Clay Runnels

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Seeking Jesus First - May 25, 2023

God has blessed His people. What is the blessing? It is a spoken word that empowers success. As with any empowering or saving word from God, it must be believed to be received. All of God’s promises (blessings) are in Christ, “Yes”, and in us, “Amen” to the glory

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Seeking Jesus First - May 24, 2023

Did you know that The Bible teaches us the proper attitude toward wealth and how to get wealth? However, The Scripture warns against getting wealth through wickedness, or motivating yourself by the desire to be wealthy. A person who is focused on wealth will not find contentment, peace or true

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Seeking Jesus First - May 23, 2023

How does wisdom act? Wisdom has a nature with likes and dislikes. Wisdom gives rewards to those who love her. Proverbs speaks of wisdom as a person. Many recognize that “person” as Holy Spirit. “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And find out knowledge and discretion. The fear of the Lord

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Seeking Jesus First - May 22, 2023

Wisdom has a voice. It has a language. What happens when we learn what wisdom sounds like and how wisdom speaks? First, we learn to recognize wisdom. Second, we recognize the difference between true wisdom and false wisdom. “Does not wisdom cry out, And understanding lift up her voice? She

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Seeking Jesus First - May 20, 2023

How can I be a wise parent or a wise son? Is it too late to be wise if I have already failed so many times? Remember, there is life after stupid. Begin today. Hear and keep the words of Our Heavenly Father. “Hear, my children, the instruction of a

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Seeking Jesus First - May 19, 2023

What are the gates to our soul? How do we influence our soul? Our soul is made up of mind (thinking), will (choosing), and emotions (feeling). We influence our souls with the things we see and hear. So the gates are the eyes and ears… “My son, let them not

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Seeking Jesus First - May 18, 2023

What are the benefits of having the wisdom of God? Silly question, right? But the word tells us to seek wisdom above any worldly thing. When we obtain and exercise the wisdom of God, wisdom causes us to win… “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who

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Seeking Jesus First - May 17, 2023

Can a person be righteous and not walk in righteousness? Can a person walk in righteousness and be righteous? The answer may surprise you. Unless our righteousness is equal to God’s righteousness, we cannot be righteous. So Jesus imputed His righteousness to us. Through faith, we have received the

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Seeking Jesus First - May 16, 2023

Have you ever thought about the conditions for receiving from God? God in heaven, who loves all of His creation so much that He sent His Son to save the world, has conditions we have to meet in order to receive from Him… We are familiar with Romans 10 which

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Seeking Jesus First - May 15, 2023

King Solomon is considered the wisest man of ancient times.teaches Do you know the three primary pursuits which he encourages his son to have? Knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Do you remember which one was the principal or highest pursuit?… “Wisdom is the principal thing; Therefore get wisdom. And in

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Seeking Jesus First - May 13, 2023

“LET” - Part Eight There are those who will tell you that not every “LET” in Scripture is for you. Don’t LET them cheat you out of your inheritance. “Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those

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Seeking Jesus First - May 12, 2023

“LET” - Part Seven LET is access, invitation, permission, instruction and authority. LET can be used to restrict or to grant. Today, let’s see our permission to prosper and increase… “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves

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Seeking Jesus First - May 11, 2023

Seeing the word “LET” so much in The Word, and understanding it as instruction and invitation with implied permission and authorization, LET us pay the more earnest heed without taking on a sense of superiority when we are successful… “One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day

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Seeking Jesus First - May 10, 2023

“LET” - Part Five “LET” is an invitation, a permission, an instruction, and even a command that we choose to obey.  Ignoring a “LET” causes us to miss out on something that is beneficial to our relationship with God and to our walk here on earth. “Having then gifts differing

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Seeking Jesus First - May 9, 2023

“LET” - Part Three (For real this time. Yesterday should have been Part Four) The word “LET” is a permission giving word. When The Scripture use “LET”, we are being given an open door to move “closer”, “deeper” to walk in more of what God has for us… Not much

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Seeking Jesus First - May 8, 2023

“LET” - Part Four One really good way of looking at the word “LET” is to picture a gate on a fence. The gate opens or closes to allow someone or something in or out. Whoever controls the gate decides what is “LET” in or out. “Therefore, leaving the discussion

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Seeking Jesus First - May 6, 2023

“Let” - Part Two “LET” is also a legal word having to do with a lease property. When one is “LET” a property, the person is given charge over the property according to the lease contract. We are given charge over our part in the covenant. We are responsible for

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Seeking Jesus First - May 5, 2023

“Let” - Part One LET is an imperative verb which is used extensively as a command for us to follow. It puts us in charge of the decision, but it doesn’t leave any room for guessing as to which decision the speaker desires us to make. Over the next

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Seeking Jesus First - May 4, 2023

The author of The Book of James in the Bible was the half-brother of Jesus (according to the flesh), son of Mary and Joseph. While not a disciple during Jesus’ lifetime, he became an apostle and church leader after the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. The Book of James

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Seeking Jesus First - May 3, 2023

What was The message of Jesus Christ to Israel? “Repent, for the kingdom of God is here.” John the Baptist preached the same message as the forerunner of Christ. Repent means, ‘change the way you think’ or ‘start thinking the way God thinks’… Both John and Jesus wanted everyone to

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Seeking Jesus First - May 2, 2023

Yesterday, we saw an example of people whom Jesus could not heal because they had offense in their hearts towards Him and they did not believe that the little boy raised in their village was the messiah. What does the condition of my heart have to do with receiving what

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Seeking Jesus First - May 1, 2023

What did Jesus do when people were not getting healed through His ministry? He taught them. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Every word of God is capable of producing life. The words of Jesus are spirit and life. Yes there were people whom Jesus

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Seeking Jesus First - April 29, 2023

Personal transformation takes place as the mind is renewed. If we have received The Holy Spirit from Our Father in Heaven, we have the mind of Christ. “For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” (1 Corinthians

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Seeking Jesus First - April 28, 2023

If the word is not working in my life, there is usually a reason. “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” (James 1:22, NKJV) “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable

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Seeking Jesus First - April 27, 2023

Our Father in Heaven has QUALIFIED us to be PARTAKERS of the INHERITANCE of the saints in the LIGHT. We have been delivered from darkness and we dwell in the kingdom of light. Right now… “giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance