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Psalm 91 – He is My Place of Safety!

Psalm 91

These are things I need to go over regularly so that they become part of me.  Having these truths embedded in my heart will eliminate fear and enable me to expect and experience the good and wonderful things God has for me.  Knowing these truths and expecting them is an important part of them working for me.  So is saying them.  I should be regularly muttering these things.

If I speak my fears and anxieties and problems more than the promises of God, I am living in fear and not faith.  My life will not be in the place of protection and blessing spoken of in this Psalm.  To enjoy the benefits of this Psalm, I must stay in His presence and I must trust Him and speak what I believe.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand].  I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust!  For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.  [Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler.

My words have much to do with me dwelling in the secret and protected place.  I trust in Him and say it.  THEN He will deliver me and protect me.

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Written on April 9th, 2012 , Faith, How To..., Knowing God, Presence of God
You Want to KNOW Him Better – HOW?

My greatest desire is to know God better.  How can I do this?  What steps I can follow to take me to this goal?  How can I know what He is like, what to expect from Him and from my times with Him?

People have many experiences and have opinions as to how to get closer to God, but it isn’t from listening to others that I get to know God intimately.  I have to get to know God for myself, and all true knowledge is based on the Word of God.  All things must be measured by His Word.  I must study the word for myself and approach God according to what I see there.

STUDY THE WORD

God has given us His Word to reveal Himself to us, and He sent His Son as the Word in the flesh to show us what He is like.

Christ is the revelation of God.  God made Himself a man in Christ so we can see Him and understand Him.

Hebrews 1:1-3 – God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.  And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. \

God spoke in the past in many portions and many ways.  He has in these last days spoken to us completely and accurately in His Son.  Jesus is the exact representation of His nature.

The Old Testament presents a partial picture of God, but the New Testament presents Him exactly and completely in Christ.

Colossians 1:15 (Amplified) — [Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation.

Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God.  He is the EXACT likeness of the unseen God.  We can’t see God, but we see Jesus, and seeing Jesus is seeing God.

If there is a conflict between the Old Testament God and Jesus, realize that the Old Testament is a partial picture, but Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God, the exact representation of His person.  Eliminate from your thinking any picture of God contrary to what you see in Jesus.

Look at what Jesus did, how He went about doing good and healing all (Acts 10:38), and know this is how He is to you.

Renew your mind from a wrong picture to a right picture of what God is like by studying Jesus.  He is the same today (Heb 13:8), the same toward you as you see Him in the Word.  Whatever you see Him doing, saying, healing, providing; you can expect Him also to do for you.  Be willing to change what you have thought and beloved to what you see and learn from the Word.  Put aside any beliefs and traditions and what people have told you that is contract to what you see in Jesus.

Accept and appropriate what you see.  The promises and truths of the Word of God are activated towards you only when mixed with faith  Purposely expect Him to act the same way towards you as you see Him in the Word – every day of your life, on every occasion.   This opens the way for Him to reveal Himself to you.

PRAYER AND FELLOWSHIP

Spend time developing a relationship with God.   Spend time in prayer and praise just being with Him.  Practice His presence every moment of every day.  Treat Him always as though He is with you – as He says He is.

Ephesians 3:17(Amplified) – May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts!

He is with me and will never leave or forsake me but it is through my faith that He actually dwells in me and makes His permanent home in my heart.

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Written on March 31st, 2012 , How To..., Knowing God, Prayer, Presence of God
ONE Thing – Part 2

Psalms 27:4 (Amplified Bible) – One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

Yes, Lord this is the ONE THING I desire above all things – to know you and dwell in your presence all the days of my life, to behold and know you in your beauty and to learn from you and live in constant fellowship with you.

Philippians 3:10 (Amplified Bible)– [For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection…

My determined purpose is that I may know Him, better and better and better, to know and understand the wonders of His person more strongly and more clearly, that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately aquainted with Him, that I might know and see more clearly the wonders of His person.

John 17:3 (Amplified Bible) – And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent.

Eternal life is TO KNOW HIM, the only true and real God.  The main thing in life is to know Him.  We were made for fellowship with God.  There is nothing that can fully satisfy our hearts except a relationship with God.  We are made to live in His presence, to share our lives with Him and let Him share His life with us, to live in a relationship and fellowship that is as real as any other face to face relationship you have.

Exodus 33:11 – And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.

In those days some leaders and prophets and priests could have intimate face to face relationship with God.  but in these days we  have all been brought near to God our Father through what Jesus did for us.  And He desires each and every one of us enjoy daily friendship and communion with Himself. Read the rest of this entry »

Written on November 5th, 2011 , Knowing God, Presence of God
The Presence of God

Psalms 46:1 – God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God is a very PRESENT help in trouble. The presence of God isn’t just a religious idea or doctrine. The presence of God is the presence and reality of an actual, powerful loving being with me always.

Matthew 28:20 (Amplified Bible) – Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be).

I love this.  He is with me always, all the days, perpetually, uniformly and on every occasion. This means that no matter how I feel or what is going on, He is there the same. I can talk to Him and trust in Him. I can by faith treat this scripture as true and walk in His presence perpetually, uniformly and on every occasion.  When I do this and put my faith in Him, I will find Him there just as He said.

Benefits of His Presence:

Psalm 16:11 – You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. Fullness of joy, pleasures forevermore, the path of life – are all found in His presence.

Acts 3:20 – …so that times of refreshing may come form the presence of the Lord… There are times of refreshing from His presence.

Psalm 31:20 – In the shelter of your presence you hide them from human plots; you hold them safe under your shelter from contentious tongues. In His presence is safety, a place to hide, even from words (or thoughts)

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Written on October 20th, 2011 , Faith, Presence of God
ONE THING – ONE FOCUS

One Thing – One Focus

Psalm 27:4 (Amplified)– One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple.

One thing I seek – that I may dwell in His presence all of the days of my life.   This is my focus. This is where I concentrate my attention, because this is where all the other things I need for myself and to help others come from.

2 Peter 1:2-4 – Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine  nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust.

The Message – Everything that goes into aOne Thing I Seek life of pleasing God has been miraculously given to us by getting to know, personally and intimately, the One who invited us to God.  The best invitation we ever received!  We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you—your tickets to participation in the life of God after you turned your back on a world corrupted by lust.

Grace and peace will be lavished on me as I grow in the rich knowledge of God.  Everything I need for life, both my spiritual life and my natural life are given trough this knowledge.  Everything that goes into a life of pleasing God has been miraculously given me by me getting to know Him personally and intimately.  The means of me partaking of the things He has provided is by His precious and magnificent promises.

Luke 10:41-42 – But the Lord answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

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Written on October 6th, 2011 , Knowing God, Presence of God
True Freedom – The Word & Fellowship

My freedom and victory come from the presence of the Lord and the Word of God

John 8:31-32 – So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, if you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.

John 15:1-5, 7 (Amplified) – I am the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser.  Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit.  You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you].  Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.]  Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me.  I am the Vine; you are the branches.  Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing.  If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.

Fellowship with the living God and the Word of God are what prepare me for life.  It is always the Word and the Spirit that God uses to work His works in me.  I bear fruit through fellowship.  My life becomes more and more clean and pure as it is conformed to His word (God’s way of thinking rather than man’s).

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Written on July 4th, 2011 , Knowing God, Presence of God
God WANTS to be YOUR Friend!

God wants to be your Friend.

God loves you personally and desires to be your friend.  He wants you to walk with Him and talk with Him and live in His presence all of your days.

Draw Near to GodExodus 33:11 – And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend.

This is the kind of fellowship God wants with all of us. He paid the price of the blood of Jesus to draw us near and bring us into fellowship with Him.  He is standing at jelly the door of the heart of every Christian knocking so that we might open and enjoy continual fellowship with Him.  If you are not yet a Christian, He wants your to accept what He has provided for you through His Son.

1 Corinthians 1:9 – …by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Corinthians 13:14 – The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen

Message – The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

One of the things we are called into is companionship and fellowship with God. God desires us to enjoy His presence and fellowship.
Notice the prayer isn’t for the Lord to be with them. Since He said He will  never leave us for forsake us, we shouldn’t pray contrary to the Word. We should pray scripturally, that the love and presence and fellowship of the Lord be with us, or like the Message Bible says, may the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit be with us all!

Revelation 3:20 – Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.

Ephesians 2:13 – But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

These things are His part. What is our part?

So many times we get the parts mixed up.  We try to do for ourselves what He has already done or what He said He would do for us  and ask Him to do for us things He has told us to do.  I’ll cover this at another time.  Concerning closeness with God and walking in His presence, what has He told us to do?

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Written on April 30th, 2011 , Knowing God, Presence of God
I Am Acceptable to God

In our salvation there are two parts, God’s part and man’s part. There is what God did for us, and then there is us applying it to ourselves. He did it, and we live it. This week I will be covering what God did in making us acceptable and next week I will cover how to apply it. The first step is most definitely to know what He has done for us and who He has made us.

I am acceptable to God!Knowing that we are acceptable and welcome in the presence of God just as we are is key to making progress in our Christian life. There is a closeness and an intimacy with God that is necessary to a successful life. So first we will cover how God has brought us near to Himself, how He has completely and totally dealt with all our sin – past, present and future – by His one sacrifice. He is no longer holding our sins against us. He has made us righteous, holy and without blame in His presence. And He did all of this because He wanted to and without help from us at all!

Access to God

I have free access to God at any time regardless of what I am going through. He is as near as my call for help.

Romans 5:1-2 – Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

I already have peace with God. My access into His grace (the state of being in right standing with God, having favor with God) was provided by God and is by faith not earned by my behavior.

I have access by faith into His grace, into His favor. I walk in His favor as I know about it and have faith in it. As I believe that He favors me and expect His favor every day, it is released to a higher lever into my life.

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Written on March 12th, 2011 , Knowing God, Presence of God
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