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CONFIDENCE AT THE CONCLUSION — Part 4 "For we KNOW that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (2 Corinthians 5:1). Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord (2 Corinthians 5:5-6). Let's continue to consider "THE PROBLEM OF OUR GROANING." Paul could sincerely proclaim that he longed for his heavenly habitation. He explained his earnest yearning for his eternal dwelling by testifying that he had a heartfelt desire to put on a new set of clothes! In verse 4 of that same chapter, he wrote that in this tent, we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation from heaven. We who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. Paul eagerly looked forward to the imperishable clothes his Lord had prepared for him. Did you notice in these verses that when God strips his born-again children of their earthly clothes (death), He provides them with heavenly and immortal garments?" This glorious attire describes a resurrection body, which will be the nature of the body that our Lord Jesus possessed after His triumphant resurrection from the grave! Paul was testifying that he desired a much more expensive house in a much more costly neighborhood!" The location he yearns for is occupying an address in an infinitely better location of infinitely higher value. Note the emphasis again, "If indeed, having been (spiritually) clothed, we shall not be found (spiritually) naked." The Greek culture spoke of the death of an individual as "the disrobing of the soul." They falsely taught that when death occurred, the soul would supposedly be released from the captivity of the body and would roam around in oblivion forever! However, the Word of God powerfully refutes that heresy. The Christian reality of the "separation of the soul from the body" is an addition of attire, not a subtraction! God declares that the eternal soul of a born-again believer will be clothed with a perfect heavenly body and stationed in the glories of Heaven. Additionally, notice, "If indeed, having been clothed." At the moment of justification, the believing sinner is clothed with the imputed righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. The prophet Isaiah said, "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord. My soul shall be joyful in my God. For He has clothed me with the garments of salvation; He has covered me with the robe of righteousness." Isaiah describes the gift of "imputed righteousness," which is placed on the account of anyone who truly commits their life to the Lord Jesus. Moreover, the only possible way that any individual could stand before the holy Lord God of the universe is to possess a righteousness that is equal to God's pristine righteousness. However, the best of human righteousness is filthy rags in the presence of a perfectly righteous God! All mankind (in and of themselves) is utterly destitute of this perfect righteousness which God requires. However, when a person believes on the Lord Jesus Christ", he is graced with the gift of "perfected, positional righteousness". He is justified by grace, through faith in the Person and work of the Lord Jesus! For this reason, they will not be found barren, with only the filthy rags of their mountain of sin on that final day. On the contrary, he will be fully clothed in the wedding garments of perfect righteousness, which the King of kings has graciously supplied! Fundamentally, Paul is again testifying that "For me to live is Christ, and to die is unimaginable gain." When the authentic believer takes their last breath on this planet, they will immediately be ushered into the presence of his Lord and Savior in glory! Oh, but on that day when Jesus returns, every genuine disciple will be clothed with an immortal and imperishable resurrection body, exactly like our Lord's! Glory to the Lamb of God!

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 ESV The Word of God is not simply a collection of words from God, a vehicle for communicating ideas; it is living, life-changing, and dynamic as it works in us. With the incisiveness of a surgeon’s knife, God’s Word reveals who we are and what we are not. It penetrates the core of our moral and spiritual life. It discerns what is within us, both good and evil. The demands of God’s Word require decisions. We must not only listen to the Word; we must also let it shape our lives. Life Application Bible Notes (Tyndale, 2007), 2093.

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🙏 *PRAYER OF SALVATION* 🙏 If you're not born again, we invite you to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life by praying thus: *“O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!”* *Congratulations! You are now a child of God.* *Thanks for reading, God bless you abundantly Home detail Wed Jan 08 2025 PRAYER IN THE NIGHT WATCHES Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children… (Lamentations 2:19). Another mystery revealed to us in the Word is a secret about prayer that God's people need to understand. In Lamentations 2:19, we see a situation where the people needed deliverance for their children. Observe that the prophet didn’t just say "Cry out”; rather, he said, “Arise, cry out in the night....” There was a specificity; it had to be at night. There’s something about praying in the night. Even though He didn’t say you should pray every night, there’re specific times when the Holy Spirit will lead you to pray in the night; that’s why walking with the Spirit is so important. Night here isn’t just 9 pm or 10 pm; it’s the wee hours of the morning, at the beginning of the watches, that’s after 12 midnight. Notice what He tells you to do at that time of the night: “...pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord...” (Lamentations 2:19). This is no casual prayer; you pour out your heart before God. Then, what else? “Lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children.” Some parents have faced situations where a child had become wayward or errant, delinquent and unruly, ensnared by the devil. Don’t stand by helplessly, as if you can’t bring about a change in that child’s life; deal strongly in prayer and deliver your son or daughter. Get up at midnight and pray! Use this secret of prayer that I’m sharing with you now. Lift up your hands and pray that child back into the will of God. Declare that he or she is turned away from the world’s influences, drawn to the Word, and inspired by the things of the Kingdom. Declare that Satan has nothing in your child and that henceforth, the visions of the Spirit will be kindled in the heart of that child, imbuing him or her with the boldness and courage to fulfil divine purpose with joy. Perhaps it’s sickness or disease that has taken hold of that child; you must deliver that child in prayer. Pray this way and the Lord will intervene in the situation and restore the child to perfection. The instruction is for you to pour out your heart and lift up your hands toward God at night. This is how you take charge and bring deliverance to your children. Hallelujah! Prayer / Confession Dear Father, I pray against every influence of darkness that seeks to capture the hearts of children and young people, including peer pressure, negative media and worldly ideologies. I declare that they’re walking in the light and rejecting every unfruitful work of evil as they walk in righteousness and fulfil their purpose in Christ, in Jesus’ Name. Amen. Further study Psalm 63:6; Psalm 119:62; Luke 6:12 1-year bible reading plan Matthew 6:19-34; Matthew 7:1-6; Genesis 20-22 2-year bible reading plan Matthew 4:12-25; Genesis 8 Download Now! Download Rhapsody of Realities Mobile App Download the Rhapsody app for the best experience, and access over 17 premium features. Download from LW App Store detail ABOUT RHAPSODY OF REALITIES Now available in all 8,123 languages, Rhapsody of Realities has permeated the nations since its inception in 2001, breaking through every form of geographical and language constraints, to become the most widely translated, distributed and read book in the world! visit website Qub Ads Rhapsody of Realities 2025

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE BIBLE GETS READ IN PRE-TEXT? ........................... But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put NO DIFFERENCE between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. .................... Ephesians 2:14-16 KJVS For he is our peace, who hath MADE BOTH ONE, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; [15] Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; [16] And that he might reconcile both unto God in ONE BODY by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: ................... Ephesians 3:5-9 KJVS Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; [6] That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the SAME BODY, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: [7] Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. [8] Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; [9] And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: ............... IF IT IS READ IN PRETEXT, NOTHING COMES OF IT BUT HERETICAL RESULTS. ME, YOU, AND EVERYBODY IS WITHOUT EXCUSE IF WE READ OUR BIBLE IN PRETEXT. ................ Please read Galatians and you will see much more of the TEXT flowing freely without pretext, without "preconceived" concepts, but in purity.

Download Lectio Divina for December in PDF, ePub and Mobi formats at https://carmelites.org.au/lectiodivina Lord Jesus, send your Spirit to help us to read the Scriptures with the same mind that you read them to the disciples on the way to Emmaus. In the light of the Word, written in the Bible, you helped them to discover the presence of God in the disturbing events of your sentence and death. Thus, the cross that seemed to be the end of all hope became for them the source of life and of resurrection. Create in us silence so that we may listen to your voice in Creation and in the Scriptures, in events and in people, above all in the poor and suffering. May your word guide us so that we too, like the two disciples from Emmaus, may experience the force of your resurrection and witness to others that you are alive in our midst as source of fraternity, justice, and peace. We ask this of you, Jesus, son of Mary, who revealed to us the Father and sent us your Spirit. Amen. You can download and save the scripture texts, reflections and prayers for Lectio Divina for each day of this month. Lectio Divina is a traditional way of praying the Scriptures. Visit our Lectio Divina page for more information about how to pray using Lectio Divina. #prayer #faith #spirituality #lectiodivina #scripture #gospel #catholic #christianity #carmelite #carmelites #christmas #mindfulness #inspirationalquotes #jesus #christ #magi #epiphany #lightofchrist #kingdomofgod #holyspirit #wordofgod #meditation #peace #hope #love #courage #christmas #holyfamily #liturgy