October 2021 Blog Posts (31)

Matthew 6:13  -  "And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

          There is no temptation or sin in heaven.  This prayer does not imply that God wants to tempt us.  We know from James 1:13 that it is impossible for God to entice us to sin.

          This kind of praying is important because it requires us to face…

Isaiah 52:1 "Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments..."

 God wants us to be awakened to Who He is, His Person, His love, and His Presence. In the Parables of Jesus, we see how important it was to Him that we be awake, that we would not be caught by surprise. When we are awakened…

"So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water."  -  Exodus 15:22

 For many of us, we have experienced a wilderness while fulfilling God's purpose for our life. We feel lonely, barren, and unfruitful.  We have been so dry…

 "I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in Me will live, even after dying. Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die..." John 11:25-26

Jesus, the Son of God, came to manifest what He is and has always been – Resurrection and Life! Jesus did not come to earth to teach about a theory; He was and is forever the resurrection life for everyone who receives…

Ephesians 1:17,18 -- "That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:  the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling.."

The dreams and visions God births in us bring revelation, illumination, and inspiration. The Holy Spirit instantly reveals…

"Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." - Song of Solomon 2:15

Ask the Lord to reveal to you the little foxes that are trying to crush the vine that will bring forth the new wine.  Get an understanding of your Christ identity.  Ask the Lord to send a new wind and blow upon your garden.…

Performance is a very hard taskmaster. In fact, under performance we can never do enough. For us to believe that God only loves us or approves of us because of what we DO for Him rather than WHOSE we are, is to actually demonstrate that what Christ did on the Cross is of no effect! In other words, we are believing that His death and the shedding of His Blood was not enough to place us in right-standing with God.…

"That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. - Ephesians 3:17-19

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Revelation 1:6 - "And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father -- to Him be glory and power forever and ever! Amen."

Mary was chosen to bring forth the Son of God into the world in human flesh.  Jesus Christ was a living, breathing move of God.  Every place he went heaven was brought forth on the earth.  He was also conceived within every born again believer at the…

The Holy Spirit’s desire is that we live every day in the fullness of the Lord, by seeing above and beyond what we can do, and that Jesus would receive glory and honor through His great power that works in us and through us.

This is the essence of what Paul writes about in Ephesians 3:20, 21 - "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all…

It is imperative that we realize our personal identity in Christ.  In Colossians 2:9 we discover this central fact concerning Christ Jesus:  "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily."

Our outlook on life is changed as we contemplate:  "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power." (Colossians…