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WHAT ABOUT 2012?

A Word From the Lord Through Kenneth Copeland 11-10-11

What about 2012?

What does it hold?

What is in store?

What is in store for the nations?

What is in store for Israel and what is in store for the Church?

LAY HOLD ON WHAT IS YOURS

I have a great storehouse. Much more has been stored up in the storehouse of riches beyond your wildest dream that I laid up for you before the foundation of the world. Much more is stored up there than what the Church has ever called for.

I never have held back on the Church, saith the Lord and the God of plenty. Ive made it available to you. I put it in My word. I gave you promise and stood behind it with the blood the precious blood of your Savior.

But there has been a backwardness in My people about laying hold of the things that I have provided for you.

But I will say this: There is a people in the land. There is a people around the world. There is a people strong and mighty growing much stronger and much mightier and more bold to lay hold and put their claim of faith on the things that I have laid up for you and it thrills me, saith the Lord, because its been yours all the time.

A YEAR FULL OF SURPRISES AND SUDDENLIES

Ah, but what about 2012?

2012 is a year full of surprises. Some surprises are going to shake people up. Some surprises are going to shake people down. But for those that are listening to My voice, those that have made themselves available to My Spirit and to My Word, youll have surprises. Oh, not like the world and not like a lot of carnal- minded Christians.

Your surprises will come as suddenlies, like in My Word when it said, And suddenly there came upon them. And youll stand up with a big smile on your face and say, I just got a suddenly, didnt I? Oh, yes! But, it will not take you by surprise because I said in My Word that I would show you things to come. I said in My Word that what I speak, the Holy Ghost will hear and He will speak it to you - and looking at Me in My face

while Im looking at you in your face. And together we will walk in this and together we will walk through this. And there will come a time when you will just smile at Me and I will just smile at you and you will say, Ha, ha, ha! I knew that all the time. Praise God! My Father showed me that was coming and I was all prepared and it did not come on me suddenly. But this other surprise that came on me - oh, what joy! Oh, what thrill! Oh, what goodness! I wonder what else my father has in store for me. Praise God!

A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OUR NATION

Have no worry. Do not be in fear about the United States of America. Do not be in fear over the failure of this republic.

This is not the time for this nation to fail. I am not done with it yet. And it may come as a surprise to many this nation is not done with Me yet, saith the Lord. Hallelujah! We have a job to do.

And this year will be like none other where this nation is concerned. And many will say, Oh, woe is us! Oh, woe is us! And you know what? Oh woe will be them. And there are others that will say, Oh, we cant win! We cant win! And to them, they cant win.

Ah, but to those of them that say, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,,. This is a time of greatness! America again! Oh, and it is my nation and it is Gods nation and we are right where we are supposed to be. He has us right where He wants us, and our future is bright because God is still Lord over the United States of America.

A TIME OF MIRACLES

So rejoice and give forth a glad sound because the Lord of glory is still on the throne and prayer changes things and together we are going on to greater victory. Hallelujah.

Oh yes! 2012 is a time of miracles miracles that seemed as if they would not come but they are here. There is an atmosphere conductive to miracles that has been growing and growing and will manifest greatly in the first quarter of 2012 and will continue throughout the year and on into 2013.

I have been looking forward to 2012, saith the Lord. I know how it is going to turn out. I have already dealt with it in My Word. Your future is looking better all the time. But of course you will need to look at it through My eyes, saith the Spirit of grace. So as I said before, rejoice! For your time has come!

February 19, 2012

Galatians 4:1-7

1 What I am saying is that as long as the Heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he owns the whole estate.

2 He is subject to guardians and trustees until the time set by his father.

3 So also, when we were children, we were in slavery under the basic principles of the world.

4 But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law,

5 to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons.

6 Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, Abba Father.

7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an Heir.

Just imagine if you were born into slavery. Your parents were both slaves, therefore when you were born, you were instantly considered a slave someone elses property, to do with as they wish. You were under their control in every area of your life - you had no choice. It wasnt even your fault that you were born into slavery - you would work hard, for someone else benefit.

Now imagine if someone came up to your slave owner and paid them so they could have you. They bought you because they knew you would have a very hard life if you stayed in your present condition - under your slave owners control. This person came along and had compassion and wanted you to be theirs. They wanted to see you treated fairly, and they wanted you to have a great life, full of blessings!

When this man paid for you, (redeemed you) you were rightfully His you belonged to Him! If you stayed where you were, youd be miserable your entire life, but if you accepted this mans offer, youd be free, and He could then supply your every need! He said He would always be there for you, take care of you and your family, lead you and guide you in the way of peace, He would give you joy unspeakable, and love you with an undying and unconditional love.

You see, it wasnt because of anything that you did that He decided to buy you it was because He knew you had no hope being born into the situation that you were born into as a slave. He knew He was your only hope!

Everyone is born into slavery, whether they realize it or not. Ever since satan deceived Eve and caused Adam and Eve to disobey God, he became the god of this world. He became every person ever born into this worlds master, (boss) and he is the worse master that you could ever have! He leads people around wherever he wants them to go, and they go! He tempts them with every kind of sin imaginable, and they give into it! He tells them the worse things about themselves and about others, and they listen to him! satan tells people the most negative things he can think of, and a lot of times, he even uses others to do his dirty work! He even uses doctors, and people believe whatever they say! He tells people that they are broke, sick, dying, and that they have a disease. He tells them that they are worthless and unloved so he can cause them to get lonely and depressed. The devil tells people that theyll never make it, that they will never amount to anything, never get out of debt, never get in shape, never get a job, etc. He tells you all of the bad things that you have, (seemingly) and makes it look like you have absolutely no hope!

You already know what its like to have a master like that! We all do, because we were all born into slavery, with exactly same master Satan! Hes been deceiving people for centuries, tricking them into believing that they have to listen to all of his lies. He makes people think that there is no other way out, and that they have to stay under his control forever in this world! He is ruthless, hes a thief, hes sneaky, hateful, a liar, and he wants to keep you under his control! His job is to steal from you, to kill you, and his ultimate goal is to destroy your life! (John 10:10) satan tries to get you to die before you find out that a payment has been made for you! (On your account!) The devil wants to keep you preoccupied with all of the problems (mountains) that he puts in your life, so you cant see that theres a way out! He makes your mountain look so huge that you cant see over it or around it he makes it seem so big that you cant see that there is another way - a way out!

The devil doesnt want you to know that you are actually free already, thanks to Jesus! (Your answer) Jesus is the one who loves you so much that He gave up everything He had in Heaven just so He could come down here to this earth as a man and rescue you out of the hand of the enemy. (satan) He became poor so you could be rich! For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. (2 Corinthians 8:9) Jesus is the one who loves you so much that He withstood all of the temptations of satan so you could too - through Him! He made a way out of every one of them for you! For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are yet was without sin. (Hebrews 4:15) Jesus is the one who took every sickness and disease upon His body with every blow to His body (scourging) so you dont have to accept anything from the devil! He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by His wound (stripes) you have been healed. (1 Peter 2:24) Jesus is the One who took every one of you sins upon His body and they were nailed to the cross with Him and He did it all for you so your sins could all be forgiven and done away with! Jesus took your sins for you and from you! You dont have them any more!

Jesus made a way for you to be saved from sin and death when He defeated satan. He bought you before you were even born, and the only way you can mess up and miss out on your opportunity to live in freedom from sin and to walk in all of Gods blessings, is if you deny Jesus payment for you if you dont accept it! Dont miss out on the opportunity of your lifetime! This is your chance to walk free from slavery to sin, and to receive the power that only comes from God to live in victory in every area of your life! Receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior today you will never regret it! If you fail to make this decision, you will regret it FOREVER! Jody

JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU

I AM The Lord Your Righteousness

The time is coming, says the Lord, when I will place a righteous Branch on King Davids throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land. And this is His name: The Lord Is Our Righteousness. (Jeremiah 23:5, 6)

When Jeremiah gave this prophecy; of the coming Messiah, and that kingdom of Judah was about to fall. God allowed the Babylonians to conquer Jerusalem because of the unrighteous conduct of Judahs kings and people.

However, God promised to send a Righteous Ruler Jehovah-Tsidkenu. Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of this promise. His death and resurrection paid for our sins, and now He rules in the heart of every believer as our righteous King. We are clothed in His perfect righteousness. (Isaiah 61:10) And some day, He will return to rule in all righteousness!

Therefore, throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception. Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes. You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in Gods likeness righteous, holy, and true. (Ephesians 4:22-24)

Promises from, JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU:

Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal power is expressed in righteousness. (Hebrews 1:8)

People are declared righteous who use their faith, not because of their work. (Romans 4;5)

We are made right in Gods sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. For all have sinned; all fall short of Gods Glorious standard; yet now God in His gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. (Romans 3:22-24)

Praise JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU because He forgives our sins and gives us His righteousness.

If we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)

GOD Knowing Him By His Names By Bill Bright

Jamie Carter Is Rejoicing in her safe trip to Study in Australia as an exchange student. She is representing Mount Union College, And her Witness to all she meets of Her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Remember her in your prayers Daniel 1: 17, As she excels in the Wisdom and Skills in learning, and Favor with God and Man.

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1 Timothy 6:12

Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed (confessed) a good profession (confession) before many witnesses

What have you really been fighting for? Have you been fighting the fight of faith or have you been fighting for faith to get it? This verse doesnt say to fight the good fight FOR faith; it says to fight the good fight OF faith! Do you know your position in Christ or not? Do you realize that in the spirit realm, which is more real than the physical (natural) realm, that you are seated with Jesus right now in Heaven? If you are born-again right now, living in obedience to God and His Word, (living in holiness before Him), then you are actually in Christ, and therefore sitting in the same spot in heaven that Jesus is sitting right now! You are in Him and He is in you! Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:5, 6)

You can live in victory over every problem or circumstance that ever comes up in your life if you know and understand what authority you have in Christ. For if by one mans offence death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in lifeby one, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17) You should be taking your place of authority and be reigning in your life on this earth the same way Jesus did because you are one with Him. You should reign as a King, using your authority over all of Satans schemes that he comes up against you with! Since you are in Jesus, you have already overcome the devil because He did! Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world. (1 John 4:4)

Dont ever forget that you dont read your Bible, go to church, be nice, help people, give, and pray to get saved. The reason you love God and others is because you are saved because God put his brand new Spirit within you. Therefore, you have the desire to love God with your whole heart and to be pleasing to Him in every way.

You dont read your Bible and pray to build your faith up. You arent looking in the future to get the faith that it takes to receive

something from God. His Word is Truth a promise! When you read in your Bible that you are the body of Christ and that Satan has no power over you, then you know it is true God cant lie. (1 Corinthians 12:27) When you read that you are delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God, you know it is the truth! (Galatians 1:4) Because the 91^st Psalm says that no evil will befall you and no plague can come near your dwelling, you believe God, right?

You have to realize that Gods Spirit is never weak, and His Spirit is LIVING inside of you! The Holy Spirit is the most powerful force in the world He is very strong already, and He is in you! He wants to work in you and through you. If He is in you, then everywhere you go, He goes. Everything you do, He does! You dont have to depend on your own human strength to do anything when you have God on your side He will do the work through you!

My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. (Proverbs 4:20-22) You are supposed to keep Gods Word before your eyes, which means you have to read it! Even when Jesus was teaching His disciples how to pray the Lord s Prayer, He said to give us this day our DAILY bread. Its so important to read Gods Word every day so you know what it says. Hosea 4:6 says that Gods people perish (die) because they dont know what Gods Word says they dont have knowledge about it. You have to get the knowledge of the Word of God that it takes to live in victory over the devil or it could cost you your life!

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. (Romans 12:2) When you spend time with your Heavenly Father by communicating with Him in prayer and by reading His Word, you are renewing your mind to the way God thinks. Ever since Adam brought sin into the world through disobedience, every person born on this earth belongs to him and is under a curse. Included in that curse, everyone also inherited the devils ways of thinking.

After you receive Jesus as your Savior and Lord, (Romans 10:9) you have a job to do. In order to change your mind from your old ways of thinking, and change your old and bad habits,(your actions) you have to get in your Bible for yourself and let the Lord speak to you through it. Then your life will prove what is good and acceptable to God. (Romans 12:2) Then Gods Will can be done in your life!

Proverbs 2:1-5

1 My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

2 So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding,

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up the voice for understanding.

4 If thou seekest her as silver; and searchest for her as for hidden treasures;

5 Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.

Dont get wrapped up in trying to be good enough, or by trying to do anything in order to receive something from God. The only thing you have to do is renew your mind by reading Gods Word so you get knowledge of what all belongs to you. Then just believe it and walk in it! You are already just what God ordered you are created in Gods image and in His likeness already. You dont have to do anything to make that happen its already so! For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:4, 5)

Jody

Luke 17:5, 6

5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, increase our faith.

6 And the Lord said, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.

In this parable, Jesus said that if you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you can tell the problems (mountains) in your life to be uprooted, and they would obey you! Can you see just how powerful the Word of God is? Just a small amount of it, (as small as a mustard seed) when spoken, can move a problem as big as a mountain if you believe! (have faith in God) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:13) It is so powerful that it raised Jesus from the dead and that same power is inside of you! But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Romans 8:11)

Your words have more power in them than most people think, so it is very important to choose them wisely! Death and life is in the power of your tongue! (Proverbs 18:21) And Jesus answering saith unto them, have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. (Mark 11:22, 23) As you can see, you wont get what you want just because you say something over and over. Yes, you are supposed to confess the Word of God over the situations in your life, but just because you are saying and quoting those verses, it doesnt mean that it will come to pass for you. The key to having what you say, is to believe what you are saying! Believe Gods Word!

When you hear the Word of God, you receive faith to believe it and to receive it thats how a person gets born again! So then faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. (Romans 10:17) The more knowledge that you get about the Word, the more of it you can apply to your life and begin to walk in the victory that Jesus bought for you! Hosea 4:6 says that Gods children perish (die) because they lack the knowledge of Gods Word that it takes to walk in victory over the devil! All things are possible to him that believes. (Mark 9:23) As you know, we dont live in a perfect world. There will be trials tribulations, and temptations in your life, but remember: Jesus overcame the world, and if you are in Him, then you did too! You are an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of your testimony! (Revelation 12:11) Speak the Word! Jody

Mark 4:2-9 (Gods Word Bible)

2 While he was teaching them, he said,

3Listen! A farmer went to plant seed.

4 Some seeds were planted along the road, and birds came and devoured them.

5 Other seeds were planted on rocky ground, where there wasnt much soil. The plants sprouted quickly because the soil wasnt deep.

6. When the sun came up, they were scorched. They didnt have any roots, so they withered.

7. Other seeds were planted among thorn bushes. The thorn bushes grew up and choked them, and they didnt produce anything.

8. But other seeds were planted on good ground, sprouted, and produced thirty, sixty, or one hundred times as much as was planted.

9. He added, Let the person who has ears listen!

It is so important to know and understand the Word of God. In verse 9, Jesus told them that if they had ears that they should be listening to the Words He was telling them. Everyone that He was talking to, most likely had ears, so what Jesus was talking about, was listening with their spirits. (Their hearts) In order to really have an understanding of the Word of God, you have to really pay attention to what He is telling you and get it deep inside of your heart.

Jesus asked them, Dont you understand this story? How, then will you understand any of the stories I use as illustrations? (Mark 4:13) Jesus told them that it was very important for them to understand this particular parable. He said that if they didnt get this one, that they wouldnt understand any of the other ones He told them either!

He went on to say, Pay attention to what youre listening to! Knowledge will be measured out to you by the measure of attention you give. This is the way knowledge increases. Those who understand these mysteries, will be given more knowledge. However, some people dont understand these mysteries. Even what they understand will be taken away from them. (Mark 4:24, 25) (Gods Word Bible)

As everyone knows, whatever you plant is what you will harvest. Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. (Galatians 6:7) If you plant corn seeds, corn is going to grow. (If the conditions are right) - if you plant bean seeds, beans will grow. How well is the seed of Gods Word growing in your heart how is it producing? How well it is producing depends on you. Are the conditions right for Gods Word to take root and produce in your life?

Seed a tiny resting plant closed in a protective coat and able to develop under suitable conditions into a plant like the one that produced it

Luke 8:11 says that the seed is the Word of God, so when God plants His life giving and life changing Word of God in you, you will grow to be like God and have His characteristics, (His fruit) if your heart has suitable conditions.

When you plant a seed, does it just sprout and grow what you planted instantly? No! It takes some time for that seed to grow and produce what you want, doesnt it? Sometimes, when people pray for something and their prayers arent immediately answered, they just give up. They dont believe it is going to happen. The Bible says that we are supposed to be walking by faith, not by sight. (or feelings) (2 Corinthians 5:7) Faith assures us of things we expect and convinces us of the existence of things we cannot see. (Hebrews 11:1) Faith is a substance its a real thing. Faith is the evidence it is the Truth!

When you plant a tomato seed, you know for sure that tomatoes are going to begin to grow. Now it depends on you as to how well it grows. Did you plant it in good soil or bad? Are you going to keep the weeds out of your garden and water your seed regularly? Are you going to make sure your seed has all of the sunlight it needs to grow? If you do all these things, your seed will grow and produce tomatoes for you 100 fold!

Patience is one of the fruits of the Spirit. (Galatians 5:22) Its something that you possess as a child of God. Have you been using the patience that you have lately? Have you been believing and receiving no matter how long it takes, or do you doubt and do without?

Just think about that seed for a moment. It takes time for it to grow and produce, right? It also takes time patience for the seed that you planted when you prayed, to take root and grow. If you havent received what you planted, (prayed) something is wrong. If you havent seen any progress in what you have believed God for, think about how you planted it, because God cannot lie, He cannot fail, and the Word does not return Void!

Did you plant in good soil? Is your heart right with God, with no impurities, or corruption? Your soil (heart) has to be clean and pure, (sinless) with no impurities for your seed to grow properly you have to keep the weeds out!

Have you been watering your seed that you planted by speaking the Word of God over it? Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a

glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:25-27 When you speak the Word over your seed, you are actually watering it, which will cause it to grow.

Have you been giving your seed enough sunlight? Remember: Jesus is the Light, and when you pray, the Holy Spirit illuminates you and gives you understanding and revelation of the Word. The more you pray, the more you will understand and believe that what God says will happen. You can have what you say or pray! (Mark 11:23)

Remember: you cant doubt the Word of God either when you start doubting, thinking wrong, and getting into unbelief, chances are, you will start speaking doubt and unbelief. This roots your seed up so it cant grow! When you pray and believe again, you plant it all over again and it will take you that much longer to receive what you are believing God for. Some people plant and root up the same seed over and over, and never do get a crop! Thats a lot of work for nothing, huh?

When you pray for something correctly when you pray according to the Word of God, you are in agreement with Him. When you find a verse in the Bible that pertains to your situation and you are standing on that Word from God and not doubting, no matter what you see, no matter who says what, (even the doctor), and no matter how you feel physically or emotionally - then you put yourself in a position to receive your answer your blessing from God. When you believe that what you prayed for (what you laid out in your petition to God for) is as good as done, and that you already have it, you can receive it! You can have what you say (pray). Its up to you to keep standing and believing that its yours and its also up to you to keep quoting scriptures to back it up! You have to keep believing God, no matter how long it takes stay in faith!

Get into Gods Word today and let Him begin to plant the seeds that He wants to see producing in your life. Gods Word NEVER changes, but it sure changes people!

Jody

January 15, 2012

SIBLINGS

BROTHERS and SISTERS

Do not take revenge my friends on

The contrary; if your enemy is hungry

Feed them; if they are thirsty give them

Something to drink; in doing this, you

Will heap burning coals on their head;

Do not be overcome by evil; but over-

Come evil with good!

Romans 12: 19,21

Honor Your (Most parents dont love their kids. Sure?)

Father and mother (they may admit you drive them buggy!)

That it may (but that doesnt mean they dont care!)

Go well with you (do all you can to make your.)

And that you may (relationship with your parents a good)

Enjoy long life (one. Be as open an respectful and loving)

On the earth (as you can be. And be prepared for them to)

Ephesians 6: 2-3 (be open respectful and loving in return!)

Romans 13:8-10

8 Pay all your debts, except the debt of love for others. You can never finish paying that! If you love your neighbor, you will fulfill all the requirements of Gods law.

9 For the commandments against adultery and murder and stealing and coveting and any other commandment are all summed up in this one commandment: Love your neighbor as yourself.

10 Love does no wrong to anyone, so love satisfies all of Gods requirements.

The Bible says that you should owe no man, (Romans 13:8) so you shouldnt be indebted to anyone on this earth. We are supposed to be the lender, not the borrower! Romans 13:8 says that you do have a debt to love other people and that you will never even pay that debt off in your entire lifetime! If you truly love your neighbor, (others) you wont commit adultery against them. (which is the same as lusting after them in Gods sight) You wont hate them. (which is murder in Gods eyes) You wont want to steal from them or covet (envy) what they have you will be truly happy for them for the things that they have! You wont lie about them or gossip about them you will just love them and keep on loving them no matter what ever happens! Its your debt. (job)

Just think about everything that Jesus has done for you and about everything that He is doing for you right now. Think about all of the answered prayers that you received and about all of the things that Hes brought you through. Where would you be right now if it wasnt for Him? Now think about what all He did for you on the cross. Now thats love! He laid down His life just for you! He did it all for you so you could live with Him for all eternity in heaven, if thats what you choose to do. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

1 John 4:7-21

7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

8 But anyone who does not love does not know God for God is love.

9 God showed how much he loved us, by sending his only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.

10 This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.

12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us.

13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us.

14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.

15 All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God.

16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in him. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them.

17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this world.

18 Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.

19 We love each other as a result of his loving us first.

20 If someone says, I love God, but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we dont love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen?

21 And God himself has commanded that we must love not only him but our Christian brothers and sisters, too.

When you think about everything that Jesus did for you, it makes you want to do something in return for Him, right? The Bible says that whatever you do for others, you are doing for the Lord, Himself. It also says that whatever you dont do for others, you arent doing for the Lord. This is one way that we can to pay Jesus back for all of the blessings that He has bestowed upon us by showing love (God) to people, no matter who they are, and no matter what they have done or said about you! Remember, Jesus loved you while you were still a sinner!

Luke 6:27-38

27 But if you are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.

28 Pray for the happiness of those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.

29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also.

30 Give what you have to anyone who asks you for it; and when things are taken away from you, dont try to get them back

31 Do for others as you would like them to do for you.

32 Do you think you deserve credit for merely for loving those who love you? Even the sinners do that!

33 And if you do good only to those who do good to you, is that so wonderful? Even sinners do that much!

34 And if you lend money only to those who can repay you, what good is that? Even sinners will lend to their own kind for a full return.

35 Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And dont be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.

36 You must be compassionate, just as your Father is compassionate.

37 Stop judging others, and you will not be judged. Stop criticizing others, or it will all come back on you. If you forgive others, you will be forgiven.

38 If you give, you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full measure, pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, and running over. Whatever measure you use in giving large or small it will be used to measure what is given back to you.

Have you been concerned lately about whats been done to you or for you? Are you thinking about what Jesus did for you, and how you can show your love to Him by loving others, or are you more concerned about what others are saying and doing and about your own feelings? Proverbs 17:9 says that if you disregard another persons faults, you preserve love, but if you tell about them, you will be separated from your closest friends! Verse 13 says that if you repay evil for good, evil will never leave your house!

Are you walking around grouchy, moody, upset, angry, emotional, and always getting your feelings hurt, (in strife) or are you walking in the victory that Jesus bought for you? Are you still letting Satan overcome you or are you overcoming him? If you are letting him walk all over you, then you are both defeated! Hes already been defeated and he knows it, but if you dont realize that you have authority over him or you just choose not to use your authority, then you are being defeated by an already defeated enemy! Actually, that should make you mad! Jesus already gave you the key to the victory you need in every situation that comes up! (Mat. 16:19)

The love that Jesus has for you bought you and paid for every sin, sickness, and disease, and anything that the devil would ever try to put on you! He paid for you with His very own blood! That is how much Jesus loves you! Theres no amount of money that could have ever bought you. You had to be paid for with the sinless blood of Jesus, Himself!

How much love do you have? However much love of (God) you have, thats how much of Gods power you will have. The Bible says that God is love, so however much time you spend with God, and determines how much of Him (Love) you have within you. Your faith works by love, so if you want your faith to work for you and if you want to be used of God, you have to have Love inside of you. You have to keep building up your temple with love!

If you are truly saved, then nothing and no one will keep you from reading, praying, going to church, witnessing, etc. You just wont be able to help it because true love (God) makes you do what others think is crazy! You will have a fire burning so bright within you that cant be quenched by anyone or anything! You wont automatically feel, think, and act like this though, even if you have given your life to God. Just because you have prepared the soil (in your heart), it doesnt mean good fruit will automatically grow. If you prepare the soil for your garden, then you didnt purposely plant seeds in it, what would grow in your garden? Weeds! Weeds are the only things that automatically grow even in us!

If you are not born again, you already have weeds (sin) growing in your life because you are living in it and you cant help but to sin. You still have your old fleshly spirit that you were born with. If you are born again but you havent renewed your mind yet by reading, hearing, and believing the Word of God, then you are basically in the same boat as the unbeliever! The weeds of sin are still rooted and grounded in you, and they are still growing today! You havent changed a bit as far as your thinking, speaking, and acting goes! Weeds grow in good and bad soil dont ever forget that! To keep them out of your garden takes a lot of work, doesnt it? Your garden wont just grow perfectly with no weeds if you dont water and weed it out, right? Faith comes by hearing the Word of God, (Romans 10:17) so when you are hearing and reading Gods Words, those words are seeds that are being planted in your heart and the more you hear, the more they will take root. As you pray, the Holy Spirit will cause those seeds to come alive and grow. He brings life to the Word!

If you are confessing that Jesus is your Lord and Savior and you believe that He rose again, but have never repented (changed the way you think and act) then you have just tried to make, Jesus your Savior because you want to go to heaven, but you havent made Him the Lord of your life. If you havent repented of your sins, then Jesus cant be your Lord. He cant be in the presence of sin. If you are really serious about wanting to serve God and you really want to make heaven, then you have to do a 180 degree change. (Luke 13:3, 5) You have to completely turn around, turn your back on sin, and walk in the other direction. Thats the way Jesus is walking. He wants you to walk with Him and be a follower of Him! Hes not going to follow you if you are heading down the wrong path! (to hell) Yes, the Bible does say that the Lord will never leave us or forsake us, but we are the ones who would leave Him by not obeying Him and His Word!

Dont ever forget that you were for sale, but you werent on sale! Jesus paid the very top amount for you because He loves you so much. He died for you. You live for Him! Show His Love to others today! Jody Tenney

John 13:34-35

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

The Bible says in 1 John 4:8 that God Is Love! Do you have God living and dwelling inside of you? If you do, you have Love living and dwelling inside of you - and when something is living, its growing. Have you been loving others as you should be? This is very important because this is how people can tell if you are Gods servant or not by how you are treating others! In 1 John 3:14 the scripture says: We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.

It is very important to understand this verse If you do not love your Christian brothers and sisters, you do not have spiritual life within you! You havent passed from death to life. An unsaved person cannot truly love others with the true love of God. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness (obey Gods commands) is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. (1 John 3:10)

24 Those who obey Gods commandments live in fellowship with Him, and He with them. And we know He lives in us because the Holy Spirit lives in us.

As you know, all sickness, disease, pain, mental and emotional distresses, poverty, and so on all comes from the devil, right? God is Love, and He sent His Son to redeem (buy) you from all of the curses that the devil would try to put on you. If you want to read all of the curses pronounced by the law, you can read Deuteronomy 28 and Leviticus 26. This will show you all of the curses for disobedience, and all of the blessings for obedience. You have been redeemed by Jesus if you have been born again into Gods family, and none of these curses have a right to come on you. Like our Pastor said last week though, this doesnt just happen for you automatically. You have to get knowledge of what you have in Christ and who you are in Him so you can receive what belongs to you, and resist the things that you dont want - the curses! (James 4:7)

In Hosea 4:6 the Bible says that my people perish because of lack of knowledge. Its up to you to get knowledge of the truth of the Word of God. Romans 10:17 says that faith in God comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God! (The Bible) You have to make sure you are hearing the right thing, because whatever you are hearing is what you will build up your faith in, wrong or right!

Have you had trouble getting your faith in God to work for you? It could be a healing you are after, a financial matter, or maybe an emotional problem that you just cant seem to shake. It doesnt matter what the case may be, Galatians 3:13 says that you have been redeemed from the curse of the law, which includes every single thing that the devil would ever try to do to you.

Galatians 5:6 says that faith works by love. If you havent been receiving the things of God that the Bible says belongs to you, you better check to make sure that you have Gods Love inside of you.

There is a big difference between natural love and spiritual love. Most people in this world have natural love within them, but normally it is a very selfish love. It could mean that a person has wrong motives, and they just do something for someone because of what they can get out of it. It might be that you are a jealous person and you dont want anyone of the opposite sex talking to your mate because you think that you love them so much. This isnt really love at all! It might be that you stick up for your kids because you love them no matter what they do wrong. Thats not love. You may love your mate, family, friends, or working at your job more than you like spending time with God or going to church. This isnt true love. Some people do things for others thinking that they are winning points with God

and that somehow this will get them into heaven. This isnt even biblical! Yes, its good to show love to others, but the Bible says that your works will only amount to a filthy rag until you get born again. Only then will you build up your treasures in heaven by being a doer of the Word of God! Works can never get someone into heaven we are only saved by the grace of God so no one can boast! Romans 10:9 says that if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is your Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

After you get saved you have a lot of work to do. You have to form a close relationship with God by reading His Word and by praying. The more you do this, the more you will renew your mind to think and act like Jesus. (Romans 12:2) You are the temple of the Holy Spirit. (His body) He needs you to be His hands, feet, and mouth on this earth, and the more time that you spend with Him, the more He will lead you and direct you. He will, not only lead you to the people that He wants to help through you, but He will lead you into His blessings in every area of your life. When you seek God first, He will add everything else to your life! (Matthew 6:33)

When people look at you, what are they seeing? In Galatians 5:22 the Word of God talks about the fruits of the Spirit. The very first fruit that the Bible names is love! Can people see the love of God growing within you and overflowing out onto others? If you are a child of God, the love of God has been shed abroad in your heart and its up to you to exercise that love. Since faith works by love, your faith wont work for you if you arent showing love.

We have to show the love of God by getting into unity and by being in one accord. We need to have the same mind (Christs) and have the same purpose and goals for our church. If you truly have the love of God within you, you will be showing that love (God) to everyone that you meet. You will be patient and kind to everyone. You wont be jealous, boastful, proud, or rude to others, no matter how old they are. If you are walking in love (in Christ) you wont demand your own way. You wont be grouchy, and you wont keep track of who did what or said what about you. It wont matter. You should be walking in love with Jesus, and when you get to that place, it wont even matter what goes on around you or if someone was used of the devil to come against you you wont care. If you have a problem with someone, then youve got the problem! You are supposed to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. (Matthew 5:44)

If youve let the devil fill your mind with thoughts of negativity, its time to repent and cast all of those cares that he has weighed you down with all over onto the Lord. He wants to use you in mighty ways, but if you arent letting Gods light shine out of you, whos going to want what you have?

Let the love of Christ flow out of you and on to those around you. Whatever you sow, you will reap, (Galatians 6:7) so as you give love away, love will return to you in abundance!

1 Corinthians 13:1-13

1 If I could speak in any language in heaven or on earth but didnt love others, I would only be making meaningless noise like a loud gong or a clanging cymbal.

2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I knew all the mysteries of the future and knew everything about everything, but didnt love others, what good would I be? And if I had the gift of faith so that I could speak to a mountain and make it move, without love I would be no good to anybody.

3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didnt love others, I would be of no value whatsoever.

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful; or proud

5 or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged.

6 It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out.

7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

8 Love will last forever, but prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will all disappear.

9 Now we know only a little, and even the gift of prophecy reveals little!

10 But when the end comes, these special gifts will all disappear.

11 Its like this: When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child does. But when I grew up, I put away childish things.

12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a poor mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity. All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God knows me now.

13 There are three things that will endure faith, hope, and love and the greatest of these is love.

John 13:34

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.

LOVE (GOD) NEVER FAILS!!

Jody Tenney

How to Love One Another:

1 John 3:15-24

15 Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers dont have eternal life within them.

16 We know what real love is because Christ gave up his life for us. And so we also ought to give up our lives for our Christian brothers and sisters.

17 But if anyone has enough money to live well and sees a brother or sister in need and refuses to help how can Gods love be in that person?

18 Dear children, let us stop just saying we love each other; let us really show it by our actions.

19 It is by our actions that we know we are living in the truth, so we will be confident when we stand before the Lord,

20 even if our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.

21 Dear friends, if our conscience is clear, we can come to God with bold confidence.

22 And we will receive whatever we request because we obey Him and do the things that please Him.

23 And this is his commandment: We must believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

Matthew 10:1

And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

How is your eyesight? How do you perceive the things around you, including God and yourself? You have to get a vision of who you are in Christ and just how huge the God that dwells within you really is! There is always more than one way to look at things. Have you ever heard someone say that they couldnt see something or figure something out and when you walked over to them you saw it right away? Sometimes, although we can see with our eyes, we dont see the big picture. Have you ever seen a photographer change the lenses on his camera to get just the right angle and perspective on whatever he is taking a picture of? If you are taking a picture of your child on the beach while the sun is setting and there is a beautiful sky all around them, you arent going to zoom in on them and leave the beautiful sky out, right? You would want to get the big picture of what is really going on all around them.

What have you been zooming in on in your life? What have you been thinking about and dwelling on in your thought life? Whatever it is, is what you have been speaking and it is also what you have today. The decisions that you made yesterday are what put you where you are today in your life. Do you have Gods very best right now are you doing what He called you to do and walking in His blessings in every area of your life? Whether you are or not all depends on your perspective on things how you see yourself! Do you picture yourself as a grasshopper or a giant in Christ? How do you view God in your mind is he a grasshopper or is He bigger than any mountain? When you see yourself as a puny grasshopper, with no power or authority, thats how you are viewing God since He is living within you. You are Gods house!

Perspective the power to understand things in their true relationship to each other

That is why I tell these stories, because people see what I do, but they dont really see. They hear what I say, but they dont really hear, and

they dont understand. This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You will hear my words, but you will not understand; you will see what I do, but you will not perceive its meaning. For the hearts of these people are hardened, and their ears cannot hear, and they have closed their eyes so their eyes cannot see, and their ears cannot hear and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and let me heal them. But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. I assure you, many prophets and godly people have longed to see and hear what you have seen and heard, but they could not. (Matthew 13:13-17)

Have you ever heard of the Mantis Shrimp? This shrimp is known for having the fastest punch in the world and they are known for shattering aquariums that people put them in. They are aggressive relatives of crabs and lobsters and prey upon other animals by crippling them with devastating jabs. Their secret weapons are a pair of hinged arms folded away under their head, which they can strike their opponent with at incredible speeds. (under three thousandths of a second) Their arms end in heavy clubs, and they use them to deliver blows with the same force as a rifle bullet.

If the Mantis Shrimp simply brought its arm out like a human, it wouldnt have any force behind it. Instead, Mantis Shrimps use an energy storage system. Once their arm is cocked, a ratchet locks it firmly in place. The large muscles in the upper arm then contract and build up energy. When the latch is released, all of this energy is released at once and the lower arm is launched forward. When the arm is cocked, this structure is compressed and acts like a spring, storing up even more energy. When the latch is released, the spring expands and provides extra push for the club, helping to accelerate it at up to 10,000 times the force of gravity!

Each of the smashers strikes produce small flashes of light upon impact. They are emitted because the club moves so quickly that it lowers the pressure of the water in front of it, causing it to boil. This releases small bubbles, which collapse when the water pressure normalizes, unleashing tremendous amounts of energy. This process is called cavitation, and it is so destructive that it can pit the stainless steel of boat propellers. The victim actually gets hit two times with every blow once with the shrimps club, and again with the bubbles. With these two forces, no animal in the sea stands a chance. (even octopuses)

You really need to get a revelation of what God really wants to do through you. Remember, you are His hands, feet, and mouth while you are on this earth. He needs you and He wants to use you in miraculous ways ways that you have never even thought of yet!

Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, and the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. (Matthew 11:4-5)

Jesus told Johns disciples to go back and show John the miracles that Jesus had been doing He didnt tell them to go back and tell him what they saw.

Verily I say unto you, among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. (Matthew 11:11)

This verse is saying that of all of the great men of faith in the Old Testament, including Moses, John the Baptist was greater in power than they were! The second part of this verse is talking about you! If you are a child of God, it doesnt matter what position that you take in the body of Christ, you are greater in power and authority than John the Baptist was. You are greater in power than Moses was - in Christ. You are greater in power in Christ than David was. Just think about all of the men in the Old Testament that God performed miracles through, like Ezekiel, who spoke to dry bones and they became living people again! You are stronger and mightier under the new covenant than they were under the Old Covenant, with the Holy Spirit living inside of you! You just have to believe that and act on the things that the Lord tells you to do. Dont let doubt or fear get a foothold in your life - that is the devils plan. He wants to stop you and keep you from doing anything for God. If you have doubt and fear, its like holding a brick. Dont let the devil throw you a brick. If he does, dont catch it! If he sneaks up and hands it to you, throw it back at him!

Just like that shrimp, you have Gods power dwelling inside of you if you have God inside of you. Its so important that you are reading your Bible every day to stay built up, so you can use that power when you need it, or when God needs you to use it. If you arent reading, you wont have the faith to use that power because you will feel weak inside, and you will look to your own ability instead of what God can do. Just like that shrimp, if your faith isnt built up inside of you and you come into a situation where you need to use it, you are in trouble. When you go to raise your arm, you will feel as week as a reed, swayed by every breath of wind. Since faith comes by hearing the Word of God, (Romans 10:17) then keep your ears in tune to the Word. Listen to yourself speaking, quoting, and confessing it. Listen and pay attention to what your Pastor is speaking to you. He is hearing from God, and God is telling him what you need to hear. Listen to some good teaching CDs. It is also very important to be spending quality time with God in prayer every day. The more that you do this, the more of Gods power you will have available to you.

Its up to you as to how much you are going to let God use you and what you are going to let Him do through you. (how anointed you get) We often put limits on God and prevent Him from getting His will accomplished. Dont let the devil stop you from moving on in the things of God. Dont let him put those thoughts of doubt and fear inside your mind because you are more than a conqueror through Christ! Build yourself up in y

our faith in God, and be ready like that shrimp to give that devil a good right hook when he comes prowling around - make a shrimp out of him! Get your faith built up and be ready to use the power that God put within you. His power comes with Him, and if Hes in you, youve got the power! -

Jody Tenney

Galatians 5:16--26

16 This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye should.

18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.

19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: Adultery (betrayal), fornication (sex relations between the unmarried), uncleanness (contaminated by ritual, physical, moral, or spiritual impurity), lasciviousness (unbridled lust),

10 Idolatry (the worship of idols), witchcraft (the practice of sorcery), hatred, variance (inconsistency), emulations (striving to equal or excel), wrath (rage), strife (friction), seditions (incitement to revolt against lawful authority), heresies (a teaching contrary to the truth),

21 Envyings (resentment against anothers success), murders, drunkenness, revellings (carousings), and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy peace, longsuffering (tolerant), gentleness, goodness, faith,

23 Meekness (humbleness), temperance (restraint): against such there is no law.

24 And they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

20 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

The closer you walk with the Lord and the more you read His Word and fellowship with Him in prayer, the more you will be like Jesus and accomplish His will on this earth.

Are you wearing every piece of your armor that God provided for you? (Ephesians 6:13-17) He gave you all that you would ever need to live victoriously over the devil in your life. In 1 Samuel 14:6 it talks about how Jonathan had an armor bearer, and in verse 14, Jonathan told his armor bearer to climb right behind him. We are supposed to be Gods armor bearer, and even though we are the ones who wear the armor, the Lord is always there with us in every battle that we face and if we are following His leading, He is even the one who goes before you into the battle! It doesnt even matter if you are the only one in Gods army, youve got the victory and the battles as good as won! All things are possible with God! In verse 6, Jonathan said that nothing could hinder the Lord. He said that God could win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few! The size of their army did not restrict Gods capability to win the battle, because God had someone who was willing to do what the Lord wanted him to do! If Jonathan wouldnt have moved forward, the Philistines wouldnt have been defeated. Two men killed twenty men and God made the earth quake and sent the Philistines into mass confusion until they started killing each other! All God wants is for you to be obedient to Him and do what He called you to do, and He will do the rest! Can you see how God honored Jonathans faith because they took action and relied solely on God for the victory?

You have been called into action in your own life no matter where you may be in your walk with God. You are the temple of the Holy Spirit. You are Gods own house! He goes with you no matter what you face because He is living inside of you if you have invited Him to live there and repented (turned from your sins and turned to God)!

In 2 Samuel 7:6 the Bible says that the Lord told Nathan the prophet that He never lived in a temple from the day He brought the Israelites out of Egypt until now. He said that His home has always been a tent, moving from one place to another. We are also Gods tent, moving around from one place to another! He doesnt dwell in a building; He dwells in you, but if you are just going to sit still, He will move on because God doesnt like to stay in one place for very long. Hes always got to be on the move!

You dont want bad things to happen because you are disobedient to God. You want awesome things to happen as a result of your obedience to God! I want to encourage you today to draw near to the Lord. He loves you so much and He has big plans for your life!

Put a guard up around your mind by reading your Bible (your filter). Sift out all of the impurities that the devil tries to put in your head, and concentrate on the things of God so you can walk (and maybe even run) by faith!

Jody Tenney

Luke 12:47

And that servant, which knew his lords will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

When people go away they get ready by packing. We have to get ready to go to Heaven in much the same way. Have you prepared yourself for your trip to Heaven? Have you repented (turned) from your sins and turned to God or not? Have you even given it much thought? As you live your life, you are taking a road trip. What matters is what road you are traveling on. Are you on the road that leads to life or on the one that leads to death? (Heaven or Hell) You are on one or the other; theres no middle ground!

The Bible says that the road that leads to life is narrow and only a few ever find it, so if you are on this road, you have to pack light with no extra baggage or you wont even fit through the gate! God made it big enough for everyone to fit through though, but if they have too much luggage and extra (or old) baggage, they just wont be able to squeeze through the gate!

If you have never given your life to the Lord, now is the day of salvation! If you have, but there are things in this world that you just cant seem to let go of or get free from, Jesus is your answer! Just give it over to Him and He will make your load a lot lighter and your trip much easier! Jesus said to cast your cares on Him. (1 Peter 5:7) He said that the burden He gives you is light! (Matthew 11:30) He wants you to go His way, so if you are traveling down a road that seems dark and lonely, turn around! Hes right behind you! Now start following Him instead of leading! And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:27) The Bible says that Jesus will never leave you or forsake you. He is there with you, but you cant see Him or hear Him when you are focusing your attention on other things in your life instead of Jesus - and when you are leaving Him in the dust! Remember, you were made out of dust!

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Luke 12:34) What do you consider your treasures? Do you treasure your mate, your kids and family, friends, job, house, car, or money? A treasure is something of great value to you. Its something that you cherish and that is very precious to you. A treasury is the place where you keep your treasure. Your heart is actually your treasury! This is where you store up and keep the things that are most important to you. If Jesus really is precious to you, He is what will be stored in your heart and nothing else! There wont be any more room for anything else if He is the Lord of your life! Do you really cherish your relationship with Him or not?

Matthew 12:33-37

33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Obviously, Jesus was talking about people here He called the Pharisees a bunch of snakes! Thats the lowest thing that He could have called them. He knew that they had evil in their hearts thats what they had in their treasury! He knew that they couldnt say anything good because their hearts were evil. If you dont have a heart full of Jesus, then you have a heart full of devil. Theres no in between and theres no half and half. Whatever is in your heart is what is coming out of your mouth!

Remember, Jesus takes up all of the rooms in your heart or none of them! So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich (in your relationship) toward God. (Luke 12:21) But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every Kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. (Luke 11:17)

It is very important to listen and pay attention to the words that have been coming out of your mouth. Have they been good and positive, full of blessings, or have they been bad and negative, full of cursing?

James 3:5-10

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things.

Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father, and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

Similitude similarity, likeness, resemblance, identicalness, equality, equivalence, uniformity

If you have been born again and you are serving God, then you are the body of Christ and you were created in the very image of God, himself! You were made identically like your Heavenly Father! He needs you to be His hands, feet, and mouth since He gave you His authority He had on this Earth. You need to use your hands, feet, and mouth for Gods purposes, and not the devils. When you destroy with your words and talk negative and evil, you are not only defiling yourself and whoever you talk about, but you are defiling the body of Christ. Joyce Meyer says that the reason God gave us two ears and one mouth is because we should listen more than we talk! What you say and what you decide not to say is extremely important! It is actually proving your salvation, because what you are saying is revealing if Jesus is in your heart or if the devil still has his way in your heart!

Luke 12:53-54

53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 Lying wait for him and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Can you see just how crafty the devil is? He will try his hardest to try to provoke you to say something that you shouldnt, then, hes right there waiting to accuse you for it! He even tries to use people to move you into saying wrong words! You need to do as Jesus did, and stand strong. You need to keep your mouth shut so Satan cant use your words against us or anybody else. Mark 11:23 says that you have what you say when you believe it in your heart so it is extremely important that your heart is full of the Word of God. That way your heart will overflow Gods Words out of your mouth!

Whether you know it or not, you are a tool and you are being used in one way or another. A tool can take things apart and tear down, or they can put things back together and build up! Dont be a tool in the devils toolbox! He already has plenty of them and hes using them to tear down the body of Christ any way he can! Be a tool that God can use to build up His Kingdom! He wants to use you get ready!

Jody Tenney

SPEECH

When Our Speech Is Motivated ByHatred; It Is Full Of

Satan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bitter Jealousy

Selfish Ambition

Earthly concerns and desires

Unspiritual thoughts and ideas

Disorder

Evil

God And His Wisdom . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Purity,Peace

Consideration For Others

Submission

Mercy

Sincerity, Impartiality

Goodness

Are you a weapon used for destruction or a tool used for construction? Be a builder! (Life Application Study Bible NLT)

Remember:

D.A.V.I.D

(Daily Achieving Victory Instead of Defeat)

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