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“Guarding Our Hearts Against Weariness Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 21, 2023
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2nd Thessalians 3: 13 But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary in doing good.  (NKJV)

We must govern what we focus on.

Galatians 6: 9 And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. (Amplified Classic)

Philippians 4: 8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. (Amplified Classic)

By these two scriptures we can see that we can chose and govern whether or not we allow ourselves to become weary and faint.

We have the right, authority, and the ability to choose what we think on.  We can govern what we focus on.

Setting our Love and keeping it set on our Loving Heavenly Father and focusing on our Love Walk will prevent weariness.  It will cripple the enemies ability to use weariness against us.

Weariness opens the door to the enemy.  Satan watches for opportunities when we are weary. He will even help us become weary if we allow him to.

 Weariness is a major enemy and must be resisted.

 

“Guarding Our Hearts Against Weariness Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 14, 2023
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We must be consistently constant in guarding our hearts, attending to His Word, and not become weary in well doing.

Weariness is one of the issues that we all face from time to time.  Weariness can be a major hindrance in our lives.  We must guard our hearts against weariness.

The Word has a lot to say about becoming weary and fainting and how to overcome and prevent it.

Weariness effects our prayer life, our faith, our strength, our peace, our rest, our relationships, and even our health.

There is a difference between being tired and weariness.  Being tired is normally due to physical exertion like working hard.  Being tired is normally physical.  Weariness is normally mental or spiritual.  Stress, worry, and fear lead to weariness which can become depression.

However, being physically tired all the time can lead to stress, worry, and fear then become weariness if we allow it to take place.

Most of us focus so much on the problems and issues of life that it leads us into stress, worry, and fear.  We can then become depressed and lose heart.  We are focusing on the wrong things.

Weariness is a major weapon of the enemy.  If we allow it to operate in our lives satan will be able to use it against us.  We must guard our hearts against weariness.

What we focus and meditate on is what we will become.  We have the right and power to choose and change what we focus and meditate on.

Luke 18: 1 ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). (Amplified Classic)

Prayer and Worship that is based on God’s Living Word will help position us to focus on the right things.  Prayer and Worship will help to strengthen us to the place where we will not faint, lose heart, and give up. 

Philippians 4: 6 – 7 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.  (Amplified Classic)

“What We Need to do to Guard Our Hearts Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 24, 2023
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What do we need to do to guard our hearts so that the Word will abide?

Proverbs 4: 24 – 27 Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. (25) Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you.(26) Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. (27) Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. (Amplified Classic)

Proverbs 4: 20 – 27 is in the context of a commandment

Attend or give attention to – This means that there is an action required on our part. Not just listen to them but to do what they say, apply them.

In order for the Word to bring forth the life and health we must do the following:

1- Attend to His Word (Amplified = consent and submit)

2- Let them not depart from our sight

3- Keep them in the center of our heart

4- Keep and guard our heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard for out of it flow the springs of life

5- Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you

6- Let your eyes look right on with fixed purpose, and let your gaze be straight before you

7- Consider well the path of your feet

8- Let all your ways be established and ordered aright.

9- Turn not to the right hand or left

10- Remove your foot from evil

 

 

“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.

 

“The Abiding Word Sets You Free”

Posted by mcoxbmi on June 1, 2023
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John 8: 31 – 32  So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. (32) And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. (Amplified Classic)

John 17: 17  Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. (Amplified Classic)

It is the abiding Word that you know in your heart that sets you free.

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) 

When we study the Word, meditate on the Word, confess the Word, and apply our faith to the Word, it comes alive in our hearts or spirit man.

As we meditate on the Living Word the Holy Spirit will enlighten our understanding.  As He enlightens our understanding we grow in the knowledge of Who God really Is and His Ways.  We also grow in the knowledge of who we are in Christ Jesus and what our ways are supposed to be.  We become the light in a dark and hurting world revealing Jesus.

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

 

“Hope for Hopelessness Part 3 of 4”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 4, 2023
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God Himself has set His Faith and Hope (Absolute Ernest Expectation) on His Word and called all mankind especially us the Church, His Children, to that Hope.

Ephesians 1: 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), (Amplified Classic)

We are not in this alone.  Our hope (Ernest Expectation) is connected to God’s Own Hope (Absolute Ernest Expectation).

When I apply my Faith and Hope to the Living Word His Faith and Hope are already applied to the Living Word.

Our Loving Heavenly Father wants us to know Him and the Hope (Ernest Expectation) that He Himself has set before us.

There is a deep heart cry from God to all mankind saved and unsaved to come and experience real Living Hope.

The precious loving Holy Spirit is constantly calling us to come.  We have an open invitation to come.

 

“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. 

 

 

“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)

 

” 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.

 

“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)

“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 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.

 

“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.

“Where Is Your Confidence?”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 30, 2022
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Proverbs 3: 5 – 6 Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. (6) In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. (Amplified Classic)

Psalm 31: 1a In You O Lord do I put my trust and seek refuge. (Amplified Classic)

Confidence must be developed.  We must develop confidence in God and His Word before the problem or issue comes. We need to practice our trust and confidence in God and His Word every day in every circumstance and situation of life.  Not just when problems are present.  If we wait till the problem arrives, we will have a difficult time developing our confidence.

If we really had the confidence and trust in God and His Word that we say we have, we would respond differently to the problems and circumstances of life.  If I really do have confidence in God and His Word, I will trust Him in every area of my life.

David knew where to place his confidence.  It was a habitual lifestyle for David. You find him constantly declaring his confidence in God and His Word.  Do you?

Like David many of us have had some trouble in our lives but let’s take a look at how David handled the troubles and problems that he faced in life.  We should be responding in the same way. 

Psalm 56: 3 What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You. (Amplified Classic) 

Psalm 31: 14 – 15  But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God. (15) My times are in Your hands; (Amplified Classic)

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

Psalm 31: 5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness. (Amplified Classic)

 

“Love Never Fails Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 9, 2022
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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)

 

“Love Never Fails”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 14, 2022
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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)

“Developing Our Love Walk Part 3”

Posted by mcoxbmi on May 5, 2022
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2 Tim. 2: 22  Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart.   (Amplified Classic)

Walking in agape love requires development and training.

It is vital that we develop and strengthen our inner man or our Spirit Man which is the real man.

We cannot be successful in developing and building our Love Walk without the Holy Spirit who lives and abides in every Born-Again Believer. He is our Helper in the developing process.

Ephesians 3: 16 – 19 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]! (Amplified Classic)