2022.05.29 - Seeking And Saving

2022.05.29 - Seeking And Saving

Thursday, May 26, 2022

9:22 AM

 

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. KJV

 

Matthew 4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men . 20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. KJV

 

 

If he loved the world that much how much does he love his kids

  This is my beloved son - what had Jesus done??

In whom I am well pleased. 

 

Eli - The lost one

 

For me to sit here and give all kinds of excuses to make it right, I can't do. But what I want to ask everyone out there, everyone that has a child, everyone that has a brother, a sister: if your child or family member was abducted today, if a mad man came in, a terrorist came in, abducted your family member or your child and if I said to you I can bring your child home...does it matter how I bring them home? - Sam Childers

 

 

 

 

2022.05.21 - Slaves To Salvation

2022.05.21 - Slaves To Salvation 

Monday, May 02, 2022

3:46 PM

 

1.     By Grace Alone

a.     Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith ; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. KJV

2.     The Love Of The Father

a.     Matthew 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased . KJV

                              i.         No miracles, just His Son

3.     Slaves To Salvation

a.      We concentrate more on not doing bad things than we do on doing good things, serving God, The Church and others .

 

2022.05.14 - Minions And Masters

Minions And Masters

Saturday, April 23, 2022

7:29 PM

 

1.     Boundaries

a.     There to keep us safe - not prevent us from good

2.     Gods boundaries are in place to keep us in relationship - not prohibit us from

                            i.          Psalms 84:11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. 12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. KJV

 

2.     Love Letters

a.     The Bible is just one Big Love letter, from Him to YOU

b.     Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. KJV

c.     Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. KJV

 

 

2022.05.08 - Minion Mentality Sons & Slaves

2022.05.08 - Minion Mentality Sons & Slaves

Saturday, April 23, 2022

7:28 PM

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: 4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. 12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. KJV

·       Am I a son or a slave?

 

·       What set Christianity apart from every other religion?  Others are motivated to change etc from fear - love is the cornerstone of our beliefs and motivation 

 

·       Definition of a minion - a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

"he gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off"

Similar: underling 

 

·       To whom do you belong?  Are you a servant to self or to savior?

 

·       The only way to live in victory is to have battles that we win, we walk in victory because we have been victorious in past battles

 

• The harder I try the harder it gets to serve God

 

• Why should I even try again when I know that an attack with come

○ Would you rather be in the hospital or the middle of the jungle when pain comes? Pain . . .will . . .come.

·      • “that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality.” II Corinthians 8:2 NKJV

 

·       Don’t just lie down and succumb to who and what you are in this instant - rise to the challenge and change through the power of God

 

·       David was a carrier of cheese, a shepherd, a psalmist, a cheater, a murderer, 

 

·       man thinks in his heart so is he

 

·       They saw themselves as grasshoppers, so all others did as well 

 

·       Be transformed in the renewing of your mind

 

 

2022.05.04 - ruth 01:18, 01.19, 01.20, 01.21, 01.22

01.18 - Decisions Made

Ruth 1:18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. KJV

Wednesday, May 04, 2022 8:33 AM

• Jesus gave the same "offer" to those who were following Him

  John 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? KJV
  I find it interesting that this passage is John 6:66.

• I think the depth of our relationship with God depends on how we deal with this issue in our lives . . .

  Do we decide once to follow Him and just stick to it or do we dialy choose Him over all other things that are there on the "plate of life"
  Daily walking with Christ allows that He is kept dear and close as is our choice fresh in our minds, we have decided, again and again, to follow Him no matter where He leads or what the cost

• THIS DAY - today, and tomorrow, again and again, not just about a choice I made long ago but I am still consciously deciding even moment by moment to walk with Him

§ Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. KJV

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01.19 - Until They Made It Home

Wednesday, May 04, 2022
8:34 AM
Ruth 1:19 So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? KJV

• Until they came to Bethlehem . . .

We are not told of the obstacles they uncounted or how long it took, we are just told they left, they went and that they arrived.

• Set our hearts on Heaven and don’t look back, not matter what!' • All the city was moved about them . . .

Naomi was literally home again
There should be rejoicing when prodigals come home, great celebration

• Luke 15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: 23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: 24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found . And they began to be merry. KJV

• Is this Naomi? . . .

She likely did not look like she did when she left, she had been through a personal battle of loss, being lost and needed restoration and healing

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01.20 - Come Unto Me

Ruth 1:20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. KJV

Wednesday, May 04, 2022 8:34 AM

• It is clear she was broken in heart and in spirit

• We do not always see the wisdom and providence in what God is doing and unless we trust

  Him fully can tend to fall away

• Sometimes the tapestry of our lives cannot be fully appreciated until we have lived it all

• Note again many of the women in the city had gone out to her . . . the city was moved . . .

  When Prodigal comes home there is a great need for help and healing

  • Bring forth the best robe . . .

    • §  not just any old garment but the BEST, in the sense that we were awaiting your return and had made ready

    • §  A picture of grace not just from God but from the Church to forgive and move forward

    • §  And put it it on him - we are to do out part in the restoration and healing of others, it is our honor to assist in restoring the broken

  • Put the ring on his hand . . .
    § Shows that he is back in a place of authority and not just coming home as a

    no account, he has been restored to his place in the family

  • Shoes on his feet . . .

    § He was not to be treated as a captive but fully as one who was restored

    • OT captives were naked and had their shoes taken off - this to shame

      them and announce to all that they were prisoners and captives. When the robe was put on and the shoes it was now a public statement of full restoration

    • Points to Ephesians 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; KJV

  • Fatted calf . . . § Sacrifice

    § Celebration

    § Community

  • Be merry . . .

    § Community celebration
    § Everyone is affected when one is lost and when one is found

• Luke 15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. KJV

• This is the Scripture Jesus uses to start the story of the prodigal son

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01.21 - Hidden Testimony

Wednesday, May 04, 2022
8:35 AM
Ruth 1:21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? KJV

• It is actually pretty amazing what she said without realizing what she was saying. She ws somewhat complaining but in her complaint was the raw truth about what God had really done in her life . . .when she left she was indeed full, a husband and two sons all of which God had given her and yet they left and did not trust in His Hand to take care of them . . .when she came home she was most empty, but God brought me back empty - when my tank was empty He still got me to the "gas station" sometimes it is easier for others to see what his happening in our lives than for us to see it - that said choose wise counsel

• I don’t know Naomi so I don’t know her personality and what was intended meaning of what she was saying here, but she was distraught to say the least.

01.22 - Something Growing

Wednesday, May 04, 2022
8:35 AM
Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. KJV

• . . .at the beginning of barley harvest . . .

Weeping may endure for a night
The close of a season and the open of another
The close of a chapter and the story goes on
End of April, winter is over, spring has sprung and now a new season springs forth

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2022.05.01 - Simple Victory

2022.05.01 - Simple Victory 

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

12:39 PM

 

1.   All Of It 

a.    John 19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished : and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. KJV

b.   Revelation 12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, 8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb , and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. KJV

                             i.         That "means in the Greek" that we win

                          ii.         That "means in the Greek" that you are more powerful than the enemy who comes against you!

2.   Dominion & Authority 

a.    Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. KJV