💥 Freed by God from thoughts that blocked the way

Pam Padgett, member of the body of Christ

 

Recently my dentist removed a dental bridge in my mouth and found that one of the supporting teeth was very decayed and needed to be extracted.  He went over 2 options to be considered for restoration after the extraction. One option was to put another, longer, bridge in place which would impact yet another tooth, and the other was a tooth implant. He felt a tooth implant was probably best in my case, but I quickly told him I wasn't at all sure about an implant.  He told me he has an implant and is very happy with it, but this didn't change my thinking.

 

Later I talked with God about an implant, reviewing what I knew about them. About 30 years ago I was referred to an implant specialist to see about filling in a place where I had never had a tooth. He determined there wasn't enough bone for an implant in that place and explained why this was important. I was shocked that they would have embedded an implant in my jawbone (which sounded awful to me at the time), and I was very glad this wasn't possible in my case.

 

Then about 15 years later, my manager at work had an implant done and it failed. They had to take it out and go another way and it seemed that he was away from work quite a lot as he went through all of this. Again, I was so glad I hadn't been able to have an implant years before.

 

Because of these things, I felt very negative about dental implants, and I'm sure I never talked with God about this.

 

But while talking with God about implants now, I told HIM that if it was best for me to have an implant, I'd be willing to do this but HE would need to give me something strong to show me.

 

After this, I recalled what the dentist had said about his own implant. It was as though this put a "dent" in my negative thinking about implants, but wasn't strong enough to overcome the blockage that had developed.

 

Before going to see the oral surgeon the following week, I prayed asking God to lead me in what to say and also to give the surgeon wisdom. During the appointment, I was told I am a good candidate to have an implant to replace the tooth needing to be extracted at this time. I really didn't want to hear this, but the surgeon went on talking about an implant vs. a bridge. Finally, I told her I had fears about an implant.  She pulled her chair next to where I was sitting and said "OK. Let's talk." She very patiently listened to me and addressed each concern. It was as if what she said chipped away quite a bit at the blockage ... but I wasn't yet free.

 

The next evening while talking with a neighbor I must have said something about an implant being recommended and she told me she knows several people who have had implants and none of them has had a problem. More chipping away at the blockage.

 

The next day I was talking with Sandra Chupik in our little church group and she mentioned she has an implant and has been very happy with it. She also told me the husband of another church member has an implant and she thought he was happy with it.

 

As Sandra told me these things, I began laughing, for I realized that since having said to God that I would be willing to have an implant but that HE would have to strongly show me, I have heard nothing but very positive things about implants and from several different people.

 

It's as though that blockage I had in my thinking kept getting chipped away.  I can now see that it may well be better for me to have an implant rather than another bridge, and I'm no longer at all negative about an implant.  Quite surprising to me, I'm starting to look forward to moving ahead with an implant rather than getting another bridge!

 

 In 2 Corinthians 10 we're told about pulling down of strong holds through weapons given us by God. I haven't thought of a strong hold being something like what I've been dealing with in this with this dental problem, but I do believe God has been bringing about what has chipped away at this blockage and frees me to go another way. 

 

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

 

In addition to getting me free in this matter, this experience also encourages me that whatever blockages or strong holds we have, God is able to get us free.

 

 

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💥 Podcast: The children of Israel leave Egypt heading toward the land God has promised to them

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on September 7, 2021)  

 

2 Peter 2:9  The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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In Genesis 15, God promises Abraham a great nation would come from him and they would serve in bondage but in 400 years they would be delivered with great substance.

Genesis 15:13-14   And HE (God) said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

God told Abraham they would be afflicted in Egypt 400 years.  But in Exodus we read they came out of Egypt in 430 years.  

What God explained to me is this:  The children of Israel were afflicted by the Egyptians 400 years.  But in the early years when Joseph was living, the children of Israel lived in peace and they were not slaves until after Joseph's death and after a new Pharaoh came who knew not Joseph.

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God delivers HIS people from Egypt:

Exodus 12

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

31 And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men.

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Exodus 12

34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment:

36 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians.

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37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

(When the children of Israel came into Egypt during the famine, there were approximately 70 men.  As they leave Egypt 430 years later, there were 600,000 men, plus women and children.  God told Abraham HE would greatly bless his seed.  And they will grow even greater as a nation in the years to come.)

38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

40 Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.

(From time Joseph was taken into Egypt until God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt.)

41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

42 It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

(And it is important that we of the New Testament church today remember what great things God did for the children of Israel when God brought them out of Egypt to go to the land which God had promised to them.)

God will deliver us, the elect of God, from this present world when Jesus returns through the clouds.

Matthew 24:31   And HE shall send HIS angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together HIS elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Exodus 13

17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed (able-bodied) out of the land of Egypt.

19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

Joseph, by faith that God would deliver HIS people from Egypt, made them promise to carry his bones out with them.  This statement by Joseph was an act of faith in God.

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2 Peter 2

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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Exodus 13

20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

22 HE took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

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Today God leads us by HIS Holy Spirit who lives in each of the born again children of God.

I Corinthians 3:16  Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Jesus says:

John 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in MY name, HE shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 16:13  Howbeit when HE, the Spirit of truth, is come, HE will guide you into all truth: for HE shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever HE shall hear (from God), that shall HE speak: and HE will shew you things to come.

1 Corinthians 2:9-14   But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love HIM.  10 But God hath revealed them unto us by HIS Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Psalm 37:25  I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

 

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1 Peter 3:8-9  Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

 

9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

 

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Psalm 89:5-8  And the heavens shall praise THY wonders, O Lord: THY faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.

 

6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the Lord? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the Lord?

 

7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about HIM.

 

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a strong Lord like unto THEE? or to THY faithfulness round about THEE?

 

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Proverbs 1:32-33  God says: For the turning away (from God) of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto ME shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

 

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Psalm 127:1  Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

 

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Romans 8:33-39  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

 

34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

 

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

 

36 As it is written, For THY sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

 

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through HIM that loved us.

 

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

 

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💥 Revelation 20 (Reading through the Bible)

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. ² And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, ³ And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

⁴ And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

⁵ But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

⁶ Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.

⁷ And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, ⁸ And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

⁹ And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

¹⁰ And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

¹¹ And I saw a great white throne, and HIM that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

¹² And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

¹³ And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

¹⁴ And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

¹⁵ And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

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💥 Podcast: God sends death upon the firstborn of man and beast in Egypt

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on September 6, 2021)  

 

Exodus 11:1  And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

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Exodus 11

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:

5 And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.

6 And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.

7 But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.

The passover of the angel of death who saves the firstborn of Israel but kills the firstborn of the Egyptians:

Exodus 12

1  And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

11 And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover.

(Be ready to go.)

12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

(New Testament: Blood of Jesus our passover.)

We think of the blood of Jesus today for by HIS blood we are saved in this time of the New Testament church.

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Exodus 12

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

22 And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 

(Do what God shows you.)

23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when HE seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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Exodus 12

28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

29 And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

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2 Peter 2

9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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At the end of this present world:

I Thessalonians 4

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep (dead), that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with HIM.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent (go before) them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

(We will meet the Lord "in the air" because this present heaven and earth will be destroyed by God by fire and will not be here anymore.)

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2 Peter 3

10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

13 Nevertheless we, according to HIS promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of HIM in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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We will be given new spiritual bodies:

I Corinthians 15

50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep (die), but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

(Blink:  That is how fast we will be changed into our new spiritual bodies.)

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

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We will be taken to the new heaven and new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.

Revelation 21

1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and HE will dwell with them, and they shall be HIS people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God.

4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

5 And HE that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Lamentations 3:22-23  It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because HIS compassions fail not.

 

23 They are new every morning: great is THY faithfulness.

 

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Hebrews 21-24  And having an HIGH PRIEST over the house of God;

 

22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

 

23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for HE is faithful that promised;)

 

24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
 

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1 John 2:15-17  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

 

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 

17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

 

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Matthew 6:11  Part of the prayer that Jesus taught HIS disciples ... Give us this day our daily bread.

 

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John 14:27  (Jesus says)  Peace I leave with you, MY peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

 

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Ephesians 3:20-21  Now unto HIM that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us (the Holy Spirit), 

 

21 Unto HIM be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

 

 

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💥 Revelation 19 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: 

² For true and righteous are HIS judgments: for HE hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of HIS servants at her hand.

³ And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

⁴ And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

⁵ And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye HIS servants, and ye that fear HIM, both small and great.

⁶ And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
⁷ Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.

⁸ And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

⁹ And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

¹⁰ And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and HE that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness HE doth judge and make war.

¹² His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on His head were many crowns; and He had a name written, that no man knew, but He Himself.

¹³ And HE was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and HIS name is called The Word of God.

¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed HIM upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

¹⁵ And out of HIS mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it HE should smite the nations: and HE shall rule them with a rod of iron: and HE treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

¹⁶ And HE hath on HIS vesture and on HIS thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.

¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; ¹⁸ That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against HIM that sat on the horse, and against HIS army.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of Him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of His mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

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💥 Hymn: Power in the Blood

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1.  Would you be free from your burden of sin?
There’s power in the blood, 
power in the blood;
Would you o’er evil a victory win?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

Chorus:

There is power, power, 
wonder-working power,
In the blood ... of the Lamb;

There is power, power, 
wonder-working power,
In the precious blood of the Lamb.


2.  Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There’s power in the blood, 
power in the blood;
Come for a cleansing to Calvary’s tide,
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

3.  Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There’s power in the blood, 
power in the blood;
Sin-stains are lost in its life-giving flow,
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

4.  Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There’s power in the blood, 
power in the blood;
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There’s wonderful power in the blood.

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Scripture pertaining to above hymn:

Hebrews 9:22    without shedding of blood is no remission.

God explained it to me this way:  You did not shed your blood for your sins.  Jesus shed HIS blood for your sins.

You can do nothing to pay for your sins other than to trust in the shed blood of Jesus.  Believing in Jesus and HIS works justifies you.  You cannot be justified by your own works.  You are saved by grace.  After you are saved, then you do the works of God as the Holy Spirit in you shows you what to do and you choose to do that which HE shows you.

John 14:6   Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME. 

II Corinthians 5:17    Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

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I John 1:7   if we walk in the light, as HE is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ HIS Son cleanseth us from all sin.

If we "walk in the light" of the Word of God ... we have fellowship with others who walk in the light ... and then the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all our sins.

It is like going to a car wash to have our car cleaned.  We drive onto the tracks and the car is washed as long as that car stays on the tracks.  As long as we walk in the Word of God we are on the tracks.

When bad memories come to pull us down, we refuse to continue to think on such and we deliberately return to thinking on the fact that those things we did in past are washed away and we are cleansed by the blood of Jesus and all past sins are removed by Jesus' shed blood.

Jesus died to pay for our sins.

We acknowledge this sacrifice of Jesus each time we make ourselves stop thinking of our past sins and think instead of Jesus' payment for our sins.

And we acknowledge that we are now dead to sins with Jesus so we can now serve God instead of serving sins ... and we go forward by faith.  We cannot allow ourselves to dwell in the past for to do so denies the blood shed by Jesus for our sins.

Therefore Paul says:

Philippians 3:13-14    Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

 

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Music for this hymn downloaded at:  hymnal.net

 

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💥 Podcast: God sends HIS plagues upon Egypt

 

 

 

(This podcast was previously published on September 5, 2021)  

 

In the previous Podcast, we saw the first plague that was sent upon Egypt by God:  the rivers and waters were turned to blood  (Exodus 7)

After this, one by one, God brings the other plagues upon Egypt.

* Exodus 8:1-2   And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let MY people go, that they may serve ME.  2 And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs:

3 And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

4 And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

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* Exodus 8:16  And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

17 And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

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* Exodus 8:20-23  And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let My people go, that they may serve ME.  Else, if thou wilt not let MY people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

22 And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which MY people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth.

23 And I will put a division between MY people and thy people:

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*  Exodus 9 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let MY people go, that they may serve ME.

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,

3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel.

5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.

6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.

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Exodus 9  And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.

10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.

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Exodus 9  And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let MY people go, that they may serve ME. 14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like ME in all the earth. 15 For now I will stretch out MY hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. 16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee MY power; and that MY name may be declared throughout all the earth.  17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against MY people, that thou wilt not let them go?

18  Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.

19  Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.  20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:  21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.

22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.

23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.

24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.

26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.

33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.

34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.

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Exodus 10

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these MY signs before him:

2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

3 And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before ME? let my people go, that they may serve ME.

4 Else, if thou refuse to let MY people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:

5 And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:

6 And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh.

7 And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

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Exodus 10

12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.

13  And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

14 And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

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Exodus 10

21 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt.

22 And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days:

23  And they saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.

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So far:  The plagues sent by God upon Egypt:

# 1.  Rivers, seas, and all waters turned to blood

# 2.  Frogs

# 3.  Lice

# 4.  Flies

# 5.  Disease upon the cattle, horses, asses, camels, oxen, sheep

# 6.  Boils upon man and beast

# 7.  Rain, hail, and fire

# 8.  Locust

# 9.  Great darkness

There will be one more plague from God and then Pharaoh will let them go.

Exodus 10

27 But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go.

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die.

29 And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more.

Exodus 11

1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.

2 Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.

3 And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

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At the end of our present world, God will bring The Great Tribulation, the plagues and woes of God, upon this world.

Part 1:  Seven angels sound their trumpets and plagues from God follow:

# 1. Hail and fire mingled with blood. (Revelation 8)

# 2. Great mountain burning with fire cast into the sea. (Revelation 8)

# 3. Star from heaven fell burning into the third part of the rivers and waters. (Revelation 8)

# 4. Third part of the sun and moon and stars were smitten. (Revelation 8)

# 5. Locust  (Revelation 9)

# 6. 1/3 of the men of the earth killed.  (Revelation  9)

# 7. Time would be no more.  (Revelation 10:5-6)

Part 2:  Vials of the wrath of God poured out on the earth

# 1. Grievous sores on the men who had the mark of the beast.  (Revelation 16)

# 2. Blood:  death in the seas (Revelation 16)

# 3. Blood:  rivers and fountains of water  (Revelation 16)

# 4. Sun scorches men of this earth (Revelation 16)

# 5. Great darkness upon the earth (Revelation 16)

# 6. Devils working miracles  (Revelation 16)

# 7, It is done:  voices, thunders, lightnings, a great earthquake, cities of the nations fall, every island fled, and the mountains disappeared, great hail which was exceedingly great.  (Revelation 16) 

Some of the elect of God will be on the earth at the time of the great tribulation:

Jesus says:

Matthew 24:21-22

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Proverbs 20:22  Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the Lord, and HE shall save thee.

 

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Philippians 4:8-9  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

 

9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

 

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Psalm 118:6  The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

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Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please HIM: for he that cometh to God must believe that HE is, and that HE is a rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM.

 

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Psalm 127:2  It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so HE giveth HIS beloved sleep.

Comments from Pam Padgett:
Sometimes I take on too much, expecting to be finished with something I'm working on by a specific time or day, and working early in the morning or late at night to try to meet "my" deadline. 

 

More than once when I've gotten myself in this type of trap, I've been reminded by the Holy Spirit of Psalm 127:2. This reminds me to stop and turn to God and ask HIM what HE wants me to do that day, or how HE wants me to handle this participate task. 

 

HIS way is always easy, whereas my way may gradually become hard, often without my realizing it.

 

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Psalm 62:8  Trust in HIM at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before HIM: God is a refuge for us. Selah.

 

 

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