Last Updated on December 19, 2025 by LookingUntoJesus

Luke 22:44 – when the result somehow becomes us turning to God, more and more (Exodus 3:4-5 NIV, John 3:30).

Lam. 1:18 – daily prayers for the Holy Spirit to quash our inward rebellions of resisting Christ in taking more ground in our lives.

Jer. 9:7 NIV – a Divine approach, a very important verse. Experiencing spiritual refining is a real blessing in disguise to you and to others, if cooperative.

Zech. 8:16-17 NIV – personalize this into daily prayer -> this can also pre-emptively prevent the plotting of evil. Let’s make His Name great (Malachi 1:11).

Romans 15:5-6 NIV – ask the Lord to help us all be mindful of each other.

1 Cor. 4:5 NIV – “He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart.”

Ecc. 5:1a NIV -> Gal. 5:25 NIV – WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE HOLY SPIRIT GAVE ME A TREASURE, I WANT TO SHARE WITH ADMINISTRATIONS!!!!

Isaiah 50:4 NIV + Mark 14:38 + Psalm 139:23-24 + 2 Chr. 32:26 NIV – administrations need to pray about this, daily.

Job 1:7 – if God already knows the answer, why is there a question? I want you to look at John 8:43 NIV – the focus here, is a fair question that is asked in that verse, I want to steer that particular verse into this narrative, is the spiritual communication from Christ unclear to us? Not just reading the Bible. What I have been a noticing from churches, is more clarity in what the Lord is directing them toward: in topics, in the itinerary of sermons, in encouraging congregations to read the Bible everyday + with a display stand, people putting sanctifying prayers into their announcements, talking about turning away from evil, packages for prisoners, lots of staff appear happier, more joyful Christlike strengthening in ministries and to others, putting booklets together from different staff on sharing about the Bible and prayers, etc. These are examples: where I felt from the Lord, the outpouring of His life; I detected the Lord communicating to specific people inwardly, and their spiritual compasses followed in the Spirit’s footsteps; which ultimately led to the increase of Christ (John 6:63,68). What I want is for you to continue to ask the Lord to help with not only you but for all churches to have greater clarity in His communications to us, from the question asked in John 8:43.

Joshua 17:17-18; 18:3,4,8 + Eph. 6:14 + Phil. 4:14 – these passages sticks out to me, I would like church administrations to pray about this with the Lord, for an expanded meaning

(Joshua 14:9 + Phil. 1:5) + Joshua 11:11 – Not physically: I want us to treat the unspiritual oppositions against God’s Word with spiritual tenacity, yes, it’s a tiring fight but rewarding for His people. I don’t want Christianity to become hollowed out, by turning a blind eye to so much contrariwise to what we are suppose to be about. You know the phrase “snuff out”? When it comes to evil, trying to diminish people’s interactions with the Lord; we need to stand up against that, set aside the flesh and let’s put God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit/The Bible first (Col. 1:18, John 3:30). Administrations must confront other administrations (Hebrews 10:24 + 1 Thess. 5:23), when they see unholy practices + encourage repentance with the Holy Spirit, remember what the Book of James says? ([2 Tim. 3:16 + Eph. 4:12] -> Phil. 2:4). I’ll end this point with Joshua 13:1, using a New Testament lens; there is way too much unspiritual territories that must be conquered, by His Spirit that we just can’t ignore.  

Hebrews 13:20-21 + Joshua 11:8 – this comes to mind -> Isaiah 48:17 + 2 Cor. 3:18 + Eph. 1:21 NIV – “not only in the present age but also in the one to come” -administrations must keep that in mind with Eph. 5:11. I also want to emphasize Phil 3:10,14  -> we require a lot of sanctification (Romans 8:6), all of us on earth, don’t despair about thinking that we aren’t good enough but see God’s work in us (Eph. 2:10), as Him wanting the spiritual best for us individually and corporately in the Body of Christ, with the Phil. 1:12 -> Daniel 12:3 NIV verses in mind. Also, administrations must keep other administrations accountable, and to correct evil deeds + darkness, using God’s Word. We need to “work together for good”, remember what Gal. 1:10 and the Bible says. Remember this point with Joshua 11:9 – “Joshua did to them as the Lord had directed” and John 6:63 -> 2 Cor. 4:16-17. Since we prayed to draw close to God, He has to get rid of plenty of our unspiritual residual tendencies that have become our impulses -> Psalm 73:28 NIV.

Eph. 5:15 + Joshua 9:27 NIV – “provide for the needs” “at the place the Lord would choose” -> Eph. 4:23,5:1

Eph. 1:17 NIV – it’s worth “asking” -> Phil. 1:21 ->  Phil. 4:4 

Ezekiel 44:4 – seeing people prevent the increase of Christ, with significant effort and lowering the likelihood of people experiencing Himself. A new word needs to be invented to describe how this feels, these are God’s people.

Ezekiel 44:5 – “look carefully” ” listen closely” “give attention to everything” “all” “instructions regarding the temple of the Lord” “Give attention to the entrance” “all the exits of the sanctuary” (1 Peter 5:2 – “willingly”)

Ezekiel 44:6 – “enough of your detestable practices”

Ezekiel 44:7-8 NIV – a bad heart toward His people and desecrating His temple. Verse 8 is very interesting – “instead of carrying out your duty in regard to my Holy things”

Ezekiel 44:12 – remove stumbling blocks where the congregation can fall into sins.

Ezekiel 44:23 – more identification of popular sins and repentance prayers that can be included in announcements so that the congregation can personalize + have an idea = add that to their prayer life.

Ezekiel 42:10,13 – staff ought to rotate teaching and involvements for all ministries within the church, to familiarize with all the sheep, provide insight for more Christlikeness + more holiness + spiritual food suggestions (Proverbs 27:23 ESV).

Ezekiel 42:15 – the Holy Spirit is very thorough.

Ezekiel 43:5 – The Holy Spirit is keenly interested in bringing us closer to Jesus + God.

Ezekiel 43:7 – Listen to the immediate mindset – “place”, “feet” – Gal. 5:25 NIV comes to mind, “never again defile my holy name” – the word “never”, really stands out – this needs further reverence.

Ezekiel 43:8-9 – if you know this makes God angry, be very cautious of this, never drop repentance for detestable sinful practices. Read what verse 9 says, see how awesome that is? Can you spiritually feel the Lord’s goodness, present day? It’s so magnificent. LET’S PUT AWAY ALL EVIL, AND LET JESUS MAKE THIS A HOLY GENERATION SO THAT THE NEXT GENERATION WILL BE MORE HOLIER AND LET HIS LIFE INCREASE MORE AND MORE.

Ezekiel 43:10 – it is like that, when the Holy Spirit illuminates our sinful practices, we realize how shameful that is. Intentionally squandering God’s time and spiritual progress, if you believe what the Bible says, the Bible has a lot of strong language and emphasis about the Lord’s displeasure toward that. Keep in mind of Eph. 4:15-16 ESV and what Gal. 1:10 says. This is significant for administrations. These aren’t just verses, you have to take God’s Word very seriously.

Ezekiel 43:11 NIV – this verse is incredibly important for administrations. It’s so beautifully written. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ezekiel 43:12 – spiritual upward growth in holiness, continuing repenting out our unspiritual ways with the Holy Spirit and asking Him for help to make our lives more Jesus-like is very important. “Most holy”

Ezekiel 43:27 – cut out knowingly unacceptable practices, ask the Holy Spirit to illuminate other sinfulness that you aren’t aware of and get rid of that.

Ezekiel 41:4 – God cares about people’s inward lives and how decisions are made that impacts present and future generations. For example: if I hired someone at a church and that person isn’t called to that position, over someone who is called. Continuing with that example, God would’ve used the yielded + called person through Christ and increased the number of individuals to receive salvation + His life + the discipleship of others + more of His expression, in the present and future generations to the number of ~10,000 people. But I chose someone else out of self-interests and the flesh, obstructing/disobeying what God had intended: consequently that end result number was just 14 eternal lives. Then that’s also on me, I am responsible, as well; for not carrying out God’s Will. 

Ezekiel 41:7 and Matthew 23:13 + Psalms 33:11 NIV – when a local church is placed in a position, where the spiritual success rate is knowingly reduced and seconded by decision-makers, knowing that by doing so, that would steer the church into an unspiritual direction. Consequently, leading the church into the path of unsuccessfulness and a lower descending spiritual life. That would be a nightmare. I’ll end with Hebrews 12:17, sometimes people don’t realize how many chances God has given them out of His mercifulness.

Ezekiel 40:3 – God is interested in how much of the church has the measure of Christlikeness, which parts are both unconformed and conformed to the spiritual image of His Son (Romans 8:29, Eph. 4:12-13 NKJV).

Ezekiel 40:4 – there is a problem with a) not listening/looking clearly b) unable to listen/look c) refusing to listen/look and eternal lives suffer in both present + future generations

Ezekiel 40:5-49 and 1 Cor. 3:13 – The Holy Spirit does follow-up with administrations many times to see how much of local churches represents Christ, and by doing so, the exposures can be devastating in what represents unspiritual life and spiritual life (John 8:12). I’ll end with both Matthew 25:26-30 and 1 Peter 4:17. 

1 Corinthians 12:18 and John 10:12-13 – re-read the passages – this is a MAJOR VULNERABILITY FOR CHURCHES, when ministries are treated as just careers, people who would see it as a paycheque. Ultimately, they could care less about how God’s sheep are treated because they are protected by clout, if they could get away with being careless, for the rest of their careers, continually implicating harm upon members in the church while wasting the offering money, they would. If you look very closely, just the egregious sinfulness of actions displayed, clearly shows that they believed that they would be untouched by any penalty. I believe that Jesus broke through this major unspiritual stronghold to show the following but not limited to: a) how much of the world system has infiltrated the church b) don’t outwardly and without His leadings, re-arrange the functions and roles in the Body of Christ c) to show that this worldly process of hiring, needs His approach d) this continuation is horrifyingly impairing for present and future generations. The overall point is not forgiveness but rather that we have to make sure that this is God’s calling for them to be in their positions, not on a whim, not out of favouritism or tipping the scales. I believe that this is an area where the Adversary and His Hosts participates in so much damage, in the Body of Christ; also attempting to undo spiritual progress through uncalled people, as well.

John 12:25, 3:19, Luke 16:13, Mark 8:2 – imagine seeing God’s people spiritually malnourished for a prolonged time, and without compassion: declining to announce that they need to read more of the Bible, during Sunday services (Luke 8:25a, 6:46-49, [Matthew 22:37 -> John 1:14]). Lowering the chances of people reading and hearing God’s Word isn’t the narrow path (Matthew 9:4, 5:15 -> Psalm 119:105). Why decrease the spiritual visibility of God’s Word (1 Thess. 5:19 -> John 6:63)? Majority of the world discourages the reading of God’s Word. If people are less informed of God’s Word to put into practice, they are more likely to fail (Luke 1:37 NIV). I’ll end with Luke 10:2 and Matthew 4:4.

Luke 14:33 – keep forfeiting the unspiritual strongholds in our lives, let Christ deal with the unsubdued sinful tendencies that we find ourselves in; Demonic Forces can have a resurgence, given our complacency and the more sins we keep tolerating, when it comes to managing a local church. Sin simply cannot be uncorrected in a church. You have to give up the selfhood (the compendium of how this affects me) and disciple others, according to scriptures. With the Holy Spirit, we have to ensure that God’s people are multiplying their talents, and that they aren’t burying their talents into the ground. When I engage in ministries, I personally keep these verses in mind, they are very strong words, regarding being responsible for others in the Body of Christ (Ezekiel 3:18-19, 33:6 + 1 Cor. 12:26 + Psalm 33:11 NIV + 1 Peter 4:8). If you love that person, with Christ’s leading show them that they aren’t on the right path with their sinful behaviours. This is teamwork. This is very serious.

Luke 11:35, Matthew 23:23 NIV, Luke 24:45 – what “important matters” has the Holy Spirit brought to your attention? What areas of your mind are closed-off for sanctification? -> With His involvement, what needs to change for you + your ministries (Luke 5:32)? We can be God’s vessels to proceed, by His Spirit to further accomplish -> Mark 5:15 and Luke 13:12 getting rid of people’s unspiritual maladies and helping them be holier all through Christ + His leadings (Luke 12:22, Psalm 90:12, [Which is your primary focus in Matthew 22:21? The next verse tells you the answer] -> Matthew 6:33 -> Eph. 4:12-13)

John 15:5 – we do see Him working in our present time don’t we?

Luke 12:34 and Matthew 21:13 – when people pursue the interests of the church for other reasons (Mathew 6:33)

Mark 2:1 – this feels pretty real at the moment 

Mark 4:7 – if you see God’s people not growing in their spiritual life, ask the Holy Spirit on how to address that

John 6:16 – waterfront has so many outreach opportunities

Mark 6:12 NIV – why oppose this? Doesn’t the absence of repentance for so long in churches seem like Jonah 1:1-4 and Jonah 3:8-10? 

Mark 1:38 – why remain in one place for your ministry? 

Mark 1:32, Luke 6:22 – we don’t have to play a role in hating, excluding, insulting people and desecrating the church. This could use more prayer, we can all work on this. Administrations must demonstrate that God’s Word is a governing objective in their lives. They have so many people watching their moves, they have to keep that in mind (Hebrews 12:1). Administrations MUST enforce God’s Word. No more lukewarmness. Even non-Christian corporations, abide by policies. Administrations cannot turn a blind eye to sin, and conflicts of interests (Proverbs 11:1). 

Neh. 13:9 – honouring the sacredness of the church, with ongoing inward cleansing out of what doesn’t belong. He realized the importance of this. Failure to do this, does lead to negative effects upon the spiritual arrangement of our priorities with Eph. 6:10-18 -> Eph. 4:12-13. 

Neh. 13:14,16-18,22,26-27,30-31, Matt. 7:13 – by now, it is evident that Christians do in fact, oppose the work of the Holy Spirit, even to a point of barely even a remnant remaining and left standing for the Lord. The verses “I rebuked” “said to them, what is this wicked thing you are doing-desecrating the Sabbath day?” “Didn’t your ancestors do the same things” Imagine where churches would be down the road, if no one spoke up? What have you seen so far, that needs to be corrected that could prevent recurrence of sins? Should the church pursue a path of sin? The answer is no. Identify the avenues where the spiritual life of the church can be degraded. 

Luke 8:21 – setting an example for the congregation is important.

Matt. 6:20 NIV – the way the offering money is used, whether that is Spirit-led, needs to be reconsidered

Mark 6:34 – make sure that God’s people are treated properly, it has been quite the culture shock

John 1:14 – “full of grace and truth” 

Matt. 4:16, John 8:12, Luke 11:36, John 12:32 and Luke 1:79 – wherever we go, this light of Christ within, can be a source that draws people to us -> toward the very life of Jesus for them to reach Him (Luke 8:45). Make sure that we don’t quench the Spirit in those opportunities (Luke 11:33 NIV), discover what can bring forth spiritual value (1 Thess. 5:19, Eph. 5:16 and Luke 15:8-9 -> Psalm 36:9 NIV).

Mark 3:25 – a revolving door issue, when sin is left uncorrected

Luke 3:8 – as leaders in an administration; this cannot be ignored

Matt. 2:13 – we shouldn’t treat each others as enemies

Matt. 4:20 – we can leave more of our selfhood behind, with His help

Luke 4:21 – we can inwardly hear the Bible, deeply ingrained within our inward, with the Holy Spirit’s help, make sure that we aren’t just outwardly, reading. 

John 2:5 – the more that the Holy Spirit deepens our cooperative relationship with Christ; we become more of an advocate for the Word, telling others to do what the Bible says 

Mark 12:30 – gaining traction and spiritual momentum

Mark 1:38 – more staff outreach events, that are Spirit-led

Matt. 10:16 – actually seeing the wolves is pretty spooky, it gets worse when no disciplinary actions are taken.

Neh. 10:29 and 1 Tim. 5:21 – avoid flagrant disobedience and/or unfaithfulness, especially from staff members who are paid with offering money for Christ and His Church. There needs to be more reprimanding in this area, instead of preferential treatment. Bias is one of the downfalls for a church, if unaddressed (James 3:1).

Neh. 3:1 NIV “went to work and rebuilt” “set its doors in place” -> John 10:7,9 NKJV

Neh. 3:3 – “fish”

Neh. 3:4-10 – repair language -> 1 Chr. 26:27 NIV

Neh. 3:13 – when we allow sins to dwell for a very long time amongst God’s people, the amount of repairs needed can be hard to calculate; reflexively from the level of damage done for past, present and future generations. Acts 9:4 -> 1 Cor. 12:26. The Parable of the Talents can be a horror story.

2 Cor. 4:18 and Eph. 6:10 – these two verses combined into prayer, has so much spiritual versatility in seeing matters with greater clarity: it’ll help with making decisions, reading the Bible, reflecting on everyday life, cutting through unspiritual fogs, and the list goes on.

1 Tim. 6:12 NIV – throwing down the gauntlet and fighting for the spiritual destinies of present and future generations with cherry blossom petals suspended in midair IS TOTALLY WORTH IT. Also, it is a spiritual battle that needs to be fought, together, against the CORRECT Enemy. Satan blinds us and makes our eyes think that Christians are suppose to hate each other + arrays of more divisive worldly maneuvers.

John 1:29 NLT – the Holy Spirit can take away sinful practices 

2 Cor. 10:4 NIV – I like the idea of wielding Divine powers

2 Samuel 6:11 – cool verse!

1 Samuel 16:7 – What is something that terrifies you? I’ve seen a lot of people get divorces in my lifetime (I am not referring to myself, I’ve never been married, and she probably wouldn’t divorce me because I am nice), and nowadays, it’s so common. A Christian friend of mine got married, and I told my other Christian friend “3 weeks max”, and within 3 weeks they got a divorce. I sometimes think about this, is it because people are too focused on the outward, and we aren’t taking God’s approach in valuing the inward?

Matt. 28:20 – carrying this out is pretty fun. This is a job that 99% of people wouldn’t want because you have to be impartial and tell it how it is -> Phil. 4:17 NIV. But we are all suppose to do this. This verse comes to mind -> Matt. 9:37-38 (ESV). What a different world it would be. 

John 14:16-17 – One of many illustrations: when it is Spirit-led and He is tagged-in, the “Helper” actually constructs-spiritually in our lives, you can touch notes of Heaven in your fellowship with Him (1 John 1:1-3 NIV). I remember singing a song about how Jesus is “wonderful”, isn’t Christ a wonderful present-day experience? Not just a past tense person? Isaiah 9:6 KJV! Give Christ the lead in your life! Let’s live His life to the fullest!

Phil. 2:1-2 – pursue the same agenda as Jesus

2 Thess. 2:16-17 – “establish them”

Isaiah 52:11 – I generally like this verse, it has a bit of a hurried inner stirring characteristic to it for spiritual cleanliness. For example, imagine if the indoor of your house has all white fabrics, and someone walks in with their clothes covered in sewage water. Your reaction would be similar to this verse. 

Psalm 72:16 ESV and Romans 8:38-39 – having His abundant life reach to places of difficult reach because of His inseparable love for His people.

Neh. 8:8 ESV – good

Jer. 3:15 NIV – a very objective question

Isaiah 58:11 – Hebrews 13:8 KJV comes to mind 

Deut. 23:14 NIV – stands out

2 Chr. 29:16 NIV – astronomically important

Lev. 15:31 NKJV – “separate” “their uncleanness”

2 Kings 22:8 NIV – something here for you; this is an important verse, right now 

Ezekiel 48:11 – remember

1 Chr. 23:28 NIV – remember

Psalm 24:3-4 NKJV – ask the Holy Spirit to reveal what He is saying here

Psalm 18:28 – everyone in the church, needs to be courageous, when maintaining the Words of the Lord, nullifying sinful practices, helping people walk in that light and…..-> those they come across -> those they come across -> those they come across = into light, infinity, generationally. Picture this, let’s say 500 years down the road, there was “utter darkness” in many peoples lives, and the people we admonish right now, who are in “deep things of darkness” were brought into light, and the Lord made use of them to change those people under unspiritual captivity, in “utter darkness,” and brought them into the light of life in Christ (Job 12:22, Isaiah 55:10-11 and Psalm 107:20). Isn’t that something? We changed the future, in the present tense, doing what the Bible says. Thats quite the multiplication of talents, wouldn’t you say? No wonder Satan tries to prevent us from admonishing and exhorting our brothers and sisters in Christ + others. 

Jer. 15:16 – “When your words came” -> Romans 8:16 “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our Spirit.” -> 2 Cor. 4:6 -> then read the rest of Jer. 15:16. 

Exodus 31:3 – when God does something like this, modern day, ask yourself why, and what does He see, that we don’t, down the road; for Him to put this into effect.

1 Samuel 10:6 – do you see inward transformations like you haven’t before? Something powerful is occurring. Speak with the Holy Spirit about this, to ensure obstructions are removed.

Romans 8:28 and 2 Tim. 4:3-4 take spiritual teachings with stride, it’s better than not moving ahead and necessary for the prepared lives that will be eternally saved, if we respond properly, in our ministries. Be truthful with yourself, we can work on many spiritual things. Like a baby only enjoys positive sayings. Make sure we aren’t spiritual babies, where we can only listen to kind words or stuff we prefer from the Bible. Everything in the Bible is for our spiritual good, we need to make sure we balance out our sermons and we aren’t barely tiptoeing into unpopular topics, for the sake of what people want to hear. I’ll end this with 2 Tim. 2:3-4.

Matt. 16:18 – it’s tough to build the church with Him, what’s really tough about this gift that God has given me is when I know within; when He tells me the verdicts of people’s ministries like the ending of the Parable of the Talents story.  

Exodus 14:13-14 – is there too much spiritual lethargy for people to even “stand” -> then read the rest of the verse. Repentance can shake off a ton of the unspiritual weighing God’s people down.

Deut. 20:4 – are we with Him or against Him?

Joshua 6:20 – following simple spiritual commands can do great things

2 Chr. 20:21-22 – pray -> ask God to ambush and take down unspiritual attacks in our life, upon the church and everyone; while we do our part with the Lord, toward repenting on sinful practices (Psalm 60:12)

Psalm 44:6-7 – the spiritual power of Christ within is greater than the natural power (2 Cor. 10:4).

Proverbs 21:31 – let’s prepare ourselves, spiritually, we need to do that; we can’t over-emphasize this world, more than Himself -> Zech. 4:6

Deut. 4:6 – we need to get people to understand the Bible better, how does God’s people become teachers, if we barely read the Word? This is a danger for the next generation that Satan is aware of.

1 Kings 3:9 – when the Holy Spirit attempts to unlock our spiritual potentials. We think that He is trying to get us, and we are unable to grasp, what He is teaching us; we end up getting so mad at people and God (Matt. 11:6). When that happens, yield to Him. In 2 Chr. 7:14, I feel like a huge sigh, when that verse is said. Repentance……. is so critical, regularly, daily, as much as possible unto more Christlikeness -> holy characteristics. We can’t afford, anymore time wasted. Ask the Holy Spirit, He will confirm, what I am saying.

Job 28:28 – the more we repent and eclipse out our evil sinful practices like doubting etc., the more spiritual clarity we can have (Proverbs 4:7).

Proverbs 8:14 NKJV – “I am understanding” “I have strength”

1 Cor. 2:13 – avoid earthly and worldly wisdom, in our Christian approaches

Gen. 18:23-25 – righteous or wicked, we can ultimately increase the life of Christ in either, see their inward needs.

Neh. 1:6 and Hab. 2:1 – my sister use to have a dreamcatcher, so I showed up in the middle of the night with my green mask to scare her. The spiritual counterpart: prayer can be seen as a way of God wanting us to fulfill what He draws our attention toward (Col. 1:24).

Acts 4:31 – we can create spiritual earthquakes upon unspiritual strongholds

Romans 8:26-27 – when I don’t know what to say in prayer sometimes because I am so overwhelmed with somethings that He says, even during my rare vacations. I ask the Lord Himself, to pray for me, I just don’t know what to say, in those moments (Hebrews 7:25). When I do that, I find that the Holy Spirit’s prayer for me, is so spiritually changeful, than what I could say in an essay. Sometimes, I wonder, if it is because He doesn’t want to hear my essayistic prayers – I bought a printer – I type it up, print it – read it to Him, and He is just like “fine, here” (Luke 18:1-8).

Gen. 1:2 – what is God moving upon, in our time, that is part of His time?

Exodus 31:3 – I am 100% sure that, if churches around the world, would start accelerating their congregations to read more of the Bible. It’ll play a considerable role for this verse, to come more alive, in their churches. The Bible communicates life-changing inward words.

2 Kings 2:9 – if we think about this differently, don’t you find this to be an inward cry, for most of God’s people today? That they want more spiritual food, they are hungrier than ever, for more spiritual stuff to grow more like Jesus? They use podcasts, they go to retreats, they watch and hear multiple sermons.

Neh. 9:20 – a desperate need to ask this in prayer, everyone

Psalm 51:11 – when Christ becomes our life, we become so inseparable, like some sort of eternal marriage. 

Exodus 34:29 – inward shining (Numbers 6:24-26)

1 Samuel 24:12 and Proverbs 16:32 – you would be surprised, how much God’s will can advance, when we apply His Word in these types of situations, and use His approaches. Children ministry has really desensitized me to drama.

1 Kings 3:12 – a lot more, significantly more encouragement to read the Word, let’s be like this verse, everyone in a church. 

John 12:46 and 2 Cor. 4:6 – reading the Word in a way, where the verses we come across, makes us realize where we have been walking in darkness; we ask the Lord to apply changes to be Holy in this and that area, where the verses convict us to change. This will invigorate and fast-track our spiritual growth, with the Holy Spirit.

Eph. 5:25-27 and Psalm 65:9 – visualize this, if we did a PowerPoint presentation, regarding what we did on earth, how the measure of Christ was increased, how we followed through on what He asked of us, not how we interpreted how things ought to be, what would be His evaluation of our time on earth?

Daniel 11:32 – we are meant to conquer so much unspiritual lands, so much territories (Romans 8:37). So let’s do it.

Joshua 1:9 – you never know, the spiritual footprint that you can make upon the earth, if we applied this verse, regarding our calling from Heaven (Psalm 18:32-34 and 2 Samuel 22:30).

John 13:4-15 and Eph. 1:22-23 – we can be spiritual agents to flush out the evil, of places we go to, and fill them with Christ, by His Spirit. Remember Eph. 2:19-22. This world needs a giant Noah’s Ark type of spiritual cleansing. 

2 Cor. 5:20 – actually different than the world, a spiritual revolutionary moment

Eph. 6:17 – notice how Satan is trying to get as many Christians as possible to sheathe the Sword of the Spirit? Why you ask? Hebrews 4:12

Micah 4:1-2 NKJV – “the mountain of the Lord’s house” – the opposite, there are unspiritual mountains of stronghold areas where evil resides 

Isaiah 32:15 – figure this out. A cool puzzle

John 17:17 – telling people the spiritual truth, can be sanctifying -> Jer. 1:7-9

John 12:28 – an eternal mindset “glorified it and will glorify it again.” This can also be our lifestyle, to desire from our interactions with the Lord and people -> the multiplication of the glory of Christ, spiritually flowing in increasing measures… to generations. It doesn’t have to be about us, direct the attention to Christ -> Phil. 1:21

Phil. 1:29 and Psalm 66:10 – the difficulties in life can show us what is malfunctioning in our inward life with the Lord, and what we need to work on with Him. Discipline isn’t meant to kill (2 Cor. 4:8-9 NIV); Hebrews 12:9-11 says “and live”. Don’t we want to be more spiritually alive in Christ, for our living ministries? This is what we signed-up for. We won’t get anywhere, in our faith, if the Lord doesn’t let the refiners fire, occur in our inward life. Our composition is too inherently messed up and independent because of the Adamic nature. The transitioning process of unholiness unto holiness through the use of discipline needs to be more embraced, and not just viewed as difficulties, in itself (Phil. 3:20-21). In Isaiah 48:10, “Behold” -> see, that the Lord is showing you that there is a different perspective, in the path of a narrow road, spiritual eyesight requires continual corrections. I’m not talking about salvation for this point. I’m going to assume that we understand what scriptures says about salvation.

Psalm 103:17-18 (the last sentence), Matt. 25:14-30 and Romans 3:23 – it is important not to ignore the Divine words + commandments and waste the time given to make use of the spiritual deposits entrusted to us that were not only meant for others to come to know Christ but for “multiple” generations to know Him, also. We can’t make the situation worse by neglecting Romans 15:14, James 3:1, and 2 Tim. 3:16 because that would further corrode the spiritual fertile conditions (Luke 8:5, Matt. 13:19). 

1 Cor. 15:58 – His Spirit lives on. Zech 4:6 – “By my Spirit” from the very beginning till now and into the future (Gen. 1:1-2). An eternal mindset

Gen 1:26 and Phil. 3:14 – when I read the Bible, I am honest with myself about what I need to work on + how can I be the inward person of Christ that I am suppose to be. I’m unafraid to be truthfully vulnerable, when I spend my quiet time with the Lord (Psalm 51:6 NKJV, 2 Samuel 22:26-27 NKJV and 1 John 3:3 <- spiritual principle verses that I live by, for a long time). I grow faster that way with Him. The Gen. verse, I believe is also a mission statement for all Christians, we need to follow this objective with the Lord about getting people into a spiritual state of pursuit toward the likeness of Jesus, with the Holy Spirit’s support.

Exodus 33:18-19 – the NKJV is a nice take. I do feel very vividly about this, others have told me this also, in the past that “He is here”, when they spoke to me. Their eyes were bulging, as if they saw a ghost, or perhaps the Holy Ghost? That’s Biblically correct also. The point is not about me at all but just this dream I have that when God’s people have a conversation with anyone, that “there I am” (Matt. 18:20).

John 7:17 (NIV) – Something that “comes from God”, even if it’s a small thing can make a really large difference because of the magnitude of His infinite powers (1 Cor. 1:25). 

Hosea 6:2 (NIV) – “that we may live in His presence”. This verse comes to mind Ecc. 3:11.

Psalm 133:1 – ridding the obstacles that prevents this from becoming a reality is a good cause.

Exodus 15:1-2 – realizing the Lord’s strength is worth finding out.

Psalm 44:5-7 (NLT) – “only by your power, can we push back our enemies” – a very strong reminder for all churches (Zech. 4:6).

1 Samuel 3:21 –  “then the Lord appeared again” “for the Lord revealed Himself” “the Word of the Lord”

1 Cor. 2:9-10 – “God has revealed” “His Spirit” 

Matt. 16:24 – Jesus denied sinful practices, let’s do the same?

Luke 12:35-36 (NKJV) – I just like this verse. Look at everything with a spiritual context, not with just an outward perception. Everything about this verse is cool. Knowing that there is darkness and using His Light to see through that. Rather than just seeing things without a spiritual component. 

Ezekiel 47:9 – where we go, let His life meet people’s spiritual needs 

Psalm 46:4 – a ministry ought to bring about gladness to others.

Phil 3:21 (NKJV) – “conformed to His” – we are use to doing things our way, He will teach us to do things His way. Ask for this!

Psalm 23:2-3 – “makes” -> “leads” -> “restores” 

Exodus 15:25 – “the Lord showed him”, do we know what He is showing us? How is Satan trying to blind us? Churches must always ask this in prayer -> Eph. 1:18