Mood:  crushed out

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Psalm 132:6,7 (NKJ)  Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah; We found it in the fields of the woods. Let us go into His tabernacle; Let us worship at His footstool.

O.

LISTEN! We heard of the Tabernacle, the Dwelling Place for the Mighty One of Jacob, in the place of fruitfulness, where fruit is grown and flourishes.

We attained 'the Dwelling Place of God' in the cultivated field...the place prepared for seed. We attained God's Dwelling place in our softened and pliable heart, that is thickened with lush growth, a condition that is fresh and flourishing.

 Enter into these 'wooden walls'/the habitation of God within the human life/the Tabernacle.

Let us humbly beseech God to be able to endure life's journey.

A.

The soft and pliable heart is where God can live. A place inside of us that is flourishing with growth and prosperity. A heart that has been broken and is acceptable to God's help is where God can flourish. I have that heart. With a heart recently broken, I ask God to dwell there...fill me up with His wisdom and compassion. In that place, my God can flourish and grow within me. I will humbly beseech Him so that I will be able to endure the rest of this little life. I can not walk on this life's journey without Him, for He IS life!

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Father, only YOU know my heart. Broken and hurting, only YOU can turn that into life. I ask for YOUR life, Father...and all that comes with that life. Grow big in me, Lord! Flourish inside of me. Make my heart Your dwelling place!

Mood:  bright

S.

Matthew 17:1,2 (NKJ)

Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves; and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Now after six (# of man; man coming short of spiritual perfection) days (time) Jesus (Salvation) took Peter (a chip off a larger rock), James (a surplanter; one who removes or displaces), and John (Jehovah has graciously given) his brother (likeness, character, relationship), led them up on a high ( to set the mind on; to seek higher things) mountain (to keep the mind in suspense/ suspended) by themselves (down from themselves); and He was transfigured  (metamorphose)before them. His face (countenance) shone (radiate brilliance) like the sun (Light; a prefered sun ray of light), and His clothes (protection, mantle) became as white (pure) as the light.(the power of understanding moral and spiritual truth; Truth and its knowledge, together with spiritual purity)

O.

Now when the time of mans spiritual imperfection came to an end, Salvation, a part of God, came to displace/move God's  given grace to His Likeness (Jesus) so that man's mind would be set and suspended on the higher things of God and not on the lower things of man. Man would set his mind on seeking God. God was then transformed before man. God would become a perfered 'Ray of Light' ( a personal "Beam of Light" for each individual person; a personalized beam from the sun/Son) Salvation (Jesus) would become man's protection with the power of understanding moral and spiritual truth; pure spiritual truth and its knowledge.

God had sent a 'tangable/touchable' Way (Jesus) to know God and His SpiritualTruth.

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God has sent to me a personal Beam of Light; the Light of spiritual understanding. He has sent me the Light that will help only me in my personal life. Jesus is my Light. And through Jesus, I have a personal and intimate, one on One relationship with God...unlike anyone else in the world. God picked this exact time and place for the two of us. He knows EXACTLY what I need, personally, to become closer to Him in my spiritual life. He has personalized His 'Beam of Light' just for me. With this 'Beam of Light' I receive hunger for more Light, personal spiritual wisdom and knowledge, and EXACTLY what my own spirit and soul needs from God; personal Spirit and Truth!

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Thank You, Father, that You send each of us exactly what we need to know You. Thank You, Jesus, for being my revelational Beam of Light, personalized just for OUR relationship! You amaze me, Father, because You thought of everything I need (You know me SO well)....and then provided just THAT for us to be together, intimately. I praise You, Father! I sing Your praises! You are AMAZING!

Mood:  loud

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Matthew 16:19 (NKJ) And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

O.

OUR WORDS bind whatever we 'stand on' or they set free whatever we believe in. It's all in our WORDS! Jesus gave us power and authority and it's all in our WORDS! We have the power and authority to bless the things we believe in, or to curse the things we don't believe in. It's our choice; use a 'gun' or 'a blessing-wand'.

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I have to take control over my words. My words can be used as a loaded and wild weapon. (GUN) They can also be used to bless. (A BLESSING-WAND)

I need the wisdom of Jesus to know when and what to 'shoot' and when not to. I need to know what to use the 'wand' (to bless) and what shouldn't be blessed.

I need His knowledge to know what is right and what isn't...so as not to do damage where it shouldn't be done. I also need to know the power He has given me to overtake the enemy...and shoot my mouth off THEN! Any words I say can either curse or bless. I have to STAND on what I believe in and bless those things. I also have the power to curse what I don't believe in...and I'm not sure that is such a good thing. The main idea here is to CONTROL MY WORDS! (control 'shooting off my mouth' and what I bless)

They (the 'wand' and the 'gun') are the power and authority of Jesus..HIS 'gun' or His 'blessing-wand'.....and I need HIS wisdom to use them wisely.

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Father, I pray for Your wisdom and mindfulness when it comes to the words I speak. The 'gun' or the 'blessing-wand'...Thank You Jesus for the power and authority You gave me through the words I speak. Help me to NOT be a loaded weapon without wisdom in this. Help me to be an educated and wise weapon and blesser...that uses Your authority and power in wisdom ONLY!

Mood:  bright

S.

Matthew 14:24,25 (NKJ) But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary. Now in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea.

O.

In looking up the Greek meanings of most of the words in this scripture, this is how I 'decoded' the spiritual meaning to Matthew 14:24, 25:

Going through life, trying to keep it morally clean and pure, was, by this point in time, in the middle of turmoil...the mind (head winds) in turmoil, with fear of sinking under and going to the bottom of 'lifes walk'/death or depression. For the natural life was naturally combative, fighting the mental and physical pain of living. By this time, the whole world was watching to find ways to escape death, sin, shame, moral stupidity and darkness. Jesus went to them, conducting His life through 'THE WAY', a pathway ON this turmoil of human life.

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The whole world is searching for a "WAY" through this life to escape it's turmoil and pain! The whole world is searching for a Savior! WE, Believers, have found Him! He has shown us the 'pathway' ON this life to get us safely out of life's turmoil. He is our BRIDGE OVER LIFE! All we have to do is take His same path. He showed us how, now all we have to do is follow Him and how He lived! We can walk over the top of all life's turmoil. We can think above all the pain and confusion. We can follow the Savior, Jesus! We can TAKE HIS BRIDGE!

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Father, thank You for sending us Your BRIDGE...JESUS! Thank You for giving us the example we need to follow to get through this life OVER AND ABOVE the pain and turmoil of life. Help me to see Your Bridgeway, clearly. Help me to always stay in step with Your Son and walk over and above the turmoil and confusion of everyday life. Jesus, SHOW ME YOUR BRIDGE!

Mood:  lucky

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Matthew 13:52(NKJ) Then He said to them, Therefore every scribe instructed concerning the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

O.

Jesus tells us, His students, that when we understand His parables from His Word, we show that we are the 'master of our house' who is extracting his inner treasures; what is new revelation/treasure, and what is antique/treasure. One is unused, novel and a new kind of revelation. The other is old, and well used; warn out by use in the past. We pull out from our past and present what we know from within, in order to understand what Jesus is revealing to our spirits. His Spirit touches ours, and our understanding is opened.

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When I go deep within myself, while I read God's Word, I can touch the places that relate to what God's Word tells me, personally. God has built in me, by experience in life and the life experiences to come, the knowledge I need to 'parallel' my life with what the Word tells me. These are old and new treasures that help me to put into use the revelations I learn from the Bible. These are the 'treasures' within...life experiences. I use these 'Word Parallels' to help me throughout my life....both what I went through in the past...and what is coming in the future.

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Father, I pray for new treasures in revelation of Your Word and how it relates to my personal life. I pray to understand the old past treasures, too, so that I can learn from them and not repeat what was wrong. I pray to understand and draw out from those past treasures and to parallel my life with Your Word.

Mood:  don't ask

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Matthew 12:33 (NKJ) Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.

O.

We each have a choice. We can either go through life, dying as worthless, or we can go through life in excellence. Each of us is dying. It's HOW we die that shows what carries us through this life. This is our character, or what lives inside of us. We are both worthless and decaying inside, or are excellent in stature and nature and building spiritual life inside. We get to choose how we die. Our choice determines our character and what is 'living' inside of us. We can die kicking and screaming, or by allowing God to put new life into our 'spirit-man'.

A.

Each of us is dying. When we were born, we started to physically die. It's HOW we die that shows what is inside of us. This shows our inner character and what REALLY is alive inside of us. If our spirit is dead, then we ARE dying. But if our spirit is living, then we are truly LIVING and living from the inside-out. This is our character. If life is inside our spirit, then we go through life knowing we aren't ever going to die.

This is what Jesus did for us on the cross. He gave us life by putting 'death of our spirit' in the grave. He was the first 'Man' to die and come to life again in His Spirit (resurrection). He paved the way for OUR spirits to follow Him. And all we have to do is BELIEVE in what He did for us. He left Holy Spirit on earth for us in order that He would teach our personal spirits/inner-men to LIVE...and HOW to live rightly!

I CHOOSE LIFE! I choose for my spirit to live even though I'm physically dying. That is what shows the 'action' of my spirit...my character. And that is the difference in a Believer in Jesus and an Unbeliever....it's all in our CHARACTER! (fruit of the spirit)

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Jesus, I thank You for dying for me....and showing me how to truly live. Holy Spirit, help my spirit to live fully. Teach my spirit to live the way YOU do!

Mood:  incredulous

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Matthew 8:8 (NKJ)  The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.

O.

This man, who leads and guides into full measure (a captain of 100 men) those who are at his control, responded for himself, saying: "Lord, You who are my Supreme Authority, I am not ideal in design or purpose that You should think of me or reveal to MY mind ("under my roof") Your revelations, ideas, plans, imaginations or designs. But, merely make Your thoughts, ideas, purposes and designs known to me! In that way, my attendant...my mind and thoughts, will be free from errors and sins!"

A.

We Believers could be this Centurion because we ARE the captain of our thoughts...our 'attendants or servants'....all that  we 'think'. When we Believers submit our thoughts and mind (soul) to Jesus, He reveals His plans, purposes, ideas and thoughts to our minds. We can then command the 'attendants' of our minds(our thoughts) to loose us from their influence of errors and sins in our lives! With the authority of Jesus, we are made free by using our spoken words over our thoughts. Faith in the 'spoken Word of God', as the Centurion in this scripture had, sets us free. We, as Commanders, speak God's Word outloud in faith over our own thoughts and we are set free, in the name (character and likeness) of Jesus.

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Father, Think with my mind. I want to know Your thoughts, plans, purposes and every imagination You have for my life! Teach me Your authority by and through Your Son, Father! For I want to think like Him! Teach me YOUR thoughts, Lord!

Mood:  a-ok

S.

Matthew 7:20 (NKJ)

Wherefore by their fruits you will know them.

O. 

To draw a conclusion, you will perceive and understand them by their influence on other people.

A.

If a person causes others to act badly, then the first person has evil in them. If a person causes others to do good, then the first person has good in them.

Influence is the "the effect of one thing (or person) on another". How I effect others determines what is inside of me.

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Father, help me to effect others as You have effected me. Touch my spirit with Yours so as I can touch others with Your Spirit.

Mood:  bright

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Matthew 8:22,23 (NKJ) The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness

O.

The clarity of morality and purity is in knowledge.

As a result, if your knowledge is simple, sound, fulfilling and clear...all woven together, than you are completely full of a knowledgable and of an understanding character.

BUT if your knowledge is labored for, bringing trouble and toil, and is hurtful and causing pain, than your character is hidden in ignorance...as uneducated, unaware, and uninformed...BLIND.

As a result, if the pinpointed knowledge and understanding of moral and spiritual truth is in an instrumental and fixed position in your mind as knowledge...and is ignorant, uneducated and unaware, then that ignorance is HUGE!

A.

My mind is my soul. It is my responsibility to educate my soul with truth. This is what brings my whole character into complete soundness. If I am ignorant of truth and morality, than my soul sits in the shadows...doesn't know the Light of Truth. And if my fixed position...my stubborn thoughts....stay on what I ignorantly think is truth...but it is just a shadow of truth...than I stay in darkness...my soul stays lost...and my whole character is wrong. Only God's Light of Truth, Jesus, can educate my soul/mind to what is really true and fulfilling. Only JESUS!

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Father, educate my soul and mind with Your knowledge....YOUR morality! Bring my mind into YOUR education....not the world's education. Take me from ignorance into full knowledge...spirit, soul and body. Complete me, Daddy!