I believe Therefore I Speak

God wants to put His word in your mouth so you will speak what He has filled your mouth with!

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I believe Therefore I Speak

Hearing the Word of God, getting the Word into your heart, and moving it from your heart into your mouth is the definition of meditation.  My heart is burdened for the Christians who know no victory.  God has been showing me it is because His children have not practiced declaring His word!  What you believe is what you speak and what you speak is what you will live.

Psalm 116:9  I will walk before the LORD In the land of the living.  10  I believed, therefore I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted."  11  I said in my haste, "All men are liars."  12  What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me?  13  I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the LORD. 

The enemy of our souls have trick so many to walk in the land of depression and oppression and barely getting along.  Just a drab existence without daily victory; in a sweet by and by Christian experience.  Living in triumph and victory is not elusive; it is what Christ came for and He indeed succeeded in His work.  He was able to cry out at the cross “it is finished”!  It is time for all believers to rise up and walk in the land of the living!  Render to the Lord praise and thanksgiving for His great benefits toward us.  Complete victory is possible by taking up the cup of salvation and calling upon the precious name of Jesus!  Hear the Word of God, meditate upon the Word of God until it begins to be the thing that comes out of your mouth.  If the Word of God is not coming out of your mouth you have been taking up the wrong cup!  Pick up the cup of salvation all over again and with a heart of thanksgiving put a new song in your mouth.  As the sweet psalmist wrote “I believed, therefore I spoke.”

2 Corinthians 4:13  And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I believed and therefore I spoke," we also believe and therefore speak,  14  knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.

I want to encourage every believer to begin to speak from the spirit of faith.  What has the Spirit of God spoken to you?  Exercise speaking what He has spoken!  We have learned to speak from the spirit of complaint and lack to such a degree that is has become our familiar lifestyle; familiarity is not the standard of truth.  God wants to put a new word in our mouth.  It is the word of the new covenant, it is the word of life, hope peace, abundant living.

Isaiah 59:21  "As for Me," says the LORD, "this is My covenant with them: My Spirit who is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your descendants, nor from the mouth of your descendants' descendants," says the LORD, "from this time and forevermore."  Isaiah 60:1  Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.

Here is the Father’s will unveiled!  By His Spirit He will put His word in our mouth and it shall not depart from your mouth!  How do you keep something in your mouth?  You keep on speaking it!  Believer, God’s word says you are healed you have complained about the pain!  Put His word in your mouth and declare your deliverance it is the covenant you have been birthed into to!  What if the words of your mouth dries up the complaints and then a harvest is rendered from what you speak in faith?  The glory of the Lord is connected to the words of your mouth.  Ask me, Bruce do you have and word for that?  Glad you asked!

Romans 10:8  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach):  9  that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.  10  For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.  11  For the Scripture says, "Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame."  12  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him.  13  For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."  14  How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?  15  And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, Who bring glad tidings of good things!"  16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"  17  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

There is power in the in hearing of the word of God.  Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.  Put the word of faith in your mouth.  Believe therefore speak!  We in America have lost the art of meditating on the word.  We need to learn to mutter the word.  Complaint is nothing more than muttering repeatedly what we perceive is wrong!  Reverse it and speak from faith!  Mutter what we know to be true of the Word of God and it will become alive in our life!  Dare to believe the good news of glad tidings.  Jesus came to loose the bands of all in captivity, to set the oppressed free, to make the lame walk, the blind see, the and gospel be preached to the poor.  Jesus came to bring hope alive!  Rest for your soul is not elusive; learn from the Master and He will give you His rest.

Psalm 19:14  Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.

When we have come to Christ, God does a work in us in our spirit!  Hebrews says He is the Father of our spirit.  Jesus told the women at the well the new covenant was spirit to Spirit.  Thank God for a perfected work done in us.  You may ask do have any word for this?  Glad you asked!

2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

Hebrews 10:10  By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.  11  And every priest stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.  12  But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,  13  from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.  14  For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

Thank God for the perfected work done in our spirit.

Hebrews 12:22  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable company of angels,  23  to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of just men made perfect,

While we can praise God for that perfected work in our spirit we must follow the whole council of God; we must understand there is a work at salvation that has just begun in our soul which will ever go on until the catching away or until we pass from this life.  This is where the absolute importance of learning to meditate upon His word can bring us into complete victory.  It is when we learn to bring our soul in line with what God has done in our spirit that we as believers experience victory in practical ways. 

1 Peter 2:1  Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,  2  as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby,  3  if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

Thank God for the work done in our spirit but there is a working out in our soul we need to submit to.  The fastest way to maturity is desiring the pure milk of the word of God.  If you begin to put His word in your mouth you will prosper.

Psalms 1:1  Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;  2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.  3  He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.

God wants to change our mind!

Romans 12:2  And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

The kingdom of God brings a new way of thinking. 

Galatians 2:20  "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

The kingdom of God bring new priority to your life

Colossians 3:1  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.  2  Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.  3  For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Many Christians have never walked in victory because they never make the switch of setting their mind on the things above and not on the things of this earth.  One burden of my heart are those who call themselves Christians but have no heart for the things of God whatsoever.  Like the apostle Paul declared that one needs to truly examine and see if they even be in the faith.  One of the greatest deceptions of the devil is to get someone to believe they are saved when they have never surrender.  If you have no hunger for the things of God and His kingdom and this Bible study is making you very uncomfortable, repent of your sin and surrender to the Lordship of Jesus Christ so the true work of God can be done in your spirit.  After repentance you have been commanded to be baptized and Jesus promises to fill you with the precious Holy Spirit!  I am not ashamed to beg you to be obedient to God’s word!

Luke 12:31  "But seek the kingdom of God , and all these things shall be added to you.  32  "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

1 John 2:14  I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

1 John 4:4  You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

God's promises are so great if you put Him first He will take care of you & supply all you need for life.  He is a good God and He calls you to meditate on His goodness.  Put His word in your mouth and declare it and declare it again!

If you will begin to meditate on His word you will become strong and you will overcome the wicked one!

Christ In You The Hope Renewed

Christ in You the mystery unveiled! Praise God for the hope of glory

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Christ In You The Hope Renewed

Colossians 1:27  To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

What is this awesome mystery that God willed to make known among the Gentiles?  What powerful words to meditate upon!  God has willed it to be so; Christ in you, the hope of glory!  What if we can get this beyond religious talk and allow it to be the revelation of truth that causes us to walk in victory?  Christ in me the hope of glory!  Oh that the church would begin to mutter and meditate upon this truth “Christ in me the hope of glory”.

Glory is to make manifest or show off a truth.  When we say “glory to God” we are asking that God will be made manifested and shown off among us.  When we say Christ in me the hope of glory, we are saying hope is springing eternal because Christ has made his dwelling place inside of us.  Jesus told it to the woman at the well, bringing forth a mystery held from the beginning of the ages.

John 4:13  Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,  14  "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."

Jesus gives an invitation of intimacy come and drink; no thirsting again.  Jesus' offer is from the fountain of life which brings everlasting life.  It is the truth of “Christ in you the hope of glory”!  The enemy of our soul would have us put our mind upon the temporal and not the eternal.  If he can keep our sight limited to the temporal he can keep us walking in defeat.  If we refuse the temptation to keep our eyes on the temporal we can walk in the eternal hope Christ provides.

Galatians 1:11  But I make known to you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.  12  For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not from man nor from the traditions of man.  Paul declared the gospel he preached came by 1^st hand revelation.  The truth of the matter is God wants us to walk by 1^st hand revelation of Jesus Christ.  Intimacy with God can not be derived from someone else having a strong relationship with God.  Many have little or no expectation of God because they have no 1^st hand revelation of Him.  Yet it is God’s desire for you to know you have access into His presence.

Romans 5:1  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,  2  through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

We have access into God’s divine influence; we stand and rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

John 1:18  No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

Jesus has declare the goodness of God the Father from the position of being in the bosom of the Father.  We are being drawn into intimacy with God.  Christ in you the hope of Glory.  You may ask, “how do you know God wants me to have 1^st hand revelation knowledge of Him?”  Glad you ask!

Ephesians 1:17  that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

It is a prayer that Paul prayed for the church.  That a spirit of wisdom and revelation would come upon the saints so that they would know the Father better!  God wants you to know Him!

1 John 2:12  I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His name's sake.  13  I write to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, Because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, Because you have known the Father.  14  I have written to you, fathers, Because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, Because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, And you have overcome the wicked one.

Getting to know God is progressive. To move from being children to young men to fathers is growing in understanding in the Word of God and the will of God.  When you mature to the point that the word of God abides in you and you in God; your testimony will be that you have overcome the wicked one!  It always strikes me in this passage that the children continually need reminded that their sins are forgiven.  Those who have grown up no longer need that reminder because there is an abiding of the word of God within; there is victory over the wicked one.

Matthew 11:28  "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  29  "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

This is a very familiar passage to many Christians, yet I want to clue in on the one line … and learn from Me…  It shows the heart and desire of God.  Jesus wants to teach you from His heart to yours!  This takes a intimacy of surrender and trust.   Jesus is willing to trade you your sorrow for His joy, your pain for His comfort.  This is not through some great emotional exchange.  Jesus revealed the secret “take My yoke upon you and learn from Me."  Jesus is the ultimate teacher if we will but surrender.  Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God!  It is God’s will for your heart to be established by the word of His grace.

Luke 10:38  Now it happened as they went that He entered a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha welcomed Him into her house.  39  And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet and heard His word.  40  But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she approached Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me."  41  And Jesus answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things.  42  "But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her."

Martha and Mary were two good friends of Jesus.  Jesus was at their home at the invitation of Martha.  The Master come into her home and He begins to teach but Martha was distracted with much serving.  Mary found a seat at the feet of Jesus hearing His word.  It is awesome you have invited the Master in; however don’t get distracted!  One thing is needed; sit at the feet of Jesus and hear His word.  If you will take the time to sit in His presence, Jesus will show up and give you 1^st hand revelation knowledge.

Jeremiah 33:3  'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.'

Jeremiah 29:11  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.  12  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.  13  And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

God's word is so clear, He will reward those who diligently seek Him.  How hungry are you?

Galatians 2:20  "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

The great mystery of the church unveiled!  Jesus Christ lives in me!  It is a faith filled life we now live.  God has made us new creation in Christ Jesus.  What an awesome Savior.

Colossians 3:1  If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.  2  Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.  3  For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.  4  When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

What a marvelous work God has done.  Those who have put their faith in Jesus have been raised with Him!  It gives every believer a new priority to seek those things which are above.  It separates true conversion with false ones.  Those who do not seek the things of God have not been born from above.  Christ in you the hope of glory.  Our life is hidden in Christ.

Ephesians 3:20  Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,  21  to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

The greater the revelation of Jesus Christ in us the greater the expectation level we have.  The promise is He will do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.  Living for God and walking in victory is not elusive it is reality, when found in true surrender.  Jesus said abundant life and His promises are yes and amen.  May we gain greater revelation than ever before “Christ in me the hope of glory”

Philippians 4:8  Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy; meditate on these things.

The mystery unveiled can become alive in us by us setting the atmosphere.  What you meditate on makes all the difference.  The enemy of your soul would love for you to meditate on your lack, your loss, your need.  God calls you to meditate on the true, the noble, the just, the pure, the lovely , the good report, the virtue and praise worthy things.  Simple obedience puts an end to the elusiveness of victory; set the atmosphere with praise and thanksgiving.

 

Appetite For Righteousness

Appetite for Righteousness. If you will seek Him with all your heart you will find Him!

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Appetite For Righteousness

Matthew 5:1  And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him.  2  Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:  3  "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  4  Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.  5  Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth.  6  Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.  7  Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.  8  Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.  9  Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God.  10  Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.  11  "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.  12  "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Jesus’, the ultimate teacher, inaugural message is found here.  We are just looking a the first several verses.  Yet the verse that stirs in my spirit is verse 6.  Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness shall be filled.  God wants us to have a appetite for righteousness.  We all know physical hunger; God calls His children to spiritual hunger.  What do you have an appetite for?  Do you hunger and thirst for righteousness?   Biblical righteousness is being in right relationship with God.  The term used is justified.  Sunday school teachers have often said Just-is-if- you never sinned. 

Psalm 63:1  O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.  2  So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory.  3  Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You.  4  Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.  5  My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips.  6  When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches.  7  Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice.  8  My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.

This is a Psalm of spiritual hunger.  Oh, how I hunger for God!   I long to see His power and glory.  There is an old song the saints use to sing.  “Only Jesus can satisfy your soul.  Only He can change your heart and make you whole.  He will give you peace you never knew, sweet love and joy and heaven too.  Only Jesus can satisfy your soul.”  How sweet it is to wake up with our mind upon the God of our salvation. 

Hebrews 1:8  But to the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your Kingdom.  9  You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions."

Jesus rules from a scepter of righteousness.  Jesus loves righteousness and the reward was a special anointing of gladness.  What is this we are to hunger for?  What is this that Jesus rules with?  It is a scepter of justice and equity.  It is the righteousness that is imputed because of the work of the cross.

Romans 4:22  And therefore "it was accounted to him for righteousness."  23  Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him,  24  but also for us. It shall be imputed to us who believe in Him who raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead,  25  who was delivered up because of our offenses, and was raised because of our justification.  1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Righteousness is imputed through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus' obedience made way for all to be justified before God.

Romans 5:19  For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man's obedience many will be made righteous.

To be made righteous before God is only available by one Man’s obedience.  Our peace is secured through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Philippians 4  though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so:  circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;  6  concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.  7  But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.  8 Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ  9  and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith;  10  that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,  11  if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.  12  Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.  13  Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,  14  I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

The righteousness that Jesus Christ brings, comes exclusively through the cross.  Many have tried to gain righteousness from some other means; there is no other means of righteousness.  Your good works can’t provide you with righteousness.  Your great performance will not bring you righteousness.  We must come to the same conclusion as the apostle Paul .  He counted all things as rubbish; the KJV say he counted all things as dung!  Paul could have counted his place in society,  his great religious education, his zealous performance under the law, or a righteousness that came from the law.  All of these thing He counted as nothing!  Paul wanted the righteousness which is through faith in Christ; it was the righteousness which is from God by faith.  A  righteousness of intimacy to know Jesus in the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being confirmed to His death.  Jesus has laid hold of us let us take it a step further.  Paul preached the full counsel of God, teaching us to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus laid hold of us.  Paul was hungry and thirsty for the genuine righteousness of God.  God give us a heart to press…

1 Corinthians 1:30  But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God; and righteousness and sanctification and redemption;

Believer you can walk in wisdom; it is the wisdom God has provided.  We can walk in righteousness; it is the righteousness that Christ imputed.  We can walk in sanctification (as those God put his seal of ownership on); the blood of Jesus purchased us.  We can walk in redemption; Jesus set us free from the enslavement of sin’s bondage.

Psalm 42:1  As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.  2  My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalm 92:12  The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon .  13  Those who are planted in the house of the LORD Shall flourish in the courts of our God.  14  They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing,  15  To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Knowing The Love of God

The love of God revealed in the believer can make us partakers of all God has for us.

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Knowing The Love of God

Ephesians 3:14  For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  15  from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,  16  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,  17  that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,  18  may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height;  19  to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.  20  Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,  21  to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Last week the Bible study was on prayer; this too begins with prayer but a very specific prayer the Apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians church.  It is a prayer for a revelation of the love of God!

The prayer for the Spirit of God to strengthened us in our inner man can lead us into the triumph God desires us to walk.  Victory in Jesus is not elusive; we can walk in full victory!  Christ dwells in your heart through faith; when the inner man is strengthened there is a rooting and grounding in the love of God.  Knowing the love of God is not beyond our knowing yet it is not founded in our knowledge of our mind.  It is intimacy with God.  There is the knowing of the love of Christ which surpasses our human understanding.  God desires that we know His love to the width, length, depth, and height filling you with all the fullness of God. 

The prayers prayed by our strengthened inner man will allow us to see prayers answered exceedingly and abundantly above all that we ask or think.  Being strengthen in our inner man is the revealing of the power of God that works in us.  To God be glory in the church by Christ Jesus!  May every believer reading this be strengthened in their inner man even now, in Jesus name!

Psalm 35:27  Let them shout for joy and be glad, Who favor my righteous cause; And let them say continually, "Let the LORD be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."

Psalm 40:16  Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let such as love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!"

The love of God in your inner being will bring to your mouth “Let the Lord be magnified”.  I often pray let the Lord be magnified in this house.  Both in my home and my church home!  It is time for us to put a new word in our mouth.  The love of God brings us to continually say “Let the Lord be magnified”.

John 3:16  "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  17  "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.  18  "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

God’s love is so great.  That which is destined to death and condemnation can be moved to imperishable and everlasting life.  Jesus came to halt the condemnation of the world. What you think of Jesus determines your destiny.  Jesus being the object of your faith can move you from darkness to light and from condemnation to everlasting life.  He who believes in Jesus is not condemned.  At the name of Jesus, sin consequences can be removed.

1 John 3:1  Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.  2  Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.  3  And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us…  Stop and behold the love of the Father!  His love is so great we can be called the children of God.  The love of God is so life changing it compels us to walk in purity.

2 Corinthians 5:14  For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;  15  and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.

When one has a true revelation of the love of God he no longer lives for himself, but there is a living for Him who died for them and rose again.  Some claim to be born again but have never had a changed life; it is a pseudo conversion.   If one truly believes in the Son there is a new nature within that pursues and hungers for the righteousness of God to be fulfilled in their life.

1 John 4:9  In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.  10  In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

What a powerful passage!  The love of God was manifested that we might live through Him!  In this is love… What ever the next words are I want to know.  Not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.  If you want a revelation of the love of God, begin to meditate upon the work Christ accomplished on the cross.  The greatest measure of love is not how well I have loved God; but rather the degree to which He loved me first!  When I get the revelation knowledge of His great love manifested toward me, I am free to love God and man without prejudice.  Until this revelation I can not love the Lord my God with all my heart, soul, mind, and strength; nor can I love my neighbor as I love myself.

1 John 4:11  Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.  12  No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.  13  By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

True revelation of the love of God changes us.  We can love the unlovely and it comes from the abiding of Him in us.  We are made partakers of His Spirit.  The love of God brings transformation to the one it has been revealed.

1 John 4:14  And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.  15  Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.  16  And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.  17  Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

Jesus is the Savior of the World; we call it a confession of faith.  If the object of your faith is in Jesus, the crucified one, God abides in you and you in God.  Verse 16 is so powerful.  We have known and believed the love that God has for us.  The most powerful love and the greatest love to be known is the love that God has for us!  Abiding in His love is not my love toward Him; rather, it is me knowing and believing in the love that God has toward me.  Love that has been perfected has revelation of the love the Father has toward us.  This perfected love is so great it brings boldness in the day of judgment.  Yes it is so strong it knows as Christ is so are we in this world. 

1 John 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.  19  We love Him because He first loved us.  

A perfect love is a knowing and believing in the love God has manifested toward us.  God never intended for His children to be tormented with fear.  The children of God living in fear have not been made perfect in love.  The birthing of a sound mind is to know we love Him because He first loved us!

2 Timothy 1:7  For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

What a precious truth God so loved… whosoever believes in Jesus shall not be condemned.  The power of the cross in action!  Come against the spirit of fear and accept the spirit of power and love and soundness of mind.

Ephesians 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,  4  just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,  5  having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,  6  to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

He chose us in love and made us accepted in the Beloved, and all before the foundation of the world.  Oh the strength of His love toward us!  What an awesome God! 

Ephesians 5:23  For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.  24  Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.  25  Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,  26  that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,  27  that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

Jesus loves the church so much he gave Himself for Her!  Submit to the washing of water by the word of God.   

Ephesians 5:29  For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.  30  For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.  31  "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh."  32  This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

Can you hear the truths of Christ and the church.  We are his bride; with purpose and intent Jesus nourishes and cherishes us.  His great love made us members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 

Hebrews 12:6  For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives."  7  If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?  7  If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?  8  But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.  9  Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?  10  For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.

God loves us so much he corrects us as sons; submit to the correction of the Father of spirits and live.  If you know Him as your loving Father you can trust His correction to bring  profit and enable you to be partakers of His holiness.