Prayer With Purpose - THIS IS THAT

This is that ...

On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came...

Many Jews were confused and marveled, “Whatever can this mean?”

Then Peter standing up raised his voice and began to speak. “These are not drunk as you suppose...but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel...” (Acts 2:16)

This is that... is a resource to reveal, and give light to scripture...by comparing scripture to scripture. Only God can reveal God. Only His Spirit can “guide us into all truth.” (John 16:13)

For more comprehensive studies into the glorious Word of God see:
The Library (Formerly Tuesday Bible Study.)

Be sure and check this resource once a month. Check Current Events every day for new updates.

Also, remember to join others and pray for our nation through Conference Calls: PRAYING IN AGREEMENT

When you act on God's Word it will illuminate your purpose and put a fire in your bones and a two-edged sword in your mouth!

This is that...

7/20/2020

This is that…
July 20, 2020

The Plot Thickens
What does this mean? This term is used when a situation is becoming more and more complicated and puzzling.

The contrast of those walking in the light and those living in darkness is becoming more and more obvious. What’s going on? Two things: Father is at work pulling His disobedient children out of worldliness before they are completely consumed by lies and evil and miss the rapture.

The end of the age is here and Jesus’ return in the air is soon. Father is also dealing with sinners.

Who Turned the Light Out?
“But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.”
(2 Corinthians 4:4-5)

Definition of Veil: to hide, to cover up, conceal, envelop, keep secret
A person who hears the gospel message being preached and thinks it is absurd nonsense cannot receive conviction of sin.

That’s because their conscience has been defiled, deeply stained by sin. They have been blinded by satan. They cannot SEE or comprehend what Jesus died to give them.

What’s surprising is even people who seemed to have had good sense in the past are being taken over, believing that lies are truth.

We are seeing the parable of the Tares and the Wheat take place before our eyes. See Matthew 13:36-43. That’s exciting because Jesus hints about the rapture in this passage.

As for sinners, intercession is required to pull them out! Remember, someone prayed you in!

July 2020
So get used to it, things are separating; it’s either black or white now so don’t get alarmed and run around sharing the next bizarre story.

The stage is being set for the tribulation.

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight!” (Isaiah 5:20-21)
“Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.” (Daniel 11:32)

We were called to fulfill our purpose in this prophetic season written about in past ages in God’s Word. What a privilege!

1. The Shaking of all Nations: Hebrews 12:25-29
The virus, the rioting, bizarre behavior, lying news programs, anti-Christ Democrats, people who are under satanic dominion, the threat of socialism and the one world coalition, a Presidential election on the horizon … my goodness, “what now Lord?” Are we to withdraw in fear?

Absolutely not!!! We will be “more fervent still!” The Glorious Church is emerging with “healing in her wings” as the Kingdom of God is about to explode on earth in every nation!

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21)

2. Intercession and Revival
Intercession lays track for God to move.

When He made man He gave man authority over all the earth. (Genesis 1:26-28) Although our mighty Father can do anything, He set it up that we are to ask anything in Jesus’ name, and He will do it.
“And I have put My words in your mouth;
I have covered you with the shadow of My hand,
That I may plant the heavens,
Lay the foundations of the earth,
And say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’ ” (Isaiah 51:16)

Speak with authority!
Intercessors have great power when they pray in the Holy Spirit. We tap into the river of life. Let’s jump in and let the current move us this way and that. He leads. We follow. This is how we pull down evil, how we plant the heavens, how revival comes and is birthed.

3. Preparation
*Simeon, a just and devout man, was waiting for the Consolation of Israel and the Holy Spirit was upon him when Jesus was brought to the Temple at eight days old. Simeon rejoiced and prophesied over the Holy Child.
*Anna the prophetess, who had not departed the temple for eighty-four years but served God with fastings and prayer night and day, came in at the same hour Simeon was holding Jesus giving thanks to God. She also gave thanks to the Lord and spoke of Jesus to all those that were there. (See Luke 2:25-38)
*We, The Body of Christ, are praying prayers of preparation for Jesus’ return in the air. But just before that great and awesome day, there must come the great awakening/revival in all the nations. We are now in its first stages of progress.

As this “gospel of the Kingdom of God” is being preached in all the nations, which must include signs, wonders, and miracles, it is breaking through demonic strongholds of lies and witchcraft in the heavenlies so that even the wicked lost can “HEAR” and understand what Jesus did on the cross and experience the overpowering love of God for them. This brings repentance of sin and total surrender of self so that they can be born again.

Intercession is vital!

This is that…which comes before the rapture!
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14)

This is that ...

6/20/2020

This is that…6.20.20
The Glass

2020
Many prophetic words have come forth about this year. Some have made mention to 20/20 vision: that Believers will have spiritual insight, being able to SEE and understand what is taking place in the unseen realm, which affects the natural realm.

Now let’s pretend that you are sitting at a table and before you is a glass of water. The water line is in the middle of the glass. How do you SEE it? Is it half full? Or would you say no, the glass is half empty!

The Kingdom of God
Let’s look at some examples of how Believers SEE earthly circumstances and the results that follow.

Jesus’ Ministry … He didn’t SEE sickness and disease; He saw the multitudes healed! “Then great multitudes came to Him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at Jesus’ feet, and He healed them.” (Matthew 15:30)

If Jesus was focused on the horrible conditions of the “great multitudes” He would not have had faith to heal. “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner.” (John 5:19)

This is very important for The Church to remember. To walk and live in the Spirit, Galatians 5:25, we must go inward and SEE what God says. Jesus desires His Body to do the greater works! (John 14:12)

Elisha and his servant…The King of Syria was making war with Israel. “When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. “Oh no, my lord! What shall we do?” the servant asked.

“Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. As the enemy came down toward him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, “Strike this army with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, as Elisha had asked.” (2 Kings 6:15-20) Elisha had NO fear because he was in the Spirit and saw the armies of the Lord encamped about them.

You also have mighty angels beside you.
“The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, and delivers them.” (Psalm 34:7 and also Psalm 91:9-13) SEE that!

The Twelve Spies… God told Moses to send out one leader from each tribe to spy out the land that God was giving them. Ten leaders said they could not take the land. “… the people are too strong, the cities are fortified, and the giants live there.” Caleb and Joshua saw the same circumstances but believed what God said. They replied, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Faith is bold and takes possession of what God has promised.

Sadly, the ten leaders transferred their fear and unbelief to two million people who then wept all night. They spoke what they saw in their hearts: “... we will fall by the sword!” (Numbers Chapter 13 & 14)

Secrets of The Kingdom of God
You cannot speak boldly what you cannot SEE.
Faith in God/His Word produces vision and boldness in the inner man.
If you can't SEE it it is because you are in doubt/fear.
Faith requirement: meditate on His promise day and night. (Joshua 1:8-9)
Satan desires to steal all traces of the Word of God from you, The Church, and the earth!
Satan’s job is to limit and keep you in your mind and natural senses. “This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. (James 3:15)
Your Kingdom inheritance comes in proportion to your knowledge and acting on who God says you are.
You must know/SEE who you are…in Christ!
We are written epistles! (2 Corinthians 3:2-3)
Holy Spirit is waiting for your faith-filled words…words that carry what you SEE, whatsoever you desire.
Grace Knowledge or Revelation Knowledge comes from the Father so we can act on it.
Job said, “For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.” Job saw it inside first…
Abraham did not see his aged body, but believed that what God had promised He was able also to perform. (Romans 4:21) He saw himself the "father of many nations!"
You have to SEE it before you can speak it. The “abundant life” is in you.
Jesus endured the cross, by looking at “the joy that was set before Him.” (Hebrews 12:2) Jesus SAW His resurrection. Jesus saw you and me born again!
You control your world. Say to the mountain … Mark 11:22-23
Difficult times are here but “Faith is the VICTORY that overcomes the world.” (1 John 5:4) But faith requires you SEE the end result before you speak it! (Mark 11:23)
God saw these “perilous times” before the foundation of the world and ordained that you and I would be born in this time to establish His Word and His Kingdom: to bring in the lost before Jesus’ return in the air! Can you SEE that?

Is the glass half empty?
Are you negative and without hope? You don’t know who you are in Christ or the power of the Holy Spirit within you. Turn off the News and get in the Word of God! Your hopelessness infects The Body. (Ephesians 4:14-32)

Do you see the glass half full?
Caleb and Joshua SAW God with them and released their faith! “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.” How you SEE is a reflection of what you’re seeing, hearing, and thinking about day and night!

When Caleb and Joshua were spying out the land they must have been so excited, “This good land belongs to us!

This is That … The Kingdom of God
“…on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:18-19)
God will not do what He told YOU to do first!

Take the land, Saints.
The Power of Intercession must go out first… and we have an election to take now for this President and for our great nation!

For further study:
Kenneth E. Hagin Holy Spirit Seminar 1967
Sister Clara Grace (1 of 6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGC5tfQ6knI

This is that ... 5.20.20

5/20/2020

This is that…5.20.20
THE BOX
God has made us, first of all, a spirit born from above.
Second, He has given us a soul: a mind, will, emotions, intellect, and memories.
Lastly, He made a magnificent thing we call a body, which is our earth suit, and the temple of His Holy Spirit.

In my garage is a box full of things that carry memories. The mind is a good example of a box. In that box we have good and bad memories, things we have learned, experiences we have had. Things we watch, listen to, associate with, think about, conversations we have, and so on are all being placed into the box … your mind.

The End Days Just Before the Return of Jesus
God spoke to Daniel about 200 B.C.
“But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel 12:4)

Paul wrote to Timothy about the end days.
“But understand this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear].
(2 Timothy 3:1 AMPC)

Information Overload?
Knowledge increasing, times of great stress and trouble …
How are you doing? Are you sleeping well every night? Are you remaining in peace throughout your day? Are you in fear, anxious about your family and the virus, the United States government, the economy… and so on?

Remember the box?
If you’re spending hours watching the news, reading things online, constantly talking about all that’s going on, you are taking in a lot of information that will cause anxiety, stress, and hopelessness. Most likely faith in God is diminishing. Remember, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." (Proverbs 23:7)

Jesus taught His disciples the most important parable, “The Sower Sows the Word.” (Mark 4:10-32) Then Jesus said, “Take heed what you hear…” Why? Because what is coming into your ears will get down into your spirit-man and either increase your faith or steal your faith. If you are listening to something that is causing fear or anxiety to come upon you, stop what you’re listening to. Joy and peace are the first fruits of your spirit to go dim because your inner light is going dark. Take control!

Cares and the Unproductive Church
“Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” (Mark 4:18-19)
Vines Dictionary - Cares: anxiety, distracting care, taking thought

Notice Jesus said, “cares entering in.”
That means they’re getting into your heart (spirit) where God’s Word is stored. Anxiety and fear begin to choke scripture. Other definitions for choke are to suffocate, smother, gag, asphyxiate, quench, and strangulate! Monitor your feelings. Sadness is a sign of loss …

So often scripture tells the Believer to guard his heart.
Proverbs 4:20-27 should be studied often in our day. “Keep your heart with all diligence for out of it spring the issues of life.” One of those life resources from The Word that flow into you is healing/medicine to all your flesh.

But if cares and desires for other things are choking God’s Word, it is restricting “health to all your flesh” like a kink in a hose. Hours of hearing negative words at night will probably erase the fruitfulness of your Bible Study earlier that day. “Take heed what you hear.” Both faith and fear come by hearing.

Don’t ever go to bed loaded down with worry, fear, and cares. Cast your cares by giving them to the LORD. Go to sleep on a scripture. Listen to good faith teaching for an hour before you go to sleep. “Do not worry!” (Matthew 6:24-34)

EMPTY YOUR BOX OF CARES … OFTEN!
Constant fear will open the door to satan because he is the author of it. If you are having difficulty casting cares to the Lord, make it a practice three times a day to give them to Jesus. Copy these scriptures on a card and read them out loud.

*“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith…”
(2 Peter 5:6-9)
*“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6-7)

This is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith. (1 John 5:4)
Answered prayer is dependant on faith.
No Word? No Faith! No faith? No fruit from God’s anointed Word!

You are so important!
You being fruitful affects me and the whole Body of Christ.
And we, the Glorious Church, are on assignment to bring in souls!

This is that … which is smart to practice!
*“Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.” (Philippians 4:8)
Include this scripture with the other two on your card.

Praise Him! ... and the enemy will flee!
https://www.prayerwithpurpose.org/power-praise.html

Prophetic Word: 5.19.20
“Great days are ahead, for The Glorious Church arises with healing in her wings as God fills the air with Himself, His Glory!”

This is that ...

4/21/2020

This is that…4.21.20
The Glorious Church and The Footstool

The Preceding Days Before the Great Tribulation:
Do not fear!
“Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. We love Him because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:17-19)

What is perfected love? God is love.
Faith works through love.
Definition of perfected: being entirely without fault or defect; flawless; faithfully reproducing the original; satisfying all requirements; corresponding to an ideal standard
What does perfected love produce? Boldness (courage) in the day of judgment!
Faith works through perfect love to cast out fear and worry. Father protected the children of Israel from all ten plagues that came on the Egyptians. He certainly is protecting His Church today.
How do God’s people get perfected love?
Refuse to fear! Love God with all your heart. Walk by faith in God in His Word…just like Jesus did. As He is, so are we (now), in this world. (See Ephesians 2:6)

The Mature Believer:
1. Knows who they are in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
2. Has developed the habit of “taking every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:5)
3. Has developed their skills in spiritual warfare. (Ephesians 6:10-18)

Times of Judgment
“For our transgressions are multiplied before You,
And our sins testify against us;
For our transgressions are with us,
And as for our iniquities, we know them:
In transgressing and lying against the Lord,
And departing from our God,
Speaking oppression and revolt,
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands afar off;
For truth is fallen in the street,
And equity cannot enter.
So truth fails,
And he who departs from evil makes himself a prey.
Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him
That there was no justice.
He saw that there was no man,
And wondered that there was no intercessor;
Therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him;
And His own righteousness, it sustained Him.” (Isaiah 59:12-16)

Jesus Christ: Intercessor!
"It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us." (Romans 8:34)

The Glorious Church: Intercessor
God spoke through the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel:
“So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. (Ezekiel 22:30)

Jesus said, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?’” Today, The Church with all of its diversities of activities and differences of ministries is standing in the gap for the nations. Prayer is the sustaining force of power. Prayer is the very foundation of every ministry, for without prayer there can be no success. “Without Me you can do nothing.” The branch cannot bear fruit of itself.

The Power of Intercession…The Holy Spirit!
Intercessors are moving forward with great authority, binding and loosing, praying for leaders and the lost to establish the Kingdom of God in every nation.

This army is equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit, skilled in praying in tongues, and moving together in the Word of God. Intercession lays track for the other ministries to advance, and all of us are moving forward with great zeal now to restore the United States to its Christian roots under our godly President and advance the day of Jesus Christ’s return! This is the hidden scheme behind the pandemic, to stop the Kingdom of God from advancing.

Today, more intercessors are needed throughout the nations. Let’s pray them in!

April 2020: Making His Enemies His Footstool
“The LORD said to my Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.’” (Hebrews 1:13) How is He going to do that?

The Father is speaking to His Son of the end-days Glorious Church that comes forth as the great army of the LORD, no longer pew warmers satisfied to eat baby food every Sunday, that have no idea of their authority or how to use it.

Imagine your city police force driving around all day in their cars but never using their weapons and not arresting evil doers of any crimes. Would society suffer? Would lawlessness and chaos increase there? Should their immoral behavior influence The Church and silence Pastors from teaching God's Word?

When was the last time your Pastor taught 1 Corinthians 5:11 from the pulpit?

Not being taught the scriptures, babies have no idea what Jesus actually accomplished through His suffering, death, resurrection, and ascension.

Vines Dictionary - Footstool: under a foot; a footstool was used by a conquering king to place his foot on the neck of the conquered, i.e. those under his total dominion. (see Joshua 10:24)

“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written: ‘Cursed is everyone who is hung on a pole.’ He redeemed us in order that the blessing given to Abraham might come to the Gentiles through Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.” (Galatians 3:13-14)

“(Christ) …having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” (Colossians 2:14-15)

“… Jesus Christ who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.” (1 Peter 3:22)

"I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death." (Revelation 1:18)

Jesus already dealt with the enemy.
Why does The Church have to deal with him?

Father wants His creation to fulfill His original intent to take dominion over the earth! “Let Us make man in Our image, according to our likeness: let them have dominion over all the earth. Be fruitful…fill the earth and subdue it…have dominion…” (See Genesis 1:26-28)

The first Adam was given authority over the earth but failed to dominate the snake, the tempter. When he sinned, his authority over the earth was transferred to satan. (See 1 Corinthians 15:20-58)

The last Adam (Jesus Christ) got authority back …but only for those who are “in Him.” Through Jesus, and through His name, we enforce the Kingdom of God on earth. Jesus’ prayer, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven,” is being accomplished in these end days! (Matthew 6:10)

What the fight over this planet is all about:
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” (Matthew 24:14)

Notice: “then the end will come.”

The gospel of the kingdom is not only the salvation message but includes signs, wonders, and miracles…just like Jesus brought forth. “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” (Acts 10:38)

What a privilege to be born into the last generation of His Church! Each member of Christ's Body is vitally important. Fulfill your calling Saints!

This is that…
which will keep you from the Great Tribulation
“Because you have kept My command to persevere, I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.” (Revelation 3:10)
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13)

This is that...3.20.20

3/20/2020

This is that…3.20.20
“Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.” (1Timothy 4:1-2)

March 2020
“God, where are you?”

Where are you, My child?
Your level of faith in Me has slipped dangerously low because you glance at a scripture in the morning and off you rush to social media, Fox News, or other things to find out what’s going on in the world. How many hours do you spend seeking other things?

Your question to Me reveals that your spirit-man is hungry for scripture. A flippant prayer here and there is not fellowship with Me. You’re not connecting with Me because your affections are for other things. And why aren’t you calling Me Father anymore?

I require FIRST PLACE IN YOUR LIFE, NOT LAST PLACE.
“Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.” (Revelation 2:4)

FEAR REPLACES FAITH
Your question and the fear you have in your heart about the virus situation shows just how far you are slipping backward into the pull of the world. The cares of this world will close in on your inner man and suffocate The Word and “it becomes unfruitful.” (Mark 4:13-20) That’s why you’re anxious and worried and can’t sleep at night. Over and over I hear your thoughts asking where I am and how you don’t understand what is going on.

Let Me ask you this, why has your affection changed toward Me?
Don’t you realize you cannot fulfill your purpose without Me?
Don’t you remember John 15:5?
Without Me, The Word, you can do nothing! There are many unwanted repercussions that can result from this behavior.

You are wondering about why you are not seeing My hand over this land. That’s because you are drifting away from Me, and have been for a long time. You would have known what I am doing if you would study and pray in tongues in the Holy Spirit. That’s where I am ... in your heart.

You continually ignore My call to come to Me.
“…Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:41-42)

Because you’re too busy for Me, your calling/assignment has terribly declined, leaving a vacancy in the grand design of the Kingdom of God on earth. (See Ephesians 4:16)

No one can take your place that I have called you to. All the promises of God are yours, but they are dormant without faith, and faith comes from hearing God’s Word. (Romans 10:17) Without God’s Word, your heart will become hardened and over time bring you into total unbelief and may even affect your eternal salvation. (Hebrews 6:4-6)

And if you persist in going back into the world, you won’t be ready for the rapture. "TEKEL -- you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.”
(Daniel 5:27)

Read through these Holy Scriptures and let the Word of God convict you to repentance and change your ways.

Then meditate on them and the Who I Am Scriptures.

Hebrews 12:25-29 (NKJV)
“See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.’ Now this, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.”

Hebrews 2:1-4 (NKJV)
“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?”

Hebrews 10:38 (NKJV)
“Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure in him.”

Mark 4:23-24 (NKJV)
“If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.

Joshua 1:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)
“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 John 4:18 (NKJV)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.”

Hebrews 3:7-14 (NKJV)
“Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:
‘Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
In the day of trial in the wilderness,
Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me,
And saw My works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, “They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.”
So I swore in My wrath,
“They shall not enter My rest.” ’ ”

“Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end …”

This is that…which is “where God is.”
“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)

What about the virus?
Jesus says:
“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life…Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?

“Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” (See Matthew 6:25-34)

2020 - End Days Requirement: Praying in Tongues Daily!
“But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit.”

“But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.” (Jude 17-21)

This is that...2.20.20

2/20/2020

This is that…2.20.2020
The Church, The Glorious Church, and Authority

Who is The Church?
The Church is not a building, or a denomination, but people who Christ chose in Him before the foundation of the world. (Ephesians 1:4) The Church, children of God, are Christ’s Body. (Ephesians 1:23) Most attend weekly services but their commitment to Jesus is half-hearted and often they act like children because they have not crucified their flesh or are still tied to worldly things.

The Glorious Church - 2020
The Glorious Church is the end days church that Jesus has matured and purified: “that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:26-27)

Do you see how important God’s Word is?
What else has the ability to sanctify and cleanse a Christian?
What would be the result if Pastors cast aside the teaching of scriptures?
How effective would the military be without weapons?

The Glorious Church are Believers who are continually washed in the Word and operate in the greater anointing to accomplish this goal: “the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself.” (Ephesians 1:23 AMPC) Father God has “put all things under Jesus’ feet and has appointed Him the universal and superior Head of the Church; [a Headship exercised throughout The Church.]” (Ephesians 1:22 AMPC) These are Believers who are submitted to Jesus, study His Word and act on it, and are pressing forward to fulfill God’s will to “do the greater works” through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Father God and our Lord Jesus Christ have "blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 1:3)

In other words, everything The Glorious Church needs to accomplish her assignment on earth has already been supplied to us. Everything we need to bring forth manifestation — demonstration — creativity has already been given to us. It is not way out in the sky somewhere but rather is located within every born again Believer. In you is the Holy Spirit — the God Who created all things on earth! Jesus said, “the Kingdom of God is within you.” (Luke 17:21)

You must know who you are in Christ Jesus in these end days! Don’t sing songs that place God “away from you” or are asking God for something He has already provided.

That is error and written by someone who doesn’t know God’s Word! True worshipers worship God in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)

What Jesus accomplished in His earthly ministry He continues to do throughout His Body – The Glorious Church on earth. He said the greater works will be done because He was going to the Father. By sending His Holy Spirit to live within each Believer, the expansion of God’s will is exceedingly multiplied as the gospel of the Kingdom is preached. Jesus continues to do the Father’s will – through The Glorious Church! “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.”
(Matthew 24:14)

This gospel has within it the mighty power of God and by faith it is released by the use of Jesus Christ’s name. By this Jesus has restored man to his proper place of authority and dominion over the earth which satan stole from Adam in the garden. (Read Genesis 1:26, 28 & Genesis Chapter 3)

Authority: Original Intent
When a city has a police force, each officer is trained, given a uniform, and provided weapons to enforce the laws of that city. Why? Law and order bring protection and peace to its citizens. In the same manner, God’s Body on earth is given dominion to establish God’s government, His Kingdom on earth. “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is done in Heaven.” (Matthew 6:10)

“Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities.” (Romans 13:1)

When we receive Jesus into our heart, we receive the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. That means man has right standing with Almighty God. We are re-aligned to God’s purpose or original intent for mankind. (Genesis 1:26, 28) God gave man dominion on earth. “For You have made him a little lower than the angels (Elohim), and You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands, You have put all things under his feet…” (Psalm 8:6)

Our authority is dependant upon working through Jesus because in John 15:5 He said “we can do NOTHING without Him!” That keeps man in check.

This is that…Scriptures on Authority
Meditate on these often.
“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
(Luke 10:19)

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

“And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’” (Luke 10:9)

“And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” (Mark 16:17-18)

“For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…”( 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)

“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.” (Ephesians 6:11)

“Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.” (Jeremiah 1:9-10)

“And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.” (Mark 16:20)

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This is that...

1/20/2020

This is that…1.20.2020
A PEEK INTO THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD:

THE MYSTERY OF LAWLESSNESS
What is it and where did it come from?

Lawlessness, the desire to be disobedient to the known will of God, came from the first human, Adam, when he ate fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. That curse, the sin nature, was then passed into every person born on earth.

As a result of mankind’s first parents, all people sin. “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” (1 John 1:8)

A Propensity toward Evil
Definition of Propensity:
an often intense natural inclination or preference;
an inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way
The Apostle John defined the pull of sin this way: “We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:17)

The Only Solution
Lawlessness is imbedded in every person at conception. The only way to get rid of it is to be born again a new creation. How?

By total surrender of self and accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and living for Him. He took all sin (the lawlessness nature), sickness, disease, lack, poverty, and chastisement upon Himself, and by His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension, the born again child is disconnected from lawlessness.

Like in the Garden of Eden, mankind once again must make a decision: choose Jesus (the Tree of Life) and be redeemed from the curse and have eternal life, or suffer the coming wrath of God on earth in the tribulation and the eternal punishment of hell that follows!

The End Days and The Tribulation
When this “gospel of the Kingdom is preached in every nation,” The Glorious Church shall be removed. (Matthew 24:14)

Haters of The Gospel
Most of those “left behind” will have knowledge of what has taken place.

Yes, they will know that Jesus removed His people from earth and they will be happy that those who preached against sin are gone! Multitudes of those left behind will have given themselves over to witchcraft, sorcery, and all kinds of evil and sexual deviancy. Extreme depravity will be prevalent throughout the world, just like in the days before Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed with fire from Heaven. (Genesis 19:13)

The Scripture: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7
Paul wrote a letter to Believers who had mistakenly been told that the rapture had already taken place. He reveals to them what things must happen first.

“Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And now you know what is restraining, that he may be revealed in his own time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way.” Read 2 Thessalonians 2:8-14.

Lawlessness — What is it?
Vines Dictionary Definition:

Lawlessness means without law; where the thought is not simply that of doing what is unlawful, but of flagrant defiance of the known will of God;
the mystery of lawlessness is not recognized in the world, for it does not consist merely in confusion and disorder;
the display of lawlessness by the lawless one will be the effect of the attempt by the powers of darkness to overthrow the divine government.

“Whoever commits sin (a practice, not the committal of an act) also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness. (1 John 3:4) This definition of sin sets forth its essential character as the rejection of the law, or will of God and the substitution of the will of self.

Recap
Lawlessness passed from Adam and Eve to all those born on earth.
There are only two groups of people on earth: Those that are saved; those that are lost.
When The Church is removed, sin will explode in perversion and lawlessness.

All things will be infected!

2020
The End Days and The Glorious Church
We can see that the advancement of bizarre evil behavior, like the murder of the unborn/or newly born, or the transgender movement to change a child’s God-given identity, is because evil is being embraced.

The track is being laid for the future when The Church is gone, but for now our job is to hold it back. How?

2020
The Call to Intercession
Intercession is approaching God on behalf of others; to stand in the gap for them so God can do His work in their hearts by His Holy Spirit. Father waits for and looks forward to your prayer time with Him. Since faith is dependant on the Word of God, it is vitally important that you study and get the Word in your heart so power will come forth out of your mouth to change natural things.

And prayer always lays track for REVIVAL!

This is that … which produces answered prayer.
“I am the vine, you are the branches…without Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out …If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you.”
(Read John 15:1-8)

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This is that ... 12.19.19

12/19/2019

This is that…12.19.19

Are you happy — with you?
Six born again Christians…six different answers.

One middle aged man responded with, “How can I be happy with myself when years ago my wife left me, took our four children with her, and now they will have nothing to do with me because of all the lies she told them about me.”
One young woman said she could not be happy with herself because she was abused by her step-father in her childhood.
One young man, after graduating college with honors and thousands of dollars in debt, has had difficulty finding a job that he enjoys going to every day. “I spent years of study…for what?”
One elderly woman, grieving over the loss of her husband six years ago, said all the dreams they hoped to enjoy together when they retired vanished when her husband died.
One middle aged woman with chronic medical problems said she cannot be happy with herself because she doesn’t feel good.
One man responded, “Yes, I am happy within myself.”

Unforgiveness
Abuse
Bitterness
Disappointment and shattered dreams
Sickness and pain
Freedom

Two things God cannot do for you:

God will not resist the devil for you. He told you to do that. (James 4:7)
God cannot “receive” for you. “…believe that you receive them and you shall have them.” (Mark 11:24)

You are a Spirit.
You have a Soul: Mind, Will, Emotions, Intellect, Memories
You live in a body.

How to tap into the benefits of healing and power in the Kingdom of God: Have Faith in God. (Mark 11:22)

Benefits of the Kingdom of God
1. The Awesome Power of the Holy Spirit
Be baptized in the Holy Spirit! Pray in the Spirit to build up your spirit man and dominate painful experiences of the past. Jesus said, “It is to your advantage that I go away…” (John 16:7) How can that be? Jesus in His earthly ministry could not dwell inside you. Ah, but His Spirit can! Jesus said the Holy Spirit is the Parakletos; the Comforter, Helper, Teacher, Healer; He is the Power of God. Father anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit and then He went about healing and delivering people from the devil. (Acts 10:38) Connect with Him by God's Word, study, and prayer ... and praying in the Spirit.

2. The Word of God
How were you born of God? “I was born again when I asked Jesus to come into my heart.” Yes. But something hidden was taking place.
“…having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever.” (1 Peter 1:23) “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1:12-13) Just as your body needs food, your spirit needs spirit food ... "I am the bread of life." Read John Chapter 6.

Your Bible is not just paper and ink; it is living words and your connection to God’s Kingdom. When you study, you are giving life-producing food into your spirit man which provides ammunition for Holy Spirit to empower the words that come forth from your mouth. Christians who do not exercise a daily time of study, fellowship, and prayer will lead defeated unhappy lives wondering, “Where is God in my life?” It takes power to “take every thought captive to the obedience of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) Where is that power? Is it way up somewhere in the sky? No! God’s power is in you … in the real you. Tap in by praying in tongues throughout your day. But make sure you have transferred God’s Word into you by study, and by hearing faith teaching for “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” (Romans 10:17) Faith overcomes the world. (See 1 John 5:4-5)

3. The Kingdom of God is Within You (Luke 17:21)
When Jesus went about in His earthly ministry, healing the sick, delivering people of satanic spirits, feeding 20,000 people with two fish and five loaves of bread, raising the dead, He said, “... surely the Kingdom of God has come upon you.” (Luke 11:20) Later He declared, " ... the kingdom of God is within you." (Luke 17:20)
Jesus’ parting assignment to His disciples before His Ascension into Heaven was to go and preach the Word, cast out devils, and heal the sick, just like He did, but use His name to do it! He promised that He would confirm it with signs following. (Mark 16:14-20)

Power and authority resides in you to resist the devil and his schemes. Painful memories of the past, unforgiveness, loss of hope, pain and sorrow, can be defeated by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, and the Kingdom of God. That power is not outside you but rather inside you!

THE BALL IS IN YOUR COURT SAINTS!
Once again, there are two things that God cannot do for you.
*God will not resist the devil for you. He told you to do that. (James 4:7)
*God will not “receive” for you. You believe you receive and you shall have. (Mark 11:24)

All six Christian people have had major problems in their life.
Unforgiveness
Abuse
Bitterness
Disappointment and shattered dreams
Sickness and pain
Freedom

Only the last Believer is happy with himself. “Yeah, but he didn’t have to overcome what the others have had to deal with.” Not true!

He was a soldier in Afghanistan and stepped on a mine while saving the life of another soldier and lost both his legs! He overcame because He received Jesus as His Lord, got filled with Holy Spirit, studies two hours every morning in God’s Word, prays in tongues, and ministers to the youth in His Church. Is he happy with himself?

“Yes, I am happy with myself! I am a Spirit–filled Christian fulfilling my purpose.”

This is that…which overcomes the world!
“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.” (1 John 5:4)

Christian, are you happy being you?

This is that...11.18.19

11/17/2019

This is that…11.18.19
Got Spiritual Stamina?

Definition of Stamina: endurance; strength of constitution; vigor; sturdiness; hardiness; staying power; energy; perseverance; vitality.

Stamina is the ability to sustain prolonged physical or mental effort.

Spiritual stamina comes from your inner man where the Holy Spirit resides and where God’s Word is planted to produce what is necessary to bring strength and overcoming victory. This is quite different than an athlete who is in training and physically works out to accomplish his goal. You are a spirit born of God that lives to please Him and do His will.

The Kingdom of God
… is within you!
Therefore …“Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? ‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which we preach) …” (Romans 10:6-8)

There is a profusion of songs and sermons these days that are not Word based or faith based in our churches. That does not please God for “…without faith it is impossible to please Him.” They just don’t know who they are in Christ.

Lack of Word produces a lack of faith. Result?

Many songs and teachings are expressing our lowly state and how needy we are. That’s exactly what the Word says NOT to do for they lead the Christian to think help is coming from something apart from them, something way out there in the sky somewhere! What nonsense! Don’t you know who you are? Don’t you know what the Holy Scriptures say about you? “…‘The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which we preach) …” That means it is necessary for every Believer to have a daily diet of the nutrient rich scriptures.

Grasshopper Mentality
That is exactly the inner image the children of Israel had. When told to take the land of Canaan, they became frightened, and saw themselves alone and without power. They forgot Who was with them…He who parted a sea, brought wind to dry the earth, and then released a tidal wave of water to drown their wicked enemies. They experienced this!

Then how could they say God brought them into the desert to kill them?

They were influenced by the fear of ten faith-less leaders who said the giants were stronger than they. (Numbers 13:30-31) Why were Caleb and Joshua different? They had faith in God and said, “we are well able to overcome it.”

Faith in God’s ability produces spiritual stamina that overcomes the world. Our very identity is based in God’s power to fulfill His Word in us.

The Word of Faith Which We Preach …
The Apostle Peter reveals our foundation of faith.
“… His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life…exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” (2 Peter 1:3-4)

God’s Word has within itself the power to bring the Word to pass when planted into the good heart of a Believer, “you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.”
(1 Thessalonians 2:13)

The Word of God performs its work in you who believe. Faith in God will provide you with spiritual stamina to hold your ground in patience with endurance to receive the promise. (Hebrews 10:36)

Growing Up to Take the Land
“And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.” (Luke 19:13) The ball is in our court!

Intercession in Stressful Times
Spiritual stamina, the inner strength of God in us, is a requirement for those who are standing in the gap for our cities, our state, and this nation’s government. Fear is an enemy that we must not allow to enter our mind and heart.

Fear speaks the circumstances. Faith in God overcomes the world. (1 John 5:4)

Moses was the great intercessor. When the armies of Pharaoh were breathing down the necks of the children of Israel, Moses said:
“Do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which He will accomplish for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever. The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
(Exodus 14:13-14)

The Glorious Church
Father is not only at work cleansing our government of years of gross corruption, He is also using this adversity to grow and mature His children to take their rightful place of authority that Jesus has already attained for us! He gave us His Spirit to live in us. We’re not to be looking outward, but rather going inward to receive from the God inside.

Prayer, Bible Study, and praying in tongues will subdue chaotic thinking and bring peace to the soul.

Spiritual Stamina:
Stand upright in the LORD!
Stand still and see the salvation of the LORD!
Stand in His grace, in His favor, in His blessing!
Stand in your citizenship as an Ambassador for God’s Kingdom on earth!
Stand fast in God’s authority that abides in you!
Stand erect; maintain your allegiance to freedom in Christ!
Stand, stationary and sure-footed to press in to fulfill your call!
Stand firm and hold your ground to walk by faith and not by sight!
Stand firm on the rock that cannot be shaken.
Stand firm in the power of His resurrection.
Stand in the power of His might. Put on the armor of God!
Stand firm in your fellowship with the Anointed One and His anointing in you!
Stand firm in the Kingdom of God through Holy Spirit that lives inside you!

This is that … Who lives in you!
“… God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.” (Acts 10:38) “… you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things.” (1 John 2:20)

* We are here to take the nations back to God!

This is that...

10/21/2019

This is that…10.21.19
CONFIDENCE: What is it?

Definition of Confidence: the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something; firm trust; the state of feeling certain about the truth of something.
Antonym: distrust; doubt; misgiving; apprehension; disbelief; self-doubt; uncertainty; timidity; bashfulness; shyness

*Key to the Kingdom:
Fear is an enemy to confidence and to faith. Monitor your thoughts and your words.

In the earth, there are two groups of people, those who are unsaved and those who are born again of the Spirit of God. What does each group put their trust in?

What is confidence in the flesh?
The Apostle Paul admonished The Church at Philippi NOT to boast about who they are in the flesh but to “worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh…” Paul shares with them that his birth, his upbringing, and his stature as a well-known Pharisee (lawyer) were all rubbish compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus! (See Philippians Chapter 3)

*Key to the Kingdom:
You have to let go of the old in order to receive the new. (Matthew 9:16-17)

Standing in Your New Identity
We, who are born again citizens of Heaven, are to live and walk in the Spirit by the power of the Holy Spirit who abides within us. Jesus said the Kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21) That means we train ourselves daily to be inside minded so that we can release the power of God’s Kingdom on earth. The more we know who we are in Christ, the more confident we become in our identity “in Christ” rather than who we are in the flesh.

You develop confidence by living by faith.

Vines Dictionary
Confidence: denotes persuasion; assurance; to trust; that which stands; a foundation.

The Righteousness of Faith
Paul put his total confidence and trust in his birth in Christ.
“But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith; that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:7-11)

JESUS OUR LORD
We will never truly know the depth of His suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. What was Jesus struggling with? His will, for He saw what was ahead and wanted His Father to remove it from Him. (Matthew 26:36-46) Yet, He let go of His will and grabbed hold of His assignment to become sin for mankind, confident that Father would raise Him from Hell.

A deep personal relationship and knowledge of Father and His Word strengthened Jesus to let go of His will and reach ahead to do Father’s will. After all, He knew He was His Son!

Once again:
Key to the Kingdom: You have to let go of the old in order to receive the new.

The Apostle Paul experienced this: “… that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.” Paul suffered great persecution, yet confident, he let go of his past and yielded to do the Father’s will, just like Jesus.

Paul would not have written thirteen books in the New Testament had he been determined to rely on and brag about all his past accomplishments. When you meet someone new, what do you want them to know about you—your MBA, your position in a well-known company, where you live, what you drive, or how much YOU are doing at your church?

Our righteousness and identity comes from what Jesus accomplished for you.

“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 for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13-15)

All our lives, up until the day we leave this earthly body, are a multitude of daily choices. Forgetting those things of the past and reaching forward, confident in Christ and who He says we are, press forward to attain the prize ahead and fulfill the call of God in Christ Jesus. This confidence produces boldness and strength to carry out our assignment on earth, and confidence can be developed through daily use. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13)

“You are complete in Him…” (Colossians 2:10) The word complete means to “make full, to fill up!” That’s because Holy Spirit lives in you. Meditate on that.

This is that … which is our foundation.
“… In Him and through faith in Him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.” (Ephesians 3:12 NIV)

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