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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Hope of the Redeemed Psalms 126 4






Read the passage: Psalms 126

(Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as the streams in the south.(Negev).
  1. In God’s remembrance of His covenant.

  2. In God’s satisfiable act of justice toward His people.

  3. In God’s everlasting mercy.

  4. In God’s forgiveness.

  5. in the need for God’s testimony of blessing upon His people.

  6. In the remembrance of the promises of God. 
    (streams in the south) as in Negev.

  7. In the joy and freedom of time. 
    (Turn again) 

Saturday, January 27, 2018

The One to Listen to Revelation 3 7, 8vs.7 1) He has no compromise. (He that is holy) vs.7 2) All He says is right. (He that is true) vs.? 3) He has all authority. (He that hath the key of David,) the key to the treasure house vs.7 4) He includes and excludes. (He that hath the key of David,) vs.7 5) What He does, no one changes. (He that openeth, and no man shutteth,) vs.7 6) What He halts, cannot go on. (and shutteth, and no man openeth.) vs.8 7) The one who knows all and rewards accordingly. (I know thy works; ... )






Read the passage: Revelation 3

vs.7 1) He has no compromise. 
(He that is holy)

vs.7 2) All He says is right. 
(He that is true)

vs.? 3) He has all authority.
(He that hath the key of David,) 

the key to the treasure house

vs.7 4) He includes and excludes. 
(He that hath the key of David,)

vs.7 5) What He does, no one changes. 
(He that openeth, and no man shutteth,)

vs.7 6) What He halts, cannot go on. 
(and shutteth, and no man openeth.)

vs.8 7) The one who knows all and rewards accordingly. 
(I know thy works; ... ) 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Those Things Told of the Lord Luke 1 45






Read the passage: 

(for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.)
  1. God is freely expressing His will.

  2. God is drawing the heart of submission. 
    The heart which is surrendered.

  3. God is empowering the victory.

  4. God is ruling in life.

  5. God is granting assuring promise.

  6. God is extending faith's privilege.

  7. God is revealing He alone is God. 

Saturday, January 20, 2018

The Benefit of God's Deliverance Luke 1 24, 25, 36-43, 57





Read the passage: 

v.24 1. God initiates His superiority, His plan.
(And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived,)


v.24 2. God gives the honor of His authority.

v.25 3. God seals out the bounds of limitation, and seals in the bounds of liberty.
(the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein He looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.)


v.36 4. God gives a new witness.
(And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is

the sixth month with her, who was called barren.)

v.41 5. God reveals a new privileged relationship- new testament joy.
(And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in 

her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost.)

v.42, 6. God grants the fellowship and reward of a greater work.
43 (And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women and 

blessed is the fruit of thy womb.)

v.57 7. The fulfillment of God's message.
(Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.) 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The Son John 8 36






Read the passage: John 8

(If the Son therefore shall make you free,)
  1. The one to glory in.

  2. The one to joy in.

  3. The one to thank and praise.

  4. The one to follow.

  5. The one to love.

  6. The one to hold dear in life and relationship. to cherish.

  7. The one to cling to. (abiding) 

Saturday, January 13, 2018

The Many Things-! John 16 12






(I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.)
This should give new definition to our priorities. Don’t become discouraged by this statement from the Lord, but be challenged to know those things the Lord is willing to reveal.

What enables a believer to bear more? Lay aside weights ...; loins girt with truth .... Seek to know.

1.There is so much more of Jesus to know.

2.There is so much more of God's ways to know.

3.There is so much more a believer needs to know of that which is to come before his daily walk.

4.There is so much more a believer needs to know of that which is yet to come prophetically.

Some petitions:

5.Thus, the need for the Holy Spirit's witness, revealing, teaching. Some specifics to hear about.


6.Thus, the need for the Holy Spirit's protection.

7.Thus, the need for the Holy Spirit's preserving.

8.Thus, the need for the believer's yielding, hearing, humbling of heart. 
Be scripture influenced, not circumstance driven.

9.Thus, the need for the believer's growing.
Obviously, Jesus is not deterred. Had Jesus not taught them adequately? Obviously yes He did.

10.Thus the need for the believer's abiding (staying before). 

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Blessed Word Psalms 119 133






Read the passage: Psalms 119

(Order my steps in thy word, ...)
  1. The way to be blessed by God's providence.

  2. The way to feel God's presence.

  3. The way to see God's power.

  4. The way to have God's protection.

  5. The way to experience God's prominence.

  6. The way to gain God's profit.

  7. The way to experience God's promises, both now and forever. 

Saturday, January 6, 2018

Listen to Jesus John 11 23, 24






Read the passage: John 11


(Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. ....)
  1. It is not what you thought Jesus said that counts.

  2. It is not what you hoped Jesus said that counts.

  3. It is not your own understanding of what Jesus said that is con-sequential.

  4. Listen to what Jesus said, plainly and understandably.
    What Jesus says is often received as too good to be true, thus, is not believed.


  5. Attribute full integrity to what Jesus said.

  6. Receive and act upon what Jesus said.

  7. Spiritual victory comes through believing what Jesus said. 

Wednesday, January 3, 2018

The Blessing of the Fullness of God Ephesians 3: 16









Read the passage: Ephesians 3: 16

(That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;)
Referenced here is the indwelling presence of Christ, what that means and how it is appropriated to the believer.

1.God stands ready through His Spirit to grant you superior conditioning that comes directly from Him to meet your obligations and challenges.

2.The enablement of the Holy Spirit is of adequate and generous portion and satisfaction for the need of the heart to respond to life’s issues.

3.What a believer really needs is to be equipped with heaven’s resources and answers for the challenges he faces; God stands ready to grant them.

4.The riches of Jesus are of endless supply and fitting to any and all applications of faith.

5.The believer is given the strength of the Holy Spirit to respond, to equip, to endure, sufficient for the need of that child of God.

6.The greater strength of the child of God is an inner peace and strength that is not of his own making, but is his own for keeping that child of God.

7.The revelation from that child of God is that on the inside he is full of Jesus; the child of God lives and operates out of the fulness of Jesus’ life.