“Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” (Luke 18:38 NLT)
“What do you want me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “I want to see!” (Luke 18:41 NLT)
Lord Jesus, let me see myself as You see me. Let me see my neighbor as You see him. Let me see the world as You see it.
You are my inheritance, O Lord!
"LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. The land you have given me is a pleasant land. What a wonderful inheritance! I will bless the LORD who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me."
You are my inheritance, O Lord!
"I know the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. No wonder my heart is glad, and I rejoice. My body rests in safety." (Psalm salm 16:5-9 NLT)
Ask and don't quit asking.
"One day Jesus told his disciples a story to illustrate their need for constant prayer and to show them that they must keep praying until the answer comes." (Luke 18:1 TLB)
"Don’t you think that God will surely give justice to his people who plead with him day and night? Yes! He will answer them quickly! But the question is: When I, the Messiah,return, how many will I find who have faith and are praying?” (Luke 18: 7 - 8 TLB)
The foolish say in their hearts: "Their is no God."
"All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,
and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan. "
"But again, not even these are pardonable.
For if they so far succeeded in knowledge that they could speculate about the world, how did they not more quickly find its Lord?" (Wisdom 13: 1-9 RM)
How you produce much fruit in the Kingdom:
“Yes, I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in me and I in him shall produce a large crop of fruit. For apart from me you can’t do a thing.
If anyone separates from me, he is thrown away like a useless branch, withers, and is gathered into a pile with all the others and burned." (John 15 : 5 - 6 TLB)
"In all circumstances, give thanks,
for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus." (1 Thessalonians 5 : 18)
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
"And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him."
“Ten were cleansed, were they not?
Where are the other nine?
Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?” (Luke 17: 11-19 RM)
Protect yourself with the Name of Jesus.
"God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made them.
But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world,
and they who are in his possession experience it." (Wisdom 2: 23 RM)
"I will boast of all his kindness to me. Let all who are discouraged take heart. Let us praise the Lord together and exalt his name." (Psalm 34: 2-3 TLB)
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The Presence of Jesus in us and with us is the greatest promise in the Bible. If God is with you, then it is accomplished.
"God is our refuge and our strength,
an ever-present help in distress.
Therefore, we fear not, though the earth be shaken and mountains plunge into the depths of the sea.
The LORD of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Come! behold the deeds of the LORD, the astounding things he has wrought on earth." (Psalm 46: 2-3, 8-9 RM)
Claim and secure your gift of awareness of the Presence of Emmanuel today.
Do you know your God? Do you know how He works?
"The LORD keeps faith forever,
secures justice for the oppressed,
gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets captives free."
"The people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits."
(Dan 11:32 NKJV)
"The LORD gives sight to the blind.
the LORD raises up those who were bowed down;
The LORD loves the just. the LORD protects strangers."
Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus Christ, His Son. Eternal life starts here and now. (John 17:3)
"The fatherless and the widow he sustains, but the way of the wicked he thwarts.
The LORD shall reign forever;
your God, O Zion, through all generations. Alleluia."
(Psalm 146)
Are you trying to serve two masters?
"No worker can serve two bosses: He'll either hate the first and love the second. Or adore the first and despise the second. You can't serve both God and the Bank.
(Luke 16:13 MSG)
There is a time and season for everything.
"So the employer called him in and said, ‘What’s this I hear about you? Get your report in order, because you are going to be fired.’"
(Luke 16:2 NLT)
"All the nations will be gathered in his presence, and he will separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will place the sheep at his right hand and the goats at his left."
(Matthew 25:32-33 NLT)
What burdens are causing you sleepless nights?
"Come to me and I will give you rest— all of you who work so hard beneath a heavy yoke. Wear my yoke — for it fits perfectly— and let me teach you; for I am gentle and humble, and you shall find rest for your souls; for I give you only light burdens" (Matthew 11: 28-29 TLB)
"Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord."
(Psalm 27:14 AMP)
Rejection of the cross is rejection of Jesus Christ.
"And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:27 NLT)
"So no one can become my disciple unless he first sits down and counts his blessings — and then renounces them all for me." (Luke 14: 33 TLB)
Let love be always sincere and hate what is evil.
"Never be lazy in your work, but serve the Lord enthusiastically."
"Be glad for all God is planning for you. Be patient in trouble, and prayerful always. When God’s children are in need, you be the one to help them out. And get into the habit of inviting guests home for dinner or, if they need lodging, for the night." (Romans 12: 11-13 TLB)
Is your hope the type that never disappoints?
"And patience develops strength of character in us and helps us trust God more each time we use it until finally our hope and faith are strong and steady.
Then, when that happens, we are able to hold our heads high no matter what happens and know that all is well, for we know how dearly God loves us, and we feel this warm love everywhere within us because God has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love." (Romans 5: 4-5 TLB)
Have you washed your robe in the Blood of the Lamb?
"Then one of the twenty-four Elders asked me, “Do you know who these are, who are clothed in white, and where they come from?”
“No, sir,” I replied. “Please tell me.”
“These are the ones coming out of the Great Tribulation,” he said; “they washed their robes and whitened them by the blood of the Lamb." (Revelation 7: 13-14 TLB)
The Lord will not abandon his people.
"For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.]"
(Romans 11:29 AMP)
"Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law."
(Psalm 94:12 AMP)
Why do you have a different standard for your neighbor?
"Then he turned to them and said, “Which of you doesn’t work on the Sabbath? If your son or your cow falls into a pit, don’t you rush to get him out?”
Again they could not answer."
(Luke 14:5-6 NLT)
Who will condemn us if God has cleared our name?
"If God is for us, who can be against us?
He did not spare his own Son
but handed him over for us all,
how will he not also give us everything else along with him?
Who will bring a charge against God’s chosen ones?" (Romans 8: 31-33 RM)
Trust Completely in Jesus. God Never Fails!
Living apart from Christ Jesus is exclusion from citizenship in Heaven.
"Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God’s own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God’s [own] household."
"You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone."
(Ephesians 2:19-20 AMP)
