"And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
God is love, as we read in 1 John 4:16, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." God shows us this every day and every moment of every day! When we place our faith in God, we can see Him! He's waiting for us with open arms! There is no longer any barrier, so we can actually rest in Him! Practically, this means that we don't have to strive anymore! "Cease striving and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in all the earth" (Psalm 46:10). We can really rest! His love is more than we need, and He is giving Himself for us forever! It's amazing! He is amazing!
God gives us many gifts, including love, joy, peace, patience, faith, hope and love! We can place these gifts in other things, but that doesn't make sense, for they are of Him! "For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen" (Romans 11:36). And also, God is the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit is "love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self control" (Galatians 5:22-23). God designed these gifts to bring us closer to loving Him first and then our neighbors! "Jesus replied, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Out of His overflowing, loving mercies, we love Him more! He is always drawing us into deeper purity with Him. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus with everything that He gives us, the greatest of these being love, 'which binds them all together in perfect unity' (Colossians 3:14).
For so long, I would think that I had to 'get right with God,' but as we can see, He is already right with us! Whatever you think is separating you from Him, God has already made the breakthrough! We just smile back at Him, for His love washes us clean. It's just by childlike faith! We can now celebrate with Him, rather than trying to get to Him. His love is real love, and when He is living in us, everything is made right!
One of the greatest lessons He has been teaching me recently is that in Him, our hunger is made right, and that He alone satisfies! For, have you ever been hungry for something, but you can't tell what it is? You may find yourself walking through the kitchen and eating an apple, or a tomato, carrots, sunflower seeds; everything and anything. Hmm. Still hungry! Then, you might think that it's time for a movie, but movies are never good enough. Or, the next day, you work out but you're still not exactly satisfied. That hunger can only be satisfied in Christ! What is even more amazing, though, is that He is eternal and there is always more faith, hope and love in Him! He is the Living water who quenches our thirst, and the bread of life who truly fills our hearts. We can lavish in His love starting now and lasting on into forever! Plus, there will always be more of Him! Hallelujah!
"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).
Again, just the other day, God led one of my dear friends to write a Bible verse to me in an e-mail: 2 Corinthians 3:18! You can read more about how God led me to this verse countless times in 'Breakthrough 2: God is always making us,' and 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' God is amazing! Truly, He is always loving us! Here is the verse again: "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18; verse 17 is good to include as well!). Something else God led her to write about was God moving us from 'glory to glory.' We read about that in this verse and see that He is always growing us more in His love! Also, His love is sufficient for us and satisfying. It is wonderful! He makes us grow through Him, and He always gives us enough! He is so satisfying! That means that when things are getting 'harder,' He actually has given us just what we need: Him! No matter the circumstance, He is God and He is Loving us! Let's look away from the 'problem,' and fix our eyes on Him! We don't need to rely on us, but on Him. "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight" (Proverbs 3:5-6). God is our strength! His strength is seen so clearly in another verse that God has recently led me to a lot, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7: "For God, who said, "Let light shine our of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." Though we are indeed fragile, He will carry us through in sweet victory, and continually supply us with His love; He is always more than enough! 'We are more than conquerors through him who loves us" (Romans 8:37). He gives us rest in His love, for His love is perfect, atoning, completely healing, amazing, and forever! He is all that we need! That is why this verse makes so much sense: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). Let's let Him breakthrough to our hearts! Let's let Him love on us with all of who He is! Let's fix our eyes on Him in child-like faith and be undone!
Jesus is LORD! He is so good! God is always loving us more than we think! He will always give us more faith, hope and love! God is always talking to each of us! These breakthrough articles are beautiful blessings from Him, given to all of us, so that we can grow in Him more and more, yet there is so much more! Enjoy spending time listening to God in prayer, which is a two-way conversation, and write down what He says! He will tell you specific blessings through Bible verses, images, words, and more, and lift you up glory by glory every moment! He is pouring out His love! How awesome that we can spend time with Him, our God, our Dad! What a beautiful life He has given us: which is Him! We can rejoice in His love forever! He loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen!
Here are the notes and summaries of all the Breakthrough articles. Praise God for His Word to us and for the Holy Spirit, who fills us and gave me what to say! May God bless you with each one, including the ones He tells you, and may you see His face everywhere you go! May you know that He is always with you and just through simple, child-like faith, you are with Him, your God, forever! Hallelujah! All in the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Breakthrough! An Introduction
♥ God loves us so much! He sent His One and only Son to die for us so that we don't have to! He gives us eternal life with Him! All we have to do is receive Him in faith. He is such a gift and our great reward!
♥ God's love for us is so complete. He lacks nothing when He loves us because He actually is LOVE!
♥ Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). It is not by my own effort, forcing myself, learning more, doing anything on my behalf, etc. that I can earn Him. It is a free, beautiful, and peaceful gift from the Creator, so we get to just relax in His Presence like a little child! Thank you God! Hallelujah!
♥ Jesus said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these'" (Matthew 19:14). We receive Him like a little child! It's simply amazing love!
♥ And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn from top to bottom" (Matthew 27:50). The veil has been lifted! We have constant access to God!
♥ "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). His loving Presence in us, guides, comforts, teaches, and provides His perfect peace forever. God is closer to us than we are!
♥ We are always with Him and enter into His Love just like a little child! It's simply amazing love!
God is love! "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them" (1 John 4:16). And He loves us! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:16-17). God gave His One and Only Son for us, so now, through simple, child-like faith in Him, we are saved! There is no longer any separation in Christ! We are One with the Father! He is in love with us, and we can be right with Him, in love with Him - all because of Jesus! Whatever you think is separating you from God right now, God sent Jesus for that! It's all taken care of! Hallelujah! Now we can rejoice in God because in His love, He has broken though to us! He is with us, in us, by the Holy Spirit, and He desires and intimate relationship with us all. Through faith in Jesus, we are right with Him, our Dad! Let's rejoice in Him, starting now and forever! And let us share His love pouring out into others! Hallelujah!
1. Jesus died for all our sins!
♥ Jesus died for all our sins!!!!!!! He is amazing! He is here right now, through His Holy Spirit and available to be in LOVE! (1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19) Seriously, He died for all our sins. So that means that He didn't die for just the big sins, and then we have to work on other ones! Whatever we think 'separates' us from Him, He died for that!
♥ Nothing can separate us from His love! In fact, the veil has been lifted and now we see Him face to face! "But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away" (2 Corinthians 3:16). And, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angles nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39).
♥ Thank God for reminding me of child like faith through these kids and also recently, a very dear friend. What a joy to just rest and enjoy Him! -And that's what we get to do now, and on into forever! Enjoy and praise God!!! How freeing! Whatever 'separates' you from Him, it actually doesn't! He is here, Immanuel, waiting to talk with us and have fun! (Matthew 1:23) He's so fun, and He loves us! He died for us, so that we are free! We are free to laugh and celebrate and dance with Him!
God saved us! That means, through simple, child-like faith in Him, we are saved! So, we don't need to, and can't add anything to do this. How relaxing and beautiful! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). That means even religious tendencies are not the way. Whatever is causing you to feel separated from Him, it is not real! Jesus is real! Through faith in Him, we are set free! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Hallelujah! In Jesus, "We live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring'" (Acts 17:28). In Him, we can dance and sing and rejoice! It's joyful! He wants to bless us with these things! He is freedom! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). Let's celebrate in Him and tell others His Truth! He set us free!
♥ Jesus died for all our sins!!!!!!! He is amazing! He is here right now, through His Holy Spirit and available to be in LOVE! (1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 6:19) Seriously, He died for all our sins. So that means that He didn't die for just the big sins, and then we have to work on other ones! Whatever we think 'separates' us from Him, He died for that!
♥ Nothing can separate us from His love! In fact, the veil has been lifted and now we see Him face to face! "But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away" (2 Corinthians 3:16). And, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angles nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39).
♥ Thank God for reminding me of child like faith through these kids and also recently, a very dear friend. What a joy to just rest and enjoy Him! -And that's what we get to do now, and on into forever! Enjoy and praise God!!! How freeing! Whatever 'separates' you from Him, it actually doesn't! He is here, Immanuel, waiting to talk with us and have fun! (Matthew 1:23) He's so fun, and He loves us! He died for us, so that we are free! We are free to laugh and celebrate and dance with Him!
God saved us! That means, through simple, child-like faith in Him, we are saved! So, we don't need to, and can't add anything to do this. How relaxing and beautiful! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). That means even religious tendencies are not the way. Whatever is causing you to feel separated from Him, it is not real! Jesus is real! Through faith in Him, we are set free! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Hallelujah! In Jesus, "We live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, 'We are his offspring'" (Acts 17:28). In Him, we can dance and sing and rejoice! It's joyful! He wants to bless us with these things! He is freedom! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). Let's celebrate in Him and tell others His Truth! He set us free!
2. God is always making us!
♥ God makes us within the womb with His love and power and might! He pours out His breath into our hearts, minds, souls and bodies. He intimately creates us and knows us, even before we are! How amazing! It is such a miracle to see a new born child! Well, He is still using the same amazing, gentle, and sweet miracle every day of our lives! He makes us new every day!
♥ "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
♥ God makes us within the womb with His love and power and might! He pours out His breath into our hearts, minds, souls and bodies. He intimately creates us and knows us, even before we are! How amazing! It is such a miracle to see a new born child! Well, He is still using the same amazing, gentle, and sweet miracle every day of our lives! He makes us new every day!
♥ "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
♥ God led me 2 Corinthians 3:18 countless times! (More can be seen in 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' and, at the top of this chapter, 'There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!' He is so good and always continues to make us one with Him, in Love!:
- At our favorite beach house, the Liggett's, on the new floorboards
- Senior project
- Verse used in a sermon that weekend
- Letter from a friend
God is always making us, always! His gift to us is really exciting, rejuvenating, relaxing and refreshing! He is those things, and He lives inside of us! "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here" (2 Corinthians 5:17). Since Jesus is infinite, His Holy Spirit filling us, is always good and fresh and new! "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). And, also, we read about His Holy Spirit in us in 2 Corinthians 3:18. "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18). Every time God showed me this verse, including the many times recorded in, 'Breakthrough 11: John 17:20-21; One with the Father!' and in this article chapter, 'There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!', He showed me how much more grace and peace He had given me, and how He had made me more in Him! He is so good! Let's give Him thanks for His goodness and tell others!
3. God is everywhere
♥ Our God and Dad is everywhere! He is right here with us! And wherever we go, He will always be with us! "If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast" (Psalm 139:9-10).
♥ "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory" (Psalm 73:23-24). Plus, we learn from Jesus, that after His resurrection, through faith we have the Holy Spirit in us! We have God, the Holy Spirit, in us!!! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor and Spirit of Truth to describe Him).
♥ God is awesome! This means that we don't have to go to any physical place to worship Him, and be with Him (see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'), but also that we don't have to go to any spiritual place to be with Him! He's always with us, by His Spirit! Hallelujah!
♥ This comes in handy because you might think like I used to, even up until a few days ago, and have to 'get-right' with God by thinking of Him in a certain 'place' or way! (Again, see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'! We are already right with God!!!) Well, now, since we are already with God, Him in us and us in Him, we can relax and enjoy Him! Yay!
Since God is everywhere and through simple, child-like faith, lives in us by His Holy Spirit, we don't have to find Him. He is already here! God is so good! Hallelujah! That means that all that energy we could have used to know where He was (He is right with us!), can instead be used to enjoy Him! Also, He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit! There is always way more than enough! His love is always for us, forever! So, He can freely pour out into our lives, and also overflow into others around us, so they receive Him through child-like faith as well! Hallelujah, God is good!!! See, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' for even more of His love! He is always LOVE!
♥ Our God and Dad is everywhere! He is right here with us! And wherever we go, He will always be with us! "If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast" (Psalm 139:9-10).
♥ "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory" (Psalm 73:23-24). Plus, we learn from Jesus, that after His resurrection, through faith we have the Holy Spirit in us! We have God, the Holy Spirit, in us!!! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor and Spirit of Truth to describe Him).
♥ God is awesome! This means that we don't have to go to any physical place to worship Him, and be with Him (see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'), but also that we don't have to go to any spiritual place to be with Him! He's always with us, by His Spirit! Hallelujah!
♥ This comes in handy because you might think like I used to, even up until a few days ago, and have to 'get-right' with God by thinking of Him in a certain 'place' or way! (Again, see, 'Breakthrough: An Introduction'! We are already right with God!!!) Well, now, since we are already with God, Him in us and us in Him, we can relax and enjoy Him! Yay!
Since God is everywhere and through simple, child-like faith, lives in us by His Holy Spirit, we don't have to find Him. He is already here! God is so good! Hallelujah! That means that all that energy we could have used to know where He was (He is right with us!), can instead be used to enjoy Him! Also, He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit! There is always way more than enough! His love is always for us, forever! So, He can freely pour out into our lives, and also overflow into others around us, so they receive Him through child-like faith as well! Hallelujah, God is good!!! See, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' for even more of His love! He is always LOVE!
4. His gift in hardships
♥ "Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God" (Mark 10:27). God gives us everything we need in Him! He is our Life. For Jesus also said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God always helps us. He is always with us, guiding us and comforting us with His Holy Spirit (John 16:5-15; Jeremiah 8:18). No matter what we are going through, God is with us! Always! Even His name, Immanuel, means "God with us." (Matthew 1:23) This is His gift to us in hardships; that He is always with us!
♥ "For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith" (1 John 4:16).
♥ God, our Dad is always with us, so whenever we face any trials, we can be joyful that He is right with us, and we are right with Him through faith in His Son. (See also 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'!) Hard things do come from this world, but they will pass away. But He will be with us in Love and comforting us forever, for He has the Victory already! Hallelujah Daddy!!!!!!
God has the victory! In Him, we are more than conquerors! We can take comfort knowing that God is always with us, always! And we can remember that this world will pass away, but He is God and LOVE forever!!! "For this world in its present form is passing away." And, "The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 146:10). Praise Him, for He is our reward and great comforter! He is always with us in LOVE! "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:35-39).
♥ "Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God" (Mark 10:27). God gives us everything we need in Him! He is our Life. For Jesus also said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God always helps us. He is always with us, guiding us and comforting us with His Holy Spirit (John 16:5-15; Jeremiah 8:18). No matter what we are going through, God is with us! Always! Even His name, Immanuel, means "God with us." (Matthew 1:23) This is His gift to us in hardships; that He is always with us!
♥ "For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith" (1 John 4:16).
♥ God, our Dad is always with us, so whenever we face any trials, we can be joyful that He is right with us, and we are right with Him through faith in His Son. (See also 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'!) Hard things do come from this world, but they will pass away. But He will be with us in Love and comforting us forever, for He has the Victory already! Hallelujah Daddy!!!!!!
God has the victory! In Him, we are more than conquerors! We can take comfort knowing that God is always with us, always! And we can remember that this world will pass away, but He is God and LOVE forever!!! "For this world in its present form is passing away." And, "The LORD reigns forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the LORD" (Psalm 146:10). Praise Him, for He is our reward and great comforter! He is always with us in LOVE! "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered." No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:35-39).
5. God is our Teacher, Friend, Brother and Everything!
♥ God is good! And He is our Teacher, best Friend and Brother! How amazing that He is our God, and also our Teacher, Friend and Brother! And He is much more, like the great comforter, the Holy Spirit in us! He is God in us! (John 16:5-15). For we read, "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
♥ This is one of my favorites; He is our Daddy! We learn this in Romans 8:15, "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba Father.'"
♥ God is AMAZING! He is everything to us!
♥ God led me to write this breakthrough mainly because of how He is our Teacher! He is actually our only Teacher! He led me to this verse one day a few weeks ago. "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you only have one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:8-12).
♥ So there is so much here! In fact, He is the Teacher, so let's ask Him to reveal Himself and the Life He is to us! Every time we read the Bible, or actually do anything, let's pray that the Holy Spirit in us guides us to what He would like us to hear and do and see! Amen!
♥ More and more often, God has been telling me of miracles happening and people being healed in Jesus' Name (that is because He alone has the power to do so! Hallelujah!!!!!!!)! All over the world, people are being cured of aids, cancer, and of all sorts of various diseases! The blind are receiving sight, the lame are now walking and the dead are being raised! It's really happening, and it's all in Jesus' Name! Praise God!!!!!!! This is because He is the One True God!!! (See, 'Rainbows'! And, it is important to note, too, that we love God, not the miracles, or Him for the miracles! He is who we are made for and He completes us. It would be like a wife getting a gift from her husband. She would not love the gift more than him! That would be silly! God is the One whom we are made for! He is LOVE (1 John 4:16; Acts 17:28; John 17:21)!).)
♥ As I was hearing/ seeing all these amazing miracles, of blind people receiving their sight, the lame walking, and my friends being healed, I prayed that God would work through me too! For God said, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22). It is so simple, because God is doing the healing! That is just His loving nature! Well, for some reason I thought I still needed to learn something, and began asking people for tips on healing. When I really started looking into it, that's when God lead me right to this verse! What a blessing! No one else can teach me about Him! And I don't need to go to anyone to learn more about His gifts! If I would like to learn about Jesus, a real person (actually, the most real person ever), then I should ask Him, for He is actually Truth! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God taught me that it is Him doing the work, and we just ask!
♥ Again, this is like a wife desiring to know about her husband and asking all his brothers and sisters about him. She would of course get some information, both good and bad, probably, but it wouldn't be complete! Of course she would desire to ask and talk with her husband first! He would tell her in a heartbeat about his character, and then talk and talk about how much he loves her! And He would probably keep going on and on all day on that last part too! Well, thank you God!
♥ Also, it is awesome to go to friends and counselors, for God made them!!!, but we should always go to Him first! This is the same with learning with friends. It is like a classroom. God is the only teacher and everyone else is a student! We can ask other students about what God taught us, and study with them, and learn some more, but when we hear something new, we should not just go to ourselves and see if it's right, but we should always go back and ask the Teacher, our Dad! He will tell us and He will also delight in talking with us! (Even with this, just ask Dad about it!) Let's learn about Him through His Word, recorded in the Bible and pray with Him all day! -Prayer is a two-way conversation with God! He has so much to say, so let's just listen!
♥ Praise God for who He is! He is our best Friend, Teacher, Brother, Daddy and our first LOVE! Let's go to Him first, and enjoy Him now and forever! Hallelujah!
God is everything to us! He is the supremacy in everything, and is our first LOVE, teacher, brother, friend, counsellor; He is our God! He is so amazing! He is all we need and more! "And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy" (Colossians 1:18; See also, 1 John 4:19; Revelation 2:4). He made us for Him! (Genesis 1:27; 2:7; Romans 8:29-39). Let's have child-like faith in Him then! (Matthew 19:14) Also, whenever we have any questions, let's go to Him first, for He loves us and will talk with us! It's all about a relationship with Him! (John 14:6) Jesus is actually what it means to be human, so He is a good person to talk with! God will do many miracles, and teach through many people, but let's always go back to Him, and His Word to check what is said! Even here, let's ask God about all of this! He is our teacher, friend, brother, everything and more! He is our God! He is LOVE! (1 John 4:16) Let's praise Him and tell others!
♥ God is good! And He is our Teacher, best Friend and Brother! How amazing that He is our God, and also our Teacher, Friend and Brother! And He is much more, like the great comforter, the Holy Spirit in us! He is God in us! (John 16:5-15). For we read, "Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies" (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
♥ This is one of my favorites; He is our Daddy! We learn this in Romans 8:15, "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, 'Abba Father.'"
♥ God is AMAZING! He is everything to us!
♥ God led me to write this breakthrough mainly because of how He is our Teacher! He is actually our only Teacher! He led me to this verse one day a few weeks ago. "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you only have one Master and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ. The greatest among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted" (Matthew 23:8-12).
♥ So there is so much here! In fact, He is the Teacher, so let's ask Him to reveal Himself and the Life He is to us! Every time we read the Bible, or actually do anything, let's pray that the Holy Spirit in us guides us to what He would like us to hear and do and see! Amen!
♥ More and more often, God has been telling me of miracles happening and people being healed in Jesus' Name (that is because He alone has the power to do so! Hallelujah!!!!!!!)! All over the world, people are being cured of aids, cancer, and of all sorts of various diseases! The blind are receiving sight, the lame are now walking and the dead are being raised! It's really happening, and it's all in Jesus' Name! Praise God!!!!!!! This is because He is the One True God!!! (See, 'Rainbows'! And, it is important to note, too, that we love God, not the miracles, or Him for the miracles! He is who we are made for and He completes us. It would be like a wife getting a gift from her husband. She would not love the gift more than him! That would be silly! God is the One whom we are made for! He is LOVE (1 John 4:16; Acts 17:28; John 17:21)!).)
♥ As I was hearing/ seeing all these amazing miracles, of blind people receiving their sight, the lame walking, and my friends being healed, I prayed that God would work through me too! For God said, "If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22). It is so simple, because God is doing the healing! That is just His loving nature! Well, for some reason I thought I still needed to learn something, and began asking people for tips on healing. When I really started looking into it, that's when God lead me right to this verse! What a blessing! No one else can teach me about Him! And I don't need to go to anyone to learn more about His gifts! If I would like to learn about Jesus, a real person (actually, the most real person ever), then I should ask Him, for He is actually Truth! Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). God taught me that it is Him doing the work, and we just ask!
♥ Again, this is like a wife desiring to know about her husband and asking all his brothers and sisters about him. She would of course get some information, both good and bad, probably, but it wouldn't be complete! Of course she would desire to ask and talk with her husband first! He would tell her in a heartbeat about his character, and then talk and talk about how much he loves her! And He would probably keep going on and on all day on that last part too! Well, thank you God!
♥ Also, it is awesome to go to friends and counselors, for God made them!!!, but we should always go to Him first! This is the same with learning with friends. It is like a classroom. God is the only teacher and everyone else is a student! We can ask other students about what God taught us, and study with them, and learn some more, but when we hear something new, we should not just go to ourselves and see if it's right, but we should always go back and ask the Teacher, our Dad! He will tell us and He will also delight in talking with us! (Even with this, just ask Dad about it!) Let's learn about Him through His Word, recorded in the Bible and pray with Him all day! -Prayer is a two-way conversation with God! He has so much to say, so let's just listen!
♥ Praise God for who He is! He is our best Friend, Teacher, Brother, Daddy and our first LOVE! Let's go to Him first, and enjoy Him now and forever! Hallelujah!
God is everything to us! He is the supremacy in everything, and is our first LOVE, teacher, brother, friend, counsellor; He is our God! He is so amazing! He is all we need and more! "And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy" (Colossians 1:18; See also, 1 John 4:19; Revelation 2:4). He made us for Him! (Genesis 1:27; 2:7; Romans 8:29-39). Let's have child-like faith in Him then! (Matthew 19:14) Also, whenever we have any questions, let's go to Him first, for He loves us and will talk with us! It's all about a relationship with Him! (John 14:6) Jesus is actually what it means to be human, so He is a good person to talk with! God will do many miracles, and teach through many people, but let's always go back to Him, and His Word to check what is said! Even here, let's ask God about all of this! He is our teacher, friend, brother, everything and more! He is our God! He is LOVE! (1 John 4:16) Let's praise Him and tell others!
6. He lifts up our head
♥ "The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting: "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!" Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt" (John 12:12-15).
♥ Today is Palm Sunday! Praise God for sending us His Son Jesus! He came to us, and died for us, and then rose again, giving us life with Him forever! How refreshing! Palm branches a truly a great symbol of this refreshing, lush, joyful celebration! In the time, palm branches were used to represent victory and grace. And how remarkable, for Jesus was indeed walking in grace and an already victory! For, He already had a victory on the cross and even now, He already has victory for those who just believe in Him! With just childlike faith, He sets us in His lap with Him forever! Hallelujah! It is true that we can celebrate!
♥ He is a loving, kind Savior! Truly, we see this in the gospels and in the Bible! He is so gentle. In fact, it is written about Him, "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope" (Matthew 12:20-21; quoting from the prophecy in Isaiah 42:3-4!). He is so gentle and kind! When we fall short and mess up, He is not there to be mad, He is so gentle and loves us! Look into His eyes! He loves you! He will not even break a bruised reed, He is so gentle! He wants to laugh with you and sing and dance with you!
♥ "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning it's shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and loose heart" (Hebrews 12:1-3). Jesus did it for us! Hallelujah! So, we are set free! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hosanna is right!
♥ Consider Him riding along and not breaking a single palm branch! What a beautiful Palm Sunday, today and every day! Let's celebrate Him in our hearts! Let's let Him love through us to everyone around us and together sing, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!"
♥ "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high." Jesus lifts up our heads! He is God, and He is always saving us! He sets us free indeed! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36).
♥ He saved us! This is His continual message to us! Right after He rode into Jerusalem on the young donkey, walking on the beautiful palm branches, He said this, "But I , when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32).
♥ We see that He lifts up our heads to Him! We are looking to Him! Hallelujah! As we look to God, we have complete freedom and peace and joy!
♥ For so long, I've felt, 'o Lord, I'm not worthy and am silly, then I put my head down!' Well, even though it was well intended, that was actually false humility, which says I'm bad . . . plus it's not fun at all! That is the old attitude of thinking He is going to be upset, but He's not; He's in love with us!!!
♥ Real humility then is not thinking we're bad, but looking to Jesus in everything! Without Him we are nothing, and with Him we are saved! Remember, He saved us!!! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)
♥ We cannot lift up our heads ourselves; He lifts our heads!
♥ "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."" (Romans 8:15).
In Christ we are set free! All we need is simple, child-like faith and we are with Him forever in love, beauty, peace, and victory, which is Him! Therefore, in His freedom, He lifts up our heads! As we look to Him, and gaze into His amazing eyes, we are free to live and move and have our being! (Acts 17:28; Hebrews 12) We are free to sing and dance and live and praise Him, for His freedom is a gift! It cannot be earned, but is given to us by Jesus, God's One and Only Son! Let's let Him live in us by faith, in the Holy Spirit! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). He is so refreshing! He is gentle! He is LOVE! Let's let Him tell others through us, and refresh them with His gentle, amazing LOVE!
♥ "The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting: "Hosanna!" "Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!" Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written, "Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt" (John 12:12-15).
♥ Today is Palm Sunday! Praise God for sending us His Son Jesus! He came to us, and died for us, and then rose again, giving us life with Him forever! How refreshing! Palm branches a truly a great symbol of this refreshing, lush, joyful celebration! In the time, palm branches were used to represent victory and grace. And how remarkable, for Jesus was indeed walking in grace and an already victory! For, He already had a victory on the cross and even now, He already has victory for those who just believe in Him! With just childlike faith, He sets us in His lap with Him forever! Hallelujah! It is true that we can celebrate!
♥ He is a loving, kind Savior! Truly, we see this in the gospels and in the Bible! He is so gentle. In fact, it is written about Him, "A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he has brought justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope" (Matthew 12:20-21; quoting from the prophecy in Isaiah 42:3-4!). He is so gentle and kind! When we fall short and mess up, He is not there to be mad, He is so gentle and loves us! Look into His eyes! He loves you! He will not even break a bruised reed, He is so gentle! He wants to laugh with you and sing and dance with you!
♥ "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning it's shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Consider him who endured such opposition from sinful men, so that you will not grow weary and loose heart" (Hebrews 12:1-3). Jesus did it for us! Hallelujah! So, we are set free! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hosanna is right!
♥ Consider Him riding along and not breaking a single palm branch! What a beautiful Palm Sunday, today and every day! Let's celebrate Him in our hearts! Let's let Him love through us to everyone around us and together sing, "Hosanna!" "Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!" "Blessed is the King of Israel!"
♥ "I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high." Jesus lifts up our heads! He is God, and He is always saving us! He sets us free indeed! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36).
♥ He saved us! This is His continual message to us! Right after He rode into Jerusalem on the young donkey, walking on the beautiful palm branches, He said this, "But I , when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself" (John 12:32).
♥ We see that He lifts up our heads to Him! We are looking to Him! Hallelujah! As we look to God, we have complete freedom and peace and joy!
♥ For so long, I've felt, 'o Lord, I'm not worthy and am silly, then I put my head down!' Well, even though it was well intended, that was actually false humility, which says I'm bad . . . plus it's not fun at all! That is the old attitude of thinking He is going to be upset, but He's not; He's in love with us!!!
♥ Real humility then is not thinking we're bad, but looking to Jesus in everything! Without Him we are nothing, and with Him we are saved! Remember, He saved us!!! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)
♥ We cannot lift up our heads ourselves; He lifts our heads!
♥ "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."" (Romans 8:15).
In Christ we are set free! All we need is simple, child-like faith and we are with Him forever in love, beauty, peace, and victory, which is Him! Therefore, in His freedom, He lifts up our heads! As we look to Him, and gaze into His amazing eyes, we are free to live and move and have our being! (Acts 17:28; Hebrews 12) We are free to sing and dance and live and praise Him, for His freedom is a gift! It cannot be earned, but is given to us by Jesus, God's One and Only Son! Let's let Him live in us by faith, in the Holy Spirit! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom" (2 Corinthians 3:17). He is so refreshing! He is gentle! He is LOVE! Let's let Him tell others through us, and refresh them with His gentle, amazing LOVE!
7. Jesus is the perfect sacrifice!
♥ He is the Lion and the Lamb! He is perfect, without blemish, and yet He died for us, conquering sin and death forever, so that we could be set free to Life with Him forever! Hallelujah! "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29); And, "Then one of the elders said to me, 'Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth." (Revelation 5:5-6; speaking of Jesus!). He is amazing! He is so strong and yet so gentle and in love with us. His love never fails, but He tenderly cares for infants and us.
♥ Jesus really saved us! He is the One True God! How amazing and how free we are in Him! Plus, this freedom does not just start when we get to heaven! It starts the moment we place our faith in Him! That's all it takes. We have heard this verse a lot, but it is so true! Let's read it with new eyes and open hearts! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him" (John 3:16-17). Praise Him!
♥ The reason that God led me to write this specific breakthrough is because I have often felt that I need to continue sacrificing for Him! It's fun to dedicate time to Him, and honor Him, but I'm talking about, thinking I need to appease Him; like I need to do this or that. Well, Jesus has already done it! He said on the cross just before He gave His life for us, "It is finished" (John 19:30). Jesus is the perfect sacrifice and we can not add to His perfect work! This is good news for it is so hard! He raised to Life again, so it just shows His authority here! Instead, we can enjoy Him! Yes! We can enjoy our God and Dad! "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15; Abba in aramaic means, 'Daddy!')
♥ Listen to His Word, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). We can't earn Him back by saying thanks! Saying thanks is not earning it! Instead, we just enjoy Him and say thanks! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! It's really fun!
♥ When you think you are not thanking Him enough, or whatever you think is not right, it's just worrying! Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matthew 6:25). It's all about enjoying Dad! Hallelujah! Let's praise Him freely!
♥ Jesus said, "let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14).
♥ Jesus set us free! See, it is so simple, and also there is so much meaning behind what He did for us! We should not be weighed down by all of this information, thinking we have to add to His perfect work, but rather look at Him and praise Him for taking care of it all!
Jesus is the perfect sacrifice! Everything He did was perfect and complete! (John 19:30) That means that we can enjoy Him and give Him the glory! We can't add to His work, we thank Him for it and tell others about it! It is relaxing and fun to be in Him! He said to us, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). God loves us all the time - and from all eternity! Even when we were still sinners, God loved us, so we are secure in Him! "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). We rest in His perfect Jesus forever LOVE! Let's rejoice in Him, in His love, and He will flow out to our neighbors!
♥ He is the Lion and the Lamb! He is perfect, without blemish, and yet He died for us, conquering sin and death forever, so that we could be set free to Life with Him forever! Hallelujah! "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29); And, "Then one of the elders said to me, 'Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals." Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth." (Revelation 5:5-6; speaking of Jesus!). He is amazing! He is so strong and yet so gentle and in love with us. His love never fails, but He tenderly cares for infants and us.
♥ Jesus really saved us! He is the One True God! How amazing and how free we are in Him! Plus, this freedom does not just start when we get to heaven! It starts the moment we place our faith in Him! That's all it takes. We have heard this verse a lot, but it is so true! Let's read it with new eyes and open hearts! "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him" (John 3:16-17). Praise Him!
♥ The reason that God led me to write this specific breakthrough is because I have often felt that I need to continue sacrificing for Him! It's fun to dedicate time to Him, and honor Him, but I'm talking about, thinking I need to appease Him; like I need to do this or that. Well, Jesus has already done it! He said on the cross just before He gave His life for us, "It is finished" (John 19:30). Jesus is the perfect sacrifice and we can not add to His perfect work! This is good news for it is so hard! He raised to Life again, so it just shows His authority here! Instead, we can enjoy Him! Yes! We can enjoy our God and Dad! "The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by Him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15; Abba in aramaic means, 'Daddy!')
♥ Listen to His Word, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). We can't earn Him back by saying thanks! Saying thanks is not earning it! Instead, we just enjoy Him and say thanks! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! It's really fun!
♥ When you think you are not thanking Him enough, or whatever you think is not right, it's just worrying! Jesus said, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more than clothes?" (Matthew 6:25). It's all about enjoying Dad! Hallelujah! Let's praise Him freely!
♥ Jesus said, "let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these" (Matthew 19:14).
♥ Jesus set us free! See, it is so simple, and also there is so much meaning behind what He did for us! We should not be weighed down by all of this information, thinking we have to add to His perfect work, but rather look at Him and praise Him for taking care of it all!
Jesus is the perfect sacrifice! Everything He did was perfect and complete! (John 19:30) That means that we can enjoy Him and give Him the glory! We can't add to His work, we thank Him for it and tell others about it! It is relaxing and fun to be in Him! He said to us, "But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners" (Matthew 9:13). God loves us all the time - and from all eternity! Even when we were still sinners, God loved us, so we are secure in Him! "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). We rest in His perfect Jesus forever LOVE! Let's rejoice in Him, in His love, and He will flow out to our neighbors!
8. Praise to You Jesus! We are already with You!
♥ 'Jesus is awesome!' a homeless boy exclaimed as He held up his sign, 'Jesus is LORD!' Yes! That is the best sign I have ever seen! Indeed, Jesus is awesome! Thank you God!
Praising God is so delightful! This kid had it right! Jesus is awesome! We cannot say it enough! He is so loving, kind, big and warm and peaceful! He is everything to us! We read all over the Bible about how good He is, and see His love in nature. We see His heart in people, as they help each other and look to Him!
♥ Why don't we praise Him then all the time all day!? This kid had it right, because He was celebrating! And He was celebrating because God is here! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And also, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to be in us after He went to heaven! He said, "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!)
♥ Well, because of that fact, that God is with us right now, and all we have to do is have faith, we can rejoice! Hallelujah, which means, Praise the LORD! He sets us free to sing and dance and move and live! We are freeeeee! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Let's praise Him!
♥ For so long, though, I've incorrectly thought that I praise God to get to Him! Like, I praise Him and think of Him (See also, 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'), to be with Him more. Or, I think, if I sinned, then I have to praise Him to get right with Him again. Well as you probably realized, these ideas are wrong! He sets us free!
♥ On the cross, Jesus paid for our sins once and for all! He died for us so that we don't have to! It's finished! As He said on the cross before giving up His Spirit, "It is finished" (John 19:30). After that, three days later, He defeated sin and death forever! Through faith in Him, we are set free to be with Him; in love peace, joy, freedom, forever! Hallelujah! "It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:16). God showed us His mercy by sacrificing His Son! And He raised Him to life, and through faith in Him, we are also alive! Wow! Praise Him! So, we don't need, and can't add anything to that. It's finished! Hallelujah! When we are praising God, it is not to enter into His Presence. We are already in His Presence! (See, 'Breakthrough! An Introduction'). As we praise Him, we can become more and more aware of His Presence, but we are actually not getting closer ourselves! So, when we worship and praise Him, it's more like, 'Hi!' He is right here! Let's worship Him!
♥ So worship and praise and thanks are so fun! Why are they fun? Well, because we are hanging out with our Dad, our God, the creator of the universe! (Romans 8:15) He is so cool! And He is love! He is so good and nice and friendly!
♥ When we hang out with Him we realize that He is smiling with us and singing over us! He is welcoming us to dance with Him! Did you know that, that God can dance with you! You never have to dance alone! He dances with you! Just check this verse out, "The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).
♥ "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near" (Philippians 4:4-5).
♥ Since God sets us free, we are free to dance, laugh, and play! Just look at Him! Look into His eyes! He loves you! Do you feel like dancing!
♥ When we worship God and praise Him, it is with everything that we are! We engage everything He gave us with Him!
♥ Praise Praise Praise to you God, for we are already with You! You set us free God!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!! I love You Jesus!!! JESUS YOU ARE SO AWESOME INDEED!!!! I'm so glad Your with me right now, and I love praising you all day! It is so fun to praise You, my God and Dad!
Hallelujah! Jesus is awesome! We get to rejoice in Him all day long! "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness" (Psalm 89:15-16). In Christ, we are blessed! We get to enjoy Him all the time! Praise is not to get to God; God is already with us! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And by faith, He lives in us by His Holy Spirit! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!) Let's praise Jesus who is LORD! And let's gladly tell others that it is a His gift to us! He gave us His Son, so that we can be free to worship Him!
♥ 'Jesus is awesome!' a homeless boy exclaimed as He held up his sign, 'Jesus is LORD!' Yes! That is the best sign I have ever seen! Indeed, Jesus is awesome! Thank you God!
Praising God is so delightful! This kid had it right! Jesus is awesome! We cannot say it enough! He is so loving, kind, big and warm and peaceful! He is everything to us! We read all over the Bible about how good He is, and see His love in nature. We see His heart in people, as they help each other and look to Him!
♥ Why don't we praise Him then all the time all day!? This kid had it right, because He was celebrating! And He was celebrating because God is here! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And also, Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to be in us after He went to heaven! He said, "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!)
♥ Well, because of that fact, that God is with us right now, and all we have to do is have faith, we can rejoice! Hallelujah, which means, Praise the LORD! He sets us free to sing and dance and move and live! We are freeeeee! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Let's praise Him!
♥ For so long, though, I've incorrectly thought that I praise God to get to Him! Like, I praise Him and think of Him (See also, 'Breakthrough 3: God is everywhere'), to be with Him more. Or, I think, if I sinned, then I have to praise Him to get right with Him again. Well as you probably realized, these ideas are wrong! He sets us free!
♥ On the cross, Jesus paid for our sins once and for all! He died for us so that we don't have to! It's finished! As He said on the cross before giving up His Spirit, "It is finished" (John 19:30). After that, three days later, He defeated sin and death forever! Through faith in Him, we are set free to be with Him; in love peace, joy, freedom, forever! Hallelujah! "It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy" (Romans 9:16). God showed us His mercy by sacrificing His Son! And He raised Him to life, and through faith in Him, we are also alive! Wow! Praise Him! So, we don't need, and can't add anything to that. It's finished! Hallelujah! When we are praising God, it is not to enter into His Presence. We are already in His Presence! (See, 'Breakthrough! An Introduction'). As we praise Him, we can become more and more aware of His Presence, but we are actually not getting closer ourselves! So, when we worship and praise Him, it's more like, 'Hi!' He is right here! Let's worship Him!
♥ So worship and praise and thanks are so fun! Why are they fun? Well, because we are hanging out with our Dad, our God, the creator of the universe! (Romans 8:15) He is so cool! And He is love! He is so good and nice and friendly!
♥ When we hang out with Him we realize that He is smiling with us and singing over us! He is welcoming us to dance with Him! Did you know that, that God can dance with you! You never have to dance alone! He dances with you! Just check this verse out, "The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but rejoice over you with singing" (Zephaniah 3:17).
♥ "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near" (Philippians 4:4-5).
♥ Since God sets us free, we are free to dance, laugh, and play! Just look at Him! Look into His eyes! He loves you! Do you feel like dancing!
♥ When we worship God and praise Him, it is with everything that we are! We engage everything He gave us with Him!
♥ Praise Praise Praise to you God, for we are already with You! You set us free God!!! Hallelujah!!!!!!! I love You Jesus!!! JESUS YOU ARE SO AWESOME INDEED!!!! I'm so glad Your with me right now, and I love praising you all day! It is so fun to praise You, my God and Dad!
Hallelujah! Jesus is awesome! We get to rejoice in Him all day long! "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you, who walk in the light of your presence, LORD. They rejoice in your name all day long; they celebrate your righteousness" (Psalm 89:15-16). In Christ, we are blessed! We get to enjoy Him all the time! Praise is not to get to God; God is already with us! "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means "God with us")" (Matthew 1:23). And by faith, He lives in us by His Holy Spirit! "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you" (John 16:5-7; Jesus says Counselor here to refer to the Holy Spirit!) Let's praise Jesus who is LORD! And let's gladly tell others that it is a His gift to us! He gave us His Son, so that we can be free to worship Him!
9. Being made in the image of God!
♥ God is good! He is so good! Everything He does is true and loving and pure and blameless! He is everything we need and more! He invites us all to be with Him and enjoy Him now and forever. And He is infinitely good! He is smiling over us right now!
♥ God is so good for so many reasons! Plus, since He is infinite, there are probably an infinite amount of reasons that He is good! Just one of these is how He made us in His image!
♥ We are made in the image of God!!! "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). How amazing is He; this is incredible!!! And since He is infinitely good, that means that there is probably an infinite amount of reasons that we are made in His image! We can enjoy learning more about this and everything about Him forever! Hallelujah!
♥ There are many reasons that we are made in His image, but God put on my heart several very important practical ones. First, we are made in God's image! Wow! It does not say, in the world's image or something else! We are made in the image of God! Thank you God! This means that we have our identity in Him! For when we have just childlike faith in Jesus, then He takes our place! Plus, we read, "So in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith, for all of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:26-29). We also read that Abraham's seed is through faith! God is so amazing! We are now in Him through faith! We are made in His image, and through faith, we have our identity in Him forever! Hallelujah!
♥ Praise God for being so good! Jesus also said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor" (Luke 4:18-19). He came to set us free! He came to help us realize our identity in Him! He reminds us that we are made in His image and sets us free to be with Him!
♥ God led me to write this breakthrough to help people know that He has set people free from some very common lies! I've always had trouble with religiosity, and recently have been set free by God! I don't know really how this happened, all I know is that I was blind, but now I see! God did the miracle! Praise God! He is so good! Well, God led me to realize that other people are in 'bondage' to other lies that the world tells them. These sounds heavy, but they are not. They actually have no weight! They are not real! Jesus is real! He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Jesus is Life and Truth and the Way! Praise Him! Therefore, everything else is not real! He is Truth! So, He led me to talk about these lies! To talk about depression, not true!, anxiety, or any other bad feelings, they are not true!; troubles with sexual identity and addictions, like alcoholism or drugs or any addiction - they are not real! If we are made in the image of God, and we are my dear friends, then we cannot be an 'alcoholic.' That's not real! It's not true! Just think about it! We are made in the image of God! Our identity is not in this world, as an alcoholic or whatever it is telling us - a lie, but we are made in God's image! We are completely free right now for God paid the price for freedom over 2000 years ago! And He will take away all the chemical dependency right away! It usually goes away within a week, and then from then on it's psychological. Truly, He takes all that away! Right now, whatever you are dealing with that separates you from God, it is a lie and it's not real! You are free in Christ! He died for that! You are freeeeeeeeeeeeee! We are all free in Jesus, who is Truth and Life and the Way! He is real!
♥ Praise God! Well, let's think about this more! God revealed to me some important light on all of this. He led me a while back to read through the Gospel according to John. I was just delighted reading through it and learning more about God! It was wonderful! After reading though it, then God led me again, to read this section in John 9-10:18, about the man born blind that Jesus healed. At the time, I was just blown away - because God always teaches us new, and fresh things through His Word! I was not expecting, though, to be even more blown away by the lessons that God would teach me from this. Let's read the Scripture, and then Praise God for the lessons that He is about to reveal to us from it! He is alive and active! He is amazing! I'm very excited to share this- it is all form Him! He sets us free! So let's carefully and joyfully read! (See John 9-10 in the article here!)
♥ Jesus and the Holy Spirit writing through John referred to this man as a man, not as a blind man! Do we see? Is God letting us see? We are made in the image of God! He made us, male and female! Right away, God see's this man as aman who was born blind, but he is never a blind man to God. Same with us! Even if things have been against us from an early age, it is not who we are! We are God's! We are made in His image! Hallelujah!
♥ We belong to Him! Nothing can separate us from God and His love for us! "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). We belong to God and He made us! He made us in His image, and heals us now! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
♥ "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12; which remember don't really have any weight, they just lie that they do! Only Jesus is truth! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)). Well, it's a good thing that it is the LORD's battle then, and not ours! And it is already won! He already has the victory! In Him, we are healed right now!
♥ As we see here, though, the world continues to lie against us! Wow! That is blindness, and the type of blindness that Jesus talks about in verse 9:41. We must know that now we are healed in Jesus, but expect that many people will be influenced by the world and not believe it! They will say that we are still 'blind,' or not give glory to God! But we are not against them, though, as we read above; it is the world that has caused this division. So, let's always love them, and pray that God has us all see!
♥ Another interesting part about people being blinded to seeing God's healing in our lives, is that it may even be us at some point! We can think later, 'am I actually healed!' Our struggle is not against ourselves, though! We are the LORD's! We are made in His image. We can't fight ourselves, and we are already healed-not by our strength, but by His!
♥ Jesus simply healed this man.
♥ We don't need to understand how God heals us, He just does, for He desires for us to be the people He made us to be! He says, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life" (3). Jesus wants to reveal the work of God in our lives - the work of God of who He made us to be - without the lies of the world! He wants to show the world how He is the light of the world, and people see in Him! (3) He brings us life and light and makes us really who we were made to be - reflections of Him - made in His image! Also, the man did not know how he was healed, so the man said, "One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!" (25). We can give the same answers that this man did, and we will get to explain that Jesus did it! It's so simple! That is the important part! Jesus is awesome!
♥ We are made in His image! There is not such thing as an an 'alcoholic' or a 'blind man!' Rather, there are people made in the image of God, who have been attacked by alcoholism, and blindness! Praise God for Him coming to set the captives free!!! "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor"
♥ We have all heard of the expression, seeing is believing, but here from Jesus, we learn, 'believing in Jesus is seeing!' So, just by believing in Jesus, He makes us see! Praise Him!!!!!!! He sets us freeeeee!
♥ God is good! He is so good! Everything He does is true and loving and pure and blameless! He is everything we need and more! He invites us all to be with Him and enjoy Him now and forever. And He is infinitely good! He is smiling over us right now!
♥ God is so good for so many reasons! Plus, since He is infinite, there are probably an infinite amount of reasons that He is good! Just one of these is how He made us in His image!
♥ We are made in the image of God!!! "So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them" (Genesis 1:27). How amazing is He; this is incredible!!! And since He is infinitely good, that means that there is probably an infinite amount of reasons that we are made in His image! We can enjoy learning more about this and everything about Him forever! Hallelujah!
♥ There are many reasons that we are made in His image, but God put on my heart several very important practical ones. First, we are made in God's image! Wow! It does not say, in the world's image or something else! We are made in the image of God! Thank you God! This means that we have our identity in Him! For when we have just childlike faith in Jesus, then He takes our place! Plus, we read, "So in Christ Jesus, you are all children of God through faith, for all of you were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise" (Galatians 3:26-29). We also read that Abraham's seed is through faith! God is so amazing! We are now in Him through faith! We are made in His image, and through faith, we have our identity in Him forever! Hallelujah!
♥ Praise God for being so good! Jesus also said, "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor" (Luke 4:18-19). He came to set us free! He came to help us realize our identity in Him! He reminds us that we are made in His image and sets us free to be with Him!
♥ God led me to write this breakthrough to help people know that He has set people free from some very common lies! I've always had trouble with religiosity, and recently have been set free by God! I don't know really how this happened, all I know is that I was blind, but now I see! God did the miracle! Praise God! He is so good! Well, God led me to realize that other people are in 'bondage' to other lies that the world tells them. These sounds heavy, but they are not. They actually have no weight! They are not real! Jesus is real! He said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6). Jesus is Life and Truth and the Way! Praise Him! Therefore, everything else is not real! He is Truth! So, He led me to talk about these lies! To talk about depression, not true!, anxiety, or any other bad feelings, they are not true!; troubles with sexual identity and addictions, like alcoholism or drugs or any addiction - they are not real! If we are made in the image of God, and we are my dear friends, then we cannot be an 'alcoholic.' That's not real! It's not true! Just think about it! We are made in the image of God! Our identity is not in this world, as an alcoholic or whatever it is telling us - a lie, but we are made in God's image! We are completely free right now for God paid the price for freedom over 2000 years ago! And He will take away all the chemical dependency right away! It usually goes away within a week, and then from then on it's psychological. Truly, He takes all that away! Right now, whatever you are dealing with that separates you from God, it is a lie and it's not real! You are free in Christ! He died for that! You are freeeeeeeeeeeeee! We are all free in Jesus, who is Truth and Life and the Way! He is real!
♥ Praise God! Well, let's think about this more! God revealed to me some important light on all of this. He led me a while back to read through the Gospel according to John. I was just delighted reading through it and learning more about God! It was wonderful! After reading though it, then God led me again, to read this section in John 9-10:18, about the man born blind that Jesus healed. At the time, I was just blown away - because God always teaches us new, and fresh things through His Word! I was not expecting, though, to be even more blown away by the lessons that God would teach me from this. Let's read the Scripture, and then Praise God for the lessons that He is about to reveal to us from it! He is alive and active! He is amazing! I'm very excited to share this- it is all form Him! He sets us free! So let's carefully and joyfully read! (See John 9-10 in the article here!)
♥ Jesus and the Holy Spirit writing through John referred to this man as a man, not as a blind man! Do we see? Is God letting us see? We are made in the image of God! He made us, male and female! Right away, God see's this man as aman who was born blind, but he is never a blind man to God. Same with us! Even if things have been against us from an early age, it is not who we are! We are God's! We are made in His image! Hallelujah!
♥ We belong to Him! Nothing can separate us from God and His love for us! "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). We belong to God and He made us! He made us in His image, and heals us now! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
♥ "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12; which remember don't really have any weight, they just lie that they do! Only Jesus is truth! "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6)). Well, it's a good thing that it is the LORD's battle then, and not ours! And it is already won! He already has the victory! In Him, we are healed right now!
♥ As we see here, though, the world continues to lie against us! Wow! That is blindness, and the type of blindness that Jesus talks about in verse 9:41. We must know that now we are healed in Jesus, but expect that many people will be influenced by the world and not believe it! They will say that we are still 'blind,' or not give glory to God! But we are not against them, though, as we read above; it is the world that has caused this division. So, let's always love them, and pray that God has us all see!
♥ Another interesting part about people being blinded to seeing God's healing in our lives, is that it may even be us at some point! We can think later, 'am I actually healed!' Our struggle is not against ourselves, though! We are the LORD's! We are made in His image. We can't fight ourselves, and we are already healed-not by our strength, but by His!
♥ Jesus simply healed this man.
♥ We don't need to understand how God heals us, He just does, for He desires for us to be the people He made us to be! He says, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life" (3). Jesus wants to reveal the work of God in our lives - the work of God of who He made us to be - without the lies of the world! He wants to show the world how He is the light of the world, and people see in Him! (3) He brings us life and light and makes us really who we were made to be - reflections of Him - made in His image! Also, the man did not know how he was healed, so the man said, "One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!" (25). We can give the same answers that this man did, and we will get to explain that Jesus did it! It's so simple! That is the important part! Jesus is awesome!
♥ We are made in His image! There is not such thing as an an 'alcoholic' or a 'blind man!' Rather, there are people made in the image of God, who have been attacked by alcoholism, and blindness! Praise God for Him coming to set the captives free!!! "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor"
♥ We have all heard of the expression, seeing is believing, but here from Jesus, we learn, 'believing in Jesus is seeing!' So, just by believing in Jesus, He makes us see! Praise Him!!!!!!! He sets us freeeeee!
God made us in His image! Praise Him! And since He is infinitely good, we can enjoy learning more about Him, and who He made us to be forever! Let's rejoice that Jesus gives us His Life and His Truth and He is the Way! (John 14:6). In Him, we are indeed free! "So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed" (John 8:36). Knowing that, therefore, anything that comes against our identity in Him, is not from Him! It's a lie but it has no weight! Instead, praise Jesus, for He is real Life, and He is Truth, and He is the Way! That means, in Him, we are really healed! Hallelujah! It's so simple! We can relax and rejoice in Him! In Jesus' Name, you are healed! Plus, there is no such thing as an 'alcoholic,' or someone who is 'anxious,' etc. Instead, we are made in God's image! Let's talk to one another, including ourselves, then, with the correct identity in Him! We are His sons and daughters through faith in Jesus!!! And let's look to God in simple, child-like faith, and He will have us see! All in His energy and strength, in Jesus' Name, He has healed you now! Hallelujah! Look into His eyes and see His beautiful reflection in you and in others!
♥ There is always more with God! He is always more beautiful and loving than we think! Being one with Him is always more and more better! He will forever fill us with His love as we are one with Him, overflowing to others! His prayer is being answered! He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom He has freely given us! Through childlike faith, God literally lives in us!
See also, 'Breakthrough! An Introduction', for more on breakthrough and how God is always with us through His LOVE!!! Hallelujah! And here are all the Breakthrough articles for quick reference:
10. Our identity is in Christ! Let us fix our eyes on Him!
♥ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).
♥ God is right here! He is with you now! He is celebrating you and desires to be in relationship with you! He loves you forever and sets His gaze on you! Let's look back to Him in childlike faith! It is so fun to look at Jesus! And we should all the time! He is so amazing! Just try looking into His eyes!
♥ God is so kind and sweet! His peace is like a river, and his righteousness is like the waves of the sea! And He offers that to us!
♥ We are made in His image, in the image of our God, and we are His sons and daughters through childlike faith in Jesus Christ! He is so loving!
♥ Let's look to Him to understand what this means! We cannot understand simply by looking at ourselves, but instead by simply looking to God! When we see Him, then we know that we are His sons and daughters! He reminds us of this Truth and that we are made in His image! He is so good! Let's look to Him!
♥ As God led me to these verses, and taught me that I was indeed His son though faith in Him, made in His image, I knew this, but I just didn't feel it! I knew it in my mind, but could not feel it in my heart! Well, the problem was that I was looking at myself! hahahahaha! God led me to look to Him! Right when I looked to Him, it wasn't even a problem! He makes us and we are His! He smiles at us, and as we look to Him, we know He is our Father, and we are His beloved children.
♥ It is like a son or daughter thinking if they are sons or daughters. That is silly! And it is silly, because they already know they are sons or daughters because they have a dad! And even if they don't, we all do have God, our Father! But, they know that they are sons or daughters because they look to Him - they can't figure this out on their own. It is the same with us! Let's look to Jesus to know Him, our identity in Him, and everything else! He is Truth! Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me" (John 14:6).
♥ He loves you so much and gives everything for you! Let us fix our eyes on Him and enjoy Him, our God, Savior, and Daddy! Let us rest in His arms and in His loving gaze. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).
God is so kind to make us in His image! He is so good! We can't identify ourselves by looking to ourselves, though! To remember His Truth, we should look to Him! He is everything we need and more, so we need to look to Him, our Dad, in everything! Also, it is not because we know are His sons or daughters that He loves us, or works in our lives! He always loves us and provides for us, regardless!!! Hallelujah! But, when we remember that we are His, then we get to partake in all the joy, freedom, peace, nourishment, and His provision that He has for us, Hallelujah!!!!!! He is the Bread of Life! "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). When you have that craving inside, it can only be filled with God! Let's partake of Him; let's eat of His love! And He will overflow us, and completely satisfy! For He is always, always, always in LOVE! Let's look to Him and praise Him with all His people, as one! Amen!
♥ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).
♥ God is right here! He is with you now! He is celebrating you and desires to be in relationship with you! He loves you forever and sets His gaze on you! Let's look back to Him in childlike faith! It is so fun to look at Jesus! And we should all the time! He is so amazing! Just try looking into His eyes!
♥ God is so kind and sweet! His peace is like a river, and his righteousness is like the waves of the sea! And He offers that to us!
♥ We are made in His image, in the image of our God, and we are His sons and daughters through childlike faith in Jesus Christ! He is so loving!
♥ Let's look to Him to understand what this means! We cannot understand simply by looking at ourselves, but instead by simply looking to God! When we see Him, then we know that we are His sons and daughters! He reminds us of this Truth and that we are made in His image! He is so good! Let's look to Him!
♥ As God led me to these verses, and taught me that I was indeed His son though faith in Him, made in His image, I knew this, but I just didn't feel it! I knew it in my mind, but could not feel it in my heart! Well, the problem was that I was looking at myself! hahahahaha! God led me to look to Him! Right when I looked to Him, it wasn't even a problem! He makes us and we are His! He smiles at us, and as we look to Him, we know He is our Father, and we are His beloved children.
♥ It is like a son or daughter thinking if they are sons or daughters. That is silly! And it is silly, because they already know they are sons or daughters because they have a dad! And even if they don't, we all do have God, our Father! But, they know that they are sons or daughters because they look to Him - they can't figure this out on their own. It is the same with us! Let's look to Jesus to know Him, our identity in Him, and everything else! He is Truth! Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the father except through me" (John 14:6).
♥ He loves you so much and gives everything for you! Let us fix our eyes on Him and enjoy Him, our God, Savior, and Daddy! Let us rest in His arms and in His loving gaze. "Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:1-2).
God is so kind to make us in His image! He is so good! We can't identify ourselves by looking to ourselves, though! To remember His Truth, we should look to Him! He is everything we need and more, so we need to look to Him, our Dad, in everything! Also, it is not because we know are His sons or daughters that He loves us, or works in our lives! He always loves us and provides for us, regardless!!! Hallelujah! But, when we remember that we are His, then we get to partake in all the joy, freedom, peace, nourishment, and His provision that He has for us, Hallelujah!!!!!! He is the Bread of Life! "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). When you have that craving inside, it can only be filled with God! Let's partake of Him; let's eat of His love! And He will overflow us, and completely satisfy! For He is always, always, always in LOVE! Let's look to Him and praise Him with all His people, as one! Amen!
11. John 17:20-21; One with the Father!
♥ "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:20-21).
♥ Jesus' prayer is truly answered! Hallelujah! He loves us so much and cares for us! As we try to love God, or come to Him, we realize that it is not us who has initiated it, but Him! He loves us first and compels us to love Him back, so that we are one in love! "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10). Let's just rest and enjoy His love for us! He is so good!
♥ Also, if Jesus, God, created the heavens and the earth, and today, still heals people born blind, mute and deaf, and even raises the dead still, then of course His prayer is going to be answered! He said, "You may ask for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:14). This is the heart of God; that we could all be one with Him!
♥ God is the real God and He is real love! Everything else does not compare. God loves us so much and when we just have childlike faith in Him, that's all that's needed, then He makes us one with Him! He enters us into love with Him, and truth and real joy and peace and rest! He gives us His refreshing Holy Spirit! He is so amazing!
♥ He is infinite, so of course, He has everything good to give! He will never run out of love and He embraces us all the time with His amazing and graceful arms. He had me wait so that He could tell me more and more over the days, so that He could share more and more with you. In waiting times, God is trying to teach us something, or actually many things! I used to think that He was just trying to teach me patience, which does occur, but it is so much more! It isn't that He is not working, it's that He is working so much! "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).
♥ He wants to overflow us with peace and love to enjoy Him - for that is who He is, and also to overflow out to everyone!
♥ His prayer above is that those who will believe in their message about Him will also be one with Him! His prayer is being answered for He is the One doing it!
♥ He loves us so much, and we are one in Him through simple childlike faith, that He gives us the joy of sharing Him with others! We can all be united in His love! He loves you!
♥ God recently told me something about worship! He said part of worship is this: "The Holy Spirit's guided posture of receiving His love into you heart." He offers His love to everyone!
♥ As you can see, we have full access to God! He is right here! We can enjoy Him and being one with Him! He takes away all our sins, so we are completely in love!
♥ "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all on in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26-28). We are sons in Christ Jesus because He is God's Son. It is not a masculine term, as you can see, but it is referring to Jesus! Since He took our place on the cross, and died for us, taking away any sin and separation with God, God now sees Jesus when He looks at us! Jesus' blood covers us! We are adopted through Jesus and what He did for us! How amazing! He completely forgives us so we are clean! In Jesus, we feel clean too!
♥ One other thing God told me, over a year or so now, is that He speaks to His bride in waves. -It took me a while to see this, but He continued to speak to me in gentle waves.
♥ We, as a church, are called God's bride! "'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church" (Ephesians 5:31-32).
♥ God showed me that He speaks to His bride in so many waves! Have you ever heard a teaching from God, and then heard God lead someone close to you to speak on something really similar? Or have you heard a couple lessons about Him one right after another! God is talking with His bride, so of course we all hear Him! He has specific things to share with each of us, for He made us all with intimate care, giving us sweet gifts and unique purpose, but He also shares with us as a church!
♥ God led me more and more to 2 Corinthians 3:18! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18; verse 17 is good to include!) He is always making us one in Love with Him! He is LOVE! Hallelujah! (See also, 'Breakthrough 2: God is always making us!,' and the top of this article for more times God led me to this verse! Hallelujah!)
- After sharing this story and verse with a friend, on a license plate!
God made me crack up! He is really funny!
- About 15-20 times on the clock! 15-20 times!!!!!!!
Every time I was amazed by Him!
One of my favorites on Easter provided a great discussion!
Praise Him!
- 2 times on the kitchen timer! The kitchen timer!
- After heavy rush-hour traffic, on another license plate!
♥ God reminded me that we don't need to be tired in Him! His love compels us! We can rest in Him! In Him, as one, fueled by His refreshing love!
(Also, God recently led me to write the quote below in, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' And, He had me locate this section first glance! I didn't need to look through all of this content! In His energy, He led me right to this spot! This heart was the first note I read! He is AMAZING!!! He is GOD!!!!!!!! He LOVES us!
"Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). He does this [and actually, everything: "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:40).] in us through His strength and goodness! "To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:29). This 'struggling' in Him is actually resting in His energy. God does the miracles and gives the Love, all we do is rest in Him by faith! For rest in God is victory! (Matthew 12:20; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4) He is amazing! He is always enough! Since God is infinite, He is always pouring out His love, and there is an unlimited amount of His love! We read about this in John 7:38: "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." And we read too, that, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us!) He continually refreshes us in His LOVE! Praise Him!!!!!!! He loves us!!!!!!!!!!!
♥ "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me" (John 17:20-21).
♥ Jesus' prayer is truly answered! Hallelujah! He loves us so much and cares for us! As we try to love God, or come to Him, we realize that it is not us who has initiated it, but Him! He loves us first and compels us to love Him back, so that we are one in love! "This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins" (1 John 4:10). Let's just rest and enjoy His love for us! He is so good!
♥ Also, if Jesus, God, created the heavens and the earth, and today, still heals people born blind, mute and deaf, and even raises the dead still, then of course His prayer is going to be answered! He said, "You may ask for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:14). This is the heart of God; that we could all be one with Him!
♥ God is the real God and He is real love! Everything else does not compare. God loves us so much and when we just have childlike faith in Him, that's all that's needed, then He makes us one with Him! He enters us into love with Him, and truth and real joy and peace and rest! He gives us His refreshing Holy Spirit! He is so amazing!
♥ He is infinite, so of course, He has everything good to give! He will never run out of love and He embraces us all the time with His amazing and graceful arms. He had me wait so that He could tell me more and more over the days, so that He could share more and more with you. In waiting times, God is trying to teach us something, or actually many things! I used to think that He was just trying to teach me patience, which does occur, but it is so much more! It isn't that He is not working, it's that He is working so much! "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).
♥ He wants to overflow us with peace and love to enjoy Him - for that is who He is, and also to overflow out to everyone!
♥ His prayer above is that those who will believe in their message about Him will also be one with Him! His prayer is being answered for He is the One doing it!
♥ He loves us so much, and we are one in Him through simple childlike faith, that He gives us the joy of sharing Him with others! We can all be united in His love! He loves you!
♥ God recently told me something about worship! He said part of worship is this: "The Holy Spirit's guided posture of receiving His love into you heart." He offers His love to everyone!
♥ As you can see, we have full access to God! He is right here! We can enjoy Him and being one with Him! He takes away all our sins, so we are completely in love!
♥ "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all on in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26-28). We are sons in Christ Jesus because He is God's Son. It is not a masculine term, as you can see, but it is referring to Jesus! Since He took our place on the cross, and died for us, taking away any sin and separation with God, God now sees Jesus when He looks at us! Jesus' blood covers us! We are adopted through Jesus and what He did for us! How amazing! He completely forgives us so we are clean! In Jesus, we feel clean too!
♥ One other thing God told me, over a year or so now, is that He speaks to His bride in waves. -It took me a while to see this, but He continued to speak to me in gentle waves.
♥ We, as a church, are called God's bride! "'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' This is a profound mystery - but I am talking about Christ and the church" (Ephesians 5:31-32).
♥ God showed me that He speaks to His bride in so many waves! Have you ever heard a teaching from God, and then heard God lead someone close to you to speak on something really similar? Or have you heard a couple lessons about Him one right after another! God is talking with His bride, so of course we all hear Him! He has specific things to share with each of us, for He made us all with intimate care, giving us sweet gifts and unique purpose, but He also shares with us as a church!
♥ God led me more and more to 2 Corinthians 3:18! "Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit" (2 Corinthians 3:17-18; verse 17 is good to include!) He is always making us one in Love with Him! He is LOVE! Hallelujah! (See also, 'Breakthrough 2: God is always making us!,' and the top of this article for more times God led me to this verse! Hallelujah!)
- After sharing this story and verse with a friend, on a license plate!
God made me crack up! He is really funny!
- About 15-20 times on the clock! 15-20 times!!!!!!!
Every time I was amazed by Him!
One of my favorites on Easter provided a great discussion!
Praise Him!
- 2 times on the kitchen timer! The kitchen timer!
- After heavy rush-hour traffic, on another license plate!
♥ God reminded me that we don't need to be tired in Him! His love compels us! We can rest in Him! In Him, as one, fueled by His refreshing love!
(Also, God recently led me to write the quote below in, 'GOD pours out HIS LOVE in us!' And, He had me locate this section first glance! I didn't need to look through all of this content! In His energy, He led me right to this spot! This heart was the first note I read! He is AMAZING!!! He is GOD!!!!!!!! He LOVES us!
"Jesus replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). He does this [and actually, everything: "All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments" (Matthew 22:40).] in us through His strength and goodness! "To this end I labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in me" (Colossians 1:29). This 'struggling' in Him is actually resting in His energy. God does the miracles and gives the Love, all we do is rest in Him by faith! For rest in God is victory! (Matthew 12:20; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 1 John 5:4) He is amazing! He is always enough! Since God is infinite, He is always pouring out His love, and there is an unlimited amount of His love! We read about this in John 7:38: "Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them." And we read too, that, "Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35). He pours out His love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit whom He has given us!) He continually refreshes us in His LOVE! Praise Him!!!!!!! He loves us!!!!!!!!!!!
♥ So, just by faith in Jesus, God is in us and we are in Him! This is incredible! How amazing is our God, and we can truly be with Him! Hallelujah! Let's grab that Coca-Cola!
♥ His love is meant to be active! That is His heart! That is how He works!
God led me to write, "As we can read in Jesus' prayer, in John 17:20-21, He prays for others who will believe! If we are brought into the heart of God, and are one with Him, then of course we too will share His heart, which is to love Him first and love others, with His love flowing through us to them! (Matthew 22:37-40). They see Him in us!!! That is why when we know God loves us, and we are in love with Him, we desire to share Him with everyone! He makes us one in His love, in Him our good Father!
12. There is always more faith, hope and love in the LORD!
♥ God is always loving us more than we think! He loved us before the creation of the world, and will love us forever, for His loving nature is eternal! (Romans 1:20) Hallelujah! We can always enjoy Him more and more, starting now, because Jesus came and died in our place, and was raised to life in sweet unity with the Father. That means now, through child-like faith in Jesus, we share that! We don't need to do anything more, but just have child-like faith! He's simply awesome! That's why it is good news! God has broken through every barrier for us, and is completely here in love! What an amazing God! He is Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23), and His Holy Spirit can live in us just through faith! We have full access to our loving Dad! Let's relax in Him and see the adventure that He unfolds, which is to know Him more: to love Him more, and to love others through Him!
♥ "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
♥ God is love, as we read in 1 John 4:16, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." God shows us this every day and every moment of every day! When we place our faith in God, we can see Him! He's waiting for us with open arms!
♥ There is no longer any barrier, so we can actually rest in Him! Practically, this means that we don't have to strive anymore! "Cease striving and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in all the earth" (Psalm 46:10). We can really rest! His love is more than we need, and He is giving Himself for us forever! It's amazing! He is amazing!
♥ "Jesus replied, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Out of His overflowing, loving mercies, we love Him more! He is always drawing us into deeper purity with Him. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus with everything that He gives us, the greatest of these being love, 'which binds them all together in perfect unity' (Colossians 3:14).
♥ One of the greatest lessons He has been teaching me recently is that in Him, our hunger is made right, and that He alone satisfies!
♥ What is even more amazing, though, is that He is eternal and there is always more faith, hope and love in Him! He is the Living water who quenches our thirst, and the bread of life who truly fills our hearts. We can lavish in His love starting now and lasting on into forever! Plus, there will always be more of Him! Hallelujah!
"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).
♥ God led one of my friends to write 2 Corinthians 3:18 in an e-mail, also talking about living glory to glory! 'We read about that in this verse and see that He is always growing us more in His love! Also, His love is sufficient for us and satisfying. It is wonderful! He makes us grow through Him, and He always gives us enough! He is so satisfying! That means that when things are getting 'harder,' He actually has given us just what we need: Him! No matter the circumstance, He is God and He is Loving us! Let's look away from the 'problem,' and fix our eyes on Him!'
♥ God is our strength! His strength is seen so clearly in another verse that God has recently led me to a lot, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7: "For God, who said, "Let light shine our of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." Though we are indeed fragile, He will carry us through in sweet victory, and continually supply us with His love; He is always more than enough! 'We are more than conquerors through him who loves us" (Romans 8:37)
♥ He gives us rest in His love, for His love is perfect, atoning, completely healing, amazing, and forever! He is all that we need! That is why this verse makes so much sense: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). Let's let Him breakthrough to our hearts! Let's let Him love on us with all of who He is! Let's fix our eyes on Him in child-like faith and be undone!
♥ Jesus is LORD! He is so good! God is always loving us more than we think! He will always give us more faith, hope and love! God is always talking to each of us! These breakthrough articles are beautiful blessings from Him, given to all of us, so that we can grow in Him more and more, yet there is so much more! Enjoy spending time listening to God in prayer, which is a two-way conversation, and write down what He says! He will tell you specific blessings through Bible verses, images, words, and more, and lift you up glory by glory every moment! He is pouring out His love! How awesome that we can spend time with Him, our God, our Dad! What a beautiful life He has given us: which is Him! We can rejoice in His love forever! He loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen!
Jesus is LORD! Jesus is LOVE! Jesus is ALIVE! Hallelujah!!!!!!!
♥ God is always loving us more than we think! He loved us before the creation of the world, and will love us forever, for His loving nature is eternal! (Romans 1:20) Hallelujah! We can always enjoy Him more and more, starting now, because Jesus came and died in our place, and was raised to life in sweet unity with the Father. That means now, through child-like faith in Jesus, we share that! We don't need to do anything more, but just have child-like faith! He's simply awesome! That's why it is good news! God has broken through every barrier for us, and is completely here in love! What an amazing God! He is Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23), and His Holy Spirit can live in us just through faith! We have full access to our loving Dad! Let's relax in Him and see the adventure that He unfolds, which is to know Him more: to love Him more, and to love others through Him!
♥ "And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13).
♥ God is love, as we read in 1 John 4:16, "And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." God shows us this every day and every moment of every day! When we place our faith in God, we can see Him! He's waiting for us with open arms!
♥ There is no longer any barrier, so we can actually rest in Him! Practically, this means that we don't have to strive anymore! "Cease striving and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in all the earth" (Psalm 46:10). We can really rest! His love is more than we need, and He is giving Himself for us forever! It's amazing! He is amazing!
♥ "Jesus replied, "Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: "Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37-39). Out of His overflowing, loving mercies, we love Him more! He is always drawing us into deeper purity with Him. Let's fix our eyes on Jesus with everything that He gives us, the greatest of these being love, 'which binds them all together in perfect unity' (Colossians 3:14).
♥ One of the greatest lessons He has been teaching me recently is that in Him, our hunger is made right, and that He alone satisfies!
♥ What is even more amazing, though, is that He is eternal and there is always more faith, hope and love in Him! He is the Living water who quenches our thirst, and the bread of life who truly fills our hearts. We can lavish in His love starting now and lasting on into forever! Plus, there will always be more of Him! Hallelujah!
"Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them" (John 7:38).
"Then Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty" (John 6:35).
♥ God led one of my friends to write 2 Corinthians 3:18 in an e-mail, also talking about living glory to glory! 'We read about that in this verse and see that He is always growing us more in His love! Also, His love is sufficient for us and satisfying. It is wonderful! He makes us grow through Him, and He always gives us enough! He is so satisfying! That means that when things are getting 'harder,' He actually has given us just what we need: Him! No matter the circumstance, He is God and He is Loving us! Let's look away from the 'problem,' and fix our eyes on Him!'
♥ God is our strength! His strength is seen so clearly in another verse that God has recently led me to a lot, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7: "For God, who said, "Let light shine our of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us." Though we are indeed fragile, He will carry us through in sweet victory, and continually supply us with His love; He is always more than enough! 'We are more than conquerors through him who loves us" (Romans 8:37)
♥ He gives us rest in His love, for His love is perfect, atoning, completely healing, amazing, and forever! He is all that we need! That is why this verse makes so much sense: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39). Let's let Him breakthrough to our hearts! Let's let Him love on us with all of who He is! Let's fix our eyes on Him in child-like faith and be undone!
♥ Jesus is LORD! He is so good! God is always loving us more than we think! He will always give us more faith, hope and love! God is always talking to each of us! These breakthrough articles are beautiful blessings from Him, given to all of us, so that we can grow in Him more and more, yet there is so much more! Enjoy spending time listening to God in prayer, which is a two-way conversation, and write down what He says! He will tell you specific blessings through Bible verses, images, words, and more, and lift you up glory by glory every moment! He is pouring out His love! How awesome that we can spend time with Him, our God, our Dad! What a beautiful life He has given us: which is Him! We can rejoice in His love forever! He loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen! Hallelujah! Amen!
Jesus is LORD! Jesus is LOVE! Jesus is ALIVE! Hallelujah!!!!!!!
♥ God loves you! Praise the LORD! Amen and Amen!
