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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 19, 2023

One who believes in the resurrected Christ has a tremendous hope. We have put our faith in the son of the living God who loves us enough to become our sin and die on a cross. But He didn’t stop there. Our Father raised Jesus from the dead.

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 18, 2023

A friend and fellow minister said this to the congregation the other day: “Believing = Be living in”. What we believe is expressed by our living. Faith without corresponding action is dead. When we are believing in God and His word, we are living in it. We believe in the reality

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 17, 2023

Our relationship with God is facilitated through communion with Him by His word and His Spirit. This relationship grows as we hear, believe and stay aware of His continual presence in our lives. As The Good Father, He is working with us to produce the best possible character and outcomes

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 16, 2023

God has given His word to all who will receive it. He is no respecter of personage. His work and His promise are available to the rich and the poor alike. He makes no distinction between educated or uneducated. God gives no preference to anyone based upon social status or

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 14, 2023

The word of God, every word that proceeds forth from the mouth of God, is life to us. We love the word of God. One major role the word plays in our understanding is to help us to discern between soul and spirit. Without the foundational truths of God’s

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 13, 2023

Without justice, there would be no need for mercy. Mercy is demonstrated when the judge is sure of your guilt but decides to not give you the penalty you deserve. You can have justice without mercy but you cannot have mercy without justice. God is just and He gives mercy

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 12, 2023

Have you Read Matthew 23 lately? Are you familiar with how Jesus spoke to the unrepentant, wicked, controlling leaders of the people? He called out the wicked influencers and declared what they have in store if they do not change. He did it according to the covenant that was in

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 11, 2023

Pray and intercede for others. Do this especially for those who seem to be having similar situations to your own. One form of intercession is putting yourself in the place of someone else and praying for them as if it were yourself. Pray the promise for them. Pray in the

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 10, 2023

A deaf ear does not hear the words plainly spoken aloud by even those who are very near. A deaf person, however, will sense the presence of someone even without hearing them. So there is something developed inside them that “hears”. People sometimes close their hearing off to things which

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 9, 2023

A master builder follows a predetermined design. He sits down and draws out plans for his building. Then he assigns artisans to build what he has designed. He puts a foreman or general contractor  in charge of the building process. The general contractor understands the design and stays in close

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 7, 2023

God has already said and done enough to save, deliver and heal everyone on earth past, present and future. The only thing that is required is that people hear and believe what He has said and done. The atonement, through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, received by faith,

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 6, 2023

Fulfilling Hope- Part Four Christ Jesus is The son of the living God. Through faith in Him and through the unity of the Spirit of God in us, we are also sons of God. The works that Jesus did, we do, and we do greater works because He is with

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 5, 2023

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 4, 2023

Fulfilling Hope - Part Two Jesus is the first born among many brethren, and the first fruits of hope to the world. We are His brethren and the current source of hope in the world. The understanding of the Scripture that says, “Christ in us, the hope of glory”, speaks

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Seeking Jesus First - Jan. 3, 2023

Fulfilling Hope - Part One All of creation, the earth and everything in it, was subjected to futility. But the one who made it gave it hope. The hope was presented to it in covenant form. God made a covenant of promise with Abraham and then fulfilled the promise through

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Seeking Jesus First Jan. 2, 2023

Start this year expecting to see God work on your behalf according to His Word of Truth and Promise, and do everything you do as unto The LORD and not unto men. Let 2023 be the year that you hear God more clearly than you ever have. This will be

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 30, 2022

Belief manifests in speaking words because it is the result of believing words. Speaking is the beginning of faith’s actions. Faith does not allow the mouth to speak contrary to what the heart believes. The mind is confronted with circumstances that cause it to doubt. When doubts assail the

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 29, 2022

In John Chapters 14-17, we learn much about Holy Spirit from Jesus, Himself. Today’s study will go deeper into the bullet points from the previous study. Let Holy Spirit teach you all of God’s secrets. It makes Him happy to do so.

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 28, 2022

Holy Spirit is our ever-present help at all times. He helps us with trouble and with prosperity. Holy Spirit has all of the answers that Jesus would give us. Holy Spirit has all of the answers that The Heavenly Father would give us. And Holy Spirit dwells with us and

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 27, 2022

Holy Spirit is not a spy. He is not in the secret keeping business. Holy Spirit is a teacher. He is in the kingdom revealing business. Holy Spirit reveals all of God’s secrets to those who are interested in hearing and doing. He speaks to those who will listen

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 24, 2022

Jesus said that all of God’s secrets would be revealed to those who have ears to hear. Paul said that God reveals all of His secrets to us by the Holy Spirit which He has given us. There is nothing that the spirit of wisdom and revelation will not

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 23, 2022

“Take heed how you hear.”, is an admonition from Christ Jesus. Our spiritual hearing affects our natural hearing. “How we hear”, really affects all that we do. What are we hearing? Who are we hearing? What hearing filters do we have in place? What do we do with what we

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 22, 2022

Prayer - Part Five - Pray Without Ceasing Prayer has many parts: Speaking to God, Hearing God (Receiving God’s word), Believing God, Decreeing the words of God, Obeying the words of God, Giving Thanks. Prayer never stops. However, a specific conversation comes to an end when its subject matter

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 21, 2022

Prayer - Part IV - The Elevated Warfare Prayer There are times when we feel the spiritual desire or leading to enter a time of intensified or elevated prayer. It can be considered a time of spiritual warfare where we target our prayers on some specific area for breakthrough; or,

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Seeking Jesus First - Dec. 20, 2022

Prayer - Part Three - The Heart of Prayer At the center of The Lord’s Prayer in Matthew Six is forgiveness. Bitterness and offense are faith busters. They make it impossible to connect with God in faith. The heart of prayer is faith, hope and love, but unforgiveness disables