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DELIVERANCE IS PREACHED

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor… to preach deliverance to the captives…” ~ Luke 4:18 (KJV)   REFERENCE: Luke 4:13-20 (KJV)   Many Christians go around seeking deliverance. What they are looking for is someone to say a ‘powerful’ prayer: to tell them to ‘connect’ with the anointing with a token, turn and spin, drink or bathe with anointing oil or holy water, pray naked at night, go on a three-day dry fast, etc. That is not deliverance; there is no scriptural basis for such practices. Jesus said, “I...
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VICTORY

ASSURED OF VICTORY

“But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” ~ I Corinthians 15:57   REFERENCE: I Corinthians 15:56-58   In this chapter, Paul writes the Corinthians about death, the king of terrors, to comfort them and to remove its sting and tyranny through fear over their lives. He encourages them that death is just a transformation of mortality to immortality, weakness to power, and dishonor to glory (I Cor 15:42-45). He then concludes that, "death has been swallowed up in victory." Even over death, we have the ultimate victory in Christ. If God guarantees victory over death, be...
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MY CUP RUNS OVER

“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.” ~ Psalm 23:5   REFERENCE Psalm 23:1-6   This Psalm has offered comfort to saints for many generations. It is the picture of a shepherd’s extraordinary care for his sheep. He spares no expense to bring them to green pastures and watering spots; to guide, lead, and protect them from all perceived and present dangers. ‘A table in the presence of enemies’ speaks of God’s favor – honor when men feel you are not qualified or when those who don’t...
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BUT I CAN SEE YOU

“Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel: “My way is hidden from the Lord, and my just claim is passed over by my God”?” ~ Isaiah 40:27   Reference  Isaiah 40:27-31   Life can get so tough with troubles coming back-to-back that you wonder if God sees or cares about you. The pressures of life can overwhelm the mind so that it completely shuts out the possibility that there is a God who cares, sees, and gets personally involved in our lives.   Israel’s captivity lasted so long that they began to murmur against God. They wondered if...
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WAKE UP!

“Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” ~ Genesis 28:16   REFERENCE: Genesis 28:10-18   We often miss opportunities because we are unaware of them and blinded to them. Imagine if you saw all the opportunities life presented you and took advantage of them; where would your life be today? Our success or failure in life is a product of the opportunities we took and improved upon or those we missed or ignored. Jacob nearly missed an opportunity. Jacob was a fugitive, running away from his brother. He...
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FAVOR

WHEN FAVOR TAKES OVER

“The king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so he set the royal crown upon her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.”  – Esther 2:17   REFERENCE: Esther 2:5-17   Sometimes, we do not know how God works the events of life to cause things to fall into place for us. Who would have thought that Queen Vashti’s refusal to present herself to the king and his officials would have any connection to an unknown orphan girl in the backstreet of Persia? Well, that...
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THE SHEPHERD’S VOICE

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” ~ John 10:27   REFERENCE: John 10:26-30   Sheep are experts at discerning the voice of their shepherd. During World War I, some Turkish soldiers tried to steal a flock of sheep from a hillside near Jerusalem. The shepherd, who had been sleeping, awoke to find his sheep being led away by strangers. He couldn’t recapture them by force, so he called out to his flock with his distinctive call. The sheep listened and returned to their rightful owner. The soldiers couldn’t stop them from returning to their...
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MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE

“And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.” ~ John 10:4   REFERENCE: John 10:1-11   In II Timothy 3:1, Apostle Paul said, “You may as well know this too, Timothy, that in the last days it is going to be very difficult to be a Christian,” because self-love, rebellion, profanity, lack of self-control, and the love of money and pleasure will increase. He was right. These last days, we hear many voices from social media, television, radio, magazines, and songs, all claiming to be experts in helping us...
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BAD WATERS

“Then the men of the city said to Elisha, “Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren.” – 2 Kings 2:19.   REFERENCE: 2 KINGS 2:19-22   The ruins of Jericho were cursed by Joshua (I Kings 16:34) to ensure the city was never rebuilt. Now it appears that although Jericho had been rebuilt and is beautiful, some invisible powers were making it produce contrary to its potential. Hence, the elders went to Elisha to inform him that although they lived in a beautiful environment, the...
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A LIFE OF FAITH

“So, Jesus answered and said to them, “Have faith in God.” – Mark 11:22   REFERENCE: Mark 11:20-24   “Have faith in God,” Jesus said. That may be one of His most profound admonitions to His saints because a life of faith is a life of possibility, as we see in Jesus Himself. God designed you to live by faith because it makes up for our human limitations. We are not omniscient, omnipotent, or omnipresent; however, we can achieve things beyond our human ability by faith. By faith, Jesus made a fig tree to wither overnight. The original reading of our...
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