HEALING SCHOOL OF MINISTRY INT'L
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE #33
PRAISE THE LORD
GOD’S CHILDREN…
BECAUSE…
THIS IS THE DAY…
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE
AND
WE WILL CONTINUALLY REJOICE…
AS WE SPEND OUR TIME
WITH OUR LORD…IN TOTAL GRATITUDE… FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR US…
ON THE CROSS
…AND…
WE WILL BE GLAD IN IT…
WE ARE GRATEFUL AND PRIVILEGED TO WORSHIP OUR LORD…AND RECEIVE HIS LOVE…HIS GLORY… AND… HIS PEACE!
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WELCOME TO
THE MASTER’S TOUCH
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
MY FRIENDS…WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY BLESSED!! TO BRING THESE
WORSHIP SERVICES
TO YOU…
WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
GLORIFY GOD…
…AND…
We
always look forward… with GREAT EXPECTATION
OF GOD…
Doing Miraculous things through US…
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It’s our… HOPE and PRAYER
that…
YOU…TOO…
are EXPECTING to experience God’s Miraculous power…in
ALL of HIS GLORY!
SO…
DID YOU COME EXPECTING TO RECEIVE FROM GOD TODAY...?
WELL…IF YOU DIDN’T COME EXPECTING TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD… AND…TO RECEIVE FROM HIM… YOU WON’T !!!
SO … BEGIN BY
ELEVATING YOUR EXPECTATION LEVEL…
HOW?
EXPECT TO RECEIVE THE GOODNESS…
KNOWLEDGE…
WISDOM… AND…
ABUNDANT BLESSINGS …OF GOD…
AS YOU ENTER INTO
…AND…
PRACTICE HIS PRESENCE…
WHEN YOU DO…
YOU’ll BEGIN TO
GROW IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD…
…AND…AS A RESULT…
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST…
WILL EXCELL WITH ABUNDANT LIFE…
…AND…BLESSINGS…
FROM GOD!!
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As we begin our worship service today...
Please… pray with me…
HEAVENLY FATHER… WE COME INTO YOUR GLORIOUS
PRESENCE… IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR…
WE ENTER YOUR
COURTS…
WITH PRAISE… AND… THANKSGIVING POURING OUT… FROM OUR HEARTS… LIKE A WATERFALL…
THROUGH OUR LIPS
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LORD…
OUR SINCERE LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR YOU...
AS ALWAYS…
IS ANCHORED…
DEEPLY IN OUR HEARTS
…AND…
WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU FOR OUR ABILITY…
TO SHARE THAT LOVE AND DEVOTION WITH OTHERS …
AS A TESTIMONY…
A WITNESS…
OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE!
WE LOVE…YOU
MAGNIFY...YOU
AND…
PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME…
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LORD… WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU… THAT…
AS WE LIFT UP THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED…AND THOSE WHO REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE….
YOU’RE ALWAYS ON THE SCENE HEALING…HELPING
COMFORTING…
ENCOURAGING…
LOVING AND BLESSING EACH ONE…
WE THANK YOU FOR THE HEALING POWER OF GOD… THAT… YOU HAVE GIFTED TO US
…AND…
SHOWN US… HOW TO USE
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WE THANK YOU FOR…
STRENGTHENING US THROUGH YOUR WORD…AND… OUR EXPERIENCES…
WE THANK YOU FOR HEALING OUR LAND…
OUR NATION… FOR RESTORING US TO PEACE…
CONTENTMENT
AND
HAPPINESS…
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WE THANK… PRAISE AND… GIVE GLORY
TO YOU LORD…
THAT… OUR HEARTS ARE CULTIVATED- FERTILE GROUND…
… AND…
ARE
…PREPARED…
… AND….
READY TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD SEED…
WE PATIENTLY WAIT ON YOU… LORD
IN EXPECTATION… OF…
OUR MIGHTY HARVEST…
WE THANK… AND… PRAISE YOU… THAT… WE BELIEVERS… DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE… OF THE MOST HIGH…
IN CHRIST JESUS.
WE THANK YOU… AND REJOICE… BECAUSE…
YOU’VE ALREADY HEARD OUR PRAYERS...
AND…
WE KNOW FROM YOUR WORD…
THAT…
ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS FOR THE BELIEVER’S PRAYERS…
ARE …
“YES AND AMEN.”
WE THANK YOU…
FOR…
GIVING US YOUR POWERFUL GIFTS…
YOUR RESURRECTION POWER…
WHICH IS…
YOUR CREATIVE ABILITY…
TO USE… HERE ON THIS EARTH…
AND… WE BLESS YOU LORD…FOR TEACHING US HOW TO DILIGENTLY APPLY THOSE GIFTS TO OUR DAILY LIVES.
THANK YOU LORD…
FOR YOUR GIFTS OF UTTERANCE… AND…
THE RHEEMA WORD OF GOD…
THANK YOU… THAT… THE HEALING POWER OF GOD… IS PRESENT TO HEAL … ALL… WHO COME TO YOU IN FAITH …AND…
IN NEED.
WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE… FOR YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON…JESUS…
THE CHRIST…
AND…
HIS FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS…
ON OUR BEHALF
…AND…
WE THANK YOU… THAT…WE ARE TOTALLY HEALED…MADE WHOLE…AND… COMPLETELY RESTORED…
TO YOUR
DIVINE DESIGN…
WHICH
POSITIONS US…
TO WALK IN YOUR GIFT…OF…DIVINE HEALTH
WE GIVE YOU THANKS… AND...PRAISE…FOR YOUR GOD-GIFTED BLESSINGS AND POWERS
WHICH WE RECEIVED
ON YOUR BREATH…
AT OUR CREATION…
WE THANK YOU THAT…THESE GIFTS…
EQUIP US…
TO BE THE OVERCOMERS OF THE ENEMY…
IN THIS NATURAL WORLD
WE PRAISE YOU… LORD…
WE WORSHIP YOU…
AND WE BOW DOWN BEFORE YOU…
AS
WE GIVE YOU…
ALL HONOR…
ALL GLORY…
AND
ALL PRAISE…
AS WE PRAY…
IN THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES…
THE EXTREMELY POWERFUL NAME…
…OF…
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR…
JESUS THE CHRIST…
AMEN!
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MY DEAR FRIENDS… PLEASE…
Welcome
The Trinity…
MUSIC: DOXOLOGY
PRAISE FATHER SON PRAISE FATHER SON PRAISE FATHER SON
AAND…
HO-LY GHOOOOST
ALL PEOPLE THAT ON EARTH DO DWELL
SING TO THE LORD WITH CHEERFUL VOICE
HIM SERVE WITH MIRTH HIS GRACE FORTH-TELL
COME YE BEFORE HIM AND REJOICE
OOH ENTER THEN HIS GATES WITH JOY
WITHIN HIS COURTS HIS PRAISE PROCLAIM
LET THANKFUL SONGS YOUR TONGUES EEEMPLOY
OH BLESS AND MAGNIFY HIS NAME
BECAUSE THE LORD OUR GOD IS GOOOD
HIS MERCY IS FOR-EVER SURE
HIS TRUTH AT ALL TIMES FIRMLY STOOD
AND SHALL FROM AGE TO AGE ENDURE
EN-DURE
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOOW
PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOOW
PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVN’LY HOSTS
PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HO-LY GHO-ST
A-A-MEN A-A-MEN A-A-MEN
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BELSSINGS FLOW
PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW
PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEV’ANLY HOSTS
PRAISE FATHER …SON AND HO-LY GHOOOOST
PRAISE FATHER SON… PRAISE FATHER SON … PRAISE FATHER SON A-ND HO-LY GHOOOOOST
AAAAAA-MEN
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AND NOW…
WITH
OPEN HEARTS
… AND…
MINDS AND SPIRITS PREPARED
TO RECEIVE…
WE WORSHIP OUR LORD…
IN SPIRIT…TRUTH…
AND SONG!
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MUSIC#1: OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEARTOpen the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
To see You high and lifted up,
Shining in the light of Your glory.
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy.
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
To see You high and lifted up,
Shining in the light of Your glory.
Pour out Your power and love
As we sing holy, holy, holy.
MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy
I want to see you.
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy
Holy, Holy, Holy
I want to see you.
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
Open the eyes of my heart Lord
Open the eyes of my heart.
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
I want to see You!
MUSIC#2: POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
I DON’T
KNOW HOW
TO SAY EXACTLY HOW I FEEL
AND I CAN’T
BE-GIN
TO TELL YOU WHAT YOUR LOVE HAS MEANT
I’M LOST FOR WORDS
IS THERE
A WAY
TO SHOW THE PASSION OF MY HEART
CAN I
EXPRESS
HOW TRULY GREAT I THINK YOU ARE
MY DEAREST FRIEND
LORD THIS IS MY DESIRE
TO POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
LIKE OIL UPON YOUR FEET
LIKE WINE FOR YOU TO DRINK
LIKE WATER FROM MY HEART
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IF PRAISE IS LIKE PERFUME
I LAVISH MINE ON YOU
TILL EVERY DROP IS GONE
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IS THERE
A WAY
TO SHOW THE PASSION OF MY HEART
CAN I
EXPRESS
HOW TRULY GREAT I THINK YOU ARE
MY DEAREST FRIEND
LORD THIS IS MY DESIRE
TO POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
LIKE OIL UPON YOUR FEET
LIKE WINE FOR YOU TO DRINK
LIKE WATER FROM MY HEART
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IF PRAISE IS LIKE PERFUME
I LAVISH MINE ON YOU
TILL EVERY DROP IS GONE
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
LIKE OIL UPON YOUR FEET
LIKE WINE FOR YOU TO DRINK
LIKE WATER FROM MY HEART
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IF PRAISE IS LIKE PERFUME
I LAVISH MINE ON YOU
TILL EVERY DROP IS GONE
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
YEAH YEAH
LIKE OIL UPON YOUR FEET
LIKE WINE FOR YOU TO DRINK
LIKE WATER FROM MY HEART
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IF PRAISE IS LIKE PERFUME
I LAVISH MINE ON YOU
TILL EVERY DROP IS GONE
I POUR MY LOVE
LIKE OIL UPON YOUR FEET
LIKE WINE FOR YOU TO DRINK
LIKE WATER FROM MY HEART
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
IF PRAISE IS LIKE PERFUME
I LAVISH MINE ON YOU
TILL EVERY DROP IS GONE
I POUR MY LOVE ON YOOOOOOU
POUR MY LOVE ON YOU
YEAH YEAH
YEAH YEAH
YEEAAAHHH
MUSIC: #3 BECOMING
Ooooooooooo
Have I grown
to look like you
Has love been carved
into my heart
oh Lord
I pray its true
Do I ache inside
to feel your smile
and to gain what I can’t lose
Who am I becoming…
I long to be like you
Ohhhh
Who am I becoming
Would a stranger
find you here
Could they recognize
you in my life
Would my love
for you be clear
Do I treasure all
that’s dear to you
See the world
though mercys eyes
Who am I becomii…ing
Can they see
your face in mine
Oh Lord I want
to look like you
To walk like you
To talk like you
Breathe the air
your breathing
To hear you
call me friend.
Who am I becoming
I am clay
within your hands
And if you must use fire
to form me
I trust
what you have planned
for beauty shines
in purest light
when its tested
and found true
I pray I am becoming
Ohhhh
Beauti-ful like yooooouuu
Oh lord I want
to look like you
To walk like you
To talk like you
Breathe the air
your breathing
To hear you
call me friend.
Oh Lord I want
to look like you
To walk like you
To talk like you
Breathe the air
your breathing
To hear you
call me friend.
Ahhhh
To hear you
call me friend.
That’s who I’m becoming
Ooohhhh
That’s who I’m becoming
Ohhhhh
That’s who I’m becoming
Just a child
who longs to find
The more with
every passing da..y
Lord you ar..e
magnified
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What you’re doing…
Pull up a chair…
And Get
Comfortable…
As we prepare to Receive from the Word of God!!!
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HEAVENLY FATHER...
May the Words of my mouth
And the Meditations of my heart…
be WHOLLY acceptable to You…Lord…
My rock… and… My Redeemer…
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MAY YOUR WORDS…
BE MY WORDS …
AND…MY WORDS
BE YOURS...
And
MAY MY WORDS CONTINUALLY GLORIFY YOU…
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MAY THOSE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH ME…
SEE ALL OF YOU…
…AND …
NONE OF ME…
IN JESUS’ NAME… AMEN
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TODAY WE WILL DELVE INTO …
THE PURPOSE AND POWER OF CHRIST’S RESURRECTION
Our Texts for this message are:
1Corinthians 15:17-19… and…
Philippians 3:4-11
YOU SEE…
There’s a PURPOSE… for which… Christ rose from the dead… and… There’s a POWER made available to US through HIS RESURRECTION.
We need to know both the PURPOSE … and… the POWER … for us to enjoy to the maximum… Our relationship with God…
With all of the accompanying benefits… in THIS WORLD… and… IN THE WORLD TO COME:
“I want to know Christ...
I want to know the power of his resurrection."
We see that THIS is Paul's primary desire… THIS is what Paul wants… more than anything else in this life:
To know the living… and…the resurrected Christ… and… to know the power associated with that resurrection.
Furthermore… contemplate THIS…
IF ….Christ IS NOT raised from the dead… then… HE has no power today.
He is dead.
Oh…His words might have some influence … BUT… HE of himself… has no power at all.
THIS … IS why… the resurrection is so central to Christians…
Christianity is NOT a religion based on abstract principles… Christianity IS a RELATIONSHIP with a LIVING SAVIOR…
A Savior we can know…
A Savior who infuses our life… and… empowers us…
Who transforms us into HIS likeness.
BUT WAIT!!!!…
What does Paul mean when he says he wants to know Christ?
And… just what IS… this Power of His Resurrection?
BE THINKING OF SOME IDEAS…WHILE WE TALK
ABOUT TRULY KNOWING CHRIST
First of all… what does "knowing Christ" mean?
Let’s first consider whether or not this desire belongs to Paul alone…
Is Paul stating a personal preference… or… a truth that’s central for all Christians?
OUR EVIDENCE is found in…
Jeremiah 9:23-24
23 Thus says the Lord:
“Let not
the wise man glory in his
wisdom…
Let not
the mighty man glory in his
might…
Nor… let
the rich man glory in his
riches…
24 BUT… let him who glories… glory in THIS…
That… he
understands and knows Me…
That I am the Lord… exercising lovingkindness… judgment… and…
righteousness… in the earth.
For in THESE… I delight…says the Lord.
SO…WE SEE THEN… THAT…Knowing God… is more important than wisdom…or …strength…
or… riches.
Think about the people who are most admired in this world…
They’re admired for these three qualities… aren't they?
I MEAN…We tend to admire those who are bright… intelligent… and… knowledgeable… or… those who are physically gifted in strength… talent… or… beauty…
Or… those… who have amassed great wealth.
But… the Lord says… through Jeremiah… THAT… NONE OF THOSE… are of great importance.
What matters more than anything else… IS… understanding… and… knowing the Lord…
Our covenant God… who… delights in kindness… justice… and… righteousness.
NOW… this prominence of knowing God… carries over into the accounts of the gospel of Christ.
Jesus himself… on the night prior to his death… prays for his followers… saying THIS:
Now THIS is eternal life: that they may know you, the ONLY TRUE God… and Jesus Christ… whom YOU have sent.
John 17:3
Eternal life is what? Knowing God… Knowing Jesus!
Without Knowing HIM… there is NO TRUE LIFE.
Peter… also emphasizes this point:
His Divine Power… has given us… everything we need… for life… and… godliness… through our knowledge of HIM… who called us by HIS OWN GLORY…and…GOODNESS
2 Peter 1:3
SO…Our knowledge of him… leads to activation of His empowerment of US… with everything we need… for life and godliness.
Also…John makes a similar point …near the close of his first letter:
We know also… 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…even IN HIS Son Jesus Christ.
HE… is the TRUE GOD… and… ETERNAL LIFE.
1st John 5:20
John says…THAT….Jesus came …so that… WE might KNOW HIM…
The purpose of the
incarnation… then…
was our Knowing
HIM.
THIS…MY FRIENDS… is central to the gospel.
SO… Old Testament… New Testament… gospel accounts… letters… Paul… Peter… John… ALL agree… that… knowing God… knowing Jesus… IS CENTRAL
BUT… WHAT exactly… does Knowing GOD mean?
WE get to know a person… in part… by… being in his physical presence.
But… how do we get to know Jesus?
Surely… Knowing GOD… ALSO… is much more than just Knowing facts about GOD.
So…How can we come into this deep… personal relationship… with God?
How Do We Know God?
Well…First… we surely must know about him.
So we DO actually … need to learn about GOD.
How do we do this?
Partially… by listening to faithful preachers of God's word.
Partially… by regular reading… and…studying the Bible.
Partially… by witnessing the impact of God…on the lives of others.
But… second… we have to GO BEYOND LEARNING FACTS.
WE absolutely MUST cultivate our own relationship… with HIM.
THERE ARE THREE STEPS INVOLVED IN CULTIVATING A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD…THE FATHER…GOD THE SON…AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
1. The first step… is … putting your faith in HIM…
In other words…
NOT ONLY …
Believing that HE IS the Son of God…
BUT…Believing Him…His Words… as well.
Believing THAT… the event we celebrate …the Resurrection… really DID take place… and…ardently desiring HIM to make YOU into a new creation…
2. A second step IS… spending time in prayer
Pray alone… and… with others.
In prayer… you can share all your joys… frustrations… and… sorrows with the GOD OF THE UNIVERSE… the GOD WHO CARES…
Talking to GOD…
builds your relationship with him.
HOWEVER…remember ALL OF OUR PRAYERS ARE SPOKEN
ON GOD’S BREATH… AND… ARE OFFERED UP…
IN THANKSGIVING.
So…think about how you will ask Him for things…He thrives on Praise and thanksgiving.
No one I know ever gets tired of hearing praises… adolation…and…words of admiration.
3. The third step IS… following…
Listen to YOUR words…while you pray… and…when you are reading the Bible….
Be willing to follow… even when his commands don't seem to make sense.
Depend on GOD… when his requirements seem unreasonable…
When you do this … you are stepping out in faith…taking
GOD
at His Word…
and…
When you step out in faith
He’ll be there… to support you… and… you will see Jesus…completely differently… THAN BEFORE…
You will actually… really… SEE HIM… as a LIVING RISEN SAVIOR! ...NOT as a stigma…an… icon… THAT represents an action …that… may NOT have any significance in your own daily life.
KNOWING THE POWER
OF THE RESURRECTION
Is the second part of Paul's desire…
He says…
"to know … the power of his resurrection."
Note: that… Paul does NOT ask GOD for more power…
Instead… he asks of GOD… that… he might know the resurrection power HE ALREADY HAS!
Paul's first prayer for the Ephesians… actually parallels that idea.
In chapter 1 of that letter… he prays THAT… the Ephesians… might know three things.
The third is:
HIS incomparable great power for US …who BELIEVE …
Which he employed In Christ when he raised him from the dead
Ephesians 1:18-20 Tells US…
18 the eyes of your understanding… being enlightened…THAT… you may KNOW…
What is the hope of His calling…
What are the riches of the glory… of His inheritance in the saints…
Which He worked IN CHRIST… When He raised Him from the dead… and… seated Him… at His right hand… in the heavenly places…
NOW…as I have been telling you…
ALL CHRISTIANS… have this power…
ALL CHRISTIANS… have access to this incomparable great power… this RESURRECTION POWER.
Our task…THEN… is to do what?
To tap into it.
Let’s check out five aspects of this power.
(1) The Power to Have Sins Forgiven
Sin… has a hold on all of us. Without God… we are slaves to sin.
BUT… Christ… through his death …burial…and resurrection… frees us from the power of sin.
He was delivered over to death… because …of our sins… and …raised to life … because of our justification
Our EVIDENCE:
Rom 4:25
25 who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.
Christ died as the necessary sacrifice for our sins. BUT… HIS being raised to life… HIS RESURRECTION … is absolutely vital!
As Paul says… he was "raised to life because of our justification."
When Jesus died… God laid on him… ALL the iniquity of us ALL…
The punishment… that… all of us deserve… for all our sins….
So…Had there been anything lacking… in Jesus' sacrifice…
IF His blood …had lacked the power to cancel the penalty…for anyone's sin… then…God could not have raised him.
In that case… God's justice… would not have allowed him… to raise Jesus from the dead.
But… the very fact of the resurrection… shows… once and for all… that… Jesus' sacrifice is all that’s necessary… to pay the penalty for my sin… and…for yours.
SO…Whenever Satan accuses us … saying… "God could never forgive you for what you have done -- Think how terrible you are!" … we can say…
"Jesus rose from the dead!
Jesus rose from the dead because I am justified…
Having believed in Jesus… I am righteous… in God's eyes."
THAT… is the power of the resurrection.
(2) The Power to Conquer Sin
Resurrection Power doesn't end with our forgiveness.
Christ's resurrection… also empowers US to conquer sin in our own lives…or to
DIE TO SELF…
TO…Put on the new self… created to be like God… in true righteousness… and…
holiness.
Ephesians 4:24 says…
IN CHRIST… we are…
A new creation…
His Spirit… lives within US.
We have been renewed… we have a new self … and… the purpose …of THAT new self… IS…
to be conformed to the image of Christ… to become like him…
Truly righteous…
Truly holy…
to become… What God
intended and still intends… humans to be!
So… IF… this is the case… why do Christians… keep on sinning?
Paul gives us the answer in today's verse in Philippians: We don't know the power!
We have all this power… BUT …we continue to act as if we are weak…
as if… we are still slaves to sin.
Satan tries to deceive us… making us think we are still his… and… he uses habits… ingrained in us …over many years… to make us believe him.
HOWEVER…
God gives us the power to break those habits … but… we must first know…THAT…we even have the power!
That’s why Paul has such a strong desire for this knowledge.
(3) The Power to Be God's Agent
But… Christianity is NOT ONLY about forgiveness and overcoming sin… Christianity is NOT simply a solution to our problems…
GOD has a positive purpose in our salvation…
He has determined… THAT… we are to be his agents of change… in this NATURAL world.
SO…GOD empowers US… not only… to defeat sin… BUT also… to share… and… display his loving message… to the world.
What did Jesus say?…
"You are the light of the world."
Paul says…
He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
WE are therefore…Christ's ambassadors… as though… GOD was making his appeal through us.
Our EVIDENCE:
2 Cor 5:19-20
MY POWER is made perfect in weakness…
2 Cor 12:9
That MY DEAR SISTER… IS the idea.
GOD shows HIS POWER by working through US…
by working mightily through US… even though… WE are weak…and… unworthy.
(4) The Power to Be Conformed to His Likeness
Finally… RESURRECTION POWER’S greatest accomplishment… IS… conforming US to the likeness of Christ.
WE are FORGIVEN …ALL SIN… PAST…PRESENT…AND FUTURE…
Therefore…enabled NOT TO SIN…
Appointed as ambassadors … and… perfected in His love.
Paul says WE:
Are… being transformed… into his likeness… with ever-increasing glory… which comes from the Lord… who is the Spirit.
2 Cor 3:18
Into his likeness! Can you imagine what that means?
Think of everything about yourself that you don't like… all the habits… all the negative… characteristics … the things you have wanted to change… that you’ve tried to change.
God will deal with every single one of those.
You are being made into a perfect creation …
You are becoming like Jesus! …
THAT…is YOUR DESTINY … and…
Once you accept Christ as Lord and Savior…(become born again)… You are transformed in your spirit
THIS… IS… A TRULY LEGAL TRANSACTION…
Which… once executed…You are CHANGED IN THE SPIRIT REALM…OUR REALITY…INTO A CHRISTIAN… A TRUE BELIEVER…A CHILD OF the LIVING GOD…
Becoming the perfect bride of Christ…spotless… blameless… loving… kind… strong … transformed into HIS likeness.
THAT’S The Power of the Resurrection!
(5) The Power to Overcome the Devil and his Kingdom
YOU SEE…It was through Jesus’ death…burial… and… Resurrection… that… HE was given a name… above every other name… and… THIS… means a POWER above every POWER.
OUR EVIDENCE:
Phil 2:5-11.
Jesus gave us this power… to tread upon serpents… and… scorpions… and… over ALL the power of the devil.
You see… once you are born again and become a true Christian (follower of Christ) The enemy has no more power over you AT ALL!
The only way he can do anything to you…IS… through the power of suggestion…and… if you are getting hammered by the devil…then… the weed seed he planted in your spiritual garden of Eden… lying within you…will take root and… you will become a feckless… weak… Christian…pretty much a pew warmer…who eventually will stop praying and looking for that relationship with Christ… because you never get answers to your prayers… and… so you give up
YOU settle into being the VICTIM…NEVER the VICTOR!
AND… The enemy will take your power and use it to beat you up with…!
Knowing Who you are IN CHRIST…and the RESURRECTION POWER will DEVELOP YOU…AND cause YOU to exercise YOUR rightful authority over the powers of darkness …and… YOU will NOT be afraid of them…or… the powerless enemy!
(CONCLUSION)
So… the fact THAT… the Resurrection is central to true Christianity…must be true…
You see…The Resurrection must be true if we’re to know… and to have a relationship … with… our Savior…
The Resurrection must be true… if we are to have access to the RESURRECTION POWER which raised Jesus from the dead …
POWER TO …
• Be forgiven from sin…
POWER TO …
• Overcome sin…
POWER TO …
• Be God's ambassadors…
POWER TO …
• Be conformed to Christ's likeness…
POWER TO …
• Overcome Satan and his kingdom…
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Music: LOVE CAME
FOR ME
If-You had not
come
Tender baby King
And - humbly left Your throne
To reach someone like me
If You had not walked
Upon this broken ground
Where on earth would I… be now?
If You had not come
If You had not come
To seek the sick and lame
To set the captive free
To break the prisoners chains
I’d still be in the dark
Grappling for the door
Longing for some way… somehow
but…
Love came for me
Love rescued me
Love called my name
Love took my place
Sweet Lamb of God
I’m bow-in do-wn
My eyes have seen
I’m finally free
Love came… for - me
If You had not come
Willing, spotless Lamb
My-sin would be too much
For-You to take me as I am
But, oh, the blood of Christ
That washes over me
Flowing from Your hands-your feet
I-Don’t have to worry where.. I’d be
Cause…
Love came for me
Love rescued me
Love called my name
Love took my place
Sweet Lamb of God
I’m bowin down
My eyes have seen
I’m finally free
Love came… for me
This manger King
My everything
Love came…… for me
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MY FRIENDS…
IF Its your desire…
To come into
... and…
Dwell in...the GLORIOUS … miraculous presence of… Jesus our Lord and Savior...
IF you desire to “BE”
IN CHRIST...
THAT… STATE OF BEING…
TO ADOPT…
CHRIST’S LIFESTYLE…
And…LIVE under
GOD’S IDEAL… GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM…
To avail yourself of… His marvelous wisdom
… and…
OPERATE DAILY…
IN HIS WONDERFUL GIFTS...
YOU MUST GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM…AND DIE TO SELF…
It’s very simple
… and…
IT’s pain free…
JUST
PRAY this prayer with me
...
Lord Jesus...I come to you as a sinner and surrender my life to you.
I believe that
you are the only begotten Son of God,
I believe that YOU died for me…AS ME… and set me free for all
eternity
from all sin…
I believe that…on the third day…
you rose from the dead and
sit at the right hand of God the Father…
As the scriptures tell us
Lord… please…
Take over my life…
and
cleanse me of all unrighteousness.
I thank you… and… I receive you as my Lord and Savior.
I praise you… and… I renounce the devil...and ALL SIN…
Lord...I thank you… and receive from you...All the promises to me in your covenant…
The gift of righteousness…
Total forgiveness of all my sins... past… present… and… future...
Divine Health… wholeness… and restoration...
Your Protection… direction...
Your Provision …
your peace...
…and…
The gift of
everlasting life.
I am yours...come into my heart… and…
take over my life!
In Jesus name...I pray… AMEN!
MY DEAR FRIENDS…If you haven’t decided to give your life to Christ… THEN… you will simply remain a CREATION of God…
However…If you prayed that prayer with me...and believe what you prayed…
you are…Born Again… and have become a
CHILD OF GOD!
ONE OF THE GREATEST GIFTS… THAT WE RECEIVE… FROM TAKING HOLY COMMUNION… IS… HEALING OF OUR BODIES AND MINDS.
AS WITH EVERYTHING…WE MUST PREPARE BEFORE WE PARTAKE…
THE BIBLE TELLS US WHAT WE MUST DO…
FIRST… WE MUST…
· DISCERN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
THIS MEANS THAT YOU…BELIEVE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE … THAT THE BREAD…OR FOOD ITEM YOU ARE USING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST… IS:
· THE VIBRANCY OF THE LIFE WITHIN JESUS
· HIS SUPERNATURAL HEALING AND WHOLENESS...
THE LORD SHOWED ME THAT IT BECOMES EASY WHEN You think of it as a pill…that’s glowing with the Shekeenah glory of God… and as it travels through your mouth… down into your body…. it’s healing you…it’s pushing out all darkness … ALL SICKNESS AND DIS-EASE from the inside out.
WHATEVER THE AILMENTS ARE…SEE THEM ON JESUS’ BODY…
THERE’S NO PLACE FOR GUILT HERE SINCE HE ALREADY TOOK ALL SICKNESS AND DIS-EASE AT THE CROSS.
SO…WHAT’S HAPPENING?
THE ENEMY’S TRYING
TO TRICK YOU INTO TAKING SICKNESS... BY DECIEVING YOU INTO THINKING THAT
YOU’VE GOT IT…THROUGH LYING SYMPTOMS…
BUT REMEMBER …THAT JESUS TOOK IT AT THE CROSS… SO…
YOU WERE HEALED AND MADE WHOLE…AT THE CROSS!
THEREFORE:
SEE YOURSELF WITH THE SOLUTION…
SEE YOURSELF WITHOUT THE PROBLEM…THIS IS CALLED
SPIRITUAL VISUALIZATION.
IT’S VITAL YOU BEGIN PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE
IN
YOUR LIFE !
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THE NEXT THING WE DO IN PREPARATION...IS…
DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST…
WE DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AS…
· THE FORGIVENESS OF ALL YOUR SIN… PAST… PRESENT AND FUTURE.
· AS…CONTINUALLY USING THE CREATIVE ABILITY OF GOD IN YOUR LIFE DAILY…TO MANIFEST THE PLAN OF GOD… ON EARTH… AS THAT BLUEPRINT IS… IN HEAVEN.
· AS RESTORATION OF THE BLESSING TO YOUR LIFE…WHICH IS…GOD’S
· CREATIVE ABILITY TO SPEAK AND HAVE WHAT WE SAY COME TO PASS INSTANTLY
· IT’S GOD’S DOMINION
…HIS…
DUNAMOUS…EXTREME POWER…
· GOD’S RESURRECTION POWER…
GOD’S ALL ENCOMPASSING CREATIVE SUPER POWER…
AND…
GOD’S EXOUSIA AUTHORITY…
HIS PERMISSION… TO USE ALL OF HIS GIFTS...
AND THOSE GIFTS ARE ALL IN FULL OPERATION IN YOUR LIFE.
· DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST… AS… RECEIVING THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM CHRIST JESUS.
· THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE…LIFE EVERLASTING...
AND…
AS A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER…
YOU NO LONGER LIVE
UNDER THE LAW…
YOU LIVE UNDER
GOD’S GRACE.
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Now… PLEASE …place your focus on the elements of the Covenant…
These are the items I asked you to assemble at the
beginning of the service…
as I pray…
Father God… we praise you and worship you with these elements of the covenant… We thank you that Your only begotten son Jesus… gave his life sacrificially…AS US… so that we may live… and have life more abundantly.
We thank you now… as these elements of the covenant… become our portion… of His Healing body …and the vibrancy of HIS life… within us…
We thank you…that… as we partake of the body of Christ… we become healed and made whole... completely restored...
We thank you…that…this beverage… becomes our portion… of His cleansing blood.
That we are constantly washed in the waterfall of His precious blood… and…renewed within… as we continually remember His act of love on the cross on our behalf.
In the name above all names…the matchless name of Jesus…the Christ… We pray…AMEN.
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The Word of God commands us to continually "eat the bread and drink the cup"
ALL in the rememberance of Jesus…
However… Paul didn’t give us instruction on the celebration frequency
He implys…
it’s to be done often…
In order to continually keep Christ’s Victory… of…
our redemption…from all Sickness…Dis-ease
… and…
All Sin
in the forefront of our mind…
So…My friends…
Do it as often as
you want to and
need to.
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…As we’re instructed…
We discern the Body
and the Blood of Christ…
as we prepare to partake…
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On the night that He was betrayed…
the Lord Jesus took bread… and…
when He had given thanks…
He broke it…
Saying …
'Take… eat…
THIS…is my body which is broken for you'…
'DO THIS…in remembrance of Me.'
“The body of our Lord Jesus Christ…The BREAD OF HEAVEN…
broken for you…
My Friends…
so that…
you…ARE
… and…
remain… healed… made whole… and… totally Restored
TO GOD’S DIVINE DESIGN…
In the name of Jesus the Christ we pray…” AMEN.
Partake of the Body of our Lord and Savior
In the same manner…
He also took the cup
after supper…
saying…
“This cup…IS…
The
New Covenant…
In My blood
DO THIS… as often as you drink it…
In remembrance of me.”
For… as often as you eat this bread…and…drink this cup…
you proclaim the Lord's death
until He comes"
My Friends…
“THE BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS…
SHED FOR YOU…
FOR THE REMISSION OF ALL YOUR SINS…Past,
Present, and Future”
And
For your
COMPLETE REDEMPTION
In the name of
Jesus… the Christ
we pray…
AMEN
Partake of the blood of our Lord and Savior
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*****
ONE MORE REMINDER…
When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior…the bible tells us…that… we are made a
New Creation…
a new Creature…
IN CHRIST JESUS!
The emphasis here… is on the
IN CHRIST JESUS
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior...
We move into Christ.
He surrounds us completely…
Now… with that in mind… formulate this picture using your spiritual visualization…
We are in Him…and…
He is in Us… visualize a kind of hollogram…when you move one way you see Jesus…move the other…you see YOU…
Or…think about it this way…
You can put Jesus on like a suit of clothes.
Your hands into his hands like gloves...
your arms into his arms like sleeves…
Your body into his body like the torso of your shirt… your legs into his like trousers… and…
your feet into his feet like shoes…
Where ever YOU go…
HE goes...
Where ever HE goes… YOU go.
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We have also been given the MIND OF CHRIST… Your head goes into Christ’s head.
We find our EVIDENCE in Deuteronomy 28:13
Where it tells us…THIS…
And… the LORD will make you the head and NOT the tail…
YOU shall be above ONLY… and NOT beneath…
IF… you heed the commandments of the LORD your God… which I command you today… and… are careful to observe them.
DEAR FRIENDS…
The result of this union…IS…
ALL of the vibrancy of CHRIST’S Life…
ALL of His divine health and wholeness…
ALL of His perfection are…YOURS!!!
HE is in YOU…and…YOU are in HIM…
NEVER TO BE SEPARATED AGAIN!
***
OUR NEW BIRTH…is called THE GREAT EXCHANGE…
We make a
LEGAL… SPIRITUAL TRANSACTION…
As we MOVE INTO CHRIST…
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We are Spiritually born again.
Remember that we are speaking spirits made in the image and likeness of God.
However…in our spiritual exchange…
WE ARE MADE A NEW CREATION… THAT REMAINS IN CHRIST FOR ALL OF ETERNITY
HOW DOES THIS EFFECT WHAT THE ENEMY
CAN or CAN NOT DO…TO YOU?
WELL…BECAUSE…OF THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS…
ON THE CROSS…
WE WERE
HEALED…
AT THE CROSS.
…And…
BECAUSE WE ARE
IN CHRIST…
BY MAKING JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR…
NOTHING EVIL
Can EVER touch us!
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We can NOT be sick…
Satan can TRY to get us to take sickness and
dis-ease …
By tempting us
to come into agreement with what the he SAYS ABOUT US…
This means…
agreeing with what we see with
our physical eyes and hear
with our physical ears…
in this natural realm
***
When Jesus went
to the cross… and… conquered... sin… hades and…death…HE triumped over satan…
Jesus
stripped satan of ALL of THE STOLEN God-gifted powers …Given to Adam on
God’s Breath….
Jesus... THEN… restored…
and re-activated The RESURRECTION POWER…WITHIN US
…and…
THOSE POWERS are grouped under THE BLESSING…
So…Jesus restored US to THE BLESSING.
The scriptures tell us… In 1 Peter 5:8 that… satan…OUR ADVERSARY… NOW … ROAMS ABOUT…LIKE a roaring lion… looking for whom he may devour.
THAT…WHO…MY FRIENDS…
IS…
Anyone who believes that satan HAS power…
HOWEVER…God’s word says… that…satan no longer has ANY POWER…
As a born again believer satan no longer has any power over YOU…
So this feckless…devil… satan… Roams
around roaring LIKE A LION…in language that you understand…
in order to FRIGHTEN YOU… into believing… THAT… he is powerful…and… to give you the impression… that… He… is even more powerful than GOD ALMIGHTY...
LISTEN CLOSELY NOW These are the only things satan can do… since Jesus stripped him of all power.
He can …
Distract you...move your focus off of the things of God… by tempting you… to agree… with what you see with the physical eyes and hear with the physical ears in this natural world.
IF
… you succumb to that temptation… you will begin to FOCUS…on
the cares of this world…
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HE CAN…
Deceive you...He is the father of all lies…and liars… he’s extremely stealthy… in tempting you with his disceptions.
HOWEVER…
Here’s the real truth that you need to see…in this…
satan will always attack you where you lack
knowledge and understanding of God’s Word.
So… let’s say that you lack
knowledge and understanding of what God says …about… healing and Christian finance
…
THEN… satan will attack you in your health… and…in your wallet…WHY? Because you have weakness there.
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satan’s game plan… is always the same...MY FRIENDS…
distraction &
disception
BUT… GET THIS…
satan didn’t actually do anything…
What?...WELL THEN… IF satan DIDN’T DO ANYTHING…WHO DID? …
YOU DID…
YOU CHOSE…
where you placed your focus…and…
YOU employed IT.
So …you can see that… satan’s a master at moving your FOCUS off of God… and… over onto the cares of this world... and a past master at deception.
LISTEN…
satan CAN NOT read your mind…
He CAN NOT hear what you are thinking.
He CAN NOT GIVE you anything.
He has no power over you AT ALL!.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS…
The only thing he… CAN DO… is…
OFFER IT TO YOU…that is known as a temptation…
You make the choice in your response.
Remember…WE ARE ALWAYS IN SOME KIND OF FAITH… Everything we do… starts with a thought…then…we put action to it…and…
When we do that… it will become…
WHAT WE BELIEVE!
So… when the enemy offers you a temptation… here in the natural realm…
IF you take that thought… THEN… put action to it…you will receive the consequences…
SO…Do you accept the evil report and CHOOSE DEATH?…
Do you…Receive the sickness … the dis-ease or lack… by Agreeing with what the enemy is saying about you… here in the natural?… IF SO… you are agreeing with the picture that the enemy has painted for you to see… with your physical eyes… and… hear with your physical ears… and…
IT’S IN THAT AGREEMENT …THAT…you manifest the negative outcome.
OR…
Do you ...CHOOSE LIFE
BY acknowledging the facts… that… you’re seeing in the natural…with your physical eyes…and hearing with your physical ears…
Which…are merely facts…
(anything in this natural world… is factoid…which means… it’s
subject to change.)
THEREFORE…
YOU…
ONLY AGREE with what God’s Word …and
promises… say about you!
THAT MY FRIENDS …IS CHOOSING LIFE!
IT’S ONLY BELIEVING WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS ABOUT YOU!
Now…I know… you’re saying... “well I’m
sick... and I’m in pain.”
However…what you are doing is rehearsing the problem… and… speaking sickness…
and… pain into existence… in your body… and… life…
so that…they never go away
…and…
eventually those symptoms… may worsen…and…even… rob you of your life.
Remember…we are given God’s Creative Ability…His Resurrection Power… as a gift…and… that’s the power to speak and have what we say come to pass immediately…just as God did when he created our world and US.
SO…Now…you know… THAT… because of a temptation from the enemy…YOU… are allowing lying symptoms to take over in your life… BY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING…OVER AND OVER AGAIN…WHAT YOU ARE EMBRACING
By agreeing with the lying symptoms…of pain suffering …
I want you to see this…
satan only suggested… that you listen to…and… see… that convoluted picture he painted… complete… with audio…
So…those symptoms… and… painful things…
MAY BE torturing you…
However… they… are STILL… just LYING SYMPTOMS…AND…
THEY were sent to you…by the enemy… as a GIFT…
TO tempt you… into believing his evil report
…and…
WHEN you DO…
the pain… and… sickness manifest… and… continue to do so … as long as you keep thinking…AGREEING WITH IT…AND… SAYING IT…
IF that’s what’s been happening to you… THEN…you’re in agreement with the enemy.
Remember this…
The enemy always works from the outside in.
God always works from the INSIDE OUT.
Where God IS… the enemy… simply CAN NOT BE.
Some will say… we’re in denial…
HOWEVER…My friends WE are NOT IN DENIAL!
We’re not denying the symptoms...
We’re denying the symptoms legal right… to be there… Because… we who are BORN AGAIN…are IN CHRIST...
Here is your EVIDENCE:
1st JOHN 4:17 TELLS US
THAT…
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD!
Well…How is Jesus?
HE’S Perfect...
Full of Divine Health… and Wholeness...
Full of the Vibrancy of Life.
Able to do miracles!
Full of confidence in God
…and… IN HIS WORD… and in Himself…
HE IS CONFIDENT
IN… what he is able to accomplish for GOD
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD!
THAT BELONGS TO YOU!
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·
EVERY
MORNING…
THE FIRST THING…
BEGIN YOUR DAY BY THANKING GOD FOR THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS ON YOUR BEHALF… AS YOU…ON THE CROSS. AND...THANK
HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
· THROUGHOUT THE DAY… AS YOU THINK OF IT… GIVE GOD GLORY FOR ALL HE IS DOING AND HAS ALREADY DONE FOR YOU … AND AGAIN… THANK HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
· AT NIGHT BEFORE YOU RETIRE…
GIVE GOD THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL HE IS…
AND HAS DONE FOR YOU AS YOUR SAVIOR
AND…
THANK HIM FOR THE POWER OF GOD THAT’S WITHIN YOUR BODY… COMING AGAINST ALL ATTACKS OF THE DEVIL
KEEPING YOU HEALED
…WHOLE... and WELL.
THANK HIM AGAIN THAT YOU DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THE MOST HIGH ...
IN CHRIST JESUS!
***
NOW…
RAISE YOUR HANDS FOR THE BLESSING…
***
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.
MAY THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU… AND…
BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU.
MAY THE LORD LIFT HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU
…AND…
GIVE YOU HIS PEACE.
***
MAY YOU OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH
AND CONTINUALLY DECLARE
WHO YOU ARE
IN CHRIST JESUS…
THANKING GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED…AND…
GIVE HONOR… GLORY… AND… PRAISE TO THE LORD MOST HIGH.
MAY THE LORD CONTINUALLY BLESS YOU…WITH…
DIVINE HEALTH… AND… WHOLENESS… AND… MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS…
AS YOU WALK IN HIS LOVE and LIGHT.
***
REMEMBER THIS:
BECAUSE WE
ARE
IN CHRIST…
1st John 4:17 applies to US
SO… BEGIN TO LIVE IT!
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD!
GOD BLESS YOU!
