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“The Cry of God’s Heart”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 15, 2023
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We are walking in a very dark world. It has always been dark in this World since the fall of Adam of Eve.  But Darkness was not God’s plan for this world.  God Is Light.   Darkness was allowed to reign in the World where it was not supposed to reign. God placed Adam and Eve in Dominion over this World, not Satan and Darkness. Adam was supposed to take dominion over Satan and cast him out, but he did not.  Instead of casting Satan out Adam yielded to Satan’s deception disobeying God. Adam, with the encouragement of Eve, ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, disobeying God, yielding to Satan’s deception.  Ever since that moment darkness has been allowed to reign in this World.

But 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. John 3: 16 Amplified Classi 

Praise the Lord – The True Light, Jesus, has come. 

John 12: 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. (NKJV)

John 8: 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (NKJV) 

Because of the Blood of Jesus Christ, Satan and all the demons of hell put together cannot keep you from coming into the True Light Jesus Christ.

No matter who you are or where you are,

No matter what you have done or think you may have done,

No matter how far away from God you are or think you are,

No matter how deep in darkness you are or think you are,

You can still choose Jesus.  You can move from darkness to the True Light.

God Himself gave all mankind the right to choose. God will not reject the one that comes to Him

John 6: 37 All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]. (Amplified Classic) 

Your debt no matter what it is or how great it is has already been paid in full by the Blood of Jesus.  Come to the One Who Loves You.  Come into the Light.

The Heart Cry of God to all mankind, past, present, and future is “Come to Me”.That heart cry from the depths of God’s Loving Heart has been a continuous heart cry for thousands of years and will continue until Jesus’ final return at the end of the age.

Can you hear that Heart Cry from God’s Heart? 

Please Come unto ME!! 

Do you hear God calling you by name?

Our Loving Heavenly Father deeply desires for all of us to come to Him in every area of life no matter how big or small the problem may be.  He deeply desires to walk and fellowship with us. 

Can you hear the heart Cry of God?  Are you answering that Heart Cry? 

Matthew 11: 28 – 30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] (29) Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls.  (30) For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good–not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne. (Amplified Classic)

 

 

“Abiding in the True Vine Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 15, 2023
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John 15: 1 – 12  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (2) Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (3) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (4) Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. (5) “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. (6) If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered; and they gather them and throw them into the fire, and they are burned. (7) If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (8) By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples. (9) “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. (10) If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (11) “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. (12) This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. (NKJV)

My Father is the Vinedresser (Husbandman or Gardener)

A Vinedresser (Husbandman or Gardener) is one who cares for, watches over, prunes, cultivates, brings to harvest, and harvest. 

John 14: 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. (NKJV)

John 15: 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (NKJV)

Branch (Webster) The shoot of a tree or other plant; a limb; a bough shooting from the stem, or from another branch or bough.

 

“Abiding in the True Vine Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 8, 2023
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It is the abiding Word that brings forth fruit.  As it brings forth fruit it also brings refreshing.

Our union with God through His Living Word brings Life.  That Life which flows from the Living Word brings refreshing.  If we are not connected to the True Vine, there can be no life or refreshing.

We must be abiding in the True Vine for the Living Word to bring forth Living Fruit.

John 15: 1 – 12  “I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. (2) Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. (3) You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. (4) Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. (5) “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing… (NKJV)  

If Jesus is the True Vine then there must be a false vine.

Since Jesus said He was the True Vine singular then that would mean that there is and can only be one True Vine.

 

“God’s Living Word – Absolute Life, Absolute Truth”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 20, 2023
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John 1: 1 IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. (Amplified Classic)

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

God IS Love!  The Being Love.  Absolute Love.

1st John 4: 8  He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (NKJV)

1st John 4: 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. (NKJV)

Because God IS Love, The Being, and God and His Word are One then God’s Word IS Love.

Because God Is absolute Life and God and His Word are One then God’s Word Is Alive, absolute Life.

Because God and His Living Word are One and God cannot lie God’s Living Word Is Absolute Truth.

God’s Living Word Is Absolute Truth. His Word is His bond.

God’s Word has absolute integrity.

Integrity:  Unchangeable, Steadfast, Truth, Faithful, Trustworthy, Incorruptible, Perfect

Just as God never changes God’s Nature or Ways do not change; neither does His Word.

Hebrews 13: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (NKJV)

God’s Living Word has Absolute Integrity.  God’s Living Word is Absolute Truth.

Psalm 111: 7 – 8 The works of His hands are [absolute] truth and justice [faithful and right]; and all His decrees and precepts are sure (fixed, established, and trustworthy). (8) They stand fast and are established forever and ever and are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness. (Amplified Classic)

 

“God’s Word is Absolute Truth”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 4, 2023
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God’s Living Word Is Absolute Life and therefore His Living Word Is Absolute Truth.

Just as God never changes God’s Nature or Ways do not change; neither does His Word.  God’s Word has absolute integrity. His Word is His bond. His Word Is Absolute Truth

Integrity:  Unchangeable, Steadfast, Truth, Faithful, Trustworthy, Incorruptible, Perfect

As long as you live by the Word of God, you never have to be in the dark again. You never have to remain in confusion about which path to take. You never have to grope blindly along, struggling to find your own way.

The Word of God will give you all the light you need every day of your life if you’ll allow it to?

Build your faith in that Word and renew your commitment to it

“Entering the Secret Place of God’s Rest”

Posted by mcoxbmi on June 8, 2023
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God Himself has invited each of us into the secret place of His rest.  We are the ones who must choose to enter the place of His rest.

Part of God’s own Rest is His Communion with Man. This is one of God’s Greatest Desires.

It was and still is God’s intention that all His people would dwell in the secret place of His rest. But we must choose to enter that place of rest.

Hebrews 4: 10 – 11 For he who has once entered [God’s] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. (11) Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell]. (Amplified Classic)

Psalm 91: 1 – 2   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! (Amplified Classic)

In order to enter His Rest we must first come to Him, We must bring our lives just as they are!  We must be born again. He will then qualify us to enter His Rest.

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 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. (NKJV)

If we have not received Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, we cannot enter the Secret Place of God’s Rest.

Anyone who is Born Again can enter into The Secret Place of God’s Rest but We must walk the Love Walk and be Spiritually Minded

Romans 8: 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. (NKJV)

The Word says that we are to dwell, live, and abide continuously in The Secret Place of God’s Rest.In Order to dwell, live, and abide in The Secret Place of God’s Rest, The Word must live and abide in our hearts.  The Word must be first place and final authority in every area of our lives.

 

“God and His Word are One”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 19, 2023
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John 1: 1 – 2 (Amplified) 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.

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.

Just as you cannot separate God from His Word you cannot separate man and his word, good or bad.

Matthew 12: 35 – 37 (Amplified Classic) The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things. (36) 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.

 

“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.

 

“Hope for Hopelessness Part 1 of 4”

Posted by mcoxbmi on April 20, 2023
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In today’s world we all are living in perilous times.  No matter where we live or what our station in life may be there are difficult times present.

Many are crying out inside themselves for help.  It may not be obvious to the people around them but inside there is a struggle going on and a cry for help. They feel alone and unloved.

Many feel that they are at the end of their road.  They feel that there is no help or hope for them. They have been struggling with the same issues and problems for weeks months and years. They believe that they are facing a hopeless situation and that there is no hope for them.

It is sad to say that many truly born-again Christians feel the same way.  They believe that they are in a hopeless situation.  That there is no way out and no hope for them.  They believe that they are alone with no hope.  

I boldly declare to you today that there is hope.  You are not alone.  You are not hopeless.

You    are    not    alone!  There is a real Living Hope available to you. 

We do not deny that the problems and trials exist but no matter how serious the problem is there is an answer.  

John 16: 33  I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] (Amplified Classic)

At one time before we were born-again, we were without hope.  But once we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior we are no longer without hope. 

Ephesians 2: 12 – 13  That at that time ye 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 ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. (KJV) 

If we know Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Savior, we are not without hope and without God in this world.  We are never alone!

Hebrews 13: 5b  …for 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!] (Amplified Classic)

 

“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)

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

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 23, 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.

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.

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)

God’s Ways are hidden in Christ Jesus but revealed to God’s children by the Holy Spirit as we set our love upon God and walk the love walk. It is the will of God and His deep desire to reveal Himself to His People.

 

“The Law of Love vs The Law of Selfishness Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 11, 2023
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There are two laws govern life, the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, which is Love, and the law of sin and death, which is selfishness – the foundation of all sin.

Romans 8: 1 – 2 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. (2) For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. (NKJV)

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)

In the way that God is Love, Satan is Fear and selfishness.

When selfishness is the foundation of your life, what you were once protected from when you walked in love, can then happen to you.

1st John 5: 18 We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. (NKJV)

We must choose to live in the Law of Life in Christ Jesus.  If we do not choose The Law of Life in Christ Jesus, then the Law of Sin and Death is in operation.  One or the other.

Deuteronomy 30: 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; (NKJV)

 

“The Word Became Flesh”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 2, 2023
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John 1: 14 – 16 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. (15) John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.] (16) For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. (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. (16) For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. (17) And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). (18) He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. (19) For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently. (20) And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. (Amplified Classic)

 

“In the Beginning Was the Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 17, 2023
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John 1: 1 – 5  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. (4) In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. (5) And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it]. (Amplified Classic)

The Living Word was already in existence before anything was created in Eternity or Time.   

All things were created by Him in both Time and Eternity.

Colossians 1: 17 And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). (Amplified Classic)

We need to be constantly aware that God the Father, God the Son (the Word), and God the Holy Spirit are One.  All that they do they do as One.  They never do anything, no matter what it is, alone or separate from each other, They are absolutely One.

Romans 11: 36  For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it). (Amplified Classic)

 

” Developing a Consistent Christian Life”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 9, 2023
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Consistent = Constant, Always the same, not wavering, never changing.

Hebrews 13: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. (NKJV)

As Born-Again Children of God we should be striving to develop and live a consistent Christian Life.

Colossians 3: 1 – 5 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. (Amplified Classic)

Once we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior we have New Life.  We have been translated from death to life, from darkness to light. Our sins have been paid for and nailed to the Cross.  We are a New Creation in Christ Jesus.

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. (NKJV)

Now that we are a new creation in Christ Jesus, it is up to us to develop this new man. We must find out who this new man is.

It is our choice what we do with this new man. It is our choice how far we go with God. We are the ones who choose whether or not we develop this new man and how far we go.

The only limit that Our Loving Father has where we are concerned is the limit that we place on Him.

 

“To Man from God – Gift’s from the Father’s Heart”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 22, 2022
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In this message we will be talking about some of the many gifts that Our Loving Heavenly Father has already given, not just to the Born-Again Christian, but to all of Mankind past, present, and future. They are all free and ready to be received by anyone, anywhere, at any time.

These gifts come from the Father’s Heart. You do not have to wait till Christmas to receive and open these gifts.  They are available to anyone anywhere at any time.  They are free to all and available to whosoever will receive them.

This is just a partial list of the Gifts from the Father’s Heart to Man.  All of these gifts come from the heart of Love Himself, Our Loving Father God.  Their value is priceless.  Nothing can equal their true value

A real gift comes from the heart not the purse or wallet and has nothing to do with financial value.  The Love in which it is given from the heart becomes its real value. God gave Mankind the greatest gift ever to be given.

John 3: 16 – 17 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. (Amplified Classic)  

Have you received your eternal gifts from the Father’s Heart?

John 1: 16 For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. (Amplified Classic)

Ephesians 2: 4 – 7 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. (Amplified Classic)

“Trusting in the Lord”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 9, 2022
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In order to properly understand what it means to trust in the Lord we must understand that Trust cannot be earned it must be granted.  A person can position themselves to be trustworthy but cannot earn trust.  No matter what a person does to become trustworthy that trust must be granted it cannot be earned.

Our trust in God and His Living Word must be on a higher level than our trust in anyone or anything else.  God and His Living Word are ABSOLUTE TRUTH.

The Amplified Bible says to believe in God is to adhere to, trust in, and rely on God. 

When I truly set my love upon God and habitually walk the Love Walk as a lifestyle, I will trust God no matter what takes place in my life.

When we trust God, we position ourselves for Him to accomplish His Will in our lives.

Psalm 31: 19  Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men! (Amplified Classic)

I cannot truly Trust the Lord without setting my Love upon Him.  Setting my Love upon Him opens the door for God to pour out His Blessings upon us.

Psalm 91: 14 – 16 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. (Amplified Classic)

God has already determined the path that He desires for our life.  Our job is to discover and align ourselves with that plan, not create our own.  When we truly trust God, we align ourselves with His Way not ours.  He is our life, our shield, and our refuge.

Psalm 18: 30 As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him. (Amplified Classic)

We must trust God no matter what takes place or what we may think or feel.

 

“Resisting the Temptation to be Selfish Builds Spiritual Muscle Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 29, 2022
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Colossians 3: 23 – 24 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; (24) Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. (KJV)

Selfishness is a way of thinking that motivates a person to always seek his or her own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for the well-being of others.

Believers can avoid selfishness by purposely seeking the well-being of others.

A Believer should never esteem his or her life and purposes above another person’s or above the plans and purposes of God 

The temptation to be self-centered or selfish must be resisted.  A self-centered person always has an issue with pride.

James 4: 6 – 8 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: “GOD RESISTS THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE.” (7) Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. (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)

A self-centered or selfish person will have difficulty with pride and therefore will have difficulty in his love walk and his relationship with Jesus.

“One Thing – That Will I Seek”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 27, 2022
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Psalm 27: 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.(Amplified Classic)

Luke 11: 9 – 10 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (10) For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. (NKJV)