💥 Podcast: After the death of Joshua, God raised up judges to deliver HIS people from the evil of the nations around them

 

(This podcast was previously published on, October 25, 2021)

 

The children of Israel passed over river Jordan and fought the nations and took the land which God had promised to Abraham 400-years earlier.

Joshua grew old and died after he had divided the land and had given that land to the 12 tribes of the children of Israel.

The people began living on their inheritance.

But when they failed to drive out the nations around them, they began to take on the gods of those nations and sinned against God.

God sent HIS angel to them to deliver the following message.

Judges 2

1 And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break MY covenant with you.

2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed MY voice: why have ye done this?

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

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Judges 2

7  And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that HE did for Israel.

10  and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which HE had done for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:

12 And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

13 And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and HE delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and HE sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

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God raises up judges to set the children of Israel in the right way:

Judges 2

16 Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.

18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

20 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and HE said, Because that this people hath transgressed MY covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto MY voice;

21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

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The children of Israel brought upon themselves curses by their disobedience to the Lord God. And they could no longer stand against their enemies and the nations of worldly men ruled over them and put them back into various bondages and the children of Israel served the gods of the nations of men.

From time to time God would raise up a judge, such as Samson, to avenge the children of Israel against the Philistines, but the real answer would come later through Jesus and HIS sacrifice and HIS Holy Spirit which God would give to all who belonged to God and believed in the Word of God.

The promise was this:  God would give them "a new heart" and God would give HIS people "a new Spirit."

Ezekiel 36

16 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

17 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before ME as the uncleanness of a removed woman.

18 Wherefore I poured MY fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it:

19 And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned MY holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of HIS land.

21 But I had pity for Mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went.

22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for Mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

23 And I will sanctify MY great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.

24 For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put MY spirit within you, and cause you to walk in MY statutes, and ye shall keep MY judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be MY people, and I will be your God.

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Therefore God gave HIS people a new covenant and a new Spirit, HIS Own Spirit, so when we follow that Spirit, that Holy Spirit, there is no condemnation for us.

Romans 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 

Galatians 5:16  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Galatians 5:19-21  Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:22-23  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

As long as we follow that which the Holy Spirit of God shows us to do, we walk in the Spirit, and we produce the fruits of the Spirit of God doing that which is righteous in the sight of God.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Proverbs 21:1  The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: HE turneth it withersoever HE will.

 

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Jude 1:21  Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

 

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Philippians 3:10-12  That I may know HIM, and the power of HIS resurrection, and the fellowship of HIS sufferings, being made conformable unto HIS death;

 

11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

 

12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 

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Proverbs 11:18  The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

 

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2 Corinthians 4:16-18  ... though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 

 

17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 

 

18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

 

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Psalm 48:14  For this God is our God for ever and ever: HE will be our guide even unto death.

 

 

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💥 Mark 16 (Reading through the Bible)

 

And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint Him.

² And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
³ And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?

⁴ And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.

⁵ And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.

⁶ And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place where they laid Him.

⁷ But go your way, tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.

⁸ And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

⁹ Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven devils.

¹⁰ And she went and told them that had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.

¹¹ And they, when they had heard that He was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

¹² After that He appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country.

¹³ And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them.

¹⁴ Afterward HE appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen Him after He was risen.

¹⁵ And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

¹⁶ He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

¹⁷ And these signs shall follow them that believe; In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
¹⁸ They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

¹⁹ So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, He was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

²⁰ And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

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💥 Podcast: The example of Ruth, a godly woman

 

(This podcast was previously published on, October 24, 2021)

 

Naomi was the wife of Elimelech a man of the tribe of Ephraim, the son of Joseph.

When a famine hit the land, he took his family to the land of Moab where he and his two sons died.  The wives of the sons were Moabites.  One was named Ruth.

After the famine, Naomi decided to return to her people in Judah, so she sent her two daughters-in-law back to their families.  Oprah returned to her mother and father.  But Ruth continued to follow Naomi.

Naomi said to Ruth:

Ruth 1:15  Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

But Ruth refused to leave her mother-in-law and she made this outstanding declaration to Naomi:

Ruth 1:16-17   Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.

So Naomi allowed Ruth to go with her into Judah.

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Naomi had a near kinsman named Boaz.  Ruth went to glean in his fields.  Boaz noticed Ruth and made inquiry and found her to be the daughter-in-law of Naomi and found her husband had died in Moab.

Boaz instructed Ruth:

Ruth 2

8 ... Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens:

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.

10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger?

11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore.

12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

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When Ruth made the decision to accompany her mother-in-law, there was no sign of reward for Ruth in doing this.  She simply loved Naomi and went in faith and even turned to the God of Naomi.

Great blessing from God was upon Ruth for doing this.

Ruth ended up married to Boaz and had a child by him.

Ruth 4:17   and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

(Ruth's great grandson was David who was to be king over Israel, replacing Saul.)

 

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💥 Scriptures:

 

Isaiah 40:31  But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

 

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Hebrews 4:9-10  There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.

 

10 For he that is entered into HIS rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from HIS.

 

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Matthew 6:34  Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

 

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Mark 8:36  (Jesus says) For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

 

 

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💥 Mark 15 (Reading through the Bible)

And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate.

² And Pilate asked Him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

And He answering said unto them, Thou sayest it.

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³ And the chief priests accused Him of many things: but He answered nothing.

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⁴ And Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against Thee.

⁵ But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.

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⁶ Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.

⁷ And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection.

⁸ And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them.

⁹ But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews?

¹⁰ For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy.

¹¹ But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.

¹² And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto Him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

¹³ And they cried out again, Crucify Him.

¹⁴ Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath He done?

And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify Him.

¹⁵ And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified.

¹⁶ And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.

¹⁷ And they clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head,
¹⁸ And began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

¹⁹ And they smote Him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon Him, and bowing their knees worshipped Him.

²⁰ And when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him, and put His own clothes on Him, and led Him out to crucify Him.

²¹ And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear His cross.

²² And they bring Him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.

²³ And they gave Him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He received it not.

²⁴ And when they had crucified Him, they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

²⁵ And it was the third hour, and they crucified Him.

²⁶ And the superscription of His accusation was written over, The King Of The Jews.

²⁷ And with Him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on His left.
²⁸ And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And He was numbered with the transgressors.

²⁹ And they that passed by railed on Him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, ³⁰ Save Thyself, and come down from the cross.

³¹ Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; Himself He cannot save.

³² Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe.

And they that were crucified with Him reviled Him.

³³ And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

³⁴ And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?

³⁵ And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, He calleth Elias.

³⁶ And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take Him down.

³⁷ And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.

³⁸ And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.

³⁹ And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

⁴⁰ There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;  ⁴¹ (Who also, when He was in Galilee, followed Him, and ministered unto Him;) and many other women which came up with Him unto Jerusalem.

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⁴² And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, ⁴³ Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.

⁴⁴ And Pilate marvelled if He were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether He had been any while dead.
⁴⁵ And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

⁴⁶ And he bought fine linen, and took Him down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.

⁴⁷ And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where He was laid.

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💥 Podcast: God does all that HE said HE would do

 

(This podcast was previously published on, October 23, 2021)

 

Joshua 21

43 And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which HE sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

44 And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that HE sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.

45 There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.

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Some of those things God promised to the nation of Israel.

Genesis 12

1 Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.

6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.

7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land:

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The children of Israel spent 430 years in Egypt, and then God brought them out and took them across the wilderness and into the land which HE had promised to Abraham.

Moses led them to the river Jordan.

Then Joshua took Moses place and led them into that land promised to Abraham by God.

There were more than 600,000 men over the age of 20.  God showed them which cities to conquer and they took those cities for their possessions.

As a leader, God promised Joshua the following:

Joshua 1

3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses.

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them.

7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses MY servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

10 Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

11 Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it.

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God has given us in the New Testament church many gifts to enable us to do HIS assignments on this present earth as long as HE leaves us on this earth.

We have our assignments.  Some have been given families which is their assignment.  Others are given to the church to work in the church.

Ephesians 4

7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

8 Wherefore HE saith, When HE ascended up on high, HE led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.

11 And HE gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into HIM in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

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3 According as HIS divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of HIM that hath called us to glory and virtue:

4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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We enter into God's rest on this earth by faith as we live in those exceeding great and precious promises some of which are as follows:

Hebrews 13:5  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for HE hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

James 1:5  If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Philippians 4:6-7   Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.  7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

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Jesus says:

Revelation 3:5   He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before HIS angels.

We overcome through God as long as we live on this present earth.

When a problem surfaces, we pray.  God shows us what to do in the problem by bringing the Word to our mind by the Holy Spirit.  We do that Word in the problem, overcoming by that Word which we have heard from God.  And after we do that, we are at rest again in God by that which HE told us to do in the problem.  And we live in a continual rest by faith in God as long as God chooses to leave us on this earth.

God keeps us continually by that Word which HE brings to our mind.

Like the children who overcame in the Old Testament, we overcome through the faith we have in God by doing that which God tells us to do in the midst of the problem.

The Holy Spirit of God is given by God to live in us in the New Testament church to teach us all things, to guide us into all truth, to remind us of all that Jesus has said, and to show us things to come.

Romans 8:1  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Galatians 5:22-23  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:

The Holy Spirit of God brings to our mind that which is the will of God in the issues of this life and we follow HIM.

Our faith is in what God says in the matter of this present life and we do that Word which HE brings to us and we overcome through our faith in that Word which HE has given us.

Jesus says to us:

Matthew 24:35  Heaven and earth shall pass away, but MY words shall not pass away.

So we continually ask ourselves:  "Did God tell me to do this?"

That is all that matters.

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💥 Scriptures:

 

2 Corinthians 9:7  Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

 

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Psalm 43:3  O send out THY light and THY truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto THY holy hill, and to THY tabernacles.

 

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1 Peter 5:6-7  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that HE may exalt you in due time:

 ⁷ Casting all your care upon HIM; for HE careth for you.

 

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Matthew 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and HIS righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

 

 

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💥 Mark 14 (Reading through the Bible)

 

1 After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take Him by craft, and put Him to death.

² But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.

³ And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on His head.

⁴ And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
⁵ For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

⁶ And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on Me.
⁷ For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
⁸ She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint My body to the burying.

⁹ Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

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¹⁰ And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray Him unto them.
¹¹ And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.  And he sought how he might conveniently betray Him.

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¹² And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, His disciples said unto Him, Where wilt Thou that we go and prepare that Thou mayest eat the passover?

¹³ And He sendeth forth two of His disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
¹⁴ And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
¹⁵ And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.

¹⁶ And His disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as He had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

(The truth is Jesus, the Word.)

¹⁷ And in the evening He cometh with the twelve.

¹⁸ And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with Me shall betray Me.

¹⁹ And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto Him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?

²⁰ And He answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with Me in the dish.

²¹ The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

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²² And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is My body.
²³ And He took the cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
²⁴ And He said unto them, This is My blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

(The Lord's supper is the Word of God.  HE gives us that, HIMSELF, The Word, to eat and drink.)

²⁵ Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

²⁶ And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

²⁷ And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.

²⁸ But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.

²⁹ But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I.

³⁰ And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice.

³¹ But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with Thee, I will not deny Thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

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³² And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and He saith to His disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.

³³ And He taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
³⁴ And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.

³⁵ And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

³⁶ And He said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto Thee; take away this cup from Me: nevertheless not what I will, but what Thou wilt.

³⁷ And He cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?

³⁸ Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.

³⁹ And again He went away, and prayed, and spake the same words.

⁴⁰ And when He returned, He found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer Him.

⁴¹ And He cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

⁴² Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.

⁴³ And immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

⁴⁴ And he that betrayed Him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He; take Him, and lead Him away safely.

⁴⁵ And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed Him.

⁴⁶ And they laid their hands on Him, and took Him.

⁴⁷ And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. (Peter did this:  John 18:10)

⁴⁸ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take Me?
⁴⁹ I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took Me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.

⁵⁰ And they all forsook Him, and fled.

⁵¹ And there followed Him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him:  ⁵² And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

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⁵³ And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

⁵⁴ And Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire.

⁵⁵ And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put Him to death; and found none.

⁵⁶ For many bare false witness against Him, but their witness agreed not together.

⁵⁷ And there arose certain, and bare false witness against Him, saying,
⁵⁸ We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands.

⁵⁹ But neither so did their witness agree together.

⁶⁰ And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest Thou nothing? what is it which these witness against Thee?

⁶¹ But He held His peace, and answered nothing.

Again the high priest asked Him, and said unto Him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?

⁶² And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.

⁶³ Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witness
⁶⁴ Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye?

And they all condemned Him to be guilty of death.

⁶⁵ And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face, and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands.

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⁶⁶ And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
⁶⁷ And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.

⁶⁸ But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.

⁶⁹ And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them.

⁷⁰ And he denied it again.

And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto.

⁷¹ But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

⁷² And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.

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