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crossoverglobaloutreach · 4 years

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PEACE FOR THE FRAY

Recently, some confounding situations defied reason and plagued our understanding in respect to close, dear folks suffering grave injustices at the hands of the judicial system. Simple matters of common sense, integrity, righteous judgment and justice should easily have prevailed on their behalf, but no. In our shared despair, biblical encouragement was given along with prayer, asking God for needed words of understanding to see them through that would help “guard their hearts and minds in peace through Christ Jesus.” With having this scripture at heart from Phil.4:6-7 the Lord brought my attention to a fragment I had overlooked, “…the peace of God, which surpasses (exceeds, overdoes, overrides) all understanding” …and even in the face of no understanding.

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil.4:6-7).

What followed, was in my view, a healthy understanding from the Lord for the times we find ourselves in, when a further word of understanding is not always forthcoming from the Lord. This is not always for lack of asking Him - “You receive not because you ask not.” There are just those times where we are left with a deafening quiet that makes us think we are unheard… maybe forsaken. At this point, we could foolishly start picking daisies with saying, “He loves me, He loves me not…!” And, tragically begin to lose faith and the standard we have held in following Him passionately. Considering the Day we are in, with perversions of power mounting, love toward God comes under the threat of 'waxing cold'. However, there is an abounding grace, a divine enabling to act on from God in confronting sin’s increase for a greater and stronger faith that will see His glory! And Grace never seems to live alone in the New Testament, but is found in good company of her sister, Peace. Rom.1:7, “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” This statement used in continual greeting of the saints throughout the epistles is not to be taken lightly.

Jesus in John 16 reiterates many things He has spoken from John 14-15. However, all is drawn up in chapter 16 with Jesus imparting to the disciples what will shortly come and what is meant to help them from “stumbling” (Jn.16:1). He then states, “They will put you out of the synagogues (or churches).” Next, “…the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God a service” (v.2). I’m not sure what part of this would keep them or me from stumbling, but let’s go on! He then tops this with, “But now I go away to Him who sent Me…” (v.5). At this point “no one asks Him where He is going” (v.5). Why? Because “their hearts are filled with sorrow” (v.6). He having more to say cannot, stating, “…you cannot bear them now” (v.12).

Now, I would be remiss to not bring the counterbalance Jesus shared here, as well, telling the disciples that when this occurs “you may remember that I told you” (v.4). In other words, the road is mapped ahead of you so don’t think you’re lost or forsaken. And, “…it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (the Holy Spirit) will not come to you…” (v.7-15). Again, help is coming and “He will be with you and in you” (Jn.14:17). Lastly, Jesus completes the map yet to be written with what they will go through in mourning His death while the world rejoices, but that it would be turned to restored and permanent joy with seeing Him again (v.16-24). Once and for all, the Lord knows the end from our beginning, because He is the Beginning and the End; Alpha and Omega! With all that has been “figurative” (v.25), like a dream we try to understand, they with receiving the Holy Spirit would then possess “the mind of Christ” to “discern all things rightly” (1 Cor.2:15-16).

Now, the prophetic map is set in detail for their lives at this juncture. Yet, a final plug is added for those voids of understanding when the enemy taunts, “Where is your God?” That plug is Jn.16:33 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” His Peace is found with being in Him. He is in us to the end that we would be in Him. As the Prince of Peace, He is the plug keeping faith from draining from us, giving place to fear and anxiety; a peace to be abided in since He is more than the world.

“And this One shall be peace” (Mic.5:5). “He is our peace…” (Eph.2:14). “…Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end…” (Isa.9:6b-7a).

“Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John14:27).

Oh, God has a map of our horizons that He overshadows. History is already written in the annals of Heaven and it is all chronicled beneath His-story. While we ask again for God’s transforming power to change our situations or another word of rescue, in the deafening quiet He may be asking us what has been transformed in our thinking that makes us any different than the world thinks? When so much of the Church remains conformed to this world; without sign, wonder and miracle, why should there be another fast fix that leaves little difference in His image among us? The Lord is not running a university or a college that gives a degree for what our head thinks to have learned. His is a trade school where we are called to leave our lives at the door to receive His. All must become hands-on experience from Him taking us to His higher thought and way that are not ours. I fear that even we who cherish the revelation of His Word, may find our understanding inconsequential in standing up to the pressures that are building at this time. Unless we are taking our understanding to the bank of His interest with us where our life’s currency is exchanged, the test of fire will surely burn it up. The fellowship of the disciples was bent on what they heard, saw, touched and handled of that eternal Word and Life. This they passed on to us to be our fellowship as well! The peace He gives is for the fray and pray, not the play and passe'. It is not passive, but active.

In the volume of the Lord’s thoughts and words, some are given as overtones, others as undertones, none without exceeding significance for walking with Him. The overtone would be the more prominent tone carried in the likeness of an instrument that first brings about a song, it’s melody. It is the song! To enrich the song, other instruments may be added: violins, cellos, trumpets, woodwinds… etc. each playing its own harmonious part in filling out the song masterfully. Its orchestral beauty makes it a song in want of never ending; unshakably branded in our hearts and minds. But if that one instrument (or voice) that holds the original melody should be removed, all else loses the line from which it was composed to fit.

My wife and I have led worship for years spending time going over songs new and old. From time to time, she’ll ask me if I remember a song that she begins to sing. Wonderingly, I’ve said to her, “I have no idea what that song is?” The conflict thus begins with her singing it again and me saying, “I’ve never heard it before!” Until I realize she is singing harmony (or the undertone) to the song, as she always has. It is not the melody itself, but the enrichment, the fill, the enhancement, so vital. Words of God bearing His overtone are the essence of our walk; they carry the “always, forever, every, surely…” factor. When understanding is not clear, the main melody remains as an anchor for our soul. Their endless ring are reminders to our spirit of an immovable place we have yet to abide in faith. He is in those words to be found and they are Him!

“For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you’” (Heb.13:5a).

“For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace” (Rom.8:6).

“And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him” (1 John4:16).

“Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness."(Lam.3:22-23).

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (Ps.23:6).

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" (Heb.13:8).

Saints, the witness of the Holy Spirit that first bypassed our natural mind to bring His salvation, continues to call our heart and mind to His peace where we trust, obey and discern our need to “…pull down imaginations, human reasoning, tearing down intellectual arguments and every lofty opinion that pits itself against the knowledge of the one true God, bringing every loose thought, emotion and impulse into the structure of life shaped by Christ…” (2 Cor.10:4-5 DCV). This is for our forward!

“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful” (Col.3:15).

“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You” (Isa.26:3).

"For David says concerning Him: ‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken” (Acts 2:25).

- P. Dave Cosgrove

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northshorelifeonline-blog · 5 years

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Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman -John4:21-26 21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” 25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” Almighty merciful and gracious Father, you speak and we hear you, Jesus lives -He is the One and I praise him! So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. John 8:36 Thank you, Lord. I will spread Love in the message of the gospel and share with you the gift Grace in the Salvation of Jesus Christ. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gavehis one and only Son, that whoever believesin him shall not perish but have eternal life. Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. I pray for you today that God’s Word leads you to conviction and repentance of salvation in Christ Jesus. For believers, I pray this reaches you through the Holy Spirit as encouragement to stand up today share the gospel of Christ with your world and testify to His marvelous deeds. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. https://www.instagram.com/p/BzGZTWdlZVp/?igshid=qvv4x1sp8zxz

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troubledontlast1 · 5 years

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I HAVE GIVEN GOD COUNTLESS REASONS NOT TO LOVE ME. NONE OF THEM HAS BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO CHANGE HIS MIND. #repost @jesus_ins.gram “We love because He first loved us.”- 1 John4:19 #jesusloves ”And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.”- 1John4:10 #jesuslovesyou If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.- 1John4:20 #jesusloveme And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.- 1John4:16 #godstilllovesme The Lord’s mercies (forgiveness) are made new every morning (Lam.3:22-24), so don’t keep letting your past sins hold you down. Nothing will ever be able to change how much the Lord loves and cares about you (1Pet.5:6-7). Put your hope in the Lord, be obedient to Him, lean and love on Him and watch Him start working things out in your life, bringing you joy and peace. #jesusstilllovesme There is no fear in love. But perfect loves drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.- 1John4:18 #jesusstilllovesyou God doesn’t count each time you ask for forgiveness. He freely forgives without penalty. #bankingongodslove God is awesome. He doesn’t need you to be awesome. He needs you to be obedient. #jesuslovesyoudespitewhatyouthinkofyourself God never leads the soul through guilt, shame, or fear, but attracts the soul through love. #jesuslovesyoudespite The Lord works from the inside out. The world works from the outside in. #jesuslovesyounomatter Jesus said, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.”- Luke16:15 #jesuslovesyouregardless God knows everything about you, but He still loves you. #jesusloveneverfails Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.- 1John2:9-10 (at Mount Juliet, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByD1d8kF_4o/?igshid=19vwtb4p4p7wq

#repost #jesusloves #jesuslovesyou #jesusloveme #godstilllovesme #jesusstilllovesme #jesusstilllovesyou #bankingongodslove #jesuslovesyoudespitewhatyouthinkofyourself #jesuslovesyoudespite #jesuslovesyounomatter #jesuslovesyouregardless #jesusloveneverfails

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godspeedts · 5 years

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"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." John4:24 #prayandworship #pray #worship #praisehim #godisspirit #godistruth #godspeed #john424 #followers #church #catholic #christian #baptist #pentecostal #keepinitchristian #🙏 #christianmusic #family #fellowship (at United States) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btlmml-Fs39/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hk4xwn44e7tv

#prayandworship #pray #worship #praisehim #godisspirit #godistruth #godspeed #john424 #followers #church #catholic #christian #baptist #pentecostal #keepinitchristian #🙏#christianmusic #family #fellowship

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inthespiritofthemind · 5 years

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WORD FROM THE LORD, SPRING2012 - GOD LOVES US

“It is important that you understand my love for you. Perceive, know it, believe it, receive it. Without believing it you will never feel worthy to receive what I’ve given you from the cross. You must know your value to me. My precious ones, you are of such great value to me! Receive that truth.”

“You are important to me. You are each of my heart where love began and exists. You are created of love. It is your essence. The light that you and I are in the spiritual realm is made of pure love. It is my power alive in you. Sharing it causes it to grow.”

“It is not for you to receive and hold onto. It is to flow from you to others that they may know their value to me. My word says ‘For God so loved the world…’ There are no limitations on My love! That is why we are talking about it again.”

“I don’t feel sorry for you, or blame you, or judge you as anything other than righteous and holy as I am holy. You are part of me and one with Me. There is no distinction or line separating where I begin and you begin. WE ARE ONE SPIRIT!”

“ The enemy, with no forgiveness, no life, no love, hates you with as much passion as I love you. His passion doesn’t mean power, unless you allow him to have power in your own soul. That is why I have commanded that you renew your minds as you are doing even now. Satan can have no hold without your permission. Call upon my Spirit to reveal those things from which you must be freed. And My love, My Spirit will join with you to accomplish that freedom.”

“ As He is so are we in this world. 1 John4:17b You are like Me. You have My nature of love and forgiveness. Rise up, My daughters, for My love for you is strong and all that you need.”

1 John 4:16-17

Known – to learn to know, come to know, get a knowledge of, perceive, feel, to become known.

Believed – to think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in.

Love – agape – affection, good will, love, benevolence, brotherly love.

Boldness – free & fearless confidence.

Gal 5:22-24

“This is you. Anything else isn’t!”

2 Cor 6:16-7:1, 1 John 4:10

Loved – to welcome, to entertain, to be fond of, to love dearly.

#wordfromtheLord #Godlovesus #wearelikeHim #weareonespirit #righteous #enemyhateus #renewyourminds #perceiveHislove #receiveHislove #Godislove #natureofloveandforgiveness

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rescue-mandate-blog · 6 years

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THE WORD: PT. 2 :- This is another KEY to unlocking our heart desires from the treasures in Heaven without fail.This section we'll be looking at "SEEK". What are we expected to SEEK?Seeking is a more persistent request about something that we need rather than just Asking.Matt 6:33b:But rather SEEK ye FIRST the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you(emphasis mine).This shows that there were other things the people were seeking other than the kingdom of God and his righteousness.Yes you are permitted to seek other things after you SEEK the kingdom of God and his righteousness but the truth is you will not need to,because they'll simply be additions.Once you seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness after you seek other things,then you are no longer qualified for the additions promised by God.God created us for us to serve him&depend on him for our supplies,if we don't seek God;we are simply not useful to him anymore but this shall not be our portion in the name of Jesus Christ.God has not called us to seek him in vain & it's not vain to seek God & his interest.We must always remember that we are not created to gather wealth but to Praise God & to seek his kingdom & righteousness.Other things are additions for our obedience to his commandments.God is seeking for those that will worship him in spirit and in truth.It is my prayer is He will find you in the name of Jesus Christ(John4:23-24).Multiplication of our desires requires we Ask & seek God's interest first.Multiplication is simply an addition that we receive from God.After Asking & receiving The Holy Spirit,the next thing is to Seek His interest with the help of the Holy Spirit in us.As we engage in seeking his interest in prayer,we will be experiencing continuous growth & multiplication all round in the name of Jesus Christ.Join us again tomorrow & be blessed.#rescuemandateoutreachworldwide https://www.instagram.com/p/BoAj6BCHcRf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9aqj69kldilh

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buddyfanjoy · 6 years

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24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” - John 4:24 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John4:24&version=ESV

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browaller · 7 years

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Spirit: God is a spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and truth: John4:24

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iceprince47 · 7 years

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#MagandangBuhay #SuperbSaturday #BlessingsInLife #GiveThanks #ThankYouForTheLove #OurDailyBread #TheBibleInOneYear July 01, 2017 - Job 20-21 and Acts 10:24-48 #RaiseYourHand - John4:7-15, 28-30 "God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the eorld through him." John 3:17 #FaithHopeLove #LiveLaughLove #EnjoyLife #HappyAndContented

#enjoylife #happyandcontented #thebibleinoneyear #livelaughlove #givethanks #faithhopelove #ourdailybread #blessingsinlife #superbsaturday #raiseyourhand #thankyouforthelove #magandangbuhay

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alfredogregorioblacsi-i · 7 years

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John4:24|NIV God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth. #truth #worship #Spirit (at Shrine of Our Lady of Fort Pilar, Zamboanga City)

#spirit #truth #worship

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coptorthodox · 5 years

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God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. John 4:24 #coptorthodox @coptorthodox #copticorthodox #bibleverse #bible #dailybibleverse #bibleversedaily #dailyverse #coptic #orthodox #worshipinspirit #worshipintruth #worshipinspiritandintruth #john4 #john4v24 https://www.instagram.com/p/B0fzs72pJC0/?igshid=8s2i5gocyqov

#coptorthodox #copticorthodox #bibleverse #bible #dailybibleverse #bibleversedaily #dailyverse #coptic #orthodox #worshipinspirit #worshipintruth #worshipinspiritandintruth #john4 #john4v24

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divinejese01-blog · 7 years

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Great Time of worship and fellowship at Elimförsamlingen at Pingstkyrkan in Billdal #John4:23/24#GODisaspiritandwemostworshiphiminspiritandtruth#GlorytoGOD#evergrateful#thankGODfortheopportunity#Göteborg#sweden#⛪

#sweden #göteborg #⛪#godisaspiritandwemostworshiphiminspiritandtruth #glorytogod #thankgodfortheopportunity #john4 #evergrateful

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denim-south-posts · 7 years

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YAHUAH is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.” - John 4:24

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troubledontlast1 · 5 years

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TRUTH COMES BUT WE CAN’T HEAR IT. HOW CAN WE HEAR IT WHEN WE’VE BEEN PROGRAMMED TO FEAR IT. #repost FOLLOW @hueman_truther Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed by the masses. #thewise #wisepeople The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those who speak it. #lookforthetruth #mediadeception Truth is not hidden-you are hiding from it. #mediaagenda #fakenews The most dangerous liars are those who think they are telling the truth. #livingintruth #seekthetruth If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. #acceptinglies #acceptingtruth The general population doesn’t know what’s happening, and it doesn’t even know that it doesn’t know. #acceptthetruth #findthetruth Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people. #mindcontrol #programming Never worry about who will be offended if you speak the TRUTH. Worry about who will be misled, deceived and destroyed if you don’t. #beingprogrammed #lies Telling the truth and making someone cry is better than telling a lie and making someone smile. #livingalie #livinginthedark THEY ARE JUST ANGRY BECAUSE THE TRUTH YOU SPEAK CONTRADICTS THE LIE THEY LIVE. #postingstupidstuff #postingstupidshit There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie. #postingtruth #liesoftheworld #follyoftheworld #believinglies #hiddentruth Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.- Eph.4:25 #hiddentruths #notseekingthetruth God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.- John4:24#foolishness #stupidworld This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.- John3:19-21 (at Mount Juliet, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmxkqKFU99/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=rxzsopt2f7vi

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