What if we had joined the army of the United States or any of the armed forces of our country or your country? We went through the rigorous training in boot camp and came out as a new armed force. We were credited with the honors of being in the force for we completed the training.
The candidates have been remade in a new weapon in the hands of our government and when all the force of the military are…..
Now as Philippians 3:12-13 states: Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that which Christ Jesus has already laid hold of me……Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal of the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
May…..
And to the angel of Smyrna write, These things says the First and the Last, who was dead and came to life: I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are rich); and I know the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you…..
The Book of Esther is a very rich book that can give us strength through the Spirit……given any challenge we are experiencing throughout time.
First let us look at this Psalm 90:13-17: Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants, Oh satisfy us early with Your mercy, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days! Make us glad according to the days in which You have afflicted us, the years in which we have seen evil.
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Then He spoke a parable to them: No one puts a piece from a new garment on an old one; otherwise the new makes a tear, and also the piece that was taken out of the new does not match the old.
And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.
But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both…..
When the wind blows during the winnowing the good grain falls to the ground but the chaff just blows away…… The grain has the weight to hold on to its place during the blowing.
All that is not of the truth just blows away….. This is the way of our Lover of our souls…… This our Divine Romancer. He loves us so much, He will shake all that is not Him so we may know Him greater.
Why does He…..
Remember when Moses went up to Mount Sinai with the Lord for forty days as written in Exodus? Exodus 25:40 states And see to it that you make them according to the pattern which was shown you on the mountain.
On the days of Jesus Christ’s temptation in the wilderness, He was shown different mounts which the devil tempted Him to submit to darkness’ authority. Praise Him for He did not budge on His heart to please and obey Our…..
I am not very apt in programming my radio in my car, so as I drive, I reach over and spin the dial…..and what ever it lands on -I then try to tune in to worship music somehow and somewhere…. Today, I spun away, and I looked on the screen and saw Snow Patrol….. I thought, wow….. that is a sign….. I know this is a rock group, but to me, in prayer, as I was driving, I saw a…..
Would you think Paul reigned in life even in the midst of prison? Would you believe he did more so there than ever before?
What is the Great I AM’s view of reigning? He sent His only Son! Yet He reigns…….
Would it be the best seat at a feast?
Would it be as a famous one- known and thought highly from people? Having great fortune in life ranking above others?
Would it be a life of sacrifice for the…..
And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to everyone according to his work. I AM the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last, ( Revelation 22:12-13)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing…..
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