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Hey, Jude! You Sound Like Jesus…

“Jude makes intriguing comments on how to reach those who need God:

First, be filled with faith by praying in the Spirit (v.20);

Second, keep yourself in the love of God (v.21);

Third, have compassion on those doubting (v. 22);

Fourth, rescue others from the flames (v. 23);

Fifth, show mercy tempered with fear (v.23).” Pastor/Author Ken Gurley, The Book on Prayer, pg. 251

December 3, 2024

Change, Compassion, Epiphanies, Prayer, Selflessness

be moved with compassion for people, be moved with compassion for the lost, care deeply about God and others, care deeply about others, how to pray, love your enemies, pray in God’s Spirit, pray in other languages as Jesus’ Spirit enables you, pray in the Power of the Holy Spirit
What is YOUR Issue?

“What is your ‘issue of blood’ (‘like’ the lady with same in the Bible who pursued and received a supernatural, healing touch from Jesus!)? Is it physical or spiritual, ‘like’ sabotaging your own success by ‘reason’ of (feelings of) unworthiness and/or attitudes and actions of ‘over and under-kill’? Character flaw(s), generational curse(s) and/or enemy stronghold(s) plaguing your life? Christ has already conquered these and wants to cure you, Fellow Struggler-Pioneer!”

December 2, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Experience, Healing

seek and find peace, sin no more, surrender all, trust god
Character from Beyond…

Ultimately, I want for my (moral character and power, i.e. Christlikeness) ‘ceiling’ to be my worst enemy’s ‘floor.’ Heard by me and Inspired UP from a similar comment made by Bob Jones in his latter years (per Pastor Joe Sweet) re. where Bob wanted his ‘follower’s’ dedication to God/others (AKA ‘ministry’) to start.

November 21, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Selflessness, Success

Selfless Counts!, Selflessness in Christ Makes ALL the Difference in the World…
Pithy Insights in Jude

“Jude makes intriguing comments on how to reach those who need God:

First, be filled with faith by praying in the spirit (v.20);

Second, keep yourself in the love of God (v.21);

Third, have compassion on those doubting (v. 22);

Fourth, rescue others from the flames (v. 23);

Fifth, show mercy tempered with fear (v.23).” Pastor/Author Ken Gurley, The Book on Prayer, pg. 251.

November 21, 2024

Epiphanies, Experience, Faith, Healing, Heaven, Heroism, Holiness, Prayer, Tongues (AKA Glossolalia), Vision

cry out to god, faith is more real than feelings, jude commentary, jude insights, jude revelation, jude revelations, let jesus pray through you, pray in Christ’s supernatural tongues, Pray in Faith, pray in the holy spirit, Pray in the Spirit, pray in tongues, pray out loud from your heart, praying in the holy ghost, walk by faith
Cry Out to God

“Working harder and smarter is not always the answer. Since (true) life moves at the speed of relationships, those we try to change usually believe they work harder and are more intelligent than us. TRY TEARS.” Pastor/Author Ken Gurley, in The Book on Prayer, pg. 250.

November 18, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Experience, Faith, Faithfulness, Healing, Heaven, Heroism, Prayer

if you care you’ll cry (out), invite God to do what you cannot, invite Jesus in, passionate prayers work, passionate praying, pray like you mean it, speak up and cry out, trust God to love more than you do, trust God to love them more than you do, try tears, wholehearted praying = wholehearted surrender
The Power of GOOD News Received

As water baptism (Biblically, in the only-saving name of Jesus) is both an action of obedience to the Gospel and a sign of “burial with Christ”/being “Born-of-the-Water” (AKA ‘our part’, along with first, faith and repentance toward God), so is Christ’s Holy Spirit baptism, signaled by someone speaking in an un-acquired language “as the Spirit gives utterance”, at least initially, both an action (trusting surrender and release to Him, plus praying and praising out loud to God in one’s native tongue until Jesus takes over with His glossolalia)…and a Gift-sign of Empowering Love to follow and live for Christ wholeheartedly and consistently until He returns.

October 5, 2024

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“Faith-fool?”

“Faith is saying ‘yes’ (to God) before you’re ready!” Apostolic Pentecostal Preacher in wonderful message at Long Beach, CA

October 3, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Experience, Faith, Finances, Healing, Heroism, Holiness, Success, True Life Stories, Vision, Wisdom

Believe and obey, believe and receive, cut-off all other options but Christ, Faith-filled NOT Faith-fool!, trust and obey, Walking on the Water with Jesus
Churchwork

“I don’t ‘go to church’ anymore; I go to…’assemble’.” Brother/Musician/Man-of-God/Friend-of-mine, Ron Wilson San Antonio, TX. (In other words, He IS {part of} the Church, Christ’s Bride and Body and People on Earth and, therefore, embraces ‘Lifestyle Christianity,’ living for God {not self}, by His Grace, every day!).

October 1, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Experience, Faithfulness, True Life Stories, Vision, Wisdom

Called to Community, Churchwork, Community Counts., Do Not Forsake Assembling, Hebrews 10:25 = Assemble/Come Together, Pure Motivations., Right Motives, what matters most?, What’s it ALL About, What’s it All About Anyways?
One TRUE Love

Sin is…pursuing our own pleasure and/or path to false comforts we keep trying to believe will satisfy or even save us, then learning, once again, that we’ve been in denial AND duped (by the devil and his partner-in-crime, our own fallen, proud, short-cut, easy-way-out, lazy natures). So let it be High Time now for us to finally come Home to the Only True Comforter, Jesus…

September 11, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Success, Tradeoffs, True Life Stories, Warnings, Wisdom

Delighted Life, Holy Comforter, Life is too short, Life is too short to…, Life of Delight, No One Like JESUS, One TRUE Love, Only Satisfier, Sin deceives, Sin is…, Sin mocks, Sin mocks AND deceives your soul, Sound and permanent Comfort, Tomorrow NOT Guaranteed!, True Comfort, True Comforts, TRUE Love IS Real
New Perspective(?)

People are searching more for experiences (good feelings) than knowledge (real wisdom) and belonging (community) more than truth and liberty, especially in these Last Days of deception we find ourselves in. Why is this? I believe it’s because truth is objective and confronts ‘our’ lies and waywardness. The Good News? If we’ll embrace it by accepting responsibility and partner with God (which includes His Word and His People), Who longs to write HIS-story with our everyday lives, we can get…and stay…powerfully free. Then others, who are also Hungry, will learn to “follow us, as we follow Christ,” which fosters ‘world-change’ and even greater joy! Epiphany to me, dkb 9/8-9/9/24.

September 9, 2024

Change, Epiphanies, Experience, Faith, Faithfulness, Success, Vision, Warnings, Wisdom

Freedom in Truth, Go Against Your Fallen ‘Flow’!, Honesty Always Ultimately Invigorates., Honesty Liberates and Refreshes., Honesty Opens-up and Fosters Light. Deception hides and brings on darkness and bondage., Look up, Look up/be free! Look down/be bound., Permanently True = Powerfully Free., Power in Truth, Real Freedom? Embrace Truth., See the Unseen