March 17, 2024
Quick notes from todays service:

Have you ever wondered why God allows certain things we call bad, to happen in our lives? Even after we become His children by faith in Christ Jesus?

As we continue to grow in our faith, we become more and more aware of what is good and evil. Because Jesus, THE truth, has set us free to know. This is true knowledge and wisdom.

When we become His children, our Father can now make all things work for our good. (Romans 8:28) Meaning, He will orchestrate every circumstance every aspect of our lives for our advancement and for His kingdom. After all, this life we live on earth, is temporary because we will go on to live all eternity with our Father.

Therefore, we dedicate our current life now on earth for the advancement of our Fathers kingdom, to win souls for Him.

Once we understand and make peace with this truth, we can now live our lives effectively and with a purpose. No longer are we like the children of this world, going on with our days indulging in sin as if its these short 80-100 years to live on earth and thats it!

Nothing can be further from the truth beloved. Our Father is a just loving God, and what He has prepared for us, we can not even fantom.

How do we know, well because, "but as it is written, no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those love him," 1Corinthians 2:9 nrsv

Now lets look at how our Father promises to help us understand all things.

”Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.“
‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭27‬ ‭

Before Jesus departed he said these words to establish us, His children, while we live on this earth. ‘My Shalom i give to you’

What is shalom? In Hebrew this is a very powerful word meaning many things including welfare, health and wellbeing, prosperity and of course peace. This is not according to the worlds idea of peace but out of the person of Jesus.

So if we have his shalom, then why aren’t we operating in it ?

To understand this lets look at our verse, John 14 , a promise and condition to remain in shalom.

'Let not your heart be troubled neither let it be afraid'

We must guard our hearts ourselves!! Jesus can't do it for us. He provided the means for us but it's through our will and choice that we must guard our hearts from the filth and the lies of this world.

What happens when we live our lives without His shalom

Opposite of peace
-lack
-strive
-restlessness
-unattained goals


Grace gives us freely by the blood of Jesus from heaven down

Peace is what is needed to keep His grace. Peace will retain and keep His Shalom in us.

Our mission in life should be to come to a place where we dwell in His peace continuously.

Let us meditate continuously on these verses and any others that you love, to anchor ourselves on Christ.

"heart do not be troubled. Jesus is for me who can dare be against me or even speak ill of His beloved child. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. This too shall pass because my Father causes all things (the good the bad and the ugly) to work together for my good. For I do not have a spirit of fear but of love and sound mind"

Go into peace means
Go into shalom like a dwelling place, home

Key to divine health is remaining continuously in peace

Root of no peace must be dealt with

-continually receiving and being conscious of fathers love
-cast out all your cares for He cares for you

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7


LET GO AND LET GOD

March 10, 2024
Quick notes from todays service:

The cross, is the foundation for lasting breakthroughs and genuine inside-out transformation!

Many people are unable to experience lasting breakthroughs from their fears, addictions, and bondages because they don't yet understand the gospel of grace, in other words, our Lord Jesus. .

Be strong in the grace God extended to you. Be strong in understanding that your sins are forgiven. Be strong in the knowledge that you are justified by faith through grace. Be strong in the revelation that today, you are the righteousness of God in Christ.

When you are strong in the gospel of grace, you will produce a godly, holy, and glorious life! In the same way that you can't touch water and not become wet, you can't "touch" grace and not become holy.

And this holiness is a true holiness that comes from the inside out. It is a holiness that flows from a heart that has been purged from self-condemnation.

We are not talking about superficial outward changes. We are talking about changes that happen in the deepest recesses of our heart, motivations, and thoughts. Real change in a person whose heart is washed by the precious blood of Jesus and touched by His grace brings lasting breakthroughs.
 
Before the enemy brings forth his lies and filth to you, he must convince you and separate you from the fathers love for you.
You see, he knows he has no power over you, he knows he is a defeated foe (thanks to the victory of our lord Jesus on the cross),he can only manipulate you and convince you to believe a lie.  

The first lie is to separate you from theFathers love for you. He will make you believe that you are not the Fathers beloved child. Once he succeeds in doing this next he will bring forth condemnation, guilt, previous sins that God has already cleansed you from and so much more.

Beloved child, do you see the pattern of the enemy? You see its always the same since beginning of time. He uses the same techniques every time to trap Gods children.

 You must see your uttermost need to continuously dwell in the secret place, in Christ, for complete protection. After all God is your fortress and your enemy can not touch you when you are dwelling in Him.

So you see beloved, you must continuously choose and dwell in Christ, covered under His blood. Because we posses no power of our own strong enough to withstand the enemy. But in Christ, we are victorious and operate from victory.

Now you know the truth, you have your weapon, now make a conscious decision and chose to remain in Christ. One step out of Christ and we expose ourselves completely for the enemy to come steal, kill and destroy.

But remember this beloved, your protection freedom, forgiveness of sins, and righteousness all came with a price!
Our Lord Jesus Christ laid down His life for you and I once and for all, defeated the enemy and set you on high to have a relationship with our creator, our heavenly Father, our one true King.

This is why Jesus Christ is exalted by the Father and given the highest esteem, because he willing chose to go to the cross, having no sins of His own, and be sacrificed by and for the filth of our sins.

Praise your beautiful name Lord Jesus, King of Kings, Lords of Lords and Prince of Peace.

Ephesians 1:17-19

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, and they are full of greed. That, however, is not the way of life you learned when you heard about Christ and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.“


That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power.

It is one thing to have the Holy Spirit inside you, but it is another thing to let the Holy Spirit inside you flow as the spirit of wisdom and revelation. And as you pray to be led by the spirit of wisdom today, be confident that you will experience the Holy Spirit leading you in Jesus' divine and unmatched wisdom.

When the Holy Spirit leads you in the wisdom of Jesus, there will be no impossible situation, no insolvable problem, and no insurmountable crisis. The wisdom of Jesus in you will help you to successfully navigate all your trials and cause you to prevail over all your challenges!

1/21/24

How does God see us after we have failed:

Lets look at two examples in bible:

◦PETER- denied knowing Jesus 3 times with cursing n swearing

◦SAMARITAN women by the well who Jesus revealed himself to

Spiritual growth can be measured by how we see Jesus!

After Peter had failed and after Jesus’ resurrection, Peter jumped in the water to go to Jesus when he appeared to the disciples while they were fishing

Because of His love

-Jesus prayed that Peters faith would not fail him
-Peter learned how Jesus loved him despite of his failures.
-He realized nothing can separate him from His love
-It was Jesus love that brought him back to Grace!

How would you react if Jesus appeared to you in private?
-Natural reaction is fear
-only the holy spirit teaches us about grace in order to respond with joy
-once you realize and accept that Jesus knows everything about you and loves you still and bore all your sins on the cross, it makes you  run to him as you are to embrace His love for you!

Jesus sees us for who we are loves us still

The world runs away thinking Jesus is here to expose and humiliate them

On the contrary

The samaritan women’s sins were revealed in a loving kind way not to shame her but to help her see her need for the savior, Jesus

-Jesus offers her living water which represents true love and fulfillment
-she had 5 husbands which means she was searching for true love in all the wrong places
-once Jesus shows her His love she runs to tell everyone about him because she is no longer under shame or in hiding
-she has tasted true love which Jesus promised by saying i have water that you can drink from and never be thirsty

Lets examine now what we are conscience if today

 -our shortcomings & failures
OR
-His unconditional love and grace

This is demonstrated by His sacrifice on the cross. He willingly went to the cross to die for this love so today we can run to him expecting to receive our Fathers unconditional love through Christ

Its free for us but cost our Father His one and only son our Lord and Savior

Today whatever seems to heavy of a burden remember this:

-what am I conscious about
-My failures or His super abounding grace and provision for me

Apostle Paul confessed his sinful nature even as he grew in his continued to grow in his faith in Christ

He boasted about his weaknesses and flesh but never stopped believing who and what God says he is

He believed in his righteous by faith alone

Our flesh/sins/failures/disappointments should lead us ti Jesus who is more than willing to wash us clean with His blood once and for all.

But as we grow in our spiritual maturity in Christ we realize more and more how dirty we are which should only make us fall in love with Jesus over and over again because He has washed us clean and loves us still and will continue to forever and ever!!!

Lets keep our eyes on Jesus
Our righteousness by faith

Live your life believing who Gods says you are and not what you see and not afraid to be who Gods says you are

Continue to read His word which is a light on to your feet and true wisdom

Closing prayer/blessing 🙏🏻

Do you feel as though you are trapped on a never-ending treadmill based on your own efforts to try to earn God's forgiveness, God's approval, and God's acceptance? That is Christian religion.

If you are trying to earn your own forgiveness and thinking that God is constantly mad at you, this  is not the heart of our Father God.

When Jesus spoke of "the unforced rhythms of grace," He means that there is an ease and enjoyment when you walk in His grace. This is in contrast to the struggle and strain found in self-effort. There is such rest when you know there is nothing you can do to earn His forgiveness.

Give up on your own self-righteousness, which the Bible describes as "filthy rags" (Isa. 64:6), and with open arms and an open heart, receive His forgiveness!

The key to getting out of a cycle of sin and defeat is to receive and to stop beating yourself up. Receive and stop punishing yourself because your sins have already been punished on the body of Jesus, our beautiful Lord and Savior. No wonder the gospel is called the good news.

When you understand God's grace and forgiveness, you will understand the difference between obligation and relationship. Under the old covenant of the law, right living is done out of religious obligation. Under the new covenant of grace, every thing we do today is birthed out of an inward motivation that flows directly from a love relationship with Jesus.

Our Father is not a legalist. He doesn't want us to read His Word just because He said so, as a religious obligation. He wants us to experience His love and spend time in His Word because we want to enjoy His sweet presence.

You can read His Word out of legalism and to try to earn God's forgiveness and acceptance, or you can do it out of relationship because you know you have been forgiven. The reality is, when you don't read the Bible, you should not be feeling guilty; you should be feeling hungry.

Jesus invites you to experience "the unforced rhythms of grace." Keep company with Him and you'll learn to live freely and lightly!

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭27‬ ‭

“Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding. I give you sound learning, so do not forsake my teaching. For I too was a son to my father, still tender, and cherished by my mother. Then he taught me, and he said to me, “Take hold of my words with all your heart; keep my commands, and you will live. Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them. Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding. Cherish her, and she will exalt you; embrace her, and she will honor you. She will give you a garland to grace your head and present you with a glorious crown.” Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many. I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths. When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble. Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life. Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers. Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way. For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble. They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to one’s whole body. Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you. Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways. Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.”

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.


You need the truth of God's Word to uproot any wrong belief. This is why it's so important to get into His Word and take time to meditate upon verses that reveal God's unwavering and unfailing love for you.

For instance, if you find your mind drifting into anxious thoughts over the smallest things, I encourage you to memorize and quote today's scripture: "You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You" (Isa. 26:3).

Whenever I feel stressed or worried about something, I pull away from life's hustle and bustle and simply meditate on God's promises. Sometimes I like to drive to a quiet park, and as gentle anointed music plays in my car, I feed on and speak His Word, allowing it to permeate my spirit: "God's Word declares, 'You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You.'"

And I tell the Lord, "Yes, Lord, it is You who will keep me in perfect peace. Perfect peace comes from You. I just need to rest in Your grace and keep my mind on You. I don't need to think about what to do about this challenge. As I trust in You and keep my mind stayed on You, You will lead me and guide me. Lord Jesus, my trust is in You and You alone."

What am I doing here? Instead of allowing stress and worry to get to me, I'm training my heart to see how God sees my challenges. The bigger God becomes in my heart, the smaller my challenges become. In fact, many times when I just relax and keep my mind on the Lord, His peace and wisdom begin to flow in me, and the challenge that I was previously so worried about becomes minute and inconsequential in the presence of Almighty God.

Are you faced with an insurmountable circumstance today? Learn to see what God sees by meditating on His Word, and let His peace drive out your anxiety. Let His wisdom direct your paths.

Good morning beloved children of the most high God 🙏🏻 lets pray together (speak out loud please)

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus
I am highly favored
I am deeply loved
I am highly favored

Let’s remember today and every day that our right standing with God comes through faith alone. We receive it by believing and accepting the finished work on the cross!

Whatever challenge you face today remember who’s you are and the unconditional love that saved you! So what and who dares to come against his beloved children! Nothing!!!

In the name of Jesus I bless you. Life i speak into you be healed In Jesus’ name. Blood of Jesus covers you heals you and protects you. You are whole, safe and complete in Christ Jesus!

Now go be awesome today ♥️

Acts 13:39
By Him everyone who believes is justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.


To understand the grace of God, it is essential you understand the differences between the old covenant of law and the new covenant of grace. To help you accelerate your understanding of law and grace, I want to share with you one of my favorite scriptures.

For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
—John 1:17

The law was given through a servant. Grace and truth came through the Son. The law talks about what man ought to be. Grace reveals Who God is.

In the first miracle of Moses, he turned water into blood, resulting in death. In the first miracle of grace, Jesus turned water into wine, resulting in life and celebration. The letter (the law) kills, but the Spirit gives life (2 Cor. 3:6).

Under the law, God demands righteousness from sinfully bankrupt man. But under grace, God provides righteousness as a gift. Now, which covenant would you like to be under? The answer is obvious!

The truth is, through the cross at Calvary, all who believe in Jesus and acknowledge Him as their Lord and Savior are under the new covenant of grace. Yet today many believers are still living in confusion, and get law and grace all mixed up by holding on to some aspects of the law and some aspects of grace in their Christian beliefs and walk.

Jesus said you cannot put new wine into old wineskins. The new wine will ferment and break the wineskins, and you will lose both (Matt. 9:17). In the same way, you cannot put the new wine of grace into the old wineskin of the law. One will cancel out the other (Rom. 11:6).

Under the law, God said, “I will by no means clear the guilty, but I will visit their sins to the third and fourth generations” (Exod. 34:7). But under grace, God says, “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and lawless deeds I will remember no more” (Heb. 8:12).
There has been a change! Can you see with absolute high-definition clarity that there has been a radical change and it is all because of Jesus?

Choose to live wholly under the new covenant of grace today, where through Christ’s perfect finished work at the cross, you have God’s righteousness as a gift, and God’s own Spirit of life leading you to victory over areas of defeat.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalms 91:1

As believers, we have no business feeding on fear. If your mind is entangled with knots of anxiety, perhaps it's time for you to examine your mental diet. What have you, consciously or unconsciously, been meditating on? Are you ingesting and believing everything you see in the news reports, or are you living by what the Lord Jesus has purchased for you at Calvary?

To help you understand God's heart for you regarding fear and your walking in His protection, I want to share with you a powerful key from today's verse, the very first verse of Psalm 91, the prayer of protection.

The Hebrew word for "dwell" is yashab, which means to sit down, to remain, or to settle. Notice that the very first thing that God wants you to do to enjoy His protection is to rest. His protection, peace, love, and other blessings flow in your life when you are in a place of rest.

Let's meditate on what it means to rest or "sit down." The Bible says that we are seated with Christ at God's right hand (Eph. 2:6, Heb. 1:3). The word "seated" is beautiful—it means that you are no longer standing and working.

Under the old covenant, the priest had to offer the morning sacrifice at 9 a.m., and then remain standing for six hours until after the evening sacrifice at 3 p.m. Our Lord Jesus was crucified at 9 a.m. and He hung on the cross for six hours until He died at 3 p.m., thus fulfilling the type of both the morning and evening sacrifices (Heb. 10:11–12).

Because Jesus became the final sacrifice, the work of the priest is done and he no longer has to stand. Because our Lord cried, "It is finished!" at Calvary (John 19:30), we are today seated in Christ.

We can dwell in the secret place of the Most High—a place of peace, safety, and security—and we can live fear-free because the blood of our Lord Jesus has paid for every blessing of protection in Psalm 91!

God loves you, and His strong hands of protection are over your entire life and over every area that concerns you.♥️🙏🏻

Hebrews 10:19-22
Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, and having a High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.


For many years our Father God has been portrayed as an angry God by the devil, and unfortunately, but this depiction of God is an error.

We are now under the new covenant, and no where does the bible say God is angry with believers because of their sins. You would have to go into the Old Testament to look for verses that speak of God's anger at the sins of His people.

Does God not being angry with you mean that there is no place for God's correction in our lives? Is there correction and wise guidance that come by the Word of God in the new covenant of grace?

Absolutely. But as for His anger toward you and your sins, all that has been settled at the cross. When you come into Jesus' sweet presence with all your challenges, failings, and struggles, He is not going to roar at you. He is going to love you into wholeness and set you on a path of freedom from all your fears, guilt, and addictions. Jesus is the end of all our struggles!

Because God's perfect love is the answer to overcoming the struggles in our lives, the devil is doing everything he can to cut us off from this love. He knows that as long as the debt of sin is on our conscience, we will avoid God because we will think that God is mad at us.

The beautiful thing about Jesus is that He not only paid the sin debt of your entire life, He overpaid it. Unlike the high priests of the Old Testament, He didn't offer the blood of bulls and goats to pay for your sins. This High Priest paid for your sins with His own perfect and sinless blood.

God didn't go soft on sin under grace! No way. He offered His only begotten Son, Jesus, who is an absolute overpayment for your sins.

It's as if you owed a debt of a million dollars, but Jesus paid a billion dollars to settle that debt. The truth is, if you knew who Jesus is and the value of the Son of God, you would know that His payment at the cross was worth more than a billion dollars. It's a payment that has wiped out your entire life's sins—past, present, and future—once and for all! No longer is there a chasm of sin separating you and God. It has been bridged by the bloodstained cross.

Book of Colossians

*describes the fullness of God in Christ 
*making each believer complete with no need to add to what Christ has already done 
*which can only be achieved through personal relationship with Christ
*believers are now in Christ and possess all that Christ is 

-letter by Paul (AD60-61) to gentile believers in Colossae (Turkey) 
-addresses false teachings and inspres believers to recognize Christ as enough


Book of Colossians outlined 

1- Greetings and Thanksgiving 
2- Avoid deception and recognize the leadership of Christ 
3- New Life in Christ 
4- Practical Instructions on living as a child of God in Christ Jesus 


PUTTING ON OUR NEW SELF 

impurity             kindness 
passion              humility 
evil desire          meakness 
covetousness     patience
anger                  forgiving one another 
wrath                 loving each other 
slander               thankfulness