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Seeking Jesus First - June 7, 2023

Why does Scripture place so much emphasis on the oneness of Father, Son and Holy Spirit and then go to the trouble of defining how they operate differently? The answer is found in The New Testament. Jesus Christ instituted a new covenant that united all believers into one body regardless

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Seeking Jesus First - June 6, 2023

Is Jesus Christ The Father? Jesus Christ is one with The Father, but are they the same being? Everything that The Father is in heaven, in the spirit, Jesus is in the flesh. They share a name. They share the same way of thinking. They share the same love and

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Seeking Jesus First - June 5, 2023

What is the predestination of believers? How much of your life is pre-written by God? Is it written in the book as a matter of foreknowledge? Is God pre-deciding everything about your life? Huge discussion. Let’s just look at that first question. “And we know that all things work

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Seeking Jesus First - June 2, 2023

What is your true identity? Is it the one your parents gave you? Or one spoken over you by your friends? Is your true identity the one you tell yourself? Our true identity is at a fixed point in our future.  Who are you when you leave the temporary house

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Seeking Jesus First - June 1, 2023

Who are you? What are you? Is your identity found in what your body looks like? Is the real you a collection of your physical capabilities and characteristics? How do your natural talents and gifting play into the real you?… As we have stated in the past, a believer is

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Seeking Jesus First - May 31, 2023

Who is the thief in the earth? Who is the one who steals? Jesus identified the one who takes away what was your inheritance and what you labor to gather. “Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All

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Seeking Jesus First - May 30, 2023

How does a believer win against temptation? How do we resist a desire of the flesh? There are many “ways” that work. One will work in any situation. Which one? The one you have prepared your faith to use. 1. “You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that

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Seeking Jesus First - May 29, 2023

Don’t Run Out, Run Over.  “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.” (Psalm 23:5, NKJV)… My testimony is that I came to know Christ Jesus at a very young age and I knew

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Seeking Jesus First - May 27, 2023

In the spirit or heavenly realm, we are seated with and in Christ. How is this possible? We are triune beings. We are spiritual beings with a soul living in a body. In the spirit realm, we are in Christ and Christ is in us. We are in a place

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Seeking Jesus First - May 26, 2023

Why would any father want his children to be sick or live in poverty? Our Heavenly Father’s a higher desire for us to be whole - spirit, soul and body - than we could ever imagine. He has literally given us the grace, the anointing, the strength and the

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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