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Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 27, 2024

What is fellowship? Is it hanging out in a brotherly way with each other? Is it eating a meal or sharing a scripture? The heart of the word fellowship is unity and partnership. People who fellowship focus on how they are one and not on how they are different. Fellowship

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 26, 2024

Who enters into fellowship with God? King David asked, “Who is able to ascend the hill of The LORD?” Then David answered  and said, “Those with clean hands and pure hearts...” Thank God for Christ Jesus who has cleansed our hands and purified our hearts with His sacrifice and shed

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 25, 2024

Who can have fellowship with God? The technical answer is that a way has been made for all. However, the way is narrow. There is only one door. That door is Christ Jesus. “Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, Have fellowship with You? They gather together

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 24, 2024

How long does God woo a person? How long will God try to win someone’s heart? It would seem that God tries until He stops trying. Weird answer, right? Revelation 3:20 (NKJV): Behold,  I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears My voice and opens the

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 21, 2024

What can we do as believers? What is our priority? What are our “works of righteousness that we should walk in”? The good news is simple. “Believe on The LORD Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.” Once we are saved, live a godly life. Live life in a manner

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 20, 2024

When God blessed Abraham, God declared the end from the beginning. All of the nations of the earth shall be blessed because of you and your seed. God had intended to save the world through the seed of Abraham. God protected and saved the seed of Abraham throughout the ages

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 19, 2024

How is the Abrahamic Blessing received? It is an inheritance so it has to be known, claimed, applied and used. How can I participate in a blessing/inheritance that I know nothing about? How can I be touched by something that I will not claim? How can the inheritance change

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 18, 2024

Christ Jesus is the promised substitutional sacrifice in the Abrahamic covenant. “And Abraham saith, ‘God doth provide for Himself the lamb for a burnt-offering…”. Through Christ Jesus, the blessing of Abraham has come upon all who believe in HIM. “That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 17, 2024

What is the significance around Christ Jesus receiving and being at the epicenter of God’s Covenant with Abraham? And why is it important that Christians inherit the blessing of Abraham? First of all, in addition to knowing that Christ Jesus is the sacrificial lamb of The New Covenant as

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 14, 2024

Imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises - by not being lazy. “And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become sluggish (lazy), but imitate those who through faith and

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 13, 2024

Christ Jesus trampled satan under His feet. Christ Jesus crushed the head of satan and destroyed the works of the devil. Jesus displayed His power over demons by forcing them to leave the people they were tormenting. Jesus further displayed His absolute authority over darkness by giving His disciples authority

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 12, 2024

If Christ Jesus has accomplished it, then it is part of our inheritance. In order to receive an inheritance, it must be claimed. In order to benefit from an inheritance, it must be claimed and used. What has Christ Jesus already accomplished? What has He included in our inheritance that

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 11, 2024

What has Christ Jesus already accomplished through His life, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension? As we indicated in the June 10, 2024 devotion, Christ Jesus has given us victory over sin. We are no longer under the dominion of sin. We are under the dominion of grace, therefore, we have dominion

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word June 10, 2024

Jesus Christ was manifest on earth in the flesh. “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 7, 2024

What has God accomplished through the life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of The Lord Jesus? This is so much that it can be heard to answer it. I think we spend our faithful lives learning and believing the answers, implications and applications. We could start with what Jesus accomplished

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 5, 2024

Our Biblical Kingdom World View can be “fleshed out” if we answer some questions about what God has already completed through the death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Christ Jesus in the presence of many witnesses. By “fleshed out”, I don’t mean doing something in the flesh. LOL. I

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 4, 2024

It is humility that recognizes that God has the highest word, the highest authority, the highest wisdom, knowledge and understanding. It is humility that does not judge others, but submits to Christ Jesus as the judge. “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - June 3, 2024

Certain aspects of Scripture may get over-emphasized when trying to prove a point. For example, we often quote a memorized verse by itself without the understanding of surrounding verses (context). When we study Scripture (or “discuss” Scripture), it is important to consider, “What is the point of the whole passage?

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 31, 2024

“For your obedience has become known to all. Therefore I am glad on your behalf; but I want you to be wise in what is good, and simple concerning evil. And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 30, 2024

Part Five - Impacting the natural realm for good. Good begets good. Love begets love. Grace begets grace. Faith begets faith. Hope begets hope. If you desire to impact the natural realm for good, begin planting good with your words and deeds. This does not guarantee that you will not

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 29, 2024

Part Four - Impacting the natural realm for good. It seems obvious to the world that actions have impact. We learned in our early science classes that “every action has an equaling opposite reaction.” Our actions are so important that Jesus commanded us to motivate our actions towards each other

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 28, 2024

Part Three - Impacting the natural realm for good. God has created the earth in such a way that it responds to humans. The earth is created to return to man what he puts into it. Even better, the earth is created to return to man more than he puts

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 27, 2024

Part Two - Impacting the natural realm for good. What kind of things influence the natural realm around you? This seems to me to be a complex question because we see the influence of spiritual things on the natural realm. However, the natural realm does not change until it is

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word, May 24, 2024

Part One - Impacting the natural realm for good. The spiritual only changes the natural when it changes the ones who influence and impact the natural. The natural world was given to people. If people, who daily impact the natural realm, change, then the natural realm will change. Ex: A

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - May 23, 2024

When studying The Bible, start with simple foundational truths and build upon them. Sometimes the foundations are not as plainly identified once a structure is built upon it. However, a good foundation never moves or cracks. A strong foundation can weather many things. Ive seen structures destroyed while foundations remain.