Last Updated on March 30, 2026 by LookingUntoJesus

ASV: Luke 11:28, 1 Tim. 4:7 – it’s a good place, to tell ourselves, that this is what God’s Word says, I can work on this, by His Spirit, I’ll ask for more Christlike changes for my ministry, so that others can better hear God’s Word and keep it (Phil. 2:13, James 1:22 + Psalm 33:11 NIV). There’s a significantly deeper generational impact meaning behind -> John 14:23 and 1 Thess. 2:13 KJV. I’ll end with John 6:63 + Heb. 4:12 + Romans 8:13 + 2 Cor. 3:18!

ASV: John 6:63, Mark 8:34 – there is a lot that can be unfortunately denied, for the things of the Spirit, when we leave out exhortation, discipline, admonishment, and more from our spiritual toolkit (2 Tim. 3:16, Gal. 5:25 NIV). Plenty of people starting out in ministries, viewing this site, so I have to tell you that upfront. By His Spirit, let’s be doers of the Word.

ASV: Matt. 13:23, Lev. 11:45, Num. 12:7 – in our particular time period, one of the phases that we are in -> Christlike perceiving how God’s Word fits perfectly into any specific situation, and discovering Spirit-leadership, from Him. I do believe that the Lord is training us, in this spiritual aspect, so we can be more faithful to Him + the Church.

ASV: Matt. 5:8, Deut. 33:3, Josh. 5:13, Prov. 3:5, Isaiah 55:8-9 – at times, when we are under the hand of the Lord, it does have that relatable impression, where our “interpretations” “are inclined to unfortunately + falsely assume,” that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit formulates an opposition against us. As we yield, as we become more purified, as we move on, as we grow, as we look back; we are under a Divine guidance, we spiritually saw something, that isn’t limited to the world but for us unto a bigger picture of His (Romans 8:31, Job 42:5, Eph. 1:17-18, 4:12-13). I’ll end with Hosea 6:3 KJV

ASV: Matt. 4:4, Heb. 12:1, Zech. 4:6b – I remember when Moses took the footwear off his feet, in The Prince of Egypt (1998) movie, the stuff that we may not think about could be matters that the Lord needs to speak about in our lives.

ASV: Isaiah 12:3, James 1:25, 3:17 – I do believe that there is an opportunity for improvement, when it comes to the Lord using us, to bring people to Christ. Praying for appointed seasons is important, praying for Him to purify us, to go about in His wisdom is worth factoring in. I’ll end with 2 Tim. 2:21

ASV: 1 Kings 18:24 “let him be God,” Mal 3:2-3 – I do dwell upon the exacting refining power of the Lord in our lives, using external situations to bring about inward change. God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit does introduce additional measures, that we may find “excessive” and “needlessly” painful but they will turn out to be avoided costs that the things of the Spirit cannot afford to lose, in the eternal perspective (2 Samuel 24:24).

ASV: Josh. 6:16 – “shout,” Gen. 6:8, Ex. 33:11, 40:16 – growing in our relationship with Christ is a real luxury. I like to think about the beautiful Name Jesus Christ, in the pages of the Bible (do that now, and see what I mean!) Discerning what God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit desires of you in not so much broad situations, alone but also in moments, that spells something crucial, for the overall eternal population of people that the Lord has eyes upon is similar to a friend, sharing with you what’s on their heart (Ecc. 3:1, 1 Samuel 15:22). By His Spirit, cumulative decision-making precision, in His steps is important (Gal. 5:25 NIV).

ASV: 2 Peter 1:8, 1 John 1:7 – the significance of Christ as the core of our fellowship has Christ-glorifying aspects, even without us speaking words, the Lord does convict people of changes required (2 Cor. 2:14). I’ll end with Col. 1:27

ASV: 1 John 2:3, 3:6 – a child could get away with stuff but with age, we become more responsible. What would represent suffering to you? The unique part about Divine appointments with suffering is this mysterious, logic defying, inexplicable event, that drew you so close to Christ, when you were far off, the impression of His hands, taking hold of you (James 4:8, Phil. 3:10,12 NIV). Sin becomes something foreign or strange to us (Heb. 12:10), like a child being disciplined, that something is bad for them.

ASV: Zech. 4:10, Eph. 3:20, Col. 1:29, Heb. 13:21 – what can the Lord accomplish this day, in your life? Small changes that He makes in us, that we may not value, are also meant to actually alleviate enormous burdens for others (2 Cor. 4:16-17, Phil. 2:13)

ASV: 1 Samuel 15:23, 2 Samuel 12:7, Prov. 3:5-6, Psalm 139:23-24 – what has tagged you out, from what the Lord desires for you? We can really be our own worse enemy but ask the Lord, with truthful desirous words of needing Him, to get you on track again because you never know, how that will change tracks, for the lives of so many, who were in your previous steps (Isaiah 55:7 + Heb. 3:13 + Gal. 5:25 NIV, Eph. 4:12-13).

ASV: 2 Cor. 2:14, Judges 4:14, 2 Samuel 22:4 – there are so many scenarios, where the Lord has objectives for His Church but this world has another frequency that tunes us out of that Divine direction (Romans 8:5, 1 Cor. 2:14, 2 Cor. 10:5, John 3:30)

ASV: Eph. 4:2-3, Romans 12:5, Deut. 6:6, 1 Chr. 22:19, Psalm 16:11 – if we take the right attitude with the Lord, regarding finding how any situation, can be used to further unify people, in Christ (Col. 1:18, 1 Cor. 12:25). If we are willing to very often times, learn lessons, for the sake of the Body of Christ, we’ll find, that His heart is very geared to His people, even at times, when matters “seemed” like, anything but that. I’ll end with Heb. 12:11

ASV: Deut. 30:11, Psalm 19:7-8, Gal. 5:1, Jer. 7:23 – there are SO many of the Lord’s commands that are meant to unburden us, to be a people, that really are able, to display His power, to the world (1 John 5:3, Matt. 11:28-30, John 15:8). I’ll end with Psalm 119:45, 2 Cor. 3:17

ASV: Matt. 7:12, Mark 4:20 – there is the thought, that we cannot turn back time; by His Spirit, let’s apply His Word, so we can be yielded vessels of His, that can help others break unspiritual cycles of unChristlike desires (Gal. 6:1, 2 Tim. 2:21, John 15:5, 1 Thess. 5:14)

ASV: Psalm 119:2, Prov. 4:18, Luke 21:19, Matt. 7:7 – I have noticed that the more we ask the Lord about what is on His heart, He shows us His desire to perfect people in time, into Christlikeness, that requires incredible amounts of patience with His situational shaping (Romans 8:29 + James 1:4).

ASV: Psalm 34:8, Matt. 5:30, Romans 14:13 – there are so many stumbling blocks that we can create, for our own self and sadly for others, asking the Lord to sanctify us, from those places is worth every bit of experience with His goodness (Titus 2:12, Heb. 12:1)

Heb. 3:13, Zech. 4:6b – fruitfulness is there with the pathing of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit but our hearts can be like square stone tires, trying to move a vehicle. So we need Him to change our inward unruled areas, that for too long, have been attempting to rule us (James 4:8, Gal. 5:16, Romans 8:13, John 15:5).

1 Kings 8:58, Phil. 4:7, 2 Thess. 3:5 – sometimes, our hearts can be so stirred up, in the wrong way, with the world, that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit has to still us down, in order to reawaken the Christlike love, in our callings (Psalm 46:10, James 3:17, Col. 3:15).

Joshua 1:9, 2 Cor. 10:3, Matt. 13:16 – there is the idea that layers of difficulties materialize and do cause us to stumble, IF we refuse the Holy Spirit’s help + Christlike perceptions, that are there for us to practice (Zech. 4:6b). What is there, in our lives, that consumes us, that do in fact, worldly devours us, into spiritual poverty (Luke 15:17)? The Divine does show us the reality

Deut. 10:12, Josh. 22:5, Psalms 51:10 – a change of our hearts, to the love of the Lord, growing daily, appears to be something that God sets eyes upon (Heb. 10:22, 1 Samuel 16:7, 1 Kings 8:61, Matt. 22:37, Luke 12:34).

Romans 8:5,13, 2 Kings 6:16, 1 Chr. 22:19 – there are matters on our own end, where if addressed with Him, wonderful spiritual miracles occur (Psalm 40:8, Luke 10:2). I’ll end with John 6:63, Matt. 7:24, Phil. 2:13, Col. 1:27

John 15:2 – you will find that with this pruning + cleansing part in our spiritual life with Christ, others can experience His Life more abundantly (James 1:4, John 10:10b, 2 Cor. 5:9)

ASV: Heb. 4:12 – When Christ reveals stuff about us, at times, there is a piercing feeling inside, where we touch our hearts (1 Chr. 28:9, 2 Thess. 3:5).

ASV: Luke 12:15, Prov. 4:23, Luke 9:62 – this world has its ways, making even Heavenly objectives, matters of issues for us Christians (2 Peter 1:4, Col. 2:8, Matt. 23:12, Romans 12:2). I’ll end with 1 Peter 1:22 + Heb. 10:24

Eph. 1:18 + Phil. 1:29, 2:5 – you might be going through suffering because you + others are meant to spiritually see, what Christ has in store, and in mind. I’ll end with 1 Cor. 3:16

2 Cor. 4:7, 1 Peter 4:19 – how much power is available, seen throughout many places in the Bible, when we partner with God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit’s counsels (Col. 1:29, John 15:5, Zech. 4:6b). I’ll end with Judges 6:14

Matt. 11:6, John 12:24 – we do stumble in our faith, when we don’t have in mind, what Christ desires to accomplish for His Church (Romans 6:13, Luke 8:18, 1 Peter 1:15)

Heb. 5:8, Psalm 27:4, Matt. 26:41, Isaiah 55:6 – drawing near to His will for us, and all that is meant for His Church, displays willingness of His Spirit, to get our inward, right, for the Master’s use (Jer. 29:13, 2 Tim. 2:21, Mark 12:31)

James 1:2-4, Exodus 14:14, Isaiah 48:10, 1 Chr. 16:11 – the less application of our own strength. Going by His Spirit, realizing His strength -> His presence is more discernible. It is quite the refining process but there is peace there (Psalm 66:10 ASV, Isaiah 40:31).

Phil. 2:5, Matt. 26:41, Romans 13:14 + John 6:57 – how much could be accomplished, if by His Spirit, we made no provision for the flesh (Col. 3:1-2, Gal. 5:17 + Gal. 2:20 KJV “Not I” “But Christ”)?

John 16:13, Matt. 8:26 – quite interesting how we find Divine guidance, in uncanny circumstances that all together spell and require “faith.” I’ll end with Luke 21:36, 2 Cor. 5:7, Romans 5:3-4

Psalm 119:105 – there are so many options, available, each day, for the joy of the Lord (Neh. 8:10). By His Spirit, let Him, fill His Life, in all of our choices (Eph. 4:10 + Gal. 5:25 NIV).

Matt. 5:14, Phil. 1:29, Col. 1:9, Heb. 12:1 – we don’t fully realize what besets us but it does appear, that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit consumes those darknesses, places that are creating misunderstandings for us. When we run in His steps, His endeavours achieves great spiritual distances (Psalms 90:4 KJV + Gal. 5:25 NIV).

2 Cor. 4:16, Matt. 5:16 – appointed painful experiences that makes His measure overflow in our lives, enabling Christ more and more glorified, continuously is not only a miracle but seems to be similar experiences to certain characters, upon others, in the New Testament!

1 Cor. 6:20, Romans 5:5 – in university, we learned about waste diversion, the point: we can waste time on the wrong stuff. I believe that, by His Spirit, helping others discover the value of Christ, are fascinating journeys that refines our value of Christ, also (Matt. 13:45-46)

ASV: Eph. 3:16, Matt. 18:19, Phil. 4:13 – praying for Spirit-led actions, that the Divine, can use us, as yielded vessels, where He livingly touches + strengthen lives, so others can be Spirit-led -> also good (Gal. 5:25, 2 Cor. 3:17).

Luke 9:24, 12:21, 1 Cor. 2:9 – as we growingly yield and depend on Him, our storylines in life does become increasingly for His sake, the Spirit-led treasures that become valuable to you, are in fact, what was of True value, all along (Psalm 143:10 ASV). I’ll end with John 13:34, 15:17, 1 Samuel 12:22

Matt. 16:25, 18:18-19 – sometimes in life, there is the “feeling,” that things might have gone wrong, that all is lost. However, that might actually be His process of enabling us to further explore His heart’s desires, in aligning people, on earth, as it is in Heaven (Matt. 6:10, John 8:31-32).

Gen. 19:16, 2 Peter 1:4, 2 Cor. 5:9 – what evils is the Lord helping you escape from, where you have been in unspiritual captivity? I’ll end with Heb. 12:10

Romans 8:5, 6:13, John 6:57, 2 John 1:6, Col. 3:1-2, Col. 2:8, Heb. 10:22 – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit maturing us into Christlikeness does inwardly adjust us to a growing perceptive awareness

1 Chr. 28:9, Jer. 24:7, Isaiah 48:17, John 10:27, Matt. 23:12, Gen. 26:5, Acts 13:22 – interesting how we process the things of the Spirit, at times, His voice becomes more and more clear, as we willingly + fully yield to Him, to do His will.

Ezekiel 36:27, Psalm 119:5 – call upon God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit to help us with Gal. 5:25 NIV, everyday

1 Peter 4:7, Acts 4:31, Gal. 5:16, Romans 13:14, Luke 6:45 – The Divine does shake our lives, if you look throughout the Bible; overall, there is an idea of a minimization to the things of the flesh, and the maximization to the things of the Spirit (Romans 8:5 + John 3:30)

Luke 8:17, 10:39, 11:28, 2 Cor. 4:5 – it can be tough when Christ illuminates, there is a mindset that since we are servants for Christ; He is working toward His goals than our self-life, which is often what stands to suffer but what is extraordinary is how the Word becomes significantly more ingrained in our lives, from His encounters.

2 Cor. 8:5, Acts 6:4, Matt. 13:58, 2 Tim. 1:7, James 1:6 – praying for a desire to minister God’s Word, to others is a very excellent request. We do very often have this unbelief of that ability to share the Word, almost an implied doubt that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit is unable to help us be successful at that. HOWEVER, the Divine -> magnificent powers displayed, everywhere, can (1 Cor. 2:4, 4:20)!

Luke 17:10, James 4:3, Matt. 6:13, Psalm 37:4, Eph. 2:10, 1 Cor. 10:23 – it’s really tough to but it’s worth doing, I use to spend a lot of time asking the Lord about areas that aren’t spiritually profitable for ministries. Although, I have lost a lot of hair, it is still worth doing because He can address how we can spend our time with Him, to open up what He earnestly desires to pursue for His people, to also align with Phil. 2:13.

Matt. 6:22, 2 Cor. 6:17 – what are the filters and lenses that you are currently using to “see,” that the Lord must touch upon, for Christlike clarity

Josh. 1:7, Heb. 12:2, Eph. 3:16-19 – the way we see the world, and how our courage measures up to the challenges, also reveals how much Christ needs to fill in what we are inwardly lacking, for the Body of Christ.

Exodus 19:5, 1 Peter 4:2 – which storyline will you choose?

Luke 12:15, Eph. 2:22, 6:6, Matt. 5:6, 11:28, 12:34, 16:26, 1 Kings 8:58, Heb. 2:1 – we have to ask the Lord to press play in aspects of our lives, upon what is pausing our roles, in building up the Body of Christ, the self-will vs. God’s will are in collision, constantly. We ought to have a saturation of Himself, where others find His rest, His living waters but our “abundance” can be sadly more outward than inward, based on how we exchange our time. I’ll end with Exodus 33:13 + Col. 1:10.

Phil. 3:10 – experience the expressive powers of Christ, in your calling (Eph. 1:18-19)

Matt. 6:6 + Gal. 5:17 + Romans 8:5 – what does your inward say about the matter? Our flesh can talk over our spiritual needs

Heb. 10:36, Gal. 5:17 – doing the will of God is a major flesh vs. Spirit struggle for people (Judges 2:17)

Luke 6:46, 1 Samuel 12:23, Luke 12:35, Numbers 14:24, Judges 2:17, Eph. 2:10 – Christ does speak, prayers to listen better + to obediently + fully carry out what He says, reduces the duration of evil; shining His light, in cooperation with the Spirit.

Luke 9:62, Acts 20:35, Romans 8:14, 1 Cor. 10:31, Psalm 15:2 – when we cooperate with the Spirit and we see Him working Christlikeness in others, the weight of blessings that we observe, surpasses the past associated costs.

ASV: Romans 12:11-12, Col. 1:10, Joshua 4:24, 2 Samuel 7:28, Jer. 1:8 – there is a Christlike goodness, when we are fervent to serve others through Spirit-led exhortations, so that they can be further equipped in their callings. By His Spirit, let their knowledge of God increase, enabling the deliverance of what has set them back, in their ministries. I’ll end with Acts 11:23

ASV: Col. 4:3 – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit identifies love, as important, we all need to pray + work on that continually because that can unlock so many doors that are meant to be opened (Matt. 22:37-39).

ASV: Matt. 11:6 – it does seem sometimes, that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit is extending us out, almost “seemingly,” pushing us away but those are also conditions, for Matt. 7:7 + James 4:8.

ASV: Col. 1:9, Phil. 4:11-13, Eph. 6:10, Numbers 12:7, 1 Samuel 16:13 – there are so many places in our lives that need to be continually cleansed and flushed out, cooperative prayers with God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit does accomplish that. As we are seeing, our perspectives are changing, they are differing than what we perceived this Christian life to be about. I need you to be okay, with the idea, that we may not get that picture perfect life, that you see on social media of others because God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit uses us yielded to His will, with His Church, eternally in mind. That does require His strength, to be settled on the fact that, faithfulness to Him, also includes the component of abandoning our self-will, to accord with His commands.

ASV: Eph. 5:14-17, Col. 3:15, (Psalm 16:11 + Proverbs 11:30), Jer. 9:24 – we have to see that we can present time slots in our lives, for the ruling Lord to carry out His wisdom, to illuminate His life to others (Psalm 90:12, 119:105)

1 Kings 8:57 + Heb. 13:8 – specific stories in the Bible, where people succeeded and failed, are incredibly helpful, the responses that were deployed, the handling of situations, there are important Spirit-led governing principles that do in fact become “a very present help in trouble” – Psalm 46:1 NKJV.

1 Cor. 1:26-31 – I don’t want you to write off things of the Spirit, when you come across something, God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit has a greater understanding (Col. 3:2 + Gal. 5:25 NIV).

NKJV: Gal. 5:1, Col. 2:6-8, Phil. 3:14 – there is this reality, that despite how far we have grown in the measure of Christ, there are Demonic Forces that will aggressively oppose the direction that we are on. We need to constantly use our Christlike vigilant spiritual eyes, in our assigned callings from Him, by His Spirit (Acts 2:42).

Heb. 12:1-3 KJV “sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us” – Christlike discernment is important, as we can see, denying ungodliness and sins with God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit gives us more mobility in our ministries. I encourage you, to keep asking in your prayer time, to proceed, by His Spirit.

Gen. 45:5 – don’t let outward circumstances in itself, be your filter; God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit also looks upon people’s inward circumstances (Heb. 10:35-39, Phil. 2:1-5, Col. 1:10-12). I’ll end with 2 Thess. 3:3-5 KJV

Phil. 3:7-10 KJV – when God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit touches our lives and we yield, Christ is further upheld, He is not reduced but enlarged (Phil. 1:20 NKJV).

Eph. 3:16, 1 Peter 2:21, Rev. 5:9, 1 Samuel 30:6, Psalm 29:2 KJV – Out from Him, by His Spirit -> syncing in His steps, it seems like we wondered what happened to those heavy burdens + loads that we were carrying -> Matt. 11:28-30 + “it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh” – 1 Thess. 2:13-17. We thought we knew what singing to the Lord was about but there is this “newness” now about it!

Joshua 23:8, 2 Samuel 22:20 – the leadership of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit in our lives has this unique cleansing about it, I like spiritual hygiene. There is this earnest greater renewal mindset realization OF HOW AWESOME IT IS TO BE CHRISTLIKE PURE AND CLEAN, THAT YOU DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO WHATEVER YOU WERE DOING THAT MADE YOU THE OPPOSITE, that the verses in the New Testament could also be viewed as experiential success stories of how certain people became the kind of spiritual calibre Christlike characters. That they were also expressing desires for generations, to further share in Christ-glorified, “now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” -Eph. 3:20-21

Eph. 2:6-10 KJV “his grace in his kindness,” Phil. 1:27 KJV “becometh the gospel of Christ,” 1 Cor. 2:2-5 “I determined not to,” Col. 2:6-10 KJV “beware,” Heb. 12:1-3 KJV “compassed about with,” – we do as Christians have to go through circumstances for the sake of Christ + His Church, His graceful lovingkindness becomes so pursuant, that at times, He closes so many doors of the situations in our lives with us, determining to greenlight everything to His right of way because “‘I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live” -Ezekiel 33:11a + Luke 2:49 KJV + Heb. 13:8

Mark 4:35-41 “He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”” – what is Christ showing you, right now, that is moveable? What isn’t steadfast? Because that is impeding significant progress for your ministry. I’ll end with Mark 4:41 KJV + Exodus 14:21-22 NKJV.

[James 1:22], Romans 12:1 + Ephesians 4:15 + Col. 1:28 NKJV + Heb 4:12 NKJV – Spirit-led warnings, exhortations, admonishments, and more; has an essential, irreplaceable function, that we must all practice, by His Spirit unto fuller + fuller Christlikeness. The colossal amount of living + power + fruitfulness that does shake the Powers of Darkness. Of significant magnitude -> Eph. 4:22-24.

Col. 3:15 – notice how, if you entertain thoughts that are contrary to the Word, inwardly there is unrest? His Life is telling you something (Phil. 4:7) because that impacts members in the Body of Christ + others. Prayer is important, upon how our untransformed behaviours + mindsets must be dealt with, by His Spirit.

Gal. 5:16,25 NIV – we are better off, not by our own strength but by His Spirit (Zech. 4:6b).

2 Cor. 3:18, Phil. 2:5 – there is wisdom in God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit transforming us into Christlikeness, you are enjoying that overcoming and conquering Life of His, aren’t you? Trust Him.

Gal. 2:20 “not I” “but Christ” – this is a considerable verse, specifically those two quotes. As some of us can see, the problem wasn’t on His end, there was too much of “I” that was in the way, our own self-life that continually dimmed out a shining relationship with Christ. “But Christ” and His worth is now more recognizable than we could’ve imagined, that we cannot go back, He was right all along, that there was something mysterious that He was pressing us toward, He had to have done that (Zech. 4:6b).

John 15:4-5 – there are matters that have to be cooperatively dealt with, for fruitfulness, it’s tough to tolerate the pain, in His classroom of specific circumstances but as we can “see,” we are better off, in our relationship with Christ (Eph. 1:17). Being provided more of Himself in abundance, where He increases in our lives, was/is/is to come worth every variable chosen, by His Spirit (Phil 3:10).

John 5:39 + Eph. 1:17 + Job 42:5 – we spent so much time reading about Him, how blessed are we, being able to witness Christ + recognize Him? He’s very refreshing.

Eph. 3:20 – throughout the Bible, we do see guidance and direction but a real struggle is self-strength. I’ll end with Phil. 4:13, as more of an awareness of how we can still be unaware of how much of our own exertion is actually at play (Zech. 4:6b).

John 6:63 + Heb. 13:8 – Jesus spoke a lot in the Gospels to many people. Discernment is worth further praying about here, regarding what He is saying in our time (Phil. 1:10-11). There’s a lot of power that can be further untapped here.

Heb. 7:25 – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit is able to handle what we think is unmanageable, the interaction of experience with Christ and how that will correlate with the Church needs more time spent (Gal. 6:2 + 1 Cor. 1:4-5). I’ll end with Psalm 46:10 + Mark 4:39 KJV.

Psalm 73:26 + John 3:30 – there is an exchange of what doesn’t work to what is working + will work, and we need to continually be obedient in that minimization of this self-life toward a corresponding maximization of Christlikeness.

Isaiah 45:5 + Phil. 3:10 – it’s worth pursuing the ongoing knowing of Him, for example, the vast-dimensional ways God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit moves, so we can properly sync our steps with the Spirit (Romans 11:33). I want you to keep that in mind, when we see the decision-making approach toward the Church, by His Spirit, in our lives (Eph. 3:10). What I believe is a struggle is not letting Christ express Himself more freely, there are many choices, that are dead-ends, and there is 1 Thess. 5:19, where the participation of His life in a matter is unfortunately extinguished (Zech. 4:6b). More time must be spent with Him. I’ll end with 2 Tim. 1:9 + John 15:5.

1 Cor. 2:4-5 – there has been countless filmstrip boxes in our lives, where we saw God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit demonstrate His powers. Prayers to address what Demonic Forces are attempting to divide in yours + others ministries’. We try to manage our lives in an ecosystem that actually requires the might of God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit (Eph. 6:12 + Isaiah 41:10 + Phil. 4:13)

Isaiah 2:5 + Proverbs 11:30 NKJV – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit changes us, to also avail Himself more to others, the question is, are others waiting for Christ in our ministries because we are unchanged.

John 3:30 + Romans 8:28-29 – the hands of Heaven that purges what doesn’t belong, and adds more of Himself in your life is a spiritual realistic proof of an experiential truth, from these verses.

Romans 15:16 + Phil. 2:16 – In gym class, my friend gave me a push to help me jog faster, we need to ensure people are pacing in-step with the tempo of Christ, to disentangle what is hindering the ministering of His life, in their callings (Eph. 1:18 + John 8:12, 10:10b, 3:30)

1 Thess. 3:8 + John 1:16 “grace upon grace” – the filling of His love to continuously overflow into His building-up of the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12-13).

1 Cor. 12:27 + Heb. 10:35 – it is a great recompense, to see the Lord change other people’s lives into Christlikeness, from yielding to His pursuits.

Romans 8:28-29 – what is God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit trying to work Christlike good in your life now?

2 Tim. 1:7 “sound mind” – there needs to be a continuance of reaching to that point, with asking the Lord to change us, so that there can be a further exceedance of His glory, being likeminded as Christ.

2 Cor. 4:8-9 + Phil. 4:13 – there are many circumstances in our lives, where opportunities are presented to discover His Spirit + His leadings (Exodus 3:4-5 + Gal. 5:25 NIV)

Romans 1:16-17 + James 4:17 – we need to ask Christ to continually remove the reigning unspiritual powers of muting and/or attempting to mute us from correctively-speaking up. Major problem + obstacle

John 12:32 + 1 Cor. 1:9 – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit pursuing a closer relationship with you, I would say, that’s pretty special.

Mark 8:34-35, Matt. 6:33, 13:44, Luke 10:20 – I want you to be okay, with the concept of what the Bible tells us, that it is a very good thing, for Christ to seek the interests of His Kingdom, by using us as continually yielding vessels. His Life is valuable to others, they also need to recognize that (Eph. 1:17). Often times, we are the ones hiding the value of Christ, and hoarding that, without much sharing.

Matt. 12:9-13 + Mark 14:38 KJV – there are many times in our lives, where the Spirit insists upon addressing areas that needs to be changed: a) how we engage upon matters b) identified places from our end that requires what He asks of us c) it’s better restored than left unrestored d) a concern of His that He does want to rescue us and sees the value of that, individually and corporately, in the Body of Christ e) a temptation to be independent + withholding ourselves from a better relationship with Christ, while He is ready to get going with His perfecting work in our lives f) it would be more glorifying for Christ, if we go about His holy work, that requires the fullness of His Spirit + Life g) being more bold with Christ: to address + to make ourselves whole + with His further help to use us to draw people to Himself h) it’s more peaceful + we can be more unifying + fruitful i) an exercise of placing more hope in Christ j) understanding our role and His corresponding actions. Not leaving ourselves, in a state, where Christ is waiting for us to approach Him, keep inviting Him in to handle matters. Let His healing bring about His likeness in our lives and those whom we come across. We need to be more reflexive with our struggles, with Him + the Church (Gal. 5:25 NIV + Zech. 4:6b).

[2 Cor. 1:9, Heb. 12:10, 1 Peter 5:6, Gal. 5:25 NIV, Heb. 13:8, Eph. 3:16], Luke 5:1-11 NIV “One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret” “the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God” “When he had finished speaking” “Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” “When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.” “So they signalled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.” “When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” “For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken” “Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” “So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.” – In our relationship with the Lord, there are new discoveries of how much work that is required, than the actual work we put our hands to. What we can see here is how His light of life reveals elements that has inhibited them with the required consuming outcome of addressing what has been holding them back, and this commanding situation with Christ taught them better living proceeding steps for their storylines with Him. It’s a common pattern with us, we do go ahead with our own reigning plans in life while Jesus stands by with His eternal plan for His spiritual house. It’s a very good thing, and an extraordinary matter, when He shakes our lives to remove and unearth the blockages of His shining light in our ministries, that will lead to expressions of repentance. Throughout many situations in the Bible this is what we can regard for God/Jesus/the Holy Spirit, the aftereffects of how a ministry changes, through the degree of cooperation: a life-giving result that will astonish people, as to how much of His Life people have come in contact with, through a yielded vessel. I’ll end with Gen. 41:38.

Joel 3:18 NIV – “A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house“

Joel 3:16 NIV – “the Lord will be a refuge for his people“

Joel 2:18 NIV – “the Lord was jealous for his land and took pity on his people.”

Hosea 14:4 NIV – “I will heal their waywardness”

Lam. 1:12 NIV – “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?”

Jer. 7:23 NIV – “Obey me”

Neh. 2:18 NIV – “the gracious hand of my God on me” “Let us start rebuilding.” “So they began this good work.”

Esther 6:1 NIV – “That night the king could not sleep“

Esther 4:14 NIV – “relief and deliverance” “will arise from another place”

Job 16:19 NIV – “Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.”

Job 9:4 NIV – “His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?”

Job 5:17 NIV – “Blessed is the one whom God corrects“

2 Chr. 31:21 NIV – “he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.”

2 Chr. 29:3 NIV – “he opened the doors of the temple of the Lord and repaired them.”

2 Chr. 26:5 NIV – “As long as he sought the Lord, God gave him success.”

2 Chr. 20:6 NIV – “Power and might are in your hand, and no one can withstand you.”

2 Chr. 6:18 NIV – “will God really dwell on earth with humans?”

2 Kings 17:15 NIV – “They rejected his decrees”

2 Kings 7:9 NIV – this verse has so much here that is worth spending time with the Lord upon

1 Kings 12:15 NIV – “this turn of events was from the Lord”

1 Kings 8:61 NIV – “your hearts be fully committed to the Lord”

2 Samuel 6:21 ESV – “It was before the Lord”

1 Samuel 7:12 NIV – “Thus far the Lord has helped us.”

1 Samuel 3:19 NIV – “The Lord was with Samuel”

1 Samuel 2:9 NIV – “It is not by strength that one prevails”

1 Samuel 1:27 NIV – “the Lord has granted me what I asked of him”

Ruth 3:18 NIV – “until the matter is settled today.”

Ruth 2:3 NIV – “As it turned out”

Judges 17:6 NIV – “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.”

Judges 13:25 NIV – “the Spirit of the Lord began to stir him”

Judges 7:2 NIV – “You have too many men”

Joshua 23:3 NIV – “it was the Lord your God who fought for you”

Joshua 18:3 NIV – “How long will you wait”

Joshua 11:23 NIV – “Joshua took the entire land”

Deut. 33:27 NIV – “underneath are the everlasting arms”

Deut. 32:47 NIV – “they are your life”

Deut. 8:2 NIV “Remember how the Lord your God led you” – God’s method and approach has a very calculating spiritual growth outcome (Eph. 3:16), are you not spiritually stronger in and through Christ? For example: what would bother me, wouldn’t necessarily bother you, so for each of us, He knows how to get our attention, to show us His better life than what we had imagined this world life to be about (Eph. 1:17). The Bible talks plenty about holiness, and displays many situational illustrations of how that is brought about, by His Spirit.

Num. 27:16 NIV – “the Lord” “appoint someone over this community”

Num. 18:20 NIV – “I am your share and your inheritance”

Lev. 2:13 NIV – “the salt of the covenant of your God”

Exodus 14:21 NIV – “the Lord drove” “back”

Exodus 3:2 NIV – “in flames of fire”

Gen. 26:5 NIV – “Abraham obeyed me and did everything I required of him, keeping my commands, my decrees and my instructions.”

Gen. 18:19 NIV – “to keep the way of the Lord“

Gen. 3:8 NIV – “heard the sound of the Lord”

James 5:17-18 ESV – “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours”

James 4:6 ESV – “God opposes the proud”

James 1:4 ESV – “let steadfastness have its full effect”

Heb. 13:20-21 ESV – “equip you with everything good”

Heb. 3:13 ESV – “exhort one another every day“

Heb. 3:6 ESV – “Christ is faithful”

Heb. 3:1 ESV – “consider Jesus”

Heb. 2:18 ESV – “able to help those who are being tempted.”

Heb. 2:11 ESV – “For he who sanctifies” “those who are sanctified” “all have one source”

Philemon 1:20 ESV – “Refresh my heart in Christ.”

Philemon 1:5 ESV – “your love” “toward the Lord”

Titus 3:14 ESV – “learn to devote themselves”

Titus 2:12 ESV – “to renounce ungodliness”

Titus 2:10 ESV – “adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.”

Titus 2:7 ESV – “to be a model of good works”

Titus 1:1 ESV – “accords with godliness“

2 Tim. 4:17 ESV – “the Lord stood by me and strengthened me” (Heb. 13:8)

2 Tim. 3:14-15 ESV – “continue in what you have learned”

2 Tim. 2:15 ESV – “Do your best to present yourself to God”

2 Tim. 2:3 ESV – “Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.”

1 Tim. 6:19 ESV – “take hold of that which is truly life.”

1 Tim. 4:6 ESV – “trained in the words of the faith”

1 Tim. 2:4 ESV – “who desires all people to be saved”

1 Tim. 1:16 ESV – “Jesus Christ might display”

1 Thess. 4:3 ESV – “this is the will of God, your sanctification”

Phil. 4:11 ESV – “I have learned“

Phil. 3:9 ESV – “not having a righteousness of my own”

Phil. 3:3 ESV – “worship by the Spirit of God”

[John 3:30], Psalm 25:4 + Isaiah 55:8-9 – when you ask the Lord to carry out His will, it isn’t how you thought He would go about it, majority of the time. Yet, there are lots of priceless teachings there, in the path that He does inwardly take us on.

Psalm 8:1 KJV – right now, I want you to think about Jesus with me, and how vast + boundless His Life is. Tell me that isn’t excellent? See when we contemplate about Christ, He is so descriptively excellent.

Hosea 14:4 – He can heal our comprehensive facets of backsliding, and guides us into Gal. 5:25 NIV + John 3:30

Isaiah 26:3 KJV – ask the Lord to conform more of Christ into your thought-process.

Phil. 3:7-8 NLT “I once thought these things were valuable, but now I consider them worthless because of what Christ has done” – the outworking of the Holy Spirit is a beautiful ongoing removal of our unspiritual worldly pathing and into the breathtaking growing revelations of Christ in our lives (John 3:30). How our eyes change to realize the growing worth of Jesus (Psalm 23:1, Eph. 1:17). My dear friends, how wonderful it is to be with you all, sharing God’s Word, and having a great and growingly fellowship with Christ. I will end with “shining like bright lights” -Phil. 2:15 NLT

Col. 2:6-7 NLT – “Let your roots grow down into Him“

Col. 4:12 NLT – “fully confident that you are following the whole will of God“

Gal. 5:16 NLT – “let the Holy Spirit guide your lives”

Gal. 5:6 NLT – “What is important is faith expressing itself in love“

Gal. 6:15 NLT – “what counts is whether we have been transformed” <- yesterday, I was thinking to myself that I could improve in some areas with the Lord, for Christ to further govern in my life (John 3:30).

2 Cor. 3:6 NLT – “He has enabled us” “the Spirit gives life”

1 Cor. 13:8 NLT – “love will last forever!”

Acts 20:24 NLT – “my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus“

Lam. 3:31-33 NLT – “For He does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow.”

Jer. 20:9 NLT – “His Word burns in my heart like a fire”+ Luke 24:32,45 comes to mind. Have you experienced that spiritual reality (Hebrews 13:8)? Oh God’s Sheep! You are very Christlike lovely!

Jer. 1:5 NLT – “I set you apart” + spiritually discern with the Lord regarding your calling (Eph. 1:17-18)

Isaiah 6:1 NLT – “I saw the Lord” + we can ask more of Eph. 1:17

Isaiah 2:5 NLT – “in” “the light of the Lord”

Proverbs 3:13 NLT “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom” – Eph. 1:17 is fitting

Hebrews 8:10 – notice how much of our thoughts have actually changed toward Christ + His people, over the years?

Acts 1:1 “of all that Jesus began both to do and teach” – Jesus does continue to teach us, doesn’t He (Hebrews 13:8)?

1 Peter 1:8 – “with joy unspeakable”

1 Peter 5:5 – “God resisteth the proud”

1 Peter. 3:15 – “sanctify the Lord God in your hearts”

Col. 2:19 – “nourishment ministered” “increaseth with the increase of God”

1 Peter 2:9 – “ye are a chosen generation”

1 Pet. 1:15 – “be ye holy in all manner of conversation”

Deut. 4:39 – ‘think about what God did today’

Psalm 73:25 – a spiritual reality, it was so easy to read past this while we were younger but we are experiencing how absolutely captivating Jesus is. Seeing people enjoying their lives with the Lord is priceless.

Isaiah 33:6a + Eph. 1:17 – real world application for “stability of thy times”

James 1:21 – “the engrafted word”

2 Tim. 4:18 – “the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work”

2 Peter 3:9 – “The Lord is not slack”

Philemon 1:20 – “joy of thee in the Lord”

Matt. 13:16 – an interesting way of looking at blessings in your life -> an increasing interaction with the Lord (Eph. 1:17 + 1 John 1:1-3)!

Gen. 28:17 – “How dreadful is this place!”

Acts 13:47 – “I have set thee” “to be a light”

Phil. 2:16 – “Holding forth the word of life”

3 John 1:2 – it’s really wonderful to see God’s people enjoying the spiritual riches of Christ and in good spiritual health, from the goodness of Christ!

Jude 1:20 – “your most holy faith”

Deut. 29:29 – “The secret things belong unto the Lord our God”

Job 33:4 – “The Spirit of God hath made me,” “the breath of the Almighty” “hath given me life.” I have to end this with John 6:63, 10:10b.

1 Cor. 2:10 – “God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit”

Mark 3:14 – “He ordained”

1 Samuel 12:20 – what is the bigger picture here as to why this mattered? How would that have impacted, our current generation, if left unsaid?

Psalm 110:3 – “shall be willing” “day of thy power”

Rev. 19:16 KJV “KING OF KINGS” – God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit will make it obvious that He is the Lord of Hosts. The things that we have seen (1 John 1:3).

1 Cor. 4:20 – “but in power”

Mark 10:21 – “one thing thou lackest”

Hebrews 12:11 – “yieldeth the peaceable fruit”

Col. 1:18 – “in all things He might have the preeminence”

Job 19:25 “for I know that my redeemer liveth” + Lam. 3:23 “thy faithfulness” – going through difficulties, by His Spirit with the applied knowledge of scriptures and that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit exists. The Holy Spirit further conforms more of His steadfastness in our spiritual life, making us not just tread the tough waters of our lives but swim through it (John 21:7 + Philippians 3:14).

Joel 2:11 NIV – “mighty is the army that obeys His command”

Gal. 2:20 ESV – “no longer I” “but Christ”

Phil. 3:10 ESV – “that I may know Him and the power” “share His sufferings”

Mark 12:37 NIV – I notice how delightful my inward life is, when I listen to the Lord (Proverbs 12:25b).

Mark 14:28-31 NIV – the things we pray about, can be challenged by the Lord, as to whether we mean what we say to Him. For example: if we ask the Lord to make us Christlike, the Holy Spirit has a way to do that, which is most likely very adverse to what we prefer in the old ways that we were but then God will say along the lines of, ‘you said I could’ (1 John 5:14).

Gen. 1:26 ESV – “after our likeness”

Deut. 30:20 ESV – “For He is your life”

Neh. 8:10 – “the joy of the Lord” has a mysterious carrying strength

James 1:18 ESV – “He brought us forth by the Word of Truth,” -let’s continue proceeding in life, by His Spirit + Word

Rev. 22:17 ESV – “let the one who desires take the water of life”

Jer. 9:23 + John 3:30 – Christ-centered tongue

John 1:4 ESV – “In Him was life”

Eph. 1:10 ESV – “to unite all things in Christ, things in heaven and things on earth”

1 Cor. 1:9 -> John 6:16-21 + John 10:10 – in my life, I’ve seen many times, where it wasn’t the situation in itself but a further revelation of who Christ is, sometimes we don’t get it and focus on the outward only -> John 14:9 ESV. The circumstances were tough but there was something eternal about His voice that pairs really well with continuing to follow Him ([John 10:27 NLT -> Song of Solomon 5:16 NKJV -> Exodus 20:3 -> Matt. 4:20 ESV], Phil. 1:6). I’ll end with Psalm 40:3 ESV. 

Ezekiel 33:11 ESV – The Holy Spirit has to concentrate and condense this Christlikeness in us, through much pain, so that we can be useful vessels of His and also through Christ be able to feed His sheep (John 6:5 NIV “When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward Him” + Psalm 33:11 NIV “the purposes of His heart through all generations”). 

Deut. 6:23 ESV + (1 Cor. 1:9 + Matthew 6:21 NIV) —> 1 Thess. 5:24 NLT – the Holy Spirit does bring us gradually out of the embedded worldliness of our lives, and into a deeper oneness with Christ (Psalm 63:1 NIV).

John 1:14 -> Mark 8:22-25 -> Psalm 1:3 – the more I continuously yield to the Lord, I gradually see matters differently and increasingly in a higher Biblical-context resolution (Luke 24:45 NKJV).

2 Cor. 4:16 NLT – our old nature feels like we are “dying”, when the Holy Spirit sanctifies us with the cross but there is more of His life that arises + gains ground within us, as a result from dealing with our inward Adam nature (John 3:30).

Matthew 6:19 NLT – a strong dose of an unspiritual brainwash for most Christians -> where the earth is its own illusion of “just life”, and we are caught up + fixated on the false grandeur of the “treasures here on earth”. So that verse reminds us, that there is something more (Matt. 6:33). 

Exodus 13:21 ESV – “lead them along the way” “to give them light” (Psalm 119:105). 

John 1:10 – definitely daily asking the Lord for Eph. 1:17, that the Holy Spirit can help us recognize Him better. An emphasis needs to be Eph. 3:17b NLT, where we “see” and we don’t take “offense”, when He is attempting to grow us spiritually with His love, remember that His love can be expressed in admonishment, exhortation, discipline, and etc (Matthew 13:1-23 + Col. 2:6-7 ESV). He is trying to accomplish something (1 Thess. 5:23 NLT), we have to ask the Lord to decrease the blurriness from our naturally common non-Biblical context impulse of analysis, for example: “this is a dog eat dog world” or not seeing matters in light of scriptures and/or what He intends. Consequently, we miss out on an increase of His Life, from that spiritual growing plan of His (Psalm 119:105 + John 1:14 + John 8:12). 

John 1:7 – it’s good that we witness the inward realness of the Life of Christ. It is a necessary encouragement and a reminder of how we ought to testify about Christ, to bring others into the sheepfold, by His Spirit. So that others can find out that they are in fact “worried and troubled about many things” “but one thing is needed” “that good part” “which will not be taken away from” them -> Jesus Christ (Luke 10:41-42 NKJV). 

John 5:7-13 NIV – the Lord does make a life-changing touch in our lives, I saw much of that this year, sometimes we have “no idea who it was”, and then we realize that the ministry and the ministration of Christ from the Gospels, continues (Hebrews 13:8). We can understand a bit of that energy from Christ (Col. 1:27-29); in our unity in Christ, together, by His Spirit -> Phil. 3:12 NIV. I want to leave this as a last entry before a New Year begins.

John 8:12 = there are times in our lives, where we notice in His Light, that the Lord “put together situations” (Romans 8:28-29, [Acts 9:3-22,31 NIV]), to show us areas that we need to work on + repent out with Him, and that it was more of an inward road that did in fact “leads to life” (Matthew 7:13-14 + John 10:10). I’ll end with Eph. 4:12-13

Psalm 66:12 (NIV) + John 10:10 = the difficulties that God selects for us while we do everything by His Spirit to seek Him and to grow, for the building-up of the church, can be enabling for many to experience His abundant life. 

Judges 11:30-39 + Proverbs 14:12 – sometimes, we think the vows we make to the Lord, are Spirit-led but are they (Zech. 4:6)? When the Holy Spirit might have other plans. We can make vows that are out of our own flesh. It is very important to check with the Lord, when a new opportunity presents itself, to ensure if He wants to transcend what we were originally thinking (Jer. 31:22 NLT “for the Lord will cause something new to happen”, Isaiah 55:8-9 and Gal. 5:25 NIV). We need to redetermine with the Lord if this new thing (broadly speaking: His undefined storyline creativity) is His path for us (Judges 6:36-40).    

Hab. 1:5 – I really like this verse, sounds like God has pocket aces, and it’s just when He wants to play them.

Hab. 3:2 NIV – I really love this, the whole verse

Hab. 3:4-5,9-11 NIV – so beautiful

Hab. 3:19 – “he enables me” – we wonder how we spiritually arrived, to where we are today?

2 Thess. 3:3,5 – very good prayer items

Judges 9:52-55 – females can be used by God to accomplish His purpose.

1 Thess. 5:2 – Very generally speaking, I find that God/Jesus/The Holy Spirit will often surprise us, showing us plainly the good and the evil of our hearts (Hebrews 10:31 NIV + Luke 6:45).

Judges 6:36-40 <- use Gal. 5:25 NIV

Phil. 3:10 NLT, Judges 7:5-6 NIV – I’ve seen many times where God commands situations in my life, to show me, how far I am willing to go, for the sake of His people. These very unique gradual and sudden inward separation circumstances sprinkled throughout my life (Eph. 5:32), that culminated to going all or nothing for the Lord’s sake (Isaiah 1:25 ESV, Daniel 3:18, Matthew 6:13 KJV). I’ll end with John 12:24 ESV, aside from what this verse is referring to, also see that verse as a sanctifying approach for a fruitful ministry. 

Eph. 6:7, Judges 7:4 – this is a common ordinance of God (Proverbs 5:21 NIV), God knows who would go and who wouldn’t go for His objectives (Psalm 8:4, John 2:25, 6:26). I’ll end with Phil. 2:30

Psalm 31:24, Judges 6:13 – let God fit the timeline of situations (Proverbs 3:7), in our lives (Psalm 35:10 NLT); instead of how we determine things ought to be in our self-assertions -> Psalm 37:5, 23:6 ESV

Proverbs 6:23 NIV, Judges 6:10 – God will show us what part of the Bible that we need to work on, to prevent worst-off circumstances (Psalm 42:5 -> Proverbs 1:23). I’ll end with a spiritual reality verse: Proverbs 2:10.

Psalm 33:4 ESV, Judges 6:1 – there are times in some of our lives, where God will reveal to us that specific situations were appointed from Him, for a time period. Whereby because of our obedience to Him to resolve the matter, others were able to physically and spiritually survive, generationally (Proverbs 21:21 NIV, Job 1:8, 42:7-10 NKJV). “See”? “The Lord is good”! (Psalm 34:8).

[John 3:30 + Luke 9:23] (Matthew 6:6 ESV + Matthew 7:7 “ask”) + (Matthew 22:39 ESV + 2 Kings 4:1–7 NIV “go around and ask” “neighbors” “for empty jars” “shut the door behind” “there is not a jar left”) = daily praying that God -> ([decreases + empties out + denies] -> the growth of sinful practices) + getting rid of seen and unseen ways within ourselves that prevents the pursuit of Him (Phil. 3:14). Prayers that the Holy Spirit can change us is sanctifying, we want Christ to “be all” in our lives, in a growing way (John 3:30 <- spiritual reality), just like the oil for those “jars” and “all the jars were full”, we have to max out our cooperations with the Holy Spirit (John 2:7 ESV). I’ll end with Eph. 4:13 ESV

Eph. 5:16 + 1 Thess. 3:11-12 – this really needs a lot of prayer, as you could see this year, the amount of unspiritual debris that Satan introduces to attempt and/or prevent verse 12.

Judges 4:21 – he got hammered  

1 Thess. 4:1 + Judges 5:2 NIV -> Eph. 5:29-30  

Judges 4:3 + 1 Thess. 3:2-4,7 – if you look very closely with the Lord about certain situations, there is something that is more than just the circumstances that you find yourselves in. The Lord is responding to people’s cries for help, and you made the selection process to fulfill a “seemingly” “irrational” need that God required from you (Acts 9:13-16) but ultimately, it turned out to be completely spiritually wise + logical (1 Cor. 1:25). I’ll end with 1 Thess. 3:10 NIV -> 1 Thess. 3:9 = discerning the specifics of what is spiritually lacking for any local church may appear as “cynical” but if addressed, and the identification of the maladies was by His Spirit along with a path forward that “leads to life”, there would be an astonishment of how many more “you” that are further refined into His objectives (Hebrews 5:14 ESV).

1 Thess. 2:14-16 – interesting

1 Thess. 2:13 – I enjoy seeing the realness of God’s Word. How real Jesus is, I hope you all experienced that of Biblical proportions.

1 Thess. 2:11-12 – that can be challenging and requires the Holy Spirit’s outworking but this is a lot of fun -> Matthew 11:20(a)(c) NIV.

Matthew 5:4 – I find that the Holy Spirit inwardly tells us that there is more to it, when we do mourn, for going through something that is part of His plan to express His love to people (1 Thess. 2:8 -> 2 Cor. 4:18).

Matthew 6:7 – outside of our Christian circles, do we talk like pagans? Remember 1 Thess 2:4.

Mark 10:27 NIV – use John 6:63, as a different way of seeing that Mark verse.

Matthew 7:8, 8:8 and 1 Thess 2:1-3 – the stuff we pray about regarding Christlikeness + His Church can often be answered by people yielded for His sake, who go through extreme sufferings, to fulfill what His Words promises (Phil. 1:12).

Matthew 10:42 and Psalm 63:1 – even Costco gives out free samples and their mission statement isn’t a Christian charity. In that Psalm verse, let’s look at that very differently (Proverbs 11:30 KJV): a possible present day frame of mind for unbelievers, who don’t know Christ, as their sufficient resource. In Ecc. 3:11 – “He has also set eternity in the human heart”, so they are looking, you have something of Christ the source of living waters to offer. At Costco, they use different sample containers, so what will you use to convey Christ to others? I notice that people who aren’t even “hot” for Christ but “cold” in their relationship, still try to “share” the faith. That can be a reminder that we need to ask God to reheat out desire for Christ with the Holy Spirit. For me, some of my unbelieving friends, I offer: if I could pray and they are open to it; also, to pay for food that I ate with them, if they read a chapter of the Bible and explain it to me. You know your demographic well, and what to “spiritually cater” them toward, so they would experience Christ, from what their “soul thirst for” “where there is no water”. I’ll end with John 7:38.

Hebrews 11:8 NKJV – obedience to God can bring us to physical and spiritual landscapes that we aren’t familiar with but it can also help others better “know” where Christ is going in their inward lives (John 3:30 -> John 17:21).

John 6:66–67 NKJV – do we want to move away from Christ, spiritually? That will cause others to “go away”

Job 1:8 – look at what got God’s attention

Joshua 11:6 – “by this time tomorrow I will” – this can be good and/or bad

Joshua 14:10-12 – ask the Lord to help you -> Eph. 3:21 NIV

Psalm 84:5 – one of my dreams is that everyone in churches, would set, discover, cooperate, and in His strength carry out God’s will for them (Eph. 6:10). We in Christ would be a nightmare to Demonic Forces *laughs hysterically exposing gums + teeth, while playing a Celtic accordion with lightning flashing outside the windows*

Psalm 73:26 + John 3:30 – the more that the Holy Spirit lessens our sinful tendencies, our old nature way of doing things, through painful pruning circumstances, and we cooperate with His changes; we begin to see the spiritual value of Christ surfacing more into eternal infinity.

Eph. 6:18 NIV -> Joshua 10:8 – we need to be spiritually courageous, we need to trust His plan, we need steadfastness in Him and we can’t afford to be situational with our faith. We are to be people that are vessels that can be very useful to the Lord and “for all the Lord’s people.”

Joshua 10:10 NIV + Phil. 3:15 NIV – God will sometimes reveal to us the colossal magnitude of how disturbed and confused our mindsets operate, as to how much we “think differently” and clearly show us that at “some point”, we neglected Phil. 4:9 NIV. I’ll end this point with Phil. 3:16 KJV. 

Joshua 10:42 – it has been quite the spiritual campaign, hasn’t it? Do you reckon that this is a year in human history that was marked on God’s eternal calendar? Too perfectly calculated? It’s not something just accidentally stumbled upon? A very dazzling and unique year? 

(Joshua 5:2-3 + Mark 4:39, Matthew 10:39, [Mark 1:12]) = John 6:63: the way God selects circumstances that are painful but a necessary spiritual pruning item for us to grow spiritually. Yes, I have cried many times; yes, I use to own a Hello Kitty diary, and yes I use to journalize with tears but the Lord was able to help others through humbling me down. I cried more than watching Dawson’s Creek.

Joshua 5:4 – I want us to understand this, there aren’t a lot of people willing to fight the good fight of faith. I wonder why this verse Matthew 5:11, exists.

Joshua 5:7 NIV – “were still” – that grief tone

Joshua 5:13-15 NIV – at times, we aren’t sure if God is opposing us, when really He’s trying to spiritually change us, He makes these commanding decisions, sometimes, we understand what He was doing, afterward, the point He was getting at, about ourselves that required His transformative powers, so that we can continue standing firmer in His strength. I do believe that God will reiterate what we prayed about, what we sang about, and what we told Him, when we were suggesting His will or more of Christ in our lives, so He will remind us of what we verbalized = outworking Matthew 7:8 + Mark 1:42.

Mark 3:23 NIV – a bit of His sense of humour – ‘what kind of theology are you talking about?’

Matthew 4:19 KJV – “Follow me” -> “I will make you”

John 17:11 NIV – cool way of addressing: “Holy Father”

Matthew 2:13 – there is something interesting about this, a form of communication that was tailored to Joseph, in a way that would get His attention. God does that with us, He knows how to get our attention and steer us into a holier path. 

Matthew 6:13 NIV – instructing something like this, shows a threat to how divisive temptations + the Adversary and His Hosts can be for ourselves and the ministries we embark upon.

Mark 6:56 NIV – when people do the opposite and make the abundant life of Christ scarce, so that others can barely reach Him = scary

Mark 11:2 – Jesus can see ahead: His decisions for us, end-up better than we imagined, if we follow-through (1 Cor. 2:9)

Luke 5:8 – when people experience the livingness of Christ, they realize their inward conditions and at times, they just want to hide 

Luke 10:42 – is your decision Spirit-led? (Zech. 4:6)

Luke 22:67 – why argue with Jesus?

John 6:67 – the Holy Spirit does sometimes make it “seem” like He is pushing us away, and that it “looks like” He is far away and unconcerned but He is also seeing if you are actually interested in His matters (Luke 2:49 KJV, John 1:38 NIV, Matthew 6:33).  

Matthew 4:16 – the way we communicate, can allow others to see His light and life (John 6:63). When we speak, we need to adjust our ratio of words to a more Christ-focused direction (Prov. 18:21 -> Gal. 5:25 NIV -> Prov. 3:6 -> Gen. 9:7 KJV -> John 10:10 KJV). 

Mark 1:45 NIV – Satan is trying to mute us from talking about the Bible

Mark 6:12 NIV – we must practice this 

John 18:37 – interesting….

Luke 24:51 NIV – spiritual continuity

Luke 7:13 – if you have taught children ministry, and hear stories about them having a bad day, stuff like that, they like stickers.

Mark 5:30 – will you say something deep within yourself that moves Jesus?

Mark 3:5 – let’s not grief Jesus

Matthew 20:28 – helping God’s people is a pretty amazing time, seeing His people spiritually-fed and happy. Then those people become more equipped to spiritually feed others, I already see that happening. It’s so beautiful

Matthew 3:15 – “let it be” “it is proper for us”, a different way of seeing this verse would be -> it’s suitable for us to let Christ express Himself, greater in our lives

Matthew 9:28 NIV – when we find ourselves doubting, if Christ is able to do things.

Matthew 24:42 – take ministries, seriously

Mark 2:4 – find ways for people to discover Jesus, that they would be interested in. For example: I offered my friend goji berries, if he read some of the Bible, and he did; he was vehemently against it before.

Luke 14:27 – if you are serious about this, if we ask God to test us or we pray for Him to do His will in our life, it’s going to be incredibly painful and break us into pieces but His life increases more in our lives, if we cooperate with Him. He will use all sorts of ways to accomplish that. I’ve been shredded to ribbons, repeatedly, by the Holy Spirit. So verses that I cling to, are familiar from personal experience.

John 4:14 – Christ satisfies me.

1 Peter 5:8 -> James 4:7 -> Daniel 1:8 -> Daniel 6:22 – I was looking at the painting, “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” by Briton Rivière. Those verses came to mind.

Matthew 6:20 – do you treasure what Heaven treasures?

Matthew 7:7 – what do you want to find? What do you want people that you interact with to “find” 

Matthew 12:36 – do we mean what we say about our faith and what we preach? Do we put God’s Word into action? Is there a measure of Christ added? 

Matthew 26:52 – this verse comes to mind -> James 1:20

Mark 6:50 – a life with the Lord and standing up for what His Word says, requires courage, are you afraid? 

Matthew 11:6 – don’t be offended, when the Holy Spirit uses His processes of transitioning us into a more holier life

John 6:21 NIV “they were willing” – the power of Christ, as a determining variable to the other half of the verse

Luke 6:17 NIV – explain things that people can understand. I’m starting to use a lot of examples. This can be an outlet for the verse Matthew 7:8 NIV + (Jonah 4:4 -> 1 Peter 3:15 NIV) = John 14:1 

Matthew 6:33 + John 18:36 = interesting?

Luke 8:39 – we have a testimony with Christ, that we can talk about

Luke 2:20 – the Holy Spirit is such an encouragement, He does encourage us, doesn’t He? I see so much inward gladness. What a beautiful gift He is.

Mark 3:4 – a throwback of Adam and Eve and their decision-making

Matthew 9:22 – the inward strength in Christ is a determining component

Mark 8:4 – the Bible illustrates countless impossible situations made possible by God/Christ/The Holy Spirit. 

Matthew 17:5 – “listen to Him!” -> John 10:27

John 3:1, 12:46 – there’s something about Jesus, that draws a lot of wonder and intrigue. A Divine Nature, indeed. An ancient allure (John 8:58)

John 9:1-41 NIV, Proverbs 27:19 ESV and James 1:22-24 NLT – in the John story, the Pool of Siloam contains water, water mirrors reflections of ourselves, generally. There are things that we don’t see within ourselves and about us, so when He is working on us, we can’t see what all of His current changes are at the moment. This isn’t just physical seeing, the point is spiritual areas that we are also blind to that requires us to work with the Lord upon. In verse 33 – you see how real Jesus is? He does show us, doesn’t He?

Psalm 65:7 ESV “the tumult of the people”, 2 Chronicles 20:17 KJV “set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you”, Isaiah 43:16 “a path in the mighty waters”, Isaiah 55:8-9, Luke 8:22-26 “Where is your faith?” – the Bible is written in a way where we are suppose to invite Christ before proceeding (to see where He leads) and not leave Him out (Luke 24:45): “the disciples went and woke Him” (John 1:14), otherwise, we won’t get much out of that with our own intellects (John 6:63). Our interactions with Christ and our decision-makings that brought us to circumstances (“where is your faith?”) can be illustrated in the story of Luke, when we don’t yield the situation to Christ, until we finally do, and we realize how scary things + our own pathways can be, apart from Him. God will continually work on renewing our own mindsets with many verses like Matt. 6:33, to knock us out of this circuitry of our old nature way of thinking that constantly brings about the demonstration of faithlessness in the power of Christ. We are inwardly faced with the anecdote ‘are you done going your way? You have seen your own ways?’ -> “Where is your faith?” With God, it really is time to shift our old nature toward the spiritual likeness of Christ (Job 38:11), for Him to continually “still” our proud old nature: through repentance and asking the Holy Spirit to change us, in areas where He convicts us + additional reading of scriptures that He identifies for us to work on. What path are you on that’s causing these outward and inward storms? Let Christ take the actions in our lives. I’ll end this with John 11:4.

Matthew 1:24 – that’s one way to do that

Mark 3:9 – we can say a lot of things but they can mean nothing (Matthew 6:7). We can outwardly “look” like but inwardly we are untransformed, the point is, we can be like many crowds of Christians that aren’t intentional or could care less about their spiritual life with Christ or other people’s spiritual growth through their ministries/potential ministries, and are just part of the “crowd” on Sundays (1 Samuel 16:7 + John 4:24). Extra point: we have to be willing to draw closer to Him. He can come to us but we can also be serious about moving toward Him, even if He seems a little faraway.

John 4:50 – trusting what the Bible asserts, while cooperating with the Holy Spirit with changes in our life 

Mark 2:12 – I do discern that many Christians have more spiritual movements

Mark 4:33 – what you see, every day, can be a parable that the Holy Spirit is willing to explain to you the spiritual meaning behind that moment. 

John 4:48 – there are plenty of matters to spiritually discover, rather than the outward concerns we ask for

Matt. 1:20 – the way the Lord communicates can include imageries and matters worth reflecting about

Mark 2:3 – avoid being the cause of spiritual paralysis

Luke 4:4 – the time you spend physically eating, can be a minimal amount of time spent in the Word

Mark 9:24 – a prayer for our time, as many times, especially when there’s doubt

Neh. 10:28 – “all who separated themselves from the neighbouring peoples” “for the sake of the Law of God” “together” “who are able to understand” – the difference ought to be a compelling witness that spiritually speaks for itself, even without our physical words, the Spirit can communicate His presence (Matt. 18:20). If you look at the Old Testament, God does compel people inwardly to arrive to situations (Matt. 11:15). We need to spend more time with the unsaid words in our day, focus on inward listening to the meaning (James 1:19 + 1 John 2:27).

Neh. 8:1 – sounds like John 17 and Ephesians. What a beautiful verse this is, can you imagine people expressing enthusiasm for more of God’s Word to be taught, that anticipation.

Neh. 8:3 – “attentively” – I use to listen to the Bible on an mp3 player, and also in my car. Although that might explain why some people ducked; each word of the Bible is very interesting. The Book of Leviticus suggesting balance, among other things, very fascinating.

Neh. 8:5-6 and Deut. 8:11 – God’s Word needs to be treated with more inward respect. This requires daily prayer. Otherwise, we can live a very hollow (non-spiritual) Christian life that is no different than the world, if not worse.

Neh. 8:10 – “to those who have nothing” – I remember a student of mine from children ministry, his dad couldn’t afford a whole Bible but only part of it, the New Testament. So the student felt embarrassed and cried. I met his dad and got him a Bible because I felt that there is a boundlessness to verses and God’s Word, it’s literally a gift that will keep on giving (Psalm 119:96 NIV).

Neh. 9:1-3 – very good verses for all of us. Worship and repentance combined to a schedule is a force to be reckoned with. There is a lot of power here. When I read the word ancestors, there are two things here: a) that we need to reflect upon repentance within our lifetime; for example, if I reflect on an unlearned spiritual lesson a couple of years ago, repent from that sin -that hasn’t been removed from my current behaviour, that’s a good thing (Lam. 3:40); and b) when we repent + change from our unfruitful and unbiblical ways, proactively transitioning toward the spiritual stature of Christ, with the Holy Spirit; it can impact generations to come, there is an eternal sacred power there, causing a ripple effect that changes the future course of history.

Neh. 9:4 – I use to stand on the stairs with my sister and break-out singing, as if the stairs were raisers that people stand on, from an elementary school singing event. My dad would yell, cause he finished a shift from work and was trying to sleep. Singing worship songs is fun outside of church, also.

Neh. 9:6 – if you ask the Lord to “give life to everything”, as a precursor for ministry and wait for Him to help you proceed in step with Him, it is worth doing.

Neh. 9:8 – we can all work on this daily, the Lord knows what our hearts really look like, improving in our faithfulness to His Word, His people, to His cause, to put the best spiritual step forward for present and future generations can dramatically change the spiritual landscape, as seen with Hebrews 11.

Luke 6:45 and Neh. 9:11 – avoid pursuing with bad intentions, especially repeatedly and unrepentantly. Don’t intentionally leave sins uncorrected because of self-interests. I’ll end here with a very serious verse James 3:1 that people often ignore in practice: holding themselves to a stricter standard. If God inwardly shares parts of the Parable of the Tares AND Matthew 7:21-23; I would take that with deep seriousness.

Neh. 9:13 – “that are good” – living the lifestyle of scriptures is suitable to who we are. Practicing worldliness is a different ecosystem for us, we get side effects and negativeness from that.

Neh. 9:19 – “did not fail to guide them” “to shine on the way they were to take”

Neh. 9:20 – “you gave your good Spirit to instruct them” “you did not withhold”

Neh. 9:25 – we have so many things, it’s like we opened many Christmas presents, if you think about it.

Neh. 9:26 – parts of this is past tense?

Neh 9:28-29 – routine, as many times as possible, repentance is important. Otherwise, matters can proceed from Hot -> Lukewarm -> Cold. This is a vital lesson sprinkled, all throughout scriptures.

Neh. 9:30,34-35 – when administrations intentionally delays the fruitfulness of their congregations, by preventing repentance + other spiritual progresses from occurring, impairing ministries in the present and in the future tenses; that is a nightmarish level of scary, when God calls us to account, one day. We need to take God’s Word with Holy regard.

Neh. 6:1 – what are the gaps that the Lord has identified with you? Keep asking for God’s input.

Neh. 6:8-9 – behind a lot of the negative charades in your mind, it has a lot to do with Satan trying to weaken your morale for the interests of Jesus. For example: ending up arguing with Christ, is something that Satan likes to get people to do. Another example: repeating things that are contrary to what the Bible says and getting you to believe it. For me something that I don’t like, is when I read mystery magazines, and Satan provides character sketches that I didn’t ask for.

Neh. 6:2b,10,13 – a church shouldn’t be an arena, where Christians harmfully scheme against each other. We have to shut the door to all that filth, from entering in. I’ll end here with James 1:15. Enforce what is preached.

Neh. 7:5 – be more aware of this, what God puts into your heart to do

Neh. 5:2-3 – motivate as many as possible in reading the Word.

Neh. 5:16 – “I devoted myself” – it’s a choice

Neh. 5:18 – keep in mind that people work hard to give over their tithe money, make sure that the money is used in a way that honours God. This requires further prayer, regularly.

Neh. 5:19 – a good self-reflection, how would you be remembered, by God?

Neh. 1:2 – we have to make sure with the Holy Spirit’s leadings that people who do not yet know the Lord and God considers us responsible for them, spiritually survives. That we minister life to them with Christ; ensuring that they aren’t exiled from Heaven.

Neh. 1:3 – if you see people who are troublemakers to God’s purpose and plan for the church and they are breaking down the Body of Christ with sins, you must report the matter to the Lord, and ask for His empowered decree to spiritually combat that. If the Lord enables you to address that, it doesn’t matter how many stand in your way.

Neh. 1:4 – when God’s people go through tough times and Satan is attacking them constantly, you can’t help but spiritually feel that amount of pain, the heart-felt sorrow is real in this verse.

Neh. 1:5-7 – his prayer shows how he is aligned with God and wanting the Lord’s righteousness upon people, if you listen to how he talks -> James 5:16 NKJV. Nehemiah is hot for God, not lukewarm.

Neh. 1:8-11 – if you go into spiritual warfare; this is a very powerful way of praying, a very good approach for the Lord to sharpen your spiritual condition. Depending on how serious the battle is, I’ll personalize multiple scriptures in a sentence, like my ice cream machine section; it is a way of continuously focusing and refocusing your mindset to finish whatever course that is with the Lord because it’s going to be extremely negatively toxic to take down Demonic Forces. Succeeding with the Lord on the matter, people can spiritually discern the end to a lot of unspiritual tyranny that has gripped the landscape.

Neh. 2:4 – do you want, what God wants?

Psalm 33:11 NIV and Neh. 2:5 – caring about the building-up of the church, generationally, is a mindset of God.

Neh. 2:13 – when people are rattled, spiritual discernment works better in approaching the building-up of the Body of Christ.

Neh. 2:18 – “Let us start rebuilding.” -> Phil. 1:6 comes to mind.

1 John 4:11 – let’s make sure that we take the Bible more seriously. Matthew 25:14-29 NIV – the Parable of the [Bags of Gold (Talents)] story – the way I see that, choose your own character, which one do you want to be? I think one of the hidden meanings behind that Parable is that the Holy Spirit knew that lots of people who read that wouldn’t give that segment of the Gospels, proper “weight”, in value, for their life choices.

Psalm 34:14 NIV – it’s a spiritual principle, the Lord will convince people of this, if they pray for more spiritual illumination about this verse

James 4:10 NIV – what about the reverse?

Hebrews 12:1 NIV – “let us throw off everything that hinders” -more of this

1 Cor. 10:31 NIV – “do it all for the glory of God”

Romans 12:2 – God gives us a lot of time and space to make decisions, will you renew that sinful practice? Or turn to holiness with His help, instead?

1 John 4:4 and John 3:30 – outworking of the Holy Spirit in our inward lives

Matt. 4:4 – ‘low spiritual blood sugar? You see how challenging living can be, apart from a proper consumption of the Bible?’ 

Matt. 26:41 – do you know, where you have fallen? Ask His help with this -> Psalm 40:2. For example: if you grudge against someone; today and going forward, we can keep praying till that is erased.

Luke 11:28 – let’s read the Bible and work on obeying God’s Word

Luke 19:10 – go with the King

2 Cor. 9:8 – believe, He can, He is able but focus on the inward 

Phil. 3:8 – a gradual outworking of the Holy Spirit

Mark 4:39 – that verse “be still and know that I am God” comes to mind 

Mark 8:29 – ‘what’s your interpretation of me? I’ll show you what I really am about, through a spiritual syllabus that I have planned for your path’

Luke 1:45 – wow

Luke 6:45 – listen very carefully to what you are saying to God. It reveals a lot about yourself and your spiritual condition. That’s important, prayer time can be a mirror that reveals what we can fix up with the Holy Spirit. 

Acts 18:9 – when people try and oppose you, for speaking God’s Word. Remind yourself. Especially in a church setting. You have to spiritually fight down the high places where demonic activities are hidden and to cast that out with Christ. 

Phil. 2:15 NIV – very interesting, the last sentence, I’m a star 

Hebrews 12:1 NIV – persevere for Him. You think I am discouraged when Satan calls me the Karate kid? Or calls me fat? 

Mark 9:35 – I am fine with placing my life priorities last for Christ and His people.

Luke 5:31 – if you see people who have spiritual maladies like recurring sins in their lives. Show them Christ in prayer. This needs to be practiced more regularly, prune off the unholiness with Christ that leads to a fruitful life and strengthened ministries. 

John 15:5 – what happened when we follow non-Christian advice and we don’t involve Christ? This verse is a stark spiritual reality. Generally speaking.

Romans 2:11 – let’s avoid playing favourites. Also, avoid preferential treatment, look at things with spiritual balances.  

Mark 7:37 – pretty cool grade “He has done everything well”. We as Christians, shouldn’t deafen people from hearing God’s Word, by causing others to look at the outward, rather than what’s really going on in the inward. In addition, we ought not to attempt to mute people or shun them, when they speak up for God’s Word, especially in churches. 

Matt. 26:53 NIV – I have seen a lot in my life

Luke 2:11 – “today in the town of” (your neighbourhood), with Christ, you can help people be born again!

Gal. 6:2 NIV – we can work on this

Luke 6:27 NIV – “who are listening” 

Gen. 2:16-17 NKJV and 1 Thess. 2:18 NIV – if you think about Adam and Eve, after talking to God; Adam and Eve did a James 1:22-25. Then what happens? They are obstructed by Satan, and they are led to something ungodly. When we engage in ministries, looking at some of the mechanics of Satan, there is always a readiness to prevent real Spirit-led movements, from occurring; glancing at the amount of times we see the visibility of Eph. 2:2, 6:12 in attempting to stop Jesus, in the Gospels, in as many varied ways, as possible. People will look at Adam and Eve, assuming that they aren’t smart or made an error, there is something deeper there that is worth further exploration: the long-term negative generational impacts -> something that Satan is mindful of (Mark 15:30). Satan hit down Adam and Eve, tried to knock Jesus and Paul out of the picture. A question to “reflect” upon with the Holy Spirit – to make sure that our choices conform to who Christ is and what Christ is about: is Satan persuading you to pursue a path that doesn’t build-up the Body of Christ? With Matt. 7:13-14 – “leads to life”, temptations are everywhere, even embedded into our subconscious determinations for the choices we make, and it’s common for the majority of the world to oppose the Holy Spirit’s work. So “let us keep in step with the Spirit” (Gal. 5:25b NIV) in that narrow path, and putting Jesus/God/the Holy Spirit first (Matt. 6:33)! Are we turning up the spiritual fervour heat from lukewarm to hot? Let’s keep going with that!

Numbers 15:40 ESV – I can feel the spiritual pulse of His heart, in this verse

Exodus 28:36 NKJV – “holiness” “to” “the Lord”

Joshua 3:5 ESV and Eph. 1:18 – don’t look at tomorrow with just your outward eyes but use your spiritual sight with the Lord and keep asking from Him to remove blindspots. For example, treating “tomorrow” as just another day, isn’t spiritual vigilance. It’s a gigantic cataract blindspot. Look at the Parables, a bunch of people were clocking out their time like there’s no tomorrow.

2 Chr. 6:26 – it’s important to understand, why God withholds things. Then read verse 27. Also, a repeated lesson here 2 Chr. 7:13-14

2 Chr. 30:9 – interesting 

Gen. 1:2 – when our inward situation isn’t in the right trajectory for our time on earth, God intercedes with generations, in mind. 

1 Thess. 1:3 – “inspired by hope”

Isaiah 48:11 – if you ever want to see your employment boss, squint their face, as hard as they can, as a reaction. Tell them, why you are taking time off work, in my shoes. On the other hand, when I share with my mom, the reason why I have to miss work, her unsurprised face displays years of knowledge, understanding how serious I am, when I want to fight for the rights of Christ. It’s a very lonely journey with Christ + God + the Holy Spirit and my swords (I have lots of Bibles), even with so many Christians out there, often times, you aren’t with a band of people; they scatter like in John 16:32. Though unity and being unified sounds great that isn’t the Holy picture that it ought to be in our time but we can work on that spiritual formation. For His sake. I enjoy fighting for His Kingdom, it is a spiritual poetic romance to me. I remember the times with my spiritual discernment friends, a long time ago; for fun, we would practice discerning what book of the Bible the sermon was on before it was spoken about, it took a longer time to narrow down the chapters but all things considered, it would take under 20 minutes.

Rev. 19:16 – cool embossing

Gen. 2:9-10 and Psalms 1:1-3 – when I was in Sunday School, my teacher gave us each a plant, there was one week, where I left the plant at church and forgot to bring it home. It was so dried out from the sun but when I saw the plant, I watered it. The plant still grew, programmed by its original design, the way it was suppose to with water; botanically encoded to survive those situations. The spiritual counterpart: I like how the living waters from Christ, still continues, and how living these waters are, there are so many unique spiritual properties to them (Ezekiel 47:9 + Matt. 4:19). Coming across something like this, can alter the ending of otherwise spiritual death; in the present and future tense on a massive scale because of the sheer power of Christ Himself. We might look back and still wonder, what the full spiritual effects are.

Acts 5:34-39 – worth thinking over

1 Thess. 5:5 – what stands out to me: differentiating between holiness and sinful practices, the desperate need for spiritual clarity.

Matt. 18:20 and Eph. 2:21-22 – if you think of ministry like this, we have to make sure the situation in these verses occurs, we have to make that happen with the Lord. Not only bringing people to Christ and helping them grow in the spiritual likeness of Jesus within this generation but all the ones going forward, with our multiplication of talents (John 17:22-23 NKJV “they” is plural, it doesn’t just mean our present age, with God’s eternal mindset). 

Proverbs 3:5-6 and Joshua 1:8 – “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths” – when we pursue a path, where we are self-centred and not Christ-centred, we can direct our own path, instead (Deut. 5:29).

Luke 24:32 – this verse is a spiritual reality that can be felt. Have you experienced this inward event, so far on this site while I whisk food with Christ? You see what they are talking about now? When the Lord is expressing Himself in a ministry; our spiritual awareness knows Him (John 10:27) and that verse is spiritually tangible, as it turns out. We read that Luke verse so many times on the outside looking in but now we can see this from the inside.

Gen. 22:2 – God knows what we love, what we desire, what we want, etc.; He will see, if He can re-arrange those things into this -> Matt. 6:33 and Matt. 6:10 (NIV)

1 Samuel 17:50 – fighting Evil Forces seems daunting but it isn’t, we have more than enough spiritual resources that the Lord has and will give us, to succeed; a question we can ask ourselves is, whether we are willing (Matt. 26:41 NKJV).

Numbers 13:30 – I do discern that some people are jaded with God that things aren’t going how they want them to be, and consequently, they don’t have that spiritual fighting vigor for His Name

1 Samuel 2:35 – that entire sentence

Exodus 19:5-6 – if God is working us toward that let us work with Him, toward that in our area of influence

Deut. 32:18 NKJV – cool

Rev. 19:13 NKJV – cool verse, very neat

Proverbs 4:20-22 – let’s partner with the Lord with this verse upon church members -> John 1:3 -> John 6:63 -> Jer. 1:12 -> Eph. 2:10

Psalm 119:130 NKJV – this translation sounds neat, the first sentence

Neh. 8:8 – I like this verse, churches can be like this but there needs to be a deep desire for administrations, to want to see God’s people, spend more time in the Word, for the training of righteousness

Gen. 1:3 – we can outwork that same line in people’s inward lives, with God

John 14:23 – nice thought

Luke 24:15 – “drew near and went with them” – sometimes, we are so disappointed and over-griefed (I’m not talking about Christians persecuting each other on purpose), that we forget that the Lord is with us in our moments, our emotions sways our mindsets but He is there.

Psalm 73:28 – one of the most practical applications to feel the Lord’s inward nearness. For example, I keep reading the Word to whisk spiritual food for His people, since it is for His people, and for spiritual fruitfulness -> you can feel that inward drawing close of the Lord, in these spiritual food preps that I am experiencing, also (James 4:8 and 2 Cor. 6:1 – “workers together with Him”).

Joshua 1:5 NKJV – just an overall good feeling about this verse

Exodus 13:21 – do you know, where He is headed, with the way He leads us?

Gen. 28:16 – “I did not know it” – we often pray for things, ask for stuff from the Lord but we need spiritual recognition for when He answers.

Gal. 5:22-23 – the Fruit of the Spirit (fruitfulness) <- Christlikeness

Acts 2:44 – make sure we aren’t making ourselves in the world, more in common, than having Christ in common

Zech 13:1 – when we come across Christlike characters, being in the presence of Christ within them, will convict us of our past sins and cleanse us from recurrence + increase our spiritual activity with the Holy Spirit.

Matt. 26:39 – 99% of the time, in our mindsets and actions, it is “my will, not your will.” Then we are like, ‘why is this place so messed up?’

Gen. 22:5 – ‘I got to go with my boy somewhere, and go to a worship event, but we’ll be right back.’

Rev. 11:15 NKJV – fascinating translation, have you come across this before? Interesting.  

Gen. 15:5 – God can speak to us, outdoors, let’s make use of that opportunity!

Ezekiel 36:27 – “cause you”

Gen. 22:11 and 1 Samuel 3:10 – saying the person’s name twice. Thought that was cool

John 2:5 – wise instructions, very succinct, yet powerful

Luke 8:15 – “keep it and…………”

Mark 4:14 – there are some legit Christian organizations that gives out Bibles to people who can’t afford them 

Jer. 23:29  NKJV – very intriguing

Hebrews 8:6 – “better”

2 Samuel 23:5 NKJV – “ordered in all things and sure”

1 John 1:7 – an important reflection for everyone

Eph. 5:8 – the time is now not tomorrow to stop practicing sin

Dan. 2:44 – make sure we aren’t doing the opposite to people’s spiritual lives

Matt. 6:33 – are we walking uprightly?

Isaiah 9:6-7 – let’s increase His Divine government upon earth, by partnering with His spiritual goals and fulfill our callings. 

Gen. 1:31 – “God saw everything”

Psalm 72:19 – “let the whole earth be filled with His glory.” – the word let, stands out to me

Isaiah 45:23 – God teaches us to revere Him

Isaiah 66:1 – have you seen His footsteps in your life?

John 12:32 (NKJV) – “if I am lifted up” “-> “draw all peoples to Myself”

1 Cor. 15:24-28 – read that slowly, what stands out?

Eph. 1:9-10 – let’s gather with Him, not scatter

Isaiah 55:1 – this verse comes to mind -> James 3:11-12

Ezekiel 47:9 – Go with Him, wherever He goes

Acts 2:42 – we must make sure of this for congregations. Open up permanent time slots and meeting times at church or other places outdoors, for people to come in and read the Bible and have food together, much like the prayer room time slots. We can’t deviate from this verse. We ought to continue steadfastly.

2 Cor. 13:14 – reading this verse, makes me feel like I just ate the best food on earth. 

Phil. 1:21 – when I dwell upon Jesus, it touches upon my emotions about what this life is about

1 John 1:3 – how we behave can invite others into that fellowship with Christ and God + the Holy Spirit

Isaiah 65:17 – there is more to life than what our outward eyes, masquerades

Ezekiel 37:5-6 – let’s use our breath for His Life

Matt. 28:6 – we walk into places that are death and His life isn’t there

Rev. 1:1 – NKJV version is shocking. Every word, wow wow. Wow. 

Col. 1:9-10 – “His will”

Hab. 2:1 – worth considering

John 14:21 – something that can be a present day reality. Let’s come alive to this. Even having a few people like this gathered in His Name can make a huge spiritual ripple effect. That last sentence is pretty serious 

John 1:14 – beholding his glory, makes me awestruck in who He is

Matt. 16:16-17 – there is a livingness, when more of Christ is unveiled. Just as the Bible says so. It is so.

Isaiah 6:5 – taking what we say seriously and the decisions we make: is that good or bad for God’s people?

Psalm 36:9 (ESV) – very interesting

Numbers 24:4 – interesting 

Luke 4:18 – the anointing can accomplish above the imagination level kind of powers

1 Samuel 6:13 – the ESV version is an interesting take… every word and symbols

Exodus 3:8 – let yourself experience the goodness of Christ, don’t rebel, just yield.

1 Kings 8:27 – give Christ more freedom and liberty in our life choices. We occupy so much of what ought to be His areas to maneuver in vast ways. 

Acts 2:33-36 – “God has made this Jesus” – sounds like using air quotes 

Isaiah 6:1 – the sequence: death, life, people

Matt. 11:25 – ask the Lord what the Bible passages mean -> Luke 24:45

Matt. 6:33 (KJV) and James 4:8 (KJV) – worth thinking about, a dual-perspective 

Isa. 43:19 – “behold” “spring forth” “shall ye not know it?” – finding extremely rare organic spiritual movements from the Lord; if found, people will congregate around the outpouring of His life (Exodus 17:6, John 10:10). They will become obsessed over Him, more and more. They know this is a real life, they know it in their inward life that something of the Lord touched them. They almost can’t believe they found this “springing forth” kind-of-reaction. The vitality of Christ that the scriptures was referring to in the life-giving waters turned out to be real, after all; that Christians who for so long were in a state of inward desertification, have unexplainably felt Christ. We are suppose to be vessels to spring forth His Divine life to others. That is an objective of a real ministry, the way Jesus walked in the Spirit (Gal. 5:25 NIV). A dash of Matt. 24:45-46.

Ex. 15:2 – it is the outworking of the Holy Spirit, when we “realize” the strength of Christ to conduct our everyday life, where for a long time, it was our own strength and things didn’t turn out the way He wanted. So He kept weakening us to give us a spiritual impulse to go with the path of His strength. John 14:20 (NIV) – “you will realize”

2 Cor. 3:17-18 – you see people being freed from the captivity of sin? Keep giving the Lord more freedom, by practicing His Word. 

2 Cor. 10:5 – finishing a service or a gathering from a living church in Christ; somehow, we notice evil areas in our lives are erased more and more (Exodus 29:43 NKJV).

Gal. 2:20 (KJV) – let Him live the Way He Wants to in our life, stop impeding Him.

2 Cor. 5:7 and Eph. 1:18 – Jesus says and does a lot of unpopular things that we humans don’t like but we need to pay attention, when something like that happens, the Pharisees didn’t take that seriously, they just saw it as a normal occurrence. To further this spiritual point, using something that came to mind, as the Final Destination 2 (2003) movie puts it, an “in-your-face kind of irony.” You can’t let those spiritual situations just pass-by, it is something extremely rare and unique that characterizes Jesus in the gospels. So if something or someone is advocating change, ask yourself, why? What is seen that is currently unseen, years later (2 Cor. 4:18)? Like a time traveller from the future, epochally changing the events of eternal history because he or she saw something. The Pharisees missed that. 

Hebrews 3:6 – He has unique missions for all of us to display opportunities of His faithfulness to everyone. There are people who I have met in life, that barely survived Satan’s attacks and manipulations, through God’s use of my very simple obedience to carry out His particular governing objective(s) at a given season (1 Samuel 15:22 and Romans 12:1). Let’s not be picky, just obey what He wants us to do because if we are too selective, it can offset the spiritual course of a specific direction He wants to take for something or someone. The point is that God calls us with a purpose, He has others in mind that are faced with tough situations, and we have to be His actions that derive -> Psalm 18:16-19 (KJV)

Gen. 22:17-18 – “you have obeyed My voice” – we can spiritually impact the cultivation of the seeds that Christ sows. We have that power in Him within our grasp, to put our hands to the spiritual plough and farm. You get to experience His joy unspeakable, everyday, doing that.