Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 14, 2023 Powerful Praying - The outcomes of our prayer are impacted by the way we pray. Pray in faith. Pray with purpose. Pray fervently. The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes a lot, both great and small. “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 13, 2023 “Have mercy on us.” It is a very powerful prayer to the God of Mercy. “Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious,
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 12, 2023 Does God’s loving word of righteousness dwell in you? When it does, your Christian walk gets much easier and better. When we abide in Christ Jesus and His loving words abide in us, we qualify for all that God has for us. Let Holy Spirit convince you that you
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 11, 2023 Does God’s loving Word of Healing abide in us? It can. If it is a Word of God, we can live by it. In other words, if it is a Word of God, it produces life in us. Let’s abide in Christ Jesus and let His loving healing
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 8, 2023 Does The (loving) Word of God abide in you? “Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” If my mouth is not full of the (loving) Word of God, then how can my heart be full of God’s (loving) Word? Jesus defined abiding in the vine as,
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 7, 2023 Live by The Word of God. Follow The Spirit of God. The Word of God gives us principles to live by. The Spirit of God leads us in our daily walk. “But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept 5, 2023 What does the Bible say about the rights of Christians on earth? A right or privilege is a delegated authority. God speaks and acts according to the good pleasure of His will. God’s Word is His Will. When God speaks, He delegates rights, privileges and authority. This is why
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 4, 2023 Game Changing Faith Jesus gave His disciples an amazing promise in John 15. He is talking about them abiding in Him as a branch abides in a vine. The vine is the source for the branch. Jesus makes a game changing statement about receiving from God anything that they ask.
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 1, 2023 What is the purpose of Scripture? “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,” (2 Timothy 3:16, NKJV) Inspiration means Divinely breathed. Spirit and breath have the same root word. Holy Spirit is the author of
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 31, 2023 When a person comes to God through faith in His Son Christ Jesus, a putting off and a putting on will follow. We are saved by grace through faith. Grace and faith are both gifts from God. But with gifts and promise like these… We are given the tools we
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 30, 2023 What does it mean to Seek Jesus First? It doesn’t just mean that you spend the first part of your day praying or reading The Word. The sons of God are led by The Spirit of God. We are in relationship with God, Our Heavenly Father. We are in
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 29, 2023 I submit to you today that a major aspect of “holiness” is “love”. We understand that holiness is taking on the divine nature and character of our Creator. Let’s look at the two New Testament “MUSTS” or “COMMANDS”. 1. Believe in God, The Father, and in His Son whom
Responding to Hurricane Threats As a Child of God - Aug. 28, 2023 Prayer is a conversation between myself and God through the medium (or the connection) of God’s Holy Spirit living in me. God speaks to me and I speak to Him through His Spirit dwelling in me. God speaks to me through His Word, the Bible, but Holy Spirit is
Sunday Morning Notes Sunday Morning - Aug. 27, 2023 Message Notes “But as God is faithful, our word to you was not Yes and No. For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me, Silvanus, and Timothy—was not Yes and No, but in Him was Yes. For all the promises of
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 28, 2023 What does it mean to be one with God? The Bible teaches this principle but believers in Christ Jesus see this concept in many different ways. I will use myself in this article because what I am sharing is based upon my faith in God and His Word. I should
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 26, 2023 How do you know if you belong to God? If you hear his voice, you are one of his. You will know his voice and follow Him. This is a promise. You will know His voice. “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 25, 2023 Did Jesus claim to be God’s son? Did He claim to be one with God? Study this passage with me: John 10:24-42. Jesus gets challenged about His true identity and His answers make the Jews call for His execution. “Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him,
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 24, 2023 God has created an “orderly arrangement” between Himself and humanity. We call it a covenant. It is like a trust agreement. God, Father and Son, is the Grantor/Settlor/Creator. Holy Spirit is Trustee. Humans are Beneficiaries. The New Covenant in the Bible contains the trust agreement which explains what
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 23, 2023 Christ Jesus is the door through which God’s “sheep”, His children, enter into relationship with The Heavenly Father. We cannot go through another person - only Christ Jesus is the door to The Father. This is simply because no other person was qualified to lay his life down for
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 22, 2023 Both Jesus and Paul speak of revelation that is still yet to come. In John 16, Jesus says you can’t handle the truth, but Holy Spirit will teach it to you. In 1 Cor. 13, Paul says we still see through the glass darkly. Is it possible that God
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 21, 2023 After the greeting in Romans, Apostle Paul declares his purpose for writing the letter. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 18, 2023 Have faith in God. Do not be afraid. Trust God. Do not fear. Walk by faith and not by sight. Submit to God. Walk in the light. Resist darkness. There are tragedies taking place in the earth. At the same time, there are holy breakthroughs taking place in the earth.
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 17, 2023 What was Apostle Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh? What does Paul mention so many times in his writings that followed him everywhere he went? “…A messenger of Satan sent to buffet me…”? From Paul’s own writing, separated by a few verses, Paul first mentions all of the troubles
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug. 16, 2023 What should someone do when they are being attacked with false accusations? It really depends on the circumstances. The Apostle Paul had to deal with self professing apostles subverting his authority and taking advantage of the Corinthians. 2 Corinthians Chapters 10,11,12,13 It starts with the well known
Seeking Jesus First Seeking Jesus First - Aug 15, 2023 Salvation Message Three How long has it been since you’ve read the parable of The Prodigal Son? It is a story of redemption. With God, there is life after stupid. “Then Jesus said, “Once there was a father with two sons. The younger son came to his father and
