Clay Runnels

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 31, 2023

The power of God for salvation comes through the good news of Jesus Christ… to everyone who believes. Read this and ask your heart if you believe in Jesus Christ. Don’t ask your brain. Your brain is where doubts come from and must be trained to live by faith.

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 30, 2023

Apostle Peter preached by the anointing of Holy Spirit the first salvation message ever preached after Holy Spirit was poured out on all flesh. He made this bold statement speaking of the name of The Christ - Jesus: for there is no other name under heaven given among men by

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 27, 2023

Apostle Paul admonishes and encourages the Ephesians to “put on” the whole armor of God. “Put on” is a word that means to sink into. We have identity in Christ and authority and power through His Name and Holy Spirit. It is, “Christ in us”. The anointing of The Holy

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 26, 2023

Faithfulness, Perseverance, Patience, Strength, Courage, Boldness are just a few words The Holy Spirit uses in The Bible to describe a spiritually mature believer. God is Love, Father of Mercies, The God of all Comfort, and The One Who gives us strength to overcome. The charter of God is so

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 22, 2023

The Father of Mercies is The God of all Comfort. He is YHVH Shalom - The God of Peace. And He ministers to our whole person, spirit, soul and body. He is YHVH Shammah - The Ever-Present One. The Holy Spirit is called “another Comforter” like Jesus. He is with

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 21, 2023

What do we teach a believer who has learned to rest in The Spirit, to receive from Christ Jesus and to trust God? Be strong in the grace of God. “The LORD is our strength.”  So do what we teach you and reproduce yourself in others. Don’t get hung

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 20, 2023

What is the first thing a child should learn? To rest, to receive, and to trust. They are cared for and trained while they are growing.  So they must learn to rest, to receive, and to trust. This is the foundation of every believer’s walk with Jesus, whether first

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 20, 2023

The Greek Septuagint was completed about 250 years before the birth of Jesus Christ. The Ancient Hebrew language disappeared about the same time The Greek Septuagint was created. Aramaic and Greek were used instead. The Masoretic Texts were completed by Jews who did not believe in Jesus Christ over 900

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 18, 2023

Here is a prophetic Biblical testimony of a devout man seeing the baby Jesus for the for first time. Revelation came to him by The Holy Spirit. He “somehow” knew Jesus was The LORD’s (YHVH”s) Christ (Messiah - Anointed) the first time that he saw Him. It could

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 17, 2023

God did not appoint His children to wrath. John 3:35-36 says that condemnation and the wrath of God abides on those who do not believe that Jesus is The Son of God and has received all things from The Father. All thrones, kingdoms, authorities and powers are under the

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 16, 2023

Be comforted in your heart when your friends and loved ones in Christ leave their earthly tents behind. They are caught up to heaven in Christ before those of us who remain here. “But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 14, 2023

Jesus said in Matt 11 “all things” were given to Him by The Father. In our passage today, we see that it is God The Father’s will that all that He has given to The Son would come to Him and that The Son would not turn them away

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 13, 2023

Receive the invitation of Christ Jesus: “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” “At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 12, 2023

GOD has given Jesus Christ authority over all flesh. He is authorized to give eternal life to all that God has given Him. Once again, God has given Jesus authority over all flesh. He can give eternal life, the ability to know GOD, The Father and The Son. “Jesus spoke

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 11, 2023

God, The Father, has put all things in the hands of Christ Jesus. This means that the resurrected Christ Jesus has been given the authority to sit as King of kings and Lord of Lords. He is the judge of all heaven and earth, and He grants mercy to all

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 10, 2023

The Christ, The Son of God, The Son of Man These are titles. They are not names. The Christ means The Anointed One and Savior. Jesus has the authority to stand as interceder between God and man and to provide atonement and to cut covenant. The Son of God means

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 9, 2023

The LORD allows the wicked to spring up and blossom because they will be destroyed forever. “O Lord, how great are Your works! Your thoughts are very deep. A senseless man does not know, Nor does a fool understand this. When the wicked spring up like grass, And when all

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 6, 2023

“For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse; for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not continue in all things which are written in the book of the law, to do them.”” (Galatians 3:10, NKJV) “Christ has redeemed us from

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 5, 2023

“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” (John 1:12–13,

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 4, 2023

“Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” John 3:5 “Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God,” 1 John 5:1 Are you born of the Spirit? Are you

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 3, 2023

“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Word and Spirit - Oct. 2, 2023

When a believer sins against you or does something wrong, it is right to rebuke but it is never right to hate ore be bitter in your heart or to take vengeance or bear a grudge against another believer. While the Word makes a point here and elsewhere to give

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

SJF - Daily Worship, Spirit and Word - Sept. 30, 2023

“but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.” (Exodus 20:6, NKJV) Right in the middle of giving the Ten Commandments of the Law of Moses, God says that He shows mercy to those who love Him and keep His commandments. It is the

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 29, 2023

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word “And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent; and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.” (Genesis

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word

Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 28, 2023

Daily Worship, Spirit and Word “Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”” (Genesis 22:2, NKJV) This