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“REPENTANCE“

The following scriptures referenced with this fourth habit are related to Repentance for our Sins by showing our Reverence to the Almighty Father God and His son Lord Jesus Christ.

We begin with Matthew 4:17
From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

Acts 2:38
Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 2:4
Don’t you see how wonderfully kind, tolerant, and patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his kindness is intended to turn you from your sin?

2 Corinthians 7:10
For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.

I pray that you will ask for forgiveness and Repent from sinning on this day forward, if you haven’t before now.

Receive this Blessing beloved!
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Seek the Kingdom of God* above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
Matthew 6:33

“PRAYER“

The following scriptures referenced with this second habit are related to Praying to the Almighty Father God and those in need of prayer.

We start with II Chronicles 7:14,15
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.15 My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.

Matthew 6:6
But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

Matthew 7:7,8
Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.8 For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 11:17
We played wedding songs,
and you didn’t dance,
so we played funeral songs,
and you didn’t mourn.

Matthew 21:22
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.

Luke 18:1
One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.

Acts 12:5
But while Peter was in prison, the church prayed very earnestly for him.

Ephesians 6:18
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

Philippians 4:6
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.

Colossians 4:2
Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.

James 5:13-16
13 Are any of you suffering hardships? You should pray. Are any of you happy? You should sing praises.14 Are any of you sick? You should call for the elders of the church to come and pray over you, anointing you with oil in the name of the Lord.15 Such a prayer offered in faith will heal the sick, and the Lord will make you well. And if you have committed any sins, you will be forgiven.
16 Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.

I pray that you will Pray in Spirit with each one of these scriptures.

Be blessed beloved!
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9 Pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
may your name be kept holy.
10 May your Kingdom come soon.
May your will be done on earth,
as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today the food we need,*
12 and forgive us our sins,
as we have forgiven those who sin against us.
13 And don’t let us yield to temptation,*
but rescue us from the evil one.*
Matthew 6:9-13

“WORSHIP“

The following scriptures referenced with this first habit are related to Worshipping the Lord God.

I pray that you will be enlightened as you read each one.

We start with 1 Chronicles 16:29
Give to the LORD the glory he deserves!
Bring your offering and come into his presence.
Worship the LORD in all his holy splendor.

Psalm 95:6
Come, let us worship and bow down.
Let us kneel before the LORD our maker,

Psalm 99:5,9
5 Exalt the LORD our God!
Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
9 Exalt the LORD our God,
and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem,
for the LORD our God is holy!

John 4:23-24
23 But the time is coming—indeed it’s here now—when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth. The Father is looking for those who will worship him that way.24 For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Be blessed beloved!
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“‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’
Matthew 22:37

Welcome To “The Discovery Process!”

I’m excited for all of you who find this process, because I know that a change will take place in you, if you put “The Discovery Process” in your hearts, in your minds and in your souls! It will draw you closer to the Lord God Almighty and to all you touch with your new found wisdom.

All of this information will be listed in the “Discovery” category in the sidebar menu.  Please feel free to “Contact Me” me with questions!

Matthew 22:36-40 NLT

36 “Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?”
37 Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’*38 This is the first and greatest commandment.39 A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’*40 The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.”

efore our Lord God made the heavens and the earth, He had already determined that He would build the Body of Christ through the human mortals that would inhabit the earth. They would be free to live life with one purpose in mind, God’s Purpose. This is true today, but things have begun to drastically go wrong and those of us who have found God, no matter how, will be welcome in the life to come.

The Body of Christ, corporately includes all the religious denominations that believe in Christ Jesus and the salvation that our belief in God and faithfulness to Him, brings to all of us and the forgiveness of our sins by the Blood of Christ.

The only purpose we have, as believers, is to live life by the Laws of God, simply and humbly and faithfully share the word of God with everyone. Now we all have our own idea of how we do the sharing but what was always missing for me was the understanding of how. What? you say!

What you will Discover, as I did, about the How, is that there are habits that need to be formed and released in order for our purpose to truly be fulfilled. Which in and of itself is not to much to ask from us by our Almighty Father.  But, like most everything in life after we leave the nest, we are left to figure it out on our own… or are we?  Can you make a few simple changes to your life for the good of all mankind?

The Discovery Process is the road map I was searching for to release my purpose on the world. I pray that you will be touched by the Holy Spirit with the courage to fulfill your purpose in the world as well.

Here is a quick list of the habits we need to learn and personalize in order to understand how we can live out our purpose on the earth. The scriptures associated with each habit will be included in each individual Habits post, too come.

1. We need to have An Intensity For God. This includes many things, especially reading the Word of God daily.

2. We need to have A Heart To Win The Lost.

3. We need to be Dedicated to Building Relationships.

4. We need A Disciplines Lifestyle.

5. We need Commitment to Family.

6. We need to understand Sacrificial Giving. The How, What, Where and When.

Coming soon…

Be blessed beloved!
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Building on a Solid Foundation
“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, listens to my teaching, and then follows it.
Luke 6:46-47  NLT

Hello to all and my apologies for not posting for awhile.

I have been involved in so many things and then my computer crashed and I’ll just say that it’s all good now.

I just completed Discovery Training (8 weeks), Ministry Training (4 weeks) and a 3 day retreat, at my local church here in Texas and I am excited to begin posting what I have learned (discovered) about Scripture and Ministering (praying for people).

Beginning soon I will start to post the Discovery Process in the “Christianity” category.  This awesome process will awaken your mind, your heart and your soul.  Here is a sneak peek at the agenda;

1. An Intensity For God

2. A Heart To Win The Lost

3. Dedication To Building Relationships

4. A Disciplined Lifestyle

5. Commitment To Family

6. Sacrificial Giving

7. Worship and Equipping The Saints (Bonus #1)

8. Finding the Holy Spirit (Bonus #2)

Next, I will begin the process of offering Prayer to anyone who would like my Ministry Team to pray for them. In an effort to keep your requests private and confidential, you will need to Send Me Your Prayer Requests via the “Contact Me” form, listed under “Pages”. I will reply with the Prayers we will pray for you in response to your request if  you include your email address. I respect Privacy and do not keep email addresses.

For the brothers and sisters from countries outside the USA, who are using the translator, you will need to use the “Contact Me” form in English, for now, so you can enter the code necessary for your Prayer Requests to get to me. I will alert you as to when the translator plugin will allow the code to be translated so you folks won’t have to change the language to English.

Looking forward to getting this to you…

Steve

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Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, Love your neighbor as yourself.
Matthew 22:37-39 NIV/NLT

Outstanding Vision…  The content of this post comes from an email I got from another faithful Christian friend this past weekend.

Title: VISION - The GREAT SEPARATION
by Dianna de Valle
September 24, 2009

‘”As I was in a quiet prayer time this morning The Lord began to show me a vision of a great pot that was being stirred. This large and very full pot was made of clear glass so that it was quite easy to see the contents inside. As the pot was being stirred the contents were churning and swirling wildly around and there was no definition or distinction whatsoever between any of the ingredients. Then, the stirring began to slow down and continued to slow until finally it stopped. As soon as it stopped, there began to be a faint line appear in the middle of the pot which quickly grew wider and wider and clearer and clearer. After every particle in the pot had ceased to move, there remained three pronounced sections. A top section and a bottom section with a very distinct middle section that was so crystal clear it looked like pure glass. There was absolutely not one single particle to be seen in that middle section. The ingredients of the pot had all very definitely either settled to the bottom or risen to the top.

As I began to ask the Lord about the meaning of this vision He told me the following:

Right now in all of creation, there is a great stirring going on. It is a stirring that will eventually affect every single ingredient in the pot and leave no ingredient untouched or unturned. Every particle WILL be stirred. This includes the government, the media, pop-culture and celebrity, the education system, the financial institutions and economy, the church and religion, and every single person’s individual life. Every single particle must be stirred because once the stirring is over then a great separation will begin to occur. At that moment each and every person will make a decision on where they stand in My Kingdom. That decision will determine whether they rise to the top where I am, or sink down to the depths of eternal pain, loss, and frustration. There has never been a separation this pronounced, and it will be such a defined separation that there will not be ANY question about it. For too long there has been no line and no separation and people have been able to be right in the middle and walk with one foot in both sides without having to really declare and determine where they stand. The stirring has begun so that there will no longer be a middle section. Everything is being forced to churn. Those who were on the bottom, those who were in the middle, and those who were at the top are being forced to churn so that in the end there will be only be two sides and each will choose whom they will serve and where they will stand for eternity.

As I have processed and meditated on this I have the following thoughts to share:

There are both good and bad sides to this of which we always knew were coming, but our complacency in the Body of Christ has kept us from fully grasping the scope of it all. The good news is that some who are steadfastly stuck in the darkness are going to be broken free in the churning and they will have a new opportunity to see the light and the truth and be made free! Those whom we have so earnestly prayed for who seemed hopelessly lost are now being churned!!! The bad news is that those who were in the middle and wanted to walk dangerously close to the line so as not to have to choose, are now being forcibly churned this way and that and will be faced with a decision.

So where does that leave us as the Body of Christ? Well, if we had a foundation built upon rock and not sand, and roots that were deeply and firmly planted, and a mind set upon the Spirit and not the flesh, then we don’t have to worry!!! Yes, we may experience the effects of some churning and shaking, but that is good for us sometimes, lest we get lazy and complacent and forget our Great Commission. But our firm roots and foundation will keep us securely fastened and able to withstand the wind and the waves. Once the hurricane is over, we will go outside and clean up the debris and press on!!!

The crucial thing that we must be aware of and focus on is that this stirring is a HUGE opportunity for us to affect eternity and build The Kingdom of God by saving souls. It is not enough for us to just make it to the top! As the pot is being stirred and we are swirling around we have an opportunity to reach out and grab those that we see flying by. That is the people that God puts in our path every day. Our purpose in being on this Earth can be boiled down to two things: The Great Commission of Mark 16:15 and the Great Commandment of Matthew 22:37-39. We must ask ourselves if the MAJORITY of our time and energy REALLY is (not just in theory - not just intending to be) being devoted to these two things. If not, then we are burying our talents (Luke 19)!!! We have each been given talents by God that SHOULD BE BEING USED for His purposes. Too often, we either bury them, or use them for our own gain. This has to stop. We must be found actively using our talents for building of The Kingdom through fulfilling the Great Commission and The Great Commandment. Otherwise, we will not be found by Him doing that which we are called to and will therefore not hear “Well done, my good and faithful servant”. We all have different gifts, callings and talents and we must prayerfully seek how God has intended those to be used in our individual lives AND THEN ACT UPON IT. We also must spend (waste) less time looking at everyone else’s gifts and talents and wishing we had them AND/OR spend less time thinking we know how everyone else should be using their talents while ours are conveniently buried! Let us be found bringing as many people as we can to the top with us, for that is what LOVE would do! God is Love and if we claim to be in Him with His Spirit then we also will be Love.”‘

Who will you serve for eternity?
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Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV/NLT

Since I started reading the bible, I’ve always kept a list of encouraging bible verses. I use this list, from Genesis through Revelation, to refresh my comprehension and enlightenment when ever I read a verse that inspires me to connect the proverbial dots…

Today we can always hop on-line and get a plethora of information on any subject. But being able to tell the good from bad or the right from wrong isn’t always as easy as we might think.

The subject of this post is: What Encouraging Bible Verses Are Your Favorites? This question came from a reader of the Bible-Religion.com blog last week.

In all fairness I think  each one of us have different bible verses that encourage us.  However, I will share some of my favorite verses with all of you here, in no particular order of preference:
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And this is what He says to all humanity:
‘The fear of the Lord is true wisdom;
to forsake evil is real understanding.’”
Job 28:28 NLT

“But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.”
1 John 4:8 NLT

The Bible says, “…those who become Christians become new persons. They are not the same anymore, for the old life is gone. A new life is begun!”
2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT

“Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins.”
Acts 3:19 NLT

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 NLT

May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 1:2 NLT

“You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”
Matthew 21:22 NLT

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God.
Romans 12:19 NLT

There is no peace for the wicked,”says my God.
Isaiah 57:21 NLT

For every child of God defeats this evil world, and we achieve this victory through our faith.
1 John 5:4 NLT

But the Lord is faithful; he will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
2 Thessalonians 3:3 NLT

Be stewards of the earth. “The land itself must observe a Sabbath rest”
Leviticus 25:2 NLT

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile
Romans 1:16 NLT

I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws.
Psalm 119:30 NIV

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 3:14 NIV

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
James 1:22 NIV
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If you are not keeping your own list of encouraging bible verses and would like to start one, perhaps you will be inspired by these favorite verses of the bible at the New Living Translation.com! This will allow you to view the collection of favorite verses by simply selecting a book from the bible to view a list of all the favorite verses from each book.

I will sometimes even take the verse and go to Biblegateway.com and look it up in multiple versions, up to five at a time, that can give me a different perspective on the verse I am interested in.

What encouraging bible verses are your favorites?
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Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
Philippians 4:6 NIV/NLT/NKJV

ometimes God allows us to hit the bottom in order to discover that He’s the rock at the bottom. Gideon faced an army of 135,000 troops with just 32,000 of his own soldiers. And 22,000 of them left the battlefield and went home when he offered them the chance. Do the math. Gideon’s thinking, “there’s no way we can win!”

Then God explains: “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, “My own power has delivered me’” (Judges 7:2 NAS/NLT). There it is again, the age-old battle of ego that we all fight daily. It is why the Lord’s Prayer ends with: “Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen” (Matthew 6:13 KJV/NLT).

Where does our power come from? God! Who should the glory for our accomplishments go to? God! How long does this arrangement last? Forever!

God had to break Jacob of self-sufficiency so the “Israel” within him could come out. Sometimes God has to take you down before He can rise you up. Moses was called the meekest man on earth. But it took forty years of living like a shepherd in the wilderness to detox him of pride and get him submitted to God. Only then was he ready to stand before Pharaoh and perform miracles that demonstrated God’s power - and vindicated Moses!

Brokenness doesn’t mean being a wimp, suffering from an inferiority complex or having a case of low self-esteem. No, brokenness means praying, “Lord if this job is going to get done and done right, You’re going to have to do it through me, so my trust is in You.”

e don’t always know the reason for our trials, but God revealed to Paul the reason for his “thorn in the flesh.” It was to keep him from being “exalted” (see 2 Corinthians 12:7 KJV/NLT). success can be intoxicating, and intoxicated people aren’t known for being too bright or trustworthy!

What happens when you get a thorn in your flesh? It hurts and you’ll let everything else go while you focus on removing it. Three times Paul prayed for God to remove the thorn, but God had another plan. You see, God is at His strongest when we are at our weakest. When Paul discovered that God’s power in his life was tied to the thorn that afflicted him, he responded, “I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions and calamities… For whenever I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10 NRS/NLT). In other words, “If it’s for my good, bring it on, Lord!”

If you have a thorny person in your life from whom you’ve prayed to be delivered and it hasn’t happened, maybe God wants you to experience His grace and power through dealing with that person. But you won’t experience this until you move from pain to praise.

The Bible speaks about “the sacrifice of praise to God” (Hebrews 13:15 KJV/NLT). A sacrifice means that something has to die on somebody’s altar. So if you want to experience God’s grace and power in your life, you must be willing to die to self-interest, ego, and independence. There is nothing wrong with asking God to remove your thorn. But when your prayer for deliverance turns to praise, you’re on your way to receiving His power, because God is giving you grace.
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.
Psalm 51:17 (NIV/NLT)