God Wants A Relationship With You!
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GOD WANTS A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU
Questions, Questions, Questions:
Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
Bind them around your neck,
Write them on the tablet of your heart,
4 And so find favor and [a]high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall [b]direct your paths.
7 Do not be wise in your own eyes;
Fear the Lord and depart from evil.
8 It will be health to your [c]flesh,
And strength[d] to your bones.
My experience with this prophetic gift:
I was called into the secret place, in prayer, with Jesus Christ, our God and King. The Holy Spirit was playing the song, Coat of Many Colors, in my heart and mind.
Usually, when songs are played in such a way, there is a context in the scriptures to be applied. Maybe even a word for someone or a group of people who need to know it.
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
God spoke to me while I sat and waited on Him. He told me that there are many giving His word, through the gift of prophecy, to exhort, correct and rebuke the body of Christ. He explained that they give the word He has for this season, through His word in scripture as the basis. They hear these prophetic words through their time with Him, much of the time. Hebrews 11:6
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Revival of the Church of Christ Jesus in the United States:
The churches of the United States of America, have been calling for a revival. These are churches and members of whom don’t know Him, and some that do. Revival was explained in His word that persecution and severe trials and tribulations are necessary for people to come to Him willingly and in truth.
The effect of the first churches being persecuted:
Are the people calling for a revival in this country aware of this fact? Do they know that true repentance comes from a humble and contrite heart?
It is possible for there to be people called to speak, write, and sing prophetic words in this country, especially as we move into a more difficult time in this country, in order to exist as true followers of Christ Jesus. 1 Corinthians 12, 14
Be a Light In An Ever Darkening Place
His light shines more brightly when in the darkness. We will be seen more clearly; therefore, we become more easily attacked. Those who are called to exhort the church through the prophetic gift are necessary, because they are the ones that encourage the body of Christ, to remind them that He was, is, and forever will be. Those being used for these callings are ones that will correct and rebuke the believers, in order to kick their rears into gear and get up and move for the cause of Christ Jesus our King.
Prophecy does not edify the one using it, it edifies the rest of the body.
Ephesians 4:7-26, and 1 Corinthians 12
WHAT DOES SHOWING LOVE TO OUR ALMIGHTY GOD AS A CHURCH LOOK LIKE?
Remember this:
This is one of the gifts that God says in His word that should be the most wanted and sought after ( reread 1 Corinthians 14). I have experienced this gift more than enough to know that it is truly a blessing to see others encouraged.
He had given me Psalm 81 earlier this morning (June 14, 2024, 10:05 am),
Vs 1-2
1Sing aloud to God our strength;
Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
2Raise a song and strike the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the lute.
Worship God in truth, in love, and obedience.
God is our strength and the God of Jacob, He is deserving of our praise and adoration.
Vs 3-5
3Blow the trumpet at the time of the New Moon,
At the full moon, on our solemn feast day.
4For this is a statute for Israel,
A law of the God of Jacob.
5This He established in Joseph as a testimony,
When He went throughout the land of Egypt,
Where I heard a language I did not understand.
Time is what He wants too!
First, God wants a relationship with us, and
not works or religious practices,
in order to spend time with us.
He wants us every minute, hour, and day of our lives.
Second, there are religious feasts/ceremonies/holidays that occur, in order to remind generations of what God did to bring those who called out to Him for help.
They were given salvation from a foreign land, foreign gods, and foreign idols that pulled them from our True and Living God, our Father Jehovah, our Abba (Daddy) Yahweh, our Adonai (Lord and Authority) and El Shaddai (All Sufficient One, Almighty God).
The United States, before formation, the people, or Pilgrims, were held under European rule, or monarchy, they were denied the truth of the living God, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, His word specifically. They were being taught works and perfection in man's own strength, rather than God’s strength, and God’s salvation, which is through grace alone and the fact that Abba Yahweh and Jesus our Lord and God, wanted a relationship with us,
What was the Gospel message that was being kept from those in Europe then?:
The plan of redemption was given with the new covenant…Jesus's blood, the blood of the Son of Man, the Son of God, who came in the flesh and choosing to die for our sins:
covering all sin,
and the most wonderful news beyond that good news, Jesus rose from the dead! He completed all requirements for us to be bought and redeemed from everlasting death, and the fact that He rose from the dead, so we could be brought from death to life (He defeated death at the cross), and this provided the ability for His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, which was sent from our Abba Father, the good Father who is our Jehovah Jireh and Jehovah Rapha. He sent His Spirit to live within us, so we could not just live in the Spirit, but learn to walk in the Spirit. YAY!
“Thank You Jesus for the Blood” by Charity Gayle (Live) | Written by Charity Gayle, Ryan Kennedy, Steven Musso, David Gentiles, Bryan McCleery | Produced by Kyle Lee | Directed by Chase Condon
“Nothing But the Blood” by Charity Gayle
Words & Music by David Fitzgerald, Corey Voss, Michael Farren
This was the relationship that people needed to hear, and the government was trying to thwart that. No one from the gates of hell can penetrate the works of God, nor what He is doing in us. We are His, He bought us, the Holy Spirit is our guarantee.
Our Salvation and Comforter
Vs 6-7
“I removed his shoulder from the burden;
His hands were freed from the baskets.
You called in trouble, and I delivered you;
I answered you in the secret place of thunder;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
The Pilgrims were tested, as they came upon the shores of the land, which was where their salvation (read the definition of salvation, outside of the generally used word in the Bible) would come. God chose this land for them, where they could truly be who they were meant to be, before our God, in a relationship with Him, based on grace through faith in Jesus Christ as our Messiah and King.
God led them to the place of salvation, no different than what God had for the Israelites, leading to a place separated for His people to worship Him in total freedom and prosperity, under His mighty right hand.
The difference being, we had our big brother, Israel, as an example. This would be why God mentions that the “Jew first, then the Gentile” in the old testament. Also, something to consider, the story of Esau and Jacob is important. Remember, God is the God of Jacob. Esau gave up his birthright, due to his physical needs and refused to wait, be thankful, and patient, and focus on the eternal. He lost sight of who God was, is, and will always be…a Righteous Judge, Discerner of all hearts, and Holy.
Israel is still going to get to be reconciled eventually, through the tribulation
(“The purpose of the tribulation is the salvation of the Jewish nation”**JDFarag) By the way: Love you Pastor JD! I am praying for your family!
Many Jews today are having their eyes open, by the grace of God, for redemption now, rather than later. However, the salvation of the Jewish nation as a whole, is not until the tribulation found in the book of Revelation.
Back to America's founding:
The Pilgrims sought the Lord in truth and desire to be closer to Him. God gave them that time, but as we all do in our time to get closer to our Holy and Righteous God and King, so we must be tested, to increase our faith.
To learn to walk in faith with a God we can not see with our eyes, feel with our bodies, nor hear with our ears is a hard thing for many to attach their minds and hearts to. This is why the Holy Spirit is necessary. He is our bridge to knowing Christ Jesus and our Father God more intimately.
Clarifying this:
Jesus being the one foundation from which we have unlimited access to heaven. He is the only way, the only truth, the only life to get to heaven. He is the bringer of life. The one who gave us His love notes, or “letters of life” (2 Corinthians 3:4-6).
Obviously, the Pilgrim’s new ways of government, which were a social experiment of government to self-govern was successful for a time.
However, the key🔑 in the constitution is thus: We have freedom of religion.
Freedom to know and love God was a sole purpose of the movement of the ancestors of the America. The original national anthem and our pledge of Allegiance stresses the love of God in heaven, of Jesus our Savior and King.
The founding fathers of this nation, expected generations to last here loving our One and True Living God.
Who can’t see?
Who can’t hear?
Who can’t understand?
They are those who live in darkness,
They love this world,
They hate humanity,
and most of all…
They are haters of our Almighty Creator and God, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Which, by the way:
this is the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, which is why we celebrate July 4th…
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
God was in this social movement, when it started, and the first men and women were obedient to the call, in faith in our living Creator, Jehovah, to move and walk in the Holy Spirit. The blessing of obedience and trust in God, moved into their children’s children, us.
Notice God’s words to his first born, Israel, as they were being exhorted by God, through Moses:
If you look further in Deuteronomy, Look at
So, ultimately, the result
of teaching your children, and your children’s children
is necessary (vital, imperative, the life blood, the ticket, the key...whatever works for you to understand this statement!)
in order to keep the truth of
Who God is,
Having a relationship and knowing Him intimately,
and loving God as He is due,
is key🔑 to blessings and protection of God.
Consider this dynamic: Struggle, trials, and tribulations come as we grow in our faith, and not a direct result from our sin on it's own. Many young adults and teens today don't understand this dynamic...and due to this believe that hardship is not worth the time or effort. Do they understand the love of God? Do they understand that He loves them? Ecclesiastes 7 states clearly: He will bless both the righteous and wicked. The difference is, the wicked don't have the correction happening, but the righteous do. They are being refined, as in a fire. We have hope in Christ Jesus, the wicked in this world, do not.
Don’t forget🐘 🧠:
Just as Israel, our brother, has traditions, such as the yearly Sedar, and the Passover, to orally tell the stories, as well as weekly Shabbat, to orally tell the stories.
These keep the children of the Jewish nation in connection with God's word, in the Torah (Tanach), to understand and remember what God our Father has done for them since the beginning of existence, in Genesis.
With this in mind and heart, so it is and should be with America.
We have to tell and retell the history of our people here, in order to keep the foundations of our country alive…or else!
To read independently beyond, I recommend and use information from this legit source of American History which includes the scriptures too. This was a recommendation from Jack Hibbs years ago: The Treacherous World of the 16th Century & How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America's Freedom by William J Federer
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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