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Be Empowered

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I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong. — Ephesians 3:16-17 (NLT) Open every corner and crevice of your heart to Christ, that through faith He may make your heart His home. And you will be empowered in your inner man through His Spirit. The LORD gives His people strength. Be deeply rooted and securely grounded in the unfailing, endless love of God. The love of the Anointed One is infinitely long, wide, high, and deep, surpassing everything anyone previously experienced. And may you come to know, through personal experience the love of Christ which far surpasses mere knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God so that you may have the richest experience of God’s presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself. (See Ephesians 3:18-19 VOICE/AMP)

Rely on His Lovingkindness

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But I have trusted and relied on and been confident in Your lovingkindness and faithfulness; My heart shall rejoice and delight in Your salvation. — Psalm 13:5 (AMP) Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, on those who hope for His lovingkindness, (Psalm 33:18 NASB1995). May we rely on the lovingkindness of the LORD. He is a God who protects and is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth. (See Psalm 86:15 AMP) His lovingkindness extends to the heavens, His faithfulness reaches to the skies. (See Psalms 36:5 NASB1995) How precious is His unfailing love! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of His wings. (See Psalm 36:7 NLT)  What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us? He who did not spare [even] His own Son, but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, graciously give us all things? (Romans 8:31-32 AMP) Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me...

Boast Only in the LORD

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Thus says the LORD, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD. — Jeremiah 9:23-24 (NASB1995) Let no one boast in men, about their wisdom, their future plans, or of the material goods they possess. James 4:16 says: …as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. May we boast only in YAHWEH, He is clothed with splendor and majesty. His right hand is majestic in power, His right hand shatters the enemy. (See Exodus 15:6) He laid the foundation of the earth, and stretched out heaven like a tent curtain. He walks upon the wings of the wind; He makes the winds His messengers, flaming fire His ministers. (See Psalm 104:1-5)  Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us i...

Live Him

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My counsel for you is simple and straightforward: Just go ahead with what you’ve been given. You received Christ Jesus, the Master; now live him. You’re deeply rooted in him. You’re well constructed upon him. You know your way around the faith. Now do what you’ve been taught. School’s out; quit studying the subject and start living it! And let your living spill over into thanksgiving. — Colossians 2:6-7 (MSG) May we walk in union with Yeshua, reflecting His character in the things we do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin. (See Colossians 2:6 AMP) Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. (See Romans 12:1 MSG) Instead of conforming to this world and it’s culture, we are to be transformed by the Spirit of YAHWEH.  for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘Fo...

Seek the LORD

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Glory in His holy name; Let the hearts of those who seek and require the LORD [as their most essential need] rejoice. Seek and deeply long for the LORD and His strength [His power, His might]; Seek and deeply long for His face and His presence continually. — Psalms 105:3-4 (AMP) Seek the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. (Isaiah 55:6 NKJV) …you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deuteronomy 4:29 NKJV) Second Chronicles 12:14 (NKJV) says King Rehoboam did evil, because he did not prepare his heart to seek the LORD. Let us choose life and prepare our hearts to seek the LORD and His will. He is our most essential need. And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not abandoned those who seek You. (Psalm 9:10 AMP) And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...

Surrounded!

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As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people from this time forth and forever. — Psalm 125:2 (NASB1995) In Second Kings, the king of Aram was warring against Israel. When the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. But the prophet Elisha told him, “ Don’t be afraid! For there are more on our side than on theirs! ” Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire. (See 2 Kings 6:8, 6:16-17)  May we have eyes to see that there are more with us, than are with the enemy. Remember, He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (See 1 John 4:4) The LORD not only dwells in us, but He surrounds us, forever . Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. (Psalms 124:8 NASB1995) Nothing is too difficult ...

Set Free!

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For He looked down from His holy height; from heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death, — Psalms 102:19-20 (NASB1995) We were doomed to death, but our heavenly Father rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, (See Colossians 1:13 NASB1995) Glory! HalleluYAH! He called us out of darkness and into His marvelous light. (See 1 Peter 2:9) It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (Galatians 5:1, 5:13 NASB1995) The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. (Romans 13:12 NASB1995)  Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover or pretext for evil, ...