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“The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Part 4”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 15, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 240209 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Pt. 29 – The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Pt 4

A person walking in the ways of the Lord is a person who is walking in the Peace and Rest of the Lord. This person exercises the Fruit of Peace in every area of their life. They are at Rest in God’s Living Word.

(Verse 4) Psalm 23: 4 Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. (Amp. C)

Psalm 118: 6 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear, what can man do to me? (NKJV)

Isaiah 41: 10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. (Amp. C)

Romans 8: 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? (NKJV) 

Hebrews 13: 5b – 6 … He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] (6) So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? (Amp. C)

We do not have to be afraid of Satan. He is already a defeated foe. He was 100% defeated by Jesus at the Cross.

Satan is limited to what is common to man or the natural or to what is common to man. We as Born-Again Children are not limit to this natural world.

1st Corinthians 10: 13  For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. (Amp. C)

 

“The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Part 2

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 6, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 240202 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 27 – The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Part 2

When entering into and dwelling in the Secret Place of God’s Rest the Lord Himself becomes our Shepherd.

John 10: 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. (NKJV)

John 10: 14 – 18  I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. (15) As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. (16) And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. (17) “Therefore My Father loves Me, because I lay down My life that I may take it again. (18) No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.”  (NKJV)

John 10: 27 – 30 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (28) And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand. (29) My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand. (30) I and My Father are one.” (NKJV)

(Verse 2) Psalm 23: 2 He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters. (Amp. C)

When sheep are full, satisfied, and the shepherd is present watching over the sheep what do they do? They lie down. They do not move from that place until they see the shepherd move. The presence of the shepherd brings the sheep rest.

Psalm 4: 8 In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust. (Amp. C) 

Proverbs 3: 21 – 26 My son, let them not escape from your sight, but keep sound and godly Wisdom and discretion, (22) And they will be life to your inner self, and a gracious ornament to your neck (your outer self).(23) Then you will walk in your way securely and in confident trust, and you shall not dash your foot or stumble. (24) When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet. (25) Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic, nor of the stormy blast or the storm and ruin of the wicked when it comes [for you will be guiltless], (26) For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught [in a trap or some hidden danger]. (Amp. C) 

 

“Overcoming the Enemies of Our Peace”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 21, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 231215 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Pt 23 – Overcoming the Enemies of Our Peace

Peace is one of the fruits of the Spirit.

Galatians 5: 22 – 23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (NKJV)

Verse 22 (Amplified Classic) But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes]

The Fruit of the Spirit are already present in every born-again child of God. Peace, like the other Fruit of the Spirit, must be developed.

When we exercise patience and self-control, which are also fruits of the Spirit, we will also develop peace.

Worry and fear are enemies of and the opposite of peace.

It is impossible to walk in peace and worry and fear at the same time. Whichever you yield to that is what will be functioning in your life.

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has authority over the law of sin and death. We are the ones that choose which one is in authority in our lives.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. (NKJV)

If we choose to be carnally or worldly minded, the law of sin and death will have authority in our lives, and we will not walk a life of peace.

If we choose to be Spiritually or God’s Living Word minded, The Law of Life in Christ Jesus will have authority in our lives, and we will be walking a life of peace.

Romans 8: 5 – 6  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (NKJV)

Satan cannot do anything to us apart from fear, any more than God can do something for us apart from faith.

Faith moves God because faith is in God.

Fear moves Satan because fear is in Satan.

In order to walk in peace, we must walk in Faith and Love

To put worry and fear under we must replace it with something stronger. The Word of God is stronger than fear and it is a higher Law than fear.

We must develop our faith in the Word of God. The Word is our sure steadfast anchor. In order for us to have faith in the Word we must have knowledge of the Word.

We must speak the Word out of our mouth believing that we receive. Not just once but continually. Our faith will not work beyond our level of confession.

Proverbs 18: 21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. (NKJV)

Matthew 12: 36 – 37 But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak. (37) For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced. (Amp. C)

1st John 1: 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (NKJV)

Amplified Classic – 1st John 1: 9 If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. (Amp. C)

“Walking in the Joy of the Lord”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 5, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 231117 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Pt. 20 – Walking in the Joy of the Lord

A person walking in the ways of the Lord is a person who is walking in the Joy of the Lord. This person exercises the Fruit of Joy in every area of their life. The Joy of the Lord is their strength.

Nehemiah 8: 10b … Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” (NKJV)

Proverbs 17: 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. (NKJV)

If we are truly Born-Again, joy is already present in us by the presence of the Holy Spirit. Joy is one of the Fruit of The Spirit listed in Galatians 5: 22 – 23.

Galatians 5: 22 – 23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (NKJV)

(Amplified Classic) But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes]

Joy is a major Spiritual force.

We must choose Joy and activate it, otherwise it will remain present but in-active.

Joy, like all the Fruit of the Spirit, must be activated by our Faith and exercised regularly in order for the fruits to develop. We must always be Fruit of the Spirit minded.

When we, by Faith in the Living Word, walk the Love Walk it activates and develops the fruit of Joy and all the related fruit of the Spirit.

When we apply our faith to the promises in God’s Living Word, rejoicing in the Lord will bring us to a place of rest in our Faith.

Real Faith is at rest in the Word.

Romans 15: 13  May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. (Amp. C)

Hebrews 4: 1 – 3 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. (2) For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. (3) For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “SO I SWORE IN MY WRATH, ‘THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST,’ ” although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. (NKJV)

We must Rejoice always in every circumstance of life.

I did not say that it would be comfortable or easy, but we can do it. The more we exercise the fruit of Joy by Rejoicing in the Lord the easier it becomes. It will become a lifestyle.

 

“His Mercy and Loving-Kindness Endures Forever Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 15, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230929 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 14 – His Mercy and Loving-Kindness Endures Forever Part 2

A person walking in the ways of the Lord having an established heart, or who is Spiritually minded, will be a person who is walking in God’s Mercy and Loving-Kindness.

Psalm 103: 17 But the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children’s children (Amp. C)

God has extended His Mercy and Loving-Kindness towards us so that we can have a relationship with Him. God desires a love relationship with us.

Psalm 103: 11 – 12 For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy and loving-kindness toward those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him. (12) As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Amp. C)

Verse 12 – Pre-Cross – He removed our transgressions from us; Post Cross – He completely canceled and blotted them out.

Colossians 2: 13 – 15  And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions, (14) Having cancelled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross. (15) [God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him and in it [the cross]. (Amp. C)

God wants our fellowship so much that He paid a tremendous price in order to have a relationship with us. The price God paid was the death of His only begotten Son Jesus.

It was because of His mercy and compassion that He sent Jesus.

The entire mission of Jesus was to reveal God’s Love and Mercy and to make a way for man back into a relationship with God. Where there was no way Jesus became the Way. We can trust in the Mercy of God.

John 3: 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. (Amp. C)

 

“All of the Ways of the Lord are Love”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 24, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230915 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 12 – All of the Ways of the Lord are Love

GOD IS LOVE! WHEN YOU KNOW GOD, YOU KNOW LOVE HIMSELF THE PERSON.

LOVE IS NOT ONLY AN ACTION WORD REQUIRING ACTION BUT IT IS A PERSON.

ALL GENUINE LOVE IN ACTION FLOWS FROM THE PERSON LOVE GOD HIMSELF.

1st John 4: 7 – 8 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. (Amp. C)

When we know God IS LOVE we know His ways. To Know His Ways is to Love Him.

All of God’s Ways are Love.

Matthew 22: 35 – 40 And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him. (36) Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light–which are heavy?] (37) 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. (Amp. C)

Romans 13: 8 – 10 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law. (9) For the commandments, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY,” “YOU SHALL NOT MURDER,” “YOU SHALL NOT STEAL,” “YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS,” “YOU SHALL NOT COVET,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” (10) Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. (NKJV)

A person walking in the Ways of the Lord will be a person guided by the Holy Spirit.

This person being guided by the Holy Spirit will be a person who habitually exercises and develops the Fruit of the Spirit.

All of the Fruit of the Spirit flows from and are founded in Love.

Galatians 5: 22 – 23   But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, (23) Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge].  (Amp. C)

Because of the presence of the Holy Spirit within every Born-Again person they already have the ability to walk in the Ways of the Lord present within them. Even though the Fruit of the Spirit is already present in the Born-Again person that fruit must be developed.

The Holy Spirit will always guide this person in the way of Love, The Love Walk.

1st Corinthians 13: 4 – 8a (Amplified Classic)

A person walking in the ways of the Lord:

Will Endure Long

Will Be Patient and Kind

Will not be envious or boil over with jealousy.

Will not be boastful or vain glorious.

Will not display themselves haughtily.

Will not be conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride

Will not be rude (unmannerly) and will not act unbecomingly.

Will not insist on their own rights or their own way for it is not self-seeking.

Will not be touchy or fretful or resentful.

Will not take account of the evil done to them [they pay no attention to a suffered wrong

Will not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth

prevail.

Will bear up under anything and everything that comes.

Will be ever ready to believe the best of every person.

Their hopes are fadeless under all circumstances.

They endure everything without weakening.

Their Love will never fail, never fade out, or becomes obsolete, or comes to an end.

“The Established Steadfast Heart”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 21, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230825 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 9 – The Established Steadfast Heart

Psalm 112: 1 – 10 Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments.  (Amp. Classic *fears – reveres and worships) (2) His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. (3) Wealth and riches will be in his house, And his righteousness endures forever. (4) Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. (5) A good man deals graciously and lends; He will guide his affairs with discretion.(6) Surely he will never be shaken; The righteous will be in everlasting remembrance. (7) He will not be afraid of evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. (8) His heart is established; He will not be afraid, Until he sees his desire upon his enemies. (9) He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted with honor. (10) The wicked will see it and be grieved; He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked shall perish. (NKJV)

Psalm 1: 1 – 5 BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. (2) But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. (3) And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. (4) Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away. (5) Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God]. (6) For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God’s will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought). (Amp. C)

A person walking in the ways of the Lord having an established heart or who is Spiritually minded is a person who will love his enemies.

Luke 6: 27 – 36 But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you and pursue you with hatred, (28) Invoke blessings upon and pray for the happiness of those who curse you, implore God’s blessing (favor) upon those who abuse you [who revile, reproach, disparage, and high-handedly misuse you]. (29) To the one who strikes you on the jaw or cheek, offer the other jaw or cheek also; and from him who takes away your outer garment, do not withhold your undergarment as well. (30) Give away to everyone who begs of you [who is in want of necessities], and of him who takes away from you your goods, do not demand or require them back again. (31) And as you would like and desire that men would do to you, do exactly so to them. (32) If you [merely] love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them). (33) And if you are kind and good and do favors to and benefit those who are kind and good and do favors to and benefit you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the preeminently sinful do the same. (34) And if you lend money at interest to those from whom you hope to receive, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? Even notorious sinners lend money at interest to sinners, so as to recover as much again. (35) But love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked. (36) So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these]. (Amp. C)

“THE REVELATION OF UNITY”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 6, 2025
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Galatians 1:11-12 “But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.” (KJV) St. Paul was not one of the original apostles. The New Testament church was at least ten years old before we hear of him. He persecuted the church, and even tried to wipe it out completely. He must have been pretty successful before the Lord Himself intervened, see Acts 9. In Galatians 1:17-24 he tells the story of how he immediately went down to Arabia and didn’t check in with the Jerusalem church for three years. That must be the time he spent learning from God the revelations which he shares with us in his letters.

Every scripture is revealed by the Holy Spirit or it wouldn’t be in the Bible at all. And no matter what the world says, there are no other “secret” books of the Bible. It they are not in there, then we know absolutely that they are not inspired by the Holy Spirit.

No one knew the deep things of God the way he did. Thank God He had a man like Paul. It took a man so learned in the Hebrew law, history and culture to be able to teach the Jewish people how Jesus fulfilled the scriptures. He had to be a man they respected as being knowledgeable and fully accredited in the things he was sharing.

In the book of Acts, in every city he traveled to, the first place he went was to the synagogue. He says in the book of Romans how he longed for the conversion of his fellow Jews. The whole book of Ephesians focuses on mysteries, one being that gentiles and Jews are one. That was the major issue that caused him the most trouble.

Unity. One of the deepest of the deep things of God. Only in God Himself is it even remotely possible. I was at a prayer meeting once where different people got up and presented petitions like usual. They were praying for nations, governments, education, health and welfare, marriages; just lots of different really huge problems. After each one finished, the Lord spoke in my heart, “That’s a small thing.”

A small thing? A small thing! These are major issues all over the earth! After hearing Him repeat it several times, I asked Him, “Then, what do You consider a big thing?” He said, “My people being one.” Hmmm. Yes, I can see that being a big thing. If we were truly one, it sure would solve a lot of big problems. Wars, finances, health, education, governments.

He didn’t mean “one” like we understand it. After all, we are the “United” States! He means “one” in love. Talk about a deep thing of God. If we would be able to understand and work together in the agape love of God, could we even have a chance of solving all these huge problems? Even in a large church with thousands of people, is it even possible? Look at Acts 6. It seemed there was some discrimination in the distribution of food. The Apostles had to appoint people to straighten that out. The source of that was still some left over Jewish customs about separation.

Ephesians 3:14-21  “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.  Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,  him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” (KJV)

“That I May Know Him!”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 5, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230728_Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 5 – That I May Know Him

God has a deep desire for us to know Him and to know His Ways. He is not holding back.

He wants us to know Him.

God by the Holy Spirit is continuously revealing Himself to us as we study the Living Word, Pray, and walk the Love Walk.

We must position ourselves for God to be able to reveal Himself to us.

In order to know God and Walk in His Ways we must please the Lord.

In order to please the Lord, we must be people of Faith. Faith works by Love.

Hebrews 11: 6  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. (NKJV)

The people listed in Hebrews Chapter 11 all pleased God. They were people of Faith.

Paul was a man of Faith. He had a deep desire to please God and to Know Him.

Philippians 3: 7 – 10 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. (8) Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One),(9) And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law’s demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith. (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 outflowing 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] (Amp. C)

That I May Know Him!!!

“God’s Ways Revealed by the Holy Spirit Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 1, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230707-Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 3 – Gods Ways Revealed by the Holy Spirit Part 2

In order to know God and His Ways we must be born-again. If we are not born-again we have no connection to Him.

Ephesians 2: 12 – 13 that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. (13) But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. (NKJV)

John 3: 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” (NKJV)

John 3: 5 – 7 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (7) Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ (8) The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (NKJV)

In order to know God and His Ways we must be born-again, and we must draw near to Him.

James 4: 8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (NKJV)

As born-again believers the Holy Spirit Himself dwells in us. He reveals the Living Word of God to us as we study the Word, Pray, and walk the Love Walk. The Living Word of God reveals Who God Is and God’s Ways.

We cannot know God or His Ways with the human intellect. We can know about God, but we cannot know Him with our intellect.

We can only know God by the Spirit. Knowing God is heart or spirit knowledge, not head knowledge.

God IS Spirit.

John 4: 24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”(NKJV) (1st John 4: 7 & 16 God Is Love 1st John 4: 17… As He Is So Are We In This World.)

We are Spirit Beings.

1st Thessalonians 5: 23 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NKJV)

“God’s Ways Revealed by the Holy Spirit Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 18, 2025
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Every Born-Again Christian should have a deep heart felt desire to know Him and to walk in the Ways of The Lord all the days of their lives.

Isaiah 55: 6 – 9 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. (7) Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. (8) “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the LORD. (9) “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. (NKJV)

He did not say that we could not know His Thoughts and Ways, He just said that His Thoughts and Ways are not our ways.

Can we know God and His ways? Yes! If you are Born-Again

God wants us to know His Ways. He is not holding back. We must position ourselves for God to be able to reveal them to us by His Holy Spirit and the Word.

1st Corinthians 2: 9 – 16  But as it is written: “EYE HAS NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD, NOR HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM.” (10) But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. (11) For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. (12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. (13) These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. (14) But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (15) But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. (16) For “WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?” But we have the mind of Christ. (NKJV)

2nd Corinthians 4: 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. (NKJV)

Colossians 1: 26 – 27  the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. (27) To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (NKJV)

God by the Holy Spirit is continuously revealing Himself to us as we study the Living Word, Pray, and walk the Love Walk.

Colossians 3: 10  And have clothed yourselves with the new [spiritual self], which is [ever in the process of being] renewed and remolded into [fuller and more perfect knowledge upon] knowledge after the image (the likeness) of Him Who created it. (Amp. C)

“God and His Word are One Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 31, 2024
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John 1: 1 – 2 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. (2) He was present originally with God. (3) All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being.  (AMP C)

Not only is God Himself the source of The Living Word but The Living Word IS God Himself.  God and His Word are One. You cannot separate God from His Word.

Hebrews 11: 3 By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. (AMP C)

Colossians 2: 3 In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. (AMP C)

Colossians 2: 9 – 10 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 C)

 

“Putting on the New Man Part 2 of 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 10, 2024
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2nd Corinthians 5: 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (18) Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, (19) that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. (NKJV) 

Ephesians 4: 22 – 24 Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; (23) And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], (24) And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God’s image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness. (Amplified Classic) 

Ephesians 4: 25 Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. (Amplified Classic) 

Ephesians 4: 26 – 27 When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down. (27) Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him]. (Amplified Classic) 

James 1: 19 – 20 Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. (20) For man’s anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires]. (Amplified Classic) 

When you take offence allowing anger to operate, and you do not deal with it, it will lead to hatred, which will turn into bitterness. 

Ephesians 4: 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. (Amplified Classic)

 

“The Joy of the Lord is My Strength”

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Nehemiah 8: 10b … Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” (NKJV)

Proverbs 17: 22 A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones. (NKJV)

If we are truly Born-Again, joy is already present in us by the presence of the Holy Spirit.  Joy is one of the Fruit of The Spirit listed in Galatians 5: 22 – 23.

Galatians 5: 22 – 23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, (23) gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. (NKJV)

(Amplified Classic) But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] 

Joy is a major Spiritual force.

We must choose the Joy and activate it, otherwise it will remain present but in-active.   

Joy, like all the Fruit of the Spirit, must be exercised regularly in order for the fruits to develop.  We must always be Fruit of the Spirit minded. 

When I walk the Love Walk it produces the fruit of Joy and all the related fruit of the Spirit.

When we are praying applying our faith to the promises in God’s Living Word rejoicing in the Lord will bring us to a place of rest in our Faith. 

We must Rejoice always in every circumstance of life.   

Philippians 4: 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! (NKJV)

 

“Stir Yourself Up Part 1 of 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 21, 2023
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2nd Timothy 1: 6 – 7 That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. (7) For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. (Amplified Classic) 

Hebrews 12: 12 – 13 So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees, (13) And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right direction], so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured. (Amplified Classic)

Philippians 2: 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. (Amplified Classic)  

Isaiah 41: 10 Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. (Amplified Classic)

 

“Be Strong in The Lord”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 13, 2023
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The Living Word must abide in our hearts in order for it to bring forth the manifestation or harvest.  The Living Word must abide in the heart or there can be no harvest.

The only way that satan can prevent the Living Word from bringing forth harvest is to get the believer to move away from the Living Word.  Satan must prevent the Living Word from abiding in the heart of the believer otherwise The Living Word will come to harvest.  He cannot prevent it from bringing forth harvest unless he can deceive the believer into moving away and letting go of the Abiding Living Word.

That is why it is so vital that we understand the Abiding Word and that we Guard Our Hearts above all that we guard.  

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

If we do not guard our hearts the Living Word will not be able to come to harvest or manifestation.  It is our job to guard our hearts not God’s. 

Ephesians 6: 10 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]. (Amplified Classic)

Ephesians 3: 16 May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality]. (Amplified Classic)

1st Corinthians 15: 57 – 58 But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. (58) Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose]. (Amplified Classic)

 

“Hope for Hopelessness Part 4 of 4”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 12, 2023
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***If you have made Jesus Your Lord and Savior you are never alone and without hope.

Hope or Hopelessness? Our focus in life determines which we will walk in. 

Hopelessness can slip up on us if we are focusing on the wrong thing.

If we are continuously focusing on the problem, we will be building the problem and be on our way to hopelessness.

What we focus on the most becomes who we are.

No matter what the problems in life are, they are temporary.  Your eternity is not temporary.  It is eternal without end.  You decide where your focus should be.

We need to change our focus in life to see our lives and the lives of others through the eyes of Love and God’s Living Word.

The Lord’s focus is upon us.

Place your focus in life on God and His Word and watch the circumstances in your life change.

No matter what the problem is the Lord already knows the answer.  He will guide us if we set our love and hope on Him.

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit” – Part 4

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 13, 2023
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God has a deep desire to reveal His Ways to us.  He reveals His Ways through His Word. As born-again believers the Holy Spirit Himself dwells in us.  He reveals the Living Word of God to us.  The Living Word of God reveals God’s Ways.

John 14: 26 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. (Amplified Classic)

John 16: 13 – 15  But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. (14) He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. (15) Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. (Amplified Classic)

The ways of the Lord are:

Love – Mercy – Grace – Loving kindness – Goodness – Faithfulness – Integrity – Long suffering – Full of Joy – Eternal without ceasing – Holy – Truth – Steadfast – Bring life – Righteous – Always right 

As a born-again child of God His Ways are supposed to be our ways. 

 

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit Part 3″

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 6, 2023
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Hebrews 1: 3  He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God’s] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high, (Amplified Classic)

Colossians 1: 15 – 20 [Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.  (Amplified Classic) 

It is God’s Will to reveal His Ways to us through Jesus (The Living Word) by the Holy Spirit.

The Bible is a copy of the Living Word of God.  It reveals the very nature and character of God Himself, Who He Is and His Ways.

The Bible reveals who we are and what our ways should be. The Bible also reveals who satan is and his ways.

It is absolutely vital that we know the Ways of the Lord.  All of God’s Ways are revealed in Jesus Christ.  As we study God’s Living Word, and walk in Love, God’s Ways are revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.

 

 

“God’s Ways Revealed Through Jesus by the Holy Spirit Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 30, 2023
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It is God’s Will to reveal His Ways to us through Jesus (The Living Word) by the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 2: 2 – 3  [For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One). (3) In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. (Amplified Classic)