REPENT- and I will forgive you, grant you everlasting life and fill you with my Spirit

Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 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. Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Luke 11:9 So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.

~COME WITH FAITH LIKE A CHILD~ Matthew 10:15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Luke 18:17 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

Matthew 17:20 He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Luke 17:6 He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.

~IF YOU ASK YOU MUST BELIEVE~ James 1:6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.

~GIVE ME YOUR BURDENS~ Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

~REMAIN IN ME ~ John 15:7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

~SEEK WISDOM, UNDERSTANDING, DISCERNMENT~ John 16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. John 16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. John 14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

~GO IN MY NAME~ Go in my name ALL who believe and heal the sick, the blind, the lame, prophecy, cast out demons, speak in tongues, care for the widows and orphans Mark 16:15-18 (note verse 17) 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.”

Acts 2:17-21-17‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. 18Even on My menservants and maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. 19I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke. 20The sun will be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the great and glorious Day of the Lord.

Love one another as I have loved you John 13:34 Take captive every thought (Paul said) 2 Corinthians 10:5

STAND FIRM, Ephesians 6:10-20 (Paul said)

~PRAY ALWAYS IN ALL THINGS~ Ephesians 6:18-20 18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints. 19Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

2 Timothy 3:1-5 Evil in the Last Days 1But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. 2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, 4traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God They will act religious, but they will reject the power that could make them godly. Stay away from people like that!

~YOU WILL FACE HARDSHIPS and TRIALS~ Persecution Foretold John 16:1-4
(Acts 23:12–22) 1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. 2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. 3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. 4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

Revelation 2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.

~RETURN TO the THINGS YOU DID AT FIRST~ Revelation 2:4,5 4But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love. 5Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

                                jWinters