Month: April 2017
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The Person of the Holy Spirit and His fruit. The power of the Holy Spirit and gifts.
“But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.”…Galatians 5:22-23 AMP The…
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29/04/2017, 04:09:02: “He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name–[inspiring reverence and godly fear]. The [reverent] fear of the LORD is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the LORD; His praise endures forever.”..
PSALM 111:9-10 AMP The reverent fear of the LORD. Godly fear. This is a fear different from the fear we experience and we want to run away and be separated and far from our object of fear; when we are afraid. Reverent or godly fear gives us yearning to want…
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28/04/2017, 01:14:06:: “Jesus said to him, “ I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”….John 14:6 AMP
That there are many ways to the Father is one of the biggest lies of satan, who in his craftiness will find any way to get unbelievers to wallow in their unbelief, with “blinded” understanding…. – “The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they…
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27/04/2017, 02:23:59:: “I am the LORD, and there is no one else; There is no God except Me. I will embrace and arm you, though you have not known Me,”…..Isaiah 45:5 AMP
Everyone, [ok most people] believe there is a higher authority/power greater than man. Different people have different names for that authority. Some who have come to know God, call Him the true and living God [of Abraham Isaac and Jacob], as He said He would be identified from generation to…
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26/04/2017, 05:05:30: “So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.”
Isaiah 59:19 KJV When the enemy comes.. the certainty that enemy will come cannot be over emphasized. In our homes, rising insecurity has led to installations of gadgets to safeguard our homes. Others have “man’s best friends” [dogs] who are known to be ready to protect their owners even risking…
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25/04/2017, 03:48:24: “I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but that You keep them and protect them from the evil one.”….John 17:15 AMP
Jesus said we are not of the world just as He was not. He was from above… John 8:23, and we should likewise set our minds on things above… Colossians 3:2 But if we are not of the world, why would He not just ask the Father to…
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24/04/2017, 03:58:50: “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.”
Isaiah 26:3 NIV Perfect peace. How we all long for that perfect peace! Peace that is perfect in itself, not subject to any external circumstances. But in this world, things operate in the opposite: we are only at peace when all external forces are perfect! Any slight interference and the…
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23/04/2017, 04:38:29: “But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.””
Numbers 22:12 NIV God says His people are blessed. That word stands… “God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill? I have received a command to bless;…
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22/04/2017, 04:21:47: “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation. In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for he has done glorious things; let this be known to all the world. Shout aloud and sing for joy, people of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.”.. Isaiah 12:2-6 NIV
Thanksgiving, expressed! God does not just strengthen us, but He Himself, becomes our strength. IN-fused. The living God, Creator of heaven and earth, comes to dwell, by His Spirit, in man He created… – “Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is…
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21/04/2017, 04:11:15:: “But when you give to the poor and do acts of kindness, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing [give in complete secrecy], so that your charitable acts will be done in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.”….
MATTHEW 6:3-4 AMP Giving to the poor was a culture Jesus instilled in His disciples. In their day-to-day activities, it came up severally…. – “Now when Jesus was [back] in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very expensive…