A Continuous Refilling

Acts 2:1-4

1 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.
3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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Eph 5:18

18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled [pleerousthe] with the Spirit,
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18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit.
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My Comments:

As much as we have been filled with the Holy Spirit, it's not enough to just stay satisfied at having been filled once!

Several Greek scholars agree that in his letter to the Church at Ephesus, Paul wrote Eph 5:18 as a command to the believers. It was not a suggestion, or a plea! Not only that, they also agree that it was written in present continuous tense, which means that it was not just a one-off case. It was a command to always stay continuously filled with the Spirit!

Likewise as members of the Body, how much more we should endeavor to stay continuously filled with the Spirit and not leak!

Confession:

I'm not satisfied with being filled with God once! I choose to stay filled with Him continuously! I will be filled with Him till I'm overflowing and I will not leak!

A Demonstration of Love!

John 3:16-17

16 For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten ( unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
17 For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him.
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John 13:34-35

34 A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
35 By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
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1 Cor 13:4-7

4 Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
5 It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
6 It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
7 Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening].
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Rom 5:5

5 Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.
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My Comments:

We see a demonstration of God's Love for us when He gave us His only Son to be our Substitute for sin. Jesus came not only to save us, but to demonstrate the Father's love for us! All through His ministry we see how he demonstrated that love to sinners, the sick, anybody and everybody!

However, before He went to Calvary, He gave us a new commandment, to love one another, as He has loved us! We see the characteristics of the God-Kind of love how God defines it in 1 Cor 13:4-7 (AMP). Brother Kenneth E. Hagin called it the 'Love Thermometer' and gave an exhortation to walk in that Love like God did.

I can hear people saying "But I'm only human!" "I'm not Jesus!" "That's for God, not for me!" We may think that it's an impossible task to walk in that kind of love, but we have a hope! God knew that our love is so frail and weak, so He gave us His love! When we received the Holy Spirit, we received the God-Kind of Love with Him! For He is Love! So we can demonstrate His Love to people!

Confession:

I have the God-Kind of Love! He IS Love! I choose to walk in His love and I will demonstrate it! I love just as He loves me!

Your Day of Salvation

Ezek 12:27-28

27 "Son of man, look, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees is for many days from now, and he prophesies of times far off.'
28 Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done," says the Lord GOD.'"
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2 Cor 6:2

2 For He says: "In an acceptable time I have heard you, And in the day of salvation I have helped you."
Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
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Isa 55:11

11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
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My Comments:

When we don't see the Promises of God coming to pass in our lives, we are tempted at times like Israel to say "It'll be coming soon", "In God's perfect timing", "He'll bring that breakthrough in the future". We cheat ourselves out of seeing that Promise come to pass in our lives by relegating it to the future! If we're struggling with any particular area, we deceive ourselves into believing that God will 'surely deliver; some day; but not now'

But hear what our Father says! He says that His words will NOT be postponed! In His eyes, what He says is already done! It will NOT be void! Not only is He the God of the past; and the future; but He is the God of TODAY! TODAY is your day of salvation! Hold fast to your confidence that what God has said concerning you has come to pass today!

Confession:

Everything God has said concerning my life is not void! I maintain my confession that TODAY is my day of salvation! What He says about me is good!

Giving Out Of The Overflow

Luke 6:38

38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."
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Acts 3:6-7

6 Then Peter said, "Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk."
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John 10:10

10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows)
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My Comments:

The principle of giving says that what we give will be given back to us as stated in Lk 6:38. It is significant when we have the God-Kind of Life on the inside of us, in an abundance! For we give out of the overflow that is in our hearts; whatever is required at that time, and we know that we receive even more than what we gave! We are carriers of the presence of God! It's a never-ending cycle that works out for the good of all!

Confession:

I am a carrier of God's presence! I have an overflow of the God-Kind of life on the inside of me! I give out of that Life, and I know that it will be given back to me, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over!

Strength In The Midst Of Our Storms

Isa 40:27-31

27 Why do you say, O Jacob, And speak, O Israel: "My way is hidden from the LORD, And my just claim is passed over by my God"?
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength.
30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall,
31 But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
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Gal 6:9

9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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My Comments:

It's through the storms of life that we question whether God is there. We don't seem to get a response to our prayers, and we lose heart. We talk just like Israel; "God's forgotten about me. He's not there. I can't get out of this mess. I give up." We grow weary of waiting. Don't lose heart! God is still there! He is there to strengthen us, and to bring us through our storms! As we put our hope in Him, He will give us the strength to come out of that storm a victor!

Confession:

I may have storms, but I choose to not give up! I will not grow weary! God gives me power! He increases my strength! My strength is renewed! I run my race with joy! I choose to walk by faith, and I won't faint! I cannot be defeated and I will not quit! [*]

*: For the last sentence "I cannot be defeated and I will not quit", credits go to Pastor Kenneth W. Hagin, Rhema Bible Church as that's his often repeated declaration.

Conquerors Through The Father's Love

Ro 8:37-39

37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors  and  gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.  

38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending  and  threatening nor things to come, nor powers,  

39 Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

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My Comments:

We all go through storms at any point in our lives; whether it be persecution, heartbreak, depression, etc. But one thing we do know: Our Father still loves us! And it's because of His love that we are MORE than able to speak to those storms in our lives! It's because of His love that we gain a surpassing victory, making us MORE than conquerors!

Confession:

Nothing can separate me from the love of my Father! It's because of His love that I can choose to stand up in the midst of my storms and declare "My Father loves me!" And it's because of His love that I have a surpassing victory over my storms! I am MORE than a conqueror because MY FATHER LOVES ME!

Keeping Our Mind On God

Isa 26:3-4

3 You [being God] will guard him [being man] and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.
4 So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].
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My Comments:

When we go through the storms of life, it's Who we put our focus on that determines whether we go under or not. Put your trust in God, for He is the Rock that will NOT go under when the storm rises! Keep your mind on Him, and He will guard you, and keep you in a peace that is perfect and constant!

Confession:

God guards me and keeps me in peace! This peace is perfect, and it is constant! I choose to commit myself to Him, lean on Him, and my hope is in Him! I trust in Him, for He is an everlasting Rock. And that Rock will NOT go under in my storms!

You Fit Just Nicely!

1 Cor 12:18,27

18 But as it is, God has placed and arranged the limbs and organs in the body, each [particular one] of them, just as He wished and saw fit and with the best adaptation.
27 Now you [collectively] are Christ's body and [individually] you are members of it, each part severally and distinct [each with his own place and function].
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My Comments:

The context of these two verses refer to the local church, as well as to the Body of Christ. Every one of us is just as equally important to the Body! There's a phrase that goes "There is no Big 'I's and little 'u's in the Kingdom" That is correct! We all have our own part to contribute towards fulfilling the Will, Plan and Purpose of God! God knew each and every one of us and how we would fit in with the best adaptation into the Body! So don't despair and think that what you're doing is insignificant! You matter to God! And to us! There's a place for you to fit!

Confession:

God has a plan for me! He knows where I fit the most, with the best adaptation! I am a distinct and unique part of the Body! I am not useless or insignificant! I fit just nicely!

Containers of God

2 Cor 4:6-8

6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
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2 Cor 6:16

16 What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
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My Comments:

As frail and weak as we are, God sees us as containers worthy of containing Himself! Smith Wigglesworth said this: "In me is working a power stronger than every other power. The life that is in me is a thousand times bigger than I am outside." We are containers of God! It's not about us, it's about Him working through us to reach the world!

Confession:

I'm a container for God! He lives in me! He walks in me! When He's in me, I'm a thousand times bigger inside than I am outside! The greater One lives in me!

God At Work - In Us!

Phil 2:13

13[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight.
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My Comments:

As much as we desire to be in the Will of God all the time, we also worry about whether we are actually in  the Will of God. It's not about how much effort we put into it, it's about the One who is in us, working through us! He gives us His strength, energizing us and giving us both the desire and the power to be able to walk in His will!

Confession:

It's not by my own strength that I'm in the Will of God for my life. He's always in me, working in me! He gives me the power and desire to fulfill His plan for my life! I will walk in His plan, and I will work for His good pleasure, satisfying and delighting Him!

We Are Anointed!

Luke 4:18-19

18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed one, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity],
19 To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound.] 

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My Comments:

This is a statement of fact, not a promise. We don't have to chase after the Anointing, the Anointing is inside us! We're not anointed because we have the anointing, we have the anointing because we are anointed! It's the yoke-breaking, bondage-anointing power of God on the inside of us! We can preach the Gospel and set people free!

Confession:

The Spirit of God is upon me, therefore I am anointed! I don't have to chase after the Anointing, I have the Anointing because I am anointed! All bondages in my life can be broken! I am free! And I can set others free!

God's Promises - Exactly as He Promised!

Acts 27:25

25 So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me;
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2 Cor 1:20

20 For as many as are the promises of God, they all find their Yes [answer] in Him [Christ]. For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him [in His Person and by His agency] to the glory of God.
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My Comments:

The context of Acts 27:1-26 talks about the storm that Paul and the other passengers on the trip went through. Paul confidently declared that they would make it through the storm, even as God had told him. We all go through storms in life. But we know that we will go through it safely even as God has told us! His promises are sure, and we can stand on them as God has told us!

Confession:

All that God has promised concerning me are true! I walk through storms, and I choose to maintain my confidence in Him! It is exactly as it was told me! His promises are Yes, and in Him, Amen!

Overflow - More Than Enough!

John 10:10

10 The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
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Ps 23:5

5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over.
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My Comments:

When we have Jesus, we have the God-kind of life (which is more than just financial prosperity!) on the inside of us. It's everything good that comes from God! Not only is it filled to the brim, but it's overflowing! When it overflows, it's more than enough for those around us. Our God is El Shaddai, the God who's More Than Enough!

Confession:

I have the God-kind of life inside me! I have it, and I enjoy it! It overflows in my life! It's More Than Enough!

The Glory Revealed Through Us!

Isaiah 40:3-5

3 A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord [clear away the obstacles]; make straight  and  smooth in the desert a highway for our God!
4 Every valley shall be lifted  and  filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked  and  uneven shall be made straight  and  level, and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory (majesty and splendor) of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
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My Comments:

This referred to John the Baptist in his time. But it also refers to us, right here and right now, before the second coming of The Lord.  When we lift up our voice in prayer, obstacles are removed, bondages broken, and the Glory of God is revealed. And all flesh will see it!

Confession:

I choose to lift up my voice when I pray! I know that when I pray, God hears! Obstacles are moved! Bondages broken! When I lift up my voice, The Glory of God is revealed! And we will see it!

Pulling Strongholds Down

2 Cor 10:4-5

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds,
5[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed one),
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My Comments

Satan has already been defeated in the spiritual realm and has no authority over us in the spirit. He attempts to attack us in the realm of the soul (our mind, will, emotions, intellect). Sometimes there are strongholds in our mind that contradicts what God says about our situation, and those must be pulled down! Anything that is in contradiction to what the Bible says should not stay there, and we can pull them down because of what Jesus has already done! Bondages can be broken once those strongholds are down!

Confession:

I choose to believe what God says in His Word about me! If there is anything in my life that contradicts what He says, I pull them down in Jesus' Name! My mind is renewed to what God says about me, and I believe what He says is true!

A Living Epistle in Action!

2 Cor 3:2-3
2 You are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read by all men;
3 clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart.
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2 Cor 3:3
3 You show and make obvious that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, not written with ink but with [the] Spirit of [the] living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
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My Comments:

Reaching out to people isn't just only based on how much we know the Bible (although that is important). They won't be affected by us quoting chapters and verses from the Bible. It's when they see Jesus in us reaching out to them, that they know that He is real! To manifest Christ as a loving Savior to the world, that is our aim! A physical demonstration of Himself to a lost and needy world!

Confession:

I am an epistle of Christ, read by all men! I demonstrate the love of God not only through my words or speech but in my actions too. And they see Jesus in me!

A Masterpiece For a Master Calling!

Eph 2:10

10 For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live].

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My Comments:

As children recreated in Christ, we are a unique masterpiece formed by God. There is no other work like us! Not only that, He has a divine destiny for us; and He’s prepared it ahead of time that we can walk in it! He will not prepare something that we could not fulfill, as he knows each calling that He has prepared for us!

Confession:

I am a masterpiece created by God! He has a calling for me, and He’s prepared the way for me to walk in it! And I will walk in it, living the good life prepared by my Father and made ready for me!

You Are Free!

John 8:32
32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."
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My Comments:

Our faith is not based on how we feel about situations in our life. It's based on what we know. Like a pastor once said, "You know, you grow, then you show" We demonstrate what we do know. We know the truth, and we are free! It's what we know that sets us free!

Confession:

My faith is not based on what I feel. It's based on what I know. I know the Truth, and I am free!

Completing Our Race

Heb 12:1
12:1 THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us
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My Comments:

Each and everyone of us have been given a specific calling and a task to complete by God. We are created in Him for good works that have been already prepared for us to walk in (Eph 2:10). To fulfill that task, we have to choose to lay aside every hindrance that stands in our way of completing that race!

Confession:

I choose to strip off and throw aside everything that keeps me from fulfilling my call in life. I run with endurance the appointed course of the race God has for me, and I will complete it!

God is Good!

Matt 7:7-11

7 Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone?
10 Or if he asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent?
11 If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and  advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and  advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him!
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My Comments:

This shows the graciousness of God as our Father, as it compares him to an earthly father who gives good gifts to his children, and says how much more He, being our heavenly Father, will give us good things because we ask him as His children!

How much more should we not give up on our requests for deliverance from thoughts and ideas that are not of Him!


Confession

My Father is good! He gives good things to me when I ask Him! I ask and I receive! I seek and I find! And the door of deliverance is opened to me!