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Ephesians 2:8 - "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God."

Paul says that grace save us "through faith." Faith unlocks the power of grace and releases it to function in our world--and faith itself is another gift of God. The difference between both gifts is, the grace-gift must be activated by the faith-gift.

We…

Isaiah 40:29,31 - He givethe power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Psalm 46:10 - Be still and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

It is as we wait upon Him that…

A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree. (Proverbs 11:28)

For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank of angels--everthing got started in Him and finds its purpose in Him. (Colossians 1:16)

Jesus said, "Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding…

WE ARE CALLED TO SERVE GOD. REGARDLESS OF OUR JOB OR CAREER, WE ARE CALLED TO FULL-TIME CHRISTIAN SERVICE.

1 Peter 2:9 - You were chosen to tell about the excellent qualities of God, who called you.

Romans 7:4 - Now you belong to Him who was raised from the dead in order that we might be useful in the service of God.

WE ARE COMMANDED TO SERVE…

A. Ask God to Soften Their Hearts

Ezekiel 11:19 - "And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh..."

Pray for the condition of their hearts to change.

B. Spirit of…

Matthew 12:34,35 -- ....."For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things.

Words won't work without faith any more than faith will work without words! It takes them both to put the law of faith in…

Genesis 3:15 - And I (God) will put enmity between you (Satan) and the woman (Eve), and between your (Satan's) seed and her seed (Christ); he (Christ) shall bruise you on the head, and you (Satan) shall bruise him (Christ) on the heel."

"Head is a symbol for Satan's government." Bruising Christ on the heel is a prophecy of His crucification. Christ will assult Satan's government and dominion.

The battles…

Exodus 14:11,12 - "They said to Moses, 'Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt...It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'"

Self-Pity Must Be Surrendered…

Psalm 18:28-29 says, "For You will light my lamp; the Lord My God will enlighten my darkness. For by You I can run against a troop; by my God I can leap over a wall."

Not only will you leap over a wall, but you will receive supernatural strength, leap over every obstacle, and position yourself to go through the door of opportunity that God has for you. Fear not the enemies on the…

2 Peter 1:1,3,4,8 - To them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ: According as His divine power he has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises; that by these you might be partatkers of the…

Hebrews 6:18-20 -- "Therefore, we who have fled to Him for refuge can have great confidence as we hold to the hope that lies before us. This hope is a strong and trustworthy anchor for our souls. It leads us through the curtain into God's inner sancturary Jesus has already gone there for us."

We often live our lives without experiencing the power of hope because we fail to realize what is available…

In Hebrews 2:17 - Jesus is called the merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining unto God in making propitiation for the sins of the people.

The First Ministry - His first ministry at the right hand of the Father was to:…

1. That they will know Christ as Savior early in life.

Psalm 63:1, Timothy 3:15

2. That they will have a hatred for sin. Psalm 97:10

3. That they will be caught when guilty. Psalm 119:71

4. That they will be protected from the evil one in each area of their lives: spiritual, emotional, physical. John 17:15

5. That they will have a…

I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the all-glorius Father, may give me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him. I pray that my inward eyes may be illumined, so that I may know what is the hope to which he has called me, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power in me who believes, according to the working of His great might which He accomplished…

2 Kings 2:8,9,13,14 - Now Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up, and struck the water; and it was divided this way and that, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground. And so it was, when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask! What may I do for you, before I am taken away from you? Elisha said, "Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me."........He also took up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood by the…

Luke 10:38-42 - "As Jesus and his disciples went on their way, he came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed Him in her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat down at the feet of the Lord and listened to His teaching. Martha was upset over all the work she had to do; so she came and said, 'Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her to come and help me!'

The Lord answered her, 'Martha, Martha! You…

Ephesians 2:10 - "For we are God's own workmanship, recreated in Christ Jesus, that we may do those good works which God predestined for us, that we should walk in them."

2 Corinthinas 3:18 - "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the…

Awake, O sleeper, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light. (Eph. 5:14)

I am reborn. (John 3:7)

Since I am united with the Lord I am one Spirit with Him. (1 Cor. 6:17)

Yet "I consider that the suffering of this present time are not worth comparing…

Romans 12:3........God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

As children of God, we should never say, "I don't have any faith." To say this is to say that God is a lair because His Word already tells us that "God has dealt to each one a measure of faith."

Why does faith of some seem to be stronger than others?

Faith is like a body muscle -- the more we…

John 13:8 -- Peter said to Him, "You shall never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me."

Peter could not imagine Jesus wanting to wash his feet -- his shocked reaction being "Lord, how can You wash my feet!"

Jesus says to him: "Peter, if I don't wash your feet, you have no part with Me." What the Lord was actually saying to Peter was,…