FAITH's Blog – October 2021 Archive (31)

"By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household.... - Hebrews 11:7

 Through a divine visitation, God specifically prepared Noah for unprecedented events that unfolded in his generation. No human reasoning or natural wisdom could have provided…

"Simon Peter answered, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.' And Jesus said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in Heaven. I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of…

"It shall be, in regard to their inheritance, that I am thieir inheritance.  You shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession." - Ezekiel 44:28

 Our inheritance is the Lord Himself.  The Lord is desperately hungry for us to possess Him.  Did you know the Lord wants you to possess Him?  -- that you would be…

Acts 2:2 - "And suddenly a sound came for heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting."

 For some of us there have been certain promises of the Lord in our heart, certain things in the area of dreams, visions, and even prophetic words, where we see ourselves ministering in certain aspects of the gifts of the…

Song of Solomon 2:4  -  "He brought me into the wine-cellars and set love in order within me." -- You come from your delightful fellowship with the King (Jesus) intoxicated with love -- for you have tasted of the finest wine.  The King has brought you into His wine-cellars where you will drink deeply of Him.

 The more we are swallowed up by His love, the more His light would come to…

 God came down in the form of a man, Jesus, to rescue us from OURSELVES. Jesus did not come down to start a religion but to save and deliver mankind from the curse of sin.

John 14:10 -- "The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself; but the Father that dwelleth in me, He doeth the…

As many are facing giants today, we need to learn from David -- a man who knew how to handle giants.

 As God gives us the spirit of David, He wants us to be personally offended at anything or anyone that keeps us from fulfilling His CALLING on our lives.

Saul and the army of Israel were all controlled by fear and their hearts melted.  But David said,…

John 7:38 - "He that believeth on Me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."

We as children of God are to bring forth life and fruit that was birthed and begun in God.

The word believe is in no way a shallow belief, but one of complete trust and total reliance on. Jesus is not only One we trust in, but…

Zechariah 9:12,14 - "Return to the stonghold, you prisoners of hope even today I declare that I will restore double to you......The the Lord will be seen over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning." 

Many believers – especially young people, ask about commissioning -- they want to know who should commission them, when they should be commissioned, and, spiritually speaking, are…

Ephesians 3:19 AMP - "[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!"

From deep inside…

"THE HIGHER GROUND IS NOT SOME ETHEREAL, MISTY, CLOUD-FILLED PLACE where you will have no problems or temptations. God's Higher Ground is where you stop arguing with yourself and others, cease struggling with your flesh, and move into His perfect will for you.

It's the place where you have made the decision to live a holy life in a temporal unholy world, and although you are quite aware that you will never (in this…

"THE HIGHER GROUND IS NOT SOME ETHEREAL, MISTY, CLOUD-FILLED PLACE where you will have no problems or temptations. God's Higher Ground is where you stop arguing with yourself and others, cease struggling with your flesh, and move into His perfect will for you.

It's the place where you have made the decision to live a holy life in a temporal unholy world, and although you are quite aware that you will never (in this…

Mark 4:26-29, "This is what the Kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.

All by itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has…

"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal" (2 Corinthians 4:18).

THE ETERNAL IS THE UNSEEN SUBSTANCE OF HEAVEN…

 "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple." - Luke 14:27

The true Christian life, which is to be a disciple of Christ, is a life of sacrifice. This "taking up of our cross" means that we 'die' to the right to do as we please, and surrender 'unconditionally' to the Lordship of Jesus.  It was on the Cross that…

Isaiah 41:17-20:

"When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.…

Exodus 12:13 -- "Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are. And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you....."

On the night of the first Passover, many of the children of Israel were probably anxious. 

They may have said "Yes! We were told to put the blood of the lamb on…

Luke 9:23 - "If anyone wishes to come after Me; he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me."

When the Cross is alive, it burns up the flesh – dreams of the flesh, ambitions of the flesh – all of the flesh.

All of the flesh it consumes. It consumed man's flesh beyond recognition,…

Psalm 100:4,5 - "Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations."

 Satan’s plan is to make us somehow accept, either through our upbringing, our experiences, or through Church dogma that certain portions of the…

"Do not change yourselves to be like the people of this world, but be changed within by a new way of thinking.  Then you will be able to decide what God wants for you; you will know what is good and pleasing to Him and what is perfect." - Romans 12:2 NCV

Sometimes the events of life seem to distance us from the awareness of His presence an we feel cast into a wilderness.  In the wilderness,…