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!
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
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
AMP
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!
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
AMP
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!
Friday, November 2, 2012
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!
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!
AMP
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!
God In Us
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:
We are living in New Testament times. Under the Old Covenant (Testament), man was spiritually dead and void. God could only show Himself to them through visible signs and wonders. Under the New Covenant, God moved in. He lives in us now. Therefore since God lives inside of us, We have a far greater power on the inside of us than any circumstance or lie of the enemy can dominate!
Confession:
I am a temple of God! He lives in me! He walks in me! He walks among me! He's my God, and I am His child! I can do all things through Him!
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.
AMP
My Comments:
We are living in New Testament times. Under the Old Covenant (Testament), man was spiritually dead and void. God could only show Himself to them through visible signs and wonders. Under the New Covenant, God moved in. He lives in us now. Therefore since God lives inside of us, We have a far greater power on the inside of us than any circumstance or lie of the enemy can dominate!
Confession:
I am a temple of God! He lives in me! He walks in me! He walks among me! He's my God, and I am His child! I can do all things through Him!
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Completeness in Christ
Col 2:9-10
9 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature].
10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].
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My comments:
Christ is the ultimate expression of the Godhead in a physical body. As such, because we are members of the Body of Christ, we too have the Godhead dwelling in us And because He [being Christ] is the head of every angelic principality and power, it means that everything is subject to Him. Therefore, they are also subject to us as we are members of His Body, He being the Head.
Confession:
The Godhead dwells in me, because I am in Christ. Demons are subject to Him, as He is above them. Therefore they are subject to me because I am in Him!
9 For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature].
10 And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].
AMP
My comments:
Christ is the ultimate expression of the Godhead in a physical body. As such, because we are members of the Body of Christ, we too have the Godhead dwelling in us And because He [being Christ] is the head of every angelic principality and power, it means that everything is subject to Him. Therefore, they are also subject to us as we are members of His Body, He being the Head.
Confession:
The Godhead dwells in me, because I am in Christ. Demons are subject to Him, as He is above them. Therefore they are subject to me because I am in Him!
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