Monday, March 18, 2024

Love is Power by Chris Leeper

 I asked the LORD this question in a time of listening prayer: 


What is standing between me and the power of GOD?

This is what I heard:
"Love MY son, love. You hold back because you don't see people in the light of MY goodness (this takes faith) but the way they are. I love everyone no matter what they do. Is this true of you? (No) Yes, and that is why MY power doesn't flow through you. If you will let ME flow through you in love, you will see the glory of GOD in the land of the living. You will see ME coming out of you and both you and I will enjoy it exceedingly."

Love is the avenue that the FATHER's power flows through. Do you love the lost? Do you love people? How can you love someone today? 

Let's Pray
LORD, please give me a divine appointment today. Give me and show me someone you want me to love. Fill me with YOUR love and pour me out today. In JESUS Name Amen. 

Chris Leeper
Director, 
40 Days of HOPE

Sunday, March 17, 2024

The Will Of GOD Is Our Purpose

 

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The Will of GOD is Our Purpose!

“Why do you say…and do not obey?” Luke 6:46

“Whoever does My Father’s Will” Matthew 12:50

“Abide in My Word.” John 8:31

GOD Told Us:

“So GOD created man in his Own Image; in The Image of GOD He created him; male and female He created them. Then GOD Blessed them, and GOD said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.’” Genesis 1:27-28

“So GOD Blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them; ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth…Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed; for in the Image of GOD He made man. And as for you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth and multiply in it.’” Genesis 9:1, 6-7

JESUS Said About Himself:

“He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed, that the hour might pass from Him. And He said, ‘Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I Will, but what You Will.’” Mark 14:35-36 (Matthew 26:36-39; Mark 14:32-36; Luke 22:39-44)

“JESUS said to them, ‘My food is to do The Will of Him Who sent Me, and to finish His Work.’” John 4:34

“Then JESUS answered and said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the father do; for whatever He does, The Son also does in like manner…I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear I Judge; and My Judgment is Righteousness, because I do not seek My Own Will but The Will of The Father Who sent Me.’” John 5:19, 30

“’For I have come down from Heaven, not to do My Own Will, but The Will of Him Who sent Me. This is The Will of The Father Who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up at The Lase Day. And this is The Will of him Who sent Me, that everyone who sees The Son and believes in Him may have everlasting Life; and I Will raise him up at the Last Day.’” John 6:38-40

“’They did not understand that He spoke to them of The Father. Then JESUS said to them, ‘When you lift up The Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of Myself; but as My Father taught Me, I speak these things. And He Who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.’” John 8:27-29

“’For I have not spoken on My Own Authority; but the Father Who sent Me gave Me a Command, what I should say and what I should speak. And I know that his Command is everlasting Life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.’” John 12:49-50

“’Do you not believe that I am in The Father, and The Father in Me? The Words that I speak to you I do not speak on My Own Authority; but The Father Who dwells in Me, He does the Works. Believe Me that I am in The Father and The Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the Works themselves.’” John 14:10

JESUS Commanded Us:

“Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, JESUS came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘Peace be with you.’ When He had said this, He showed them His hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw The LORD. So JESUS said to them again, ‘Peace to you! As The Father has sent Me, I also send you.’ And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive The Holy SPIRIT. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.’”

“And JESUS came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All Authority has been given to Me in Heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in The Name of The Father and of The Son and of The Holy SPIRIT, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’ Amen.”

“And He said, ‘Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be Saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will follow those who believe: in My Name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.’”

“Then He said unto them, ‘These are the Words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled that were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.’ And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend The Scriptures.’ Then He said unto them, ‘Thus it is written and thus it was necessary for The CHRIST to suffer and rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.’”

“And being assembled together with them, He Commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of The Father, ‘which,’ He said, ‘you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with The Holy SPIRIT not many days from now.’ Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, ‘LORD, will You at this time restore the Kingdom to Israel?’ And He said to them, ‘It is not for you to know the times or seasons which The Father has put in His Own Authority. But you will receive Power when the Holy SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be witness to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.’”

John 20:19-23; Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:14-18; Luke 24:44-47; Acts 1:4-8

More of JESUS’ Commandments:

The Ten Commandments:

Matthew 6:24 Commandment 2, Serve GOD Only!

Matthew 5:21-26 Commandment 6, Do not murder!

Matthew 5:27-32 Commandment 7, Do not commit adultery!

Matthew 5:33-37 Commandment 9, No oaths!

Matthew 5:43-48 Commandment 10, Love your neighbor!

Other Commandments: (Just a few)

Matthew 22:36-38; Mark 12:29-30 Greatest Commandment!

Matthew 22:39-40; Mark 12:31 Second greatest commandment!

John 13:34-25 A new Commandment!

John 5:14, 8:11 Sin no more!

Matthew 24:42, 25:13; Mark 13:33-37 Watch!

Matthew 24:44, 25:10 Be ready!

Matthew 5:16 Let your light shine!

Matthew 5:38-42; Luke 6:29-30 Do not resist the wicked!

Matthew 5:44-45; Luke 6:27-28 Love your enemy!

Matthew 6:33 Seek GOD first!

Matthew 10:38, 16:24; Mark 8:34; Luke 9:23, 14:27 Take up your cross!

Matthew 7:1-2; Luke 6:37 Do not judge!

Matthew 19:17; John 14:15 Keep My Commandments!

There are 613 commandments in The Law.

There are about 800 commandments in The New Testament.

There are about 50 commandments that JESUS gave us.

Most importantly JESUS gave us His SPIRIT (The Holy SPIRIT) so that we could learn, understand and obey all the commandments, He does not expect us to know them all but when we are following His SPIRIT he will council, guide and instruct us in what we need to know and do to be obedient to The Father’s Will.

Matthew 7:21-27, 26:14-16, 47-49 teaches about those who do not do His Will, even if they are doing the works of The Kingdom.

JESUS completed (fulfilled) the Law so that we would not be judged by it, but GOD still expects us to live by His Standards (Commands) so that we will be Holy to Him. 1 Peter 1:13-17 (Leviticus 11:44-45).

Psalm 83 Arabs Against Israel

 

Psalm 83

The Arab Nations Against Israel!

A song of Asaph.

GOD do not keep silent.

Do not hold Your Peace, O GOD.

Do not be still.

“For look, Your enemies make an uproar.

Those who hate You life up their head.

They make a shrew plot against Your People, conspiring against Your treasured Ones.

‘Come’, they say, ‘let’s wipe them out as a nation!

Let Israel’s name be remembered no more!”

For with one mind they plot together.

Against You do they make a covenant.

The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre, even Assyria has joined them, becoming a strong arm for Lot’s sons.

Selah

Do to them as You did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River, who perished at En-dor – they became as dung for the ground.

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb – all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, ‘Let us take possession of the pasturelands of GOD.’

My GOD, make them like tumbleweed, like chaff before the wind.

As a fire burns a forest, and as a flame sets mountains ablaze, so pursue them with Your tempest, and terrify them with Your storm.

Cover their faces with shame, so they may seek Your Name–Adonai.

Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever.

Let them be humiliated and perish.

Let them know that You alone–Whose Name is Adonai–are El Elyon over all the earth.”

Ephesians 6:17-18

 

Ephesians 6:17-18

 

“And take the helmet of Salvation, and The Sword of The SPIRIT, which is The word of GOD; praying always with all prayer and supplication in The SPIRIT, being watchful to this end and with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.”

 

“If we think of prayer as the breath in our lungs and the blood from our hearts, we think rightly. The blood flows ceaselessly, and breathing continues ceaselessly; we are not conscious of it, but it is always going on. Prayer is not an exercise, it is The Life.”

Oswald Chambers

The World Waits by Dr. Caleb Cooper

 

The World Waits for a Generation Whose Spirits Burn for the Saving of Souls 

Can you imagine the body of Christ ignited and searing to simply tell people about Jesus Christ? What if the church burned for evangelism, populating heaven at a rapid pace with souls snatched from the fiery grips of hell?

I believe the earth awaits the rise of a generation that burns for souls once again. Every great revival that I have studied was marked by soul-winning, and as I read the New Testament, I can’t seem to find anybody within the fivefold ministry or any disciple of Jesus Christ who was so anointed that they graduated from soul-winning.

However, evangelism today seems to be one of the most resisted acts on the earth. The greatest miracle on the planet is the moment when God’s quickening power shifts the countenance of mankind, and they pass from spiritual death to life by the salvation of the Lord. I believe in the miraculous power of God, having witnessed great miracles, signs, and wonders where God has healed many bodies.

With that said, it is imperative we understand that a person can still get into heaven with a natural disease in their body, but they cannot get into heaven bound by the spiritual disease called sin. What can wash away my sins? Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Isaiah 43:25 says, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake, and will not remember your sins.”

Ephesians 1:7 says, “In Him we have redemption through His blood and the forgiveness of sins according to the riches of His grace.”

1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

A person’s greatest calling is to surrender their heart to Jesus Christ. Jesus is either Lord of all or He is not Lord at all in a person’s life. The salvation of every lost man we encounter is within our grasp and contingent upon our willingness to obey the command of the Great Commission to share the Gospel.

Mark 16:15 says, “He said to them, ‘Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.’”

Will you be the voice that interrupts people’s lives of sin by testifying about what Jesus Christ has done in your life? Will you be the walking, living, breathing advertisement of the kingdom of heaven? God has called you to trumpet the sound that there is not a sin people can get themselves into out of which the blood of Jesus Christ cannot walk them!

As a blood-bought, Spirit-filled believer, will you simply tell the lost man that you once were spiritually blind, but now you see; you were spiritually lost, but you have been found by Jesus; you were dead in all of your trespasses and sins, but now you have been made alive by the shed blood of Jesus Christ?

When the Holy Spirit comes upon you, the fire of evangelism must dwell inside of you!

Acts 1:8 says, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

The word “witness” means to be a martyr. You may not have to physically die for the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but being a witness certainly means that you must be willing. All believers are called to live a sacrificial life as they die daily to their flesh, becoming a personal eyewitness of God’s redemptive power, bearing the testimony of Jesus Christ in the earth.


Dr. Caleb Cooper
Pastor,
New Hope Revival Church, NM

 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Mark 10:45

 

Mark 10:45

 

“For even the son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His Life a Ransom for many.”

 

“Are you willing to spend and be spent; not seeking to be ministered unto, but to minister?  Some saints cannot do menial work and remain saints because it is beneath their dignity.”

Oswald Chambers

Prayer for The Church Lent 2024

 

Heavenly Father, forgive us, Your People for our sins.

Thank You for your Grace and Mercy as Your Judgment in upon The Body of JESUS CHRIST – The Church; as individuals, families, fellowships, communities, churches, ministries and denominations.

Expose the liars, cheaters, stealers, the immoral and those who lack integrity; expose the false teachers, false prophets, wolfs in sheep’s clothing, Jezebels and Ahabs as You call them to repentance.

Those who are unrepentant, remove them from Your Body as the cancer they are. Restore health and vitality to Your Body – The Church; that we will know The Truth and be set free!

Thank You Father, that Your Will is being done in the earth as it is in Heaven in and through Israel and The Church. That You are expanding and contracting the boundaries of nations; that You are raising up and taking down leaders and governments throughout the earth.

Thank You Father for Your Grace and Mercy for The Body of CHRIST – The Church, as Your Will is being accomplished in these days. Thank You that You gave Israel and The Church, the purpose of accomplishing Your Will by our obedience to JESUS CHRIST our LORD and Savior.

Thank You Father that You have given us the Victory in JESUS CHRIST even as JESUS has made us to be Righteous in You so that we can accomplish Your Will in and through our lives.

Come LORD JESUS! Amen!