Romans 10 verse 9, Acts 2 verse 38, Mark 16 verse 16, Romans 6 verse 23, Hebrews 13 verse 6, James 2 verse 24, Ephesians 5 verse 1, Acts 22 verse 16, James 2 verse 18, John 3 verse 16-17, Hebrews 6 verse 4-6, John 14 verse 6, Acts 4 verse 12, John 1 verse 12-14, Ephesians 2 verse 8, Galatians 3 verse 27, Romans 6 verse 4, 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17, John 6 verse 65, 1 Corinthians 15 verses 1-4, and Acts 2 verse 21. It is our Privilege To Know We Are Saved, One Single Soul Saved Shall Outlive & Outweigh All The Kingdoms Of The World. Our Sins Are Debts That None Can Pay But Christ, It Is Not Our Tears, But His Blood; It Is Not Our Sighs, But His Sufferings, That Can Testify For Our Sins. Christ Must Pay All, Or We Are Prisoners Forever. As A Result of grace, we have been saved from sin's penalty. One day we will be saved from sin's presence. In the meantime, we are being saved from sin's power. In the scriptures we know we are saved through God's Grace but of the precious blood of Christ which shed for us when God sent His Son to pay that price so that we did not have to. What love could remember no wrongs we have done, Omniscient, all knowing, He counts not their sum, Thrown into a sea without bottom or shore, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more, What patience would wait as we constantly roam, What Father, so tender, is calling us home. He welcomes the weakest, the vilest, the poor, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more, Praise the Lord, His mercy is more, Stronger than darkness, new every morn, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more, Praise the Lord, His mercy is more, Stronger than darkness, new every morn, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more, What riches of kindness He lavished on us, His blood was the payment, His life was the cost, We stood 'neath a debt we could never afford, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more, Praise the Lord, His mercy is more, Stronger than darkness, new every morn, Our sins they are many, His mercy is more. We see here that we are saved because God's Mercy is More than what we will ever know but we know when we were brought into this world and created in the Image of Him that we would have a purpose and plan, even when we still don't understand what that purpose and plan is, we know that God does and we know that God is Love. If we go back to the times we were baptized as a baby, baptized as an adult, and professed our Faith, we would be able to see that we are Saved. We would be able to see that we got Saved from a young age to being Saved again as we got older. When we are Saved at a young age or when we get saved again as we are older we know that our Faith, our Strength, only rise further into being Strong in Him because of the Hope He Gives and because He is the Living Hope that we hold onto. One of the things we do is pray for those who are wanting to be saved but they may not know how. That's when we go back through these scriptures and other scriptures not mentioned tonight, and we go out into the world as God has called us to do, to tell others about God and what His Word Truly means to Be Saved and what it Truly means on Being Saved through Him. See when they are wanting to listen because they are asking for that help to know more so that they can have a relationship and Faith walk with God, that is when God calls us as Beloved Children to put our Faith into action to tell others about Him. That's when He calls us to tell others about His Word and Pray with them. When we do that, it's between that person and God to decide if they want to be baptized in order to take those next steps. It's up to that person to decide with God's guidance, so that they can be apart of knowing what it's like to have the relationship and Faith walk like we do, but also what's it's like to be a new creation in Him. I want to end on this tonight. Wandering into the night, Wanting a place to hide, This weary soul, this bag of bones And I tried with all my mind And I just can't win the fight, I'm slowly drifting, oh vagabond, And just when I ran out of road, I met a man I didn't know, And he told me That I was not alone, He picked me up, He turned me around, He placed my feet on solid ground, I thank the Master, I thank the Savior Because He healed my heart, He changed my name, Forever free, I'm not the same, I thank the Master, I thank the Savior, I thank God, I cannot deny what I see, Got no choice but to believe, My doubts are burning, Like ashes in the wind, So, so long to my old friends, Burden and bitter night, You can't just keep them moving, No, you ain't welcome here, From now 'til I walk, The streets of gold, I'll sing of how You saved my soul, This wayward son, Has found his way back home. I wanted to end on this because I wanted us to know just like a different song, it's time to own our Belovedness so that we who are saved, can help the lost and bring them to Christ so that they too can be Saved through Him.
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
What The Bible Says About Victorious Life
Outside of Christ, I am Weak; In Christ I am Strong. Long-lasting victory can never be separated from a long-lasting stand on the foundation of the Cross. You Are Not Fighting For A Victory... You Are Fighting From Victory! Victory Is Already Yours. The Lord Gives Victory To Those Who Are Humble. If We Only See The Problems We Will Be Defeated. 1 John 5 verse 4, Romans 8 verse 37, 1 Corinthians 15 verse 57, Ephesians 6 verse 16, Philippians 2 verse 13, Romans 16 verse 20, 1 Peter 5 verse 7, James 4 verse 7, Romans 5 verse 5, 1 John 4 verse 4, John 7 verse 17, Romans 8 verse 14, Job 36 verse 11, Acts 16:31. I heard an old, old story How a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary To save a wretch like me I heard about His groaning, Of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins And won the victory, yeah, Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever, He sought me and bought me with His redeeming blood, He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood, I heard about His healing Of His cleansing power revealing, How He made the lame to walk again, And caused the blind to see And then I cried, "Dear Jesus, come and heal my broken spirit", And somehow Jesus came and brought to me the victory, Victory in Jesus, my Savior forever, He sought me, and He bought me with His redeeming blood, He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood, oh. yeah, Sweet, sweet Jesus, Yes, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever, He sought me, and He bought me with His redeeming blood, He loved me 'ere I knew Him and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood, Yes, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood. We see in the quotes, the scriptures, and this song that God gives us even the smallest of victories to overcome the obstacles that are bigger than us. He helps us to see the small victories can be turned into bigger victories, victories that show us how we can overcome the trials of life and live in victory through our Lord and Savior and realize that we live for Nobody But Jesus and that the Blood of Jesus Christ was shed for us when He paid the price to forgive us when He died on the cross to forgive us of our sins. You see we think of battles as victories and victories as small blessings that can turn into bigger blessings that is in the waiting of all the things God has in place. We see that we can live a victorious life through Jesus as we belong to Him but we can live a Victorious Life as long as we have Faith, Trust, Hope, Confidence, and we go to Him in Prayer and pray for Him to bless us in ways we may not see that He has planned already, but we know that God will get us through our Victories daily. I want to share this and end on this quote tonight. God has given you everything you need to declare the victory over your life. I wanted to end on this quote cause I wanted to be reminded that God Provides.
Confidence
Self-Confidence Has Limited Potential. God- Confidence Has Unlimited Possibility. When we are confident in our identity in Christ, then our true selves~ our God-given personalities, gifts, and passions~ can shine bright. Faith is simply confidence in the trustworthiness of God. Confidence Brings Joy When We Let God Be God. Lord give to me a quiet heart that does not ask to understand but confident steps forward in darkness guided by Thy Word. Hebrews 13 verse 6, Romans 15 verse 13, Psalm 20 verse 7, Hebrews 10 verse 35-36, 1 John 3 verse 22, Romans 8 verse 28, 1 John 5 verse 14, Hebrews 4 verse 16, Galatians 5 verse 16, Hebrews 3 verse 14, Psalm 10 verse 6, 1 John 4 verse 17, Proverbs 3 verse 26. In these scriptures we see how God has given us confidence to be strong in Him. We see how God has helped see that just like in Hebrews 11 verse 1 that Now Faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. We could go on to read more scriptures about the confidence we receive from God and how we receive the Confidence in ourselves that has been given to us by God. We could find a million quotes that talk about Confidence and Self Confidence, or even songs. There is a song that I do want to share with all of you tonight and the song is The Words I Would Say by Sidewalk Prophets. Three in the morning and I'm still awake, So I picked up a pen and a page And I started writing just what I'd say, If we were face to face, I'd tell you just what you mean to me, Tell you these simple truths, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so, Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here, Take your time and pray These are the words I would say, Last time we spoke you said you were hurting And I felt your pain in my heart, I want to tell you that I keep on praying, Love will find you where you are, I know, 'cause I've already been there, So please hear these simple truths, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so, Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here, Take your time and pray, These are the words I would say, From one simple life to another, I will say, Come, find peace in the Father, Be strong in the Lord and Never give up hope, You're gonna do great things, I already know, God's got his hand on you so Don't live life in fear, Forgive and forget, But don't forget why you're here Take your time and pray, Thank God for each day, His love will find a way, These are the words I would say. I wanted to share this song because I felt when we can be strong and not live in fear, the things we have learned about Heart in the last few weeks can show us we can gain confidence and the self confidence we need to trust and hope in God to keep on being the new creation God has made us to be because without Confidence we would live in Fear. If we lived in Fear we may as well say we have given up in our Faith. See God doesn't want us to give up. Not even close, He wants us to let go and trust Him so that we can Stand In Confidence to see the work that He is going to be doing in us and know that our journey of standing in Faith and in Confidence is just one of the many things God is leading us to, to help us understand that we may not always have to be strong, but we can have the assurance of Confidence through Him that He is fighting for us every step and that He is fighting every battle, even when we feel like we can't fight it ourselves, He still is.
Faith Over Fear In Our Heart
I need you to soften my heart, And break me apart, I need you to open my eyes, To see that You're shaping my life, All I am, I surrender, Give me faith to trust what you say, That you're good and your love is great, I'm broken inside, I give you my life, I need you to soften my heart, And break me apart, I need you to pierce through the dark, And cleanse every part of me, All I am, I surrender, Give me faith to trust what you say, That you're good and your love is great, I'm broken inside, I give you my life, 'Cause I may be weak, But Your spirit strong in me, My flesh may fail, My God you never will, I may be weak, But Your spirit strong in me, My flesh may fail, My God you never will. Would I believe You when You say Your hand will guide my every way? Will I receive the words You say Every moment of every day? Well, I will walk by faith, Well, even when I cannot see, Well, because this broken road Prepares Your will for me, Well, help me to rid my endless fears, You've been so faithful for all my years, With one breath You make me new, Your grace covers all I do, Yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah, Well, I will walk by faith, Well, even when I cannot see, Well, because this broken road, Prepares Your will for me, Well, I'm broken (broken), But I still see Your face, Well, You've spoken (spoken), Pourin' Your words of grace, Well, I will walk by faith, Well, even when I cannot see, Well, because this broken road, Prepares Your will for me, Well, I will walk by faith, Well, even when I cannot see, Oh, well, because this broken road, Prepares Your will for me. Every anxious thought that steals my breath, It's a heavy weight upon my chest, As I lie awake and wonder what the future will hold, Help me to remember that You're in control, You're my courage when I worry in the dead of night, You're my strength 'cause I'm not strong enough to win this fight, You are greater than the battle raging in my mind, I will trust You Lord, I will fear no more, I will lift my eyes, I will lift my cares, Lay them in Your hands, I'll leave them there, When the wind and waves are coming, You shelter me, Even though I'm in the storm, the storm is not in me, You're my courage when I worry in the dead of night, You're my strength 'cause I'm not strong enough to win this fight, You are greater than the battle raging in my mind, I will trust You Lord, I will fear no more. In the eye of the storm, You remain in control, And in the middle of the war, You guard my soul, You alone are the anchor, When my sails are torn, Your love surrounds me, In the eye of the storm, When the solid ground is falling out from underneath my feet, Between the black skies and my red eyes, I can barely see, When I realize I've been sold out by my friends and my family, I can feel the rain reminding me, In the eye of the storm, You remain in control, In the middle of the war, You guard my soul, You alone are the anchor, when my sails are torn, Your love surrounds me, In the eye of the storm, Mmm, when my hopes and dreams are far from me, And I'm runnin' out of faith, I see the future I pictured slowly fade away, And when the tears of pain and heartache, Are pouring down my face, I find my peace in Jesus' name. Joshua 1 verse 9, 2 Timothy 1 verse 7, Romans 10 verse 17, 1 John 4 verse 18, Proverbs 19 verse 23, Psalm 118 verse 8, Proverbs 14 verse 26-27, John 14 verse 1, Psalm 19 verse 14, Matthew 6 verse 21, Proverbs 17 verse 22, Mark 11 verse 23, Psalm 9:1. In these scriptures we see how when we have a strong Faith, when we choose our Faith over the fear we may have in our heart that we don't have to be afraid because God is with us and our God is stronger than anything we face on our own. You see, when we sometimes allow our Fear to enter our Heart, we see that the enemy would love nothing more than to crush our spirit to tell us that we are not good enough. Now, when we don't listen to the lies the enemy tries to tell us and we choose Faith, and have Faith in God, we see our Heart is no longer filled with the Fear and Doubt that we aren't good enough, and rather we see the change that we are good in the Heart and the Eyes of God who we were created as Beloved Children to be. We know that we have a true Redemption Faith Story than having a story that is consumed By Fear. We should always be able to show others that Our Faith is Bigger than Our Fear and that Fear itself is a Liar. Zach Williams has a song that talks about how Fear Is A Liar which that is the name of the song but Fear only can rob us of our rest and our joy because just like in John 10:10 it says: The Thief comes to steal, kill and destroy but I have come so that you may life and live it to the full or live it more abundantly. You see God is on our side, He is in our Hearts and He wants us to choose our Faith over our Fear and our Anxiety. No matter what we go through, let me leave you all with this quote tonight, cause I feel it's important to end on this quote, so that we can know how our Savior is in control and with us. Fear and Faith cannot coexist in our hearts at the same time. Let us remember this tonight as we go about our weeks to help someone.
Redemption Of The Heart
Matters of the heart still can never put us beyond His love and redemption. The redemption of the mind. Is equally important. As the redemption of the heart. The heart of the gospel is redemption, and the essence of redemption is the substitutionary sacrifice of Christ. Titus 2 verse 14, 1 Peter 1 verse 18-19, 1 Corinthians 6 verse 20, 1 John 3 verse 16, Romans 10 verse 10, Job 19 verse 25, Romans 8 verse 23, 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17, Ezekiel 36 verse 25-27, Psalm 51 verse 10, Romans 2 verse 29, Psalm 37 verse 4, Jeremiah 24 verse 7, Romans 12 verse 2, 2 Peter 3 verse 9, Proverbs 3 verse 5, Philippians 4 verse 7.We see here that God can show us that if we do all things through the Heart and Mind of Our Savior that we can begin to not only see a change in our Heart but we begin to see the Redemption of our Heart be changed from Beautifully Broken to Wonderfully Made and we begin to see how our Heart with Humility and Purity can be made and can be changed into something that is greater than the testimony God is planning in our Heart to know we can be Uniquely called in the ministries and knowing that we are being in the Hands of Our Savior that doesn't let us go because we are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made Whole. I'm tired, I'm worn, My heart is heavy, From the work it takes to keep on breathing, I've made mistakes, I've let my hope fail, My soul feels crushed, By the weight of this world And I know that You can give me rest, So I cry out with all that I have left, Let me see redemption win, Let me know the struggle ends, That You can mend a heart that's frail and torn, I want to know a song can rise, From the ashes of a broken life, And all that's dead inside can be reborn, 'Cause I'm worn. Waking up to a new sunrise, Looking back from the other side, I can see now with open eyes, Darkest water and deepest pain, I wouldn't trade it for anything, 'Cause my brokenness brought me to you, And these wounds are a story you'll use, So I'm thankful for the scars, 'Cause without them I wouldn't know your heart, And I know they'll always tell of who you are, So forever I am thankful for the scars, Now I'm standing in confidence, With the strength of your faithfulness And I'm not who I was before, No, I don't have to fear anymore, So I'm thankful for the scars, 'Cause without them I wouldn't know your heart, And I know they'll always tell of who you are, So forever I am thankful for the scars. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, Amazing love, now flowing down, From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree, As grace flows down and covers me, Amazing grace, Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, Amazing love, now flowing down, From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree, As grace flows down and covers me, It covers me, It covers me, It covers me, And covers me, Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, Amazing love, now flowing down, From hands and feet that were nailed to the tree, As grace flows down and covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, And covers me, Grace flows down and covers me, All of my sin, all of my sin, It covers all my sin, Covers my heart, covers my heart, Thank You Jesus, Thank You Jesus, Sweet Jesus. Now in three songs we see how our God who created Heaven and Earth, created us in His Image can show that our beautiful yet broken scars with His Amazing Grace that covers all including our Heart from the sin that was forgiven when Jesus died on that cross and was nailed to the cross that our heart can be made Anew, it can be made back to New because our hearts that were once frail can see the redemption that we want to see and we can see that in our Heart God has purpose for all that pain. We may have our Faith tested and we may sometimes live in Fear. Although scripture says Come to Me all who are Weary and I will give you rest. You see that is one of the greatest things we can remember because Faith Over Fear, Fear over all things God is doing to win and fight our battles for us can be the strongest Redemption we need to win to see that kind of Redemption is what our hearts are needing to know that the plans God has for us are just beginning. I want to share this last thing and that is this: Jesus Gave Himself For Us To Redeem Us.
The Heart Of God
Monday, May 1, 2023
The Hidden Places Of Our Heart
Staring down the face of fear, Got to keep breathing, When the negitive is all you hear, Got to keep believing, 'Cause in the darkness there is a light, Your truth it keeps on burning bright, Brave enough to fight the fight, Shout the battle cry, You'll never stop me, I'm a warrior, When I fall down, I get stronger, Faith is my shield, Your love is the armour, I'm a warrior (I'm a warrior), I'm a warrior (I'm a warrior), I'm a warrior (I'm a warrior), Every scar on my skin, Is a beautiful reminder, Of a moment when I didn't give in, And I walked through fire, 'Cause in the dark there is a light, Your truth it keeps on burning fight, Makes me brave to fight the fight, Shout the battle cry, You'll never stop me, I'm a warrior, When I fall down, I get stronger, Faith is my shield, Your love is the armour. When he told you you're not good enough, When he told you you're not right, When he told you you're not strong enough, To put up a good fight, When he told you you're not worthy, When he told you you're not loved, When he told you you're not beautiful, That you'll never be enough, Fear, he is a liar, He will take your breath, Stop you in your steps, Fear he is a liar, He will rob your rest, Steal your happiness, Cast your fear in the fire, 'Cause fear he is a liar, When he told you were troubled, You'll forever be alone, When he told you you should run away, You'll never find a home, When he told you you were dirty, And you should be ashamed, When he told you you could be the one, That grace could never change, Fear he is a liar, He will take your breath, Stop you in your steps, Fear he is a liar, He will rob your rest, Steal your happiness, Cast your fear in the fire, 'Cause fear he is a liar. I shared these two songs because I'm focusing on how the fears we have our bigger than us but the fear we may have can open up the hope and the hidden places of our heart to a whole new world where we can live in Hope, Joy, Compassion, The peace that God gives us daily to know we can do all things through Him that gives us the Strength to do those things. I watched a movie that released to Pureflix called The Girl Behind The Door. It was a very powerful movie and it lead me to try and do a study around it but also to have it also be how in the most Hidden Places Of Our Heart or in our Hearts, we still have God helping us through every step of the way. Psalm 91 verse 1, Matthew 6 verse 6, Psalm 27 verse 5, Psalm 31 verse 20, Psalm 32 verse 7, Isaiah 32 verse 2, Luke 12 verse 3, Mark 4 verse 22, Deuteronomy 29 verse 29, John 14 verse 27, Psalm 139 verse 13-16, Hebrews 4 verse 12, Psalm 44 verse 21, 1 John 4 verse 16. In these scriptures we see How God gives us unconditional Love, how He gives the peace that surpasses all understanding, that the things we may fear, He is our Hiding place, our refuge, our Strength, and that He is a strong and mighty tower showing us the hidden and greatest desires of our heart or hearts to know that He has never left and He is always with us because no matter what we have learned in these past few weeks, what I take away from that movie I watched is we may have the hidden places of our heart where sometimes our fear, our anxiety is trapped, but when we let go and we let God take over, we see the bigger picture has been with us all along. We see the open door that leads those hidden places of fear, anxiety, stress, confusion, worry, the feeling of not being strong, or even good enough tucked away to where the new and open places of our heart filled with love, joy, compassion, strength, and humility can enter in. Isn't that wonderful in knowing all of that? That we can have God take the reign of knowing who we were Uniquely, Fearfully, and Wonderfully Made to be in His Image and to do the great work in Ministry to let others know about God, but to also let them know that God can turn the Impossible into all things Possible. You are my hiding place, You always fill my heart, With songs of deliverance, Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You, I will trust in You, Let the weak say I am strong, In the strength of the Lord, You are my hiding place, You always fill my heart, With songs of deliverance, Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You, I will trust in You, Let the weak say I am strong In the strength of the Lord, I will trust in You. Nothing Is Impossible, The Word Itself says I'm possible. Let these be a reminder this week that we don't ever have to let the enemy win or in our heart to know that the Hidden Places of our Heart that can be filled with fear can easily be brought back with Joy because as long as we have God, we can open up our Heart to Him daily.