The Empowering Whole Armor of God

“In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. Put on God’s whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God, And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one]. And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God. Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God’s consecrated people)”.

~~~Ephesians 6:10-18 (AMPC)~~~

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The Supernatural Favor of God

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers. [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones)”.

~~~Ephesians 1:16-18 (AMPC)~~~

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Do You Really Believe That God Loves You?

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

Rich Mullins “There are many things in the Christian faith that are hard to get a handle on. And one of the things that I struggle the hardest with is believing that God really loves me. It’s too good to believe, but it’s true. Whether I can believe it or not. The fact is, I mean if you took the whole Bible and you shook it around and melted it down and said what is the essence of what this whole thing is saying, I think that it would just be that God loves you very much, that God in fact is crazy about you….To the degree that you can believe it, it changes things”.

“for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God”.

~~~John16:27 (ESV)~~~

“but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.

~~~Romans 5:8 (ESV)~~~

“So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him”.

~~~1 John 4:16 (ESV)~~~

“Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever”.

~~~Psalm 136:26 (ESV)~~~

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life”.

~~~John 3:16 (ESV)~~~

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If You Will Be Still…

July 9, 2021July 9, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth”.

~~~Psalm 46:10 (KJV)~~~

“Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth!”

~~~Psalm 46:10 (AMPC)~~~

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Bearing Much Fruit Through Christ

July 8, 2021July 8, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine”.

~~~John 15:7-8 (AMPC)~~~

“I am the Vine, you are the branches. When you’re joined with me and I with you, the relation intimate and organic, the harvest is sure to be abundant. Separated, you can’t produce a thing. Anyone who separates from me is deadwood, gathered up and thrown on the bonfire. But if you make yourselves at home with me and my words are at home in you, you can be sure that whatever you ask will be listened to and acted upon. This is how my Father shows who he is—when you produce grapes, when you mature as my disciples”.

~~~John 15:7-8 (MSG)~~~

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Joyfully Praising Our Glorious Father!

July 7, 2021July 7, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing! Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations”.

~~~Psalm 100 (AMPC)~~~

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Cleanse Me O Lord

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.”

Ezekiel 36:25-26 (NASB)~~~

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The Greatest

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

“There are three things that remain—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.”

~~~1 Corinthians 13:13 (TLB)~~~

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What Is the Meaning of Life?

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

John Piper “The meaning of life, according to that word, God’s word, is to know God as he really is; and to enjoy him and all that he is for us in Christ; and to reflect in this dark world some of the light that he has shown to us when Christ, the very Son of God, died in our place, precisely that we might know God and enjoy God in spite of our sin; and then one day to see him and know him perfectly unendingly. Let me say it again. The meaning of life is to know God, and to enjoy God, and to reflect some of the beauty of God as we know him in Christ, and one day to see him perfectly and unendingly enjoy him”.

“I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”

~~~Romans 12:1-2 (ESV)~~~

“Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!”

~~~1 Chronicles 16:34 (ESV)~~~

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Beware! The False Gospel of Progressive Christianity

June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 taylorjamesalbert

Fearless with Cissie Graham Lynch discusses “the core differences between historic and progressive Christianity—and how to recognize progressive Christianity” with Alisa Childers, author of “Another Gospel?” and former band member of the Christian band “ZOEgirl”.

“But the [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach, Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized), Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth.”

~~~1 Timothy 4:1-3 (AMPC)~~~

“For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God’s chosen ones).”

~~~Matthew 24:24 (AMPC)~~~