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God which has begun a good work in me, will carry it on completion until the day of Jesus Christ. - Philippians 1:6
I am filled with the fruits of righteousness, which comes through Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. - Philippians 1:11
I have the mind of Christ Jesus. -...
James 4:6 - "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble."
Humility is not unworthiness. Humility is being aware of who others are in God's sight and being aware of who I am in Christ and acting on it.
Matthew 12:37 - "For by thy words...
Romans 10:10 - "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
When you believed in your heart and confessed with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord -- when you received Him as your savior -- that is call the "Great Confession."
But...
1 Corinthians 9:24 - "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but only one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain."
Our lives cannot be like "teeter-totters" that shift one way, then go the other way. We have a DESTINY!
Divine focus is an essential element that steers us...
Philippians 1:28 - "Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be corageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose, and that you will win because it is God who gives you the victory."
Peace is Spirit power.
Your peace, your immovable stand upon the Word of God is a sign that you are...
John 3:21 - "He that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God."
Affirmation:
I stay alive to His Word and keep His Word bright by keeping it first in my life, regardless of what happens. When people fail, it doesn't mean the word failed...
1 Peter 2:9 -- "For you have been chosen by God Himself -- you are priests of the King, you are holy and pure, you are God's very own -- all this so that you may show to others how God called you out of the darkness into His wonderful light."
We know we are a priesthood, chosen by God, possessed...
Revelation 4:1 -- "After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven..."
If we will live in the awareness of the heavenly, we must be freed from the boundaries of the earthly. To awaken faith, the Holy Spirit will take us through times when the presence of God cannot be clearly...
Ephesians 6:12 -- "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places."
The reality is that we're in battle. We're being prevailed against. Some...
1 Corinthians 2:9 - "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him."
God gave Jesus a heaping helping of joy, peace, health and prosperity for each believer on the earth. Jesus deposited too much in each one...
"Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart." - Psalm 37:4
"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son." - John 14:13
He is pulling you away from the old, and taking you under the water into the unknown for a time...
Psalm 91:1 -- "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the almighty."
Jesus lived a life of of prayer, and when He needed dedicated prayer time He would send crowds and, most likely, potential resources away so that He could be with the Father. As a...
Ephesians 5:14 - "Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
OBSERVATION:
If I truly want Christ to "shine upon me," I must arise from the distractions that emtomb me in lethargy and spiritual darkness.
By praying the scriptures in the epistles of Paul that pertain...
John 2:3-5 - When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine."
"Why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."
Jesus attended a wedding where they ran out of wine, as yet He hadn't...
1 Samuel 3:1 -- "In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions."
If Eli could not hear from God, the people would not receive messages from Him.
The only words that we receive that are of help to people are words from God. If we don't spend time LISTENING to Him, then...
Four Kinds of Power – Exousia: Anointing of Authority
(Read Mark 16 & Matthew 10:5-15)
Matthew 28:18 18And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. (Jesus has been given all authority by the Father, in heaven and on earth.)
Matthew...
Proverbs 20:27 - "The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord."
Luke 17:20,21 - "The kingdom of God comes not with observation. For behold, the kingdom of God is within you."
If we wait quietly before God and learn to turn the eyes of our soul to the inward parts of our being -- our spirits -- we...
Jeremiah 29:11-14 - "For i know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord. thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all...
Read Matthew Chap. 3 and Luke Chap. 4
Have the class (or individual) read aloud each of the ascribed scriptures. Then dictate the indicated summary. The student is to recite the summary of each of the scriptures 5 times per day until the next class.
John 5:18-22; Jesus has the authority to...
James 1:4 - "But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing."
The Greek word patience can be translated endurance, constancy, or being constant regardless of circumstances.
Faith is dependent on patience.
Patience won't let faith quit.
Patience is...