Seeking Jesus First

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 18, 2022

Why did God keep what He was doing a mystery until Christ Jesus showed up and revealed it? God is God. He is creator and He owns everything. God is Sovereign. Was all of this just some type of controlled experiment? No. He made humans in His own image. He

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 17, 2022

Adam allowed Eve to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and then feed it to him; and God allowed Adam to allow it. But God could not allow them continued access to the tree of life in that condition so he banished them from the

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 15, 2022

God allows what we allow, but God can do anything that He allows Himself to do. His character and His Word are His only limits. God cannot lie and He cannot hate the world or the people in it. God does what he does and allows what he allows. So,

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 14, 2022

Yesterday, I finished the devotion with an incomplete statement. “God allows what we allow.” It’s such a loaded statement, that it requires more understanding. Christ Jesus is the Sovereign King of Heaven and Earth, but there is still unrest in the earth. Not all of the kingdoms of the

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 13, 2022

When the storm called Ian was headed this way and we were rebuking it and telling it, “Peace, Be still.”, I was presented with Isa. 45:7 “I am the light and I create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.” When I

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 12, 2022

Oct. 12, 2022 Seeking Jesus First When Seeking Jesus First and putting Him first, we put His words above our own. I wanted to say His “opinions”, but His words are not merely opinions. His thoughts are right because He created everything, and He knows what makes everything perform at

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 11, 2022

The Law of Moses came 430 years after The Promise of Abraham. It did not supersede the promise. It was given to a rebellious people who were afraid to draw near to God and desired someone else to do it on their behalf. Fear is not faith or love. When

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 10, 2022

Seek Jesus First and Be led by The Spirit I was thinking about Joseph this morning. You can read about his life in Gen. 30-50. Joseph was rejected by his brothers because his father favored him, and he was receiving dreams from God. Several of Joseph’s brothers found an

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 7, 2022

Inheritance Part Three God gave the world to Adam. Adam gave the world to sin (pride, lies, disobedience and condemnation). Then God promised to give the world to Abraham, His seed and to His descendants. Rom. 4:13

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 6, 2022

Inheritance: Part Two Through our faith in Christ Jesus: We have the right to become children of God (John 1:12, Gal. 5:26). We have been qualified to receive the inheritance (Col.. 1:12). We are heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:17). We become

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 5, 2022

Doing what God said to do is obedience. Expecting God to do what He said is faith. Inheritance: Part One We have been qualified to receive the inheritance that Christ has received. We are no longer bound. We are no longer slaves. We are no longer in darkness. We do

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 4, 2022

What does it mean to freely give what we have received freely from Christ Jesus? Many times this verse is used in conjunction with receiving an offering at church and it aligns with other scriptures to use it that way. Many people work for their income so to say it

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 3, 2022

Is Holy Spirit authorized to teach things that Jesus didn’t teach? I believe the answer is, “Yes”, but it cannot contradict what Jesus taught. The Scripture is a progressive revelation of God and His character. God and His Plan remained mysterious until Jesus came. Christ Jesus is the full

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Seeking Jesus First - Oct. 1, 2022

What do you do when devastating things happen? In this world, you shall have tribulation. It rains on the just and the unjust. If you are facing a tough situation or the worst possible scenario, we can do what David did in 1 Sam. 30:6 It was the worst

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 30, 2022

God has a really good plan for anyone who will receive Him. It starts with adoption. What could be better than that? The LORD GOD Almighty wanted to bring you into His own family with such intense desire and love that He gave his only begotten son to do it.

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 29, 2022

Before Jesus explained The Parable of The Sower, He explained why some could see, hear and receive His teachings and be healed by them, while others could not.

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 28, 2022

Today, there is a great windstorm threatening Florida. And there are thousands of Christians praying against it. And there are thousands of believers rebuking it and speaking peace to the winds and waves. Every believer who is being affected by this storm can do this. Let’s look at Mark

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Seeking Jesus First Sept. 27, 2022

James 3:1-12 reiterates yesterday’s reading from Eph. 4:29-32 that our tongue has a great impact for good on our lives and on those around us - when we use it to impart the grace of God. James says that the tongue can set your life on fire

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Seeking Jesus First Sept. 26, 2022

We have two commands from Jesus: to believe in him and to love one another as He loves us. The doctrine of the church is built upon the teachings of Jesus, the apostles and the prophets. Jesus taught the disciples many things about the kingdom of God after his resurrection

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 24, 2022

The grace of God is everything that God has promised and freely given. The promises of God express the grace of God. The grace of God is freely given through the word of God. The Word of God defines the grace of God.

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 23, 2022

John 5:19-30 19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 22, 2022

Part Two - Tree of Life 1 Cor. 12:7 The gifts of the spirit are given to each for the PROFIT of ALL. 1 Cor. 12:31 “But earnestly desire the best gifts. And yet I show you a more excellent way.” 1 Cor. 13 Love Chapter 1 Cor.

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept. 21, 2022

Part One - The Tree of Life - Gen. 2:9 “Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept 20, 2022

What did Jesus do when He was moved with compassion? Matt. 14:14 Healed the sick Matt. 9:35-36 Healed the sick Matt. 15:32 Miraculously fed the multitude Matt. 20:34 Gave sight to the blind Mark 1:41 Cleansed the lepers Mark 5:19 Cast demons out of

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Seeking Jesus First - Sept 19, 2022

Rom. 4:14 “Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father