THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
“CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT
OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF;
OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF PRESS;
OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE,
AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.”
THE GREAT AWAKENING=THE ABILITY FOR TRUTH TO COME IN, THE LIGHT BEING INTRODUCE TO the darkness;
GREAT DELIVERANCE!
WE USE THESE VERSES FOR QUICK CONFESSION AND ALSO WE GO TO ANY NUMBER AND THEN RETURN TO OUR WEEKDAYS DEVOTIONAL.
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I DECLARE:
I PLEA THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB
I PLEA THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS
I PLEA THE BLOOD OF CHRIST
ON ME: ON MY SPIRIT, MY SOUL, MY MIND,
MY WILL, MY EMOTIONS, MY BODY, ON MY THOUGHTS,
MY FEELINGS, MY DESIRES, MY SENSES, MY ATTITUDES, MY CONSCIENCE, MY UNCONSCIOUS MIND, MY ACTIONS, ON MY FAMILY, MY HOUSEHOLD, MY MONEY, MY POSSESSIONS, MY WEALTH AND MY RICHES AND MY RELATIONS AND IN MY MIDST I PLEA THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, I PLEA THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS, I PLEA THE BLOOD OF CHRIST;
THE LORD REBUKE thee, O the satan!
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I DECLARE:
FROM NOW ON AND FOREVERMORE
WITH THE PRECIOUS, SPOTLESS BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THROUGH CHRIST IN ME:
I DISENGAGE MYSELF, MY SPIRIT, MY SOUL:
MY MIND, MY WILL, MY EMOTIONS,
MY BODY, MY LIFE, AND IN MY MIDST
FROM every evil and unclean spirits;
I DISENGAGE MYSELF, MY SPIRIT, MY SOUL:
MY MIND, MY WILL, MY EMOTIONS,
MY BODY, MY LIFE AND MY MIDST
FROM every demon of hell;
I AM DISPOSSESSED
FROM the spirit of pharmakia,
FROM the spirit of sexual mania,
FROM the spirit of intemperance,
FROM the spirit of impurity,
FROM the spirit of the antichrist,
FROM all demons of hell,
FROM NOW ON AND FOREVERMORE
WITH THE PRECIOUS, SPOTLESS BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THROUGH CHRIST IN ME:
I DISENGAGE MYSELF FROM the principalities, FROM the powers, FROM the world rulers of this darkness, AND FROM the evil spirits in the heavenlies AND I BRING DOWN any stronghold, any strongman, any wrong thinking THAT RAISED itself AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD,
BY THE PRECIOUS SPOTLESS BLOOD OF THE LAMB!
I DISENGAGE MYSELF AND DISLODGE FROM WITHIN ME
the hosts of wicked spirits in the heavenlies, the demons of oppression, obsession, depression and possession and every remnant of their works IN MY LIFE;
I RESIST the devil,
I REFUSE the working of the devil,
I REFUSE death, hell and the grave,
I REFUSE fear!
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I DECLARE:
FROM NOW ON AND FOREVERMORE
WITH THE PRECIOUS, SPOTLESS BLOOD OF THE LAMB
THROUGH CHRIST IN ME:
satan, the devil and every evil and demonic spirit,
BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
THE LORD HAS ADMINISTERED TO you
AN ETERNAL BLOW AN ETERNAL DEFEAT,
BY FAITH IN HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD I AM FREE FROM you;
BE thou REMOVED FROM MY BEINGS: FROM MY SOUL, FROM MY MIND, FROM MY WILL, FROM MY EMOTIONS, FROM MY BODY, FROM MY LIFE, FROM MY FAMILY, FROM MY HOUSEHOLD, FROM MY MIDST, AND MY FINANCES
AND BE CAST INTO THE SEA,
AND DO NOT COME BACK!
AMEN, HALLELUJAH!!!!!!!!!!
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NOW UNDERSTAND
THOUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST SAID ON THE CROSS
“IT IS FINISHED”
YOU AND I HAD TO RECEIVE THE FINISHED WORK OF THE CROSS
FOR OUR SALVATION;
GOD’S COVENANT IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST
IS ALWAYS TWO FOLD:
FOR EVERY PROMISE THERE IS A COMMAND:
IT IS OF FAITH, THAT IT MIGHT BE BY GRACE;
ROMANS 4:16
GRACE WORKETH BY FAITH
AND FAITH WORKETH BY LOVE;
FAITH without WORK=FAITH without LOVE IS dead.
THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS FAITH
EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH LOVE.
GALATIANS 5:6
AND LOVE NEVER FAILS.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:8
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I PRAY HEAVENLY FATHER,
SINCE LOVE HAS SPOKEN AND GRACE AND TRUTH THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS MOVED ON THESE WORDS ON BEHALF OF MY BROTHER, MY SISTER AND THEY HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH THE RESURRECTION POWER OF THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST HAS OVERSHADOWED EACH ONE OF THEM SO THAT THESE SAME WORDS, THE SAME RESURRECTION POWER THAT RAISED JESUS FROM the dead HATH CUT THROUGH the demonic darkness, HAVE BROKEN the power of unbelief, of rebellion, unwillingness, unrepentance and disobedience, of apathy, of apostasy, the curse of illegitimacy and idolatry and adultery IN THEIR LIVES, the curse of not knowing WHO THEY ARE IN CHRIST, fear of death HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN THEIR LIVES, NOW FILL THEM ABBA, MY FATHER WITH GRACE AND TRUTH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORD AS YOU SEND LABORERS INTO EACH ONE OF THEIR FIELDS AND AS YOU BRING, WITH NO MORE DELAY, THE FULL NUMBER OF THE ELECTS INTO THE FAMILY OF GOD, THE CHURCH, FOR LOVE HATH BREATHED LIFE INTO EVERYONE OF THEIR DRY, LIFELESS SOULS AND DEAD BONES, AND LIFELESS BODIES AND BROUGHT THEM OUT OF fear, blindness, deception, lies, lusts, apathy, apostasy, pride, death, hell and the grave. THEY HAVE BEEN AWAKENED FROM THEIR slumbers AND THEY ARISE FROM THEIR sleep AND THE LORD HAS GIVEN THEM LIFE.
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I THANK YOU LORD, MY GOD THAT
YOU HAVE DELIVERED THEM FROM every strongman, stronghold, captivity, bondage AND HAVE SPOILED principalities and powers IN THEIR LIVES, AND THEY TRIUMPHED OVER them IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
FOR IF, BY THE TRESPASS OF THE ONE MAN,
death REIGNED THROUGH THAT ONE MAN (ADAM),
HOW MUCH MORE WILL THEY WHO RECEIVE GOD’S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE AND OF THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST!
ROMANS 5:17
HOLDING THE LORD, OUR GOD IN AFFECTIONATE REVERENCE, PROMPTLY OBEYING HIM AND GRATEFULLY RECOGNIZING THE BENEFITS HE HAS BESTOWED ON THEM.
AMEN, HALLELUJAH!
I NOW REALIZE HOW TRUE IT IS THAT GOD DOES NOT SHOW FAVORITISM BUT ACCEPTS FROM EVERY NATION THE ONE WHO FEARS HIM AND DOES WHAT IS RIGHT. YOU KNOW THE MESSAGE GOD SENT TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, ANNOUNCING THE GOOD NEWS OF PEACE THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS LORD OF ALL. YOU KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE PROVINCE OF JUDEA BEGINNING IN GALILEE AFTER THE BAPTISM THAT JOHN PREACHED–HOW GOD ANOINTED JESUS OF NAZARETH WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND POWER, AND HOW HE WENT AROUND DOING GOOD AND HEALING ALL WHO WERE under the power of the devil, BECAUSE GOD WAS WITH HIM.
ACTS 10:34-38
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IT IS MY OBLIGATION TO RESPECT LIFE AND OTHERS POSSESSIONS
AND IT IS TO MY BENEFIT NOT TO murder, steal, covet, lust after…;
CHRIST HAS REDEEMED ME NOT FROM THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE LAW, NOR FROM THE BENEFITS OF THE LAW–BUT FROM the curse OF THE LAW=eternal punishment, disease, including coronavirus, and poverty are under the curse OF THE LAW; for the wages of sin is death–CHRIST HAVING BECOME a curse FOR ME (FOR IT IS WRITTEN, “Cursed IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE”).
THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM HAVE COME UPON ME,
SO THAT I HAVE NOW RECEIVED THE PROMISE OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH FAITH.
GALATIANS 13:3-4
MY LORD JESUS=YESHUA YOU ARE MY GOOD SHEPHERD
YOU KNOW ME AND I KNOW YOU.
JOHN 10:14
I LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE;
YOU KNOW ME, AND I FOLLOW YOU
I THANK YOU FOR HAVING GIVEN ME ETERNAL LIFE,
AND I WILL NEVER perish.
No one can snatch ME out OF YOUR HAND.
YOUR FATHER, WHO HAS GIVEN ME TO YOU,
IS GREATER THAN ALL;
NO ONE CAN snatch ME OUT OF OUR FATHER’S HAND.
YOU AND I AND THE FATHER ARE ONE.”
JOHN 10:27-30
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OOO
YOUR RIGHT HAND, O LORD, WAS AND IS MAJESTIC IN POWER,
YOUR RIGHT HAND, O LORD, SHATTERS the enemy.
IN THE GREATNESS OF YOUR MAJESTY YOU OVERTHROW
THOSE WHO RISE UP AGAINST YOU;
YOU SEND FORTH YOUR FURY,
AND IT CONSUMES THEM AS STUBBLE.
EXODUS 15:6
MAJESTIC IN HOLINESS,
AWESOME IN GLORY,
(STILL) WORKING WONDERS
EXODUS 15:11
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY-YAHWEH-
JEHOVAH RAAH=THE LORD, MY SHEPHERD,
JEHOVAH MIKADDESH=MY SANCTIFIER,
JEHOVAH EL ELYON=GOD MOST HIGH,
JEHOVAH SABAOTH=THE LORD OF HOSTS,
EL OLAM=THE EVERLASTING GOD,
EL ROI=GOD SEEST ME,
ABOVE ALL ELSE YOU ARE
ABBA, MY FATHER! MY DADDY,
I THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME,
AND BLESSING ME, AND FAVORING ME SO!
FOR
I AM MY BELOVED’S AND MY BELOVED IS MINE!
SONG OF SOLOMON 6:3
MY LORD AND MY GOD!
PURSUING YOUR SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE
LORD, MY GOD,
AND CALLING THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE,
I DECLARE THE END FROM THE BEGINNING:
I KNOW AND UNDERSTAND FULLY AND CLEARLY
EVEN IN THE SAME MANNER THAT
I HAVE BEEN FULLY AND CLEARLY KNOWN
AND UNDERSTOOD BY GOD;
1 CORINTHIANS 13:12
SIN shall have no power over ME
SINCE I AM NOT UNDER LAW
BUT UNDER GRACE!!!!!!!
FOR GRACE IS THE FATHER’S OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO TREAT ME AS IF I HAD NEVER SINNED.
I fear NOT, I REFUSE TO fear!
FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN ME the spirit of fear;
BUT THE SPIRIT OF POWER, AND THE SPIRIT OF LOVE,
AND THE SPIRIT OF A SOUND MIND.
2 TIMOTHY 1:7
I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST!
1 CORINTHIANS 2:16
FOR I WHO AM LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD
AM THE SON, DAUGHTER OF LOVE.
ROMANS 8:14
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I BELIEVE I RECEIVE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD UPON ME, THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND OF UNDERSTANDING THE SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND OF STRENGTH, THE SPIRIT OF THE KNOWLEDGE AND FEAR OF THE LORD AND MY DELIGHT BE IN THE FEAR, REVERENCE, HONOR, RESPECT OF THE LORD AND I HAVE MY HEAVENLY LANGUAGE=SPEAKING IN TONGUES AND I KNOW THE REVELATION OF THE HOPE OF MY CALLING IN MY LIFE THAT I SUBMIT MYSELF TO THE LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST AND FULFILL GOD’S PERFECT WILL FOR MY LIFE, AND I THINK, AND SPEAK, AND ACT, AND WALK, AND LIVE IN THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT.”
AMEN
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PRAISE THE LORD
THE NAME OF THE LORD IS A STRONG TOWER;
I THE RIGHTEOUS RUN TO IT AND AM SAFE.
PROVERBS 18:10
WHO IS YAHWEH,
ELOHIM=THE CREATOR,
JEHOVAH=THE LORD GOD,
ADONAI=LORD/MASTER,
EL SHADDAI=SUPPLIER/THE SOURCE,
LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!
HE IS:
“I AM THAT I AM
WHO WORKED SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES
IN THE ANCIENT TIME!
AND
TODAY YAHWEH YOU ARE:
“I AM THAT I AM
WHATEVER I NEED YOU TO BE FOR ME!”
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THE ENEMY OF LACK FLEES,
FOR JEHOVAH JIREH IS THE LORD THAT PROVIDES,
AND HIS PROVISIONS ARE SEEN IN OUR LIVES.
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THE ENEMY OF SICKNESS, ILLNESS, DISEASE FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH RAPHA IS THE LORD WHO HEALS US
BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED
AND BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB WE ARE MADE WHOLE
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THE ENEMY OF FAILURE FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH NISSI IS OUR BANNER, OUR VICTORY
HE WAGES WAR AGAINST OUR ENEMIES!
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THE ENEMY OF WORRY FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH SHALOM IS OUR PEACE,
EVERYTHING THAT MAKES FOR OUR HIGHEST GOOD.
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THE ENEMY OF CONFUSION FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH ROHE IS OUR SHEPHERD,
WE DO NOT WANT ANY GOOD OR BENEFICIAL THING.
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THE ENEMY OF CONDEMNATION FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH TSIDKENU IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
WE ARE IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD IN CHRIST,
JUST AS IF WE HAD NEVER SINNED.
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THE ENEMY OF FEAR, OF DEATH, HELL, AND THE GRAVE FLEES
FOR JEHOVAH SHAMMAH:
THE LORD IS AT OUR SIDE-THE LORD IS OUR SECURITY,
THE LORD IS HERE-HIS PRESENCE, HIS POWER, HIS GOODNESS
MANIFESTED IN AND OVER EVERY REALM OF OUR LIVES
FAMILIES, HOUSEHOLDS, MINISTRIES, MONEY, HARVESTS, INHERITANCE, POSSESSIONS=OUR LANDS=OUR GARDENS OF EDEN
AND HE WILL KEEP OUR FEET FROM BEING SNARED.
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I UNDERSTAND
THAT WHICH WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, WHICH THEY=THE APOSTLES HAVE HEARD, WHICH THEY HAVE SEEN WITH THEIR EYES, WHICH THEY HAVE LOOKED AT AND THEIR HANDS HAVE HANDLED (FOR THE LIFE WAS MANIFESTED, AND THEY HAVE SEEN IT, AND BEAR WITNESS, AND SHEW UNTO US THAT ETERNAL LIFE, WHICH WAS WITH THE FATHER, AND WAS MANIFESTED UNTO THEM;) THAT WHICH THEY HAVE SEEN AND HEARD DECLARE THEY UNTO US, THAT WE ALSO, MAY HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH THEM: AND TRULY THEIR FELLOWSHIP IS WITH THE FATHER, AND WITH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. AND THESE THINGS WRITE THEY UNTO US, THAT MY JOY MAY BE FULL.
1 JOHN 1:1-4
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THIS IS THE MESSAGE THEY=THE APOSTLES HAVE HEARD FROM HIM=JESUS=YESHUA AND DECLARE TO US:
GOD IS LIGHT; IN HIM THERE IS NO darkness AT ALL. IF I CLAIM TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM AND YET WALK IN the darkness, I LIE AND DO NOT LIVE OUT THE TRUTH. BUT IF I WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, I HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH MY BRETHREN, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON, PURIFIES ME FROM ALL SIN.
IF I CLAIM TO BE WITHOUT SIN, I DECEIVE MYSELF AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN ME. IF I CONFESS MY SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST AND WILL FORGIVE ME MY SINS AND PURIFY ME FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.
IF I CLAIM I HAVE NOT SINNED,
I MAKE HIM OUT TO BE A LIAR AND HIS WORD IS NOT IN ME.
1 JOHN 1:5-10
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HEAVENLY FATHER I THANK YOU THAT AT ANY TIME I CAN COME BOLDLY TO THE THRONE OF GRACE TO RECEIVE MERCY AND FIND GRACE IN TIME OF NEEDS. YOU HAVE CAST ALL MY SINS INTO THE SEA OF FORGETFULNESS AND YOU WILL REMEMBER THEM NO MORE, AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST IT IS THUS FAR THAT YOU HAVE REMOVED MY TRANSGRESSIONS;
MICAH 7:19, PSALM 103:12
I PRAY THAT I SIN NOT BUT IF I DO SIN, FATHER LOVE, I AM GLAD, GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE AN ADVOCATE WITH YOU FATHER GOD, JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS ONE. HE IS EXPIATION FOR MY SINS, AND NOT FOR MY SINS ONLY BUT FOR THOSE OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
1 JOHN 2:1-2
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I KNOW THAT I HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM IF I KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. FOR IF I SAY, “I KNOW HIM,” BUT DO NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, I AM
A LIAR, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN ME. BUT I WILL TO KEEP HIS WORD, THAT THE LOVE OF GOD BE TRULY PERFECTED IN ME. THIS IS THE WAY I MAY KNOW THAT I AM IN UNION WITH HIM: IF I CLAIM TO ABIDE IN HIM I OUGHT TO LIVE [JUST] AS HE LIVED.
I BELIEVE I RECEIVE NOT A NEW COMMAND BUT AN OLD ONE, WHICH I HAVE HAD SINCE THE BEGINNING. THIS OLD COMMAND IS THE MESSAGE I HAVE HEARD. YET IT IS A NEW COMMAND THEY WROTE US; ITS TRUTH IS SEEN IN HIM AND IN ME, BECAUSE the darkness IS PASSING AND THE TRUE LIGHT IS ALREADY SHINING.
1 JOHN 2:3-8
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IF I SAY I AM IN THE LIGHT, YET HATE MY BROTHER OR SISTER I AM STILL IN
the darkness. BUT BECAUSE I LOVE MY BROTHER AND SISTER I REMAIN IN THE LIGHT, AND THERE IS NOTHING IN ME TO CAUSE A FALL. FOR I NOW UNDERSTAND THAT WHOEVER HATES HIS BROTHER OR SISTER IS IN darkness, HE WALKS IN darkness AND DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING BECAUSE the darkness HAS BLINDED HIS MIND.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT MY SINS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN
FOR YOUR NAME’S SAKE.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT I KNOW HIM WHO IS FROM THE BEGINNING.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT I HAVE CONQUERED the evil one.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT I KNOW THE FATHER.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT I KNOW HIM WHO IS FROM THE BEGINNING.
O LORD I THANK YOU THAT I AM STRONG AND THE WORD OF GOD REMAINS IN ME, AND I HAVE CONQUERED the evil one.
1 JOHN 2:9-14
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I DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD. I HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. FOR ALL THAT IS IN THE WORLD, SENSUAL LUST, ENTICEMENT FOR THE EYES, AND A PRETENTIOUS LIFE, IS NOT FROM THE FATHER BUT IS FROM THE WORLD. YET THE WORLD AND ITS ENTICEMENT ARE PASSING AWAY. BUT I WILL TO DO THE WILL OF GOD THAT I REMAIN FOREVER.
AS A DEAR CHILD OF GOD I KNOW IT IS THE LAST DAY, AND JUST AS I HEARD THAT THE ANTICHRIST WAS COMING, SO NOW MANY ANTICHRISTS HAVE APPEARED. THUS I KNOW THIS IS THE LAST HOUR. THEY WENT OUT FROM US, BUT THEY WERE NOT REALLY OF OUR NUMBER, IF THEY HAD BEEN, THEY WOULD HAVE REMAINED WITH US. THEIR DESERTION SHOWS THAT NONE OF THEM WAS OF OUR NUMBER. BUT I HAVE THE ANOINTING THAT COMES FROM THE HOLY ONE, AND I HAVE KNOWLEDGE. I KNOW THE TRUTH, AND I KNOW EVERY LIE IS ALIEN TO THE TRUTH.
1 JOHN 2:15-20
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THE APOSTLE PAUL DID NOT WRITE TO ME BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW THE TRUTH, BUT BECAUSE I DO KNOW IT AND BECAUSE NO lie COMES FROM THE TRUTH. who is the liar? whoever DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST,
whoever DENIES THE FATHER AND THE SON, THIS IS the antichrist.
no one who denies THE SON HAS THE FATHER,
BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES THE SON HAS THE FATHER AS WELL.
AS FOR ME, I SEE TO IT THAT WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING REMAINS IN ME. BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING REMAINS IN ME, THEN I REMAIN IN THE SON AND IN THE FATHER. AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT HE MADE ME: ETERNAL LIFE.
FATHER I THANK YOU THAT I WILL NOT be deceived. FOR THE ANOINTING THAT I RECEIVE FROM THE LORD REMAINS IN ME, SO THAT I DO NOT NEED ANYONE TO TEACH ME. BUT HIS ANOINTING TEACHES ME ABOUT EVERYTHING AND IS TRUE and not false;
JUST AS IT TAUGHT ME, I REMAIN IN HIM.
I REMAIN IN HIM, SO THAT WHEN HE APPEARS I MAY HAVE CONFIDENCE AND NOT BE PUT TO shame BY HIM AT HIS COMING. IF I CONSIDER THAT HE IS RIGHTEOUS, I ALSO KNOW THAT IF I ACT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS I AM BEGOTTEN BY HIM.
1 JOHN 2:21-29
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BEHOLD WHAT MANNER OF LOVE THE FATHER HAS BESTOWED ON ME THAT I MAY BE CALLED THE CHILD OF GOD! YET SO AM I. THE REASON THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW ME IS THAT IT DID NOT KNOW HIM.
I AM A CHILD OF GOD NOW; WHAT I SHALL BE HAS NOT YET BEEN REVEALED.
I DO KNOW THAT WHEN HE IS REVEALED I SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR I SHALL SEE HIM AS HE IS. BECAUSE I HAVE THIS HOPE BASED ON HIM I MAKE MYSELF PURE, AS HE IS PURE.
EVERYONE WHO COMMIT SIN COMMITS LAWLESSNESS, FOR SIN IS LAWLESSNESS. BUT I KNOW THAT HE WAS REVEALED TO TAKE AWAY SINS, AND IN HIM THERE IS NO SIN. NO ONE WHO REMAINS IN HIM KEEP ON SINNING. NO ONE WHO CONTINUE TO SIN HAS EITHER SEEN HIM
OR KNOWN HIM.
1 JOHN 3:1-7
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AS A DEAR CHILD OF GOD, I LET NO ONE DECEIVE ME. I WHO ACT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AM RIGHTEOUS, JUST AS HE IS RIGHTEOUS. THE ONE WHO DOES WHAT IS SINFUL IS OF the devil, BECAUSE the devil HAS SINNED FROM THE BEGINNING. INDEED THE SON OF GOD WAS REVEALED TO DESTROY the works of the devil. I UNDERSTAND NOW THAT NO ONE WHO IS BEGOTTEN BY GOD WILL CONTINUE TO SIN, BECAUSE GOD’S SEED REMAINS IN HIM; HE CANNOT GO ON SINNING, BECAUSE HE IS BEGOTTEN BY GOD. IN THIS WAY, THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND the children of the devil ARE MADE PLAIN;
NO ONE WHO FAILS TO ACT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS BELONGS TO GOD,
NOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER AND SISTER.
1 JOHN 3:8-10
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FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE I HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING;
I SHOULD LOVE MY BRETHREN, UNLIKE CAIN WHO BELONGED TO the evil one AND SLAUGHTERED HIS BROTHER. WHY DID HE SLAUGHTER HIM? BECAUSE HIS OWN WORKS WERE evil, AND THOSE OF HIS BROTHER RIGHTEOUS.
I AM NOT AMAZED [THEN] IF THE WORLD HATES ME.
I KNOW THAT I HAVE PASSED FROM DEATH TO LIFE
BECAUSE I LOVE MY BRETHREN.
WHOEVER DOES NOT LOVE REMAINS IN DEATH. EVERYONE WHO HATES HIS BROTHER IS A MURDERER, AND I KNOW THAT NO MURDERER HAS ETERNAL LIFE RESIDING IN HIM.
1 JOHN 3:11-15
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THE WAY I CAME TO KNOW LOVE WAS THAT JESUS CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ME, SO I OUGHT TO LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR MY BRETHREN. IF I HAVE WORLDLY MEANS AND I SEE A BROTHER OR SISTER IN NEED AND REFUSES HIM COMPASSION, HOW CAN THE LOVE OF GOD REMAIN IN ME? THEREFORE I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO LOVE NOT IN WORD OR SPEECH BUT IN DEED AND TRUTH.
THIS IS HOW I DO KNOW THAT I BELONG TO THE TRUTH AND REASSURE MY HEART BEFORE HIM IN WHATEVER MY HEART CONDEMN, FOR GOD=LOVE IS GREATER THAN MY HEART AND KNOWS EVERYTHING. IF MY HEART DOES NOT CONDEMN ME, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN LOVE AND RECEIVE FROM HIM WHATEVER I ASK, BECAUSE I KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS AND DO WHAT PLEASES HIM. AND HIS COMMANDMENT IS THIS: I BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST, AND I LOVE THE BRETHREN JUST AS HE COMMANDED ME. I WHO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENT REMAIN IN HIM AND HE IN ME, AND THE WAY I KNOW THAT HE REMAINS IN ME IS FROM THE SPIRIT THAT HE GAVE ME.
1 JOHN 3:11-24
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I, JESUS’ FRIEND, DO NOT TRUST EVERY SPIRIT, BUT I TEST THE SPIRITS TO SEE WHETHER THEY BELONG TO GOD, BECAUSE MANY FALSE PROPHETS HAVE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD. THIS IS HOW I CAN KNOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD: EVERY SPIRIT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH BELONGS TO GOD, AND every spirit THAT DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE JESUS DOES NOT BELONG TO GOD. THIS IS the spirit of the antiCHRIST THAT, AS I HEARD, IS TO COME, BUT IN FACT IS ALREADY IN THE WORLD.
I, THE DEAR CHILD OF GOD, BELONG TO GOD, AND I HAVE CONQUERED them, FOR THE ONE WHO IS IN ME IS GREATER THAN the one who is in THE WORLD. they BELONG TO THE WORLD ACCORDINGLY, their teaching BELONG TO THE WORLD, AND THE WORLD LISTENS TO them. WE BELONG TO GOD, AND ANYONE WHO KNOWS GOD LISTENS TO US; WHILE ANYONE WHO DOES NOT BELONG TO GOD REFUSES TO HEAR US. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND the spirit of deceit.
1 JOHN 4:1-6
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THEREFORE AS A DEAR FRIEND OF GOD, I SEE TO IT THAT I LOVE MY BRETHREN BECAUSE LOVE IS OF GOD, I WHO LOVE AM BEGOTTEN BY GOD AND KNOW GOD. WHOEVER IS WITHOUT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD FOR GOD IS LOVE. IN THIS WAY THE LOVE OF GOD WAS REVEALED TO ME: GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO THE WORLD SO THAT I MIGHT HAVE LIFE THROUGH HIM. IN THIS IS LOVE NOT THAT I HAVE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE LOVED ME AND SENT HIS SON AS EXPIATION FOR MY SINS. IF GOD SO LOVED ME, I ALSO MUST LOVE MY BRETHREN. NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD. YET, BECAUSE I LOVE MY BRETHREN, GOD REMAINS IN ME, AND HIS LOVE IS BROUGHT TO PERFECTION IN ME.
THIS IS HOW I KNOW THAT I REMAIN IN HIM AND HE IN ME,
THAT HE HAS GIVEN ME OF HIS SPIRIT.
MOREOVER, I HAVE SEEN AND TESTIFY THAT THE FATHER
SENT HIS SON AS A SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
I WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD,
GOD REMAINS IN ME AND ME IN GOD.
I HAVE COME TO KNOW AND TO BELIEVE IN THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR ME.
GOD IS LOVE AND I WHO REMAIN IN LOVE, REMAIN IN GOD AND GOD IN ME.
1 JOHN 4:7-16
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IN THIS IS LOVE BROUGHT TO PERFECTION IN MY MIDST, THAT I HAVE CONFIDENCE ON THE DAY OF JUDGMENT BECAUSE AS HE IS, SO AM I IN THIS WORLD. THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR BECAUSE FEAR HAS TO DO WITH TORMENT, AND SO ONE WHO FEARS IS NOT YET PERFECT IN LOVE. I LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME. IF I SAY,
“I LOVE GOD,” BUT HATE MY BROTHER, I AM A LIAR; FOR IF I DO NOT LOVE A BROTHER WHOM I HAVE SEEN, I CANNOT POSSIBLY LOVE GOD WHOM I HAVE NOT SEEN. THIS IS THE COMMANDMENT I HAVE FROM HIM.
I WHO LOVE GOD MUST ALSO LOVE MY BROTHER.
1 JOHN 4:17-21
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I WHO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST AM BEGOTTEN BY GOD, AND I WHO LOVE THE FATHER LOVE [ALSO] THE ONE BEGOTTEN BY HIM. IN THIS WAY I KNOW THAT I LOVE THE CHILDREN OF GOD WHEN I LOVE GOD AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENTS. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD IS THIS, THAT I KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. AND HIS COMMANDMENTS ARE NOT BOTHERSOME,
FOR I WHO AM BEGOTTEN BY GOD CONQUER THE WORLD.
AND THE VICTORY THAT CONQUERS THE WORLD EVEN MY FAITH.
WHO [INDEED] IS THE VICTOR OVER THE WORLD
BUT I WHO BELIEVE THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD!
1 JOHN 5:1–5
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THIS IS THE ONE WHO CAME THROUGH WATER AND BLOOD, JESUS CHRIST, NOT BY WATER ALONE, BUT BY WATER AND BLOOD. THE SPIRIT IS THE ONE THAT TESTIFIES, AND THE SPIRIT IS TRUTH. SO THERE ARE THREE THAT TESTIFY, THE SPIRIT, THE WATER, AND THE BLOOD, AND THE THREE ARE OF ONE ACCORD. IF I ACCEPT HUMAN TESTIMONY, THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS SURELY GREATER. NOW THE TESTIMONY OF GOD IS THIS, THAT HE HAS TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF HIS SON. I WHO BELIEVE IN THE SON OF GOD HAS THIS TESTIMONY WITHIN ME. WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE GOD HAS MADE HIM A LIAR BY NOT BELIEVING THE TESTIMONY GOD HAS GIVEN ABOUT HIS SON. AND THIS IS THE TESTIMONY: GOD GAVE US, GAVE ME ETERNAL LIFE, AND THIS LIFE IS IN HIS SON. I WHO POSSESS THE SON HAVE LIFE, WHOEVER DOES NOT POSSESS THE SON OF GOD DOES NOT HAVE LIFE.
1 JOHN 5:6-12
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I KNOW THAT I HAVE ETERNAL LIFE, I WHO BELIEVE IN THE NAME OF THE SON OF GOD. AND I HAVE THIS CONFIDENCE IN HIM, THAT IF I ASK ANYTHING ACCORDING TO HIS WILL HE HEARS ME. AND IF I KNOW THAT HE HEARS ME IN REGARD TO WHATEVER I ASK, I KNOW THAT WHAT I HAVE ASKED HIM FOR IS MINE. IF I SEE MY BROTHER sinning, IF THE sin IS NOT DEADLY, I PRAY TO GOD AND HE WILL GIVE HIM LIFE. THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHOSE sin IS NOT DEADLY. THERE IS SUCH A THING AS DEADLY sin ABOUT WHICH I SHOULD NOT PRAY. ALL WRONGDOING IS sin, BUT THERE IS sin THAT IS NOT DEADLY.
1 JOHN 5:13-17
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I KNOW THAT NO ONE BEGOTTEN BY GOD SINS; BUT I WHO AM BEGOTTEN BY GOD HE PROTECTS, AND the evil one CANNOT TOUCH ME. I KNOW THAT I BELONG TO GOD, AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS UNDER THE POWER OF the evil one. I ALSO KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN ME DISCERNMENT TO KNOW THE ONE WHO IS TRUE.
AND I AM IN THE ONE WHO IS TRUE, IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST,
HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.
I, THE CHILD OF GOD, AM ON MY GUARD AGAINST idols.
1 JOHN 5:18-21
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SEARCH MY HEART LORD, AND SEE IF THERE IS any wicked way IN ME,
AND LEAD ME INTO THE WAY EVERLASTING FOR I HAVE HIDDEN YOUR WORD IN MY HEART THAT I MAY NOT SIN AGAINST YOU. I CAST DOWN any idle word WORD I HAVE SPOKEN, they SHALL NOT BRING any harvest IN MY LIFE OR ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE; THUS, I BELIEVE I WILL, I TAKE FAITH, I APPROPRIATE FAITH, I HAVE FAITH IN GOD, I AM GRACED TO HEAR AND BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, AND YOUR VOICE BEHIND THE WORD, I HAVE EARS TO HEAR, EYES TO SEE, AND A WILL TO DO YOUR WILL O LORD MY GOD AND I THANK YOU FOR IT LORD AND I FORGIVE IF I HAVE OUGHTS AGAINST ANY.
BUT WHO CAN DISCERN THEIR OWN ERRORS?
FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS. KEEP YOUR SERVANT ALSO FROM WILLFUL SINS; MAY THEY NOT RULE OVER ME. THEN I WILL BE BLAMELESS,
INNOCENT OF GREAT TRANSGRESSION.
FATHER I REPENT OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE
THAT IS NOT PLEASING TO YOU.
TEACH ME, AND I WILL BE QUIET;
SHOW ME WHERE I HAVE BEEN WRONG.
AND I RECEIVE FATHER LOVE MY FORGIVENESS, YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY FOR YOU ARE FAITHFUL, YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME FOR YOUR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS SO I ALL THE MORE GLADLY BOAST OF MY WEAKNESSES THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY DWELL IN ME MAY REST UPON ME TO STRENGTHEN ME AND LIFT ME UP OUT OF any bondage.
I THANK YOU, ABBA, MY FATHER, FOR MY CLEANSING FROM
all unrighteousness THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB
IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, AMEN.
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IF I SPEAK IN THE TONGUES OF MEN OR ANGELS, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I AM ONLY A RESOUNDING GONG OR A CLANGING CYMBAL. IF I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND CAN FATHOM ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND IF I HAVE A FAITH THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE, I AM NOTHING, A WORTHLESS NOBODY. IF I GIVE ALL I POSSESS TO THE POOR AND GIVE OVER MY BODY TO HARDSHIP THAT I MAY BOAST, BUT DO NOT HAVE LOVE,
I GAIN NOTHING.
BUT OOO
I HAVE COME TO KNOW AND BELIEVE, UNDERSTAND, TRUST, DEPEND, RELY, I SURRENDER TO THE LOVE THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS FOR ME, NO MATTER WHAT, NONE OF THESE THINGS MOVES ME FOR I UNDERSTAND HOW MY HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME AS MUCH AS HE LOVES MY LORD JESUS=YESHUA MY BLOOD BROTHER, MY FRIEND:
I AM ALSO AN HEIR, I AM AN HEIR ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE, HEIR OF GOD AND JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST OF EVERYTHING THAT GOD IS AND GOD HAS, AND THE LOVE OF GOD WAS SHED ABROAD IN MY HEART BY THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME;
THEREFORE,
I WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS HAVE CRUCIFIED
my flesh with its passions and desires.
BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE SPIRIT, I ALSO FOLLOW THE SPIRIT.
AND I AM NOT conceited, provoking and envying OTHERS.
I LOVE BECAUSE HE FIRST LOVED ME.
1 JOHN 4:19
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GOD IS LOVE AND SO AM I IN CHRIST;
I LOVE
ENDURE LONG AND AM PATIENT AND KIND
I AM NEVER ENVIOUS NOR BOIL OVER WITH JEALOUSY,
I AM NOT BOASTFUL OR VAINGLORIOUS,
I DO NOT DISPLAY MYSELF HAUGHTILY.
I AM NOT CONCEITED,
ARROGANT AND INFLATED WITH PRIDE;
I AM NOT RUDE, UNMANNERLY
AND I DO NOT ACT UNBECOMINGLY.
GOD IS LOVE;
I LOVE
DO NOT INSIST ON MY OWN RIGHT OR MY OWN WAY,
I AM NOT SELF-SEEKING,
I AM NOT TOUCHY OR FRETFUL OR RESENTFUL;
I TAKE NO ACCOUNT OF THE EVIL DONE TO ME
I PAY NO ATTENTION TO A SUFFERED WRONG.
I DO NOT REJOICE AT INJUSTICE AND UNRIGHTEOUSNESS,
BUT I REJOICE WHEN RIGHT AND TRUTH PREVAIL.
I BEAR UP UNDER ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING THAT COMES,
I AM EVER READY TO BELIEVE THE BEST OF EVERY PERSON,
MY HOPES ARE FADELESS UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND I ENDURE EVERYTHING WITHOUT WEAKENING.
LOVE NEVER FAILS, NEVER FADES OUT OR BECOMES OBSOLETE, OR COMES TO AN END; I EAGERLY PURSUE AND SEEK TO KEEP THE LOVE OF GOD AND MAKE IT MY AIM, MY GREAT QUEST; AND EARNESTLY DESIRE AND CULTIVATE THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, ESPECIALLY THAT I MAY PROPHESY INTERPRET THE DIVINE WILL AND PURPOSE IN INSPIRED PREACHING AND TEACHING, FOR IT IS THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, HE DOES THE WORK.
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I BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO BECOME ANGRY, BECAUSE HUMAN ANGER DOES NOT PRODUCE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT GOD DESIRES. THEREFORE, I GET RID OF all moral filth and evil THAT IS SO PREVALENT AND HUMBLY ACCEPT THE WORD PLANTED IN ME, WHICH CAN SAVE ME.
JAMES 1:19-21
I DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO THE WORD, AND SO DECEIVE MYSELF.
I DO WHAT IT SAYS. ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO THE WORD BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT IT SAYS IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AT HIS FACE IN A MIRROR AND, AFTER LOOKING AT HIMSELF, GOES AWAY AND IMMEDIATELY FORGETS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. BUT I WHO LOOK INTENTLY INTO THE PERFECT LAW THAT GIVES FREEDOM-THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY–THE LAW OF CHRIST, THE LAW OF LOVE–, AND CONTINUES IN IT–NOT FORGETTING WHAT I HAVE HEARD, BUT DOING IT–I WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT I DO.
JAMES 1:22-25
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SO THEN, I THE SAINT, JUST AS I HAVE ALWAYS OBEYED [THE INSTRUCTIONS OF MY SPIRITUAL LEADERS WITH ENTHUSIASM], NOT ONLY IN THEIR PRESENCE, BUT NOW MUCH MORE IN THEIR ABSENCE, CONTINUE TO WORK OUT MY OWN SALVATION [THAT IS, CULTIVATE IT, BRING IT TO FULL EFFECT, ACTIVELY PURSUE SPIRITUAL MATURITY] WITH AWE-INSPIRED FEAR AND TREMBLING [USING SERIOUS CAUTION AND CRITICAL SELF-EVALUATION TO AVOID anything THAT MIGHT offend GOD OR discredit THE NAME OF CHRIST]. FOR IT IS [NOT MY STRENGTH BUT IT IS] GOD WHO IS EFFECTIVELY AT WORK IN ME, BOTH TO WILL AND TO WORK [THAT IS, STRENGTHENING, ENERGIZING, AND CREATING IN ME THE LONGING AND THE ABILITY TO FULFILL MY PURPOSE] FOR HIS GOOD PLEASURE.
PHILIPPIANS 2:12-13
I DO ALL THINGS WITHOUT complaining and disputing,
THAT I MAY BECOME BLAMELESS AND HARMLESS,
A CHILD OF GOD WITHOUT fault IN THE MIDST OF a crooked and perverse generation, AMONG whom I SHINE AS LIGHTS IN THE WORLD, HOLDING FAST THE WORD OF LIFE, SO THAT MY SPIRITUAL FATHERS AND MOTHERS AND LEADERS MAY REJOICE IN THE DAY OF CHRIST THAT THEY HAVE NOT RUN IN vain OR LABORED IN vain.”
PHILIPPIANS 2:14-16
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I AM THE SALT OF THE EARTH
BUT IF THE SALT LOSES ITS SALTINESS, HOW CAN IT BE MADE SALTY AGAIN? IT IS NO LONGER GOOD FOR ANYTHING, EXCEPT TO BE THROWN OUT AND TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT.
I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. A TOWN BUILT ON A HILL CANNOT BE HIDDEN. NEITHER DO PEOPLE LIGHT A LAMP AND PUT IT UNDER A BOWL. INSTEAD THEY PUT IT ON ITS STAND, AND IT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE. IN THE SAME WAY, I LET MY LIGHT SHINE BEFORE OTHERS, THAT THEY MAY SEE MY GOOD DEEDS AND GLORIFY MY FATHER IN HEAVEN.
MATTHEW 5:13-16
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THE LORD GOD HAS GIVEN ME
THE TONGUE OF THE LEARNED,
THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK
A WORD IN SEASON TO HIM WHO IS weary.
HE AWAKENS ME MORNING BY MORNING,
HE AWAKENS MY EAR
TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED.
THE LORD GOD HAS OPENED MY EAR;
AND I WAS NOT rebellious,
NOR DID I turn.
ISAIAH 50:4-5
THE LORD HAS SHOWN ME, HIS BELOVED, WHAT IS GOOD.
AND WHAT THE LORD REQUIRES OF ME
BUT THAT I ACT JUSTLY AND I LOVE MERCY
AND I WALK HUMBLY WITH MY GOD.
MICAH 6:8
FOR THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME;
THEREFORE I WILL NOT BE disgraced;
THEREFORE I HAVE SET MY FACE LIKE A FLINT,
AND I KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE ashamed.
HE IS NEAR WHO JUSTIFIES ME;
who WILL CONTEND WITH ME?
LET US STAND TOGETHER.
who is MY adversary?
let him come near ME.
SURELY THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME;
who is he who will condemn ME?
INDEED they will all grow old like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
who among you FEARS THE LORD?
WHO OBEYS THE VOICE OF HIS SERVANT?
who walks in darkness
and has no LIGHT?
LET HIM TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
AND RELY UPON HIS GOD.
LOOK, all you who kindle a fire,
who encircle yourselves with sparks:
walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled–THIS you SHALL HAVE FROM MY HAND:
you shall lie down in torment.
ISAIAH 50:7-11
SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS
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TO ME WHO HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH OF THE SAME KIND AS THE APOSTLES, BY THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST: GRACE AND PEACE BE MULTIPLIED TO ME IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD, FOR HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GRANTED TO ME EVERYTHING PERTAINING TO LIFE AND GODLINESS, THROUGH THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF HIM WHO CALLED US BY IS OWN GLORY AND EXCELLENCE. THROUGH THESE HE HAS GRANTED TO US HIS PRECIOUS AND MAGNIFICENT PROMISES, SO THAT BY THEM I MAY BECOME A PARTAKER OF THE DIVINE NATURE, HAVING ESCAPED THE corruption that is in the world on account of lust. NOW FOR THIS VERY REASON ALSO, APPLYING ALL DILIGENCE,
IN MY FAITH SUPPLY MORAL EXCELLENCE,
AND IN MY MORAL EXCELLENCE, KNOWLEDGE,
AND IN MY KNOWLEDGE, SELF-CONTROL,
AND IN MY SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE,
AND IN MY PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS,
AND IN MY GODLINESS BROTHERLY KINDNESS,
AND IN MY BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE.
FOR BECAUSE THESE QUALITIES ARE MINE AND ARE INCREASING, THEY DO NOT MAKE ME useless nor unproductive IN THE TRUE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. FOR THE ONE WHO lacks THESE QUALITIES IS BLIND OR SHORT-SIGHTED, HAVING FORGOTTEN HIS PURIFICATION FROM HIS former sins. THEREFORE, I THE SAINT, I BE ALL THE MORE DILIGENT TO MAKE CERTAIN ABOUT HIS CALLING AND CHOICE OF ME; FOR AS LONG AS I PRACTICE THESE THINGS, I WILL NEVER stumble; FOR IN THIS WAY THE ENTRANCE INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST WILL BE ABUNDANTLY SUPPLIED TO ME.
2 PETER 1:2-11
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MAY ALL WHO GLOATED OVER MY DISTRESS
BE PUT TO SHAME AND CONFUSION;
MAY ALL WHO EXALTED THEMSELVES OVER ME
BE CLOTHED WITH SHAME AND DISGRACE.
MAY THOSE WHO DELIGHT IN MY VINDICATION
SHOUT FOR JOY AND GLADNESS;
MAY THEY ALWAYS SAY,
“THE LORD BE EXALTED, WHO DELIGHTS
IN THE WELL-BEING OF HIS SERVANT.”
PSALM 35:26-27
AND I SAY
LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED WHO TAKES PLEASURE
IN THE PROSPERITY OF HIS SERVANT
LET THE LORD BE MAGNIFIED WHO TAKES GOOD PLEASURE
IN GIVING ME HIS KINGDOM.
AND MY TONGUE SHALL SPEAK OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND OF YOUR PRAISE ALL THE DAY LONG!
PSALM 35:28
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I KNOW THAT ANYONE BORN OF GOD DOES NOT KEEP ON sinning; THE ONE–JESUS CHRIST–WHO WAS BORN OF GOD
PROTECT US AND the evil one CANNOT touch US. I KNOW THAT WE ARE OF GOD, AND THAT the whole world IS UNDER the power of the evil one. AND I KNOW THAT THE SON OF GOD HAS COME AND HAS GIVEN US UNDERSTANDING, SO THAT WE MAY KNOW HIM WHO IS TRUE; AND WE ARE IN HIM WHO IS TRUE–IN HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. HE IS THE TRUE GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.
WE THE CHILDREN OF GOD KEEP OURSELVES FROM idols.
1 JOHN 5:18-21
FOR the prince of this world–the devil–he is coming,–BUT
I AM SOBER-MINDED AND ALERT. OUR ADVERSARY
the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 PETER 5:8–BUT he has no claim on ME AND MY FAMILY, HOUSEHOLDS, MINISTRIES, LANDS AND TERRITORIES.
JOHN 14:30
BUT
I CONTINUE TO LAY HOLD OF AND REST IN THE BLOOD COVENANT OF PROTECTION, PRESERVATION, AND PROVISIONS THE LORD MY GOD HAS GIVEN ME BLESSING AND MULTIPLYING ME IN ALL MY WAYS
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
AMEN, HALLELUJAH!
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I SING, O BAREN,
I WHO HAD NOT BORNE!
I BREAK FORTH INTO SINGING, AND CRY ALOUD,
I WHO HAVE NOT LABORED WITH CHILD!
FOR MORE ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE
THAN THE CHILDREN OF THE MARRIED WOMAN,
SAYS THE LORD.
ISAIAH 54:1
I HAVE ENLARGED THE PLACE OF MY TENT,
AND I STRETCH OUT THE CURTAINS OF MY DWELLINGS;
I DO NOT SPARE;
I LENGTHEN MY CORDS,
AND STRENGTHEN MY STAKES.
ISAIAH 54:2
FOR I AM EXPANDING TO THE RIGHT AND TO THE LEFT,
AND MY DESCENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE NATIONS,
AND MAKE THE DESOLATE CITIES INHABITED.
ISAIAH 54:3
I DO NOT FEAR, FOR I WILL NOT BE ASHAMED;
NEITHER BE DISGRACED, FOR I WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME;
FOR I HAVE FORGOTTEN the shame OF MY YOUTH,
AND I WILL NOT REMEMBER the reproach OF MY WIDOWHOOD ANYMORE.
ISAIAH 54:4
FOR MY MAKER IS MY HUSBAND,
THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME;
AND MY REDEEMER IS THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL;
HE IS CALLED THE GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH.
ISAIAH 54:5
FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED ME
LIKE A WOMAN FORSAKEN AND GRIEVED IN SPIRIT,
LIKE A YOUTHFUL WIFE WHEN I WAS REFUSED,
SAYS MY GOD.
FOR A MERE MOMENT THE LORD HAD FORSAKEN ME,
BUT WITH GREAT MERCIES HE HAS GATHERED ME.
WITH a little wrath THE LORD HID HIS FACE FROM ME FOR A MOMENT;
BUT WITH EVERLASTING KINDNESS THE LORD HAS HAD MERCY ON ME,
SAYS THE LORD, MY REDEEMER.
ISAIAH 54:6-8
FOR THIS IS LIKE THE WATERS OF NOAH TO THE LORD;
FOR AS HE HAS SWORN
THAT THE WATERS OF NOAH WOULD NO LONGER COVER THE EARTH,
SO HAS HE SWORN
THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ANGRY WITH ME, NOR REBUKE ME.
FOR THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DEPART
AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED,
BUT THE LORD KINDNESS SHALL NOT DEPART FROM ME,
NOR SHALL HIS COVENANT OF PEACE BE REMOVED,
SAYS THE LORD, WHO HAS MERCY ON ME.
ISAIAH 54:9-10
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AND NOW, JUST AS I ACCEPTED CHRIST JESUS AS MY LORD,
I MUST CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIM. I LET MY ROOTS GROW
DOWN INTO HIM, AND I LET MY LIFE BE BUILT ON HIM. THEN MY FAITH WILL GROW STRONG IN THE TRUTH I WAS TAUGHT,
AND I WILL OVERFLOW WITH THANKFULNESS.
COLOSSIANS 2:6-7
I DON’T LET ANYONE CAPTURE ME WITH EMPTY PHILOSOPHIES AND HIGH-SOUNDING NONSENSE THAT COME FROM HUMAN THINKING AND FROM the spiritual powers of this world, RATHER THAN FROM CHRIST. FOR IN CHRIST LIVES ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD IN A HUMAN BODY. SO I ALSO AM COMPLETE THROUGH MY UNION WITH CHRIST, WHO IS THE HEAD OVER EVERY RULER AND AUTHORITY.
COLOSSIANS 2:8-10
WHEN I CAME TO CHRIST, I WAS “CIRCUMCISED,” BUT NOT BY A PHYSICAL PROCEDURE. CHRIST PERFORMED A SPIRITUAL CIRCUMCISION–THE CUTTING AWAY OF MY SINFUL NATURE. FOR I WAS BURIED WITH CHRIST WHEN I WAS BAPTIZED. AND WITH HIM I WAS RAISED TO NEW LIFE BECAUSE I TRUSTED THE MIGHTY POWER OF GOD, WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
COLOSSIANS 2:11-12
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I WAS DEAD BECAUSE OF MY SINS AND BECAUSE MY SINFUL NATURE WAS NOT YET CUT AWAY. THEN GOD MADE ME ALIVE WITH CHRIST, FOR HE FORGAVE ALL MY SINS. HE CANCELED THE RECORD OF THE CHARGES AGAINST US AND TOOK IT AWAY BY NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. IN THIS WAY, HE DISARMED THE SPIRITUAL RULERS AND AUTHORITIES. HE SHAMED THEM PUBLICLY BY HIS VICTORY OVER THEM ON THE CROSS.
COLOSSIANS 2:13-15
SO I DON’T LET ANYONE CONDEMN ME FOR WHAT I EAT OR DRINK, OR FOR NOT CELEBRATING CERTAIN HOLY DAYS OR NEW MOON CEREMONIES OR SABBATHS. FOR THESE RULES ARE ONLY SHADOWS OF THE REALITY YET TO COME. AND CHRIST HIMSELF IS THAT REALITY. I DON’T LET ANYONE CONDEMN ME BY INSISTING ON PIOUS SELF-DENIAL OR THE WORSHIP OF ANGELS, SAYING THEY HAVE HAD VISIONS ABOUT THESE THINGS. THEIR SINFUL MINDS HAVE MADE THEM PROUD, AND THEY ARE NOT CONNECTED TO CHRIST, THE HEAD OF THE BODY. FOR HE HOLDS THE WHOLE BODY TOGETHER WITH ITS JOINTS AND LIGAMENTS, AND IT GROWS AS GOD NOURISHES IT.
COLOSSIANS 2:16-19
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I HAVE DIED WITH CHRIST, AND HE HAS SET ME FREE FROM the spiritual powers of THIS WORLD. SO WHY SHOULD I KEEP ON FOLLOWING the rules OF THE WORLD, SUCH AS, “DON’T HANDLE! DON’T TASTE! DON’T TOUCH!”? such rules ARE MERE HUMAN TEACHINGS ABOUT THINGS THAT DETERIORATE AS WE USE THEM. these rules MAY SEEM WISE BECAUSE they REQUIRE STRONG DEVOTION, PIOUS SELF-DENIAL, AND SEVERE BODILY DISCIPLINE. BUT they PROVIDE NO HELP IN CONQUERING A PERSON’S evil desires.
COLOSSIANS 2:20-23
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SINCE I HAVE BEEN RAISED TO NEW LIFE WITH CHRIST, I SET MY SIGHTS ON THE REALITIES OF HEAVEN, WHERE CHRIST SITS IN THE PLACE OF HONOR AT GOD’S RIGHT HAND. I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS OF HEAVEN, NOT THE THINGS OF EARTH. FOR I DIED TO THIS LIFE, AND MY REAL LIFE IS HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. AND WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS MY LIFE IS REVEALED TO THE WORLD, I WILL SHARE IN HIS GLORY.
COLOSSIANS 3:1-4
SO I PUT TO DEATH THE SINFUL, EARTHLY, THINGS LURKING WITHIN ME. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil desires. I DON’T BE GREEDY, FOR A GREEDY PERSON IS AN IDOLATER, WORSHIPING THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD. BECAUSE OF THESE SINS, THE ANGER OF GOD IS COMING. I USED TO DO THESE THINGS WHEN MY LIFE WAS STILL PART OF THIS WORLD. BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF ANGER, RAGE, MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR, SLANDER AND DIRTY LANGUAGE. I DON’T LIE TO OTHERS, FOR I HAVE STRIPPED OFF MY OLD SINFUL NATURE AND all its wicked deeds. I PUT ON MY NEW NATURE, AND I BE RENEWED AS I LEARN TO KNOW MY CREATOR AND BECOME LIKE HIM. IN THIS NEW LIFE, IT DOESN’T MATTER IF I AM A JEW OR A GENTILE, CIRCUMCISED OR UNCIRCUMCISED, BARBARIC, UNCIVILIZED, SLAVE, OR FREE.
CHRIST IS ALL THAT MATTERS, AND HE LIVES IN ALL OF US.
COLOSSIANS 3:5-11
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INDEED I ACCEPT WITHIN MYSELF the sentence of death,
THAT I MIGHT TRUST NOT IN MYSELF
BUT IN GOD WHO RAISES THE DEAD.
YOU RESCUED ME FROM SUCH GREAT DANGER OF DEATH,
AND YOU WILL CONTINUE TO RESCUE ME;
IN YOU I PUT MY HOPE THAT YOU RESCUE ME AGAIN.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:9-10
AS A PRISONER FOR THE LORD, I LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING I HAVE RECEIVED. I AM COMPLETELY HUMBLE AND GENTLE, I AM PATIENT BEARING WITH OTHERS IN LOVE. I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT, JUST AS I WAS CALLED TO ONE HOPE WHEN I WAS CALLED; ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALL.
EPHESIANS 4:1-6
LOVE DOES NO HARM TO A NEIGHBOR
THUS LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW.
LOVE NEVER FAILS, NEVER FADES OUT OR BECOMES OBSOLETE, OR COMES TO AN END; I EAGERLY PURSUE AND SEEK TO KEEP THE LOVE OF GOD AND MAKE IT MY AIM, MY GREAT QUEST; AND EARNESTLY DESIRE AND CULTIVATE THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS, ESPECIALLY THAT I MAY PROPHESY INTERPRET THE DIVINE WILL AND PURPOSE IN INSPIRED PREACHING AND TEACHING, FOR IT IS THE FATHER THAT DWELLETH IN ME, HE DOES THE WORK.
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SINCE GOD CHOSE ME TO BE AMONG THE HOLY PEOPLE HE LOVES,
I MUST CLOTHE MYSELF WITH TENDERHEARTED MERCY, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS, AND PATIENCE. I MAKE ALLOWANCE FOR OTHER’S FAULTS, AND FORGIVE ANYONE WHO OFFENDS ME.
I REMEMBER, THE LORD FORGAVE ME, SO I MUST FORGIVE OTHERS. ABOVE ALL, I CLOTHE MYSELF WITH LOVE, WHICH BINDS US ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT HARMONY. AND I LET THE PEACE THAT COMES FROM CHRIST RULE IN MY HEART. FOR AS A MEMBER OF ONE BODY I AM CALLED TO LIVE IN PEACE. AND ALWAYS BE THANKFUL.
COLOSSIANS 3:12-15
I LET THE MESSAGE ABOUT CHRIST, IN ALL ITS RICHNESS, FILL MY LIFE. I TEACH AND COUNSEL OTHERS WITH ALL THE WISDOM HE GIVES.
I SING PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS TO GOD WITH THANKFUL HEARTS. AND WHATEVER I DO OR SAY, I DO IT AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS THROUGH HIM TO GOD THE FATHER.
COLOSSIANS 3:16-17
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SEARCH MY HEART LORD, AND SEE IF THERE IS ANY WICKED WAY IN ME,
AND LEAD ME INTO THE WAY EVERLASTING FOR I HAVE HIDDEN YOUR WORD IN MY HEART THAT I MAY NOT SIN AGAINST YOU. I CAST DOWN ANY IDLE WORD I HAVE SPOKEN, THEY SHALL NOT BRING ANY HARVEST IN MY LIFE OR ANYBODY ELSE’S LIFE; THUS, I BELIEVE I WILL, I TAKE FAITH, I APPROPRIATE FAITH, I HAVE FAITH IN GOD, I AM GRACED TO HEAR AND BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, AND YOUR VOICE BEHIND THE WORD, I HAVE EARS TO HEAR, EYES TO SEE, AND A WILL TO DO YOUR WILL O LORD MY GOD AND I THANK YOU FOR IT LORD AND I FORGIVE IF I HAVE OUGHTS AGAINST ANY.
BUT WHO CAN DISCERN THEIR OWN ERRORS?
FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS. KEEP YOUR SERVANT ALSO FROM WILLFUL SINS; MAY THEY NOT RULE OVER ME. THEN I WILL BE BLAMELESS, INNOCENT OF GREAT TRANSGRESSION.
FATHER I REPENT OF ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN MY LIFE
THAT IS NOT PLEASING TO YOU.
TEACH ME, AND I WILL BE QUIET;
SHOW ME WHERE I HAVE BEEN WRONG.
AND I RECEIVE FATHER LOVE MY FORGIVENESS, YOUR GRACE AND YOUR MERCY FOR YOU ARE FAITHFUL, YOUR GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME FOR YOUR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS SO I ALL THE MORE GLADLY BOAST OF MY WEAKNESSES THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY DWELL IN ME MAY REST UPON ME TO STRENGTHEN ME AND LIFT ME UP OUT OF ANY BONDAGE.
I THANK YOU, ABBA, MY FATHER, FOR MY CLEANSING FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB IN THE NAME OF YESHUA, AMEN.
SET A GUARD OVER MY MOUTH, LORD;
KEEP WATCH OVER THE DOOR OF MY LIPS.
DO NOT LET MY HEART BE DRAWN TO WHAT IS evil–DON’T LET ME SO MUCH
as dream of evil OR THOUGHTLESSLY FALL INTO bad company.–SO THAT I TAKE PART IN wicked deeds ALONG WITH those who are evildoers.
DO NOT LET ME EAT the delicacies of those who do wrong.
PSALM 141:3-4
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I REALIZE THAT THOSE WHO DO wrong WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD! I DON’T FOOL MYSELF. THOSE WHO INDULGE IN SEXUAL SIN, OR WHO WORSHIP IDOLS, OR COMMIT ADULTERY, OR ARE MALE PROSTITUTES, OR PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALITY, OR ARE THIEVES, OR GREEDY PEOPLE, OR DRUNKARDS, OR ABUSIVE, OR CHEAT PEOPLE–none of these will INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD. [BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORFEITED IT!]
I WAS ONCE LIKE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE. BUT I WAS CLEANSED; I WAS MADE HOLY, I WAS MADE RIGHT WITH GOD BY CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND BY THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11
I SHALL NOT CIRCULATE A FALSE REPORT. I DO NOT PUT MY HAND WITH the wicked TO BE AN unrighteous witness. I SHALL NOT FOLLOW A CROWD TO DO evil; NOR SHALL I TESTIFY IN A DISPUTE SO AS TO TURN ASIDE AFTER MANY TO pervert JUSTICE. I SHALL NOT SHOW PARTIALITY TO A POOR MAN IN HIS DISPUTE.
EXODUS 23:1-3
I SHALL NOT DISTORT JUSTICE; I SHALL NOT BE PARTIAL, AND I SHALL NOT TAKE A BRIBE, FOR A BRIBE blinds THE EYES OF THE WISE AND perverts THE WORDS OF THE RIGHTEOUS.”
DEUTERONOMY 16:19
AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT
MY BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
I HONOR THE LORD WITH MY BODY,
AMEN=SO BE IT
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I AM SUBORDINATE TO THE HIGHER AUTHORITIES
THE LORD HAS PUT IN MY LIFE FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT FROM LOVE, AND THOSE THAT EXIST HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY LOVE.
I PAY ALL MY DUES,
TAXES TO WHOM TAXES ARE DUE,
TOLL TO WHOM TOLL IS DUE,
RESPECT TO WHOM RESPECT IS DUE,
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE,
I KEEP OUT OF DEBT
FOR THE POOR ARE ALWAYS RULED OVER BY THE RICH,
SO I DON’T BORROW AND PUT MYSELF UNDER THEIR POWER,
THE RICH RULE OVER THE POOR,
AND THE BORROWER IS THE SLAVE OF THE LENDER.
PROVERBS 22:7
OOO
I THANK YOU LORD, MY LOVE FOR TEACHING ME
HOW TO BE A GOOD AND FAITHFUL STEWARD,
A BOND SERVANT, A SON, DAUGHTER–TO THE SERVICE OF THE FATHER–IN AUTHORITY OVER ALL THE MANIFOLD GRACE OF GOD.
I AM MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE
JUST AS MY HEAVENLY FATHER IS MERCIFUL
AND MY LORD JESUS IS COMPASSIONATE!
I GIVE EVERYTHING OF MYSELF TO YOU LORD, MY GOD
TO DO THE GOOD WORKS YOU HAVE PREPARED
IN ADVANCE FOR ME TO DO!
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AS AN ACT OF MY WILL DAILY
I FORGIVE MY NEIGHBOR,
I FORGIVE MY BROTHER.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS,
I BELIEVE I HAVE YOUR SUPERNATURAL ACT OF POWER TO CLEANSE MY CONSCIOUSNESS OF ANY WRONG DONE TO ME, FROM THIS MOMENT ON,
I TREAT THAT PERSON AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.
ABOVE ALL, I LOVE MY BRETHREN DEEPLY,
BECAUSE LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SINS.
I OWE MEN NOTHING BUT TO LOVE THEM,
LOVE DOES NO EVIL TO THE NEIGHBOR,
HENCE, LOVE IS THE FULFILLMENT OF THE LAW.
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FOR THERE NEED BE NO POOR PEOPLE IN MY MIDST, FOR IN THE LAND THE LORD MY GOD HAS GIVEN ME TO POSSESS AS MY INHERITANCE– TILL OUR RAPTURE TO GLORY, WITHOUT OUR SEEING the grave=that place of judgment–THE LORD HAS RICHLY BLESS ME, FOR I LISTEN OBEDIENTLY TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD MY GOD, TO OBSERVE CAREFULLY ALL THIS COMMANDMENT WHICH HE HAS COMMANDED ME TODAY-WHATEVER THE LORD TELLS ME I DO IT-FOR THE LORD MY GOD HAS BLESSED ME AS HE HAS PROMISED, AND I WILL LEND TO MANY NATIONS BUT WILL BORROW FROM NONE. I WILL RULE OVER MANY NATIONS BUT NONE WILL RULE OVER ME. IF ANYONE IS POOR IN MY MIDST OR IN ANY OF THE TOWNS OF THE LAND THE LORD MY GOD HAS GIVING ME, I AM NOT HARDHEARTED OR TIGHTFISTED TOWARD THEM. RATHER, I AM OPENHANDED AND FREELY LEND THEM WHATEVER THEY NEED AS THE LORD LEADS ME TO DO AND I EXPECT NOTHING IN RETURN FROM THEM FOR I WHO AM GRACIOUS AND LENDS A HAND TO THE POOR LENDS TO THE LORD, AND THE LORD WILL REPAY ME FOR MY GOOD DEED PROVERBS 19:17.
I GIVE GENEROUSLY TO THEM AND DO SO WITHOUT A GRUDGING HEART; THEN BECAUSE OF THIS THE LORD MY GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS ME IN ALL MY WORK AND IN EVERYTHING I PUT MY HAND TO. THERE WILL ALWAYS BE POOR PEOPLE IN THE LAND. THEREFORE AS THE LORD HAS COMMANDED ME, I AM OPENHANDED TOWARD MY FELLOW BRETHREN WHO ARE POOR AND NEEDY IN MY LAND
AS THE LORD LEADS ME TO DO.
FROM DEUTERONOMY 15: 4-11
LOOKING AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS
AND KEEPING MYSELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY the world.
JAMES 1:27
I DWELL IN OUR GARDENS OF EDEN THAT THE LORD OUR LOVE HAS PROVIDED FOR US THIS CADOT-BROWN FAMILY, HOUSEHOLDS AND MINISTRIES THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB
AND THE WORDS OF MY TESTIMONY.
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I COUNT IT ALL JOY WHEN I FALL INTO divers temptations; KNOWING THIS, THAT THE TRYING OF MY FAITH WORKETH PATIENCE. BUT I LET PATIENCE HAVE HER PERFECT WORK, THAT I MAY BE PERFECT AND ENTIRE, WANTING NOTHING. IF I LACK WISDOM, I DO ASK OF GOD, THAT GIVETH TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AND UPBRAIDETH NOT; AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN ME. AND I DO ASK IN FAITH, NOTHING WAVERING. FOR HE THAT WAVERETH IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA DRIVEN WITH THE WIND AND TOSSED. FOR LET NOT THAT MAN THINK THAT HE SHALL RECEIVE ANY THING OF THE LORD.
a double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
JAMES 1:2-8
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THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR ME WHO AM IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT WHO WALK AFTER THE SPIRIT, FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS SET ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH.
ROMANS 8:1-2
AND THE CONQUERING POWER THAT BRINGS THE WORLD
TO ITS KNEES IS MY FAITH:
JOHN 5:4
I BELIEVE I WILL, I TAKE FAITH, I APPROPRIATE FAITH, I HAVE FAITH IN GOD,
I AM GRACED TO HEAR AND BELIEVE THE WORD OF GOD, AND YOUR VOICE BEHIND THE WORD, LORD, MY GOD, I HAVE EARS TO HEAR, EYES TO SEE, AND A WILL TO DO YOUR WILL O LORD MY GOD AND I THANK YOU FOR IT LORD AND I FORGIVE IF I HAVE OUGHTS AGAINST ANY, AND I RECEIVE FATHER LOVE MY FORGIVENESS FROM ALL SINS AND MY CLEANSING FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB!!!!!!!
BLESSED ARE MY EYES THEN, LORD, MY GOD, THAT SEE WHAT MY LORD JESUS SEES, AND MY EARS THAT HEAR AND LISTEN TO WHAT MY LORD JESUS HEARS AND LISTENS TO. THE LORD GOD HAS GIVEN ME A WELL TRAINED TONGUE THAT I MAY KNOW HOW TO SPEAK TO THE WEARY A WORD THAT WILL ROUSE THEM. MORNING AFTER MORNING HE OPENS MY EARS THAT I MAY HEAR AND I HAVE NOT REBELLED, I HAVE NOT TURNED BACK
BUT I PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE LORD SAYS
I TURN MY EAR TO HIS WORDS.
I DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF MY SIGHT,
I KEEP THEM WITH MY HEART;
FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO ME WHO FIND THEM
AND MEDICINE TO MY WHOLE BODY.
ABOVE ALL ELSE, I GUARD MY HEART,
FOR EVERYTHING I DO FLOWS FROM IT.
I KEEP MY MOUTH FREE OF PERVERSITY;
I KEEP CORRUPT TALK FAR FROM MY LIPS.
I LET MY EYES LOOK STRAIGHT AHEAD;
I FIX MY GAZE DIRECTLY BEFORE ME.
I GIVE CAREFUL THOUGHT TO THE PATHS FOR MY FEET
AND I AM STEADFAST IN ALL MY WAYS.
I DO NOT TURN TO THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT;
I KEEP MY FOOT FROM evil.
PROVERBS 4:20-27
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“OOO
I OFFER THANKS TO YOU LIVING AND ABIDING KING,
FOR YOU HAVE RESTORED MY SOUL WITHIN ME,
YOUR FAITHFULNESS IS GREAT,
YOUR GRACE OH GOD IS ABOUNDING,
AND YOUR MERCY ENDURES FOREVER
IT IS NEW THIS VERY MOMENT,
THIS VERY DAY FOR ME AND FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!!
BLESSED ARE YOU LORD OUR GOD KING OF THE UNIVERSE WHO HAS SANCTIFIED US WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF YOUR SON.
FOR CHRIST, OUR PASSOVER LAMB,
HAS BEEN SACRIFICED FOR US.
1 CORINTHIANS 5:7
AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IS CREDITED TO ME WHO BELIEVE IN YOU WHO RAISED JESUS OUR LORD FROM THE DEAD.
HE WAS DELIVERED OVER TO DEATH BECAUSE OF MY SINS, AND WAS RAISED TO LIFE BECAUSE OF MY JUSTIFICATION.
ROMANS 4:24-25
AND BY THAT WILL, I HAVE BEEN MADE HOLY THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF THE BODY OF JESUS CHRIST ONCE FOR ALL.
HEBREWS 10:10
I HAVE THIS HOPE AS AN ANCHOR FOR THE SOUL, FIRM AND SECURE. IT ENTERS THE INNER SANCTUARY BEHIND THE CURTAIN, WHERE MY FORERUNNER, YESHUA, IS FOR ME ENTERED, HE WAS MADE A HIGH PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK.
HEBREWS 6:19-20
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THERE IS THEREFORE NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR ME WHO AM IN CHRIST JESUS WHO WALK NOT AFTER THE FLESH BUT WHO WALK AFTER THE SPIRIT ROMANS 8:1 IT IS FOR FREEDOM THAT CHRIST HAS SET US FREE. I STAND FIRM, THEN, AND DO NOT LET MYSELF BE BURDENED AGAIN BY a yoke of slavery. SO I SAY, I WALK BY THE SPIRIT, AND I WILL NOT GRATIFY the desires OF THE FLESH. FOR THE FLESH desires WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT, AND THE SPIRIT WHAT IS CONTRARY TO THE FLESH. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT I AM NOT TO DO WHATEVER I WANT. BUT BECAUSE I AM LED BY THE SPIRIT, I AM NOT UNDER THE LAW. GALATIANS 5:1, 16-18 FOR THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS HAS SET ME FREE FROM
THE LAW OF sin AND death.
ROMANS 8:2
THEREFORE;
I WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS
HAVE CRUCIFIED THE FLESH
with its passions and sesires.
SINCE I LIVE BY THE SPIRIT,
I SEE TO IT THAT I KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT.
I SEE TO IT THAT I DO NOT BECOME
CONCEITED, PROVOKING AND ENVYING OTHERS.
GALATIANS 5:24-26
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WHERE SIN ABOUNDS,
GRACE ABOUNDS MUCH MORE!
WHAT DO I DO?
SHOULD I KEEP ON SINNING SO GOD CAN KEEP ON FORGIVING?
I SHOULD HOPE NOT!
IF I’VE LEFT THE COUNTRY WHERE SIN IS SOVEREIGN,
HOW CAN I STILL LIVE IN MY OLD HOUSE THERE?
OR DIDN’T I REALIZE I PACKED UP AND LEFT THERE FOR GOOD?
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN BAPTISM
WHEN I WENT UNDER THE WATER,
I LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY OF SIN BEHIND;
WHEN I CAME UP OUT OF THE WATER,
I ENTERED INTO THE NEW COUNTRY OF
GRACE–A NEW LIFE IN A NEW LAND!–
ROMANS 6:1-3
WHEN I CAME TO CHRIST, I WAS “CIRCUMCISED,” BUT NOT BY A PHYSICAL PROCEDURE, IT WAS A SPIRITUAL PROCEDURE– THE CUTTING AWAY OF MY SINFUL NATURE. FOR I WAS BURIED WITH CHRIST WHEN I WAS BAPTIZED. AND WITH HIM I WAS RAISED TO A NEW LIFE BECAUSE
I TRUSTED THE MIGHTY POWER OF LOVE,
WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD.
COLOSSIANS 2:11-12
–THAT’S WHAT BAPTISM INTO THE LIFE OF JESUS MEANS. WHEN I WAS LOWERED INTO THE WATER, IT IS LIKE THE BURIAL OF JESUS; WHEN I WAS RAISED UP OUT OF THE WATER, IT IS LIKE THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS.
I AM RAISED INTO A LIGHT-FILLED WORLD BY MY FATHER SO THAT I CAN SEE WHERE I’M GOING IN MY NEW GRACE SOVEREIGN COUNTRY.
ROMANS 6:3-5
COULD IT BE ANY CLEARER? MY OLD WAY OF LIFE WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS WITH CHRIST, A DECISIVE END TO THAT SIN-MISERABLE LIFE-
-NO LONGER AT SINS’ EVERY BECK AND CALL!
WHAT I BELIEVE IS THIS: IF I GET INCLUDED IN CHRIST’S SIN-CONQUERING DEATH, I ALSO GET INCLUDED IN HIS LIFE-SAVING RESURRECTION. I KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD IT WAS A SIGNAL OF THE END OF DEATH-AS-THE-END. NEVER AGAIN WILL DEATH HAVE THE LAST WORD. WHEN JESUS DIED, HE TOOK SIN DOWN WITH HIM, BUT ALIVE HE BRINGS GOD DOWN TO US. FROM NOW ON, I THINK OF IT THIS WAY:
SIN SPEAKS A DEAD LANGUAGE THAT MEANS NOTHING TO ME;
GOD SPEAKS MY MOTHER TONGUE,
AND I HANG ON EVERY WORD.
I AM DEAD TO SIN AND ALIVE TO GOD.
THAT’S WHAT JESUS DID.
THAT MEANS I DO NOT GIVE SIN A VOTE IN THE WAY I CONDUCT MY LIFE.
I DON’T GIVE IT THE TIME OF DAY. I DON’T EVEN RUN LITTLE ERRANDS THAT ARE CONNECTED WITH THAT OLD WAY OF LIFE. I THROW MYSELF WHOLEHEARTEDLY AND FULL-TIME–REMEMBERING, I’VE BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD!–INTO GOD’S WAY OF DOING THINGS. SIN CAN’T TELL ME HOW TO LIVE. AFTER ALL, I’M NOT LIVING UNDER THAT OLD TYRANNY ANY LONGER.
I’M LIVING IN THE FREEDOM OF GOD.
ROMANS 6:6-14
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WHAT IS TRUE FREEDOM?
SO, SINCE I’M OUT FROM UNDER THE OLD TYRANNY, DOES THAT MEAN I CAN LIVE ANY OLD WAY I WANT? SINCE I’M FREE IN THE FREEDOM OF GOD, CAN I DO ANYTHING THAT COMES TO MIND? HARDLY. I KNOW WELL ENOUGH FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE THAT THERE ARE SOME ACTS OF SO-CALLED FREEDOM THAT DESTROY FREEDOM.
OFFER MYSELF TO SIN, FOR INSTANCE, AND IT’S MY LAST FREE ACT.
BUT OFFER MYSELF TO THE WAYS OF GOD
AND THE FREEDOM NEVER QUITS.
ALL MY LIFE I’VE LET SIN TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
BUT THANK GOD I’VE STARTED LISTENING TO A NEW MASTER,
ONE WHOSE COMMANDS SET ME FREE TO LIVE OPENLY IN HIS FREEDOM!
I’M USING THIS FREEDOM LANGUAGE BECAUSE ITS EASY TO PICTURE.
I CAN READILY RECALL–I SURE CAN–HOW AT ONE TIME THE MORE I DID JUST WHAT I FELT LIKE DOING–NOT CARING ABOUT OTHERS, NOT CARING ABOUT GOD–THE WORSE MY LIFE BECAME AND THE LESS FREEDOM I HAD!
AND HOW MUCH DIFFERENT IT IS NOW
AS I LIVE IN GOD’S FREEDOM,
[HIS WORD, HIS SPIRIT, HIS TRUTH, HIS GRACE, HIS GLORY]
I LIVE HEALED AND EXPANSIVE IN HOLINESS!
AS LONG AS I DID WHAT I FELT LIKE DOING, IGNORING GOD, I DIDN’T HAVE TO BOTHER WITH RIGHT THINKING OR RIGHT LIVING, OR RIGHT ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER. BUT I DO NOT CALL THAT A FREE LIFE!
WHAT DID I GET OUT OF IT? NOTHING I’M HAPPY ABOUT NOW.
WHERE DID IT GET ME? A DEAD END.
BUT NOW THAT I’VE FOUND I DON’T HAVE TO LISTEN TO sin TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, AND HAVE DISCOVERED THE DELIGHT OF LISTENING TO GOD TELLING ME WHAT TO DO, WHAT A SURPRISE!
A WHOLE, HEALED, PUT-TOGETHER LIFE RIGHT NOW,
WITH MORE AND MORE OF LIFE ON THE WAY!
IF I WERE TO WORK HARD FOR sin MY WHOLE LIFE
MY PENSION WOULD BE death.
BUT GOD’S GIFT IS REAL LIFE, ETERNAL LIFE.
DELIVERED BY JESUS, MY MASTER!
ROMANS 6:15-23
AS I WALK IN THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT,
I HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH MY BRETHREN,
AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS,
HIS SON, PURIFIES ME FROM ALL sin.
1 JOHN 1:7
FOR
sin SHALL HAVE NO POWER OVER ME
SINCE I AM NOT UNDER LAW
BUT UNDER GRACE!!!!!!!
FOR GRACE IS THE FATHER’S OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO TREAT ME AS IF I HAD NEVER sinned.
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IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LORD’S GREAT LOVE
WE ARE NOT CONSUMED,
FOR HIS COMPASSIONS NEVER FAIL.
THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING;
GREAT IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS O LORD!
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-23
HOWEVER,
I REALIZE THAT THOSE WHO DO WRONG WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD! I DON’T FOOL MYSELF. THOSE WHO INDULGE IN SEXUAL SIN, OR WHO WORSHIP IDOLS, OR COMMIT ADULTERY, OR ARE MALE PROSTITUTES, OR PRACTICE HOMOSEXUALITY, OR ARE THIEVES, OR GREEDY PEOPLE, OR DRUNKARDS, OR ABUSIVE, OR CHEAT PEOPLE–NONE OF THESE WILL INHERIT THE KINGDOM=THE POWER, THE AUTHORITY OF GOD
BECAUSE THEY HAVE FORFEITED IT.
I WAS ONCE LIKE AT LEAST ONE OF THESE.
BUT NOW I WAS WASHED,
I WAS SANCTIFIED, I WAS JUSTIFIED
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST
AND IN THE SPIRIT OF OUR GOD.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:11
AND THE LORD FINDS NO FAULT IN ME
AND THE LORD HOLDS NOTHING AGAINST ME!
I KNOW EVERYTHING IS LAWFUL FOR ME,
BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS BENEFICIAL.
EVERYTHING IS LAWFUL FOR ME,
BUT I DO NOT LET MYSELF BE DOMINATED BY ANYTHING.
“FOOD FOR THE STOMACH AND THE STOMACH FOR FOOD,”
BUT GOD WILL DO AWAY WITH BOTH THE ONE AND THE OTHER.
MY BODY, HOWEVER, IS NOT FOR immorality:
masturbation, fornication, idolatry, adultery, pornography,
homosexuality, bestiality, incest, impurity, or anything alike;
BUT MY BODY IS FOR THE LORD,
AND THE LORD IS FOR MY BODY. AND GOD BOTH RAISED UP THE LORD AND WILL ALSO RAISE ME UP BY HIS POWER.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:12-14
I AM GRACED WITH NO THOUGHT OR DESIRE FOR THESE THINGS FOR I AM FREE FROM oppression and depression, obssession and demonic possession, torment and of fear and pride and arrogance and lusts, I AM FREE BY THE POWER OF CHRIST UPON ME, AND IN ME. YOUR GRACE OH LORD IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME FOR YOUR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN weakness; THE VOICE OF MY SHEPHERD DO I HEAR AND THE VOICE OF a stanger I CANNOT HEAR, AND WHATEVER THE LORD TELLS ME, I DO IT, AMEN.
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GOD IS WORKING IN ME BOTH TO DESIRE AND TO WILL HIS GOOD PLEASURE, HIS FAVOR ENCOMPASSES ME LIKE A SHIELD; THEREFORE I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME,
AND ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO ME WHO BELIEVE
GOD RAISED THE LORD
AND WILL ALSO RAISE ME BY HIS POWER.
I DO KNOW THAT MY BODY IS A MEMBER OF CHRIST;
I CANNOT THEN TAKE CHRIST’S MEMBER
AND MAKE IT THE MEMBER OF A PROSTITUTE.
OF COURSE NOT!
I DO KNOW THAT ANYONE WHO JOINS HIMSELF TO A PROSTITUTE BECOMES ONE BODY WITH HER! FOR “THE TWO,” IT SAYS,
“WILL BECOME ONE FLESH.”
BUT I WHO AM JOINED TO THE LORD BECOME ONE SPIRIT WITH HIM.
I AM GRACED IN AVOIDING, IN FLEEING SEXUAL IMMORALITY,
EVERY OTHER SIN A PERSON COMMITS IS OUTSIDE THE BODY,
BUT THE IMMORAL PERSON SINS AGAINST HIS OWN BODY.
I DO KNOW THAT MY BODY IS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN, WHOM I HAVE FROM GOD, AND THAT I AM NOT MY OWN
FOR I HAVE BEEN PURCHASED AT A PRICE.
THEREFORE I AM GRACED IN GLORIFYING GOD IN MY BODY.
1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-20
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THE LAMP OF THE BODY IS THE EYE. IF MY EYE IS SOUND, MY WHOLE BODY WILL BE FILLED WITH LIGHT; BUT IF MY EYE IS BAD, MY WHOLE BODY WILL BE IN DARKNESS. AND IF THE LIGHT IN ME IS DARKNESS HOW GREAT WILL THE DARKNESS BE.
MATTHEW 6:22-23
CONTINUE TO SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE, LORD,
FOR IN YOUR PRESENCE THERE IS FULLNESS OF JOY
AT YOUR RIGHT HAND PLEASURES FOREVER MORE!
MY SPIRIT IS THE LAMP OF THE LORD
IT SEARCHES THROUGH ALL HIS INMOST BEING,
I HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST;
I HAVE PUT AWAY THE OLD SELF OF MY FORMER WAY OF LIFE, corrupted through deceitful desires
AND I AM RENEWED IN THE SPIRIT OF MY MIND, AND I PUT ON THE NEW SELF; CREATED IN GOD’S WAY IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS OF TRUTH.
PROVERBS 20:27, EPHESIANS 4:22-24
FOR YOUR GRACE=YOUR ABILITY TO DO FOR ME WHAT I CANNOT DO FOR MYSELF, OH LORD, IS SUFFICIENT FOR ME,
FOR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. I ALL THE MORE GLADLY BOAST OF MY WEAKNESSES, THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST MAY DWELL IN ME MAY REST UPON ME. THEREFORE,
I AM CONTENT WITH WEAKNESSES, INSULTS, HARDSHIPS, PERSECUTIONS, AND CONSTRAINTS, FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST, FOR THE SAKE OF THE ANOINTINGS; FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG,
I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHICH STRENGTHENS ME,
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE TO ME WHO BELIEVE,
I AM POSSESSED WITH UNFAILLING STRENGTH,
I AM FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH:
THE HOLY GHOST AND THE WORD.
FROM 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9-10
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I HUMBLE MYSELF BEFORE GOD=SO I LET GOD WORK HIS WILL-HIS WORD IN ME. I RESIST the devil=I YELL A LOUD “NO” TO the devil, AND WATCH him FLEE FROM ME.
I HAVE SAID A QUIET “YES” TO GOD
AND HE HAS BEEN THERE IN NO TIME.
I QUIT DABBLING IN SIN=I WASH MY HANDS, AND PURIFY MY HEART, AND I AM NO LONGER DOUBLE-MINDED=NO LONGER AM I DIVIDED BETWEEN GOD AND THE WORLD.
I HAVE SHED TEARS FOR WHAT I HAVE DONE.
THE FUN AND GAMES [WITH THE WORLD] ARE OVER.
I GET SERIOUS, REALLY SERIOUS.
I GET DOWN ON MY KNEES BEFORE THE MASTER=I HUMBLE MYSELF BEFORE THE LORD, IT’S THE ONLY WAY I’LL GET ON MY FEET=HE WILL LIFT ME UP IN HONOR.
JAMES 4:6-10
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YOU, O LORD, ARE A SHIELD ABOUT ME,
MY GLORY, AND YOU ARE THE LIFTER OF MY HEAD!
PSALM 3:3
IN THE SAME WAY, I WHO AM YOUNGER,
I SUBMIT MYSELF TO MY ELDERS.
I CLOTHE MYSELF WITH HUMILITY TOWARD THE OTHERS,
BECAUSE,
“GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD
BUT SHOWS FAVOR TO THE HUMBLE.”
I HUMBLE MYSELF, THEREFORE, UNDER GOD’S MIGHTY HAND,
THAT HE MAY LIFT ME UP IN DUE TIME.
I CAST ALL MY ANXIETY ON HIM BECAUSE HE CARES FOR ME.
I BE ALERT AND OF SOBER MIND. MY enemy the devil
PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. I RESIST him, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE FAMILY OF BELIEVERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IS UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS=RESISTINGS=PATIENCE WHICH IS FAITH APPLIED OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED ME TO HIS ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER I HAVE SUFFERED=RESISTED=EMPLOYED PATIENCE A LITTLE WHILE, WILL HIMSELF RESTORE ME AND MAKE ME STRONG, FIRM AND STEADFAST. TO HIM BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.
1 PETER 5:5-10
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AS I WAS PROMPTED TO DO, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD I HAVE OFFERED MY BODY AS A LIVING SACRIFICE HOLY AND PLEASING TO GOD, MY LIVING SACRIFICE. I DO NOT CONFORM MYSELF TO THIS AGE BUT I BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWAL OF MY MIND, [IN THE WORD OF GOD, THROUGH HIS SPIRIT], THAT I MAY DISCERN WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD, WHAT HIS GOOD AND PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL.
FOR BY THE GRACE GIVEN ME I SAY TO EVERY ONE OF YOU:
I DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN I OUGHT,
BUT RATHER I THINK OF MYSELF WITH SOBER JUDGMENT,
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAITH GOD HAS DISTRIBUTED
TO EACH OF US.
ROMANS 12:1-3
I BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK AND SLOW TO BECOME ANGRY, BECAUSE HUMAN ANGER DOES NOT PRODUCE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT GOD DESIRES. THEREFORE, I GET RID OF ALL MORAL FILTH AND THE EVIL THAT IS SO PREVALENT AND HUMBLY ACCEPT THE WORD PLANTED IN ME, WHICH CAN SAVE ME.
JAMES 1:19-21
I DO NOT MERELY LISTEN TO THE WORD, AND SO DECEIVE MYSELF.
I DO WHAT IT SAYS. ANYONE WHO LISTENS TO THE WORD BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT IT SAYS IS LIKE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS AT HIS FACE IN A MIRROR AND, AFTER LOOKING AT HIMSELF, GOES AWAY AND IMMEDIATELY FORGETS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE. BUT I WHO LOOK INTENTLY INTO THE PERFECT LAW THAT GIVES FREEDOM-THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY–THE LAW OF CHRIST, THE LAW OF LOVE–, AND CONTINUES IN IT–NOT FORGETTING WHAT I HAVE HEARD, BUT DOING IT–I WILL BE BLESSED IN WHAT I DO.
JAMES 1:22-25
SO I ALSO DIED TO THE LAW THROUGH THE BODY OF CHRIST, THAT I MIGHT BELONG TO ANOTHER, TO HIM WHO WAS RAISED FROM THE DEAD, IN ORDER THAT I MIGHT BEAR FRUIT FOR GOD. FOR WHEN I WAS IN THE REALM OF THE FLESH, THE SINFUL PASSIONS AROUSED BY THE LAW WERE AT WORK IN ME
SO THAT I BORE FRUIT FOR DEATH.
BUT NOW, I AM DISCHARGED FROM THE LAW AND HAVE TERMINATED ALL INTERCOURSE WITH IT, HAVING DIED TO WHAT ONCE RESTRAINED AND HELD ME CAPTIVE.
SO I NOW SERVE NOT UNDER OBEDIENCE TO THE OLD CODE
OR WRITTEN REGULATIONS,
BUT UNDER OBEDIENCE TO THE PROMPTINGS OF THE SPIRIT IN NEWNESS OF LIFE.
ROMANS 7:4-6
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THE LORD HAS RESCUED ME AND MADE ME BOTH A SYMBOL AND A SOURCE OF BLESSING. SO I AM NOT afraid. I AM STRONG IN THE LORD AND IN THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT,
AND I GET ON WITH EDIFYING THE BODY OF CHRIST!
OOO
WHATEVER WERE GAINS TO ME I NOW CONSIDER LOSS FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST. WHAT IS MORE, I CONSIDER EVERYTHING A LOSS BECAUSE OF THE SURPASSING WORTH OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS MY LORD, FOR WHOSE SAKE I HAVE LOST ALL THINGS. I CONSIDER THEM GARBAGE, THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST AND BE FOUND IN HIM, NOT HAVING A RIGHTEOUSNESS OF MY OWN THAT COMES FROM THE LAW, BUT THAT WHICH IS THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST–THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES FROM GOD ON THE BASIS OF FAITH.
I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST–YES, TO KNOW THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION AND PARTICIPATION IN HIS SUFFERINGS, BECOMING LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH, AND SO SOMEHOW, ATTAINING TO THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD.
NOT THAT I HAVE ALREADY OBTAINED ALL THIS, OR HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED AT MY GOAL, BUT I PRESS ON TO TAKE HOLD OF THAT FOR WHICH CHRIST JESUS TOOK HOLD OF ME. I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF YET TO HAVE TAKEN HOLD OF IT.
BUT ONE THING I DO: FORGETTING WHAT IS BEHIND AND STRAINING TOWARD WHAT IS AHEAD, I PRESS ON TOWARDS THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD HAS CALLED ME HEAVENWARD IN CHRIST JESUS.
PHILLIPIANS 3:7-14
HOWEVER,
MANY LIVE AS ENEMIES OF THE CROSS OF CHRIST.
THEIR DESTINY IS DESTRUCTION, THEIR god IS THEIR STOMACH, AND THEIR GLORY IS IN THEIR SHAME.
THEIR MIND IS SET ON EARTHLY THINGS.
BUT AS A SON, A DAUGHTER OF THE MOST HIGH
AN AMBASSADOR FOR CHRIST
A KING AND PRIEST FOR OUR GOD
AND I WILL REIGN ON THE EARTH
AS LORD OF THIS EARTH WITH
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A STEWARD, IN CHRIST
I AM A CITIZEN OF HEAVEN, WHERE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST LIVES. AND I AM EAGERLY WAITING FOR HIM TO RETURN AS MY SAVIOR. HE WILL TAKE MY WEAK MORTAL BODY AND CHANGE IT INTO A GLORIOUS BODY LIKE HIS OWN, USING THE SAME POWER WITH WHICH HE WILL BRING EVERYTHING UNDER HIS CONTROL!
PHILIPPIANS 3:18-21
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THOSE WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES RELIGIOUS AND YET DO NOT KEEP A TIGHT REIN ON THEIR TONGUES, DECEIVE THEMSELVES, AND THEIR RELIGION IS WORTHLESS. RELIGION THAT GOD OUR FATHER ACCEPTS AS PURE AND FAULTLESS IS THIS: FOR ME TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS AND WIDOWS IN THEIR DISTRESS AND TO KEEP MYSELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD.
JAMES 1:26-27
I CLEANSE MYSELF OF WHAT IS UNFIT, AND I BE A VESSEL FOR HONOR: SANCTIFIED, USEFUL TO THE MASTER AND PREPARED TO DO GOOD WORK. I FLEE FROM YOUTHFUL PASSIONS AND PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH, LOVE, PEACE, ALONG WITH THOSE WHO CALL ON THE LORD OUT OF A PURE HEART.
2 TIMOTHY 2:21-22
I BE SUBJECT TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES, I BE OBEDIENT, I BE READY TO DO WHATEVER IS GOOD, I SLANDER NO ONE, I BE PEACEABLE AND CONSIDERATE, AND ALWAYS I BE GENTLE
TOWARD EVERYONE.
TITUS 3:1
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AND
I PAY EVERYONE WHAT I OWE HIM:
TAXES TO WHOM TAXES ARE DUE,
REVENUE TO WHOM REVENUE IS DUE,
RESPECT TO WHOM RESPECT IS DUE,
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.
ROMANS 13:7
I AM SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES,
FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT THAT WHICH THE LORD HAS ESTABLISHED. THE AUTHORITIES THAT EXIST HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY GOD. CONSEQUENTELY, WHOEVER REBELS AGAINST THE AUTHORITY IS REBELLING AGAINST WHAT GOD HAS INSTITUTED, AND THOSE WHO DO SO WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON THEMSELVES. FOR RULERS HOLD NOT TERROR FOR THOSE WHO DO RIGHT, BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO WRONG. I WANT TO BE FREE FROM FEAR OF THE ONE IN AUTHORITY; THEN I DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND I WILL BE COMMENDED. FOR THE ONE IN AUTHORITY IS GOD’S SERVANT FOR MY GOOD. BUT IF I DO WRONG, I MUST BE AFRAID, FOR RULERS DO NOT BEAR THE SWORD FOR NO REASON. THEY ARE GOD’S SERVANTS, AGENTS OF WRATH TO BRING PUNISHMENT ON THE WRONGDOER. THEREFORE, IT IS NECESSARY TO SUBMIT TO THE AUTHORITIES, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE PUNISHMENT BUT ALSO IN A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE.
THIS IS ALSO WHY I PAY TAXES, FOR THE AUTHORITIES ARE GOD’S SERVANTS, WHO GIVE THEIR FULL TIME TO GOVERNING. I GIVE TO EVERYONE WHAT I OWE THEM: IF I OWE TAXES, I PAY TAXES, IF REVENUE, THEN REVENUE; IF RESPECT, THEN RESPECT; IF HONOR, THEN HONOR.
ROMANS 13:1-7
THEREFORE I SUBMIT MYSELF TO EVERY ORDINANCE OF MAN FOR THE LORD’S SAKE, WHETHER TO THE KING AS SUPREME, OR TO GOVERNORS, AS TO THOSE WHO ARE SENT BY HIM FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF evildoers AND FOR THE PRAISE OF THOSE WHO DO GOOD. FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD, THAT BY DOING GOOD I MAY SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF foolish MEN–AS FREE, YET NOT USING LIBERTY AS A CLOAK FOR vice, BUT AS A BONDSERVANT OF GOD. I HONOR ALL PEOPLE.
I LOVE THE BROTHERHOOD.
I FEAR GOD. I HONOR THE KING.
1 PETER 2:13-16
JESUS IS LORD! 