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G.O.D. = Game Over Devil [podcast]

Paula White Exposed [video]

THAT’s My King! Pastor Lockridge [video]

Powerful Prayers from Children-This Will Shake You [video]

The Fear of the LORD is to Hate Evil: Pride, and Arrogancy #shorts [video]

Ousting the Enemy!

WHO’s READY FOR SOME VICTORY?

Satan only has place when the individual isn’t submitted to God. James 4:7 – memorize.

Your issue is with the God you have sinned against, and not me, a mere messenger of His. Blaming everyone except the sinner who caused your separation from your Maker will only dig yourself deeper in misery. The sin you are living in has given full control of your life to Satan who has come “to steal, to kill, and to destroy” (John 10:10). The following information will equip you to know what the LORD requires of you to be back into His graces, in a vital union with the Savior.

Sin and Satan were defeated by Jesus when He died and sin and Satan are defeated in our lives as we submit to the LORD in dying, laying down our lives so He can reign supreme! (Hebrews 2:14-15)

“Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7

Submitting yourself to the LORD means turning back to Him in repentance and putting your whole faith in Christ (Hosea 14:1-2).

“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6

Following Jesus means trusting Him, obeying, worshipping and loving Him and not yourself any longer. It’s time to change masters.

“Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40

Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus

“And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.” Luke 9:23-24

Here our LORD instructed us that if we are going to following Him, we must do so “daily” by way of the cross – the crucified life.

Evading, ignoring the cross is evading victory! (1 Corinthians 15:57)

You are only a threat to Satan and his kingdom as the explosive resurrection power of Christ is raising you upward out of the posture of death and burial! (2 Corinthians 4:10-12)

Embracing the cross – the crucified life – is procuring to yourself the full blessings and victory Jesus died to grant!

“God salvages the individual by liquidating him and then raising him again to newness of life.” A.W. Tozer

When you are in the cross, your life is being lived by the grace of and for the glory of Jesus Christ!

The depth you allow God to bury you determines the height of His resurrection, His raising up in your life! (2 Corinthians 4:10-12).

The joy of dying is that it is absolute, it is without exception – that GOD is going to raise you up! (2 Corinthians 4:10-12)

AS long as you are going down – into death and burial – Christ is raising you up!

THERE cannot and will not be victory in and through your personal life until the cross is placed at the center of your personal life (2 Corinthians 4:10-12). Get it brother. Embrace it sister.

The success of your life in Christ is going be according to you’re dying and allowing the LORD to raise you upward! (Luke 9:23-24; John 3:30; 2 Corinthians 4:10-12; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3, etc.)

Either the flesh will crucify Christ out of your life

Christ will crucify the flesh out of your life!

The life of self is death.

The death of self is life.

My own iniquitous “old man” sinful nature shall prevail until the “new man” is “put on” and kept on by the daily cross life! (Ephesians 4:22-24; Colossians 3:1-10, etc.)

WE can go nowhere with God outside of the cross – the crucified life! This He ordains so He can raise us upward out of sin and Satan’s grasp.

“But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.” Romans 13:14

God has a blessed resurrection gift reserved and waiting for all who are dying downward! It’s time to “Taste and see that the Lord is good” (Psalms 34:8).

The person who’s been born again and yet is not walking in the crucified life – is miserable. Yet those in the cross are full and overflowing with Christ’s resurrection joy! (John 15:11; 16:22)

G.O.D. = Game Over Devil

IF you are not hearing Jesus’ call for you to take up the cross, you are not hearing the unchanging voice of God.

Outside of the cross lifestyle, sin and Satan shall continue to prevail in your personal life. Read Romans 6 each morning this week.

Downward Dying = Upward Rising

“And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:” Isaiah 37:31

WHO are Christ’s “remnant”? What cardinal fruit do they have? – They “take root downward (death and burial)“ and what happens as a result? – They “bear fruit UPWARD.” There’s the cross beloved.

“Though Death”!

Listen closely beloved. Notice that God’s Word tells us here that Jesus defeated the devil by dying!

Jesus conquered, overcame by dying! And, we follow Jesus by doing the same!

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;” Hebrews 2:14

Jesus defeated Satan by dying. Satan’s power is vanquished forever and the performance of such in the individual saint’s life occurs when he dies downward.

If you are not presently crucified with Christ you cannot experience His victory in your personal life.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20

From this day forward, child of God, speak this Bible truth aloud from your heart and lips.

UNLEASHING the power of Christ’s cross on the devil and the world around you requires a death and burial of the self-life (2 Corinthians 4:10-12).

You must allow the divine truth of this passage to be drilled down deep into your heart and mind….

“Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.” 2 Corinthians 4:10-12

You can’t be raised out of the grave until you have submitted to the death and burial that puts you there! Selah.

There’s no victory over sin and Satan outside of the cross – period! Yet there’s full and complete victory over sin and Satan via the cross!

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 15:57-58

Many desire to do the work of Christ and yet are not surrendering to and laboring in Christ’s cross. Let me explain ….

Jesus Christ is LORD Almighty and will reign forever – and He can reign supreme in your personal life – NOW. This is His desire and He made the provision for just this victory!

The position, the posture of victory in Christ’s kingdom is the cross – the downward dying and upward rising!

God will not raise up any person who is not dying downward. Yet He delights to and is awaiting your submission to His cross that He might raise you upward!

The Devil’s days are numbered when the child of God begins to get the revelation of the cross….

IF YOU HAVE A SIN PROBLEM, HERE’S THE REASON: In fact, you can forget EVER having the victory over sin until you submit to God by submitting to the cross (Romans 6, etc.). Just lay it all down today beloved…allow your LORD to have His perfect will and way in your precious life! It’s only then that you will experience His glorious grace in a way that is simply not possible outside of your oneness with Him – abiding in Christ – in the divine economy of the cross.

WHEN you are dead and buried with Christ Satan and sin can’t find you!

“For he that is dead is freed from sin.” Romans 6:7

In Christ’s cross is contained every blessing of God. The blood of His cross procured for His children every beautiful benefit…. including resurrection.

IF YOU are sitting under the teaching of any ministry that is not regularly teaching you the paramount biblical truth that you must die – the cross – you are willingly deceived and are going nowhere with God. You must go down for God to raise you upward (2 Corinthians 4:10-12). There was no shortcut for Jesus, nothing to circumvent the cross, and there’s none for you and me (Luke 22:39-46). We must take this cup – because God requires it so that He can liquidate us and raise us up in His holy image to conform us to the crucified raised up image of His only begotten Son (Romans 8:29).

God sure is speaking to you and He’s saying what He says in His Word – Go down deep into my death and burial and I will raise you upward beloved.

Learning to submit to His cross – embracing and obeying His truth – is the only way to oneness and fruit-bearing abiding victory in Christ (John 15, 17, etc.).

We must run from every cross-less voice – of whom Paul says that their god is their belly (carnal ambitions and appetites) and they are “enemies of the cross of Christ” (Philippians 3:18-19).

ANY man pretending to be representing Christ and yet who does not drill this cross message down into your being, is entertaining, is playing you and making merchandise of you! He’s a fraud. Run! (Philippians 3:18-19; 2 Peter 2:1-3, etc.).

WARNING: Once you get a taste of the glorious raising up of the LORD, you may become addicted!

Obedience to Christ’s message of the cross will make you free and nothing else can (John 8:31-32).

Jesus says that “the truth shall make you free” and when we embrace, we live out the truth of the cross, the crucified life, then and only then shall we be made free and not before (Matthew 16:24-25, etc.). The cross only makes free those who take it up, who do it.

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31-32

Divine truth only makes those free who obey God, who do His truth.

ANY man who is not in the cross, not presently crucified with Christ, is self-appointed, self-serving, selfish, and in rejection of the Savior – with no exception. Such a man is an “enemy of the cross of Christ” and is operating for his own selfish gratification – “whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)” (Philippians 3:18-19).

“(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)” Philippians 3:18-19

Hint: If he’s not preaching the cross, he’s preaching “another gospel,” is “accursed,” and is not taking up the cross himself (Galatians 1:6-9).

The cross – the crucified life – is an original Gospel imperative and not a mere suggestion (Luke 9:23-24, etc.).

Raised Up [Audio Book]

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Returning to Christ as Our "First Love" [podcast]

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 The LORD is a “Jealous” God. “For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:” Exodus 34:14 If Jesus Christ is not genuinely the first love of our hearts, our lives, we are committing spiritual adultery on the Son of God. “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two […]

The Cross, Holiness, and Eternal Life [podcast]

“But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.” Romans 6:22 Absolute freedom from sin and the bonds of sin only comes when we are truly dead and buried with Christ and therefore raised up by Him out of sin and its dominion and shackles. Jesus conquered sin by dying – then He was raised up…. This same Gospel truth, the death, burial, and resurrection is re-enacted in the lives of God’s people daily. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man […]

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Acquainted and Nourished [podcast]

“Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.” Job 22:21

“nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine”

Our Sin Should Lay us at His Feet [podcast]

“Sin lieth at the door.” Genesis 4:7 One writer takes a shot at this in the following words: “Jesus died for our sins. He is the sin offering for all humanity: past, present, and future. So the offerings in the Old Testament represent the Cross. So in short, if you reject the offering, meaning Christ and the Cross, ‘then sin lieth at the door.’ This means sin will DOMINATE you if any other method is used.” “Sin lieth at the door” – Temptation to sin presents itself perpetually and this is why prayer, abiding communion, perpetual communication with the Savior, command central, is […]

Teach the Bible [podcast]

JESUS IS COMING AND THE TRUE BODY OF CHRIST IS “HOLDING FORTH (BOLDLY DECLARING) THE WORD OF LIFE” “Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.” Philippians 2:16 WHEN you speak God’s Word, you are speaking divine authority. “These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.” Titus 2:15 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, […]

Nourished Up in God's Word 1 Timothy 4:6 [1 min video]

“If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.” 1 Timothy 4:6 Jesus is KING and kingdom living is all about exalting KING Jesus – not mere men or organizations or ministries! It’s only then that His divine “nourishment” is going to flow down into His beloved body! “Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed […]

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“Be Strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus” – 2 Timothy Chapter 2 [podcast]

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.

6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits.

7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.

8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect’s sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

A Workman Approved by God

14 Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth;

26 And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

The Book of Romans Narrated [podcast]

“And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:” Romans 1:4 Chapter 1-16 Chapter 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 (which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 4 and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 5 by whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to […]

Ephesians Narrated [podcast]

Ephesians 1 “Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: 4 according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: 5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus […]

The Book of 1 John Narrated [podcast]

Love. Truth. Know. Note: The Book of 1 John has at least 3 power words and truths to behold: 1. Love, 2. Truth, 3. Know “Love” appears 44 times in 1 John. “Truth” appears 10 times in 1 John. “Know” appears 28 times in 1 John. Some have called the book of 1 John “the book of certainties” as Christ’s apostle John is blunt, curt, strong, forceful in/with the truth, and loving – a true man of steal, and velvet. Reading any book of the Bible 10-20 times, reading straight through it, is powerfully effective in getting that Word of our […]

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“A Faithful Man shall Abound with Blessings” [podcast]

Do you desire to abound in the blessings of God?

Jesus our LORD taught that as we are faithful with what the LORD has already given us, then, and only then, will He multiply it.

ASK YOURSELF: Are you faithful to abide, to obey Him by obeying His Word? If so, Jesus and the Father are dwelling richly with you and will multiply you according to your proper, wise, faithful stewardship of what is already in your possession – which is from Him. See John 14:21-23.

“A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” Proverbs 28:20

God is not going to add to or multiply His supply and blessings to anyone who is sitting around, doing the church attendance thing, and not doing His biblically stated will – of loving, tending to, giving to, serving, and blessing others (Matthew 22:37-39). Every true disciple is a doer of the WORD (James 1:22; 1 John 2:3-6, etc.). A true disciple is not known merely by being a church attender, which any old dead fish counterfeit can be. No, the true servant of Christ is known by his supreme love for, and faithful obedience to Christ his King, his “first love” (Revelation 2:4-5).

“For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.” 1 Chronicles 29:14

Every good gift and blessing is from God (James 1:17). We take from what He’s given us and we share it with others – whether that be supply, or spiritual blessings in Christ, or material blessings.

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. ⁷Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. ⁸And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: ⁹(as it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. ¹⁰Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) ¹¹being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.” 2 Corinthians 9:6-11

“Freely ye have received, freely give.” Matthew 10:8

ARE GOD’S BLESSINGS CONDITIONAL? Yes they are. Here’s but one example of how God’s people forfeited His blessings due to living life on their own terms instead of complying with His.

“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.” Jeremiah 5:25

Jesus’ Parable of the Talents:
Matthew 25:14-30

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Prayer: Holy Father, I come to You in the name of my LORD Jesus. Please make my heart to long for more of You, to love and worship You as my supreme God, Supplier, and Provider. Please unite my heart to truly fear Thy holy Name and to be quickened by Your Word and Holy Spirit unto obedience. Please multiply Your grace to my life as You are working in me and Your body both to will and to do of Your good pleasure. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Proving Jesus Matters to You [podcast]

Kingdom Opportunity “All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.” 1 Chronicles 29:14 May our LORD bless each of us to be cultivated in a heart filled with sincere and true worship and thanksgiving to Him. “…freely ye have received, freely give.” Matthew 10:8 We should understand that we have freely received the salvation of our God in Christ and that those who don’t give out of the mercy, forgiveness, love, supply that He has given us, are not in God’s will. Out of what God gives us we give out and this clearly proves we […]

The Powerful Furtherance of the Gospel [podcast]

“But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; … 25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;” Philippians 1:12, 25 Instead of being a hindrance, we can become a powerful helper, to “the furtherance of the gospel” of our LORD. As His “ambassadors” He is using us, His people, to propel His Gospel to the end of the Earth (2 Corinthians 5:20). Are YOU supporting the work of Christ, of […]

PARABLE OF THE TALENTS [podcast]

The Eternal Consequence of Obedience vs Neglect A parable is an earthy story with a heavenly meaning. Jesus’ parable of the talents is a teaching and severe warning of stewardship and the eternal consequences of obeying or disobeying God in the matter of our handling of His resources in this fleeting life. “And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.” 1 Corinthians 7:31 It is said that of the 38 parables Jesus taught, 16 of them involve stewardship. To further underscore the divine importance placed on stewardship, we should note that […]