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We need be neither intimidated nor intimidating; we’re simply meant to be a witness. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 ESV - - - Being will always impact doing. If your being doesn’t impact your doing, your being deceived. We can see Jesus through us chang...

Luke 11:34-36 34 “Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when it is unhealthy, your body is filled with darkness. 35 Make sure that the light you think you have is not actually darkness. 36 If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were fill...

I don’t think you can really know Jesus and His love and not find a way to make Him known! If I say, “I will not mention him, or speak any more in his name,” there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, indeed I cannot. Jeremiah 20:9 ESV You are the light of the world, like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. Mathew 5:14 NLT We are c...

In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:4-5 NASB There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to e...

Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. Psalms 139:12 ESV Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12 NLT In him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 This little light o...

The hope of Jesus is not only the truth we carry, but ironically it’s the truth that carries us. Hope in Jesus connects more with the heart than the head and is realized when we worship. The dragon hates worship How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven,...

When you have Jesus, you have the best thing that life can offer. Philippians 3:8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ You were designed to carry the most precious, powerful gift of all - the Hope of Jesus - and the dragon wan...

Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour. Stand firm against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are. 1 Peter 5:8-9 NLT The Devil’s in the Details Attention to the smallest of details can make the biggest differenc...

An intimidated warrior is an easily discouraged, demoralized, and defeated warrior. When the righteous cry for help, the LORD hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalms 34:17-18 ESV Right-Size But I said to you, ‘Don’t be shocked or afraid of them! The LORD your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, j...

“Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile pract...

We can’t afford to ignorantly adlib like a soldier who doesn’t know the fight or foe. Though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ESV The enemy always has hi...

Our adversary is equally happy as our buddy or our bully. The best intel we have is battle tested material from the life of the Messiah. Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen w...

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 ESV The dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus. Revelation 12:...

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12 ESV If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also...

So let's not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time we will harvest a good crop if we don't give up, or quit. Galatians 6:9 MSG The fuel for following comes from Jesus and nowhere else. (sustenance for steadfastness) By his divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life. 2 Peter 1:3 NLT Those who wait upon God get fresh strength. They spread their...

The power of perseverance is released in the life of the person who chooses to faithfully follow Jesus. Follow through the Finish As for me, my life has already been poured out as an offering to God. The time of my death is near. 2 Timothy 4:6 ESV I have fought the good fight. 2 Timothy 4:7 ESV But don’t begin until you count the cost. For who would begin construction of a building without first c...

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. - If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it. - And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul? Matthew 16:24-26 NLT There...

We pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy, always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who purchased our...

Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. Matthew 16:24 ESV The best way to get somewhere you’ve never been is to follow someone who has. I'm telling you this straight. The Son can't independently do a thing, only what he sees the Father doing. What the Father does, the Son does. John 5:19 MSG I'm not making any of this...

In my Father's house are many rooms. (more than enough room) If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? John 14:6 ESV The Treasure of being a Learner… A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. Proverbs 15:5 ESV Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. Proverbs 13:24 ESV Teacha...

When people make promises, they guarantee them by appeal to some authority above them so that if there is any question that they'll make good on the promise, the authority will back them up. When God wanted to guarantee his promises, he gave his word, a rock-solid guarantee. God can't break his word. And because his word cannot change, the promise is likewise unchangeable. We who have run for our...

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. Psalms 1:1-3 ESV When the world seem...

Since the fall we have suffered from an Identity crisis and the illness of Insecurity that comes with it. You will never know who you are, until you know who you are in him. You are New Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that Go...

Purpose - the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. Ephesians 2:10 ESV Only God knows and has the authority to say who we are and why we exist. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evi...