Love is always Holy, Righteous and True.
1 John 4:20
If a man says, I LOVE God, and that man HATES his brother, he is a LIAR: for he that LOVES NOT his brother whom he has seen, how can he LOVE God whom he has NOT seen?
-Why MUST we LOVE one another? Because God COMMANDED us to do so.
John 13:34
A NEW COMMANDMENT I give unto you, that you love one another; as I have loved you…
-Loving one another is not an option. It’s a COMMANDMENT of God!
-No one has to pre-qualify in order to get the Love of God from us. As Children of God Love is who we are and Love is what we do.
-In the ACT of LOVE God reveals Himself to the giver and to the recipient.
-When God reveals Himself in the ACT of LOVE, things will always change for the better because God is Love and Love never fails.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

Three Kinds of Spiritual Blindness

3 Spiritual Blindness of the HEART

Ephesians 4:18
Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the BLINDNESS of their HEART.
+Notice the things that lead to BLINDNESS of HEART:
1 Darkness in Understanding.
2 Alienation (Separation) from God.
3 and Ignorance.
+Let’s look at Alienation from God.
Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated (alienated) you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that He will not hear.
+Sin is the only thing that SEPARATES (ALIENATES) us from God. Let’s purpose in our hearts and minds and be determined to always live in Love, Truth, Holiness, Righteous and Faith in Christ Jesus our Lord.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!!!

Don’t allow the devil and his agents to steal your peace.
The Benefits of having the PEACE of God in our Minds and Hearts:
•PEACE in your MIND prevents frustration and confusion in the mind.
•PEACE in the MIND brings clarity of thinking and opens you up to the Mind and Wisdom of Christ.

“Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].”(Romans 12:2 AMPC)

“But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one [he can read the meaning of everything, but no one can properly discern or appraise or get an insight into him]. For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. [Isa. 40:13.]”.(1 Corinthians 2:14‭-‬16 AMPC).

Our minds are renewed and we have the Mind of Christ.
•PEACE in the HEART (your spirit) causes you to hear the Voice of God.
•PEACE in your HEART makes you sensitive to the inward witness and promptings of the Holy Spirit.

“The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God”. (Romans 8:16 AMPC)

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit…Did you know that you are compromised of soul, body,and spirit.

“This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)–not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One; and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son.

He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son. And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life.

I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life. And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him”.(1 John 5:6‭-‬15 AMPC)

•The PEACE of God in our Minds and Hearts helps us to walk in the Spirit and not in the flesh. This also helps us to know the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, and to walk fully pleasing unto Him.
-Hold your peace and keep your peace.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. [John 3:18.] For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit].

Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], [Lev. 7:37.] So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.

Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law; indeed it cannot. So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you].

But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God]. [Rom. 8:14.] But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you]. And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you. So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh.

For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father! The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.

And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory. [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].

For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it–[yet] with the hope [Eccl. 1:2.] That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children. We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. [Jer. 12:4, 11.] And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God’s sons).

For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees? But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure. So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.

[Ps. 139:1, 2.] We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself).

And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] [Ps. 118:6.] He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?] Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us?

Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword? Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter. [Ps. 44:22.] Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
(Romans 8:1‭-‬39 AMPC).

“And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing]”. (Revelation 12:11 AMPC)

“He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.” (Revelation 21:7‭-‬8 NKJV)

NOW GO WALK AND FUNCTION, LIKE THE CONQUEROR YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. LET THE WORD OF GOD,AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD LEAD AND DIRECT YOU IN THE PATH OF LOVE,TRUTH, HOLINESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND FAITH.

If you haven’t accepted JESUS CHRIST AS YOU LORD AND SAVIOR, JUST GO TO THE TOP OF THIS BLOG,AND GO TO THE SALVATION PAGE,AND DO WHAT IT SAYS. WELCOME TO THE NO CONDEMNATION GROUP IN CHRIST JESUS. GO AND SIN NO MORE.

“Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,…(I Timothy 4:1‭-‬2 NKJV).

“BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. [They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. [They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit.

[They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God. For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them]. For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate silly and weak-natured and spiritually dwarfed women, loaded down with [the burden of their] sins [and easily] swayed and led away by various evil desires and seductive impulses.

[These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth. Now just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to and resisted Moses, so these men also are hostile to and oppose the Truth. They have depraved and distorted minds, and are reprobate and counterfeit and to be rejected as far as the faith is concerned. [Exod. 7:11.]

But they will not get very far, for their rash folly will become obvious to everybody, as was that of those [magicians mentioned]. Now you have closely observed and diligently followed my teaching, conduct, purpose in life, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, Persecutions, sufferings–such as occurred to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, persecutions I endured, but out of them all the Lord delivered me. Indeed all who delight in piety and are determined to live a devoted and godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand].

But wicked men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and leading astray others and being deceived and led astray themselves. But as for you, continue to hold to the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced, knowing from whom you learned [them], And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God’s will in thought, purpose, and action), So that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work”. (2 Timothy 3:1‭-‬17 AMPC)

“Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation.” For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, by which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. But the heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless; and consider that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation—as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you, as also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which untaught and unstable people twist to their own destruction, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures. You therefore, beloved, since you know this beforehand, beware lest you also fall from your own steadfastness, being led away with the error of the wicked; but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.” (II Peter 3:1‭-‬18 NKJV).

IT’S TIME TO GET RIGHT WITH GOD,THROUGH HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON JESUS, BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. TO GET STARTED GO TO THE SALVATION PAGE AT THE TOP OF THIS BLOG,AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD.

What do you tell yourself every morning as you start your day?

“You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you, and you will pay your vows. You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God’s favor] shall shine upon your ways”.
(Job 22:27‭-‬28 AMPC).

🙏🏼 Moses would say, “LORD, if You don’t go with us or before us, we are not going anywhere.”

🙏🏼 Abraham would say, “The LORD will provide.”

🙏🏼 Jacob would say, “I won’t let go of YOU unless YOU bless me.”

🙏🏼 Joshua would say, “As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”

🙏🏼 Samuel would say, “Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.”

🙏🏼 Nehemiah would say, “The joy of the LORD is my strength.”

🙏🏼 David would say, “The LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not want.” and “This is the day that the LORD has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it.”

🙏🏼 Solomon would say, “Trust in the LORD, oh my soul, and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your path.”

🙏🏼 Isaiah would say, “Arise and shine for my GLORY has come.” and “No weapon formed against me shall prosper.”

🙏🏼 Jeremiah would say, “The LORD has plans to prosper me and not to harm or fail me.”

🙏🏼 Jabez would say, “Oh, that YOU may bless me and enlarge my territory.”

🙏🏼 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego would say, “We will not bow down to any image but will serve the LORD.”

🙏🏼 Ezekiel would say, “Any dry bones in my life, Live again.”

🙏🏼 Peter would say, “I will cast my cares upon the LORD for He cares.”

🙏🏼 Paul would say, “The LORD will supply all my needs and I can do all things through Christ.”

🙏🏼Choose your daily statement of FAITH .

Meditate on it! Speak it !
Speak out of your own month how you want your day to go.

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. [Matt. 12:37.]
Proverbs 18:21 AMPC

Have a blessed day.

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? “So why do you worry about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble”. (Matthew 6:25‭-‬34 NKJV)

“Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God: “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. “Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.

“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. “The Lord will command the blessing on you in your storehouses and in all to which you set your hand, and He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God is giving you. “The Lord will establish you as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. Then all peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you.

And the Lord will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. The Lord will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them. So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

“But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments and His statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: “Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. “Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. “Cursed shall be the fruit of your body and the produce of your land, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks. “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. “The Lord will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke in all that you set your hand to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the wickedness of your doings in which you have forsaken Me.
[Deuteronomy 28:1‭-‬20 NKJV]

“Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail)”. [I Pet. 5:7.]
(Psalm 55:22 AMPC)

“Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. [Ps. 55:22.] Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset–rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world”.
[1 Peter 5:6‭-‬9 AMPC]

Remember that you’re victorious, and you belong to God. Therefore,give your problems,fights,battles, whatever, to God. BECAUSE:
And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
[2 Chronicles 20:15]

“And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. It is right and appropriate for me to have this confidence and feel this way about you all, because you have me in your heart and I hold you in my heart as partakers and sharers, one and all with me, of grace (God’s unmerited favor and spiritual blessing). [This is true] both when I am shut up in prison and when I am out in the defense and confirmation of the good news (the Gospel)”. (Philippians 1:6‭-‬7 AMPC).

“And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God, Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water. So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word”.
(Hebrews 10:21‭-‬23 AMPC)

“Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. [Ps. 55:22.] Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour.

Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset–rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the dominion (power, authority, rule) forever and ever. Amen (so be it). [1 Peter 5:6‭-‬11 AMPC]

“In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.

Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God, And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. [Isa. 52:7.] Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one].

And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God. Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people). And [pray] also for me, that [freedom of] utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news (the Gospel),[Ephesians 6:10‭-‬19 AMPC].

BLESSED YOU ARE,AND BLESSED YOU WILL ALWAYS BE ,AND TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY.

BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name! Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits– Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases, Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy; Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle’s [strong, overcoming, soaring]! [Isa. 40:31.]

The Lord executes righteousness and justice [not for me only, but] for all who are oppressed. He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness. [James 5:11.] He will not always chide or be contending, neither will He keep His anger forever or hold a grudge. He has not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy and loving-kindness toward those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him [with reverence, worship, and awe]. For He knows our frame, He [earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more.

But the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children’s children–[Deut. 10:12.] To such as keep His covenant [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it] and to those who [earnestly] remember His commandments to do them [imprinting them on their hearts]. The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, all you His hosts, you His ministers who do His pleasure. Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion; bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul!
[Psalm 103:1‭-‬22 AMPC].

The Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith,
23 Meekness, Temperance: against such there is no law.
+Please Notice the scriptures say the FRUIT singular, of the Spirit singular, is LOVE singular.
+There is only ONE FRIUT of the Spirit, but NINE DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS, MANIFESTATIONS, or FLAVORS of the ONE FRUIT.
+The end of verse 23 says against SUCH the (FRUIT of the SPIRIT ) there is no LAW. Meaning there is no LAW that can bring a charge against the FRUIT of the Spirit , or (those that walk in the FRUIT of the Spirit).
+This is like 1 Corinthians 13:7-8 which says (Love or the FRUIT of the Spirit) BEARS all things, BELIEVES all things, HOPES all things, ENDURES all things. LOVE (the FRUIT of the Spirit) NEVER FAILS.
+Always walk in the FRUIT of the Spirit,AND…

+Always let Love lead you in every way.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is LOVE…
1 John 4:8 …God is LOVE.
+God is Love, Jesus is Love and the Holy Spirit is Love.
+We are children of God which make us all children of LOVE.
Romans5:5
…the LOVE of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit Who is given unto us.
+Our hearts are filled with God and the LOVE of God by the Holy Spirit Who is God.
+As children of God LOVE is who we are therefore we do all with LOVE.
+Out of all the characteristics of the children of God, LOVE and LOVING is most outstanding.
John 13:35 Jesus said: By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have LOVE one to another.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is LOVE…
+The things that the FRUIT of LOVE does NOT DO are based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (AMP)
The Fruit of the Spirit (LOVE) is never envious, jealous, boastful, vainglorious, haughty, conceited, or (arrogant and inflated with pride).
The Fruit of the Spirit (LOVE) is not rude (unmannerly), or unbecomingly.
The Fruit of the Spirit (LOVE) (God’s love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy, fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong], and It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness
+The FRUITFULNESS of the Fruit of the Spirit (LOVE) EMPOWERS the Life of the Believer, Bless the life of others and Glorifies God.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is LOVE…
+The things that the FRUIT of LOVE DOES are based on
1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (AMP)
+LOVE Love endures long.
+LOVE is kind and giving.
+LOVE make sacrifices for other at the expense or cost of self.
+LOVE says I live as long as I can possibly live for and if necessary give my life to extend yours.
+LOVE bears up under anything and everything that comes it’s way.
+LOVE believe the best of every person.
+LOVE never loses hope or fades out under any circumstance.
+LOVE is never weak, instead it is always God-Strong.
+LOVE can never fail because God is LOVE and Love is God, and God can never fail.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is…JOY…
Psalm 16:11
In the Presence of the Lord is the Fullness of JOY.
Nehemiah 8:10
…for the JOY of the LORD is your Strength.
1 Peter 1:8
Though we have not seen God, we believe in Him and we rejoice with JOY unspeakable and full of glory.
+In the natural JOY is the feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
+But spiritually JOY, the JOY of the Lord (the FRUIT of the Spirit JOY) is something completely different.
+This JOY is of the Lord. It is the Love of God Rejoicing.
+It is also called the Fullness of JOY.
+It is not a temporary feeling, but a permanent condition of our hearts.
+Based on 1 Cor 6:17 the Lord is in our hearts by His Holy Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is their is the FULLNESS of JOY. Amen!
+More to come in Part-6…

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is…JOY…
…continuing from Pt. 5
+What is Joy, Spiritual Joy, the Fruit of the Spirit Joy???
+This Joy keeps you Totally, Completely and Permanently satisfied and content in the Lord to the point of always rejoicing.
+Sometimes this Joy is unspeakable and inexpressible.
+This Joy is also unlimited and inexhaustible.
+Happiness comes and goes, but Joy, spiritual Joy, the Joy of the Lord, the Fruit of Joy is permanently with us at all times and forever.
Hallelujahs to Jesus!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is…PEACE…
+Peace comes from Love and it is also being one with God. The Peace of Love is to rest in quietness in the Lord.
+It refreshing you in spirit, soul, mind and body.
+The Peace of God overall enhances your entire life.
Isaiah 9:7
…the Lord is our Prince of Peace.
1 Corinthians 14:33
For God is the Author of Peace…
+Meaning Peace begins with God, and without Him there is no peace.
2 Corinthians 13:11
Our God is the God of Peace.
Judges 6:24
He is Jehovah Shalom. The Lord is our Peace.
Philippians 4:7
And the Peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep our HEARTS and MINDS through Christ Jesus.

+More on the Fruit of Peace.
Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is…PEACE…
James 3:18
And the FRUIT of Righteousness is sown in PEACE by them that make PEACE.
+We bear the Fruit of Peace in our lives.
+And since our God and Father is the God of Peace, that makes us Children of Peace.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the Peacemakers: for they shall be called the Children of God.
+Isn’t it amazing that being a Peacemaker identifies us as Children of God.
+We not only have Peace, we are People of Peace, and we are Peacemakers wherever we go.
PSALM 37:37
Mark the perfect (mature, blameless and Christlike) man… for the end of that man is PEACE.
Romans 15:13
Now the God of hope fill you with ALL JOY and PEACE in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Hallelujah!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit is…LONGSUFFERING…
+Long-suffering is Love Forbearing (patiently with tolerance, Joy and Peace). It also means patience, even tempered, forbearance in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
+Long-suffering is not forever suffering.
Psalm 86:15
But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
+The Spirit of God in us confirms that we are the Children of God, and the same Holy Spirit helps us to function like God our Father.
+So likewise as Children of God we have Compassion, we are Gracious, and we are LONG-SUFFERING, and Abundant in Mercy and Truth.
+And because we Love the Lord and Love one another we exercise LONG-SUFFERING one towards another. Amen!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit
is…GENTLENESS…
Gentleness: Love ministering to the hurts of others. The quality of being Kind, Tender and Mild-mannered, and softness of action.
+We must always respond to one another with the GENTLENESS of Christ
(2 Corinthians 10:1).
+In order for us to function in the FRUIT of GENTLENESS we must already be functioning in Love, Joy, Peace and Long-Suffering.
+The FRUIT of the Spirit are given to us in this particular order to let us know where we are in regards to Growth, Development and Maturation in Christ.
+In other words if we do not bearing LOVE we will not have JOY.
+If we are not bearing LOVE and JOY we will not have PEACE.
+If we are not bearing LOVE, JOY and PEACE we will not have LONG-SUFFERING.
+And If we are not bearing LOVE, JOY, PEACE and LONG-SUFFERING we would not be able to exercise GENTLENESS of Christ to others.
John 15:8 In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much FRUIT; so shall you be my disciples.
+Be steadfast in bearing the Fruit of the Spirit for the Glory of God.

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit
is…GOODNESS …
Goodness: is Love seeking the best for others always. To unconditionally give the things that are needed and beneficial. Which is to give without profit or gain.
Psalms 107:8
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his GOODNESS, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
+By the GOODNESS of God He has given us everything that pertains to life and Godliness in Christ Jesus.
+Let us continue to exercise the GOODNESS to everyone, and let us do it for the GLORY of God. Amen!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit
is…FAITH (FAITHFULNESS)…

• Faith or Faithfulness is Love keeping its promises. This FRUIT means FAITHFULNESS to God with a heart that is filled with the LOVE of God that is also demonstrated in total submission and complete obedience to God.
  +Because we have all Hope, Faith, Trust, Confidence and Assurance in the Lord we bear the FRUIT of FAITHFULNESS for His Glory.
  +We are uncompromisingly committed to God in every way.
  +FAITHFULNESS to God also means that we are also FAITHFUL to one another.
  +We cannot truly be FAITHFUL to one another unless we are FIRST FAITHFUL to God. Amen!
  +Thank God for the FRUIT of FAITHFULNESS! Hallelujah!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit
is…MEEKNESS…
MEEKNESS: Love in humility serving others; strength under control; gentle humility; freedom from pride and arrogance, and a total submission and obedience to God’s Divine will. Meekness is Christlikeness in Thoughts, Speech and Action.
+MEEKNESS is not WEAKNESS, but having your total strength in God not in self.
Romans 12:3
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly (moderately)…
Philippians 2:3
Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness (humbleness and humility)of mind let each esteem others better than themselves.
+The MEEK is Strong in the Lord and in the Power of His Might.
Hallelujahs to Jesus!

Galatians 5:22-23
22 But the FRUIT of the Spirit
is…TEMPERANCE…
+Temperance is allowing Love to take control of you rather than you taking control of Love, Self-control, Self-restraint, it is also letting your moderation be known unto all men. Philippians 4:5.
1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that strives for SELF-CONTROL IS TEMPERATE IN ALL THINGS.
+We have covered all nine characteristics of the FRUIT of the Spirit.
+Remember there is only ONE FRUIT of the Spirit but nine ways in which the FRUIT is manifested.
+Bearing the Fruit of the Spirit is tremendously glorious unto the Lord, and it is highly rewarding for us. Hallelujahs to Jesus and Amen!

“He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper”. (Psalms 1:3 NKJV).

+Continue to bear much FRUIT for the Glory of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus Loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust, and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!