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“The Established Heart Part 2” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 9”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 31, 2021
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Proverbs 3: 1 – 10 (Amplified Classic) MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; (2) For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you. (3) Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart.  (4) So shall you find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man. When a man’s ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. (5) Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. (6) In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. (7) Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. (8) It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones. (9) Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income; (10) So shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats shall be overflowing with new wine.

 

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“The Established Heart Part 1” -“An In-Depth Study on Love Part 8”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 31, 2021
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The person who has an established heart will dwell in the secret place of God’s Rest and Peace.

Psalm 91: 1 – 2 (Amplified Classic)  HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. (2) I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

A person who has an established heart has set their love upon the Lord.  In Psalm 91: 14 – 16 God Himself declares what He will do for the person who has an established heart setting their love upon the Lord.

Psalm 91: 14 – 16 (Amplified Classic) Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness–trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never]. (15) He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. (16) With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

Proverbs 3: 1 – 2 (Amplified Classic) MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; (2) For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you.

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“Guard Your Heart – Above All That You Guard” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 7”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 24, 2021
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Everything is an issue of the Heart – A love issue.  Everything flows from the heart. That is why Love is the #1 Priority in life.  Nothing is more important.

Proverbs 4: 20 – 23 (Amplified Classic) My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. (21) Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. (22) For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. (23) Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

God and His Word are One.  John 1: 1 (Amplified Classic) IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself.

If God Is Love, then His Word Is Love. 

Words are sown in the heart.  The Word Is Life.  That is why it is so vital that we protect the heart above all that we guard.  The issues of life flow from the heart.

Matthew 6: 21(NKJV & Amp. Classic) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

 

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“Love – The Top Priority in Life” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 6”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 10, 2021
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Matthew 22: 37 – 40 (Amplified Classic) (also Deu. 6: 3 – 9) And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). (38) This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. (39) And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. (40) These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets.

John 13: 34 – 35 (NKJV) 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.”

It is God’s deep desire that we know Him in His Fullness and that we are deeply rooted in Him.

We are God’s Children. We should see everything through the eyes of Love.

If we truly Love The Lord God with all of our heart, all of our soul, and all of our mind then we open the door for manifestations in every area of our life.  Our Heart will be Established, and we will dwell in the Secret Place of God’s Rest.

 

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“Behold What Manner of Love”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 5, 2021
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1st John 3: 1  (NKJV) Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. (2) Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 

1st Peter 3: 18 (Amplified Classic)  For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, 

Ephesians 2: 1 (Amplified Classic)  AND YOU [He made alive], when you were dead (slain) by [your] trespasses and sins 

Ephesians 2: 4 – 5 (Amplified Classic) But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). 

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“Rooted Deep in Love” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 5”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 19, 2021
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Jeremiah 17: 7 – 8  (Amplified Classic) [Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is.  (8) For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.

1st Corinthians 13: 7 – 8a (Amplified Classic) 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]. (8a) Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]…

Colossians 2: 7 (Amplified Classic) Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving.

Love is the fuel source for our Faith.

Galatians 5: 6b (Amplified Classic)…but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.

Our prayers are not effective if our Love walk is out of order.

 

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“All of God’s Ways Are Love” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 4”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 27, 2021
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All of God’s Ways are Love.

Ephesians 3: 17 – 19 (Amplified Classic)  May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, (18) That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; (19) [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!

It is vital that we know the Ways of the Lord.  We must become Spiritually Minded.  To be Spiritually minded we must know God’s Ways.  We must make His Ways our ways.

If we do not know God’s Ways, the enemy the Devil will be able to easily deceive us.  We will be carnally minded. If we are carnally or fleshly, worldly minded our ways are not God’s Ways.

As we study God’s Living Word, and walk in Love, God’s Ways are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit. All of God’s Ways are revealed in Jesus Christ.  All of God’s Ways are Love because God Is Love.  If God Is Love, then we are Love. If His Ways are all Love, then our ways are also Love.

The Ways of the Lord Are; Therefore, our ways are: Love – Absolute Truth – Mercy – Grace – Loving kindness – Goodness – Faithfulness – Integrity – Long suffering – Full of Joy – Eternal without ceasing – Holy – Steadfast – Righteous – Bring life – Always right

 

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“All Because of Love” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 3”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 13, 2021
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God Is Love!  It is the reason for everything that He does.  He does nothing that is not rooted and founded on Love because He Is Love!

Ephesians 2: 4 – 10 (Amplified Classic)  But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). (6) And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). (7) He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. (8) For it is by free grace (God’s unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; (9) Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law’s demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] (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]. 

Ephesians 2: 1 (NKJV) And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,

Romans 5: 8 (Amplified Classic) But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us.

John 5: 24 (Amplified Classic)  I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life. 

 

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“Love – The Point of Origin” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 6, 2021
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John 1: 1 – 5 (NKJV) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (2) He was in the beginning with God. (3) All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. (4) In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. (5) And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1: 14 (NKJV) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

Colossians 1:15 – 16 (NKJV) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. (16) For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. (17)  And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. (18)  And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence. (19)  For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,

(Amplified Classic) verse (15) He is the exact likeness.

*** During the recording of this message we had a problem with background noise that we were not aware of.  We were unable to correct it.  Due to the importance of the message we decided to go head and post it.  We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.

 

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“God IS Love” – “An In-Depth Study on Love Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 31, 2020
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Love is the foundation for everything that we do as Christians, actually, Love is the foundation for everything period.  God does not just have love; He is love or The Person Love Himself.

1st John 4: 7 – 8 (Amplified Classic)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. (8) He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love.

1st John 4: 16 – 17 (Amplified Classic) And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him. (17) In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world.

Love (Himself) is the Point of Origin

The Law of Love has its point of origin in God Himself at the very beginning of all things

When God said Light Be!  Love said Light Be!

Love Himself walked with Adam in the Garden of Eden

Love Himself made covenant with Abraham

Love Himself told Moses to tell the Israelites “I Am sent me” (burning bush)

Love Himself brought Israel out of Egypt

Love Himself gave Moses the Ten Commandments

Love Himself parted the Red Sea

Love Himself came in the flesh as the baby Jesus

Love Himself walked with the disciples and performed the miracles

Love Himself washed the feet of the disciples

Love Himself hung on the Cross for us and took all of our sins paying the entire price for us

Love Himself now dwells inside of all Born Again children of God.  As He Is So are we in this world.

Love Himself is coming again.

 

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“Walking in the Spirit – The Established Heart”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 4, 2020
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An established heart is fixed, steadfast, unwavering, trusting in the Lord always and in all circumstances no matter what those circumstances are.  The established heart does not weaver in times of trouble or distress.  A person with an established heart does not worry, fret, or fear.  They do not focus on the problem but on the answer.

A person who has an established heart is a person who walks the Love Walk no matter what the circumstances are.  The person with an established heart has set their love upon the Father. This person will be walking in the fruit of the Spirit.

The Person with an established heart is Spiritually minded, and God’s Word ruled.  God and His Living Word is first place in this person’s life.  They are not ruled by their senses, emotions, or feelings. God and His Living Word are first place in this person’s life.  The person with an established heart or who is Spiritually minded will be God and others centered, not self-centered.

Proverbs 4: 23 (Amplified Classic) Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life.

Colossians 3: 1 – 3 (Amplified Classic) IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (2) And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. (3) For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. 

Galatians 5: 25 (Amplified Classic) If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.] 

Psalm 25: 1 (Amplified Classic) UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life. (2) O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You…

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“I Want to Change My Life”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 9, 2020
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I want to change my life, but where do I start?  I have tried so many times and have always failed.  Have you ever said or thought that?  Maybe you are there right now.  Maybe you are at the place where you are just about to give up or have already given up. Some live their lives in depression, fear, and worry thinking that there is no hope for them.  Some may have even considered suicide.  Still others have already followed through thinking that it would be an escape.  If this is you, do not give up and if you have given up start again.  There is hope and an answer.  Anyone who really wants to change, can change their lives right where they are.

If you are seeking to change your life to God’s way of life, then this message is for you.  If you are tired of being sick and tired.  If you have been hurt and bruised by life even if you did it to yourself.  If you are seeking comfort due to the tragedies and troubles of life.  If you are struggling with depression, fear, worry, bondage, hurt, sickness, or any other problems in life there is hope and there is an answer.

There is a starting place and God will teach you the pathway.  God will not make you choose the pathway.  He will offer it to you.  You have to choose the pathway and walk in it, but you will not be walking it alone.  He will strengthen and guide you.

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“A Focused Life in Troubled Times”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 14, 2020
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Focus: definition:

To adjust your eye, a lens, a TV, or similar item to produce a clearer image. To fix or settle on one thing; to concentrate. To focus one’s attention on a specific subject or question. 

One of the main tactics that the enemy uses is to try and keep our focus on the wrong thing.  He works hard at drawing our focus away from God and His Living Word.  Throughout Scripture we see people who had their Life focus on God and His Word, or they did not.

No matter what was going on in David’s life, good or bad, David placed his life focus on God and His Word.  He corrected himself, his emotions, and the way he responded to the circumstances of life based on God and His Word. The one thing that was most important to David, His life focus, was his relationship with God. The same should be true of every Christian

Psalm 25:  1 – 2 (Amplified Classic) UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life. (2a) O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You.

Psalm 27: 1 (Amplified Classic) THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation–whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid?

Right in the middle of the storms of life David asked one thing of the Lord.

Psalm 27: 4 (Amplified Classic) One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

David was a man with a life focus. A life of real worship.

We need to change our focus in life to see our lives through the eyes of Love and God’s Living Word.  Place your focus in life on God and His Living Word and watch the circumstances in your life change.

When we do that, we will be filtering everything through the Love factor which will bring confidence, faith, rest and peace.  It will also put us in a position to hear from the Holy Spirit as he guides and teaches us.  He already knows the answer.

Matthew 6: 33 – 34 (Amplified Classic) But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. (34) So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.

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“Recognizing the Hindrances to Our Fruit Bearing”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 22, 2020
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Matthew 7: 16 – 20 (Amplified Bible) You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (17) Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. (18) A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. (19) Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. (20) Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits.

James 3: 14 – 18 (Amplified Bible)  But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth. (15) This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal). (16) For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices. (17) But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity). (18) And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God’s will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].

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“Keys to Refreshing in Troubled Times”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 8, 2020
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Are you in need of a refreshing? Are you weary in your body, mind, and spirit?  Are you being beat up by the circumstances of life?  Do you need a change?  Do you know that God Himself has already prepared the place of rest, refreshing, and revival for us?  He has already given us the keys to enter that place. It is God’s desire for us to be in a continuous state of refreshing before and even during the storms of life that come our way.

Act 3:19  (Amplified Classic Bible) – So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord;

Jeremiah 6:16  (Amplified Classic Bible) – Thus says the Lord: Stand by the roads and look; and ask for the eternal paths, where the good, old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it!

Ephesians 6:10 (Amplified Classic Bible) – In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides].

John 14:26 – 27 (Amplified Classic Bible) – But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. (27) Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]

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“God Will Always Make a Way”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 31, 2020
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God is the one who qualifies us to walk with Him.  On our own we could never qualify ourselves.  He has already paid the price and completed the work.  When we got Born Again He put in us by The Holy Spirit everything we needed to qualify for a personal relationship with God The Father Himself.  No matter what comes our way in this life He has made a way for us.  He will teach us how to stand in the midst of the storms of life.

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“One Thing”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 20, 2020
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Matthew 6:33 – 34 (Amplified Bible Classic) But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. (34) So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.

Psalm 27: 1 – 4 (Amplified Bible Classic) THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation–whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid? (2) When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. (3) Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, [even then] in this will I be confident.  (4) One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

Colossians 3:1 – 4 (Amplified Bible Classic) IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. (2) And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. (3) For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. (4) When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.

Philippians 3:7; 10-11 (Amplified Bible Classic) But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ’s sake. (10) [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving, and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power out-flowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] (11) That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].

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“Keys to the Secret Place”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 15, 2020
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Are you in need of a refreshing?  Do you really want to come up higher?  Do you desire to have a deeper more intimate relationship with the Lord?  Do you desire to stay refreshed in your spirit? Do know that God Himself also deeply desires this for you?

God has already prepared a special place just for you where you can be refreshed and where you can have that deeper intimate relationship with Him.

A secret place.

Psalm 91:1 – 2 (Amplified Classic) HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. (2) I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!

Psalm 91: 14 – 16 (Amplified Classic)  Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness–trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never]. (15) He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. (16) With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation.

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“God’s Free Gift of Reconciliation”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 3, 2020
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At the fall of Adam and Eve, man was separated from God by man’s own choice. It was never God’s intention to be separated from man.  Since that moment God has been doing nothing else but bringing man back into oneness, or reconciliation with Himself.  God’s desire is for God and Man to be one

As far God the Father, He has already made His choice and paid the entire price for the reconciliation. All that is left for man to make his choice. It has to be man’s own choice to be reconciled to God. Man chose to be separated from God, so it had to man’s choice to return to God.

Reconciliation between God and Man is God’s number 1 priority. It was so important to God that He paid for our reconciliation with the life of His only Son Jesus. 

John 3: 16 – 17 (Amplified) 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. 

Ephesians 2: 4 – 5 (Amplified) But God–so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, (5) Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ’s salvation). 

1st John 3: 8 …For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil. 

The price has already been paid in full.  All provision has been made by our Loving Heavenly Father.  The invitation has been made.  We can now be reconciled to our Father God if we want to and choose to.

1St John 4: 15 – 17 (NKJV) Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. (16) And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. (17) Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 

 

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“Entering the Rest of Faith”

Posted by mcoxbmi on June 10, 2020
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It is Impossible to please God without Faith

Hebrews 11: 6 (Amplified Classic) But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out].

Faith is not something we do occasionally when we need something. Faith is a lifestyle, a way of life.  It is habitual for the Believer to walk in Faith throughout all their lives.  If a Believer or Born-Again person, is not walking in Love and in Faith in God and His Word that person is abnormal.

When we believe (Adhere to, Trust in, and Rely on) God and His Word as absolute truth our Faith unlocks the inheritance that Jesus paid for and God Himself gave to us.

Love is the Power Source – Faith in God and His Word is the Key.  Love and Faith in God and His Word work together to enter His place of Rest

You cannot function is doubt and Faith at the same time.  (It is impossible to please God without Faith). Doubt is what Satan used in the Garden of Eden.  He is still using doubt today.

When you function in doubt, worry, and fear you enter into unrest and cannot enter the place of God’s Rest in His Word.

Faith in God and His Word causes us to enter into the place of God’s Rest and Peace.  Faith in God and His Word becomes our anchor.

Are you walking in doubt, worry, and fear?  Faith in God and His Word will cast out doubt, worry, and fear.

 

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