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“Fret Not, Envy Not Part 2 of 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 2, 2023
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Love does not fret or envy.

We find examples of fretting and envy throughout scripture.

Genesis 4 Cain envied Abel and killed him.

Genesis 26 we find the Philistines envied Abraham because of the great number of the flocks of sheep, herds of cattle, servants and other possessions that he had.

Genesis 37 Joseph’s brothers envied him selling him to the Egyptians.

Matthew 27: 18 and Mark 15: 10 we find that Pilate knew that the Jews had handed Jesus over to be crucified because of envy.

Psalm 37: 1 – 8 (Amplified Classic) FRET NOT yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God). (2) For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. (3) Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. (4) Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. (5) Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass. (6) And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday. (7) Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. (8) Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself–it tends only to evildoing.

James 3: 13 – 18 (NKJV) Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom. (14) But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth. (15) This wisdom does not descend from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic. (16) For where envy and self-seeking exist, confusion and every evil thing are there. (17) But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. (18) Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

James 3: 16 (Amplified Classic) 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. 

“Fret Not, Envy Not Part 1 of 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on January 25, 2023
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Love must be exercised to be developed.  Fear also develops as it is exercised. Worry or fretting develops fear.

You cannot fret and worry and walk in Love at the same time.  They are exact opposites.

Fretting or worry, envy or jealousy work with and by fear.  Faith and Hope work by Love.

For many, even born-again bible believing people fretting, worry, envy, and jealousy are a habitual lifestyle. Our habitual lifestyle is supposed to be Love Faith and Peace.

Philippians 4: 6 – 7 (Amplified Classic) Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God.  (7) And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.

The Bible even tells us what we are to be thinking on instead of fretting, worry, envy, and jealousy.

Philippians 4: 8 – 9 (NKJV) Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.  (9) The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

 

 

“There Is No Fear in Love”

Posted by mcoxbmi on January 12, 2023
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Fear, worry, deception, and strife are the Satan’s big guns, his big weapons. They are involved in just about everything he does.

As long as we are part of this world, at one time or another, no matter who we are, no matter how young or old we are, we are all going to have to deal with fear in our lives.

How we respond to that fear makes all the difference. How do we deal with fear? When the opportunity comes along to fear we must resist it.

Fear does not come from God. God is not the author of fear.  God Is Love. 1st John 4: 7 – 8, 16

2nd Timothy 1: 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)

When the Bible talks about fearing God it is Talking about reverential fear which is one of the definitions found in the dictionary.

 Merriam-Webster Dictionary:

Fear:

1a: an unpleasant often strong emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger

b(1): an instance of this emotion (2): a state marked by this emotion

2: anxious concern : SOLICITUDE

3: profound reverence and awe especially toward God

4: reason for alarm : DANGER

Psalm 56: 10 – 11 (Amplified Classic) In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise, (11) In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?

All fear is self-centered.  It always focuses on self. Love is others centered.  It always focuses on others. 

Whenever our focus is on ourselves rather than others, we have the foundation necessary to produce iniquity and sin.  That foundation of iniquity and sin opens the door for fear to function and rule.

 

“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.

 

“What is the Foundation of Your Life – Love or Selfishness?”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 3, 2022
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No matter who we are our life is founded on either Love or Selfishness, one or the other.

A foundation of selfishness leads to adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envying, murders, drunkenness, ravelings, and such.

The foundation of love leads to joy, peace, longsuffering, faith, gentleness, goodness, meekness, and temperance.  If our life is founded on Love these Fruits will be manifesting in our lives.

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]. (Amplified Classic) 

All of the Fruit of the Spirit are already present in every truly Born-Again person but they must be exercised or built up by the Believer.

“The Bible – The Living Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 24, 2022
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Do you really believe that the Bible Is The Living Word of God? Do you really believe the Bible?

If so: Do you read the Bible? How often? Daily, weekly, monthly, occasionally?

Do you actually study the Bible? Do you act on the commandments and promises in the Bible?

The Bible can forever change your life. The Bible has forever changed my life.

Many of us would like change in our lives.  Change may be something that you have been thinking about.

The question comes to mind; where do I start?  First start with a relationship with Jesus Christ by being Born Again. Then a relationship with The Living Word, The Bible.

Psalm 119: 130 The entrance and unfolding of Your words gives light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. (Amplified Classic)

Notice the entrance of God’s Word will give understanding, discernment, and comprehension even to the simple.  We all qualify.

Is the Bible a rich treasure to you? 

1st John 2: 4 – 6 Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth [of the Gospel] is not in him. (5) But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him: (6) Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself. (Amplified Classic)

Joshua 1:8 – 9 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. (9) Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” (NKJV) 

The Word of God is Alive

Hebrews 4: 12  For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (NKJV)

The Bible is The Judgment from the very Throne of God Himself.  The Highest Court of all

The Bible is a living covenant or contract between God and Man from the very mouth of God Himself.

“The Law of Love vs The Law of Selfishness Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 17, 2022
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Law:  A Law can only be enacted by someone who has the authority to do so.  A law must be enforced by someone who has been given the authority to do so. A law carries a penalty if broken.

All things function by Law.

A Commandment is a Law

A Promise from God is also a law because it is God’s idea.  He Himself said it.  It became Law when He said it.

The Law of Love, God’s Word, His Promises and Commandments are absolute Law. They are a higher Law than natural law. When activated by the Believer the Higher Law supersede lower natural law.

There really are only 2 laws, from these two laws flow all other laws.  The Law of Life and the law of sin and death.

“The God of All Comfort”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 10, 2022
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2nd Corinthians 1: 3 – 4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, (4) who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. (NKJV)

All of us at one time or another need to be comforted.  No matter who we are we all experience times of problems and storms of life. We all need someone or something to comfort us, but we all want something or someone that is real and lasting.

We need someone or something that we can lean on in the times of trouble and storms of life.

We are searching. But many times, we search in the wrong place.  What we find is a false or fleeting temporary comfort or ease.  We find that people and things let us down or just simply do not understand.

Jesus Is Calling all who labor and are heavy laden!! Come to Me!!! Softly and Tenderly

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)

 Hebrews 13: 5B – 6 … 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!] (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? (Amplified Classic)

 

“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.

“Resisting the Temptation to be Selfish Builds Spiritual Muscle Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 15, 2022
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Selfishness and fear are two primary obstacles to agape in the life of the Believer.

Some Christians allow selfishness to stop them from walking in the unconditional, unqualified love of God

Self-centered people invariably struggle with depression and oppression.  They can’t sleep. Their relationships are shallow and unsatisfying.  They are constantly thinking only of themselves and not of others.

The lifestyle of love is exactly the opposite.  Love says don’t seek your own interest first but the interest of others.  Love says to think the best of every person and take no thought to an evil done to me.  Love says to bear one another’s burdens.  Love says if you want to be great be the servant of all.

Matthew 20: 25 – 28 And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection [tyrannizing over them]. (26) Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, (27) And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave– (28) Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free]. (Amplified Classic)

“The Biggest Enemy to the Love of God”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 8, 2022
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The biggest enemy to the love of God is love of self. You must get rid of selfishness in order to walk in the love of God.

You must be willing to put God’s will above your own desires and above everything else in your life.  That is what it really means to love God.

What do you have on the throne of your heart as a priority?

What keeps you from your time with the Lord or doing what you already know to do?

What are you so tied to that it effects your time with the Lord?

Many people tie themselves to money, houses, other people, and pleasures instead of God. However, you cannot get so tied to those things that you forget God.

Matthew 6: 33 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. (Amplified Classic)

Loving God, setting your love upon Him, requires that you tie yourself to Him and Him alone.  He should be your number one priority.

 

“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) 

“First of All – Who or What is First in Your Life”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 24, 2022
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Colossians 3: 14 (Amplified Classic) And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony].

Matthew 6: 33 (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.

When you truly set your love upon God, Who IS Love, the worries and fears of life no longer concern you because He IS with you.  

Colossians 3: 1 – 4 (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. (4) When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory.

“Strengthened in the Inner Man – The Living Word at Work in Us”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 10, 2022
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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 – 17 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)

John 15: 7  If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. (Amplified Classic)

1st Thessalonians 2: 13  And we also [especially] thank God continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it]. (Amplified Classic)

“Building Strength to Walk in Love Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 2, 2022
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Ephesians 6: 10 (Amplified Classic) 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].

We cannot walk the Love Walk in our own strength. We must be strong IN The Lord.  We draw our strength from Him.  Our strength flows from our union and communion with Him.  We are strengthened from our inner man.

Not only do we draw our strength from the Lord as we walk in Love setting our love upon Him, but as we Love God we Love One Another.  As we Love one Another we draw strength from one another.

Ephesians 4: 16 (Amplified Classic) For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love.

 

“Building Strength to Walk in Love Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 18, 2022
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We build our strength to walk in love in our inner man or our Spirit man.

We can build the strength of our bodies and strengthen our minds and still not strengthen our Spirit Man which is the real man.

Our real strength flows from our inner man or our Spirit Man.  In order to walk in Love, we must strengthen our Spirit Man.  We must root ourselves in Love.

Colossians 2: 6 – 7 As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him. (7) 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. (Amplified Classic)

Philippians 4: 13 I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency]. (Amplified Classic) 

 

“Why is Love So Important?”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 15, 2022
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1) God IS Love, 1st John 4: 8 & 16

2) We are Love Creatures, 1st John 4: 7; 1st John 4: 13 – 16; 1st John 4: 17…As He Is so are we in this world.

3) Love is the point of origin,

4) Love is the power source,

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

6) Love is the perfect bound of unity John 17: 21 – 23; 1st John 4: 17

7) Love is the only way that truly we can keep ourselves. 1st John 5: 18 (KJV) He that keeps himself that wicked one touches him not.

8) Perfect Love cast out fear 1st John 4: 18 (NKJV) There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.

9) All of the issues of life flow from the heart or from Love 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.

10) Faith works by Love.  As we study, mediate on, and act on the Living Word of God it develops and builds up our Faith which works by Love.  Galatians 5: 6 (Amplified Classic) For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love.

 

“Love Never Fails Part 2”

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

Romans 5:5 Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God’s love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us. (Amplified Classic)

Romans 8: 31 – 39 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] (32) He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things? (33) Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?] (34) Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us? (35) Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword? (36) Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter. (37) Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. (38) For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, (39) Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Amplified Classic)

1st John 4: 4 Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. (Amplified Classic)

 

“Walking in the Spirit – The Established Heart Part 4”

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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)

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 – 21 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]. (17) 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]! (20) Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]– (21) To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it). (Amplified Classic)

1st Corinthians 13: 4 – 8a  Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. (5) It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. (6) It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. (7) 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].(Amplified Classic)

A person who is walking in the Spirit having an established heart will be walking in the fruit of the Spirit.