April 15th, 2023 (approx) Repent, Believe, Receive, Learn, Know, Grow, Go, Do Instructions to tune into God’s frequency and get in lock step with Him:

When we seek His ways alone, we forfeit the right to go our own way and our fleshly desires at our whim and fancy. To do our own thing and pursue our own fleshly desires is like going from saying “Jesus take the wheel to basically telling him, “I’m good now I’ve got this on my own, You can’t have the wheel anymore.” The thing is, we can’t do life in our own and succeed. If we choose to do that, God will let us fall and flail. Think back to your childhood. What a good parent loves, he corrects and disciplines. That’s why God gave us a manual or handbook to navigate through the rough waters and storms of life. When we keep our eyes on Him, we can walk on water when He calls us to come to Him. It is when we take our eyes off Him, we begin sinking as Peter did. Too often, we go wandering off the main trail, we get lost and may just end up off a cliff. Though God never promises we will get through life unscathed, He does promise He will never leave us, nor forsake us, He will always be there. People in America especially, have told God to go away so much that He has been gradually removing their blessings and lives of ease that their forefathers who were (many of them) hardworking, God fearing, God loving people who fought hard, forging through difficult paths for much that we now take for granted today. From immigrant ships and wagon trains and built by hand and hand sown everything to indoor plumbing and washing machines and cars and phones and internet. We of today haven’t paid our dues to earn that ease, therefore we take for granted what others worked hard for and relied on and faithfully trusted God for to get there. Our modern society has become sloppy in our walk and faithful walk with God. We MUST return to walking tightly with Him and hold His hand and cling to His garment ALWAYS and in ALL THINGS.

REPENT

Mark 1:4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Ezekiel 6:9 Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.

2 Corinthians 7:9,10 Yet now I am happy, not because you were made sorry, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you became sorrowful as God intended and so were not harmed in any way by us. 10) Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

BELIEVE

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

RECEIVE

1 Peter 1:3-9 (Salvation) 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birthb into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, 5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials 7so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9now that you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Luke 24:49 “And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”

Acts 2:4 And everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other languages, as the Holy Spirit gave them this ability

Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.

Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Galatians 3:5 Therefore He who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you, does He do it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?—

Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

LEARN

Matthew 11:29,30 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30)For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.”

Hebrews 5:8 Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered

Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans. Fight for the rights of widows.

Psalm 119:64-73 64)The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. 65) You are good to Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments. 67)Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word. 68)You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes. 69)Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies, I keep Your precepts with all my heart. 70)Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law. 71)It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. 72)The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. 73)Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments

Grow

1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

2 Peter 3:18 Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.

Ephesians 4:15, 16 15but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

KNOW

John 4:23-26 23)”But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24“God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” 26Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”

Galatians 2:16 know that a person is not justified by the works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified.

1 John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.

1 John 5:15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

John 16:15-17 15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

1 Corinthians 8:1-3 1Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. 2If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; 3but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him

1 Corinthians 13:12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.

GO

Matthew 22:9 So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’

Mark 16:15-18 15And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. 16“He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. 17“These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; 18they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Matthew 6:6 6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

DO

John 14:15-17 15If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

John 14:12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Matthew 5:47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?

Matthew 7:12 Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

                           jWinters