PURPLE – God’s Part = His Promise / very often conditional on us abiding in Him (having intimate relationship with him) and/or us being obedient to our small/doable part

Mauve- My prayers asking for God’s help with my part, so relying fully on God even with my part.

GREEN- Our Part (note even our part sometimes requires us seeking God’s help and asking Him to give us the desire and ability to do what pleases Him)

Philippians 2:13 (AMP)”For it is [not your strength, but it is] God who is effectively at work in you, both to will and to work [that is, strengthening, energizing, and creating in you the longing and the ability to fulfill your purpose] for His good pleasure.”

PINK – Digging deeper into Historical context or original language to shed light on the English translation,  including links to internet resources.

TURQUOISE = Identity = Our capacity/Our citizenship/Who we are in Christ/ Characteristics of a Spiritually Minded Person

ORANGE= Words that indicate/imply conditional promise

RED = WARNING  (where sin, disobedience,  , ignorance of God and His Word,  carnal and worldy thinking, our own understanding will inevitably lead us)

Romans 8:6  (KJV) “⁶ For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

 Scripture References for Core Beliefs

1. 1 Chronicles 28:9 “And Solomon, my son, learn to know the God of your ancestors intimately. Worship and serve him with your whole heart and a willing mind. For the Lord sees every heart and knows every plan and thought. If you seek him, you will find him.”

• Our part:
  • Learn to know God INTIMATELY (See Jeremiah 13 for the story of God using a girdle to demonstrate how intimate he needs us to live in fellowship with Him and how useful we are when we do not live in contact with him in the most intimate of ways)
  • Worship him
  • Serve him
  • Give him your whole heart (God sees all your thoughts, knows all your emotions and all your plans).   This will be a constant prayer of mine now.  Lord help me, wash my heart fully clean, set me free from impure thoughts and help me, empower me to give you all and serve you with all   my heart accordingly in submission to His wisdom, His will and His ways
  • Make SEEKING HIS FACE the top priority of your life.   Eternal life is knowing GOD.   There is nothing more important to our lives than this.

John 17:3 King James Version (KJV)
3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

His Part = WE WILL FIND HIM

2. Matthew 6:33 “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”

• conditional on us seeking His Kingdom First (in other words, His agenda and Will above all else, to know these, we must KNOW Him intimately)
• HIS promise here is to give us EVERYTHING as His Part.  WOW!!!    That little word need though pops too as He sees what we needs and provides that, not necessarily what we perceive as a need (which is often a want or even something that can bring us or others to harm or in other ways interfere with God’s big picture will and plan for our lives and the others)
• My prayer/response “Heavenly Father, Jehovah Jireh, the Lord who provides my every need, forgive me for putting my hope in man, my expectation in man and for not seeking you above all else.   I need your help.   Please change my desires and my ability so that I can faithfully seek you.  You are worthy of all my praise and my full attention.   Thank you that you are so patient and faithful with me.  In the name of the lord Jesus Christ.”

3.  1 Corinthians 2:9 “That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.

• We are incapable (meaning completely unable with the natural mind) to even think big enough or good enough to truly imagine the goodness of God and what it has the potential to pour do in and through our lives.  Therefore we will automatically limit God if base our expectations on our human thinking.
• Romans 1 ”  19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.  24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. 25 They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen.”  By nature, we want to reduce God down to our mind’s ability to imagine Him, we must therefore resist the temptation to let our mind’s shape our image of God but must keep our eyes and minds fixed on the WORD so that He can continually renew our minds and restore and correct and pure image of Himself and His nature in our minds so that our human nature does not draw us away from the reality of GOD and His GOODNESS, and beyond awesomeness.
• My Prayer/response back to God after reading this passage ” Heavenly Father, Please set all the crooked areas in my mind straight as I read your Word, Help me to see you as you are, empower me through your Holy Spirit to be able to perceive your will, YOUR plans and YOUR AWESOMENESS truly.  In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ”

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4. Isaiah 44:22 “I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free.”

• wsotm (what stands out to me) GOD paid the price in full and made available to me complete freedom from sins, but me receiving this freedom hands on whether or not I am willing to return to GOD.    Adam and Eve stepped away from God by putting their will before God’s.   God said, don’t, this will kill you.  They listened to a voice other than God’s (first mistake as they were told to take dominion over all the creatures, as soon as the serpent implied God was holding good back or tempted them to break go against his will, they should have booted the serpent from the garden as they had been commanded by God to do), 2nd they let the desire of their bodies (their lust for the fruit which looked appetizing to their senses) diret their choice over God’s Word (we must train and teach our bodies to submit to God) (Matthew 26:41 spirit willing but body is weak,   Romans 6:13, (do not let your body parts be ruled by evil desires, 1 Corinthians 9:27 must discipline and train our bodies)

  • Romans 8:7 “The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace, 7because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s Law, nor can it do so. 8Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.…” Berean Study Bible.

• Our bodies do in fact have a mind/ a will of their own and it is not neutral , BUT HOSTILE to God.   

5. John 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”

   • John 3:17 “ ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.” NIV

• from http://www.blbclassic.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G4982&t=KJV
  • 1. 1. 1. to save a suffering one (from perishing), i.e. one suffering from disease, to make well, heal, restore to health
          2. to preserve one who is in danger of destruction, to save or rescue
       2. to save in the technical biblical sense
          1. negatively
             1. to deliver from the penalties of the Messianic judgment
             2. to save from the evils which obstruct the reception of the Messianic deliverance
    Authorized Version (KJV) Translation Count — Total: 110
    AV — save 93, make whole 9, heal 3, be whole 2, misc 3
    Strong’s Definition (Help) (Legend)
    †σώζω sṓzō, sode’-zo; from a primary σῶς sōs (contraction for obsolete σάος sáos, “safe”); to save, i.e. deliver or protect (literally or figuratively):—heal, preserve, save (self), do well, be (make) whole.

6. Acts 17:11-12 “And the people of Berea were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, and they listened eagerly to Paul’s message. They searched the Scriptures day after day to see if Paul and Silas were teaching the truth.”

   • wsotm: day after day they kept going back to the scriptures.   They did not become reliant on the human teachers but persisted in confirming directly with God all that they heard.  It is so easy to take a teacher we trust at face value and grow complacent in our own time along with God to verify all that we hear.
   • Our part:
     • remaining receptive to the new things God wants to show us even in the verses we have seen and know very well.
     • Listening eagerly, kind of implies that they are looking for and expecting to receive things from the Lord by their listening.

7. 2 Timothy 3:16 “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”

   • The whole Bible, every sentence, every word has benefits for us and is essential for our walk and wellbeing.    It is so easy to have favourite passages or books and to never read some parts as they seem dry or dull or boring to our natural selves.     Reminding ourselves that our carnal minds and sense driven bodies are actually hostile to the things of God, we need to willfully choose to eat  our peas and spinach portions of scripture because they are good for us, not because our enjoyment or positive feelings about those passages motivate us to do so.
   • If we are faithful to eagerly and attentively reading the WORD, than God establishes sound doctrine, prepares us to share the Word with others and be equipped to handle their rebutals, corrects us where we have erred in our choices or understanding, and instructs us, equips us for living in righteousness.

8. Proverbs 4:20-22 “My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don’t lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body.”

• Love that God starts by tenderly calling us His child.
• Our part really boils down to setting aside time to read and meditate on, chew on what God’s Word says.  This is doable but takes a conscious choice to carve out time to prioritize God and His Word and then to give it our full attention.   That little word let suggests that we have to actively receive what he says.
• His promise:  If we have truly understood His words, our bodies will be filled with radiant health, all of our flesh will be healthy as a result of correctly understanding His Word in our hearts.

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9. Matthew 4:24 “News about him spread as far as Syria, and people soon began bringing to him all who were sick. And whatever their sickness or disease, or if they were demon possessed or epileptic or paralyzed—he healed them all.”

• Our part:  Spread the news about Jesus, come ourselves and bring the sick to Him.
• My thoughts.   He healed then ALL.    He did not turn anyone back.  There was no condition or infirmity too tough for him, there was no bitterness, no sin issue, no generational sin issue, no cause of sickness that He did not oblirate or overcome to heal all.   Today we are tempted to say, Ya, but, they didn’t have the issues that we have today.     The reality, is they did have a lot of things we don’t think about.  We understand hygiene etc and have refrigeration.    There were people who worked with toxic substances, ingested poisonous substances, were immersed in an environment that made them sick.   Jesus healed them.  There were people who were sick because of the poor choices they made or sin issues.. Jesus healed them.  There were people injured by others.. Jesus healed them. That little word “whatever” means any and every sickness was healed regardless of the others details.   Jesus is the same today. He hasn’t changed.   Our minds are constantly trying to rationalize and make God fit a mold that we understand, effectively bringing Him down to an image that we can grasp.    Jesus healed them all.  If God’s will was for certain conditions to be met by the sick for them to receive healing or limitations on what he was willing to heal, Jesus was working in rebellion against the Father.  Scripture tells us if we have seen Jesus, we have seen the Father and that He only did what He saw the Father doing.  If Jesus was healing all the sick, it was because that is exactly what God willed.

John 14:6-9 King James Version (KJV)
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.  7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.   8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.   9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?

John 5:19 “19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”

Acts 10:38 King James Version (KJV)  “38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.”

10. Luke 6:19 “And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.”

    • This is interesting as this indicates something (power or virtue as the different translations describe).   I have included a verse to consider below.  Jesus had the spirit and power without limit.   Is this one of the reasons why he could heal them all?
    • Something important to note.   While Jesus was on the earth, people were sick and dying all around Him.  Scripture records that those who sought Him were healed.  Scripture also records that those who stayed at home remained sick even though they were in the sames towns and villages where He travelled.   Jairus came and sought out Jesus to come to his sick daughter at home.    Jesus did not heal them all.  He did heal all who were brought and all who sought Him.   There is only one exception in scripture recorded otherwise.   In His home community, only a few were healed because He could do no mighty words due to their unbelief.   This is something to chew on and consider.    Their unbelief changed the result from all to only a few sick getting healed.    If human unbelief can block the will of God, then we must do all to purge all unbelief.

John 3:34 New International Version (NIV)
34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God[a] gives the Spirit without limit.

Mark 6:5 King James Version (KJV)5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

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11. Matthew 18:19-20 “I also tell you this: If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them.”

    • this promise conditional on us being Jesus’ disciples (following Him and His way faithfully) .  What I am hearing here personally, if we gather together with a unified desire to do His will, then He is with us and backs all that we ask for.   It’s not just about getting together, but getting together to focus on His agenda and to follow Him???

• James 4:3 New International Version (NIV)  3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures.

12. 1 John 5:14-15 “And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him. And since we know he hears us when we make our requests, we also know that he will give us what we ask for.”

• I have not yet been in a group of followers where when they gathered togetehr and prayed, they knew and were confident that God would give them what they asked for.  This remains a question mark for me and a prayer request.   
• Our part: knowing what is pleasing to him and asking for it, seeking it as a community is part of God’s plan for our lives.

13. 2 Corinthians 1:24 “But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.”

• wsotm: it is so easy to overstep God’s plan and to start thinking we know best.  It is a common temptation to desire to tell others or be told by others or to want other people to tell us what and how to do it for Christ.    God is continually inviting us to a personal and DIRECT relationship with Him.  Teachers, pastors,, prophets etc are all gifts.   But we must establish our own faith in Jesus and the Word and cannot rely on the prayers and faithfulness /godliness of others.

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14. James 1:17-18 “Whatever is good and perfect comes down to us from God our Father, who created all the lights in the heavens. He never changes or casts a shifting shadow. He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.^”

    • What really jumps out to me is that “He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word.”    I love this.    I can plainly see in my own life that every good thing, every godly gain in my life has been birthed through the Word.   Jesus really is THE way, THE truth and THE life.     I am increasingly learning to rest in the knowledge that the WORD itself is alive and powerful and when I am faithful to spend time regularly and with attention to scripture, the Word itself is transforming me into the image of Christ.    Actually changing the substance of my body, the thoughts of my mind and my ability to resist sin (Psalm 119:11)and obey my God.   Do you know, that an untrue word about God will not beget kingdom life in us?   The picture that popped into my mind was water and vinegar.     I can mix vinegar into water and not be able to see the difference.  Smell it yes, see it no.   Vinegar is actually a pretty powerful herbicide.  You can spray it on your weeds and they will die.   The enemy loves to mix in just enough of a lie to God’s Word to make it of no effect in our lives.    This is why being in the Word is so essential.   We are not able to discern these additions and omissions without the help of the Word and the Holy Spirit setting us straight through regular communion and reading time in the Word. 
      •  Psalm 119:11 King James Version (KJV) 11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.”
    • Also what jumps out that we are His prized possesion, some translations say we are His first fruits…  We are his first choice, not the dregs, not the second class citizens, not the rabble or the unlovables.  We are His first choice our of all of creation.  Every time you marvel at the beauty of a flower or the complexicity of any thing in creation, know that above all things, you are His dearest and most beloved.  That is AWESOME!   Knowing our identity will come up over and over again as a theme to unlocking all of our potential and the Kingdom of God in and through us.

• James 1 (NIV) “12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.  13 When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14 but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.   16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers and sisters.”

• Context here is so important.    God is the source of all things good and perfect.   Scripture here tells us clearly we will face trials.   It also tells us that God is never the source of temptation and even in testing never tempts us.   That line “don’t be deceived” tells me that there is a common temptation in the body of Christ to be deceived on this point.   God tells us clearly here what the source of temptation is sin is.    When I consider the garden of Eden, it was the lust of the flesh, the desire of the five senses, that the serpent tempted Eve with.   Enforcing dominion over the body over our flesh is an essential part of the victorious christian walk.  Discerning good from evil and corretly diserning the source of both of these is also essential.  We will explore the topic of God’s sovereignty later, when we can have the verses before our eyes and see what is there and what is not there that has perhaps been added.

• Luke 11:11-13 King James Version (KJV) 11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?  12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?  13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

• I have heard it said, “oh be so careful about what you pray for.  If you ask for patience, God will send you a trial to develop that patience in you” and other similar things.    How do comments like this line up with what the scriptures say above?  A question we will explore later.

15. Luke 9:1-2 (NLT) “One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases. Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.”

    • Luke 9:6 New Living Translation (NLT)  6 So they began their circuit of the villages, preaching the Good News and healing the sick.”

• What stands out to me.   He gave these  as  a free gift to them according to his plans and purposes these abilities.   He equipped them, an then sent them
• We see from scriptural accounts, that the disciples themselves still had some issues like fear (they all dispersed when Jesus was arrested, like unbelief when the boy with seizures was not healed and doubt, like Thomas needing to see with his own eyes instead of believing the reports of others).   Jesus gave these to men who still had at least some areas of being fleshly or carnally minded.    Actually they returned and reported being amazed that the demons actually did flee etc..   So they were not men operating in monumental faith.  They were in fact astonished by what they could now do thanks to Jesus.      My main spiritual gift is teaching.    I am very very often astonished by the things that come out of my mouth as a result of this gifting.   I have from the very beginning sounded far wiser than the fruit of my life bears witness to. That is because my ear was by spiritual gifting tuned to hear the Word and understand, far beyong my own personal ability to live it out faithfully.  Slowly but surely, my fruitfulness and spiritual maturity are catching up.
• The disciples understood plainly that Jesus commanded them to both preach the  Good News and Heal the sick.    So this is a question I would love a scriptural answer to.   How can we tell all believers that God has commissioned them to preach the gospel but not to heal the sick?  When did Jesus tell us to separate these and focus purely on preaching the gospel?  From my own study, I can see that this commission was given to His disciples in every case.    
• That word “everyone” stands out too.   It is easy to be highly selective about who we share the gospel with

16. Psalm 103:1-3 “Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. He forgives all my sins and heals all my diseases.”

• let us never forget…  this suggests that we easily do forget 
• He forgives all and heals all.  Nothing is left out.   How often will the accuser of the brethren come around and tell us why what we are dealing with is the exception?  Scripture settles the matter plainly here.

17. John 5:19 “So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.”

    • Jesus did ONLY AND whatevre he saw the Father doing.   Jesus reflected the Father’s will perfectly without exception.  He said to Phillip, if you  have seen me, you have seen the Father.
    • Jesus COULD do nothing by Himself.  He relied entirely on the Father.   Oh, how this motivates me to learn to hear the Father, see the Father in my heart and mind’s eye, and learn to follow Him with this same attentiveness.    I believe in part Jesus was able to heal all because He did all exactly according to the Father’s ways and will.
    • Scripture tells us that Moses fit the rock with his stick and water gushed out but the second time, he hit it again instead of talking to it as the Lord commanded.   This one act of disobedience resulted in him not entering the promised land.     We will be exploring some biblical reasons why for some our ears cannot see and our eyes cannot hear God this way.  Thankfully, God can restore these things to us if we ask for them sincerely with the desire to “want to want what he wants”(I first heard this from a dear friend May Harrott)

18. John 10:10 “I  am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” KJV

    • John 10:9-11 King James Version (KJV) “⁹ I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.   ¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.   ¹¹ I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”

    • We see in this verse a side by side comparison of God vs the enemy.   We can readily see who is the source of anything in our lives by seeing which category it falls into.   If it is giving us life and life more abundantly = God is the source.   If it is stealing from us, killing us or destroying us = the enemy is the source.   God does not cast a shifting shadow.  As we saw, he is the source of all goodness and every perfect gift.   (James 3:9-10) tells us that blessings and curses ought not to proceed our of the same mouth.
    • Jesus rebuked hypcrisy above anything else.     In Ezekiel, we see plainly spelled out what God calls the shepherds to do.  This includes binding up the broken and healing the sick.  Jesus is THE GOOD SHEPHERD.

• Ezekiel 34 King James Version (KJV) “34 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,  2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?   3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.   4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.   5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.   6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.   7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;   8 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;   9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the Lord;   10 Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.   11 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.

19. Matthew 6:9-13 KJV “After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is THE kingdom, and THE power, and THE glory, for ever. Amen. “

    • You can almost break this down word for word and get a greater revelation of God
    • Keep in mind, this was a pre death and resurrection of Christ prayer.   There are some things that shifted after Pentecost.  God’s Word is true and never changes but Jesus radically changed the landscape and the nature of His believers through His death, resurrection and ascension.
    • Not a rote prayer but infused with how and why and what to pray.   More of a pattern to follow, a heartset/mindset to pray from
      1. Our Father – this can so deeply minister to us.   These little words are so significant.  At no other time in history has man ever had the right or ability to approach God with an unveiled face and to go boldly into the holy of holies to be in His presence.    There are too many verses to explore regarding Him being our Father and us His children but this is really the first element is that we need to learn to approach Him according to our Father / child relationship with Him. So studying out these verses can reveal this to us.
      2. Hallowed be thy name – Coming in to His presence with the right posture and attitude are essential.   Scripture says that “fear of the Lord” is the beginning of all wisdom and  knowledge.   When we come to Him, he is telling us to do so with reverence, understanding and speaking to Him as the Holy One who deserves all of our reverence and praise.   A study and understanding of His holiness and fear of the Lord will lay the foundations in our heart for this.
      3. Thy Kingdom Come –  We are to pray for the full manifestation of His Kingdom to come.   Again, we need a revelation of His Kingdom before we can pray for it to be made manifest here.  I am presently working on this in my own study time.
      4. Thy will be done.   Jesus did only what He saw the Father doing.   Without intimate knowledge of the Lord and His Word, we can easily pray our of our will and our desires instead of according to His.   Scripture tells us the Jews are prone to demanding a sign and the gentiles to relying to heavily on reasoning
         • 1 Corinthians 1:21-23 New Living Translation (NLT)  “21 Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. 22 It is foolish to the Jews, who ask for signs from heaven. And it is foolish to the Greeks, who seek human wisdom. 23 So when we preach that Christ was , the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.”
      5. On earth as it is in heaven.  If we were to take a scriptural snapshot of what is happening in heaven and compare it with what is going down here, we can be confident that whatever does not perfectly reflect the utter perfection of heaven here, is God’s will to eradicate.    Things like sickness and sin and death entirely absent from heaven.   Praise, Thanksgiving, Peace, Joy etc are always the case in heaven.   Scripture tells us that Satan is the present ruler of this world.
         • John 12:31 New Living Translation (NLT) “31 The time for judging this world has come, when Satan, the ruler of this world, will be cast out. ”  Ephesians 6:12 also refers to other spiritual beings that have impact on what is happening on earth.
      6. Give Us this day our daily bread.   Feed us with your Word, and meet our practical needs for the day.     Jesus is the Bread from Heaven.  Healing an deliverance are also called the bread of God’s children.
         • John 6:57-59 King James Version (KJV)  57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.  58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

         • Matthew 15:25-28 King James Version (KJV)  ²⁵ Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.²⁶ But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.  ²⁷ And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.²⁸ Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

      7.   Forgive us as we forgive others.   Scripture also tells us that we will be held to the full account of our sins if we do not forgive others and that we will receive mercy in the same measure that we are merciful to others.   We must carefully approach God letting Him wash us clean of all bitterness towards any man and of all hardness of heart that prevents us from being merciful as we ought to be.   Approaching God and expecting from Him when we are caught up in harshness and judgementalism will not be fruitful.
         • Matthew 5:7 King James Version (KJV)
           7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
         • James 2:13 New Living Translation (NLT)
           13 There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you.”
         • Matthew 6:14-15 New Living Translation (NLT)
           14 “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.
      8. Lead us not into temptation.  Per James 1 above, we saw that God never leads people into temptation.   It is always evil desires spring from our own fleshly lusts that draw us into sin, sometimes with the help of Satan etc.    So really this is more of a prayer of being fortified against temptation.   Help us to submit to you and resist the devil and sin.
      9. Deliver us from evil.  We will explore this topic abundantly but later on that God has since answered this portion and empowered us in Him to live as more than conquerors.
         • James 4:7 King James Version (KJV)  “7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
         • Luke 9:23 King James Version (KJV)  “23 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.”
         • 1 Corinthians 9:27 Berean Study Bible”But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.”

         • Galatians 5:24 English Standard Version (ESV) ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.”

         • Romans 8:34-39 English Standard Version (ESV)
           34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.[a] 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,  “For your sake we are being killed all the day long;  we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”  37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
         • Luke 10:19 English Standard Version (ESV)
           19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
      10. for thine is THE KINGDOM=  We are now subject to His Kingdom and have been, past tense, delivered from the kingdom of darkness therefore we must learn to yield our lives to this new Kingdom which requires us to submit to its’ ordinances and now resist the kingdom of darkness
          • Colossians 1:13 King James Version (KJV)  “13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:”
          • Romans 6:13-20 King James Version (KJV)  13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.   14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.    15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.   16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?  17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.   18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.    19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.   20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.”
          • Matthew 6:24 King James Version (KJV)   “24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.”
      11. THE POWER = Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world  (1 John 4:4).   God is supreme.  He has commanded us from the very beginning to take dominion over all other creatures upon the earth.  He is the greatest power, the supreme Being, Above all Creation and His Kingdom comes with POWER.
          • 1 Chronicles 29:11 King James Version (KJV)   11 Thine, O Lord is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.”
          • 1 Corinthians 4:18-20 King James Version (KJV)   18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.   19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.   20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
          • Luke 6:19 New Living Translation (NLT)   “19 Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone.”
      12. THE GLORY = we are called to do all things in a way that glorifies God.
          • 1 Corinthians 10:31 “31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.”
          • Hosea 4:6-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
            6 My people are being destroyed
            because they don’t know me.
            Since you priests refuse to know me,
            I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
            Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
            I will forget to bless your children.
            7 The more priests there are,
            the more they sin against me.
            They have exchanged the glory of God
            for the shame of idols.[a]
          • Romans 1 “But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness.[i] 19 They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. 20 For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. 23 And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles. 24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. 
      13. SIN = Self IN charge.      Sin is nothing more and nothing less than letting self rule and run our lives instead of submitting to God’s will and ways in every detail of our lives.    It is so easy and natural to live by our impulses and reasoning instead of by feeding and living according to every word of God)
    • We saw in James it is the evil desires and lusts from within us that cause us to sin, not the Father at all.   Adam and Eve were tempted by their desire to eat the fruit that looked appetizing to their five senses and by the offer that they would gain in their personally from doing so.

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20. James 3:17 “But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.”

21. 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 “Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.”

 

Core Beliefs

We believe that if you seek God you will find Him

God does the big and impossible, He will never ask you for more than you can do and He wants to shape your character and priorities into the image of Jesus Christ.
1 Chronicles 28:9, Matthew 6:33, Romans 8:29, 1 Corinthians 2:9

We believe that the Good News: the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ, and the gift of the Holy Spirit is the most important message

Isaiah 44:22, John 3:16, Acts 2

We believe the Bible is inspired by God and therefore we test everything against scripture

We also believe the Bible reveals God’s will to bring about healing and health.
Proverbs 4:20-22, Acts 17:11, 2 Timothy 3:16

Jesus never said No. In a variety of ways, He healed all who came to him, overcoming all obstacles.

Our hope and goal is to help you connect you with Him so that He can heal you in His perfect way. We do this by immersing ourselves in scripture and exploring the many ways God healed throughout the scriptures, by accepting God’s promises and putting these things into practice. Matthew 4:24, Luke 6:19

We believe in the power of prayer and will be praying with you.

Matthew 18:19-20, 1 John 5:14-15 , 2 Corinthians 1:24

We believe it is and has always been God’s will to heal bodies, minds, spirits, and relationships.

We believe that God’s perfect will is not always accomplished  here “on earth as it is in heaven”. We do not know the nature of the blessings that He will give, but we believe that by seeking out God, His will, His way and His truth that He will meet you in wonderful, miraculous and amazing ways. James 1:17-18, Luke 9:1-2, Psalm 103:1-3, John 5:19, John 10:10, Matthew 6:9-13

We believe God meets us where we are with His mercy and grace and that is what we want to do too. 

So many people have been hurt by those who want to help. I will expand on this point in a moment. We believe that God respects our No’s, that His wisdom always yields and that it is His and His job alone to convict and judge people. James 3:17, 1 Corinthians 13:4-7