Spiritual Sight – As we seek to become more and more spiritual along our journey, we must gain spiritual sight from the Lord along the way. Many things in this world could lead us away from God into blindness. It may come from outside the church, or it may come from within the church these days. Many struggle to see the difference between the world and the church because many things in the church are of the world, thus causing many to become blind while seeking God. Though called, many are missing spiritual sight that comes from God. We only see the shortcomings and faults in others, not within ourselves. We use God’s Word to condemn, not as a means of correcting, encouraging, and uplifting others. We must mature in the Lord, so we are not blind guides and blind teachers. God wants us to see his glory, so he sent his Son into the world, to be a light for those who are blind. Through the light of Christ Jesus, we can gain spiritual sight, so we clearly see the things of God, and we operate in the light of Christ Jesus all our remaining days.    

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Spiritual Sight

Chains That Binds –We should be clear about the freedom the Lord is offering us, it is not so we can do as we please. What Christ Jesus is offering us is an opportunity to unbind ourselves from darkness and the things of the world that causes us to fall into sin, and to bind ourselves to him and the Father.  We are all bound by something, there is no such thing as been unbound by everything. Freedom is the option to choose what which we desire to bind ourselves with. Christ is offering us the choice, to unbind ourselves from the world and darkness, and bind ourselves to him and the Father, through the Spirit. We cannot be the type of believer who believes we can bind ourselves to darkness and light, we know the Lord will considered us a lukewarm believer, and number us with the unbelievers. We must bind ourselves to God, so we live for the Lord. We cannot take binding ourselves to God lightly, once we grow in faith, and connect ourselves to Christ, our bond with the Lord cannot be easly broken for things of the world. We must bind ourselves to the Father and The Son, and remain bound to God for the rest of our lives.  

Chains That Bind

Belongs To God – is teaching about giving all the glory to God, keeping none for ourselves. As the Lord blesses us, pouring into our lives, we can’t get confused about who deserves the glory, or where our help comes from. We may think we came up with a new idea or created something new, or came up with some new knowledge, but God is the creator of all things, it all starts from what God created. Everything we have, everything we create, started from something God created through Christ Jesus. God is the source of all things, understanding, knowledge, wisdom, dominion, and power. Everything good comes from the Lord, we must be faithful in giving the Father all the glory through Christ Jesus. It all belongs to God, it will all return to God. God is the creator of all things, nothing formed was formed of itself. We belong to God and not to ourselves. Christ paid the price, not you and I. Let's be mature in our thinking of the Lord and who we are in him, so what we do, and who we are, gives God all the glory and honor.  

Belongs To God

Spiritual Assignment – is teaching about receiving a spiritual assignment from God. We cannot decide what we are going to do for God. Our assignment must come from God, so it does his Will. Christ is the one who leads and guides us, so the things of God are accomplished according to God’s Plan.  If we assign ourselves the work we do for God, it will not accomplish that which God wants for his people. We must seek our spiritual assignment from the Lord, while on our spiritual journey with him. We must run to finish the race, throwing everything else behind us, so nothing prevents us from achieving what the Lord has given us to do.  Nothing else matters only that which the Lord instructed us to accomplish that brings him glory and honor. When we are done, we will be poured out, ready to enter into God’s rest, full of peace and joy.

Spiritual Assignment

Spiritual Journey– is teaching about being called into a spiritual journey with God that takes a lifetime to complete. On this journey, we not only come to know the Lord better, but we will also come to know ourselves deeply. This journey will change many things about us, things we would never change otherwise. If we devote ourselves to God’s teachings, we will reach the end of our journey and be approved by God. We will experience some amazing things in Christ, as he strengthens us, and we come to trust in the Father and Christ Jesus and be blessed in every way. As the Lord reveals his purpose for our lives, we must strive to reach the highest maturity level we can in our spiritual walk with God. We cannot choose a materialistic path to the kingdom of God; this is not God’s plan. We are called into a spiritual journey with Christ Jesus, that ensures we do the things of God, accomplish his will along our journey, and God’s purpose in us. 

Spiritual Journey

Pure Love  – is teaching about the difference between love that is pure and love that is impure. Unfortunately, we don’t see the difference until we have been hurt by someone saying they have pure love for us, when their love is built on harmful things that makes it impure. Many struggled to find pure love in a person. When we find someone and fall in love with them, we find some good, but we also find some bad, we try to overlook the bad, hoping the good will win out. I have found there is only one-way pure love comes through a person, and that is if that person’s life is bounded by the Love of God in Christ. We go through many bad relationships seeking pure love. For pure love to work, it first must come from God, second it must be in the two persons in the relationship, otherwise, there could be struggles, pain, and disappointment. If our love starts with God, when we meet someone and fall in love with them, God can teach both how his love works, and make the couples love pure.

Pure Love

Don’t Give Up – Is a teaching about how we need to grow our faith in a way that no matter what comes we will not give up on the Lord. We will not turn from God; we will fight the good fight of faith.  God’s Word teaches us that our faith will be tested, we will have to show ourselves approved. We all will undergo testing; our faith will be challenged to determine if we are holding on to the cross of Christ Jesus. We must grow, we can’t give up, we cannot turn back, we cannot turn to the right or left, we must keep on eyes on Jesus. God wants all of us to be saved, he knows some will give up and turn away.  The Father sent his Son to make a way, so we can be encouraged even in our darkest moments, even during troubled times, even on our death bed. God won’t give up on us, and we can’t give up on God. In him is all power, its in the name of Jesus, we are saved, being saved, and will be saved. Do not give up on the Father and his Son Christ Jesus. We can make it, have faith in the Lord, and live up right.

Don‘t Give Up

It Was The Lord – The Lord has told us, in this life, we will have trouble. The question is, who helped us through our troubles, was it others, did we resolve it ourselves, or was it the Lord? Was it resolved through our knowledge and strength, or was it the Lord who delivered us through it?  We must give credit to where it is due, who should receive the glory for the resolution to our issues and troubles, should the glory go to us, or to the Lord?  As Christians we are blessed by God, but some of us take what is the Lord’s and we put our name on it, accepting credit for it, including recognition from others, never confessing it was the Lord. We cannot be foolish in our walk with the Lord, God wants us to give him all the glory, all the honor, and all the praise for what he has done, and is doing through us.  Christ Jesus deserves the glory, honor, and praise, he died for our sins, he wipes away our transgressions, we did not do it on our own, it was the Lord.  If we grow in faith, giving all glory, honor, and praise to God the Father and Christ Jesus. When the Lord returns, he will give us glory and honor, he will reward us for our faithful service. We would whether receive glory, honor, and praise from God then anyone in the world.  

It Was The Lord

Access To God – From the day we became Christian, we have desired access to God. God’s Word teaches the path to the throne of God comes through our faith and life in Christ Jesus, the Son of God.  We must understand what it takes to have access to Christ and the Father. While there is no one between us and Christ Jesus, Christ stands between us and the Father. We must receive him to gain access to God. The road to God is narrow, and life is very short. We need to make every effort to make it in, and stay in. Many of us cry out to the Lord when we are in trouble, but we do not persevere in our knowledge, faith, and walk with the Lord. Therefore, when we need the Lord the most, that is when he says to us, I do not know you, access denied.  We need access to God through Christ Jesus so his Spirit is living within us, so when trouble comes our prayers reach the throne of God and are answered. When we say in Jesus’s name, it means something because he knows us, and his power is at work within us.     

Access To God

Measure Of Faith – It's interesting how we measure things. We are always trying to measure each other, against each other to determine who is better.  This world, life has taught us we are the best, based on how we measure up against others.  Thank God, he does not use the same type of measurements as we do.  As Christian, we don’t need to be concerned about how others measure us, we need to know how the Lord will measure us, and the measure of faith we have.  We have much work to do in becoming like Christ Jesus, working on our salvation. God wants us to experience his fullness found in Christ.  We must allow the Spirit to teach us, to change us, so each day our faith measures a little closer to Christ, and the Father’s Will.  When we receive Christ Jesus in our hearts the work begins, our faith is at its lowest point. Now we must grow in faith, in the ways of God so the measure of our faith grows from weak or little faith to great and mature faith in Christ Jesus.

Measure Of Faith

God’s Favor – It’s not until you and I tap into God’s Favor that we begin to experience all that the Lord has for us. We have to seek God’s Favor so it surrounds us, delivers us, and protects us. It’s in God’s Favor we see his glory overshadowing our lives. It’s in God’s Favor we see his wonders at work in our lives.  We can’t claim or declare God’s Favor, it must be granted to us. We must seek it by walking in the footsteps of Christ Jesus. God wants to clothe us in his favor, but it requires commitment, dedication, and faithfulness on our part. God’s Favor is so awesome, it is available for all who are in Christ Jesus; it flows from Christ into those who seek the Lord. In God’s favor is his presence, in his favor, we are delivered. In his favor, we receive an increase, love, and peace from God. God’s favor flows through Christ, so we get to experience all that God has for us. 

God's Favor

Joy And Happiness  – is a teaching about where do we look to find joy and happiness?  There is not one person alive who does not want joy and happiness. We are doing a lot of things to achieve joy and happiness, unfortunately many of them does not last long or does not produce joy and happiness at all.  True happiness can only be found in the Joy of the Lord. When we  have God’s Joy in our hearts, in our life, that is when we find true happiness we have been seeking all our days. Material possession can never give us the joy and happiness God gives us, which is found in Christ Jesus. We need to ask the Lord to pour his joy and happiness into our heart, then we need to guard over ourselves so this world or Satan does not rob us of God’s joy and happiness. We cannot rob ourselves either, by seeking things of the world ahead of God. We need to live right, hold on to the joy of the Lord so it is complete in us. Every moment, every hour of the day we are filled with God’s joy and happiness. No trouble, sickness, or financial situation should be able to rob us of God’s joy and happiness received in Christ Jesus.  

Joy And Happiness

Remnant Of God – is teaching to encourage us to grow even more in our faith in God the Father and Christ Jesus.  We have to grow beyond the elementary teaching about God,  growing into mature thinking with spiritual understanding so we serve God better. Our faith must grow, so we walk as part of God’s Remnant while on this earth, ensuring we are counted in that number when Christ Jesus returns. He is coming to gather up the elect, the remnant of God, those who walked by faith and survived this world. Those who trusted in the Lord, and did not turn back to the world, back to sin, who kept their lives inline with God’s Will. We must be a remnant for the Lord, one who works makes it through the fire, who are fully tested, and proven to be a remnant of God.

Remnant Of God

Living Testimony – is teaching about how we must become a living testimony for God the Father, and Christ Jesus.  We have been called, received the Lord into our hearts. We must grow our faith, so that which we speak of on Sundays, and now and then, becomes who we are in Christ Jesus. If we allow it to remain outside of us, and try to tell someone about Christ, we will be a false witness of the Lord, give false testimony, because we do not live what we speak. We must become a living testimony, one in which the Lord has changed. We must take Christ into our hearts, God’s Word must live on the inside of us, it must be real,  internal, who we are, what we live by.  We are what Christ Jesus has done in us, the work of the Spirit, that which we remain true to, that makes us a living testimony, a living witness of the work of God.   

Living Testimony

Godly Purpose - We are created for a purpose. Not just any purpose, not one we make up, but a godly purpose that not only enriches our lives but enriches the lives of many others. We tend to confuse purpose with the ability to get rich, to gain wealth. Having a purpose is not a sign of wealth and riches, though many times riches and wealth come from a person accomplishing their purpose. A purpose goes much feather than money, it reaches heights money can never achieve. It not only changes the person with the purpose, it changes those in which the purpose touches. Many who are rich, find their greater purpose having nothing to do with money, through touching lives far away, those they do not know. Godly purpose supersedes our being, it goes beyond us, beyond our means. When we find our purpose in Christ, we find our true purpose in life, God will reward us for being faithful in doing His Will.

Godly Purpose

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