Mood:  incredulous

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Matthew 23:38,39 (NKJ)  See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!

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LOOK! You, as the place that holds My presence, are allowed to be lonely, uninhabited and wasted. For I, Jesus Christ, am telling you that you won't discover or understand Me and who I am until you know in your mind and heart that I am to be celebrated in praises and am favored by God. When you know in your mind and heart that I hold all the charactistics and authority of God, then you will know ME!

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I was a wasted, lonely person...my spirit and soul was empty...until I KNEW who Jesus Christ was in my heart and my mind. When I knew with understanding that Jesus IS God, and holds the authority and characteristics of God and then spoke these understandings outloud...gave my thoughts a voice...then He came and filled my empty spirit and soul. He came to live inside of me and to change me from the inside-out in order to please His Father, and my Father....God, so that I could have a personal relationship with the Creator of the Universe!

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Thank You, Father, for sending Your Son, to bring me into knowing You! Thank You, Jesus, that because of You and all You did for me, I can know who YOU are...You are GOD! I am so glad that I know God because of YOU, Jesus!

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Psalm 20:7,8 (NKJ) Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

They have bowed down and fallen; But we have risen and stand upright.

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Some trust in 'riding on the backs of others' while they fight. Some trust in those same 'horses' for their ability and speed. But we call to mind the reputation and character of the Lord our God! They have sunk lower and failed. But we become powerful and endure to the point of being restored like new, that we may testify of our God.

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I can not trust in the doctrine that someone else believes in, just by hear-say. I can't ride on their 'horse' or trust in their 'horse'. I have to know for myself what the Truth is and trust in that Truth, personally. I can not get through this life on the beliefs (horse) of others. I have to have my own knowledge of what truth is; my own personal wisdom and revelation of what God is to me.

Those who trust and rely on the 'horse/beliefs' of others and ride on their 'backs/beliefs' don't know the 'horse/belief' for their selves. They are relying on the person who knows that 'horse/belief' to get them where they want to go. Riding THE OTHER'S beliefs for what THEY know will only cause that 'hitchhiker' to fail in life. There is not PERSONAL knowledge and they can never stand alone. But those who know their 'horse/beliefs' personally will be completed (restored like new) and be able to show and tell others what God has done for them, personally. 

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Father, I want to know all about You and what You stand for. Teach me to ride my own horse, Lord. Teach me personally, so that I can be completed and testify about You!

Mood:  incredulous

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Matthew 21:12 Then Jesus went (#G1525 "of thoughts that come into the mind ") into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers (outside influences) and the seats (immovable) of those who sold doves. (spirit)

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Jesus enters into the thoughts that come into our minds (the place of thinking that is set apart only for Him...a 'set apart' and sacred place; His Temple) and He banishes and expels, by force, the thoughts that we have 'bought into' and 'bartered' for, exchanging the Truth for what is false. Here, He 'changes our mind' and changes the way we had desired to walk through this life. Here He uproots the influence of the 'moneychangers' that tried to sell us what 'felt good' in our comprehension of life. Here He reveals the Truth so we can see and understand it clearly. The 'moneychangers', the outside/fleshly influences in our lives, had tried to sell us another 'spirit/soul' than Holy Spirit had for us. But Jesus reveals to our mind about the Truth of Spirit. We come into true understanding about walking through this life with what is real. Jesus has changed our thinking to HIS thinking...HIGHER THINKING! And TRUE THOUGHTS! We now understand about His Spirit (Dove) and how Holy Spirit effects our life. We SEE clearly in our mind.

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Many times I've 'bought into' the thoughts of outside influences, trading lies for Truth. But Jesus uproots those false thoughts for me when I think on Higher Things! When I dedicate my thinking as a 'consecrated and set apart place' (Temple) ONLY to HIS teachings and HIS way of thinking, then those lies are dispelled and shown to me clearly for what they are; LIES! Jesus then gives me clear understanding of what is true, trustworthy and reliable; the Truth of His Spirit! The mind is the soul. And my mind needs to CLEAVE to HIS! This gives my mind 'eyesalve' ('Money changers' #G2854) that of which the 'money changers' (outside influences) have tried to sell me the FALSE version. But Jesus has the TRUE version of 'mind-eyeslave' and clears up my understanding and what I can truly cling to in my mind as Truth!

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Jesus, I'd like to buy YOUR 'mind-salve'. I'll trade my thoughts for YOURS! I'll trade the lies I've believed in for Your truth! Thank You for Your Truth, Lord! Smother my mind with Your Truth....Your 'mind-salve'! And Thank You for healing my mind, Lord. You thought of everything! (little pun there, Lord...)

Mood:  amorous

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Psalm 2:12 (NKJ) Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.

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In order to keep from displeasing Jesus and getting lost and giving up in this 'course of life' (all the 'bending and pressing'), I am to bind myself, decorate myself, ignite and inflame myself and make myself perminatedly attatched to Him so that He doesn't become a little unreceptive to me. I will lose my way and not progress forward in my 'walk of life' with Him if I don't trust, confide, seek refuge and hope in Him.

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In trusting Jesus and seeking refuge and hope in Him, I become ATTATCHED to Him. Attatching to Jesus as my Guide through this course of life is the only way not to get lost in this life. He shows me the way to go and ignites the passion I need to stay on that path. With Him beside me, I can't go wrong. But it's all in being ATTATCHED to and INTIMATE with Him.

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Jesus, keep close to me. Kiss me and keep close to me, Lord.

Mood:  special

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Psalm 106:4,5 (NKJ) Remember me, O Lord, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,That I may see the benefit of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance.

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Oh Lord, MARK me so that You can recognize and be mindful of me. MARK me with Your goodwill, Your delight, Your desires that You have for Your flocks. Oh, care for me, pay attention to me, attend me, Lord, with Your freedom and safety...Your wellfare, prosperity and victory! Then I will perceive and discern Your bounty of those You have selected. And I will have joy and gladness in the gaeity and mirthe of the foreign nations...the Gentiles. I will make a show and boast with Your occupation in me as my Inheritance and as my Possession.

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Because I have been chosen by God for His inheritance, I can boast that He lives inside of me. He MARKS me with His delight and His will. He MARKS me with His will for me, as He does all of His chosen people. I can then show this joy and gladness to all Unbelievers, that they will see God's inheritance is IN me...HIS JOY and HIS FREEDOM! Because I shine out in His joy, He remembers me...the MARK of rememberance to Him is His joy and His goodwill ON me!

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Your prosperity, Oh God, is MORE than riches! Your propserity is being MARKED with Your will for me so that I may shine out in joy for You! Mark me, Lord! MARK ALL OF ME so I will shine for You!

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.

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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.

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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

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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)

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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.

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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

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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.

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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!