Love is patient, love is kind

"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. "

1 Corinthians 13:4-8

Love is not scheduled, it is not timed. It is not planned or construed. It is given by God - to be given in the moment of its need. To be with God is to know love. To be joined with Jesus is to be filled with Love. With Jesus - his love pours from us without desired application of choice.

The love of Jesus flows freely like a rushing river of living water. You will find yourself in situations - responding with kindness, patience, without your personal will ahead of another.

Love derives from God, not from us. We cannot command love to be worked out within ourselves. Love springs forth from the Holy Spirit and is evident in the spontaneity of the happenings of life. When the Holy Spirit is working in us we become rightly aligned with the way of Jesus without conscious effort.

The world does not know us

"See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is."

1 JOHN 3:1-2

To live by the spirit is too live like the wind. It is not visible, but the wind is most certainly real. The Spirit of God is the same. To know God is to know Jesus. To know Jesus is to walk with him - to be shown his way of life. This can only be done by living in the present moment dependent on God. He lives in the moment.

To live in the spirit is to be guided by Jesus - his way - the way - is the opposite way to live in this world. The purpose of this time is written - not to be changed. Seek Jesus - seek the Holy Spirit with all of your heart and mind and be free in Jesus Christ.

The nature of the common sense life is one in which the unknown creates fear and anxiety. Whereas, the nature of the spiritual life is to live life in the unknown. The spiritual life is guided by being aligned to God. It is in him that we are certain. The spiritual person is concentrated on God while walking in the unknown.

I will let you escape with your life

"For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."

JEREMIAH 45:5

In the Lord Jesus Christ all is found. For in him is life. Jesus is the truth of life - to be abandoned to him you must live in "the way." This is the way of Jesus. Doing as Jesus said and did. This is how you get to know Jesus. If you never walk with him, as surely as the Lord lives, I say he does not know you.

To know Jesus is to hold his hand. To welcome him in every moment. To be free in Jesus only occurs when you walk with him all the time - in all moments. Jesus is alive. He lives in the spirit of you - he lives in the present moment - waiting for you to seek him.

What more can a person want than life itself. The Lord declares that when you are abandoned to him, no matter where he places you, even the depths of hell, you will escape with your life. To be abandoned to the Lord is to rest your mind in the truth that he will supply what you need in all things for the duration of your faith.

It is faith that will begin your relationship with Christ. Faith will grow into understanding. Understanding will lead to wisdom. Wisdom provides peace of mind. Trust in Jesus - he is the truth.

Should you seek great things for yourself

"‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. 5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life."

Jeremiah 45:4-5

Jesus prayed to the father for us. He prayed "that they may be one even as we are." This prayer is truth. It is Jesus saying that we - through him - and only through new baptism - are given new life in Jesus. And by abandoning ourselves to "the way" - Christ Jesus will live complete in us. We may become one with the father as he is one - but nobody sees the father except through Christ Jesus.

He is the Righteous Holy Lord. He, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, is the only way. In him, we are made whole, made new - cloaked in his Righteousness, his holiness and his way. All praise to Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior forever.

Seek not the treasures and blessings of the most high, but rather seek a close personal relationship with the one who is love, the one is the creator of all things and knows the end from the beginning. Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Do not lay a hand on the boy

"Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, “Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.”

GENESIS 22:1-2

Ask God not to test you, but rather, make you ready in Christ - in the spirit - in all moments. To be tested on the lines of Peter - to deny Jesus is a lesson to be learned for all who claim unabashed boldness without careful thought.

Abraham knew no other faith or belief than God. He was beyond ready to be called into action, for he was a man of great faith - and this faith was credited to him as Righteousness. It is faith and obedience that allow us to be covered and cloaked in the Holiness and Righteousness of the Spirit of the Lord, Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Abraham believed that God was asking him to kill his son Isaac. Abraham was prepared to do anything for God because he put the way of God above his own way - his own understanding. If Abraham would have continued forward with the act of killing Isaac based on his own conviction, Isaac would have been killed and Abraham would have committed the act of a misguided fanatic.

"But the angel of the Lord called out to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”

“Here I am,” he replied.

 “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

Be prepared in season and out of season

"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths."

2 TIMOTHY 4:1-4

The attitude that dictates action in most people comes from an internal feeling. If you are feeling good - there is much to be conquered, however, when things don't feel so good - it is easy to be conquered.

Jesus was never conquered. He did everything exactly as planned, as directed, as guided by the Holy Spirit. In happiness or sadness, the Spirit of God is Holy and Righteous - always worthy of the call. There is not to be self pity but to be peaceful in Jesus. For in Christ everything is exactly as it should be - the choice is the attitude you have in the situation.

The tasks of the Lord occur at the time of his choosing. At once we hear the call, we are to be prepared whether it is at our most desirable time or not. We are reconciled to him. Through his Spirit we are made whole and capable of completing all that we are called to do.

Do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you

“I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you. However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

LUKE 10:18-20

We are created to be God's. To be set apart as first fruits. To consecrate ourselves and live as one body - with one spirit. With Christ Jesus our head - our King - our Savior - our God. There is no work in works or in the glory of man - for there is no man worthy but Jesus Christ, such that when we are given fully unto him - he lives complete in us.

Let Christ Jesus use your flesh for his purpose, his spirit, his way. Give your mind completely to Jesus to be made new. In Jesus we are made worthy - only in Jesus.

The Christian worker can become focused on creating the image of spiritual success. The proper way to live. Nothing should be sought in advance of the approval of God. It is he who has done the work. Our job is to be disciples in Christ and till the fields for the purpose of producing disciples.

God desires the complete life of all of his children. He does not want part of you. One completely devoted life to God is of substantially more value than a thousand of those who simply know his name.

We are co-workers in God's service

"So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building."

1 Corinthians 3:7-9

Christians today feel their role is to be busy - work hard and honor the Lord when not to occupied. This is not God's way. Man built buildings - man set up false retirement savings - man set up college to lock you into financial slavery. The truth is Jesus Christ. He is free. He is alive. He overcame the world - in him - so can you.

We are here to be God's people - for his will. We are God's completely devoted and true to his will. There is no will but that of Christ Jesus. Dominate your life in Jesus - not money. Jesus is God - the Giver of life.

Be careful not to prepare yourself a life that distracts you from seeking God first. The focus of many becomes the work and the yoke of the daily task without God as the central focus becomes to great. Freedom ceases as you become dependent and reliant on performing tasks for man. On the contrary, when the focus is first on the Kingdom of God and serving him that which creates life, your life will be full and free as if a child.

We do not know the path for which God has chosen us to be molded, so whatever the work the Lord has placed in front of you, do it with vigor and all of your strength as it is the Lord that you are serving.

Now the Lord is the Spirit

"But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit."

2 Corinthians 3:14-18

When becoming related to Christ - you will find yourself alone. You seem strange to those of the world - like a foreigner in a distant land - though you look not like a foreigner - you are most certainly from another kingdom. The kingdom of heaven is God's. Only through Christ Jesus can one be rightly related to the most high.

Jesus is the light that never dulls. It is his light you seek - his faith - his hope. It only happens through being with Jesus. Jesus lives. He lives in the present moment - his voice - always loving - always guiding.

A servant of the most high does not know that they are alone. For he is with you - in you. New Christians can become disheartened in the beginning as people that were once friends move out of our lives and those we once saw as a light begin to flicker and fade. The worker in Christ will become so used to this that they will cease to recognize when they are alone.

Don't you know me

"Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time?"

John 14:5-9

The Lord manifests himself inside his children. We are created to be walking vessels of light - filled completely with the Spirit of God - used for his good works. Jesus is the word - given life. So are we, children of the most high - heirs in Christ Jesus - our righteous King. Through him we are made whole from the inside out.

Therefore, your heart and mind are renewed into his image - in his grace - for his purpose. You are different in Christ. Others see him in you - this is his purpose - too fill all of his children with his Spirit - such that Jesus lives whole in the Spirit in all of us - used for his good purpose.

The Holy Spirit speaks the voice of Jesus through you - from within. The Father spoke inside of Jesus and is inside of Jesus. God is a Spirit. Jesus is the Spirit incarnate. Jesus gave his perfect Spirit at the Cross opening the pathway for the Holy Spirit to dwell and live inside of all those who accept Jesus as Lord and are baptized in his name. You will be born again - from the inside. Given a new Spirit - a mighty counselor - a great helper to guide you and instruct you - from the inside - and he knows the end before the beginning.

The Holy Spirit is the power

"But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ."

2 Corinthians 1:19-21

The capacity of the flesh is limited only in our faith. Jesus is a man. He healed, walked on water, changed water into wine and many more things not recorded in the bible. The same truth that is in Christ Jesus is alive in us. For Christ Jesus is in us for we are his.

The power of the Holy Spirit is limitless - the same power that is in Jesus is in you. Through faith all is true in Jesus. Through perfect cleansing the Lord cloaks his children in his righteous glory - for in him we are saved. For in him we are made whole - in Jesus all is truth.

God promises a great many things to his faithful children. The answer of truth in all things spoken by God is yes. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that provides the power you need to complete that which God has prepared.

"But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you."

Guard your spirit from the mundane

"So Solomon removed Abiathar from the priesthood of the Lord, fulfilling the word the Lord had spoken at Shiloh about the house of Eli.

When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the Lord and took hold of the horns of the altar. King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was beside the altar."

1 KINGS 2:27-29

Once you have been shaped and molded in the face of the spirit, remain absolutely loyal and truthful to the most high. Do not rest on triumphs of the past. The Lord Jesus lives completely in us in the present time - not the past - not the future. It is in the present time of life where the trials can be solved with peace and love.

Follow not men or theories, but live on every word out of the mouth of the Lord. Feed your spirit in his ever present and endless love. Be aware of Jesus - his truth - and yours - for in you is him.

Joab was loyal to David throughout most of his life, however, as David was nearing the end of his life, Joab chose an allegiance to Adonijah and killed two commander's of Israel's armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. In this action, Joab was disloyal to the House of David and he was ultimately ordered to death by King Solomon - a son of David.

Be careful not to conquer the big thing of faith and obedience and then become weak in the less meaningful battles. Keep the deepest impact of your faith and obedience to the Lord close to your present mind. Faith and obedience to God take continual effort and understanding.  Fallback on the greatest personal revelation of faith in your life to help in the battle of the mundane which leads to spiritual weakness which leads to straying from the Lord. Guard your strength in Jesus and maintain your mind along the greatest realization of God.

Here I am

"Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.”

When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”

Exodus 3:2-4

Readiness is being prepared day or night for the call from God - for the assignment. To be rightly related to Jesus is to be ready, prepared and waiting such that when the call comes, there is no preparation needed - nothing to grab, no thing is missing. The power and authority of the most high God in heaven is my king within - my king above.

There is no will but that of my Lord. His will - his face - his word - his truth - Jesus is my all in all - Eternal love - Flame of hope and truth. Be ready in spirit - the truth of Christ Jesus lives within.

Jesus Christ desires to speak with us just as his father spoke to him. He desires to speak to us and have us take up the task for which he speaks. Often, God will speak within the spirit of man, but man does not respond.

Moses response was immediately, "Here I am!" He was not lost but waiting and ready to answer the call of God. Often, the initial call of God begins in the small detail and builds through obedience and faith. Prepare for the call of God and at once say, "Here I am!"

Abandonment to the Lord

"Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards."

JOHN 21:7-8

In crisis, I seek Jesus. In the not knowing, I seek Jesus. His peace - his plan. His sovereign perfect will is always in place. He is literally all in all. The truth - the way - the life. Along the way with Jesus, he holds your hand and loves you. He is next to you - in you. A living true God. Be not abandoned unless you are rightly so to Jesus.

There is no life or choice without him. To choose Jesus is a choice, like any other tangible thing. Choose the only living God - the one righteous king - Lord Jesus in all things.

There are times of crisis where you completely abandon everything else. The entirety of focus becomes centralized on the crisis. Be abandoned to the living God of Love, Christ Jesus in all things. But let the choice of Jesus not be based on emotion. Emotion will not carry you through, but rather a mindful decision to see and seek Jesus in all things.

Believe in the light while you have the light

" Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.” When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them."

JOHN 12:35-36

In days of gloom and less interest seek the Lord fervently. In times of self pity and doubt abandon yourself to God's will. God takes you on many journeys - emotional roller-coasters getting you fit for his race. He provides glimpses of heaven - feelings of immense joy and perfection.

Even in your dark hour - seek the Lord - his strength - his love. Stand and praise him for allowing you to be shaped and built strong for him. In weakness, be bold for Jesus. It is here you are made perfect in his image.

There are always moments where we feel better than our typical best. We feel like we can accomplish anything. We have to hold onto these moments and hold ourselves accountable to them for the times of mundane boredom which lead to spiritual laziness.

Through the Holy Spirit the light is in you as you seek it. Seek the Lord Jesus in the mundane and tiresome just as in the times of blessing and fruitfulness.

Spiritual fitness

"Although he did not remove the high places from Israel, Asa’s heart was fully committed to the Lord all his life."

2 Chronicles 15:17

God's training is different than human training. His goal is that you seek him - your creator and the creator of all life. He desires to renew your heart and make and make you his. To be his, you must do as Jesus did and as he says. We must obey his ways - his word and be saved in the name of the one and only living God - Christ Jesus.

To be fit with God is too know his ways - it is to be trained in all situations to see his glory - to hear his voice - to be a vessel of transport for the Holy Spirit - to let God Almighty - Jesus Christ live in me.

Asa was not complete in obedience to God as noted, "...he did not remove the high places...". While his focus on the whole of God was committed, he was not compliant in all things. Be careful not to make human decisions about what is and is not important to God, who is a spirit.

In each of us there are areas of great strength in obedience to God, then there is this one thing that we make excuses for as being inconsequential to God. If it is a subject matter to which the Lord continually causes you to revisit, stop the action at once. God is always patient, but at once you are aware of the change he desires you to make, it is time to make the change.

God is constant - he is always alive - he is always love. Let your heart and mind be free of human distraction and commit in all things to align your human will to that of the Holy Spirit. Be diligent in building spiritual strength. Just as you watch what you eat to maintain health, so too is the truth of the Spirit inside. Spiritual fitness takes dedication and commitment like all accomplishments in life.

Come to me, all you who are weary

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

MATTHEW 11:28-30

There is truly no life without Jesus - so know this - even in great sadness, the greatest of despair - as surely as the Lord lives, he is there - molding you, shaping you, filling you with love. He is carefully reprogramming your heart and mind to make it in perfect harmony with his will.

In weakness you are made strong. The Lord is with you - for you - in you. Christ Jesus lives in you - as complete as you allow. Be filled with the spirit of God. Be filled with Love - such that rivers of living water pour from you and through you.

The Lord loves you. The hardships of life are brought not such that you will fail, but rather so you will seek the Lord and he will both strengthen you and ease the burden. The Lord loves those in great hardship. It is there where faith is relied on for testing. It is in testing your faith in the Lord that your faith and wisdom will grow. Faith is built through relying on it. Trust in Jesus is built by letting go and allowing him to work.

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you

"Cast your cares on the Lord

    and he will sustain you;

he will never let

    the righteous be shaken."

Psalm 55:22

When the Lord calls, there is but one answer - yes. The Lord gives you no more than can be handled - the perfect measure of faith is given in all things. Never focus on the burden to be completed without the mind of the Lord. There is no kingdom work that takes place with Jesus not the focal point.

There is no burden too difficult with Christ Jesus. He lives for us - to love - to guide - to save. It is in trust and praise to the Lord where the weight of the burden is lightened. For Christ the Lord desires to be all in all for you. Seek Jesus in all things.

The Lord will bear a burden on us not for the intention of overwhelming but rather that you will seek him for the challenge. When you focus on the Lord, the Lord will focus on the burden. His goal is for you to seek him not to be overcome with a burden.

Count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God

"Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God.

In the same way, count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus." 

ROMANS 6:8-11

There is no life in sin. Jesus Christ came to free us from sin and the law. Christ Jesus is life - there is no death in the Lord, only eternity. He is the only truth - the only path to heaven. Jesus walked for us - He died for us -  He is God - He rose for us to prove he is God. He is truth - He is the only way to salvation - the only way to freedom.

Renew your hearts and mind through prayer. In faith listen to Christ Jesus. In obedience, follow the voice of love. For this is the whisper of the most high in you. God above All - Is the spirit within.

Jesus showed us how to walk without sin in a mortal life. The accomplishment Jesus achieved on the Cross of victory was to allow his perfect spirit to be given freely to any human that chooses Jesus as King and walk in his way in their own life. The very spirit of God will be manifested in you through baptism and a rebirth in Christ Jesus. It is this very spirit that is the same very spirit of God, it is not like his spirit - it is the same spirit.

We are no longer slaves to sin, but set free in Christ Jesus. Therefore sin is a choice not a conclusion. Your mind must let go of the understood mortal Jesus Christ and rightly come to know the power of the Holy Spirit which surpasses mortal understanding. You must keep letting go to allow faith to expand within. If you are in the way, you cannot be in The Way.

We are those who have died to sin

"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life."

ROMANS 6:1-4

The very purpose of the cross and the resurrection was to show and prove Jesus as the truth about life and his way to live is the only way to salvation and eternity. As heirs to the kingdom of heaven we have been adopted into son-ship through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

It is by his spirit we too can be raised into a new life, a life in the spirit and truth of Christ Jesus. It is only in this relationship are you made Holy and Righteous - those are gifts provided by the spirit - given through faith and obedience to the Holy Spirit.

The very evidence of a new life in you is that you will have a decided likeness to Jesus Christ. The evidence of a new life in you is that you have allowed the resurrection of Christ Jesus to take place in you. Therefore, your old ways and desires will alter in all things to the way of the Lord. It is a moral decision that you must make knowing that the power to be faithful and obedient is provided by the Holy Spirit. The decision is yours - the power is his.

We should no longer be slaves to sin

"For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his. For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin— because anyone who has died has been set free from sin."

ROMANS 6:5-6

There is no life except that of which is provided by the author of life, Christ Jesus. In giving life, he ended sin. In Jesus triumph at the cross he overcame the world, thus in his spirit, you too can overcome the world. This is a gift-freedom. Truth-peace-Christ Jesus is God, the King of the world.

Remove sin and become part of the body of Christ. Give life now to the flesh in Jesus name. There is no purpose but for which he created you for. This purpose-your purpose in life-for life-is in Jesus. His spirit, his voice will tell you. Become abandon to Christ Jesus-be free of sin and be heirs to the kingdom.

Sin was defeated at the Cross. The Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ allows us to be set free of sin. The death of Jesus meant the death to sin. The resurrection of life in King Jesus is the same resurrection of life that takes place in being born again through Baptism of the Holy Spirit in the name of Jesus Christ.

The decision to stop sinning is a personal one that you must make alone with God. Whatever the nature in a person that is at strife with the Spirit of God must be put to death in you. Pray to the Lord to search within you to reveal the nature that is at odds with the Holy Spirit. To be free of living a sinful nature you must align yourself with the life of the risen Lord and allow the Holy Spirit to work his very nature inside of you.

Jesus appeared in a different form...but they did not believe it

"When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him and who were mourning and weeping. When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

Afterward Jesus appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking in the country. These returned and reported it to the rest; but they did not believe them either.

Later Jesus appeared to the Eleven as they were eating; he rebuked them for their lack of faith and their stubborn refusal to believe those who had seen him after he had risen."

MARK 16:9-14

Accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior is not the same as seeing Jesus. Upon seeing Jesus, everything else becomes undesirable. We often get an image of Jesus as a crucified King, but the truth is he is the Risen Lord. He is alive today as he was the day of the cross. He is not gone. He is in heaven, and in his place here on earth, he has provided all of us access to his living Holy Spirit. His dwelling place is inside you.

Seek Jesus in all things, seek his counsel. The Lord teaches today. He is love and seeks to provide you with his powerful counsel that is always true and will always lead you correctly beyond your own understanding.

Jesus revealed himself to me. He has shown me his will, his love, his truth, his grace and the heavens. At this truth, their is nothing for me except the will of him who sent me. I am but a servant of the most high, a brother, an heir given life and breath through my God and King Jesus Christ.

There is absolutely no life but that in Jesus. He is the life-the way-the truth.

They were kept from recognizing him

 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”

Luke 24:25-26

It is the very intention of God to allow us the same spirit and access to himself as our Lord Jesus Christ. It is this very point that occurred at the cross. It is in the Lord's triumph that intercession on our behalf was made perfect and complete.

In this truth, let Jesus live complete in you. It is his very desire to give you his life, a new life. A life of eternity, hope, faith, love, truth, peace and joy. These are promises-gifts given as heirs to the kingdom. Call on Christ Jesus as Lord and walk in faith and obedience as you are truly sons and daughters of the most high.

On the same day the tomb was found empty, two disciples were walking to a village named Emmaus.  "They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16 but they were kept from recognizing him." - Luke 24:14-15

The Lord rose to a new life that was not known previously. When he appeared to his own disciples after the resurrection, he was unrecognizable to them in appearance. At the cross, Jesus opened the gateway for all people to have access to his Holy Spirit. This is what is meant by being born again through baptism and the acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. These are not simply words, but the truth of a new spirit being born in you from Jesus Christ.

The absolute victory by Jesus at the cross is that Jesus made it possible for all people to have access to him directly. Jesus as a man could only walk to so many locations and interact with a limited number of people. Through the Holy Spirit, he dwells in all those people who choose him and walk in obedience to him. The Holy Spirit will work in us the very nature of Jesus Christ should we be obedient, such that we may be a light unto him in which others will see him in us and be saved.

His clothes became dazzling white

"Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus...As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead."

Mark 9:2-9

The risen Lord desires to be seen in you. He seeks your flesh as a dwelling place for his perfect spirit such that he may live in you, guiding you, teaching you, loving you. If any disposition outwardly does not allow Jesus to be seen in you, the Lord is continuing to do his work.

The vision is truth-it is the promise, walk in faith and obedience to the will of God. No longer rest on your own skill, but rather rightly relate to God's will in each moment. There is no life except that of which Jesus Christ reveals in me.

The Lord knew that until he had risen from the tomb there would not be understanding amongst his followers regarding his transformation on the mountain. The Lord never hides the truth, it is more simply put that until we get into a proper spiritual relationship with the risen Lord, we do not understand him and his ways, therefore his word is difficult to interpret.

We must not make our minds up about a doctrine of God bur rather rightly commit ourselves to a personal spiritual relationship with the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

He committed no sin

 “He committed no sin,

    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”

"When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls."

1 Peter 2:22-25

The cross is the utmost triumph by God. It is the moment of perfection realized in Jesus Christ. His perfect life allowed him to be our sacrifice-such that All man's sins could be washed away-and the way to the father directly opened.

Jesus Christ lived to perfection such that the cross would be his ultimate victory. It is where all sin died, all evil was defeated and the enemy became a footstool. The truth is in the life and spirit of Christ Jesus. There is one living God who came to earth to save us all. His name is Jesus Christ and all knees will bow.

The purpose of Jesus on the cross was the culmination of the perfect plan by God. Let this event not be thought of as accidental or with sadness or misguided understanding. The purpose of the life of Jesus was to open all people to a personal relationship with God. The sinless perfect life of Jesus was the sacrifice needed by God to allow the forgiveness of sin and the healing of all infirmities in mankind.

Agony Before Triumph

"Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”

MATTHEW 26:36-38

It is at the cross where the final triumph of Christ Jesus became complete. It is there-in perfection of God's will-Jesus became perfect in us. It is at the cross where Jesus gave his purified spirit to the most high, thus allowing the intercession of our Lord Jesus Christ in our lives. For his spirit alone gives life. Only one triumphed over death, only one man came to redeem. Christ Jesus Lives.

It is the cross that displays triumph, the spirit brings truth. Seek the one who brings love, encouragement and everlasting life.

The Lord displayed great agony at Gethsemane, the type of agony that is difficult to grasp. Let us not misunderstand the purpose of the agony of Jesus Christ. He was literally at the brink of opening the gateway to everlasting life for all mankind. The moment was one in which Jesus was in an agonizing battle as the son of man to maintain perfection as the son of God. Satan was waging a battle in which to say Jesus was not the Savior of the world but rather just an emphatic religious leader that was just a man.

Jesus Christ on the cross is the absolute culmination of perfect triumph for the son of man. When Jesus gave his perfect spirit to God at the cross, it allowed the veil to be cast aside allowing all people to become sons and daughters of God.

I have overcome the world

"A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.

I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

JOHN 16:32-33

There is no fear except disobedience to the most high, for the truth is in Jesus Christ. There is no death, only eternity of joy and peace. In this eternal truth we are free. Free to not be afraid. Free to be joyful and peaceful. Free to be released out of the bonds of slavery. Call on Christ Jesus. Make him the Lord of you-in all things.

The greatest blessings-the truth through revelation come as you walk hand in hand with Jesus. Let him disciple you in every moment. Give it all. He is God-The Truth-The Way-The Life.

While the disciples were with Jesus, they didn't need to ask for anything in his name. While Jesus was walking with the disciples, they had not yet received the Holy Spirit. Jesus was speaking of a time coming very soon that he would not be with them-in person-anymore.

God is never on our timeline. Patience in faith allow you to build trust and understanding with Jesus through the Holy Spirit. People often get in a rush to receive a blessing and lose patience with God. Be certain to be mindful to seek the Lord, but not just for his blessings.

If You Knew What Brings You Peace

"As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, “If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace—but now it is hidden from your eyes."

LUKE 19:41-42

The Lord brings up the past, often, as a memory of a time where you acted not in alignment with his will. This is done such that you not be penalized, but to serve as a mind place holder of an action / response change moment. Meaning a memory of yourself not acting properly-by staying in your mind allows you to respond better when the Lord comes to retry you on this one situation.

God is perfect, but we are not. To be righteous and worthy we must be spirit filled-cloaked in the Righteous Glory of Jesus Christ. Through his glory and spirit we are worthy brothers and sisters, heirs of the most high.

Jesus had just entered Jerusalem to the loud joyful singing voices of his disciples. The Pharisees called for Jesus to immediately rebuke his disciples. They were blinded by the structure and process of religion without regard to the Spirit.

Jesus is the Prince of Peace. To rebuke Jesus is to rebuke peace in your life and in your mind.

God is a Spirit. God is Love. Jesus is the Son of God. Jesus says and does everything the Father asks. The Father is the Son through the Holy Spirit. Jesus is God.

Spiritual Eyes see the Truth

"Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” 

ACTS 9:17

As the revelation of Jesus Christ has poured into my spirit. The truth and kingdom of heaven have been revealed to me. There is nothing but Jesus. There is no truth except the Lord. There is no life except through Jesus Christ. There is no heaven without the spirit of the most high guiding you home. 

Be abandoned in all things to your Lord. Christ Jesus lives. He is God.

In Jesus, all Grace will be given to you such that your journey with him will be made perfect. He will give you peace and pour into you love from heaven and truth.  Seek Jesus in all things.

A person living by the spirit is reconciled in all things to the interpretation of Jesus Christ in them and to the people around them. To be guided first by any other thing is to not be living a spiritual life.

After Saul regained his sight, he really gained a brand new understanding of Jesus Christ. Upon this new revelation understanding, he spent the rest of his life in all things serving the purpose of God in the name of Jesus Christ.

HeartFull vs HeartLess

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

ROMANS 8:28

The power of prayer occurs in the worship of Jesus Christ - not in the thinking of man. The spirit within reveals what you meditate on. Is it worry, angst, fear, nerves - all of these are from earth. Jesus promises none of these for his disciples. But rather Jesus provides joy, perfect peace, wisdom, knowledge, strength and heaven. 

Praise Jesus in all things. Let his voice emanate from your mouth - be his completely.

Christ Jesus came such that we would be free in him - directed by the voice of God - living temples in the spirit of the most high.

Do we allow God to do his work in us, in our homes, in our business, in times of hardship and uncertainty?

Beware of removing God in haste by attempting to do his will.

God is continually placing people for which we do not know directly in our path, a basic response is to treat the stranger with contempt, silence or snark and move on. A Christian without heart must cause great sadness to the Lord.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6

"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippians 4:6