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“The Goodness of God Part 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 9, 2026
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Download This Message –>> 240503 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 39 – The Goodness of God Part 2

A person walking in the ways of the Lord is a person who is committed to and is diligently walking the Love-Walk developing the Fruit of the Spirit in every area of their lives. They are habitually others centered. The fruit of Goodness is a habitual lifestyle for this person.

Psalm 145: 8 – 9 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness. (9) The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. (AMP C)

Psalm 100: 5 For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endures to all generations. (NKJV) – also Psalm 106: 1; Psalm 107: 1; 1st Chronicles 16: 34

The Lord Is the same yesterday, today, and forever, so His Goodness, Loving-Kindness, and Mercy are everlasting to all generations.

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

Because God IS Love and He Is the same yesterday, today, and forever, in His Goodness, by Grace, He poured out His abundant everlasting Love and Mercy toward all Mankind.

Ephesians 2: 4 – 6 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). (AMP C)

 

“The Fruit of the Spirit – Light to a Dark World”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 5, 2026
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Download This Message –>> 240412 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 37 -The Fruit of the Spirit – Light to a Dark World

Kindness, as well as all of the Fruits of the Spirit, are desperately needed in the dark world of today.

The lifestyle of the Fruit of the Spirit in the life of the believer is a light to a dark world.

Every believer should be and is responsible for bearing the Fruit of the Spirit as a lifestyle. This hurting world must see this fruit in operation in the lives of the believers.

1st Thessalonians 5: 5  You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. (NKJV)

Matthew 5: 14 – 16   “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. (15) Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. (16) Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. (NKJV)

Ephesians 5: 8 – 10 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (9) (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), (10) finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. (NKJV)

Philippians 2: 12b  …work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; (13) for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. (14) Do all things without complaining and disputing, (15) that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, (NKJV)

Ephesians 4: 17 – 18   This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility of their mind, (18) having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart; (NKJV)

The Loving-Kindness and Tender Mercy of God is calling out to a dark and hurting World. His Heart cry to this dark World Is:

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. (AMP C)

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]. (AMP C)

“Kindness – A Fruit of the Spirit”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 20, 2026
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Download This Message –>> 240329 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 35 – Kindness – a Fruit of the Spirit

A person walking in the ways of the Lord is a person who is committed to and is diligently walking the Love-Walk. They are others centered, developing the fruit of Kindness in every area of their lives.

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

Kindness and Goodness are connected. They are both Fruits of the Spirit relying on each other and flow together but are not the same. That is why they are listed separately in the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Galatians 5: 22 – 23.

In today’s world we are in desperate need of kindness.

With the Fruit of the Spirit present and operating in our lives, we do not have to live like the World lives.

Kindness should never be confused with weakness. Kindness is power under perfect control.

When we allow the Fruit of Spirit to have dominion in our lives, we live a higher life than the carnal natural life. We will be Spiritually Minded, which is life and peace.

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

Being Spiritually Minded is by far a much higher life than living a carnal fleshly life allowing our emotions to govern us.

As we walk the Love-Walk developing the Fruit of the Spirit, the Fruit of the Spirit flowing from our Spiritual Man gives us the control. When we are not walking the Love-Walk, we are out of control allowing our fleshly carnal man to be governed by our emotions.

Loving-Kindness flows from a heart of Love. The kindness is done solely from a heart of Love and not because of what the other person has or has not done. Loving-Kindness expects nothing in return. It is others centered. This is the Fruit of Kindness listed in Galatians 5: 22

As God’s Children we should be walking a habitual life of kindness.

Psalm 145: 8 – 9 The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness. (9) The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. (AMP C)

Colossians 3: 12 – 14 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (13) bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (14) But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (NKJV)

 

“The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Part 1”

Posted by mcoxbmi on December 2, 2025
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Download This Message –>>  240126 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 26 – The Lord Is My Shepherd – I Am at Rest in the Lord Part 1

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

Psalm 23 is a wonderful image of the person who has entered and is dwelling in The Secret Place of God’s Rest in Psalm 91

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

Psalm 91 and Psalm 23 are both about deep intimate relationship, covenant, refreshing, protection, provision, rest, and guidance.

Psalm 23: 1 THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. (Amp. C)

The Lord is My Shepherd, My Lord, I have made an absolute quality decision my choice.

Because He Is my Lord, my Shepherd I shall not lack! If you have made the Lord Your Shepherd – You shall not lack. This is an absolute truth.

However, we need to be aware that there are conditions in this verse that puts us in the position where we do not lack. The conditions unlock God’s provision.

Those conditions are:

Our submission to the Lordship of Jesus Christ in every area of our lives.

Our submission to Jesus Christ being our Shepherd in every area of our lives.

Our submission to The Living Word as being first place and final authority in our lives.

A lack of knowledge and our not acting on the knowledge that we have causes us to be in lack.

What do we do when we have a lack of knowledge? We obtain knowledge and we act on that knowledge, or we will continue to lack.

Just to have knowledge is not enough. We must have faith in the knowledge that we have. Faith is an action word. For faith to be real faith there must be action that flows from the faith.

It is not by your own works but there is a work or action that flows from the faith.

James 2: 17 – 18 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. (18) But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. (NKJV)

The source of the knowledge of God is His Living Word. The abiding Word always brings forth fruit and rest when we submit to it and make it final authority.

The Living Word is what God uses to provide our every need. The Living Word must be activated by our Faith which works by Love.

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. (Amp. C) 

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. (Amp. C) 

2nd Peter 1: 2 – 3 May grace (God’s favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (3) For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). (Amp. C) 

” Putting Feet to Our Faith Brings Peace”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 25, 2025
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Download This Message —> 231229 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 24 – Putting Feet to Our Faith Brings Peace

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

We must put feet to our faith in the Living Word. Our feet must be shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace.

Peace is not only a Fruit of the Spirit, but it is also a very important and vital part of the Armor of God.

Ephesians 6: 15 And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. (Amp. C)

In preparation to face the enemy – We must do this before we face the enemy.

Peace will make you sure-footed and confident with firm footed stability.

Real Faith and Trust in The Living Word of God brings peace and confidence.

Peace will cause you to stand firm on the solid rock. Fear stands on sand.

When the pressure is on, fear runs and cannot stand. When the pressure is on, Peace will remain firm, and we will be able to stand, therefore.

 

“Walking in the Joy of the Lord”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 5, 2025
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A person walking in the ways of the Lord is a person who is walking in the Joy of the Lord. This person exercises the Fruit of Joy in every area of their life. The Joy of the Lord is their strength.

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

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

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

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

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

Joy is a major Spiritual force.

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

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

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

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

Real Faith is at rest in the Word.

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

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

We must Rejoice always in every circumstance of life.

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

 

“The Glorious Riches of God’s Grace”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 18, 2025
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Download This Message – -> 231013 Walking in the Ways of The Lord Part 16 – The Glorious Riches of Gods Grace

Ephesians 1: 4 – 6 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, (5) having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, (6) to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. (NKJV) 

Colossians 1: 12 – 14 Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God’s holy people) in the Light. (13) [The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, (14) In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins. (Amp. C)

Ephesians 1: 7 – 10 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace (8) which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, (9) having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, (10) that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth—in Him. (NKJV) 

Colossians 1: 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. (Amp. C)

Ephesians 1: 11 – 14 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will, (12) that we who first trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory. (13) In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, (14) who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. (NKJV) 

 

“Grace – God’s Unmerited Favor”

Posted by mcoxbmi on September 3, 2025
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Download This Message -> 231006 Walking in the Ways of the Lord Part 15 – Gods Unmerited Favor

Grace = Undeserved Favor.

Because of the Mercy and Loving-Kindness of God, He imparted His abundant Grace toward Mankind.

God Is Love. All the Ways of the Lord flow from Love, God Himself.

Holiness flows from Righteousness, which flows from God’s Grace, which flows from God’s Mercy and Loving-Kindness, which flows from Love, God Himself.

John 1: 16 – 17   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.  (17) For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ. (Amp. C)

Psalm 5: 11 – 12  But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; Let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; Let those also who love Your name Be joyful in You. (12) For You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; With favor You will surround him as with a shield. (NKJV)

The Bible is the full of God’s Mercy and Loving-Kindness. It is the Gospel of Grace.

Acts 20: 24  But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. (NKJV)

The Word of Grace is able to build us up, strengthen us, and give us our rightful inheritance.

Acts 20: 32  And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God’s set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul). (Amp. C)

2nd Timothy 2: 1  SO YOU, my son, be strong (strengthened inwardly) in the grace (spiritual blessing) that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus. (Amp. C)

1st Corinthians 15: 10  But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not [found to be] for nothing (fruitless and without effect). In fact, I worked harder than all of them [the apostles], though it was not really I, but the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God which was with me. (Amp. C)

 

“Hindrances to Our Prayer Life – Keys to Overcoming the Hindrances”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 1, 2025
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Download This Message -> 230609 – The Bible Part 18 – Hindrances to Our Prayer Life – Keys to Overcoming the Hindrances.MP3

Colossians 3: 12 – 15 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; (13) bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. (14) But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. (15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. (NKJV) 

***(Amplified Classic) – Colossians 3: 14 And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony]. 

We draw our strength from the Holy Spirit and the Living Word of God.

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]. (Amp. C)

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. (27) Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.] (Amp. C)

“The Abiding Word Will Renew Our Minds”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 16, 2024
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Download This Message -> 230331_The_Bible_Part_9- The_Abiding_Word_Will_Renew_Our_Minds

The same Abiding Word that will set us free will also new our minds. If the Word does not abide in our Spirit Man it cannot set us free or new our minds.

Our Minds are Renewed by the Living Word.

If we are to live a consistent Christian Life, we must renew our minds.

Ephesian 4: 23 And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], (Amplified Classic)

Romans 12: 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. (NKJV)

2nd Corinthians 4: 16 – 18 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. (17) For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, (18) while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. (NKJV)

John 6: 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. (NKJV)

This Living Word of God is constantly at work in us who believe It.

 

 

 

“Meditating on the Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on August 19, 2024
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[/audio*** Download This Message -> 230224_The Bible 4 – Mediating on the Word

Mediating on the Word brings Life, Revelation Knowledge, Strength, and Courage.

 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)

Psalm 1: 1 – 3 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; (2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. (3) He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. (NKJV) 

Deuteronomy 11: 18 – 21 “Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. (19) You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. (20) And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, (21) that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth. (NKJV)

 

“The Treasure of God’s Living Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on July 3, 2024
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*** Download This Message -> 230210_The Bible – The Treasure of Gods Living Word

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 (God’s Living Word) a rich treasure to you?  Why is it a rich Treasure?          

Both Matthew 6: 21 & Luke 12:34  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (NKJV)

Psalms 119: 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (NKJV)

Proverbs 3: 1 – 10 My son, do not forget my law, But let your heart keep my commands; (2) For length of days and long life And peace they will add to you. (3) Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart, (4) And so find favor and high esteem In the sight of God and man. (5) Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; (6) In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (7) Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and depart from evil. (8) It will be health to your flesh, And strength to your bones. (9) Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; (10) So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.(NKJV)

 

“A Focused Life”

Posted by mcoxbmi on March 14, 2024
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Focus:

To adjust your eye, a lens, a TV, or similar item to produce a clearer image.

To fix or settle on one thing; to concentrate.

To focus one’s attention on a specific subject or question.

One of the main tactics that the enemy uses is to try and keep our focus on the wrong thing.  He works hard at drawing our focus away from God and His Living Word.

Throughout Scripture we see people who had their Faith and Life focus on God and His Living Word. In order for their Faith to work they had to be Focused on Love, the Word, and Faith.  Faith works by Love. Faith is applied to the Word. They corrected themselves, their emotions, and the way they responded to the circumstances of life based on God and His Word. Their life focus was their relationship with God. The same should be true of every Christian.

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

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

What in your life do you focus on the most?  What is Your Life Focus? What we focus on the most becomes who we are.

To be successful in any area of life we must be focused in that area. If we are not focused, we will not be successful.       

We must decide where our focus should be. What we focus on goes farther than just being successful in this life.  Our life focus will determine our destiny in this life and our eternity that follows.

God gave man the right to choose.  He will back our choice.  The choices we make determines our focus. 

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

Matthew 6: 33 – 34 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)

Our Life Focus must be on God’s Living Word first of all.   

Colossians 3: 1 – 3 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. (Amplified Classic)

Colossians 3: 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. (NKJV)

 

 

“The Joy of the Lord is My Strength”

Posted by mcoxbmi on February 8, 2024
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Nehemiah 8: 10b … Do not sorrow, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.” (NKJV)

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

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

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

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

Joy is a major Spiritual force.

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

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

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

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

We must Rejoice always in every circumstance of life.   

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

 

“Faith vs Fear”

Posted by mcoxbmi on January 24, 2024
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NOTE: Satan cannot do anything to us apart from fear, any more than God can do something for us apart from faith.

1st John 5: 18b… he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him. (NKJV)

Faith moves God because faith is in God. Fear moves Satan because fear is in Satan. Fear does not come from God.  There is no fear in God for God Is Love. Fear comes from Satan for Satan is Fear. 

1st John 4: 16… God is love (NKJV) 

1st John 4: 18… There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear (NKJV) 

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)

(Amplified Classic) [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control.

Isaiah. 54: 14 – 15  In righteousness you shall be established; You shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; And from terror, for it shall not come near you. (15) Indeed they shall surely assemble, but not because of Me. Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake. (NKJV)

God Is Love, Light, and Faith.

Satan is Hate, Darkness, and Fear. 

What is faith? What is fear? Faith is a Spiritual force. Fear is a Spiritual force.  They are directly opposite each other.  Both are governed by Spiritual Laws. Faith is governed and works by the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus.  Fear is governed and works by the Law of Sin and Death.                   

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)

 

“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.

 

“Refreshed and Strengthened by the Living Word”

Posted by mcoxbmi on November 3, 2023
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In times of weariness, we can obtain times of refreshing from the Lord.

The Living Word can bring times of refreshing in the midst of the storms of life.

God wants us to be refreshed continually and not become weary.  He has already made provision through His Word for us so that we do not have to become weary. 

Isaiah 40: 28 – 31 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. (29) He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. (30) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, (31) But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. (NKJV)

The Living Word brings rest.  We can and must entering into God’s Rest.  He has opened the door to His Heart for us.  We must respond and come.

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)

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

 

“Stir Yourself Up Part 2 of 2”

Posted by mcoxbmi on October 25, 2023
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In order to be strong in The Lord, we must stir ourselves up.  Note that I said stir ourselves up. That’s our job not God’s. There are many Christians asking and waiting for God to stir them up but according to the Word we must stir ourselves up.

He paid the price and gave us everything needed to stir ourselves up, but He will not do it for us.  It must be our choice.  He will teach us how and will strengthen us so that we can stir ourselves up, but it must be our choice to do so. 

2nd Timothy 1: 6 – 7 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. (7) For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. (NKJV)

In order to stir ourselves up we must remove the things that hinder us from being stirred up.

As soon as we start to stir ourselves up the Holy Spirit within us joins in with us as we continue to stir ourselves up.  He strengthens and refreshes us as we stir.

“Stir Yourself Up Part 1 of 2”

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

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

Philippians 2: 13  [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. (Amplified Classic)  

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