Jesus says this, "When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and doesn't find it. Then it says, I'll return to the house I left. When it comes back, it finds a house unoccupied,” that's a keyword, "swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, more evil or more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there and the final condition of that man is worse than the first. That is how I'll be with this generation." It's a complex statement, but basically it’s saying the demons are roaming around, restless, looking for a place to occupy, to inhabit. Jesus talks about a man, a house, a generation. So basically, you know, put your fists in the water and pull them out and there's no hole left. Why? Because the water rushes in to fill it. That's what the demons do. They're coming back. That's what they do. But in this case, He will not let this demon come back on this family again. Jesus doesn't throw away words. Do you think He's serious about this? Jesus is always serious about everything He says. How's He going to do it? Two things - constant vigilance and omnipotence. God the Father, will He honor His Son's judgment? Of course He will. He's entrusted all judgment to the Son, and so He will watch this demon. Think of it like restraining order, like a demonic restraining order or one of those ankle bracelets that's put on somebody that's on parole or something like that. It's like I'm watching and he cannot come back in. I'm not saying that this family never suffered anything again, didn't have any other diseases. I'm not saying that. Just that this cannot happen again. By the way, it's also a picture of the thing Satan complained about in the Book of Job saying you have put a hedge around him and everything he has, called often the “hedge of protection.” Demons are constantly bumping into restraints that God puts up. Then He lets open a door and the demon flood in a certain direction. He shuts it down again. He's doing this every day, but this is a glimpse into that. III. Jesus Rebukes Various Levels of Unbelief Then Jesus addresses unbelief. Having dealt with the vicious demon, He now addresses unbelief. As I said, no one has exemplary faith in this account. Sometimes, in some accounts, He will comment on the exemplary faith of a person like the Syrophoenician woman. “Woman, you have great faith. Your request is granted, the demon's gone.” Or the Roman centurion who said, “Lord, I don't deserve to have you come under my roof. Just say the word.” Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, I've not found anyone in Israel with such great faith." So, occasional comment. Here, no one. No one's faith is exemplary here. Everyone needs some help. The crowd, they're the harvest field. He is reaching out to them that some may cross over from death to life watching this miracle. Then you have the Scribes, they are the enemies that Jesus has fought against who may have already or are committing the blasphemy against the Spirit ascribing to Satan the works of the Holy Spirit. They were arguing with the apostles at the beginning, almost certainly making much of their failure saying, "Aha, Jesus is a fraud. The very thing we've been saying.” But the real issue here are the apostles, the nine apostles. They are the focus. Jesus says in verse 19, "Oh, unbelieving generation." He says, more sharply in Matthew 17:17, "Oh, unbelieving and perverse generation." We need to lay under that word and hear it. It is perverse for us to not believe in Jesus. It's twisted. There's a sickness to it, and we can see it, like with the Jews when they had seen the ten plagues in Egypt, the Red Sea crossing, the manna, the water from the rock, all of that, Sinai, and they get to the border of the promised land and they don't believe God is strong enough to take on the Amalekites and the Anakites and all that. It's like, how could you possibly come to that conclusion? That's perverse. It's even more the case with Jesus. How many miracles does he need to do? How many amazing teachings like the Sermon of the Mount, does he have to give for you to be persuaded? What are you waiting for? What are you waiting for? It's perverse not to believe in Jesus. It's twisted, it's sick. He uses that word. In Luke's account of the storm on the sea, the disciples cried out in fear, “Master, master, we're going to drown." In Luke 8, "He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves and the raging waters and the storm subsided. Then He turns to His disciples, saying, ‘where is your faith?’" Their unbelief is specifically in that Jesus had given them power over demons and they had driven out demons, but they failed to pray, so they're displaying faithless self-reliance. Verse 28, 29 in our account, "After Jesus had gone indoors His disciples, asked him privately, ‘Why couldn't we drive it out?’” Verse 29, “He replied, ‘This kind can only come out by prayer.’" "Their unbelief is specifically in that Jesus had given them power over demons and they had driven out demons, but they failed to pray, so they're displaying faithless self-reliance" Some of you may have a King James version or some other that adds an extra phrase, "and fasting." Huh? Where'd that come from? I don't know. I don't think it's original. We have to bump into text issues from time to time. We don't have the original Gospel of Mark. We just have copies. The science of text criticism is to look at all those copies and figure out as best we can what the original was that Mark wrote. I think some overzealous monk copying Mark's gospel centuries ago thought the account needed a little help and kind of juiced it in with a major element of their monastic life, fasting. Think, “Oh, I get it. Can't just be prayer. It's got to be prayer and fasting.” But all right, first of all, it's not in all the oldest manuscripts and best manuscripts. It seems to be pretty obviously a later edition. It also seems to be obvious why they would do it. It just seems like this kind of healing can only come out by prayers. A strange answer. What? The disciples didn't pray. Surely they must have prayed. No, they didn't. But they thought, I'm having a practical problem with it. How does it work practically? The father brings the demon possessed young man, and they're like, we need to fast. How long is a fast? A minute? I'm fasting right now. All of you are too. And you're like, when is this sermon going to end? So you're already thinking about your stomach. I wouldn't call that fasting. Fasting is a length of time. It's like, “Bring him back tomorrow. We got to get fasted up.” It doesn't work. So it's added in. No, no, no. It's much more powerful if it just says this kind can only come out by prayer. Let me ask you a question. “What kind of demon can come out any other way? Oh, like this kind. You don't need to pray. You can do that one on your own.” There's no such thing. He is definitely rebuking. They're self-reliant, faithlessness, and that's the essence of our unbelief. We got this. We can save ourselves. We can solve our own problems. We got this financial problem or this medical problem. Medical science has it. Those are all idols. If they're not focused on God, I'm not saying we don't go to hospitals or get treatments and all that, but trust God in it, that God can use it. Make it God-centered and anything you rely on, that God is an idol. And the number one idol we rely on is ourselves. Jesus made it plain in John 15, "I am the vine. You're the branches. Apart from me, you can do nothing." Don’t you think it would be good to tell him, “Lord, I can't do anything apart from your help. I need you. Be with me in this situation. Help me through this.” So you're saying, “What pastor? Like when I get behind the wheel,” maybe especially then. It's like, No, no, no. I got the driving thing. I'm good at driving. Any area where you think you don't need God's help, ask him for it. The boy’s father had enough faith to bring the boy, the young man, to Jesus initially. That's why he was there. But by this time, he's not certain. And He says, "If you can do anything, take pity and help us." "If you can?” said Jesus, "Everything is possible for him who believes.” As Job said to God in Job 40:22, "I know that you can do all things. No plan of yours can be thwarted." This is the doctrine of omnipotence. Anything that can be done by power, God can do. Faith is tapping into that and saying, “I know God, you can do anything in this situation. All things are possible.” But Jesus adds, “for him who believes.” He makes His power available for believers. It's not a faith promise kind of thing, not at all. Our faith doesn't create the will of God. Our faith fits into and yields to the will of God, but it's by faith that these works are done. Then the boy’s father gives this timeless statement, which I've already highlighted, "I do believe, help my unbelief." So I would just commend that to you for the rest of your lives. Say,” Lord, I'm a believer. I believe in you. I believe you're the son of God, that you died for my sins, that you rose again. But I have pockets of unbelief, especially manifested in self-reliance. Help me with my unbelief.” IV. Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection Jesus again predicted His death and resurrection. Verse 30-32, “They left that place and passed through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone to know where they were because He was teaching the disciples. He said to them, ‘The son of man is going to be betrayed and the hands of man, they will kill him, and after three days he'll arise.’ But they did not understand what He meant, and they were afraid to ask him about it.” We're going to have a chance again in Mark 10 to circle back on this, so I didn't want to preach a whole sermon on it, but I'm bringing it in now just to say, look, get ready. The disciples needed to get ready because they weren't understand the necessity of the death of Jesus. V. Lessons Timeless lessons as we close. First, above all, as I've been pleading with you throughout the whole sermon, trust in Jesus, come to Jesus, trust in him. Let the evidence in Mark's Gospel, and the Gospels of Matthew, Luke, John, let the evidence be enough for you. Read it. You could read this afternoon, enough accounts to give you enough to believe in Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. Trust in him. And if you are a Christian, lay under Jesus's sharp scalpel. Let him expose your unbelief. Where there's smoke, there's fire. Look for prayerlessness in your life and trace that down, you're going to find self-reliance at the heart of it generally. So if your prayer life needs to grow and develop, let it grow and develop. Pray about more things, more categories of things than you've ever prayed for before. Ask the Lord through the Holy Spirit to show you areas of self-reliance and prayerlessness. Then meditate on Jesus's stunning words, "Everything is possible for him who believes." God can do exceedingly abundantly beyond anything you could ask or imagine, think, and then finally, pray this man's prayer, “ I do believe, help my unbelief.” Allow him to show you your unbelief and to heal you from it. Close with me in prayer. Father, we thank you for the time we've had to walk through this powerful account. We thank you for the things that we have learned as we have done so. Lord, I pray that you would be speaking to our souls, the words of the Gospel, speak to our souls and help us to believe in Jesus in ways and in dimensions, and in a breadth and depth and height in ways that we've never seen before. In Jesus' name, Amen.

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And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints.  Ephesians 6:17,18Finishing out the Armor Of God series, we are ending with 2 main elements we readily attribute to the armor:  the helmet and the sword.  We also add prayer as a final component, which covers the armor.  The helmet of salvation is a defensive piece; by it we are defended against lies.  When we put it on, we affirm that our salvation is secure and our minds and washed and renewed by God's word.  The sword of the Spirit is God's word.  We must be trained and skilled to use His word to defend and advance against the enemy.  Finally, prayer covers the armor and is our life-line to our Lord.  It is essential to have because without it, we are cut off from hearing the battle strategy.  The following prayer is shared in this episode:  Dear Lord,I thank You for the full armor of God, these pieces that are available to me as I go into the battle each day.  I know I am in a battle and that the fight is a spiritual one.  It is not physical and the means you have given me to fight are not physical.In order to stand today, I put on the armor of God.I put on the belt of truth.  The truth of your Word is what everything else hinges upon.  May my belt be fastened and secure in the knowledge of Your truth.  I put on the breastplate of righteous.  In you, I have the righteousness of Christ.  May my heart be guarded and protected from evil.On my feet, I wear shoes fitted with the gospel of peace.  I carry Your Good News with me as I go forth into battle.  I am always ready to share my faith and the hope I have in You.I take up the shield of faith.  May the arrows flung at me by the enemy be extinguished and have no ability to deter me from my belief and hope in You.  May my faith be unwavering despite the unknowns of this life.  On my head, I adorn the helmet of salvation.  In You Jesus, I am saved.  I know You have redeemed my life.  May my thoughts be ever fixed on You and may every thought be taken captive.  Allow Your Word to renew my mind each day.I take up the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God.  In order to use this weapon, I must be in Your word daily.  I must allow Your truth to get in me.  May I know Your word to refute lies just as You Jesus, used the word to refute Satan when You were tempted.  Your word is powerful.  Finally, I cover all of these pieces of armor in prayer.  As oil would flow down as an anointing in days of old, may prayer be an anointing that comes over this suit of armor; allowing it to move (defensively and offensively).  Prayer is my life-line to You.  May I never abandon it.  I thank You for the understanding of Your word in Ephesians 6 and the ability to apply it.  May I put on the full armor of God each day so I can do just as Paul says “To be strong in the Lord” and “Stand firm.”  Amen.  

22 The Lord said to Moses, 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 24 “‘“The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.”' 27 “So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them.” Numbers 6:22-27 My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today to be restored in You and renewed in You. I now consecrate this year of life to You and You alone! You are my Lord in 2023! I consecrate every aspect of my life and all of my living this year totally and completely to You. I yield my spirit, soul, body, my heart, mind and will to the life and leading of Your Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill me afresh every day this new year. I want to follow Your lead. Jesus I receive all the work and triumph your life, death, resurrection ,ascension and current reign over my life. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. Thank you for giving me my salvation identity. I pray "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come and Your will be done" over my life, over my family and over my church in 2023. Jesus, I consecrate all of me to you and invite You to reign over every dimension of my life every day of this new year. I consecrate to you: • my time and abilities • my possessions, money, and influence • my personality, sexuality and imagination • my work, plans and ambitions, • my friends, family and church • my hopes and dreams • my loves, losses and worries • and my brokenness, imperfections, disappointments and failures My all day, every-day life is set apart and consecrated to You Jesus – flood my life with Your creative and renewing presence. Thank you for setting me apart as Yours. I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ over all aspects of my life; and over all my arenas of influence this New Year. I come in Jesus name against Satan and His kingdom binding and banishing him and all forces of evil from my life, my family and my church this year in the powerful and victorious name of Jesus! Amen

1 Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, 2 but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on his law day and night. 3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers. 4 Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction. Psalm 1:1-6 My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today to be restored in You and renewed in You. I now consecrate this year of life to You and You alone! You are my Lord in 2023! I consecrate every aspect of my life and all of my living this year totally and completely to You. I yield my spirit, soul, body, my heart, mind and will to the life and leading of Your Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill me afresh every day this new year. I want to follow Your lead. Jesus I receive all the work and triumph your life, death, resurrection ,ascension and current reign over my life. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. Thank you for giving me my salvation identity. I pray "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come and Your will be done" over my life, over my family and over my church in 2023. Jesus, I consecrate all of me to you and invite You to reign over every dimension of my life every day of this new year. I consecrate to you: • my time and abilities • my possessions, money, and influence • my personality, sexuality and imagination • my work, plans and ambitions, • my friends, family and church • my hopes and dreams • my loves, losses and worries • and my brokenness, imperfections, disappointments and failures My all day, every-day life is set apart and consecrated to You Jesus – flood my life with Your creative and renewing presence. Thank you for setting me apart as Yours. I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ over all aspects of my life; and over all my arenas of influence this New Year. I come in Jesus name against Satan and His kingdom binding and banishing him and all forces of evil from my life, my family and my church this year in the powerful and victorious name of Jesus! Amen

4 But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption to sonship. 6 Because you are his sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, _“Abba_, Father.” 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God's child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:4-7 My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today to be restored in You and renewed in You. I now consecrate this year of life to You and You alone! You are my Lord in 2023! I consecrate every aspect of my life and all of my living this year totally and completely to You. I yield my spirit, soul, body, my heart, mind and will to the life and leading of Your Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill me afresh every day this new year. I want to follow Your lead. Jesus I receive all the work and triumph your life, death, resurrection ,ascension and current reign over my life. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. Thank you for giving me my salvation identity. I pray "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come and Your will be done" over my life, over my family and over my church in 2023. Jesus, I consecrate all of me to you and invite You to reign over every dimension of my life every day of this new year. I consecrate to you: • my time and abilities • my possessions, money, and influence • my personality, sexuality and imagination • my work, plans and ambitions, • my friends, family and church • my hopes and dreams • my loves, losses and worries • and my brokenness, imperfections, disappointments and failures My all day, every-day life is set apart and consecrated to You Jesus – flood my life with Your creative and renewing presence. Thank you for setting me apart as Yours. I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ over all aspects of my life; and over all my arenas of influence this New Year. I come in Jesus name against Satan and His kingdom binding and banishing him and all forces of evil from my life, my family and my church this year in the powerful and victorious name of Jesus! Amen

21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. 22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.” Luke 2:21-24 My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today to be restored in You and renewed in You. I now consecrate this year of life to You and You alone! You are my Lord in 2023! I consecrate every aspect of my life and all of my living this year totally and completely to You. I yield my spirit, soul, body, my heart, mind and will to the life and leading of Your Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill me afresh every day this new year. I want to follow Your lead. Jesus I receive all the work and triumph your life, death, resurrection ,ascension and current reign over my life. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. Thank you for giving me my salvation identity. I pray "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come and Your will be done" over my life, over my family and over my church in 2023. Jesus, I consecrate all of me to you and invite You to reign over every dimension of my life every day of this new year. I consecrate to you: • my time and abilities • my possessions, money, and influence • my personality, sexuality and imagination • my work, plans and ambitions, • my friends, family and church • my hopes and dreams • my loves, losses and worries • and my brokenness, imperfections, disappointments and failures My all day, every-day life is set apart and consecrated to You Jesus – flood my life with Your creative and renewing presence. Thank you for setting me apart as Yours. I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ over all aspects of my life; and over all my arenas of influence this New Year. I come in Jesus name against Satan and His kingdom binding and banishing him and all forces of evil from my life, my family and my church this year in the powerful and victorious name of Jesus! Amen

Today's devotion is adapted from the book "Restoration Year" by John Eldredge. A great daily devotional book. Click here if you would like to purchase your own copy. So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you. Romans 12:1-2 (MSG) My dear Lord Jesus Christ, I come to You today to be restored in You and renewed in You. I now consecrate this year of life to You and You alone! You are my Lord in 2023! I consecrate every aspect of my life and all of my living this year totally and completely to You. I yield my spirit, soul, body, my heart, mind and will to the life and leading of Your Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill me afresh every day this new year. I want to follow Your lead. Jesus I receive all the work and triumph your life, death, resurrection ,ascension and current reign over my life. I am not my own. I have been bought with a price. Thank you for giving me my salvation identity. I pray "Hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come and Your will be done" over my life, over my family and over my church in 2023. Jesus, I consecrate all of me to you and invite You to reign over every dimension of my life every day of this new year. I consecrate to you: • my time and abilities • my possessions, money, and influence • my personality, sexuality and imagination • my work, plans and ambitions, • my friends, family and church • my hopes and dreams • my loves, losses and worries • and my brokenness, imperfections, disappointments and failures My all day, every-day life is set apart and consecrated to You Jesus – flood my life with Your creative and renewing presence. Thank you for setting me apart as Yours. I now bring the authority, rule and dominion of the Lord Jesus Christ over all aspects of my life; and over all my arenas of influence this New Year. I come in Jesus name against Satan and His kingdom binding and banishing him and all forces of evil from my life, my family and my church this year in the powerful and victorious name of Jesus! Amen

"GOD is LOVE and LOVE is REAL." -Anonymous Christmas only happens because of JESUS. As we celebrate this season may we not forget the CELEBRANT. May our hearts be ready for JESUS. Today may we check our hearts, our actions and do the necessary reflections and changes to align ourselves again and be able to say. " All I want for Christmas is You - Jesus. Have you tried watching KDramas? Better yet have you heard or even watched the KDrama, CLOY or Crash Landing On You? For today, let's listen to Pastor Mike's version of the hit Korean series as he shares his message entitled : Love - Came Landing On You. Join us today and be filled with the Love that came landing on each of us that is further magnified by the reason of the season, join us this Sunday to celebrate His day, Son-day! #CelebratetheKING #LOVEcamelandingonYOU #Godsloveissimplyalwaysthere #IsangTibokIsangPamilya #itisaONEBEATFamdayFundaySonday! (Credits to the original artists and owners of the media used. No copyright infringement or any illegal means intended)

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So remind us of that new thing that you're doing, that thing that you have for us yet keep our heart set and our mindset on your kingdom. 3 (16m 45s): Lord Jesus name we pray. Amen. You may be seated. 4 (16m 51s): A good Mor 3 (16m 54s): Almost there. 4 (16m 55s): Hello. Good morning. And welcome. It's not working. Is he going? There you go. There we go. Is it okay? There we go. There 3 (17m 5s): We go. Thank you. 4 (17m 6s): Technical difficulties. Good morning and welcome. It's Family Sunday again. We are just so glad you guys are back. As you can tell from the name, it's Family Sunday. We are all together here today. We got all the kids in, so we are just so glad we have donuts and it's just gonna be a great time to listen to the message today. Yeah. Yeah. And 3 (17m 29s): You're 4 (17m 29s): Brier. Oh yes I am. Brier. This is Jeremy. 3 (17m 32s): Jeremy. My name's Jeremy. I'm the youth and family pastor here. And this is not my son and he's not related, but my wife got us confused this 4 (17m 39s): Morning. I don't have any 0 (17m 41s): Positions here 4 (17m 42s): Yet. 3 (17m 44s): So yeah, we're so glad you're joining us here on Family Sunday. It's exciting day as well. We're having, having child dedication right after this. And so it's just a great day to, to be together as a family. We've got a few things coming up. So we also, last week we, we were challenged to help give towards Hurricane Ian relief. And so that was the challenge put out. I don't remember, I don't know how much was raised last week, but we're gonna keep raising that $10,000. We raised $10,000. That's amazing. So that is just a, a generous gift that we're gonna be sending out to Hope City Church out in Florida to, to support them and their, and their kind of regrowth effort building up efforts. 3 (18m 27s): So that's some there, if you still wanna help give towards that, you can write a checkout to Harvest Church or age, you know, on the website and just put in the memo hurricane relief. And, and that's on top of your regular giving church. You've been just an amazing church to, to continue giving. It's been just a great growth in our, the season of our church. So thank you so much. 4 (18m 50s): Also, we are going to be on October 31st or Halloween. We typically don't like Halloween. It's a little 3 (18m 59s): Bit dark. 4 (19m 0s): Yeah, it's a dark, it's it's a dark holiday. Yeah. So we wanna make it much more family friendly. Friendly. So we are going to be having an outreach during Halloween where we're gonna have like a mini carnival in here. So there's gonna be candy, it's going to be great. You can donate candy back at the info center. Yeah. And it's gonna be three to 5:00 PM three to 5:00 PM on October 31st. So 3 (19m 28s): Yeah, open the doors to the community. It's gonna be a great time just to share the gospel message with them in just a tangible way. So it's gonna be awesome. And gals wanna want you to mark your calendar for November 18th at 6:00 PM We're gonna be having a gals event. And this is just like put it on your calendar. We don't have all the details yet, so details are to come, but that'll be November 18th on a Friday night, 6:00 PM 4 (19m 50s): Also for the winter season, we are going to get ready for operation Christmas Child, if you don't know what this is, you take a little like shoebox and you fill it with a bunch of toys and stuff and then it gets sent across the world to a child that's not gonna be able to celebrate a normal Christmas. Yeah. And so we just want to bless these kids. So you can pick up your operation Christmas child box on the back and make sure you drop it off by November 13th so that it can be shipped out on time. 3 (20m 20s): Awesome. And you said your family's probably done 30 to 40 boxes over your 4 (20m 24s): Lifetime? Yeah, quite a few. Okay. They've done, yeah, we've done quite a 3 (20m 26s): Few. Awesome. Well we got a video for Operation Christmas Child. Let's check that out. 5 (20m 38s): At the count of three when children opened the shoe boxes, they're so excited. 6 (20m 43s): I mean, it's just been incredible. 7 (20m 46s): Kids are so excited giving them a gift. Do it in Jesus name. And that's what this is all about. 8 (20m 52s): Jesus loves you. 9 (20m 56s): It's a gospel opportunity is the chance for the children to change the entire life. 10 (21m 2s): The word of God is spreading. The gospel is 9 (21m 4s): Advancing, 11 (21m 6s): It is impacting children, it is impacting families. It is impacting the world greatly. 7 (21m 13s): Thank you for praying. Thank you for giving. God will bless and God will use your gift to touch the life of a child and to be able to do it. Jesus name. So thank you, thank you for being a part of it. God bless each and every one of you. 3 (21m 32s): All right. So just what a great way to impact our world for the life-changing mess of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So get your boxes in the back of the Info center right now. We're gonna have a, a time of meet and greet. So say hello to someone around you as well as I'll invite up to the stage those, those families that are dedicating their children today. So say hi to someone around you. We'll be back in a minute. 0 (22m 8s): We all 8 (22m 13s): Loves 0 (22m 14s): Us 8 (22m 18s): When we're so 0 (22m 21s): No 8 (22m 22s): Matter what we 0 (22m 23s): Do to, 8 (22m 26s): This is great. There's nothing better. Didn't 0 (22m 32s): You? We And in this fucking Mr. 0 (23m 20s): Prevails, 8 (23m 22s): I hope his Jesus God never fails matter. What we do. He loves is the 0 (23m 34s): Kids 8 (23m 36s): Is 12 (23m 46s): I'm 0 (23m 48s): Ladies. 3 (24m 6s): All right. You guys will. All right. Welcome everyone. Child dedication Sunday on the side. Yeah, can go on the side. Yeah. All right. Come on up. Come on up. Schwartz is what exciting day shows our, our church is growing, not, you know, from, from the youngest up. 3 (24m 51s): So it's, it's, it's great to see your families up here. It's all right. So I get to introduce everyone first. So over here we have Logan and Caitlin Weiss, and we have their whole family, but today they're gonna be dedicating Theodore, Theo, and Willow. Let's see. And and Theo was born July 13th, 2022. And Willow was born August 17th, 2019. And Emmett back here was born December 21st, 2016. All right. And over here we have the Schwartz family. 3 (25m 33s): We got Joel and Caitlin and Gwen. And today they're gonna be dedicating Laurel. And she was born on January 19th, 2019. I got the date right. Okay. And then also Juniper, who was born on October 21st, 2020. So you just had a birthday. That's exciting. So today it's, it's, it's, it's a great day cuz first and foremost, it's the parents that we're dedicat are dedicating their lives to the Lord and the raising of their children in to nurture and discipline in the admonition of the Lord. 3 (26m 13s): New living translation says the discipline and instruction of the Lord. And so I wanna read a passage from Deuteronomy. Deuteronomy six, verses four through seven says, Hero Israel, the Lord our God is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength. And these words, which I've commanded today shall be in your heart. So first and foremost, it's, it's the parent's relationship to God. That's the most important. And it it starts with the parents in their walka Lord as they're loving and obeying him and drawing closer to, to the Lord in humble obedience. So I brought up a triangle because I think in a way this is the, our relationship with God is the best pyramid scheme. There it is out there, okay? 3 (26m 54s): It's the good pyramid scheme. And so at a on a triangle, you have three different points. And you have God of top, cuz God is the rock, he's unmovable. But as the husband and wife begin to draw closer to God, and they began to come closer and closer to God, you can see they also, Dr. Come closer to each other. And so as your relationship individually grow and, and, and become closer to God, so too will your relationship with you as spouses grow closer to each other. And then what that does is Paul says that, follow me or imitate me as I follow and imitate Christ. So as you are going closer and your walk, the kids are gonna see that and they're gonna replicate that. 3 (27m 36s): So that is the triangle. But it also says, and Deutero, it says, You shall teach them diligently to your children. You shall talk to them when you sit down at your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, when you rise up. It's, it's a lifestyle of raising these kids up and teaching and nourishing. And it takes full efforts. A hundred percent right? A hundred percent. Psalm 1 27 says, Behold children are a heritage from the Lord. The fruit of the womb is a reward like the arrows in the hand of a warrior. So are the children in one's youth. And it says, Happy is the man who has e quiver full of them. They shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with their enemies at the gate. So the Bible says that children are not only a heritage and reward, but they're also arrows in the hand of a war. 3 (28m 22s): Parents, you're warriors, we're raising dragon slayers in the time of dragons. I like that Facebook post that came out during 2020. You see, arrows are not just meant to be to stay in the quiver, They're meant to be shot out, they're meant to be released. They're, they're, they're meant to be sent out. And it takes time, it takes focus, it takes effort, it takes concentration. So that's what parenting is. It is preparing your children to be released out into the world and accomplish what God has for them. So I'd love right now to just to to, for the church body, you're a part of this community, to, to help raise these kids, to love on them. So why don't you raise your hand for to just be as we just pray over these two families. 3 (29m 6s): Jesus, we thank you for these two families, Lord, who are here saying that they're here to dedicate their children into the Lord. We thank you for each of the individual personalities of these children and all that you want to accomplish in and through them Lord. And so Lord, draw the parents closer to you, God, and closer to each other, Lord, so that their relationship might be strong and that that love might trickle down into the lives of their kids. And that kids witness Lord, your, their obedience to you Lord. So Lord, we dedicate these children unto the Lord. We dedicate them to you. God. We say, Lord, that good work that you started in them, we complete it, Lord, yes, we thank you Lord. 3 (29m 47s): In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. Love you guys. Love you. All right, Steve. 13 (29m 60s): Yeah, I'm up. 14 (30m 3s): Thanks Jeremy. Thanks guys. I remember 31 years ago, roughly we dedicated sweet KK to the Lord. And, and really it is a dedication of the parents, as Jeremy said, We're actually asking parents to make a commitment of their lives, to raise up godly offspring. And we're talking today about impacting our community and our world with the life changing message of Jesus Christ. I tell you, as parents and grandparents, we've got the greatest opportunity to impact our nation, our world, our community, and our world with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. 14 (30m 46s): So sometimes when we're busy, you look at my, look at these young families, there's so much going on, there's so much activity and so much drawing and pulling on these young families, and I just want to encourage parents and grandparents and grandparents. But that the greatest thing that you can do is, is impact your little kids with the gospel message of Jesus Christ. And watch how that will change the culture and will change your family and will change the dynamic of the, the nation and the world. Good and wonderful things happen as a result of that investment. And it's an investment, right? It's like a lifetime of investment, but it's got the best return possible. 14 (31m 31s): It's just the most amazing thing. And so with that, let's pray as we get into the message today, We're gonna be in First Corinthians chapter four. And Lord, we just want to invite you, Lord, we're so thankful for the opportunity to set time aside in the service, to challenge people, to challenge families, to raise their kids the way that the scriptures inform us to raise our kids. And so, Lord, I pray that there would be strength around that focus and commitment around that focus, Lord, that there would be a lifetime of dedication around that focus, Lord, that we as your church would make it our priority to pray for the next generation, to disciple the next generation Lord God, to instruct and to model to the next generation what it means to be a servant of yours, a follower of yours, Lord God. 14 (32m 22s): So in our conduct and our words and our thoughts and our deeds, God, that they would see and want to emulate and model that in their own, in their own lives, Lord God. So we pray Jesus, that each week as we gather that we'd be built up on our most holy faith, that we would, would receive instruction and encouragement to do what you've called us to do in your Word. And so part of that, and a major part of that Lord, is that we might impact those around us, impacting our community and our world with the life changing message of Jesus Christ will help us to do that. We pray, Lord, thank you for your grace in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. How many can remember, you guys seem a little quiet today? 14 (33m 5s): How many can remember our core values? Four core values on which we move forward together on, I'll give you the first word of each core value and then you fill it in. We are committed the Lord to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. We are confident in the word of God. We are created to serve God and others. And we are called to love all people, right? Do me a favor, write it down as my, some of us just need, we need core values for our own lives, right? Like we need to adopt core values for our lives that help to shape us and mold us as we move forward. 14 (33m 48s): And so use these core values because they are applicable, they are transferable, they work for a corporation, the, a corporate gathering of people like a church, but they also work for individuals and for families. And so, and then part of that is a purpose statement. What is your life gonna be like? Well, as a church, I hope and I pray, and our goal and our focus is that we would be impacting our community and our world with the life changing message of Jesus Christ. And so that's kind of what we're talking about today. But before we get to that, I got something for pastor appreciation that I'd like to share with you a couple weeks ago was pastor appreciation week. And so we received, you know, encouragement and gifts and that sort of thing. 14 (34m 29s): And one of the things that I did receive was a, a free joke. I got a free, I didn't have to pay five bucks for this joke. It was a free joke. And so this is the joke. What did the buffalo say to his son when he dropped him off at school? Bye son. I think I'm actually used that before, but it worked again. I got it. I had to use it. So anyway, hey, we're in First Corinthians chapter four. We're going to do our best to walk through all of First Corinthians chapter four. Do I have a calendar counter up there? Boy, I can't hardly see that. 30 Oh my glasses, I got like 45 minutes. Is that what they are? Is that what I have? 45 minutes. Thanks Amanda. Thanks. 14 (35m 10s): I might take 45 today impacting our community and our world life changing message of Jesus Christ. How do we do that? How do we do that? I mean, we gotta have steps to accomplish the goal. We gotta have things that we can do that help us march down that path, that intentional path that we've set out for ourselves. And so as we look at first Corinthians chapter four, the apostle Paul Apollos and Paul, our, our speak, Paul, especially through the, the anointing of the Holy Spirit is speaking to us about what our lives should look like. And he's speaking to a church, he's speaking to the church at Corinth, he's speaking to believers, people who are like you and I, who are just trying to figure out what it means to be a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. 14 (35m 56s): And so, number one in your notes, how do we, how do we impact our community and our world with life changing message? We gotta live our lives for God and not man. So number one, live your life for God and not man. You think we see that in the scripture? We see it all throughout the scripture, right? We can probably unpack any book of the Bible, any chapter of the Bible, and we'll see kind of this underlying theme in there that we are called to live our lives for God and not for man. First Corinthians four, one says, So look at Apollos and me as mere servants of Christ who have been put in charge of explaining God's mysteries. 14 (36m 39s): So this first kind of levels the playing field. Paul reminds us of his role as simply a servant of God. What does that word servant mean? Is if we get a word picture, it's actually the under rowers in the bottom of a ship. The under rowers are the, the least envied servants on the boat. They're underneath at the bottom of the boat and they're rowing and they're pushing the boat, they're moving the boat through the waters. It's, it's a thankless job. And they're underappreciated, but they're doing a job moving the ship. I'll re under rowers indicating the lowest galley slaves, the ones rowing on the bottom tier of the ship. 14 (37m 21s): They were the most menial un envied and despised of slaves. So when Paul talks about his role as a servant, he really has got a clear perspective of his role. This is the Apostle Paul who wrote two-thirds of the New Testament. He could be boasting about his role within the kingdom, but instead, instead he doesn't, He realizes that he is a servant of the living God. And he communicates that throughout his epistles, as he writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. He says, Hey, every person in the kingdom of God is merely a servants of God. And that word could be understood as, as an employee, maybe that's an easier word for us to understand where employees of God were actually working for God. 14 (38m 8s): Were employed by God here in the earth to do the work that he's called us to do. We're employed to do God's work in the earth. So every the servant of God is directly answers to God. Every one of us will give an account and stand before the king and give an account for our lives. Why? Because we're employed by him for a purpose to do, do the work that he's called us to do. So Apollo and Paul, they understood, hey, we're simply employees of God. They were put in charge of explaining God's mysteries. And so they were servants of God. 14 (38m 49s): Paul Apollo and Paul were servants who knew their job in the kingdom. So we're kind of getting some pieces and we're starting to put it together. Apollo and Paul, they were servants and they understood their role within the kingdom. And so there's some things that we can grab a hold of as believers here in the 21st century. We can get a better understanding, a clearer understanding of who we are. We are servants, employees of God with responsibilities. And it's our job to figure out what that responsibility is. Paul continues to challenge us in the next verse, verse two. Now a person who is put in charge as a manager must be faithful. 14 (39m 33s): So Paul's brings something else to the table that helps us to understand who we are and who we have been created to be. So we are simply servants of God. We're employed by God with responsibilities and we must be faithful in those responsibilities. So there's a little three many, three point service sermon within a sermon. These are things that God has called us to do. We can unpack the scripture and get point by point. We can get step by step the plan that God has for us. And Paul's outlining it for us. We are called to be servants. And so nobody in the kingdom is, is more important than another. 14 (40m 15s): We're all just servants of the living God, employees of God. And we've got responsibilities. And it is our responsibility to figure out what our responsibility is. And then once we've figured out what our responsibility is, then we must be faithful with our responsibility. This is indeed how we impact our world, our, our community, and our world. The life changing message of Jesus Christ. We get very serious about who we are. Not in a unhappy way, but in a, I don't know about you, but when, when a person figures out what they're on the earth to do, they, it, it, it just fills that person with a sense of purpose, a sense of duty, a sense of responsibility. 14 (41m 4s): Like I know what I'm here to do. A lot of people go out through throughout life and they've never quite settled in, in their identity and figured out who they are. And so they're running from thing to thing, accomplishment to accomplishment, trying to fill that void. And that void can only be filled in Christ Jesus when we realize that in Christ we are servants of God. Jesus modeled that for us. He said, I didn't come to be served but to serve and to give my life as a ransom for many. And so Paul, in the early church followers of Jesus Christ understood this. And they lived their lives in that way. Nothing's changed in 2000 years. This is what God has called us to do, to understand that we are simply servants, employees of God with a purpose and we must be faithful. 14 (41m 55s): It's a life and death situation. Spiritual life and spiritual death. And so this is why we charge families to disciple their young people. That's why in our church we're focused on discipling every generation that comes through. Because we want people to understand who they are in Christ. They are servants of the living God given responsibility, purpose in the earth. And they must be faithful. Three very important ingredients. Things that we must get our hands on and our hearts around and must fill our minds. This reality that we, we have purpose, we work who directly for who, Right? 14 (42m 39s): What was the second one that I said? Faithful. Faithful Faithful's. Three. What was the second one? You've got responsibility. All right, so first one, we are servants, employees of God. Number two, we have responsibilities. And number three, we must be faithful. Right? It's life and death, right? So make that, you know, stick in your heart and in your mind. Let that really settle into your soul and, and shape the way that you live your lives and the way that you make decisions. I am a servants of God, an employee of God. I have responsibilities and it's my job to figure out what that responsibility is. 14 (43m 24s): And then I, I must be faithful. If you're a, if you've got kids, your primary responsibility are those kids is your job. We will partner with you in Sunday school and in youth programs and all kinds of stuff. But it is, it is your job. You will stand before the Lord and actually give an account for the way that you've parented your kids. And so it's your responsibility to make sure that you are discipling your kids. And then as your kids grow and then as you have grandkids, it's your responsibility to invest in those grandkids because you are in their life for a purpose. My kids are amazing in so many ways because of their grandparents, because of the way their grandparents have spoken into their lives and for the countless hours that their grandparents have prayed for them and spoken life into them. 14 (44m 18s): So we have this amazing responsibility. Colossians 3 23 says, Work willingly at whatever you do at whatever you do ministry, vocation, parenting, all responsibilities, work willingly at whatever you do as though you are working for the Lord rather than for people, right? We're working for the Lord and it's to the Lord that we will ultimately give an account for our lives. We are working for God as number one servants. Number two, people with responsibility. And number three, as people who must be faithful. This is, this is probably all I need to say today, but I got a few more pages of notes here. 14 (45m 3s): So let's continue to go through Colossians 3 24. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward and that the master you are serving is Christ. Over and over again in scripture, we see that the one that we serve is not man, but God. As we work for the Lord, it makes very little difference what others think about our work. As long as we are satisfying the Lord. As an aside, if you're not satisfying your boss, you're probably not satisfying your Lord in general terms. So everything that we do must be un is unto the Lord. 14 (45m 44s): And I, I can make this promise to you, If you are serving your earthly boss, as you are your heavenly boss, your earthly boss will be more than satisfied. Why? Because people who serve God faithfully are people of integrity. They don't lie, steal, cheat. They are people who are responsible and reliable and honorable. And so if you're living your life that way at work and in your home, you are pleasing your heavenly boss. And I promise you, everybody else in your life kinda like that triangle that Jeremy had, God at the top man and woman, as they get closer to God, they're getting closer to one another. 14 (46m 25s): As, as you in your life get closer to God, you're pleasing those in your life because you're, you're a better husband, you're a better father, you're a better wife, you're a better mother, you're a better employee. You're, you're a better everything. You, you fill in the blank. Everything is better. Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and everything else will be added onto you. So make God your priority and everything else will fall into place. But you gotta, you gotta get that done first. You gotta make God your priority in every area of your life. Paul continues in verse three s for me, it matters very little how I might be evaluated by you or by any human authority. 14 (47m 6s): I don't even trust my own judgment at this point. Why is Paul making this statement? Paul makes this statement about people's evaluation of his ministry because people are always changing their minds and their basis for evaluation and their basis for evaluation isn't always God's basis for evaluation. So Paul saying, Hey, I just gotta make sure that I'm honoring the Lord and as I honor the Lord, I'm trusting that he's going to do what he wants to do through me. So Paul's not worried about externals, he's not worried about what people are thinking. He's not a people pleaser, He's a God pleaser. Why? Because he's an employee of God with responsibilities and he must be found faithful. 14 (47m 50s): Paul understood his life. We need to understand our lives, what we're here for. We need to get a hold of our purpose in the earth where we're here for a kingdom purpose and we got jobs and we've got, you know, hobbies and things like that. But those all take, those are all secondary and tertiary. They're all like way down the list compared to, compared to the reality that we are slaves of God, servants of God, employees of God, and we have responsibility and we must be found faithful. So Paul's not worried too much about what people think about his ministry. And that's really the best way to go about ministry. My ministry may be great for some, but it may put others to sleep. 14 (48m 34s): It really doesn't matter. I need to be about my father's business. And I, I tell you, it might put others to sleep because I watch people sleep during my sermons sometimes. And the craziest thing is sometimes they're right on the front row. I'm like, Holy cow, are you kidding me? You're asleep right now. Maybe preaching one of my best messages and you're asleep. Or I'm speaking to a chair cause there's nobody there. But I'm like, wake up. We had a guy years ago when I was an associate pastor and I was preaching and this guy was snoring right in the middle of my sermon. He was like 34 rows back and he's just sacked out completely. All right, listen, you can't sleep through sermons and expect to get anything from the Lord, right? 14 (49m 18s): So get some sleep at night and then come ready to go. Most of you know what I'm talking about. What does God think about your ministry? What does God think about my ministry? That's the most important thing. Now we can learn from other people's, from people's critiques, people's encouragement. Some of in my life, some of the hardest lessons that I've had to learn have been through super uber critical people. And the temptation is to say, Oh, they're just jerk star mean. And even if 95 or 99% of what they're saying is mean spirited and inaccurate, there just might be a nugget of something in there that I need to hear. 14 (50m 2s): There just might be something in there. Get a get through all the flesh and all the ugliness of how it was communicated. There might be something there. And so the Holy Spirit will use all kinds of things. Mostly his word and his spirit will speak to us. But also through people. We will get a chance to kind of evaluate our lives. But we can't live our lives for people. We can't, we we can't minister to please people. Proverbs 29 25 says, Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety. So what are you called to do? And don't do it to please people. Don't fall into a, a, a role of responsibility because you think others think you should be in that role or responsibility. 14 (50m 47s): When I wanted to be a senior pastor years ago, somebody said, Well, you're just a kid. You probably should just be a youth pastor. I said, Well, maybe you're right. But I'm called to be a senior pastor and that's what I feel like I'm supposed to do. Right? The world wants to shape who we are, right? When we planted a church, well, you've never planted a church before. You shouldn't plant a church, right? What is it that the world is telling you you shouldn't do? Because you shouldn't do it in their perspective. Amen. Right? Like you, you shouldn't do what? Because you've never had what? The experience, the training, the education. What is it that you feel cold in your soul to do? 14 (51m 27s): But others are telling you you can't do? Maybe what? God, I'm back. Not maybe at all. For sure. What God has called you to do is fulfilling his kingdom purpose in your life. And so you as a servant of God, a lowly servant of God, get to settle in. Amen. And do finding out your purpose and maybe you're not finding out your purpose because you're trying to please everybody around you. Listen, you'll never be able to figure that out. You'll never please everybody cuz soon as you please one somebody else is mad at you because you're not doing it the way they thought you should do it or thinking the way they think you should be thinking. So figure out what you're in the world to do. You're first and foremost a servant, an employee of God. 14 (52m 10s): So let's get that settled. I'm just a, a lowly under rower, right? No prestige, no honor, really. It's just an under rower, right? And then I've got responsibility and that I must be found faithful. Paul tells us in verse four, My conscience is clear, but that doesn't prove I'm right. It's the Lord himself who examine me and decide Paul's conscience is clear, but he understands that he might be missing something. Paul's saying, Hey, we can't even really trust our conscience now we need to work toward clearing our conscience of known discrepancies in our lives as followers of Jesus Christ. 14 (52m 50s): But even then, only God can judge us and come to an accurate conclusion. And so we need to be constantly checking in with the Lord. Lord, what am I doing? Is, is what I'm doing in line with you and you, you can't accurately hear from the Lord on the fly. You gotta like settle in and just take some time. You, you gotta spend time with the Lord and it can't be, Hey Lord, you know, speak to me throughout the day. I mean God will do that for sure, but you, you just probably just need to get with the Lord and spend some uninterrupted time. Turn off your phone, do whatever you gotta do. Get alone. Do whatever you gotta do to hear from the Lord and then do that on a regular basis. 14 (53m 31s): Otherwise you'll get way off track. It's easy to get off track. You gotta do what you gotta do to hear from the Lord. And you gotta do it on a regular basis. Lord, how's the ministry going? This ministry that you've called me to, Am I doing okay as I read the war, Lord? Is what I'm doing properly reflected in your word? Lord? Does it look like what you've called me to do? Does it look like what you've called the church to do? And Lord, am I being faithful? Am I being faithful? Last night, about six o'clock, I told my wife, I said, I gotta go for a walk. And I, cuz I, I go walk in and I pray. And that's just how I spend time. 14 (54m 12s): I, I'm just out there by myself and I can, I'm a probably a little bit so I can't sit cuz I'll get distracted by a thousand other things. So I just walk and I pray and, and I came back and I told only, I said, you know, I, I feel like I've been praying to an iron dome lately. I, I can't break through. Like, I, I, like, I I don't, I feel like when I'm praying I can't get through. And, and I realize, you know, we're, we're called to walk by faith and not by sight and emotions sometimes rob us of the joy of just doing what we know that we're called to do. And so don't, don't rely on emotions, cuz some days you're gonna have a great day, other days you're gonna have a bad day. Some days you feel like, Oh, I, I got a direct line to the Lord. And other days you're feeling like I can't even, I can't even touch heaven, right? 14 (54m 54s): So just keep doing what God has called you to do. Get up, figure out that you're a servant of God, that you've got responsibility and that you must be found faithful. Just trust the Lord. One Corinthians chapter four, so many judgements about anyone ahead of time before the Lord returns for he will bring our darkest secret secrets to light and will reveal our private motives. Then God will give to each one whatever praise is due. The new Bible commentary states, it is Christ, it will expose attempts to cover up misdeeds and will judge not merely actions but motivations. So Paul's saying, Hey, don't look on the outside and elevate one person over another. 14 (55m 37s): I'm of Paul, I'm of Apollo, I'm of Peter, I'm of Christ. You know, we, we look on the outside and we, we misjudge just do worry about yourself, right? Amen. Where are you? Right? Don't worry about what I'm doing or what your friends doing. What, what are you doing? Verse six, Dear brothers and sisters, I have used Apollo of myself to illustrate what I've been saying. If you pay attention to what I've quoted from the scriptures, you won't be proud of one of your leaders at the expense of another. So here, Paul reiterates what he's already said, and he challenges the factions in divisions within the church. 14 (56m 20s): One Corinthians one 12 says, Some of you are saying, I am a follower of Paul. Others are saying, I follow Apollos, or I follow Peter, or I follow only Christ. Paul's talking about the distractions that are happening within the church. Well, I'm a part of this faction, or I'm part of that faction, I'm part of that group or that that person or that whatever. What has God called you to do? Or called the team up together as a church and be part of the kingdom work that God's called us to in the earth. But what, what is God calling you to do? Right? So often we're focused on what others are doing or are not doing in their lives and in their ministry and how we are disappointed by that. But what is called you, what is God called you to do? 14 (57m 4s): So Paul, in a sense, is challenging at superstar mentality, right? Where we're elevating people and it's just so unhealthy, right? So if, if we're elevating somebody on the platform to at the expense of our own ministry that God has called us to, if, if we're missing the point of what God has placed us on the earth to do, then we're missing it all together. We are of Christ, period. We are of the Lord. I was at a church years ago and the one of the leaders in the church was introducing their pastor as the star. 14 (57m 46s): He said, Hey, there's our star. And there's no stars in the kingdom except Jesus. I mean, only God is He's he, He reigns in rules. Supreme. We need to live our lives for God and not men. Not trying to please men, not trying to become men who people are impressed with, or women that people are impressed with. It's none of that stuff matters. Our goal shouldn't be, I want to be impressive. My goal should be, our goal should be, I want to be invisible, man. I just wanna be a servant of God, an under rower. 14 (58m 27s): Like I don't care. I I I need to do what I'm called to do and be faithful. And that's what all is gonna matter in the, at the end of, at the end of the day. So impacting our community and our world with life changing message of Jesus Christ. Number one requires that you live your life for God and and not for man. And then number two, remember that your life and all that you have is a gift from God. In our culture where we've got plenty, we forget that all we have is a gift from God. Verse seven, For what gives you the right, Paul goes on First Corinthians chapter four, for what gives you the right to make such a judgment. What do you, what do you have that God hasn't given you? And if everything you have is a, is from God, why boast as though they were not a gift? 14 (59m 9s): You think you already have everything you need. He's challenging the carnality within the church. People who have resources or political power, he's challenging them because they feel like they've already arrived. We, we have to be careful when we've attained a, a level of success to remember that it doesn't matter how much we have or how much we've succeeded in this life. We are only and always still a bond servant and a servant, an employee of God in Jesus' name. That is our call. And that will keep us humble and that will keep us grateful. Every everything that we have is a gift from God. And so God has gifted some and it allows those people to become prominent and, and were to use those prominent gifts and talents to impact the kingdom that we might make a difference in the world. 14 (59m 57s): You think you already have everything you need. Paul said, You think you're already rich. You have begun to reign in God's kingdom without us. I wish you really were reigning, but then we'd be reigning with you. It's like, hey, you've, you're not even realizing that we're in a battle. You're celebrating well prematurely, but you're also celebrating the wrong stuff. We're not here in the earth to build a kingdom ourselves, a place of sanctuary for ourselves. We're in a battle for the kingdom. We are under rowers servants, period with responsibility, Period. 14 (1h 0m 39s): And we must be faithful. Period. Verse nine, He says, instead, I, I sometimes thank God has put us as apostles on display like prisoners of war at the end of a victor's parade condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world, to people and angels alike. Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools. But you claim to be so wise in Christ, we are weak. But you are so powerful. You are honored. But we are ridiculed even now. We go hungry and thirsty and we don't even have enough clothes to keep us warm. We are often beaten and have no home. 14 (1h 1m 20s): We work weirdly with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us. We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world's garbage. Like everybody's trash right up to the present moment. And we can turn on TV and watch health and wealth messages all day long until cows come home and everybody's telling you, you should be healthy, wealthy, and wise. That's not what Paul's experience was. 14 (1h 2m 1s): The church is delusional if that's what we think we're here to experience into a accomplish. Now. God is good and he blesses and he takes care of his church. But most of the church around the world is not healthy, wealthy. And why They're in the early church experiences. Paul experienced this. We go hungry and thirsty. You turn on some television preachers, teachers, and they're telling you that this should never happen. Well, it happened to Paul, it happened to the early church. 14 (1h 2m 43s): We gotta change our mind about the kingdom. It's not about us. It's about the king. We will never impact our community in our world with a life changing message of Jesus Christ. If it's always about us. Just amen. I'm not writing these things to shame you, Paul said, But to warn you as my beloved children, verse 14, verse 15, For even if you had 10,000 others to teach you about Christ, you only have one spiritual father before I became your father in Christ. When I preach the good news to you. So I urge you to imitate me. Paul said, so I urge you to imitate me, right? 14 (1h 3m 23s): So Paul say, Hey, follow me as I follow Christ. Right? That's a bold statement. It's a statement that we should be able to make to our friends, families, and neighbors. Hey, follow me. I'll show you what it means to be a follower of Christ. Right? Paul's not arrogant, but he is certainly confident in who he is as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. And we need to have that same confidence. Why? Because we understand that we are servants of God, slaves of God. We are here with purpose and we are laser-like focused on that purpose because we will be held accountable and we must be faithful. And so with that clarity and with that confidence and with that conviction, we move forward as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. 14 (1h 4m 13s): And we do what God has called us to do. We live in the power of the resurrected Jesus Christ, and we impact our community and our world with life changing message of Jesus Christ. It happens really one person at a time. You impacting another person, you impacting someone else, One person impacting another one at a time, at a time, at a time. Paul wasn't confused about his life. We will be confused about our lives. If we deviate from the scripture, we will be confused about who we are, about how we should spend our time, our talent, and our treasure about everything alike. 14 (1h 4m 58s): We will be confused walking around in a cloud, confused about what success looks like, confused about what our purpose in life is, confused and never knowing whether we've actually made a difference in the earth. But if we figure out that we are servants with a purpose and we must be faithful, then we will no longer be confused. Paul wasn't confused about his life. He knew that his life and all that he had was a gift from God to be used for God. And that God could give him a gift to him or take from him whatever. And whenever, and Paul was ready for it. Philippians four 12 and 13 I, I know Paul's rights. 14 (1h 5m 38s): I know what it is to be in need. I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I I can do everything through him who gives me the strength, right? I can do everything right. So don't get discouraged if you're in a hard spot in life. Welcome to humanity, right? Financial stressors, physical stressors, relational stressors. Don't get down on God because you think he's not living up to his end of the bargain. His end of the bargain is I say to you, you serve me. 14 (1h 6m 18s): That's it. Right? I redeem you by my grace and through my blood, and you serve me all the days of your life because I've give you, I've given you purpose. I've adopted you into my family, given you purpose. You get to serve within the kingdom to impact your community and your world with life changing message of Jesus Christ. That's what it's about. If we think it's something different, we've missed the gospel completely. If we somehow think that we're important within the kingdom, you're important as much, as much as you've been given responsibility. And if you don't do it, if you don't find yourself faithful, God doesn't find you faithful, then you've blown it. It's a bit, Did you hear me? You have blown it because you got your whole life to figure this out. 14 (1h 7m 3s): And God is so faithful and gentle and good. He continues to remind us and teach us. And maybe that's what he's doing today. He's reminding us, He's teaching us, He's instructing us. He's trying to get our attention in a world that's filled with distraction, filled with priorities that have nothing to do with kingdom filled with hindrances to what God has called us to. Paul said, Hey, imitate me. Do what I'm doing. Follow me as I follow Christ. Paul is discipling these believers in genuine Christianity. 14 (1h 7m 44s): Genuine Christianity. Genuine Christianity is what we see in the pages of scripture. Genuine Christianity. The definition of discipleship goes beyond just being a good student of a teacher. Discipleship requires that we imitate our teacher. Follow me as I follow Christ. Paul is urging these followers of Jesus Christ to follow him as he follows Christ. Verse 17. That's why I sent Timothy my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of how I follow Christ Jesus. 14 (1h 8m 24s): Just as I teach in all the churches, wherever I go. Some of you have become arrogant thinking, I'm I, I will not visit you again, but I will come and soon if the Lord lets me. And then I'll find out whether these arrogant people just give pretentious speeches or whether they really have God's power. Because there's people within the church who are rising up and they're influential and they're speaking a godless, biblically void message. And there it's all about people exalting themselves. And Paul is there to challenge it. 14 (1h 9m 4s): He said, I'll come. I'll come. Listen. I'd rather have a dude come and shake me by the, by the neck and get my attention than standing before God. So I'm the dude today, and I don't make light of that. I, I am calling us. I am pleading that we would understand who we are, that we would get it at the core, that we would live it in Jesus Christ impacting our community and our world with life-changing message of Jesus Christ requires that all believers remember that your life and all that you have is they get from God. 14 (1h 9m 60s): And that we need to live our lives for God. There's a British rock band called Queen, great song that still played today great in the eyes of the world. What's her song? I want it all. I want it all, and I want it now. Freddie Mercury just belts it out, right? He wanted it all. They wanted it. That's the theme of the world. And if we're not careful, it's the theme of Carl Christians like we want it here and now. 14 (1h 10m 42s): We want our rewards. We want to live life. We want it all. Now, the fact that Freddy Mercury died of complications with AIDS at AIDS 45 isn't lost on me. This world doesn't offer what we're longing to experience as created beings in Christ, where we're called to serve the Lord, to give our lives to God. He said, Freddie, Mercury people, do you hear me? 14 (1h 11m 24s): Just give me the sign. It ain't much. I'm asking if you want the truth. Here's to the future for the dreams of youth. I want it all. Give it all. I want it all. I want it now. I want it all. Yes, I want it all. I want it all. Hey, I want it all and I want it now. I mean, it's just over and over and over again. This could be the theme of your life, like I'm working to get it all. Cuz we, we think somehow that that's what it's gonna scratch the itch or fill the void. He said, I'm a man with a one track mind so much to do in one lifetime. 14 (1h 12m 9s): Do you hear me? People not a man for compromise and wears and wise and living lies. So I'm living it all. Yes, I'm living it all and I'm giving it all. And I'm giving it all. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever. This is the theme of the world. Freddie Mercury died in 1987, but his songs are still going, impacting our community and our world with life changing message. Jesus Christ. Number three, remember that the kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk. 14 (1h 12m 53s): It is living by the power of God. By God's power. Where did I get that? Where did I get that? There's 20. The Bible. Okay, If I'm up here preaching something that's not in the Bible, don't listen to me. But if I'm up here preaching what is in the Bible, listen, the kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk, but it's living in God's power. Verse 20, first Corinthians chapter four, For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk, it's living by God's power. God spoke it. 14 (1h 13m 33s): This is what we believe as believers. This is what we live for as people who are living for Jesus. It's not just talking about it, but it's living in the power of God. I say it all the time. Everything that God calls us to requires that we live in that power, that we're empowered to do what God has called us to do. We cannot see what God is asking us to do. We cannot hear, we cannot do unless we're living in the power of God filled with the spirit of God. Which do you choose? Paul Road, Verse 21. Which do you choose? Everything comes down to choice, right? 14 (1h 14m 15s): Which, which do you choose? Should I come with a rod to punish you? Paul says he understood his authority within the church and his job to bring correction. But it wasn't his hard to be people up. It was his hard to disciple people to raise them up, but to encourage them to do what God had called them to do. But he's willing to bring a rod of correction if that's what will awaken the church, which you choose. Should I come with a rod to punish you or should I come with love and a gentle spirit? What do we need? What are we choosing? I mean, do we, do we want to stand before the Lord after reading passages like this and hearing sermons like this and say, Ah, I didn't take it serious. 14 (1h 15m 7s): You say, Well, I'm old and I haven't been living my life like this. We'll start now. Say I'm young and my life is just getting started. Get going. Now. Think about it now. Say, Well, I haven't raised my kids the way this, that you're been talking about. We'll start now. Repent and apologize and start now. Say, Hey, I've tell your kids, Hey, I didn't raise you the way I should've raised you. Forgive me. I'm going to, by God's grace, begin again in your marriage. Maybe you've not been honoring your spouse the way you should begin again. Say, Hey, I haven't been the best spouse. 14 (1h 15m 49s): Forgive me. I, I'd like to begin again and begin again. Don't be discouraged by a message like this, but let it light a fire in your soul. We were had a campfire. We had our grandkids over Friday night and couldn't wait for grandpa to get home because I was gonna build a bill campfire, you know, they wanted to help me build a fire. You know, we got this little fire area in the back of our property and like, Grandpa, we wanna, we wanna gather sticks so we can help you build the fire. Like, okay, go grab up the sticks. And we start building this fire. 14 (1h 16m 29s): And it's just really small. At first, I said, just wait. It's going to, it's gonna get bigger. So I, I had built this TP of a structure around this, and it was just a matter of time before that fire just grew and grew and grew and then caught. And before you knew it was just tall and we're just, we're roast of marshmallows and having to be careful cuz we're getting too close to the fire. But it was exciting when there's a, a fire burning, it's an exciting thing. Some of us are just barely embers ember. We're just barely, barely alive. There. Stoke it. I got real close to the fire and started blowing on it. 14 (1h 17m 9s): I said, Watch this, guys. Watch, watch. When I blow life into the air, into this fire just begins to get hot and big. Let God blow some life into you. Amen. Because what God can do in a moment is, is wonderful and supernatural to bring life and light to your, your walk as a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ, your purpose. And you'll, you'll never find greater joy, greater peace, greater fulfillment, and greater satisfaction than when you're doing what God has created you to do. 14 (1h 17m 52s): Everything else pales in comparison to that. Everything else pales in comparison to that. So forget about the big points. What are the three small points? Number one, 0 (1h 18m 7s): Servants, 14 (1h 18m 8s): What is it? 15 (1h 18m 9s): Servants, Employee of 14 (1h 18m 10s): God. Oh, servants, employees of God. What does that mean to you? 15 (1h 18m 19s): My life? I'm here to do what 14 (1h 18m 23s): He wants me to do. You're here to do what he wants you to do. Yeah. Employed by God, we've all been employed by somebody in life, right? Right. What do you, how do you know that you're doing a good job when your boss is saying, Hey, great, great job. When you know you've got a good clear job description and you're doing the job, be a servant. Figure out what you're called to do and then do it faithfully. Go ahead and stand up, Lord, as we wrap this sermon up, Lord, we thank you for who you are and for your grace. And we love you Lord. And we know that you love us and that you've given us purpose and we will be held accountable for that purpose. 14 (1h 19m 8s): So, Lord, I pray, I pray that that's what happens here at Harvest Church and everywhere where we have influence God, that we would, we would model this and live it and we stumble. We'd be quick to repent and get back to it. In Jesus' name for all the days of our lives. In Jesus' name. Lord, thank you Lord. Thank you Lord God. As we get ready to worship again, I pray that we'd be worshiping with a clear conscience, knowing that we are settled from this moment. 14 (1h 19m 58s): We are settled and we are committed from this moment to march forward in Jesus' name, to build your kingdom, to impact our community and our world with life changing message of Jesus Christ. One person at a time. We are your servants. We have responsibility and we will be faithful. Thank you Lord. In Jesus name. It's worship 0 (1h 20m 29s): Jesus. You're doing on, you're doing ah, A you're doing a Never gave up. You never gave up, you never up on you never give up. 0 (1h 21m 11s): You never gave up. You never gave up on me. You gonna give up. Never gave up. Never gave up. I know Jesus. Not done. You're doing, you're doing a new, you're a new thing on your life. 0 (1h 22m 1s): You never gonna give up. You gave up. You never gave up. You never gonna give up. Never give up. You never give. Gonna give up, never give, never up, done with me. You're new. You're doing a new Hoo. 0 (1h 22m 51s): You're doing a new, You're doing a new. So come do a 1 (1h 23m 11s): God. That is our prayer this morning, that you would do something new within us, that we wanna be complacent, but that we would live to our eyes toward heaven. We would ask what our assignment is for the day. And God, we would just walk moment by moment, day by day with you. We thank you for your presence. We thank you for your truth. We love you. It's in your precious name we pray. Amen.

In this message we will learn how to live in the fear of rejection through the life of Moses. Moses started as a somebody in Egypt. God took him to a nobody. Then he realized God could use anybody. It's time that we said, God, I'm not somebody, I'm a nobody before You, I receive You Jesus, because You can use anybody.

We can all use some happiness in our lives and a happy heart comes from inner joy.   Faith-based comedian, actress, and writer, DeAnn Alaine shares of her struggle along with a "Joyful Remedy" which has led her to a strong desire to serve Jesus. As a comedian, she helps others through their tough times in a cheerful way for God's Kingdom glory.    ***** Kimberly Hobbs   Welcome to empowering lives with purpose. And I'm your host, Kimberly Hobbs. I'm the founder of Women World Leaders. And we are so grateful to have you with us today. And I would like to welcome our guest today, Miss DeAnn Alaine, welcome, DeAnn. DeAnn Alaine   Woo-hoo! Thank you baby. I'm so glad to be here! Kimberly Hobbs   She is a bundle of joy. And we are so excited about what is going to be shared today. So be prepared ladies, this this woman is such a woman of God. And I am just so grateful to call her friend. And she is actually one of our leaders and women are leaders. So we are happy to do this broadcast today, this podcast. So ladies, it is our hope that through what you listen to today will inspire you and encourage you and just bring you closer to your walk with Jesus. And Ephesians 2:10 says that we are God's masterpiece we are created anew in Christ Jesus to do the very good things that he planned for us long ago. And we believe that each of us have a purpose on this planet. And that is to walk and glorify God in everything that we do. And our hope is that by listening today that you might be empowered to walk in your purpose, and serve God wherever it is that you are. The Bible also says that every believer has received grace gifts, so use them to serve one another as faithful stewards of the many colored cat tapestries of God's grace. That's First Peter 410 So today we're gonna share some of the gifting that this amazing woman of God has. And she is a comedian and I just again just love Deanne. So let me share a little bit about who she is. Deanna Elaine met the Lord as a child. She knew him as her healer before she knew him as her Savior. born with a rare disease that affected her mental and physical development, and made her unique from day one. She was called into the ministry as a young person, she eventually went to Bible college because the expectation of those around her was to be the pastor's wife and to play piano. That was going to be her testimony. Did the Colin her life change? No. Did the method of ministry Yes, not only is Deanna comedian, but she is also an award winning TV show host of Maude wash moments with Dan Elaine, and is the creator and director for fade away coming to TV and cell phones soon. So we are so again happy to have you and today we're going to hear about Dan's story a little bit of joyful remedy brought to you with a happy face from a happy heart. The Bible says you will show me the way of life granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasure of living with you forever that Psalm 1611. I love talking about joy. It just makes me happy. But first let's glance into Dan's younger years. Dan, you said that you were called at a young age and both parents instilled in you that the church should be the most joyful group of people on the planet, right? Your mom was a silly fun strong and and she had many enhance talents. So can you talk about your childhood with us a little bit and share a little bit about you growing up? DeAnn Alaine   Sure. Well, what a woman my mother, just a phenomenal chick. I remember before she met my dad and they got married, she would sew puppets called whosits. I mean, she was a single mom with three girls. And so we would go to different places and try and sell these puppets. She worked with a friend named Jackie like why do I remember that out of all these years and so even from a young age when you don't have money you get really creative and and she as it as it as a young person herself, really wanted to go into acting and she's just a beautiful charming human being it came to the Lord late in her 20s And so now that part of that excitement and and fun through hard work being a single mom until I was nine I got to see firsthand what joy looks like through great trial through great challenge and my older sisters they didn't quite get the picture of of her as a mom that I did because I was the youngest but then we had someone Just when she was teaching Sunday school and set up like this missions airplane and pretended fly us in different places, and we tried to recruit from different places, and, and then she met and married my dad, and what a guy and he's, he's the one that said the church should be the most joyful people on the planet like, and he's so right. And this is coming from a guy who, who became a husband and a dad all all at once. And we had never experienced the kind of life that he brought into the house. Like he would do try and taste what is in this. And he made eggs one time that looked like gray brain. Because he made him like licorice, like licorice flavored pancakes, it looks so awful. But we would gains and it would bring joy around the table with something that used to be a lot more common than it is today sitting at the table and enjoying each other having fellowship around food. I mean, my parents worked, my dad was in the Air Force. And my mom worked even after I married my dad work, work, work, work, work. And so to have two parents who love the Lord, who have that joy foundation really led me into into that season and finding joy around people who also loved Jesus. And when I was born, I was born with a terminal illness. And doctors would tell my mother, she's not going to live past this, this time. And this time, and this time, it happened several times. I was like, on this wing back then in the 70s. They didn't have this. They didn't have a decorum that they have today. I'm not PC, I'm a comic I'm not PC, but they didn't have decorum. And so they have this wing, they call the the, the the point of no return. And it was for terminally ill kids. And I was I was there a few different times in the state of Oregon, their university, and university Med Center. So all throughout that here's the enemy trying to take me out and having a mother who is now a believer praying, having elders of the church come over and pray. But still to have that joy like infused in into our life, we lived in a single wide trailer until I was nine. So I mean, we had frozen pipes. And I remember my mom getting my sister's like crawl under the trailer trying to fall pipes and stuff like that. It was like crazy. But then we'd come in and she would draw characters that she created on our lunch bags, because we didn't have like the 10 are really cool plastic lunchbox. So she would start drawing characters. And last year, she became a published author with her characters in a in a precious book. And so she's still living out what she started with me when I was little little. And she's still living that joyful testimony out. Kimberly Hobbs   Oh, that is so beautiful. So wow, that gives me a little bit of insight to and to your childhood with a mom that was creative and did things to just bring smiles to faces of her children. That's beautiful. So Dan, part of your joy you told me is to fix a problem. And the joy of the Lord was your strength, especially while school was extremely difficult for you. You also said church was the only place that you felt loved and accepted. So can you talk about school and why it was so difficult for you. DeAnn Alaine   So what I was mentioning with having this illness, the problem was my organs were growing, but my bones weren't. And like that's just there's nothing normal about that. And so what it lent itself to was developmental delays, physical delays and so academics I was six years academically behind my peers and oh my goodness, did that make it a struggle and I have this condition called seek amnesia. And what it means is mirrored image so all the muscles in my right from my shoulders all the way through my arms move exactly in mirrored image. So if I needed to write a paper, my right hand would right and my left hand and all the muscles in my left arm would move in the same exact Wow method but opposite. So everything with writing with school I academics was such a challenge I did terrible in school like, terrible. It's like, so going to church was like the place where I was accepted. I was surrounded by so many wonderful elderly people like the church, we went to Hood River Assembly of God in Hood River, Oregon. And I'm surrounded by a lot of elderly people that love to me would love holding me. And so from from being itty bitty, like I knew that my safe place was, was there because I didn't even expect to go to college. And the Lord delivered me from having feeling stupid, and having to overcome great challenges. Even through college. No one expected me to go to college. And so the fact that God really saw me through, and I have a degree in science and a degree in Biblical Studies and a degree it like, like, Who would have thought this, this, this stupid kid, like, would do this. And so, and the Lord, he saw me through, he saw me through and having that, again, that testimony from my mother really aided me in saying you can do this, you can do this. Through Christ, all things are possible. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen, amen. You are such a joy. And wow, I had no idea even some of these challenges you were saying that you went through Deann. And, and even knowing how you are and the beauty of your your soul that radiates the joy of Jesus, you can tell it's your strength, because I would never have guessed any of you know, the difficulties that you went through. So Deanne, Utah talked about when we were talking previously about a piece of chocolate. Hmm, you know, like, what, what about this piece of chocolate? You married your first husband, and you found yourself in harm's way you were talking about that too? Mental and physical? Abuse. And you called on the Lord in 2007, and started talking about a piece of chocolate. So can you share a little bit about this? This piece of chocolate? DeAnn Alaine   Oh, gosh, yeah, I listen, if you want to, if you want to find out who not to marry, or who to marry, have haven't listened, be willing to listen to the Lord. I didn't do that. I marry this sweet guy. He was a Christian going to church. And, and wow, after 18 months of marriage, things really started to take a turn for the worst and and so in the midst of that very challenging time. The Lord did speak to my heart, and He knows that I love chocolate. Like I know it's not for every chick, or for every person, but but for me, like chocolate scratches an itch. And he's like, What about a piece of chocolate? Like, what piece of like, where I started looking for wrappers? Like where's where he's like, no, no. Write, write about some of the joyful times you have when you were a kid. And growing up in these pieces of chocolate and, and like, oh my gosh, so I started writing blogging, like way back in 2007. And it started to grow and it started to change and more women started to like, come in, because our stories are funny. And even even through that very dark time. Here's the Lord saying, I am keeping you but I'm keeping you my way. I'm not keeping you away. I'm keeping you my way and a piece of chocolate kept, kept going and kept growing. Until until the Lord said, okay, that season is done. And then I was done. Like when he says done, I'm done. Yeah, wow. Kimberly Hobbs   So that definitely satisfied for a time you were blogging, and it all came from a piece of chocolate and God gave you that creative mind again to take from that piece of chocolate and bloom something there that was able to get you through a period of time and others to because others read your blogs and so Dan, you needed your joy restored. The Bible says the commandments of the Lord, I write bringing joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are clear, giving insight for the living. Psalm 19 verse eight. Sadly, your marriage didn't last and it took strength to get through that time and the strength to do the right thing something right you needed the right source of strength and that's today what we want to pour in to these women that are listening, we all need our strength from the Lord at different times. And we may be all battling different things as you battled a lot of emotional difficulty in your life, you battled physical difficulty, and let loose Deanne. And let's talk to these ladies that are listening in about where your joy comes from, and how they can just harness that joy, the way that you did and the way that you do now in your life. DeAnn Alaine   Oh, This is my wheelhouse, like, I'm so happy to share this because I, okay, here's the thing. The Bible says that the joy of the Lord and I want to slow this down, the joy of the Lord is our strength. Amen. But listen, joy, or like any muscle that needs to be strengthened has to be worked out. It's, it's not like, oh, the joy of the Lord is my strength. And then you're grasping for straws, like desperately trying to like Where? Where is it? Where's the joy? Where's the joy? You we have to allow Jesus to, to, we need to give him space in our lives to strengthen us. So joy is a strength that has to be developed. So you may not have you may not go through, like everyone's lives gets touched with dramatic situations and horrible situations. So So can Jesus keep you during that time? Yes, if you will let Jesus keep you. Right, the Bible says that Jesus can keep your mind in perfect peace, your heart and perfect peace. So if you'll give him room to bring that peace factor in the midst of that those storms. And in the midst of what seems like drowning, like sometimes it's not just as nice as a storm. Sometimes it's a hurricane. And sometimes you you're under the water and debris is flowing past you. And it's it's it's there's nothing pretty like life is hard. However, if you if we can give Jesus the space, to keep our minds to get in the Word, to keep our minds as we are in Christ Jesus, then that will give him a chance to develop joy as a strength. Because joy has to be developed. It has to be a choice. It has to be a choice. Like I was looking in Psalm, chapter 100, verse two, which is serve the Lord with gladness, come before him with joyful songs. Now, I don't know about you, but sometimes the only song that I can get out of my mouth is like like, that's the all these song I have is it it doesn't even sound like a song. Like sometimes I just, I need to have like a song that sounds like a meltdown just to release that hot the harboring mental challenges and thought bonds that the enemy tries to throw my way. And sometimes I have to fake it. Because here's the thing, okay. I was also a nurse for a season, and I was an LPN. And I learned that even by saying, My joy is complete, well change the hormones that are released into your bloodstream and change the effect of how you actually feel a change to affect God knows how he made us he he's so he knows it all. He knows the hormones that he put in us crazy women like he knows. He's there with us in the story he understands. But in but in that, do you know that just smiling even when you're like, angry, if you'll smile, it releases a chemical in your bloodstream, that changes the effect of the hormones in your in your body it Amen to that change your mind. So but it has to be chosen. This way that I have, it didn't start today. It has been brewing and growing and strengthening for a long time. But the best test of where you know that your joy is getting strong is always in the Valley. It's never on the mountaintop. It's always in those challenges. So I also want to read from Psalm 51 Psalms 51 Verse 12, and that verse is Is restore the joy of your salvation to me and sustain me by giving me a willing spirit. That willingness to say, I'd rather wig out, I'd rather get my flesh. It's all way I'd rather do that. I want my own remedy. Rather than a joyful remedy. I want to, I want to tell my husband what I think of him. I want to tell it like, ah, you know, it's okay to scream. It's okay. Like, it's okay. Seriously, if you're listening to this right now and you feel like you're gonna first go into your closet, shut the door, if you don't have that golf suck, okay? Even if you like, whatever you need to do to scream, get, get that, that stress out of your body, and just start singing, just sing a song. joy of the Lord is my strength. Right? I learned that Sunday School is a little thing that today, like I could be having a meltdown and crying. And I sing, the joy of the Lord is my strength. But it changes my brain it changes I feel my body. But it has to be a decision much like how we choose Jesus. Right? He calls us by name he calling out to us. But we're the ones that take that step by faith. You know, to say, I believe you. I believe what you say is true. If you're if right, Jesus was the Word made flesh. So if he came to Earth, look what he endured. But look how he was so victorious, like Jesus is the remedy is the remedy of joy. Right? If Jesus wasn't in heaven, it wouldn't be heaven. Thing about right. So if Jesus wasn't in my life, and an active part and an active decision that I make every day, my joy would not be complete. Because he's the remedy. He's worse. He's the only one that I can say, Jesus, I got myself into this. But I need you to get me out of this what it looks like. And guess what he does. Every time I give him room and space. To my own conclusions is sort of jumping to my like, I just want to, like, I don't want to kill my husband. He is an amazing man of God, but the wife, I just want to go. Unknown Speaker   I have a 16 year old son. I don't have daughters. DeAnn Alaine   And so I think about that, I have to choose to give Jesus room to say, Okay, you beat you in this and then just trust that he's got me covered. Kimberly Hobbs   He does. He does. have you covered DeAnn. He has all of us covered. And I still wanted to jump in with a scripture but I'll read it now. If you weren't talking as you were talking, because it's just this is so good. Those who look to him for help. Ladies, when we look to Jesus for help, he doesn't leave us floundering around and flapping in our tears and crying about those who look to him for help will be radiant with joy. Just as Dan shared about the joy of the Lord is our strength it is and in the Bible says no shadow of shame will darken their faces Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh the joys of those who take refuge in Him. Psalm 34, five and eight, Psalm 34, five and eight ladies. So take refuge right, Dan? Like you just gave your life to taking refuge in him under the shadow of his wings. And you have been in complete joy. In fact, Deanna has made a career out of that and just bringing joy to the hearts of women now and men and women. She has been a faith based comedian and just shares just the joy that exudes out of her soul because she does have Jesus residing there every single day, every single moment share about how and what you do for a living Diem because it's so fun. It's so interesting. And you get to be happy every day and what you do DeAnn Alaine   I think you overstated that a little bit. She's like, joy in every moment, every second. I'm like Oh, okay. You You can't see it if you're listening to the broadcast, but I have a cookie monster bubble machine that like my husband and I like we love SeaWorld. We live in the Orlando area and so like, so sometimes I need this guy to just like help me out. He blinks and he blows bubbles outside of his lid. And I'm like, what? I rather blow bubbles out of my lid or for heart like of course now he's not blowing bubbles right now, but he's cute. I is any cue? Of course, you know, cooking chocolate and all that good stuff. I do. I did not call myself into comedy. Like I really thought I was going to be a crazy worshiper. I mean, I am but like, as a leader, and write music and sing in church and stuff. And then it was only like two and a half years ago, the Lord's like, hey, silly. I want you to bring joy to the world. I want you to do comedy. I'm like, what? Oh my gosh, this sounds like so much fun. And so through 2020 I learned the skill of comedy. So I oh my gosh, he's blowing. He's blowing his bubbles like here. Here we are, ladies and gentlemen Kimberly Hobbs   See the bubbles going around. Most everybody's listening to podcasts, but those who are watching on YouTube. DeAnn Alaine   And check this out. You guys.. Kimberly Hobbs   see the bubbles all over?  DeAnn Alaine   Isn't it so much fun. I'm such a kid.  Kimberly Hobbs   Bubbles make you happy. Unknown Speaker   They do. That's why I have a comedy carwash show on Roku TV. Yes. We go through a carwash I have guests and we play games and and we sing songs and and it's just bananas. It's on creative motion network. So if you ever pay TV or the Roku stick, or you can go to the their site online and watch mouthwash moments with the analyte. And and we have the most fun going through a carwash and sometimes we'll go through two times and and sometimes we'll go through three times just because we're having so much fun. And the Lord is bringing that to the surface on like a carwash. Like this is so much fun.  Kimberly Hobbs   I know. Who would ever think about going through a carwash and making a comedy show out of it. But God gave you that vision to do it. And also Dan, talk about fade away as you are getting ready to film and share a little bit about that too. DeAnn Alaine   Well, Fade Away is a sitcom based off of the best third rate funeral in Polk County, which is the county where I live in Florida. And we start filming on August 5, so be praying for us in that. And then we finish the rest of the filming on September 3 and fourth, we've got our camera guys in place our actors in place and I'm like Jesus, what are you doing? He's like, it's still comedy, but I want you to do television. I'm calling you into a bigger a bigger place, I need more. I have had to I learned joy and and you know, everyone's life is touched with death, everyone. And so here's the Lord saying I need I need people to have permission to be able to laugh and have joy about some of the biggest heart aches they've experienced. And so it's really like his hand is on this and that it's all come together. It's a miracle because I've never done anything like this before. But the when the Lord says do this, I'm hits so I'm gonna say yes. So yes, adventure. Kimberly Hobbs   Yes, yes, you are on a huge adventure. And we are just so blessed Dan to be able to come alongside of you. And now that she is in women, world leaders, God is using her and amazing ways here as well. And she has spoke at our last event at Kaiser University and just brought joy to the audience of women that laughed and laughed and laughed and and you can tell again, the joy of the Lord is your strength and nobody would know what was happening in your life growing up and how God would use all of those situations to bring you to where you are today and how you're able to serve Him with that joy. So ladies, we just really we know all of us like Dan sided go through struggles day to day but we need to just look to the Lord for our strength. As Dan said, shout out loud you know, turn your screams into songs of praise to the Lord and just be joyful with a joyful heart and the joy of the Lord will be your strength. You can visit DeAnn at WWW dot DeAnn Alaine - Alaine is a l a i n e.com If you'd like to hear her speak or perform comedy at your next event And and the name of her show mod wash moments with Deanna lien can be seen on Roku TV. Just add creative motion network to your streaming channels and find comedy presentations. And you can like and follow fadeaway on the Facebook page and find Deanne on Instagram at Dianna lean three to seven. She is also ladies and this month voice of truth magazine through women world leaders where she shares some joy in the magazine and look for her in the future with some really exciting future things that she's going to be writing. And we are just so grateful to have her on our leadership team. And in just in future things with women, we're leaders, we're working on some fun things to bring joy into the ministry. And Deann Can you leave the ladies with a just a word to that they could carry with them through the day just maybe that shot in the arm? That would just give them some joy? DeAnn Alaine   Yeah, absolutely. The shot in the arm is just confess with your mouth, Jesus, I will give you room today to work. I will give you room. Because if you if you give him room to work things out instead of you work trying to work them out yourself. He will do such a better job I promise you. So just say I promise to give you room today. Kimberly Hobbs   Wow, that's powerful, powerful. Give him room. So Jesus, we give you room to work in our life today. And for everybody listening, let's just pray that together. Daniel, you just cover the the women in prayer, just a short prayer to cover them. DeAnn Alaine   In the name of Jesus become before you indeed whether struggling or, or with buckets of joy, we just come at your feet and we declare that you are Lord, we thank You Jesus that you truly are the source. You are the remedy. Yes, joy, like you are the remedy for a joyful lifestyle. And, and for any of the ladies for all of the ladies listening, I just speak joy in abundance. In that moment. Today. I speak joy, even just a tiny bit, just meet them where they're at with, with the joy that they are they can receive in this moment. Jesus, you know that some are listening and their kids are driving them bananas or or they make they you might be single, and you're a single rose, but just know that Jesus has you covered and give him room like Jesus, thank you for these beautiful women. Thank you that they'll say today what I give you room to to, to work. Instead of me trying to fix this. Your joy will be manifested by me watching what you do. So Laurie, thank you for giving the women courage to say I won't settle for my flesh. I just I just want Jesus and to sit back and give him room to do what you love to do. I honor these ladies and bless them in the name of Jesus. Amen. Kimberly Hobbs   Amen. And remember ladies, Jesus is the joy of our salvation. His banner over us is love. And that was a song that we used to sing growing up in Sunday school so we just know Jesus is the joy of our salvation carry him with you ladies give him room. Thank you Deanna lane, we love you so much. And ladies, please remember join us each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As we bring you these podcasts and each and every week. Ladies, we have to close but from his heart to yours. We are women world leaders all content is copyrighted and cannot be used without expressed written consent. God bless you and have a beautiful fantastic day the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Canary Cry News Talk #495 - 06.10.2022 INSURRECTION RITUALS Rioters Rioting, NASA Dark Energy, Days of Noah LINKTREE: CanaryCry.Party SHOW NOTES: CanaryCryNewsTalk.com CLIP CHANNEL: CanaryCry.Tube SUPPLY DROP: CanaryCrySupplyDrop.com SUPPORT: CanaryCryRadio.com/Support MEET UPS: CanaryCryMeetUps.com Basil's other podcast: ravel Gonz' New Youtube: Facelikethesun Resurrection Gonz' Video Archive: Facelikethesun.Live App Made by Canary Cry Producer: Truther Dating App   LEAD/JAN 6 5:23 V / 3:01 P Clip: Takeaways from Day 1 of Jan 6 Hearings (CNN) → Report by Pamela Brown, CNN Anchor/Sr. Washington Correspondent   Trump and allies having meltdown on Truth Social (Daily Beast) Republican Kelley arrested for Jan 6 connection (Forbes)   INTRO (M-W-F) 33:42 V / 31:10 P B&G Update, V4V/Exec./Asso./Support   FLIPPY 38:22 V / 36:00 P Nuclear waste sorting Robot Arm (PEI)   [Party Pitch/Ravel/CCClips/text alerts] 46:59 V / 44:37 P   GUN CONTROL 49:15 V / 46:53 P → Multiple victims reported in Mass Shooting, Maryland (The Hill) Protecting our Kids Act passes, here's what's in it (MSN/KTLA) → Bill HR 7910 (Gov Info)   BEAST SYSTEM 1:03:52 V / 1:01:30 P Apple just killed the password for good (Wired)   [TREASURE/SPEAKPIPE/BYE YOUTUBE] 1:18:24 V / 1:16:02 P   COVID/WACCINE 1:44:45 V / 1:42:23 P ABC News Analysis; Breakthrough Covid, deaths, rise amidst push for boosters (ABC) → Biden officials ending test requirements for International travel (The Hill) → WHO experts agree lab leak theory needs more investigation (CBC) (Response to Judicial Watch?)   PANDEMIC SPECIAL/TICK JINGLE 2:15:49 V /  Heartland virus, a new tick-borne disease spreading through the Mid/South US (Insider)  → Graphene, alternative to chemicals to repel mosquito bites (2019, NIH)   MONKEYPOX 2:14:38 V / 2:12:16 P Monkeypox symptoms can mimic STDs and be misdiagnosed (UPI.com) Some monkeypox patients also have sexually transmitted diseases, CDC says (cnbc.com)   [TALENT] 2:32:57 V / 2:30:35 P   SPACE/SCIENCE IS TRUTH 2:55:14 V / 2:52:52 P NASA's UAP team to provide scientific research (J-Post) [Not Alien…helps Jewish/Alien thesis] NASA boss: ‘I believe ET is real' (Telegraph/MSN) -“Nazi UFOs” Wikipedia -David Spergel homepage, “Dark Energy” (Princeton.edu)   NEPHILIM UPDATE 3:17:24 V / 3:15:02 P Footage, Texas zoo show mysterious Unidentified Amarillo Object (CHRON)   [TIME/OUTRO] 3:21:47 V / 3:19:25 P   EPISODE 495 WAS PRODUCED BY… Executive Producers Teresa Y**   Producers Dame Sarah of the Shadows, Dame Lady Knight Little Wing, Dustin B, Runksmash, Steven D, Arnold W, MORV, James M, Sandra K, Sir JC Knight of the Technosquatch, LX Protocol V2, James M, Amanda M, JonathanF, Michael M, Darrin S, Gail M, Veronica D, Sir Scott Knight of Truth, Sir Casey the Shield Knight, Sir James Knight and Servant of the Lion of Judah   AUDIO PRODUCTION (Jingles, Iso, Music): JonathanF    ART PRODUCTION (Drawing, Painting, Graphics): Dame Allie of the Skillet Nation, Sir Dove Knight of Rusbeltia   CONTENT PRODUCTION (Microfiction etc.): Runksmash: Abby Synth sits on Rooster's back, observing the farm and the animals. She sees a tall bipedal animal standing by the big box and a strange turtle with round legs approaching him, alarmingly out of it climbs a shorter biped and then several others.   Akyalynn: There's a longing in my Heart, I want so much more. I pray to my Master, Lord please open the door. Show me the light through this world of sin, lead the way & and I will follow You in. You are the Way, the Truth & the Life. The only One who carried my strife. I love You Jesus!    CLIP PRODUCER Emsworth, FaeLivrin, Epsilon   Timestamps: Mondays: Jackie U Wednesdays: Jade Bouncerson Fridays: Christine C   ADDITIONAL STORIES: …more Jan 6/polyticks… → US Cap riot hearing shows Trump allies, daughter rejected fraud claims (Reuters) → Trump throws Ivanka under the bus after her response (DailyMail) → Rep. Jim Jordan claims FBI is 'purging' employees with conservative viewpoints (DailyMail)  → How Jared Kushner Washed His Hands of Donald Trump Before Jan. 6 (Dnyuz) → Brazil's Bolsonaro casts doubt on Biden's 2020 election win ahead of meeting him (Reuters)  → Ginny Thomas emails show, 29 lawmakers contacted to attempt overturn elections (Wapo) World Bank warns 1970's style stagflation (Wapo) Putin terrifying war games Amphibious Soldiers firing underwater (Mirror UK) NASA to form scientific team to study UAP (Reuters) UK's Prince Williams spotted selling homeless magazine on the streets of London (Reuters) AI reveals a never-before described 3D structure in rotavirus spike protein (PhysOrg)  Putin Calls Himself A Modern "Peter The Great" Amid Ukraine War (NDTV)  → Peter The Great (Britannica) Obama-Biden advisor suggests surrendering US sovereignty to a world government (Life Site) $800 for this Raspberry pi controlled Robot Arm Humanoid robot soldiers that come alive, used to train paratroopers (DailyMail)

Spiritual warfare, it's real. Fighting unseen, daily. This is serious business. We're talking good vs evil. And although one side has already won over death and the grave, the other is going to spend YOUR whole life trying to convince YOU Jesus hasn't won. That it's not true and that you are powerless. But don't be afraid. Stand firm. Trust God and put on that armor! This episode is full of encouragement and action steps to prepare you with God's help, for battle.

The Word of God Devotional and Evangelical Ministries! The Word of God Daily Devotional! Friday, May 27, 2022 All I Need is a Word from You Jesus! Matthew 8:5-7

The Word of God Devotional and Evangelical Ministries! The Word of God Daily Devotional! Friday, May 27, 2022 All I Need is a Word from You Jesus! Matthew 8:5-7

What are the "Unsearchable Riches of Christ?" [Eph. 3:8-13] -- Immeasurable Riches--- "Wait, you mean there's more?!" What is it about You Jesus that I haven't seen yet? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/hc-weekly/support

Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when dreams come true, there is life and joy. When I was gathering songs to lead worship for my church, I saw the title, "The Heart of Worship." I had never played this song, so I found a key that worked, sat down, and sang it. Something happened inside. All my wandering and wondering thoughts came together in one place as I sang the words, "It's all about You, It's all about You Jesus." My hope was reset to where it belongs. I will read to you from: Hebrews 4:14-16 Luke 10:38-42 Matthew 22:36-40 I will sing, "The Heart of Worship" by Matt Redman. If you would like to support this podcast with a monthly or one-time donation, thank you! I am dreaming up extra goodies for those of you who are able to help out. Take a look. http://www.sherriyoungward.com/donate To find out about upcoming gatherings and new projects, please join my email list at www.sherriyoungward.com

DAUGHTERS UNITED was birth in 2017, out of a heart cry for COMMUNITY, MENTORING and NETWORKING among women in Marketplace and Ministry. One Sunday morning, sitting in a church service, I heard Pastor Tommy Reid share his story about driving in Buffalo in the 1990's -down RT 5, past the DRY BONES of Bethlehem Steel, over the skyway, past the dead industrial waterfront, and into the broken down streets of downtown. He shared how it broke his heart... Oh how my heart leapt! I understood this pain, as I had also wept tears on these same streets for many years. He then prayed for the Lord to breathe life upon these Dry Bones of Buffalo, That once again it would rise as a great city. He was rejoicing that now in his 80's, he had lived to see God begin to answer his prayers! At that moment the Lord touched my heart, and poured a vision into me. I saw a huge arena filled with women worshipping the Lord and around the perimeter stood white tents, each representing a different area of outreach or ministry... I heard a gentle voice whisper deep in my spirit, “Gather my Daughters”... for such a time as this! Thus was the birthing of DAUGHTERS UNITED, a global Mentoring and Equipping Ministry for Women on Mission. Linette Rainville, Founder and Lead Visionary PRAYER FOR BUFFALO... THE CITY OF LIGHT! Lord God! We pour out our hearts to you on behalf of the City of Buffalo, WNY and this whole REGION. Father, once she was a LIGHT to the NATION, and you called her the CITY of LIGHT. She was an industrial passageway and you called her the QUEEN CITY. You called her the CITY of BROTHERLY LOVE because of the depth of LOVE and CARE she has for her neighbors and visitors. LORD GOD, we ask that you would RISE UP the DRY BONES of this city. We already see that your hand has been at work here at our waterfront, at Canalside, at our Military Park and our Medical Corridor. We see LIFE RISING UP all over this city and this region. FATHER GOD, today we ask you also to RISE UP a Spirit of UNITY among our CHURCHES to BE your LOVE to each other, to HEAL our racial and religious wounds, to tear down our denominational walls, that we could ALL join our DRY BONES together and work as ONE BODY as you first intended us to work. Lord we DECLARE… you will put muscle and bone onto this BODY, and you will BREATHE a fresh breath of your SPIRIT into us. POUR your LOVE upon us Father. POUR your LOVE into our Churches. BURST through our doors and our walls. POUR your LOVE back into us that we may POUR IT back out into the streets, into the highways, into the byways. By THIS LORD, they will know that we are YOURS. By our LOVE they will know that we are your servants, that we are Christians serving YOU JESUS, LOVING you, HONORING you, leading the way to your HEART and to RECONCILIATION with YOU. We LOVE YOU FATHER and we thank you, and we PRAISE YOU for all that you are doing, and ALL that you are GOING to do in this GREAT CITY and in this GREAT REGION in BUFFALO, NY and NIAGARA FALLS. POUR, POUR, POUR your LOVE into us, that we can pour out into others. In JESUS NAME we pray. AMEN. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/linette-rainville/message

When we are on the beach we only see a small part of the ocean. However, we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. We only see a small part of God's great love, a few jewels of His great riches, but we know that there is much more beyond the horizon. The best is yet to come, when we see Jesus face-to-face. Corrie Ten BoomLast week we finished Revelation 4, what I call the fascination litmus test. John's encounter in heaven continues in Revelation 5, we will be looking at verses 1-5. This is the first part of a story line involving the scroll.The Passage Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”Now keep in mind the mystery of heaven, we don't know how this all works with time and space…John saw it, in it's context, it is describing a future event when he breaks the seven seals and sets in to motion the final events of this current age. This is again just a note and not a detailed study into that.The List:He holds a sealed scroll in his right hand, with writing front and backHe sits on a throne He has announcing angels with loud voicesFrom this throne room, there is mysterical access to see what's going on in heaven, on earth and under the earth (Take note, this is not a flat earth reference, I don't condone that theology)There is only one person in all created order that is worthy to open this scroll.The elders in heaven are able to respond to what is happening in the throne roomHe is the Lion of the tribe of Judah (this literally means he still gives himself ties to the earth and a human bloodline)He is the root of DavidHe has conqueredHe is worthy to open the scroll and it's seven sealsThe Declarations:You hold a scroll in your right handYou sit enthroned in heavenYou've created powerful announcing angels with loud voices You access from your throne room the goings on in all of your created orderOnly one is able to open the scrollThe elders around your throne respond, they are real, they interact with saintsYou are the Lion of the tribe of Judah, you keep and acknowledge your human bloodline and ties to the earthYou are the root of DavidYou have conquered and therefore You Jesus are the only one in all of heaven, earth and under the earth that is worthy to open the scroll and it's seven sealsSubmit feedback or content: johan@beholding.caPremium feed to support the show and get future music and bonus content sent right to your podcast player as an episode. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/beholding/exclusive-contentSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/beholding/exclusive-content

Demons recognize authority! Do they recognize authority in you? Description What does authority to trample on snakes and scorpions look like? Do demon spirits have to obey your command? Do you need to go looking for a demon? Join me today on this teaching and arise in your calling to cast out those demons whenever they appear. Show Notes Mark 1:21-28 As Jesus taught in the synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out and interrupted His teaching. “Let us alone! What have we to do with You Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!” You Will Learn: Demons Recognize Authority Jesus wasn't speaking to the demons but was preaching the Word of God. The Word of God was convicting the demons and caused a reaction. They recognized truth (the Word) spoken from authority. When truth is coupled with true authority, demons tremble and react. They recognized and exposed themselves. They recognized authority in Jesus. Do the Demons Recognize Authority in You? When you speak truth, preach the Word of God, or share a testimony and you receive an odd response, a demon spirit may have manifested itself. It recognizes authority in you. Rebuke the demon and cast it out. Don't entertain it. Muzzle and Cast out the Demon Jesus rebuked it, muzzled it, and cast it out. You don't counsel a demon you cast it out. The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud voice he came out of him. In this season, you shall now see what was always available to you, but you had not yet apprehended. Your eyes are being opened to the spiritual realm. If you will remain in your convictions an in your God appointed position, God will move you into higher realms of His authority and His power will be released through you. Join us today on this powerful teaching on spiritual warfare. Please send us an email and let us know what the Lord has done for you! We love to hear from our partners. Also, as a gift to you we are offering a video teaching titled, “How to Not Lose Your Healing.” To receive your gift, simply visit our website at www.cathycoppola.org and fill out the form with your name and email and you will receive your free teaching. For more information visit our websites at www.cathycoppola.org. When the power of God invades the power of darkness, miracles happen! House of Glory Lake Forest, Ca. 23732 Birtcher Dr. Lake Forest, CA 92630 Visit www.cathycoppola.org Visit www.houseofglorychurch.org Connect with us! Website: www.cathycoppola.org Website: www.mwbn.tv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMfDz8BXL2UJJ3K4jG1pa5w Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApostleCathyCoppola Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathycoppolaministries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApostleCoppola Pick up a copy of her three books at: From Grief to Glory https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Glory-Fire-Adversity-Love/dp/1931820287/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3P0LU77NMF1BA&dchild=1&keywords=From+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295646&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=from+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppol%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2&sres=1672467659%2C1931820287%2CB099VMT8VZ%2C1736648004%2CB08HRJ1FNG%2CB0939LQQ54%2CB008FD8ETS%2CB08Y5YFYD9%2CB07MBH96DB%2CB078K93HFD%2CB08JRG6XG7%2CB07KRMZZZ6%2CB094RB8GGD%2CB003OSSKWK%2CB08T5Y2J8F%2CB08M9DZLDV&srpt=ABIS_BOOK Devil Get Your Hands Off! https://www.amazon.com/Devil-GET-YOUR-HANDS-OFF/dp/1530872081/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NMW0BF86585E&dchild=1&keywords=Devil+get+your+hands+off&qid=1635295580&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=devil+get+your+hands+off%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1&sres=1530872081%2C080784926X%2CB00HVF7OJM%2C1540856437%2C1455539597%2C0307987698%2C1942934106%2CB07F6N3RT6%2CB078YZ586K%2CB084281952%2CB015G0F03U%2CB07S2Z9433%2CB07VWL357N%2CB00WSWGVZQ%2CB079QYYGF1%2CB01N22CM3F Get Up And Lead! Dynamic Downloads for Leadership https://www.amazon.com/Get-Up-Lead-Downloads-Leadership/dp/B08RR9KXT2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=get+up+and+lead+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295446&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sr=8-1&sres=B08RDMB2FR&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

Demons recognize authority! Do they recognize authority in you? Description What does authority to trample on snakes and scorpions look like? Do demon spirits have to obey your command? Do you need to go looking for a demon? Join me today on this teaching and arise in your calling to cast out those demons whenever they appear. Show Notes Mark 1:21-28 As Jesus taught in the synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out and interrupted His teaching. “Let us alone! What have we to do with You Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!” You Will Learn: Demons Recognize Authority Jesus wasn't speaking to the demons but was preaching the Word of God. The Word of God was convicting the demons and caused a reaction. They recognized truth (the Word) spoken from authority. When truth is coupled with true authority, demons tremble and react. They recognized and exposed themselves. They recognized authority in Jesus. Do the Demons Recognize Authority in You? When you speak truth, preach the Word of God, or share a testimony and you receive an odd response, a demon spirit may have manifested itself. It recognizes authority in you. Rebuke the demon and cast it out. Don't entertain it. Muzzle and Cast out the Demon Jesus rebuked it, muzzled it, and cast it out. You don't counsel a demon you cast it out. The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud voice he came out of him. In this season, you shall now see what was always available to you, but you had not yet apprehended. Your eyes are being opened to the spiritual realm. If you will remain in your convictions an in your God appointed position, God will move you into higher realms of His authority and His power will be released through you. Join us today on this powerful teaching on spiritual warfare. Please send us an email and let us know what the Lord has done for you! We love to hear from our partners. Also, as a gift to you we are offering a video teaching titled, “How to Not Lose Your Healing.” To receive your gift, simply visit our website at www.cathycoppola.org and fill out the form with your name and email and you will receive your free teaching. For more information visit our websites at www.cathycoppola.org. When the power of God invades the power of darkness, miracles happen! House of Glory Lake Forest, Ca. 23732 Birtcher Dr. Lake Forest, CA 92630 Visit www.cathycoppola.org Visit www.houseofglorychurch.org Connect with us! Website: www.cathycoppola.org Website: www.mwbn.tv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMfDz8BXL2UJJ3K4jG1pa5w Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApostleCathyCoppola Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathycoppolaministries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApostleCoppola Pick up a copy of her three books at: From Grief to Glory https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Glory-Fire-Adversity-Love/dp/1931820287/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3P0LU77NMF1BA&dchild=1&keywords=From+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295646&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=from+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppol%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2&sres=1672467659%2C1931820287%2CB099VMT8VZ%2C1736648004%2CB08HRJ1FNG%2CB0939LQQ54%2CB008FD8ETS%2CB08Y5YFYD9%2CB07MBH96DB%2CB078K93HFD%2CB08JRG6XG7%2CB07KRMZZZ6%2CB094RB8GGD%2CB003OSSKWK%2CB08T5Y2J8F%2CB08M9DZLDV&srpt=ABIS_BOOK Devil Get Your Hands Off! https://www.amazon.com/Devil-GET-YOUR-HANDS-OFF/dp/1530872081/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NMW0BF86585E&dchild=1&keywords=Devil+get+your+hands+off&qid=1635295580&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=devil+get+your+hands+off%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1&sres=1530872081%2C080784926X%2CB00HVF7OJM%2C1540856437%2C1455539597%2C0307987698%2C1942934106%2CB07F6N3RT6%2CB078YZ586K%2CB084281952%2CB015G0F03U%2CB07S2Z9433%2CB07VWL357N%2CB00WSWGVZQ%2CB079QYYGF1%2CB01N22CM3F Get Up And Lead! Dynamic Downloads for Leadership https://www.amazon.com/Get-Up-Lead-Downloads-Leadership/dp/B08RR9KXT2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=get+up+and+lead+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295446&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sr=8-1&sres=B08RDMB2FR&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

Demons recognize authority! Do they recognize authority in you? Description What does authority to trample on snakes and scorpions look like? Do demon spirits have to obey your command? Do you need to go looking for a demon? Join me today on this teaching and arise in your calling to cast out those demons whenever they appear. Show Notes Mark 1:21-28 As Jesus taught in the synagogue there was a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out and interrupted His teaching. “Let us alone! What have we to do with You Jesus of Nazareth? Did you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!” You Will Learn: Demons Recognize Authority Jesus wasn't speaking to the demons but was preaching the Word of God. The Word of God was convicting the demons and caused a reaction. They recognized truth (the Word) spoken from authority. When truth is coupled with true authority, demons tremble and react. They recognized and exposed themselves. They recognized authority in Jesus. Do the Demons Recognize Authority in You? When you speak truth, preach the Word of God, or share a testimony and you receive an odd response, a demon spirit may have manifested itself. It recognizes authority in you. Rebuke the demon and cast it out. Don't entertain it. Muzzle and Cast out the Demon Jesus rebuked it, muzzled it, and cast it out. You don't counsel a demon you cast it out. The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud voice he came out of him. In this season, you shall now see what was always available to you, but you had not yet apprehended. Your eyes are being opened to the spiritual realm. If you will remain in your convictions an in your God appointed position, God will move you into higher realms of His authority and His power will be released through you. Join us today on this powerful teaching on spiritual warfare. Please send us an email and let us know what the Lord has done for you! We love to hear from our partners. Also, as a gift to you we are offering a video teaching titled, “How to Not Lose Your Healing.” To receive your gift, simply visit our website at www.cathycoppola.org and fill out the form with your name and email and you will receive your free teaching. For more information visit our websites at www.cathycoppola.org. When the power of God invades the power of darkness, miracles happen! House of Glory Lake Forest, Ca. 23732 Birtcher Dr. Lake Forest, CA 92630 Visit www.cathycoppola.org Visit www.houseofglorychurch.org Connect with us! Website: www.cathycoppola.org Website: www.mwbn.tv YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMfDz8BXL2UJJ3K4jG1pa5w Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ApostleCathyCoppola Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cathycoppolaministries/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ApostleCoppola Pick up a copy of her three books at: From Grief to Glory https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Glory-Fire-Adversity-Love/dp/1931820287/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3P0LU77NMF1BA&dchild=1&keywords=From+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295646&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=from+grief+to+glory+cathy+coppol%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2&sres=1672467659%2C1931820287%2CB099VMT8VZ%2C1736648004%2CB08HRJ1FNG%2CB0939LQQ54%2CB008FD8ETS%2CB08Y5YFYD9%2CB07MBH96DB%2CB078K93HFD%2CB08JRG6XG7%2CB07KRMZZZ6%2CB094RB8GGD%2CB003OSSKWK%2CB08T5Y2J8F%2CB08M9DZLDV&srpt=ABIS_BOOK Devil Get Your Hands Off! https://www.amazon.com/Devil-GET-YOUR-HANDS-OFF/dp/1530872081/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NMW0BF86585E&dchild=1&keywords=Devil+get+your+hands+off&qid=1635295580&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sprefix=devil+get+your+hands+off%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1&sres=1530872081%2C080784926X%2CB00HVF7OJM%2C1540856437%2C1455539597%2C0307987698%2C1942934106%2CB07F6N3RT6%2CB078YZ586K%2CB084281952%2CB015G0F03U%2CB07S2Z9433%2CB07VWL357N%2CB00WSWGVZQ%2CB079QYYGF1%2CB01N22CM3F Get Up And Lead! Dynamic Downloads for Leadership https://www.amazon.com/Get-Up-Lead-Downloads-Leadership/dp/B08RR9KXT2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=get+up+and+lead+cathy+coppola&qid=1635295446&qsid=137-4971255-1201949&sr=8-1&sres=B08RDMB2FR&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

In general, no one is exempt from problems. No doubt, those challenges vary in degrees of difficulty. Moreover, for some people, their problems overwhelm them to the point of hopelessness. Why? Because, when one feels as if they are always fighting battles from day to day, it can take a toll on their mind and spirit. And it is in those times of weakness that the thoughts of suicide have overtaken many. But there is another way. Hence, this episode -- STRONG in the LORD: A Fight to the Finish.  Trouble won't last always  As I mentioned above, no one is exempt from problems. In fact, Jesus of Nazareth informed us of it. So, let's look at it in the Bible. John 16:33 New International Version says, “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”  Equally important, a relationship with Christ Jesus guarantees that His strength is available. Hence, as a Christ-follower, I am confident that I can draw from His strength in times of weakness. Philippians 4:13 New King James Version says, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  You see, in my experience, it is only then that I am able to be strong in the Lord and fight to the finish.  Conclusion  So, are your problems weighing you down? Do you feel hopeless about fighting those constant battles? Then this podcast episode is for you. Go ahead and use the player at the top of this blog post. Or subscribe and listen via your preferred podcast platform. Then get encouraged by joining Lady V and me in our discussion -- STRONG in the LORD: A Fight to the Finish.   Scriptures Referenced in Episode Discussion  Ephesians 6:10-20 John 3:16 Romans 10:9-10 Ephesians 2:8 Ephesians 6:23-24   Receive your Free Gift of Salvation – The Gospel of Jesus Christ  Explanation  If you are reading this, it is not by chance. This is your time to receive the gift of salvation through Christ Jesus. Now, you may be wondering, "Why do I need that?" Oh, I'm so glad you asked. The Bible says, that because Adam ate fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil -- he released sin into the world.  And ultimately, Adam's sin brought death and death spread to everyone. No doubt, you may be thinking, "Of course, everyone is going to die." But, my question to you is "Where will you spend eternity?" Because there is life after death. In fact, when you die you go to one of two places -- heaven or hell.  Also, it is important to understand that, Adam's sin also brought an eternity in hell. But for those who choose not to receive the free gift of eternal life. Thus, you must make that choice before you take your last breath.  Romans 5:17 New Living Translation says, “For the sin of this one man, Adam, caused death to rule over many. But even greater is God's wonderful grace and his gift of righteousness, for all who receive it will live in triumph over sin and death through this one man, Jesus Christ.”  To sum it all up, Romans 6:23 New Living Translation says,  “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”  So, if you are reading this, don't let another day go by without receiving this life-changing gift.  Scripture   Romans 10:8-10 New Living Translation says,  “8 …“The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.” And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:  9 If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  10 For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved.”  Salvation Prayer  Lord Jesus, I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins. I ask You to forgive me. I want to follow You Jesus. Come into my heart, into my life, and be my Lord and Savior.

Until Christ comes back, we have the Holy Spirit: He is our Comforter, our Helper, our Intercessor. And He also empowers us! When I'm asking for the Holy Spirit – and I'm always asking for more of Him in my life – I say, “Jesus, You said when You went to Heaven, You would ask the Father and He would send the Holy Spirit. I'm calling upon You Jesus now, to send a double portion of the Holy Spirit on me, to change nations in Your Name! Jesus! You are so wonderful, so glorious, You are the One we worship, no one else, nothing else. Only You, Jesus!” I'm urging you to call upon Jesus to fill you with the Holy Spirit: the 'Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf].'

I don't know about you, but there have been times in my life when I felt helpless in certain situations. No doubt, most people have experienced that feeling of helplessness.  In all likelihood, someone is feeling it this very moment. Hence, this episode title -- Hold on: Help is on the Way. So, are you or someone you know feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness?  If the answer to the above question is yes, my next question to you is, have you prayed about it? Whether your answer is yes or no, I urge you to take a moment and think about exactly, what it is you need. And then, talk to God about it.  What do you need?  Without a doubt, God wants to help you. In fact, He already has provisions available, no matter the need. And a relationship with Jesus of Nazareth guarantees His help.  I love how Philippians 4:19 The Voice Translation puts it, “Know this: my God will also fill every need you have according to His glorious riches in Jesus the Anointed, our Liberating King.”  You see, all we have to do is ask and then trust Him.  Be specific   Now you maybe someone who has prayed and you still feel helpless. Well, if I may offer a suggestion when you pray -- be specific. I love the following example in the Holy Bible about a man who needed help.  Luke 18:38-42 New Living Translation says,   “38 So he began shouting, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 39 “Be quiet!” the people in front yelled at him. But he only shouted louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”  40 When Jesus heard him, he stopped and ordered that the man be brought to him. As the man came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!”  42 And Jesus said, “All right, receive your sight! Your faith has healed you.””  Indeed, from the previous scripture, we can see that Jesus directed the blind man to be specific. And when he did, he received what he needed, which was his sight.  Conclusion  So, if you or someone you know is feeling an overwhelming sense of helplessness then this podcast episode is for you.  Go ahead and use the player at the top of this blog post. Or subscribe and listen via your preferred podcast platform. Then get encouraged by joining Lady V and me in our discussion: Hold on – Help is on the Way.  Scriptures Referenced in Episode Discussion  2 Samuel Chapters 15 – 18 [Back Story] Psalm 3:1-8 Psalm Chapter 91 Numbers 6:24-26 John 3:16   Salvation Prayer  Lord Jesus, I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins. I ask You to forgive me. I want to follow You Jesus. Come into my heart, into my life, and be my Lord and Savior. By faith I receive You, Jesus Christ, as my Lord and Savior.  Listen to We R S.H.E.Talks Podcast  Use web player above blog post to listen or subscribe and listen via your favorite podcast platform.   Bible Study Resources  Holy Bible [NKJV, NLT, Amplified, TPT, MEV, ESV] Get the Bible App by YouVersion NLT Chronological Life Application Study Bible  Christ-Centered Grace Ministries  Check out the following grace-based teaching from a Christ-centered perspective:  Dr. Creflo Dollar - creflodollarministries.org Pastor Gregory Dickow - gregorydickow.com Pastor Joseph Prince - josephprince.org  Helpful Information  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  The Coronavirus (COVID-19)  Let's do our part:  Wear a mask or cloth face covering Wait six feet or more apart Wash hands frequently Pray about getting vaccinated and boosted  We R S.H.E.Talks Podcast episodes you may enjoy  HIM: The Importance of God's Presence – S3E17  Lost and Found: The Compassion of Christ – S3E16  Let It Go and Receive God's Best – S2E20  Eternity Awaits – S2E17  Identity Crisis–Do You Know Who You Are? S2E10  Christianity Misunderstood--Understanding Grace - S1E9  Ask your questions or share your feedback  Comment on the episode [share your experience or testi...

Jesus desires to pastor his people. But guess what part of You Jesus desires to pastor. Find details in today's devotional titled: Is Jesus your pastor?

To the angel of the church in Thyatira write:These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like blazing fire and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.Revelation 2:18-19 The List:He sends angelic messengers to his churchHe tells his messengers to say whose words are being spoken (this is a good way to add credence and authority to the letters)He is the Son of GodHis eyes are like blazing fire His feet are like burnished bronzeHe knows our deedsHe knows our loveHe knows our faithHe knows our serviceHe knows our perseveranceHe sees the increase in our workHere we go:You Jesus, who sits enthroned in heaven send angelic messages to your churchYou have specific words you convey to your churches, you are specific even with your messengers, they don't just convey their own ideasYou Jesus, who came in the flesh and are now in heaven are the Son of GodYoure eyes are like blazing fire, burning with passionYou feet are like burnished bronzeAnd yet, you see us. You're interested.You see our deedsYou You see our love, our faithYou see our work and serviceYou see our perseverance through trialsYou see when we expand our work This weeks song:Son of GodSon of GodYou see it allSon of GodYou're watching closelyDesire in your eyesFire in your eyesYou see me closelyDesire in your eyes You know my deedsYou see my loveYou know my faithWhen I increase my workYou seePerseveranceYou see it allYou see it all And you're looking with desireStaring with eyes of fireYou're looking with desire Son of GodYou're looking downOn the children of menSon of GodYou're very interestedNot far awayYou're engagedWould you like to hear some of the songs that I release for future episodes?Get them sent directly to your podcast player by supporting the show using the following link:https://app.redcircle.com/shows/d9f6f16e-5b17-4c15-a7a9-cfd891847306/exclusive-contentVisit the website: beholding.caSubmit feedback or content:beholding.cajohan@beholding.caPremium feed to support the show and get future music and bonus content sent right to your podcast player as an episode.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/beholding/exclusive-contentSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/beholding/exclusive-content

In this Episode we stock up for winter and discuss faith, fear and dismay leaving 2021. It's way WTF here so let mesh Religion, politics and WTF right here right now. Press ▶️ If you were at the Travis Scott concert and need Jesus say this prayer! Thank me later. Holy Spirit, take it away..... If anyone  needs hope for an AMAZING afterlife,  please say this prayer:“Lord Jesus, I'm a sinner. I believe You died for my sins so I could be forgiven and live a more Blessed and protected life. Send your angels to guard me God. I receive You Jesus as my King, Brother, Lord and Savior. Thank You for sacrificing your life on the cross for mine. Holy Spirt, please join me on my walk with Christ giving me spiritual discernment from right and wrong and please allow me to lead others to come to know who God is through Jesus' sacrifice on that cross✝️. This I pray honestly and urgently, Amen."

November 14 - Suppose One of You…Jesus attracted sinners while the Pharisees repelled them. Lost sinners came to Jesus, not because he catered to them or compromised his message, but because he cared for them. He understood their needs and tried to help them, while the Pharisees criticized them and kept their distance. To hear the Luke 15 parables today is to be unavoidably challenged by them. It's a radical call from our Savior to his Church as he says, “Suppose one of you…” For more information on GCR, visit our website at www.gcrchurch.com or download our app.

Have you ever run out of time when you were in the middle of something that wasn't complete? Maybe a house project, something for work, or an important relationship? As we continue our series on the book of Ecclesiastes, JP teaches through Ecclesiastes 3, showing us how God works in time.KEY TAKEAWAYS-If what you have is not good, God is not done.-Every human being experiences both the ups and downs of life. There are no exceptions.-We experience life in time and chronological order. God sits above and outside of time and sees everything.-There is a time for everything.-It's bad theology to believe you won't experience sickness, pain, hurt, poverty, or other bad things on this side of death.-God has put eternity in our hearts and nothing but Him will satisfy our cravings and desires.-God is in charge of everything.-The fear of the Lord means to fully stand in both fear and awe of the Lord at the same time.-We can know and understand a lot about God through His creation and His Word, but make no mistake, He won't fully fit into our finite understanding.-When things aren't going how you hoped or planned, ask yourself, “What is God up to right now? What does He want me to do or learn?”-Everyone wants God to take care of evil, but they want Him to start just past themselves.-God makes everything beautiful in its time.-God took the worst day in human history and turned it into the best day in human history.-Asking God, “How can you do this to me?” is the wrong question. The right question is, “How could you do that to You (Jesus) for me?”-God makes everything beautiful in its time.-For those who have trusted in Christ, one day we will see clearly and understand how the hardest thing we've ever been through was worth it.MENTIONED OR RECOMMENDED RESOURCES-Suggested Scripture Study: Ecclesiastes 3; John 10:10; Romans 8:28; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Philippians 4:11-13-Sermon: The Search Begins-Sermon: The Search Continues

When we admit to God we've wandered away in thought, deed, and lifestyle, He forgives the offense -- and more! He pursues us to clean us up over time and make us holy. 1 John 1:9 BLT [1]At one time I referred to this verse as the “get out of jail free” card from the board game Monopoly. And in a sense, it is. Jesus paid a debt He didn't owe for my debt that I couldn't pay.The way God goes about helping us get to “no regrets” cost Jesus His life. So it isn't cheap like Monopoly money. It's so opposite to how the world works. Consider His offer here: There is…- No solitary confinement- No “go to your room!” (with anger and negative emotion for emphasis)- No penalty box- No “show me the money!” as though you should be able to pay the penalty- No powering up demand - “What were you THINKING!???”- No “This is it! We're finished!”- No withdrawal of love, acceptance, or presence.When the prodigal son returns (Luke 15:11-24), it's all about homecoming, celebrating, and a fresh start.All it takes for us prodigal sons and daughters is to turn in the homeward direction, and say “I've messed up” honestly and without blame or rationalizing--and BAM! “God forgives!”ReflectionCreate in me a clean heart, O God,And renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me away from Your presence,And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.~ Psalm 51:10-12 NASBPrayerI'm tired, God, of lugging this bag of regrets around God. (Take a moment and name them - or jot them on a napkin) Weary is a better word. They are what they are--things I did, thoughts I entertained, or words I said that are not fitting one of Your kids. Help me get back on the right track with things. And, thank You Jesus for paying the price I couldn't pay. Amen[1] Bud Lamb Translation Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Increasing Your Trust In The LordProverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding;”In this episode I would like to talk about a practice that I had been doing for awhile and just decided I would start doing again because I found it to be fruitful, so I wanted to share it with all of you.  Right now we are living in a time of turmoil.  This pandemic has been going on for a long time and there is little end in sight.  Everyone in our country is struggling for one reason or another right now.  Then we also have everyday life that is hard enough to live with.  Being able to trust God through all of this is no easy feat.  Trusting that there is light at the end of the tunnel is difficult on a good day, but what about when a relationship you envisioned would last forever comes to an end?  How do you find trust that things will work out then?  What about when your spouse of over 10 years is cheating on you and leaving you for someone else?  How do you go on trusting that God will work all things for your good?  What about all of the uncertainty in the world right now?  How do you go about trusting in the Lord when you are unsure if you will have a job next month; if your loved ones will contract a virus you can't protect them from; or if the business you worked so hard to build will have to close its doors forever?  I know these are real fears for so many people right now.  I know there are also a lot of people that are fearing the unknown.  What if our kids don't go back to school in the fall, what if church services are never the same, when can we hug our loved one again, etc.  I know fear is prevalent is so many people these days.  How do we trust God with all of this?  How do we trust Him with our future, with our safety, with our financial security?The practice that I have been doing for a number of months now is saying the Litany of Trust almost every morning.  I had been saying the Litany of Humility and found that was a great practice.  I thought I would search online to see if there was a different litany/prayer I could do to help increase other virtues.  I found the Litany of trust.  I think this practice is helpful for a couple reasons.   First, we are told in the Bible that God really likes it when we want something so badly we are willing to ask him for it everyday.  In Luke 18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.   He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought.   And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.'  “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or care what people think,  yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually come and attack me!'”  And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says.  And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?  I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”  Jesus is telling us not to give up, He wants us to keep asking our Father for what we need.  Second, I think saying the Litany frequently works because this prayer breaks down trust into many different parts.  This is important because a lot of times we don't know why we don't trust, or perhaps we don't understand the various ways that we hesitate to trust God.  The Litany of Trust is broken down into two parts.  First, it is asking God to deliver you from all the ways you may be scared to trust God.  Ways that you are probably not even aware might be affecting your trust.  These are thoughts that you may be having, but at a more subconscious level.  Sometimes we know we are struggling, but are not sure how or why.  There are 15 things in this prayer that you are asking Jesus to deliver you from. From the Belief that I have to earn your love…Deliver me, JesusFrom the fear that I am unlovable…Deliver me, JesusFrom the false security that I have what it takes…Deliver me, JesusFrom the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute…Deliver me, JesusFrom all suspicion of Your words and promises…Deliver me, JesusFrom the rebellion against childlike dependency of You…Deliver me, JesusFrom refusals and reluctance in accepting Your will… Deliver me, JesusFrom anxiety about the future… Deliver me JesusFrom resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past… Deliver me, JesusFrom restless self-seeking in the present moment…Deliver me, JesusFrom disbelief in Your love and presence…Deliver me, JesusFrom the fear of being asked to give more than I have…Deliver me, JesusFrom the belief that my life has no meaning or worth… Deliver me, JesusFrom the fear of what love demands… Deliver me, JesusFrom discouragement…Deliver me, JesusWhen I first read this prayer I was not aware that any of these had to do with me trusting in God.  I was not aware that I needed to be delivered from any of these beliefs until I read them out loud.  What about you?  Do you need to be delivered from any of these beliefs?The second part of the prayer has 14 things that you are telling Jesus that you put in His trust.That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me … Jesus, I trust in you.That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings, and transforms me …Jesus, I trust in you.That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You … Jesus, I trust in you.That You are with me in my suffering … Jesus, I trust in you.That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next …Jesus, I trust in you.That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church…Jesus, I trust in you.That Your plan is better than anything else … Jesus, I trust in you.That You always hear me, and in Your goodness always respond to me …Jesus, I trust in you.That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others …Jesus, I trust in you.That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked …Jesus, I trust in you.That my life is a gift … Jesus, I trust in you.That You will teach me to trust You … Jesus, I trust in you.That You are my Lord and my God … Jesus, I trust in you.That I am Your beloved one … Jesus, I trust in you.Again, I had no idea how many ways we could trust in God, or how many ways we could be holding our trust back from God.  Re-read this list.  Where are you struggling to trust the most?  What are you not struggling with, maybe you read some of these and you think to yourself that you are doing well with trusting that to God.Both these lists have some pretty tough things on them.  I know this and I am not telling you this to make you feel bad about all the ways you are failing to trust God.  This is hard for all of us! We are all learning to trust.   I am telling you this to let you know that you are not alone.  To let you know that even though you may be struggling with some aspects of trust, you may be knocking it out of the park with other aspects of trust.  Trusting God is a journey.  God is not looking for our perfection, he is looking for our desire to be holy.  We are not responsible for making our prayers fruitful, that is God's job.  God is just looking for us to show up again and again and ask him for His help. We are told in 2 Corinthians 12:9 that God said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.”  We can only succeed in trusting the Lord through His grace.  He does not need us to know how to trust Him, we only need to ask him and His power will be perfected in our weakness.  I challenge you to show up each morning for one month and ask God for the trust that you seek.  Even if you do not think you have time for the whole prayer, even if you just pick one sentence, do something each day to ask God to increase your trust.  I promise you, He will show up and come through for you, He ALWAYS does!  I would love for any of you that take this challenge to reach out to me after the month and let me know how it went.  Do you feel any different?  Do you notice you are trusting more?  Do some aspects of trust come a little easier for you now?  You can send me an email to Catherine@findingtruenorthcoaching.com I know this habit of reciting the litany every morning has made a profound impact on my life and I know it will on your life as well if you give it a try.Dear Heavenly Father I ask that you bless all those listening to this episode today. Lord we ask that you help us increase our trust in you. Lord we want to trust you please help us. There are so many ways in which we can put our trust in you thank you for sharing these ways with us. Lord you are amazing and we love you. We asked all of this in accordance with your will and in Jesus' holy name, Amen. 

God is so good! HOLY SPIRIT WAS ALL OVER ME! Heavy on ME!!!! I love YOU JESUS! Singing to you I love that too! Spending time with you I love you!! “for the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes [giving them eternal comfort].”” ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭7:17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

God is so GOOD! He had produced an amazing LOVE for my husband and I to share for little while here on earth! Thank You JESUS for this amazing love! THE GREATEST LOVE STORY IS JOHN 3:16 I love You JESUS!!! “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” ‭‭John‬ ‭3:16‬ ‭KJV‬‬ Thank You God!

Poem #11 I have CRAZY FAITH! THAT MY GOD IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE SAY! He is not a man that shall lie! God is all TRUTH! These poems are #faith and #obedience but GOD…. Make ways out of NO WAYS!! Amen!! I love YOU JESUS!

Childhood of Growth, Strength, Wisdom and Favor Jesus' entire childhood up to age 12 is described in four words: Growth, Strength, Wisdom and Favor.The irony is that He invented all that stuff.   For example, growth is the #1 characteristic of a thing that has LIFE.  How do you know something is ALIVE?  It grows in some way.  It is a big deal.  NASA's whole budget seeks out this one thing: life (on other planets).  So here we have the maker of LIFE becoming subject TO life.  This blew my mind. Strength:  Abundant, increase and good cultivating, curating parents. Wisdom:  this is something that is only from God, just like the other 3 characteristics. Favor:  I think we are glimpsing the TRINITY here.  I (Father), give You (Jesus) my favor.  I (Father), receive favor from You(Jesus).  I (Jesus), give you (father) my favor.  I (Jesus), receive favor from You (Father). I pray all these thing be yours dear listener.  Thank you for listening.  www.bewithme.us

Poetry! I love You Jesus! I thank You GOD! Thank You Jesus for being faithful!

Poetry to my FATHER! I love You Jesus!

God alone is the One who can truly refresh our souls with everlasting hope, unyielding love and unquenchable peace. May we take time to pause in the midst of our busyness, to experience His presence, to wait upon Him for answers and to follow where He leads us – all for His glory. May we trust Him to equip and help us to lead others well, and to provide for us to help those in need from a heart of care and compassion. Regardless of life’s ups and downs, may we remain in God’s rest all the days of our lives; and may we boldly declare: “Because of You Jesus, it is well with my soul”.   Read and listen to the WRAP here… https://womenatwork.online/wrap-week-227/

Beginning of the podcast: part of the Book of Revelation Chapter 23. Jesus Saves Jesus Saves Jesus is the Savior Jesus Died for You Jesus Shed His Blood for You Jesus is Alive Jesus Christ is God The Name of Jesus Christ Jesus, the Messiah Jesus, the Revelation of God An Eternal Revelation Jesus: an […] The post The Persons of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit; the Trinity: an Eternal Revelation appeared first on Wonder & Reality.

Stronger with You JesusSeries: A Passion for Christ Preacher: Clive JenningsDate: 7th March 2021Passage: 2 Corinthians 2:12-17-------------------Boss Bottled - https://youtu.be/U4hZKm0fCuM

¡Hola amables! Bienvenidos a una nueva edición de nuestros Podcasts de "Gospel, Blues, Jazz, y algo más". En esta oportunidad les entregamos un programa con invitados de alto calibre musical: Gilberto Franco (Brasil), Kirk Whalum USA), y Alex Moran (Venezuela). Un poco de Bossa Nova, le cae bien al alma, Kirk nos interpreta entre otras melodias, su imperdible: !Ta ta You Jesus!. Así que este podcast no tiene desperdicio. Disfrutenlo, dejennos su ME GUSTA y sus comentarios. Sólo a Dios sea la Gloria. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/julio-barreto-en-podcast/message

Jesus Saves Jesus is the Savior Jesus Died for You Jesus Shed His Blood for You Jesus is Alive Jesus Christ is God The Name of Jesus Christ Jesus, the Messiah Jesus, the Revelation of God An Eternal Revelation Jesus: an Eternal Revelation God Loves the World God Loves the Individual Salvation Jesus Loves Jesus […] The post Jesus Christ Offers an Eternal Celebration; Jesus Fulfills Every Need…Amen! appeared first on Wonder & Reality.

LITANY OF TRUST From the belief that I have to earn Your love Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that I am unlovable Deliver me, Jesus. From the false security that I have what it takes Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute Deliver me, Jesus. From all suspicion of Your words and promises Deliver me, Jesus. From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You Deliver me, Jesus. From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will Deliver me, Jesus. From anxiety about the future Deliver me, Jesus. From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past Deliver me, Jesus. From restless self-seeking in the present moment Deliver me, Jesus. From disbelief in Your love and presence Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being asked to give more than I have Deliver me, Jesus. From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of what love demands Deliver me, Jesus. From discouragement Deliver me, Jesus. That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me Jesus, I trust in You. That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings and transforms me Jesus, I trust in You. That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You Jesus, I trust in You. That You are with me in my suffering Jesus, I trust in You. That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next Jesus, I trust in You. That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church Jesus, I trust in You. That Your plan is better than anything else Jesus, I trust in You. That You always hear me and in Your goodness always respond to me Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked Jesus, I trust in You. That my life is a gift Jesus, I trust in You. That You will teach me to trust You Jesus, I trust in You. That You are my Lord and my God Jesus, I trust in You. That I am Your beloved one Jesus, I trust in You. Amen. SISTERS OF LIFE Annunciation Motherhouse 38 Montebello Road Suffern, NY 10901 845.357.3547 Written by Sr. Faustina Maria Pia, SV

Welp, Goodbye 2020. Coffee is good. I am doing a sleep study and utilizing lists on my wall. Routines are hard. Do every self-care thing you can

By Mary Lindow through the Holy SpiritFor many weeks now, just as I was about to fall into a good deep sleep, I have heard in my spirit the words, “The Winter of our Malcontent”. Trying to reconcile those words in my own thinking, I would then say to myself, “You mean the winter of our discontent don’t you?" (I was thinking about the fact that Shakespeare wrote this and put into print in Richard III,1594.)Again and again the same event would take place until I was made aware of what the Lord would have me write and share with those - who may have ears to hear. For you see, the subject can be one that many FEAR.Malcontent; definitionDisappointed, disenchanted, disillusioned, frustrated, unfulfilled; disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, upset; dejected, depressed, despairing, despondentTHE WRINGING OF HANDS AND HEARTFor some, it is easier to simply live in a shell of denial or self concocted false spiritual bliss than to look soberly and head on at the turmoil and drama that the world is rapidly spinning and bobbing in.It will not easily or wishfully go away, and at this time we are and will be, facing severe repercussions for wicked choices made by governments, banking systems and yes religious institutions.All three can do good things, but many currently have chosen the ways of corruption, selfish ambition, deceptive story telling and above all, the giving away of their heart and minds to the god of this world. A god who traps its victims with promises of greater power, influence, and an adoring mass of lesser gifted humans who are expected to give homage without asking questions.These pressures and practices can tear at the soul of the discerning hearts who see more than the handwriting on the wall.  They know, regardless of a solid stance of Faith in Gods providence and care - that something is very very wrong and, it is escalating.THE FEAR AND HOLLOW ACHE WITHIN YOUR HEART Many are panicking and poring over every website and news bulletin to see if there are falsities that they can catch and prove in the wrong, or truths that they can exploit. Neither of these will help.And, the fear mongers believe that we all must be totally obsessed and baptized in fear by pouring it out to their audiences.They will feed the panic and give power to the spirit of terror that is looming large and with insidious precision.Where do apparent Bible believers get reliable information to nourish their fears? From you and me. We do it to each other all the time.Why do we deliver information to our brother or sister that will feed his or her fears?THE FIRST CAUSE OF FEAR IS THE FEAR OF LOSING PLAYTHINGS AND SAFETY.We believe that "my God shall supply all your needs," but our old nature cannot believe that, especially when we hear news from worldly sources telling us someone is trying to take our toys and life resources away from us. When we give place to fear, and feast on it, feed it, and pass it on to other people, we are boldly denying that Christ will be our supplier.If you have a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind that has no hope, no light, and you have the Church headed straight into a train wreck instead of looking at the light at the end of the tunnel, you are WICKED.If all you do is sit around and talk with wide-eyed terror about the New World Order, the crash of the banks, the collapse of the dollar, and the concentration camps and micro chips getting ready for us you’re not only feeding fear, you also are a promoter and preacher of it.Harsh words? No. Honest words intended to get you to shake off morbid living and to decide to truly serve the LIVING GOD or serve - Fear. WHAT FEAR ISFear is a harsh and wicked taskmaster.Fear will not let you sleep well at night.Fear brings condemnation and shame.Fear causes hoarding and secret self-protections.Fear will make you betray others to hide and protect your way of living and your opinions.Fear will join with accusation and destroy safe relationships, by isolating you.Fear is a liar and gathers clusters of other tormenting spirits to join with it.Fear creates excitement for those who use it as a tool to gain attention or - control. JESUS HAS TAKEN CARE OF HIS BRIDE FOR OVER 2000 YEARSHe is still doing so, and will never ever stop!Know this! The light of Christ that shines in very dark times is the ONLY light that is available. I say this because this light is on "until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." The light of prophecy is the light at the end of the tunnel of human history, and that light is a person:“ I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you, these things in the churches.I AM the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” Revelation 22:16So, the darker it is, the more blessed that light is.The stars shine at night, not during the daylight.Light a candle in a room that has many lamps on, and no one will notice, but strike the smallest match you can find in a totally blacked out room, and EVERY EYE WILL BE ON THAT LIGHT! WHY ARE OUR EYES, AND MOUTH FIXATED WITH HOW EXCEEDINGLY DARK IT IS?1 Thessalonians 5 says“You are all the children of light, And the children of the day.We are not of the night, Nor of darkness.” WHAT TO DO NOWPhilippians 4:6-7Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Tell me, what good is it to obsess or prepare to survive the coming crash or doom if you end up living a stressed and tormented life over it?You’re afraid because you don’t think God can handle your situation.You’re afraid you are going to die, you are afraid you’re going to get sick, you’re afraid your kids are going to get hurt, you’re afraid the roof is going to fall in, you’re afraid the demons are going to get you!Whatever it is, it comes from two things.Number one: You have a guilty conscience. Number two: You have weak faith in God. You can deal with both of those. Have a guilty conscience?  Confess your sin and get it all cleaned out.Weak faith? Get your Bible open and read what God says about Himself and learn to trust Him.... And pray.2 Timothy 1:7For the Spirit, which God has given us, Is not a spirit of cowardice.But one of power and of love and of sound judgment. FAITH OBEYS GOD IN SPITE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONSEQUENCESFear can creep into the hearts of the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the most educated and the least educated, the powerful and the powerless.What can one do to be freed of fear?Faith is not afraid of what others may say or do.An Elijah complex can rob you of power and joy, so beware! Elijah went from victory to defeat because he started walking by sight and not by faith. He believed the wicked queen Jezebel's words but not God’s word, and he forgot how God had cared for him for three and a half years. Fear replaced faith, and he ran for his life. We need to obey the words Do not be afraid; only believe (Mark 5:36).Faith and fear are opposites, and yet, strange to say, they are often found dwelling within the same person; but where one is forceful the other is undeveloped. The constant attitude of the Christian must and needs to be,“Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.Isaiah 12:2 WHAT OUGHT TO BE, AND WHAT ACTUALLY ISARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS.When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. Psalm 56:3However, when the grace of faith is in practice, its verbal communication will be:One thing that must be addressed as well is the situation where there are believers who are currently in trauma, loss, or who are persevering through very difficult and possibly harrowing situations. Very often those who have a shallow development of the fruit of Mercy and attributes of discernment are often found to spout out well rehearsed “shotgun lines” of scripture at those who are in the throws of battle and sorrow.THIS IS NOT OK! It shows a great lack of genuine Christian Character and even worse, a lack of the nature of Christ. The following verse will clear up any religious sputtering about this, and hopefully bring a nice bit of conviction to the legalistic and hardhearted.So those of us who have a strong [faith] must be patient with the weaknesses of those whose [faith] is not so strong. We must not think only of ourselves.Romans 15:1Jesus Stood up in the Storm and spoke PEACE.He did not scold and hammer away at the frighten men in the boat with him. He did not shame them with a tone of superiority or condescending blather when he said,  “Why do you struggle with trusting Me (faith) to take care of you?”  He used moments of doubt and fearfulness all throughout the bible as teaching moments, to disciple His beloved children. We too - Can learn from this. It will be much needed in the days ahead.LET’S PRAY TOGETHER AND BE FREE FROM FEARDear Jesus Christ,I know that all power and authority on Heaven and Earth belongs to You alone. I come to You today, asking for supernatural divine deliverance from fear.I am facing numerous issues that are scaring me, sometimes tormenting me! I ask you right now Jesus, in faith and with all of my existence, please, please deliver me from all fear. I gave You my soul when I became a Christian.So right now, I choose to symbolically, hand literally hand you my problems, my fears. I pray, Jesus take these fears, and strengthen me against them! Protect me from every lie of the enemy that has come my way trying to deceive me.You have told me:"Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." - John 14:27.Right now, I give it all to You Jesus. Please deal with these fears for me. In the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God almighty, I renounce satan and all of his lies that are trying to make me afraid!I pray that you Lord would bind every enemy and spirit of fear attempting to operate in my life and rebuke it! Protect me from it!Lord Jesus, please also help me recognize if there is something that I am doing to allow fear to manipulate me. Please let me know if there is something wrong that needs to change. Please let me know if there is something in my environment or home, that is causing my mind to have fearful reactions.Help us, O Heavenly Father, to dwell not on our fears, but on who you are. We can conqueror our fears only by focusing on you. Then no matter what is the cause of our fears, they will dissipate like the morning fog.This we ask in the name of Him who overcame all of His fears by fixing his eyes on You and You alone. AmenThank You! Amen!Duplication and re-transmission of this writing is welcomedprovided that complete source and website information for Mary Lindow is included.Thank you! Copyright © “ 2020 " The Messenger " ~ Mary Lindowwww.marylindow.comwww.globalprayerrooms.com

Another fancy word for this attribute is immutable which means unchanging over time or unable to be changed and this definitely applies to God. He never will change in who He is in any way. He is unchangable and will be for eternity. He changes for no one and nothing. Nothing can influence Him to change. He will never stop being who He is in all His attributes, character, being and nature.The reason why I love this attribute so much is because as I learn about who God really is, I realize that what I am learning about Him was true, is true, and will always be true of Him. I can really jump in full force with all my trust because what I know I can depend upon Him for everything in my life. There will never be a time when He is not who He says He is and that gives me such a sense of calmness and security. I found it! I found the One where I can always find an answer, always find peace, always find meaning and purpose. When I am weak, He is strong. When I am poor, He is rich. He is always available, always cares, always protects, always leads me in paths of righteousness. He is an anchor in my life when the waves come to try and toss me about. I can always run to Him and He is there. He never changes. Heb 6:19 says, “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm, and secure.” This attribute screams, you can trust God with all your heart!![Mal 3:6] I the Lord do not change. [I Sam 15:29] He who is the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man, that He should change His mind. Other verses declare that God’s solid foundation stands firm, His righteousness is unfailing, faithfulness continues through all generations, He remains faithful forever, His glory will never fade away, He never grows tired or weary, His kingdom cannot be shaken, all His commands are trustworthy and true, and God is from everlasting to everlasting.Some people define truth based on their current culture, society or history. But these are changing things and I don’t personally want to put my trust in something that is susceptible to change. Times and norms may change but God never changes and neither do His ways or His truths which have stood the test of time. God doesn’t change with the times and conform to any other standard. God and His word is steady and sure in the past, present, and forever. [I John 2:17] The world and its desires will pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.Jesus is also unchanging. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Heb 13:8][I Pt 2:22] Jesus committed no sin. He did not succumb to any temptation. Satan could not present a convincing argument to have Jesus change His mission to bring salvation to the world. He resolutely lived His life to do the will of the Father. Nothing was going to and nothing did change His mind to fulfill His purpose. He was perfect in word and deed. [Is 42:4] In speaking of the Messiah, “He will not falter or be discouraged till He establishes justice on the earth.” [Heb 1:10-12] Though heaven and earth will perish, though they will be changed, “You (Jesus) remain the same, and your years will never end.”In I Cor 13, when it talks about love, it is also talking about God. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” God’s love never fails. [I John 4:16] And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.God’s unchanging, perfect ways are more than relevant for today and for tomorrow and can never fail anyone who puts their trust in them.

Examples of God’s Giving Nature – John 17 John 17: 1. “Glorify Your Son” – God gives glory to Jesus (John 17:1). 2. “that Your Son also may glorify You” – Jesus gives glory to the Father (John 17:1). 3. “You have given Him authority over all flesh” – the Father has given Jesus authority […] The post The Glorious Lord Jesus… God Gave, Has Given, Gives, Will Give His Son… for Eternity appeared first on Wonder & Reality.

Bring Back Our Tears is a reminder to me of the value of Childlikeness. Childish is seeking the Truth, Childish in loving one another, Childish in staying away from what has been designed to hurt us. Bring Back Our Tears is sure to transform us more into the simplicity of the Image the Father has for us in this Last Earth Age. “Ogene Do” means thank You Jesus in Urhobo language of Edo State, join me to sing.

Song: Holy is the LordAnd together we singEv'ryone sing Holy is the Lord God AlmightyThe earth is filled with His gloryHoly is the Lord God AlmightyThe earth is filled with His gloryThe earth is filled with His glory We stand and lift up our handsFor the joy of the Lord is our strengthWe bow down and worship Him nowHow great how awesome is He It is rising up all aroundIt's the anthem of the Lord's renownIt's rising up all aroundIt's the anthem of the Lord's renownSong: Build My LifeWorthy of ev'ry song we could ever singWorthy of all the praise we could ever bringWorthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breatheWe live for You Jesus the name above ev'ry other nameJesus the only one who could ever saveWorthy of ev'ry breath we could ever breatheWe live for YouWe live for YouHoly there is no one like YouThere is none besides YouOpen up my eyes in wonder and show me who You areAnd fill me with Your heartAnd lead me in Your love to those around meI will build my life upon Your loveIt is a firm foundationI will put my trust in You aloneAnd I will not be shakenA Prayer of Grounding – Matthew 6:8-13For your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.Pray then like this:“Our Father in heavenHallowed be your nameYour Kingdom ComeYour will be done, on earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our daily breadAnd forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtorsAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”A Prayer of YieldingOpen your hands to God and breathe with each line.“I am here.”“I am open to you, Jesus.”Song: What a Beautiful NameYou were the Word at the beginningOne with God the Lord Most HighYour hidden glory in creationNow revealed in You our ChristWhat a beautiful Name it isWhat a beautiful Name it isThe Name of Jesus Christ my KingWhat a beautiful Name it isNothing compares to thisWhat a beautiful Name it isThe Name of Jesus You didn't want heaven without usSo Jesus You brought heaven downMy sin was great Your love was greaterWhat could separate us nowWhat a wonderful Name it isWhat a wonderful Name it isThe Name of Jesus Christ my KingWhat a wonderful Name it isNothing compares to thisWhat a wonderful Name it isThe Name of JesusWhat a wonderful Name it isThe Name of JesusDeath could not hold YouThe veil tore before YouYou silence the boast of sin and graveThe heavens are roaringThe praise of Your gloryFor You are raised to life again You have no rivalYou have no equalNow and forever God You reignYours is the kingdomYours is the gloryYours is the Name above all names What a powerful Name it isWhat a powerful Name it isThe Name of Jesus Christ my KingWhat a powerful Name it isNothing can stand againstWhat a powerful Name it isThe Name of JesusWhat a powerful Name it isThe Name of JesusWhat a powerful Name it isThe Name of JesusA Prayer of HonestyDear God: “Prayer for me is _________. And I need help with __________. Lord, teach us to pray.”A Prayer of Request: Teach Us to PrayLord Jesus,We’ve been taught quite well how to watch TV, scroll on our phones and binge our favorite shows.We’ve been taught how to shop and acquire more things.We’ve been taught how to please people, fit in and keep up appearances.Lord Jesus,Teach us how to pray. We’ve been taught how to live in fear, jealousy and self-protection.We’ve been taught how to do religious activities. We’ve been taught to hate, judge, lie and condemn.Lord Jesus, Teach us how to pray.Song: StrongerYou are strongerYou are strongerSin is brokenYou have saved meIt is writtenChrist is risenJesus You are Lord of allThere is Love that came for usHumbled to a sinner's crossYou broke my shame and sinfulnessYou rose again victorious Faithfulness none can denyThrough the storm and through the fireThere is truth that sets me freeJesus Christ who lives in meNo beginning and no endYou're my hope and my defenseYou came to seek and save the lostYou paid it all upon the crossSo let Your Name be lifted higherBe lifted higherBe lifted higherA Prayer of Movement“When I look around, I notice Your ____ in the ______.”Song: Your Love Awakens MeThere were walls between usBy the cross You came and broke them downYou broke them downAnd there were chains around usBy Your grace we are no longer boundNo longer boundYou called me out of the graveYou called me into the lightYou called my name and then my heart came aliveYour love is greaterYour love is strongerYour love awakens awakens awakens meFeel the darkness shakingAll the dead are coming back to lifeI'm back to lifeHear the song awakenAll creation singing we're alive'Cause You're alive And what a love we've foundDeath can't hold us downWe shout it outWe're alive 'cause You're aliveYour love awakens meYour love is greaterYour love is strongerYou're love awakens awakens awakens meA Prayer of Embodiment

There is a war between God and man. But, through His blood, Jesus alone is sufficient and worthy to reconcile man with God. Cross Radio Episode 41 | TDN Chapter 5: Jesus is Enough “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. - Romans 3:23-26 (ESV) Today, we will study deep-sounding words with the purpose of not trying to sound smart but to really plumb into the joyous riches of His Word, enjoying HIS grace and truth. These three words are “JUSTIFICATION”, “REDEMPTION” and “PROPITIATION”. These are essentials in order for us to understand why Jesus is enough and what difference does it make for you and me. “At the end of the day, we sing this with everything we have: Your blood has washed away my sin Jesus, thank You The Father's wrath completely satisfied Jesus, thank You Once Your enemy, now seated at Your table Jesus, thank You” (Jesus, Thank You by Bob Kauflin/Sovereign Grace Music) ___________________ Click, Like and Follow Updates on Cross Radio's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CrossRadioPh/ ___________________ This is the fifth chapter of our Discipleship Series entitled “The Discipleship Notebook” #CrossRadioPh #TheDisciplesNotebook5 [CrossRadio S01E41] Solus Christos. _____________

In this message Pastor, Ed Young teaches us how to live in the fear of rejection through the life of Moses. Moses started as a somebody in Egypt. God took him to a nobody. Then he realized God could use anybody. It’s time that we said, God, I’m not somebody, I'm a nobody before You, I receive You Jesus, because You can use anybody.

And they LAUGHED at Jesus Luke 8:48We know death. But we don't know YOU (Jesus). We don't know what you are capable of. We don't know to trust you.You make these outrageous claims. We LAUGH at you. We still do today.There is a kid in today's account that needs a SNACK.There is a choice in today's account: Laugh or be amazed. Listen and chose.

I believe it is extremely important to proclaim our faith, and recall all of God's promises for us found in His WORD. This is a prayer and proclamation of faith that I have developed over the years that has been a blessing to me and my family.  We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen. We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church. We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen Lord I thank you for saving me from my sin. Your word says “Everyone that calls on the Name of the Lord shall be saved.” •I thank You Jesus that Your blood forgives me from all of my sin •I am thankful Jesus that Your blood redeemed me from Satan •I thank You Jesus that Your blood cleanses my soul and heart from the stain of sin •For You who knew no sin, became sin on my behalf so I can become Your righteousness •I was not Your child but You lavished Your great love on me so that I could be called your son and daughter which I am. •Jesus you became a curse for me so that I can receive Your blessing. •Jesus if You be for me who or what could be against me •Lord I thank You for healing all of my diseases, forgiving all of my sin and renewing my youth as the Eagle. •Jesus I thank you that You prepare a table before my enemies, and truly Your goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life •I thank You Lord that no evil will befall me and disease will come near my home •You promised that I would not die but live and declare Your works all the days of my life. •I thank you Lord Jesus that You have given me Your Holy Spirit and He is guiding me in all Truth and teaching me all that You have said. •I thank You Lord for causing my strength to be as leangth of my days and my feet to always be dipped in oil and my gates that suround my mind and heart to be iron and bronze • I thank You for the blessing of the Lord makes me rich and You add no sorrow to it. •I thank You Lord that You have caused all that my hands have found to do to prosper and for us to have great success.

We invite you to join Sara in the responses throughout this litany: "deliver me, Jesus" and "Jesus, I trust in You." We pray that you may find child-like trust in Jesus through these ever so vulnerable statements. In times of uncertainty and fear, Jesus we TRUST in You. Find the full litany below. Written by Sister Faustina Maria Pia, Sister of Life. Find the full litany below. Please feel free to reach out to us, Matt and Sara, with any prayer requests or feedback. We'd love to hear from you! theprayerpodcast@gmail.com To support this podcast: http://bit.ly/theprayerpodcast-donate The Litany of Trust From the belief that I have to earn Your love Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that I am unlovable Deliver me, Jesus. From the false security that I have what it takes Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute Deliver me, Jesus. From all suspicion of Your words and promises Deliver me, Jesus. From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You Deliver me, Jesus. From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will Deliver me, Jesus. From anxiety about the future Deliver me, Jesus. From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past Deliver me, Jesus. From restless self-seeking in the present moment Deliver me, Jesus. From disbelief in Your love and presence Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of being asked to give more than I have Deliver me, Jesus. From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth Deliver me, Jesus. From the fear of what love demands Deliver me, Jesus. From discouragement Deliver me, Jesus. That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me Jesus, I trust in You. That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings and transforms me Jesus, I trust in You. That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You Jesus, I trust in You. That You are with me in my suffering Jesus, I trust in You. That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next Jesus, I trust in You. That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church Jesus, I trust in You. That Your plan is better than anything else Jesus, I trust in You. That You always hear me and in Your goodness always respond to me Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others Jesus, I trust in You. That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked Jesus, I trust in You. That my life is a gift Jesus, I trust in You. That You will teach me to trust You Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.

1. Sink or Swim the Choice is Ours - God and Satan Want Our Focus Heb 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith ● Looking – undivided attention, looking away from all distractions in order to fix one's attention on one object, (All eyes on Jesus only) Matt 14:29-31,33 “Come.” And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me! And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” Then they worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God. (Fear lost his worship all eyes were now on Jesus) 2. Keep Your Eyes on Jesus as the Prince of Peace #yourinheritance Jn 14:27 Peace I leave you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ● Peace - rest, quietness and calmness, absence of strife, tranquility Jn 16:24 Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full Phil 4:6-9 Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs, and don't forget to thank him for his answers. If you do this, you will experience God's peace, which is far more wonderful than the human mind can understand. His peace will keep your thoughts and your hearts quiet and at rest as you trust in Christ Jesus. Now, brothers, as I close this letter, let me say this one more thing: Fix your thoughts on what is true and good and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely, and dwell on the fine, good things in others. Think about all you can praise God for and be glad about Is 26:3 You (Jesus) will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! ● Peace also means harmonious relationships with God and man Col 3:13,15-16. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. (worship Jesus not fear) Phil 4:9 The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you 3. All Eyes on Me - Jesus is the Author and the Finisher of our Faith Phil 1:6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ ● Keep your eyes on Jesus who protects and delivers you from the fire Dan 3:25 “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” ● Look at Jesus on the cross so you could be healed Num 21:8 “Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.” (Gal 3:13) ● Keep your eyes on Jesus who defeated death and hell and the grave Phil 2:9-10 God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and those under the earthWebsiteFreedom FacebookFreedom InstagramFreedom SoundcloudP. Jason Lozano FacebookP. Jason Lozano

Our land needs healing - but it's the church that needs to humble themselves, focus themselves, repent, seek His face...like 2 Chronicles 7:14 says. He promises He will hear our prayer! Pastor Mike encourages us to take that seriously - to pray for our neighbors, people who are working overtime in this unstable hour, our government officials that must weigh all the information and make heavy decisions. Let's pray - that's the church!We're continuing the series Against All Odds, continuing to study God's truth in our lives through Jesus' time leading up to Easter Morning.Have you done your homework? Have you read through any of the gospels focusing on the week leading up to the crucifixion? We can use this extra time because of social distancing...to really dive deep into the Word!Let's go back 700 years, to Isaiah. It's amazing that long before Jesus came onto the scene, that God told Isaiah so specifically, and in such detail! This should cause us to:1. When we see how literally and specifically Isaiah's prophecies were fulfilled by Jesus, we can decide that this can be no coincidence! That this book, this story, must be real, and the God of this book must be real.2. Consider what those days must have been like - the disciples left their families, their careers, their security. They believed that Jesus was their future, and that He was who He said He was, and things were getting intense with the Pharisees, the Romans, the people....and THEN after things got turned upside down, Jesus was killed. What must that have been like? When their whole lives had been put aside to follow this guy, and then He is dead? What a moment to live through for the disciples and those who loved Jesus.3. Fill us with faith because we see that God is real, He's in control (even in the crazy and difficult days of Jesus crucifixion!), that He's proven His faithfulness!Let's read Isaiah 53:12 - I (the Lord) will give Him (speaking of Jesus) the honors of a victorious soldier because He exposed Himself to death, He was counted among the rebels, He bore the sin of many and He interceded for the rebels.Rebels are put to death because of crimes they commited. Innocent people are sometimes falsely accused and convicted even though they weren't guilty - but in Isaiah we see that all people are all guilty and before a holy God we are rebels. We all may have a different 'scale' as to what is right and wrong, but ultimately God is the one who declares and decides what is right and wrong. God is absolutely perfect and absolutely righteous - and our sin deserves death...that's the wages of sin! All of us, except for One...Jesus! His perfect life was on trial, and the Pharisees and rulers weighed and accused. BUT, not one thing could be found against Him. In John 1:1 - In the beginning - the VERY beginning of everything - was the Word, and the word was with God and the Word was God. ....and through Him all things were made...He wasn't just a man who got everything right...He was the very Son of God that allowed Himself to be crucified for us. Why would He, the One who was in the beginning, Who lived in perfection of unity with the Father and the Holy Spirit, come down and suffer so ultimately?Because Jesus knew that there was a day that you were born. And that you were going to be a rebel. And that you'd be lost and hopelessly separated from God because you would inevitably sin. And there wouldn't be any way for you to fix that - no matter what you did. Jesus paid that price, that you could never ever ever pay. That's why His love and death is a gift - and this gift is the very reconciliation of your life to God! Because Jesus overcame death and the grave, so will all those who put their faith in Him. It is by grace alone...if you've found yourself thinking 'but God could never forgive me, if anyone knew how bad I really am, if anyone knew what I'd doneLuke 20:43 - The thieves on the cross talk about how they are sinners and deserve what they get, but Jesus is undeserving of this punishment. The thief that said 'I deserve this and You Jesus do not!' didn't go to any church services before he died. He didn't do 'religious' things that would seemingly make Him right with God. But even still, he said to Jesus 'remember me in paradise' and Jesus replied, 'today you will be with Me....' With this in mind - we can be absolutely sure that Jesus can save every single one of us, that there is no one outside of His grace. We, the true rebels, will be saved through what Jesus did.

ScriptureLuke 12: 22-32Litany of TrustFrom the belief that I have to earn Your love … Deliver me, Jesus.From the fear that I am unlovable … Deliver me, Jesus.From the false security that I have what it takes … Deliver me, Jesus.From the fear that trusting You will leave me more destitute … Deliver me, Jesus.From all suspicion of Your words and promises … Deliver me, Jesus.From the rebellion against childlike dependency on You … Deliver me, Jesus.From refusals and reluctances in accepting Your will … Deliver me, Jesus.From anxiety about the future … Deliver me, Jesus.From resentment or excessive preoccupation with the past … Deliver me, Jesus.From restless self-seeking in the present moment … Deliver me, Jesus.From disbelief in Your love and presence … Deliver me, Jesus.From the fear of being asked to give more than I have … Deliver me, Jesus.From the belief that my life has no meaning or worth … Deliver me, Jesus.From the fear of what love demands … Deliver me, Jesus.From discouragement … Deliver me, Jesus.That You are continually holding me, sustaining me, loving me … Jesus, I trust in you.That Your love goes deeper than my sins and failings, and transforms me …Jesus, I trust in you.That not knowing what tomorrow brings is an invitation to lean on You … Jesus, I trust in you.That You are with me in my suffering … Jesus, I trust in you.That my suffering, united to Your own, will bear fruit in this life and the next …Jesus, I trust in you.That You will not leave me orphan, that You are present in Your Church…Jesus, I trust in you.That Your plan is better than anything else … Jesus, I trust in you.That You always hear me, and in Your goodness always respond to me …Jesus, I trust in you.That You give me the grace to accept forgiveness and to forgive others …Jesus, I trust in you.That You give me all the strength I need for what is asked …Jesus, I trust in you.That my life is a gift … Jesus, I trust in you.That You will teach me to trust You … Jesus, I trust in you.That You are my Lord and my God … Jesus, I trust in you.That I am Your beloved one … Jesus, I trust in you.Amen.

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Jesus calls us to be with him Mk 3,14-18 To be called by Jesus To be a follower of Jesus means first of all to be with Jesus, and only then to preach and act in his authority. What does it mean and how can it be possible to stay close to Jesus? A. Me: An impressive biblical passage B. We: As a church we built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets … C. God: Jesus … 1. … calls people as followers 2. … shapes followers 3. … sends followers 4. … and what a crazy group of people? D. You: Jesus calls you, shapes you and send you E. We: Together as a church of crazy people on a mission Prayer Folge direkt herunterladen

Themenreihe: In der Spur von Jesus / Als Christen sind wir Nachfolger von Jesus Christus. Was das bedeutet, wird im Umgang Jesu mit seinen Jüngern deutlich: Er beruft sie, verbringt Zeit mit ihnen, lehrt sie und sendet sie aus. Anhand ausgewählter Texte aus den Evangelium wollen wir Jesu Umgang mit seinen Jüngern anschauen und uns neu herausfordern lassen, ihm zu folgen. Von Jesus berufen sein Nachfolger von Jesus zu sein, bedeutet zu allererst, bei Jesus sein, und erst dann, zu predigen und in seiner Vollmacht zu handeln. Was bedeutet es und wie kann es gelingen, nah bei Jesus zu bleiben? Um diese Frage wird es zum Teil auch in den nächsten Predigten gehen. A. Me: Ein Text, der einen Eindruck hinterlassen hat B. We: Aufgebaut als Kirche auf den Grundlagen der Apostel C. God: Jesus … 1. … ruft Menschen 2. … prägt Menschen 3. … sendet Menschen 4. … und was für Menschen D. You: Jesus ruft dich - prägt dich - sendet dich E. We: Gemeinsam als bunte Jüngertruppe von Jesu in die Welt 2018 gesandt 5. Gebet Folge direkt herunterladen

¡Hola amables! Bienvenidos a una nueva edición de nuestros Podcasts de "Gospel, Blues, Jazz, y algo más". En esta oportunidad les entregamos un programa con invitados de alto calibre musical: Gilberto Franco (Brasil), Kirk Whalum USA), y Alex Moran (Venezuela). Un poco de Bossa Nova, le cae bien al alma. Kirk nos interpreta entre otras melodias, su imperdible: !Ta ta You Jesus!. Así que este podcast no tiene desperdicio. Disfrutenlo, dejennos su ME GUSTA y sus comentarios. Sólo a Dios sea la Gloria.

We’re keeping with the theme of authority in your business from our last podcast… And want to give you some simple powerful tools for 2018 that will keep your head above water and authority over your business in 2018 so you can keep a sound mind and keep hold of your land. Before we get into the Word, we want to let you know that we’ve now completed our first intakes for the year! It was a huge success, thank You Jesus, and we look forward to encouraging and strengthening our new and current members throughout 2018. Our conference is just over 5 weeks away and we’re getting pumped up for it. Uniting women together in one room for our first birthday, what a treat and a blessing. For more info visit www.christianwomeninbusiness.com.au then click CWIBCC18. How to build spiritual authority in your business: Point 1 – Listen to God. Exodus 23:22 22 If you listen carefully to what he says and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and will oppose those who oppose you. How do we listen to God? We spend time with Him, going through His word. You can’t afford not to listen to God, so don’t come up with excuses. God gives us enough time in the week if we’re smart with it. Choose to put that time aside and listen to what God’s telling you. A big lesson I personally learnt was at the end of 2017; we where moving houses, stressed, I wasn’t really paying attention to God, starting a blog of my own and doing all these extra things I thought I needed to do. God pulled me aside one day as I was complaining and said, I’ve given you enough time to do everything I need you to do. You’re making up the rest! If you didn’t do the rest of that stuff you’d have time for hubby and your health and fitness. At that moment the penny dropped. I had taken on all these extra unnecessary things that God hadn’t asked me to do because I wasn’t inline with Him, listening to Him and spending time with Him. I was busy being busy and distracted! After hearing that, I pulled myself back in. Got rid of all the stuff that God wasn’t telling me to do and focused on what He had told me to do. That resulted in more time with God, getting out and enjoying exercise and dedicating time to hubster. Listen to God, only do what He’s asking you to do. Things won’t grow if they’re not God’s will. Don’t waste your time on stuff that’s not working. Then you’ll have the time to spend with God and He can fill you with enough time to spare. Point 2 — Remember Jesus has already won! John 16:33 33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” Remind yourself of that. We’ve already won, so when things creep up that don’t seem right or you’re not sure where they’re coming from and you’ve got something big coming up in your business, remind the devil that Jesus has already won! Point 3 — Remember who gave you your business. Leviticus 26:6 6 “‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. God will stand with you, He gives us peace that the enemy cannot take away. Stand firm in the land of your business and speak this verse into it. God’s promises are bigger than the devil. Point 4 — Don’t gloat when you’re enemies fall. Proverbs 24:17 17 “Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,”We all have competition in the market place and as a Kingdom business it’s our job to show Jesus through it. When you see your competitor fall don’t gloat, this gives the enemy an open door to come in and start corrupting your way of thinking. Keep your heart, mind and business to be Kingdom focused and instead, pray blessings over your enemies and lift them up to Jesus. This doesn’t give the devil a foothold to stand on! Use these powerful tools in your business over 2018 and watch what God does. Be ready to be blown away by God’s power. Be blessed, stay cool! The post #43 – BUILDING SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY IN YOUR BUSINESS appeared first on Christian Women in Business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this sermon, Pastor Jamey gives some small but yet powerful keys that are overlooked when studying end-time events. In this sermon, you will come to understand the "YOU" Jesus speaks about. Who are the "YOU" that would see the end time events? Who are the "YOU" that would see wars? This small yet powerful truth will change your understanding!       Thursday Service: 7 PM

In the glory of Your presence I find rest for my soul. In the depths of Your love I find peace- Makes me whole. I love, I love, I love Your presence. I love, I love, I love Your presence. I love, I love, I love You Jesus. I love, I love, I love Your presence.

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THE WINTER OF OUR MALCONTENT – “FAITHING OUR FEARS” By Mary Lindow through the Holy Spirit To listen to this message as a free podcast, please scroll down to the bottom of this message for the fast loading audio player. For many weeks now, just as I was about to fall into a good deep sleep, I have heard in my spirit the words “ The Winter of our Malcontent.” Trying to reconcile those words in my own thinking, I would then say to myself, “ You mean the winter of our discontent don’t you”. Thinking about the fact that Shakespeare wrote this and put into print in Richard III, 1594. Again and again… the same event would take place until I was made aware of what the Lord would have me write and share with those - who may have ears to hear. For you see, the subject can be one that many  - Fear. Malcontent – definition Disappointed, disenchanted, disillusioned, frustrated, unfulfilled; disquieted, disturbed, perturbed, upset; dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent THE WRINGING OF HANDS AND HEART For some, it is easier to simply live in a shell of denial or self concocted false spiritual bliss than to look soberly and “head on” at the turmoil and drama that the world is rapidly spinning and bobbing in. It will not easily or wishfully go away, and at this time we are and will be, facing severe repercussions for wicked choices made by governments, banking systems and yes religious institutions. All three can do good things, but many currently have chosen the ways of corruption, selfish ambition, deceptive story telling and above all, the giving away of their heart and minds to the god of this world. A god who traps its victims with promises of greater power, influence, and an adoring mass of “lesser gifted” humans who are expected to give homage without asking questions. These pressures and practices can tear at the soul of the discerning hearts who see more than the “handwriting on the wall”.  They know, regardless of a solid stance of Faith in God’s providence and care - that something is very very wrong and, it is escalating. THE FEAR AND HOLLOW ACHE WITHIN YOUR HEART Many are panicking and poring over every website and news bulletin to see if there are falsities that they can catch and prove in the wrong, or truths that they can exploit. Neither of these will help. And, the fear mongers believe that we all must be totally obsessed and baptized in fear by pouring it out to their audiences. They will feed the panic and give power to the spirit of terror that is looming large and with insidious precision. Where do apparent Bible believers get reliable information to nourish their fears? From you and me. We do it to each other all the time. Why do we deliver information to our brother or sister that will feed his or her fears? THE FIRST CAUSE OF FEAR IS THE FEAR OF LOSING PLAYTHINGS AND SAFETY. We believe that "my God shall supply all your needs," but our old nature cannot believe that, especially when we hear news from worldly sources telling us someone is trying to take our toys and life resources away from us. When we give place to fear, and feast on it, feed it, and pass it on to other people, we are boldly denying that Christ will be our supplier. If you have a belief concerning death, the end of the world, or the ultimate destiny of humankind that has no hope, no light, and you have the Church headed straight into a train wreck instead of looking at the light at the end of the tunnel, you are WICKED. If all you do is sit around and talk with “wide-eyed” terror about the New World Order, the crash of the banks, the collapse of the dollar, and the concentration camps and micro chips getting ready for us you’re not only feeding fear, you also are a promoter and preacher of it. Harsh words? No. Honest words intended to get you to shake off morbid living and to decide to truly serve the LIVING GOD or serve  - Fear. WHAT FEAR IS Fear is a harsh and wicked taskmaster. Fear will not let you sleep well at night. Fear brings condemnation and shame. Fear causes hoarding and secret self-protections. Fear will make you betray others to hide and protect your way of living and your opinions. Fear will join with accusation and destroy safe relationships, by isolating you. Fear is a liar and gathers clusters of other tormenting spirits to join with it. Fear creates excitement for those who use it as a tool to gain attention or  - control. JESUS HAS TAKEN CARE OF HIS BRIDE FOR 2000 YEARS He is still doing so, and will never ever stop! Know this! The light of Christ that shines in very dark times is the ONLY light that is available. I say this because this light is on "until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." The light of prophecy is the light at the end of the tunnel of human history, and that light is a person: “I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you, these things in the churches. I AM the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” Revelation 22:16 So, the darker it is, the more blessed that light is. The stars shine at night, not during the daylight. Light a candle in a room that has many lamps on, and no one will notice, but strike the smallest match you can find in a totally blacked out room, and EVERY EYE WILL BE ON THAT LIGHT! WHY ARE OUR EYES, AND MOUTH FIXATED WITH HOW EXCEEDINGLY DARK IT IS? 1 Thessalonians 5 says “You are all the children of light, And the children of the day: We are not of the night, Nor of darkness.” WHAT TO DO NOW Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Tell me, what good is it to obsess or prepare to survive the coming crash or doom if you end up living a stressed and tormented life over it? You’re afraid because you don’t think God can handle your situation. You’re afraid you’re going to die, you’re afraid you’re going to get sick, you’re afraid your kids are going to get hurt, you’re afraid the roof’s going to fall in, you’re afraid the demons are going to get you… Whatever it is, it comes from two things. Number one:  You have a guilty conscience. Number two:  You have weak faith in God. You can deal with both of those. Have a guilty conscience?  Confess your sin and get it all cleaned out. Weak faith?  Get your Bible open and read what God says about Himself and learn to trust Him.... And pray. 2 Timothy 1:7 For the Spirit, which God has given us, Is not a spirit of cowardice. But one of power and of love and of sound judgment. FAITH OBEYS GOD IN SPITE OF CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONSEQUENCES Fear can creep into the hearts of the young and the old, the rich and the poor, the most educated and the least educated, the powerful and the powerless. What can one do to be freed of fear? Faith is not afraid of what others may say or do. An “Elijah complex” can rob you of power and joy, so beware! Elijah went from victory to defeat because he started walking by sight and not by faith. He believed the wicked queen Jezebel's words but not God’s word, and he forgot how God had cared for him for three and a half years. Fear replaced faith, and he ran for his life. We need to obey the words Do not be afraid; only believe (Mark 5:36). Faith and fear are opposites, and yet, strange to say, they are often found dwelling within the same person; but where one is forceful the other is undeveloped. The constant attitude of the Christian must and needs to be, “Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation.” Isaiah 12:2 WHAT OUGHT TO BE, AND WHAT ACTUALLY IS… …  ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. “When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You.” Psalm 56:3 However, when the grace of faith is in practice, its verbal communication will be: One thing that must be addressed as well is the situation where there are believers who are currently in trauma, loss, or who are persevering through very difficult and possibly harrowing situations.  Very often those who have a shallow development of the fruit of Mercy and attributes of discernment are often found to spout out well rehearsed  “Shotgun” lines of scripture at those who are in the throws of battle and sorrow. THIS IS NOT OK! It shows a great lack of genuine Christian Character and even worse, a lack of the nature of Christ. The following verse will clear up any religious sputtering about this, and hopefully bring a nice bit of conviction to the legalistic and hardhearted. So those of us who have a strong [faith] must be patient with the weaknesses of those whose [faith] is not so strong. We must not think only of ourselves. Romans 15:1 Jesus Stood up in the Storm and spoke PEACE. He did not scold and hammer away at the frighten men in the boat with him. He did not shame them with a tone of superiority or condescending “blather” when he said, “ Why do you struggle with trusting Me (faith) to take care of you?”  He used moments of doubt and fearfulness all throughout the bible as teaching moments, to disciple His beloved children. We too - Can learn from this. It will be much needed in the days ahead. LET’S PRAY TOGETHER AND BE FREE FROM FEAR Dear Jesus Christ, I know that all power and authority on Heaven and Earth belongs to You alone. 
I come to You today, 
asking for supernatural divine deliverance from fear. I am facing numerous issues that are scaring me, 
sometimes tormenting me! 
I ask you right now Jesus, 
in faith and with all of my existence, 
please, please deliver me from all fear. I gave You my soul when I became a Christian. So right now, 
I choose to symbolically, 
and literally hand you my problems, 
my fears. 
I pray, Jesus take these fears, 
and strengthen me against them! 
Protect me from every lie of the enemy that has come my way trying to deceive me.
 You have told me: "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." - John 14:27. Right now, I give it all to You Jesus. 
Please deal with these fears for me. 
In the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God almighty, 
I renounce satan and all of his lies that are trying to make me afraid! I pray that you Lord would
bind every enemy and spirit of fear attempting to operate in my life and rebuke it! 
Protect me from it! Lord Jesus, 
please also help me recognize if there is something that I am doing to allow fear to manipulate me. 
Please let me know if there is something wrong that needs to change. 
Please let me know if there is something in my environment or home, 
that is causing my mind to have fearful reactions. Help us, O heavenly father, to dwell not on our fears, but on who you are.  We can conqueror our fears only by focusing on you.  Then no matter what is the cause of our fears, they will dissipate like the morning fog. This we ask in the name of Him who overcame all of His fears by fixing his eyes on You and You alone.  Amen Thank You! 
Amen! Duplication and re-transmission of this writing is welcomed provided that complete source and website information for Mary Lindow is included. Thank you! Copyright © 2013 " The Messenger " ~ Mary Lindow www.marylindow.com www.globalprayerrooms.com

1)Intro Michelle Weeks The Light (Accapella) 2)Follow(show you a better way) Kenny Bobien Mix 3)Dajae(Everyday i need U i want U in my life mix) 4)Maya Tut I touched the sky(Dennis Ferrer mix 5)Michelle Weeks The Light(Original mix) 6)Accapella SuSu Bobien (Say Yes) 7)2 Brothers of Soul(thank YOU Jesus mix) Total length 19min 58secs

There's a place Where mercy reigns and never dies There's a place Where streams of grace flow deep and wide Where all the love I've ever found Comes like a flood comes flowing down At the cross at the cross I surrender my life I'm in awe of You I'm in awe of You Where Your love ran red and my sin washed white I owe all to You I owe all to You (Jesus)

Precious cornerstone, sure foundation, You are faithful to the end We are waiting, on You Jesus, we believe You're all to us Let the glory of Your name be the passion of the church Let the righteousness of God be a holy flame that burns Let the saving love of Christ be the measure of our lives We believe You're all to us Only Son of God sent from heaven, hope and mercy at the cross You are everything, You're the promise, Jesus, You are all to us (2x) You're all to us, You're all to us You're all to us, Yes, You are (2x) When this passing world is over, we will see You face to face And forever we will worship, Jesus, You are all to us Jesus, You are all to us