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 I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.  The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;     his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning;     great is your faithfulness. Psalm 3:5 Lamentations 3:22-23

 #biblestudy  FindingJesus in the OT -  Psalm 84  1 How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts!  (Psalm 23:6; John 14:2-3) 2  My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord;  (Psalm 27:4-6; Matt. 5:3) my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. 3  Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. *** Because God has chosen to make his home among us (John1:14; Rev.21:3):  He will protect…and He will provide!  (Matthew 6:25-30)*** 4  Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise!  (Psalm 27:4-6; John14:1-6) Selah 5  Blessed are those whose strength is in you,  (2Cor. 12:7-10)  whose heart are set on pilgrimage to Zion. (Isaiah 40:26-31; Colossians 3:2-4) ***Lord let our hearts be set on You: Let our sights - our hope - our treasure - be not on earth, but Heaven (Matthew 6:19-21). 6  As they go through the Valley of Baca (weeping) they make it a pl

 James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, (James1:1) Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James,(Jude1:1) There is no greater freedom in Me than to be My bond servant (Ps84:10). For through My vicarious death on the Cross, I have redeemed you…I have bought you back, as the master purchases the slave. For once you were bent beneath the load of your taskmaster, the prince of this world: But my Son took the weight of that burden upon His shoulders, and has given you His burden in exchange - which is light, and his yolk which is easy: Once you were slaves, to the power of sin and eternal death. You were by nature objects of My wrath. But now I say to you “Fear not! For I have redeemed you: I have bought you back, with the highest price imaginable: the Blood of My Son; And because I have purchased you, your life is no longer your own: I have called you out of this world and into my service…you are now mine; As My own personal possession you can confidently p

 #biblestudy  The Bethesda Pool  Read John 5:1-15 This was a pagan (Godless) ‘healing center’ or ‘askelepion’ erected by a Grecian cult in honor of their god Asclepius - the god of healing. The fact that this man had been sitting in this God-forsaken place for 38 years, waiting on a mythical angel to stir up the water - waiting on pagan superstitions instead of on the One true God (Ex.15:26; Is.40:3031) - gives us some insight in to why, in vs. 14 Jesus tells the man to “stop sinning“. ***Note: The pool was in fact, stirred by an underwater spring; one of a few beneath Jerusalem.*** And yet, into this dark and God-forsaken place walks God Himself (ch.20:28) - Jesus the Messiah, the Light of the world (ch.8:12)…And, with an incredible combination of pure power and total undeserved mercy, demonstrates before everyone there, exactly who is the real and Living God! (in a subtle replay of 1Kings 18:20-40).  In this, He also sends a clear message:  There is no place too dark…too far fallen t

 Why Lord? “I had been asking the Lord for answers - on seemingly unanswered issues concerning my loved ones - on issues concerning me: “Why do you seem to move so powerfully for others, but not me? Why do you use me to minister so powerfully to others, yet my issues - my loved ones’ issues seem to remain unresolved?- where are you Lord?  I should have known that You would answer me directly through your Word - and you did… Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. Hebrews 10:32-39 Think back on

 Jeremiah 31:31-33 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah,  not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the LORD. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.  He wants to write the Law on our hearts…not hearts of stone - but of flesh (Ezekiel 26:36) Not the Law of the stone tablets - broken again and again…but the Law of Love, revealed, and completely and entirely fulfilled by Jesus Christ. A new covenant for a new heart - and a new heart for a fulfilled and accomplished Law.  Because the only Way we can keep this Law of God is through the heart of God - which throug

 Bible study#3 #WhereIsJesus? Psalm 16:8-11 - David’s revelation of Messiah  8 I have set the Lord always before me;     because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. **Right hand: Power & strength: And David knows Who is the source of his power and strength. (Psalm27:1; 61:2-4)** 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;     my flesh also dwells secure. (Psalm 18:2) 10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol...(Isaiah 26:19; Matt. 27:51-53) Up until this point in the Psalm, David has been speaking about himself - and then...     ...or let your holy one see corruption. (Isaiah 11:1-5; Eph.4:8-10) **Now he speaks of Messiah; of whom he is the  forerunner and ancestor.** 11 You make known to me the path of life; **(You make known to me the Messiah - John14:6)     in your presence there is fullness of joy; (Hebrews 12:2)     at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 22 - David - A foreshadow of Messiah  For the choir director: A psalm of David, to

 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time. 1Tim.2:5-6 Excerpt bible teaching2 #WhereIsJesus? Numbers16:  41 But on the next day all the congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”  42 And when the congregation had assembled against Moses and against Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting. And behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.  43 And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting,  44 and the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  45 “Get away from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.” And they fell on their faces. (See also Genesis 18:20:25)  And Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, and put fire on it from off the altar and lay incense on it and carry it quickly to the congregation and make ato

 Matthew 9:1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed.  And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”  4 But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”  Jesus was more interested in healing the disease of the man’s soul, than of his body…the fatal disease called sin, ending in death (eternal separation from Go): It was for this reason that He (Jesus) came into the world.(John12:27) 2  Bless the  Lord , O my soul,      and forget not all his benefits, 3  who forgives all your iniquity,      who he

Finding Jesus in the O/T Reading: Psalm 118 Looking first at vs 22-24 The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 23 This is the LORD’s doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. 24 This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it… {It seems that David is referring to the day of the Sacrifice…that great Day of Atonement, through which we are saved: The day of the Cross! David, like so many others who wrote the Scriptures, looks ahead to the promise of that Day (see Genesis 22:7-8)…and rejoices! How much more should we, who are now walking in its fulfillment also look back to that Day - and rejoice?… For truly it is because of that day, that we can declare EVERY day: “This is the day that the LORD has made; l will rejoice and be glad in it!”} This is why, earlier in this psalm he states:  14 The Lord is my strength and my song;       he has become my salvation. 15 Glad songs of salvation       are in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of th

 “Although the accuser of the brethren may try, he cannot lay any charge against you whom I have chosen.  Because of the Sacrifice of my Son, your slate is wiped clean… because of His shed blood, you, my child are free…to run the race of faith; unshackled from your past and going from glory to glory… Until, as I have promised, you WILL appear before Me in Zion- and again I promise, THIS DAY WILL COME…it has been written…I will surely come for you… So set your sights on things of Heaven,  set your heart on pilgrimage… set your face to seek Me;  and as I promised, you WILL find Me, if you search…for ME…with all your heart - I WILL be found by you.  You must take courage from these truths in My Word, and press in to know me, in these last days.  For the one who endures to the end will reap a harvest for my Kingdom, if they do not grow weary… and to the one who overcomes…” Read Revelation ch 2 & 3 Romans 8:33 Psalm 84:5-7 Colossians 3:2-4 Matthew 6:31-33 Jeremiah 29:13 Galatians 6:8-10

 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.  For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?  But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.  Romans 8:23-25 So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.  For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,  as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.  2Cor 4:16-18 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.  Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.  For you have died, and your life is hidden wit

 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person’s religion is worthless. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. James 1:26-27 Because pure religion is the fruit of RECONCILIATION - between God and us, that via the sacrifice of Christ we may be Holy - set apart from the corruption of this world and BORN AGAIN into a new life that is incorruptible, where the Lord daily writes His Law on our hearts, transforming us into HIS IMAGE and takes us from strength to strength and from one degree of glory to another until each of us shall appear before Him in Zion 1Peter 1 Jeremiah 31:33 2Corinthians 3:18 Psalm 84 1John 3:2

 First, Christ said,  “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses).  Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.”  He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect.  For GOD’S WILL was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time. Hebrews 10:8-10 He (Jesus) will carry out His Father’s will, to completion…to the point of death …👇

 I will rejoice in my many weaknesses, because Your strength is made perfect in them.  I can do ALL things through You… meaning that, whatever YOU have called me to do,  I can SURELY do -  only because YOU have called me to do it. Philippians 4:11-13 2Corinthians 12:1-10

Acts 3:6 Then Peter said, "Silver or gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you....” The Lord suddenly impressed upon my heart that if we stopped making silver and gold (prosperity) our gospel, and started preaching the true Gospel of repentance…if we emptied our hands - and our hearts - of earthly corruptible substance, and let Him fill them with Heavenly substance…we would then start to see the greater works done by Peter, John and the early church, to the glory of God. ...”In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk."  Not that it is wrong to have money…it is only wrong to make it our treasure (Matthew 6:19-24) There is no “polite” way to say this: the gospel of prosperity is a false gospel...and if unchecked, it will lead people all the way down  to hell. Read Ezekiel 34:1-24 #followingJesus #2Chronicles714 #watchmanonthewall

 I thank God for the scars; I do not wish them away, nor pretend they were never there. For the scars remind the devil- and say to all, that I have been in the battle, and have overcome (Revelation 12:11); that I was thrown in the furnace, where my bonds where burned but I was not(Daniel 3; Isaiah43:2); that I have been wounded, but that by His wounds I have been healed (1Peter2:24; Isaiah 53:5): And He (Jesus Christ) Himself bares His own scars. Why? So that He would be recognized...that people may know that it was He who took the curse of sin and death, when He was nailed through His hands and His feet, to a tree (Gal3:13); that it was He who brought forth a new covenant in His own blood when He was pierced and the blood flowed from His side. (Isaiah 53:5; Luke 22:20) See John20:25-27 So what do our scars show to the world, except that we have passed from death to life, torment to peace, fear to security, hatred to Love... damnation to Salvation. What is a scar?  **A wound that has

 “For He who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep “(Psalm 121:4).   The Lord does not sleep- and neither does His Body: For as surely as the sun sets over one nation - one continent, it is rising upon another, and the prayers of the Saints- the watchmen of the Lord, unified and unceasing, continue to rise as incense before His Face:  We are One Body in many nations, but what makes us so formidable is that where some of us are resting, others of us are wide awake, continuing to radiate and reflect His Glory. So in essence, we, like our Lord, neither slumber nor sleep. (Compare Rev 4:8) This is the Body of Messiah: Sanctified; Unified; Glorified:  Through the Blood; beyond the veil: This is who we are.  This is why we must never, ever stop communing with Him; It is only through Yeshua our Head, that we become One Body. For this is where everything else begins (just you and I Lord): To discover that secret place, is the reason for the season we are in.  #PrayFervently #Follo