God Forgives Sin

 

Why We Have Problems Overcoming Sin

Galatians 5:16-17 "16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would."

Several reasons why we have problems overcoming sin

1. We are human and sin still indwells in our mortal bodies
2. The mind is still unrenewed in certain areas
3. Our flesh can be stronger than our spirit man - the lust of the world
4. Our emotions control our behavior
5. Satan tempts us just like he tempted Jesus

God knew none of us can ever be perfect within ourselves but we are perfect in Him when we are in the spirit and not in the flesh.

What does that mean. It means He knew how human we are, plus, the adversary is still tempting man until his end comes. Man became separated in the garden when they sinned against God.

God loved us so much that he made a way to bring us back in relationship in Him through Jesus Christ; and through Jesus Christ when we fall or mess up, we have access of forgiveness through Jesus. 1 John 1:9, Micah 7:19, Ps. 103:12, Ephesians 2:18:

For through him [Christ] we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.

The Adversary (Satan) will make you believe your sin is too big for God to forgive. Remember in the garden after Adam and Eve fell? They hid behind the tree in fear. They had never felt fear before.

Through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have access to the father through the Son. We can be forgiven for any sin. What you have to do is not believe the lies of the enemy. After you confess your sin to Jesus, you have to receive that you are forgiven and then forgive yourself.

Many times, over the years of ministry, I've seen people be stuck in sin because they could not forgive themselves. They were listening to the lies of the enemy believing not the truth.

Then, after Jesus Christ resurrected from the dead, 50 days after, the Holy Spirit was sent to help us. The Holy Spirit is the part that communicates and lets us know through conviction not guilt or shame of our sin.

We need to be fast to ask God's forgiveness and receiving His forgiveness through His shed blood.

Think about it. If we could be perfect, would God needed to send His son to die on the cross?

So, our goal is to understand God's love and experience our new identity is to become like Christ (Roman 8:29. Also, this is not accomplished by our own activities or our own will. It takes the help of the Holy Spirit to walk in the spirit and it is God who works in us (Eph. 2:13). This is 100% God's part (1 Thes. 5:24).

You might ask that we are made perfect when there is confession of sin. Yes, we are made as new creatures in Him. The adversary is still on earth and still tempts us with sin. Many times we fall into sin and when we do, we can go to Jesus Christ and confess our sin at any time and be made whole and clean. It is like it never happened.

No condemnation in Christ

Romans 12:3-13

For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. 4 For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, 5 so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. 6 Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; 7 if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; 8 or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. 10 Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; 11 not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, 13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.

That is why we need to learn how to discern good and evil. Condemnation does not come from God. Condemnation, guilt, shame only comes from the adversary.

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

 

Finding Your Identity In Christ

Discovering Your Identity in Christ

Self-Image or Your Identity in Christ

Beliefs → Thoughts → Feelings → Experiences
Question: Do you think your identity is your body weight, the size of your nose and feet, the color of your hair, etc.?

Let me ask you three questions on core beliefs?

LIE 1: ‘I’m not good enough’

LIE 3: ‘I am unlovable – loving myself is selfish’

Is your identity the essence of who you are - the spirit part? 

Question: Do you think you will live with the same body all your life, or doesn't your body return to dust at the end of life.

Question: Does your spirit man live forever regardless of heaven or hell?

So, why do you get so caught up on the outer side of us instead of paying attention or really going to know the real essence of you?

Note: Our identity as Christians is in Christ. If it is not, it must be in something else—our nationality, family, friends, possessions, and job. We have nothing when all these are removed unless our identity is founded and fixed in Jesus.

Today, there needs to be a better understanding of our identity.  The source of these disastrous errors is that rooting ourselves in anything outside of Christ undermines our efforts at obedience or following him.

The problem: When you put your identity to get your needs met through others, you set yourself up in disastrous relationships - putting high expectations on others to meet demands in you sets you up for a lot of disappointment and hurt.

It also sets you up to go horizontally, getting needs met when all you have to do is go up and receive God's love.

Often a person goes into a performance-based life of performance, drivenness and perfection to meet a need.  Nothing is ever good enough, and that person develops a lot of self-hatred.

What shapes our identity:

Your past identity

1. Family background: A major part of our identity has been influenced by
the family that we were born into.
2. National background: At the Olympic games, winners often drape the
flag of their nation over their shoulders after they have won their event.
3. Ethnic background: One’s ethnic background can sometimes have a
huge impact on a person’s identity
4. Past life experiences: Your past experiences often have a major part in
determining your sense of personal identity. Including your sinful
activities.

Your identity is more than just these 4 areas of influence. The clothes you wear,
and your hairstyle can be used to develop your identity. Some people change
their identity by joining the army, or changing jobs, or moving to a new location.
We develop our identity by:

--what we value --what we think about
--who we spend time with

EPHESIANS 1:4-5 (MESSAGE)
Long, long ago, he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What the pleasure he took in planning this!)


Your identity is in Christ but how many of you try to find your identity in others - husband, children, job, etc.

(Ephesians 1:1)


Paul knew that he was the Apostle of Christ Jesus! He knew who he was! One of the basic questions of human existence is, "Who am I?" Who am I as a person? What am I? What is my role in life? Who am I in the grand scheme of things?

Self-evaluation

•Honestly describe yourself. How do you really define who you are?

•What aspects of yourself do you dislike?
•Evaluate your answers to the questions above. To what extent are you dependent on external attributes or roles—such as appearance, education, skills, family relationships, and occupation—to describe yourself?

Scriptures Who Am In Christ?

All bible verses (quotes) quoted in NIV

I am accepted...

John 1:12 I am God's child.

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God

John 15:15 As a disciple, I am a friend of Jesus Christ.

I no longer call you servants because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.

Romans 5:1 I have been justified.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 I have been bought with a price, and I belong to God.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore, honor God with your body.

1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ's body.

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.

Ephesians 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the world's creation to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love, he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, by his pleasure and will to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, by the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.

Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.

For in Christ, all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.


Hebrews 4:14-16 I have direct access to the throne of grace through Jesus Christ.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are yet was without sin. Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

I am secure...

Romans 8:1 I am free from condemnation.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:28 I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:31-39 I am free from any condemnation brought against me and I cannot be separated from the love of God.

What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to life is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:"For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughter"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

Colossians 3:1-4 I am hidden with Christ in God.

Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. 4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

Philippians 1:6 I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.

being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven.

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Saviour from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Timothy 1:7 I have not been given a spirit of fear but of power, love and a sound mind.

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline.

1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me.

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.

I am significant...

John 15:5 I am a branch of Jesus Christ, the true vine, and a channel of His life.

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God's temple.

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

Ephesians 2:10 I am God's workmanship.

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence.

In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

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Who Am I in Christ?

I am a child of God; God is spiritually my Father.

Romans 8:14,15

because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father."

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus

John 1:12

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God



I am a new creation in Christ; old things have passed away and all things have become new.

2 Corinthians 5:17

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!



I am in Christ.

Galatians 3:26,28

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.



I am an heir with the Father and a joint heir with Christ.

Galatians 4:6.7

Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, " So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.

Romans 8:17

Now if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.



I am reconciled to God and am an ambassador of reconciliation for Him.

2 Corinthians 5:18-19

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.



I am a saint.

Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:

1 Corinthians 1:2

to the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ their Lord and ours:

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:



I am God's workmanship, created in Christ for good works.

Ephesians 2:10

For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.



I am a citizen of heaven.

Ephesians 2:19

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household

Philippians 3:20

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ



I am a member of Christ's body.

1 Corinthians 12:27

Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.



I am united to the Lord and am one spirit with Him.

1 Corinthians 6:17

But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with him in spirit.



I am the temple of the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 3:16

Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you?

1 Corinthians6:19

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own.



I am a friend of Christ.

John 15:15

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.



I am a slave of righteousness.

Romans 6:18

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God



I am the righteousness of God in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:21

God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.



I am enslaved to God.

Romans 6:22

But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life.



I am chosen and ordained by Christ to bear fruit.

John 15:16

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.



I am a prisoner of Christ.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

Ephesians 4:1

As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.



I am righteous and holy.

Ephesians 4:24

and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.



I am hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:3

For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.



I am the salt of the earth.

Matthew 5:13

"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness,how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything,except to be thrown out and trampled by men."



I am the light of the world.

Matthew 5:14

"You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden."



I am part of the true vine.

John 15:1-2

"I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful."



I am filled with the divine nature of Christ and escape the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Peter 1:4

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.



I am an expression of the life of Christ.

Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.



I am chosen of God, holy and dearly loved.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience

1 Thessalonians 1:4

For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you



I am a child of light.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.



I am a partaker of a heavenly calling.

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.



I am more than a conqueror though Christ.

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.



I am a partaker with Christ and share in His life.

Hebrews 3:14

We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first



I am one of God's living stones, being built up in Christ as a spiritual house.

1 Peter 2:5

you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.



I am a chosen generation, a royal priest hood, a holy nation.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen people, a royal priest hood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.



I am the devil's enemy.

1 Peter 5:8

Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.



I am born again by the Spirit of God.

John 3:3-6

In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again" "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.



I am an alien and a stranger to this world.

1 Peter 2:11

Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.



I am a child of God who always triumphs in Christ and releases His fragrance in every place.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.



I am seated in heavenly places in Christ.

Ephesians 2:6

And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus



I am saved by grace.

Ephesians 2:8

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God



I am a recipient of every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places

in Christ.

Ephesians 1-6 (The Whole book!)



I am redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

Revelations 5:9

And they sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation."



I am part of the Bride of Christ and am making myself ready of Him.

Revelations 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory!For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.



I am a true worshiper who worships the Father in spirit and in truth.

John 4:24

God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.

Traci Morin
Touch of God International Ministries of Healing and Deliverance - Setting the Captives Free

Index Page

Our Father Who Comforts Us - Video Love Letters

Our Father Forgives Sin

Finding Your Identity in Christ

We are created in the image of God

Attributes of God

Becoming Dependent on God

Be Transformed in the Image of Christ

I Love You From God - Video

We Are Created to be a Friend of God - plus Video

Why the Corrupted Thinking where we cannot Trust God

Father God Transforms Us By Transforming the Mind - How To transform the mind

Father God Loves You - See Scriptures

Discover our Root Problems of Not Trusting God

Your Father God Loves You - Audio Player

Our Father Love Letter to His Children - Video Love Letters

Our Father God Happy Thoughts of Us - Video Love Letters

Our Father God's Love Toward's Us - Video Love Letters

Come to the Father - He Loves You - Video Love Letters

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

Attributes of God

Twelve Attributes of God online sermons and more

When we speak of God's attributes, we are talking about those characteristics that help us to understand who He truly is. What follows is a thorough yet incomplete list and summary of His attributes. God is unlike anything or anyone we could ever know or imagine. He is one of a kind, unique, and without comparison.nbsp; Included are songs to play on each attribute of God. 

The Attributes of God - Part 1

Eternal
Faithfulness
Foreknows
Good
Holy

Knows EVERYTHING

(v2) When I go
(v2) What I think
(v3) What I do
(v4) What I say
His Knowledge = too high
Ps 139:1-6
(Spurgeon's Note)

"There never was a time in which we were unknown to God, and there never will be a moment in which we shall be beyond His observation...This is a fact to be remembered every moment: sitting down to consider or rising up to act, we are still seen, known, and read by Jehovah our Lord...Though Thou shouldst give a glance at my heart, and see me as one sees a passing meteor moving afar, yet Thou wouldst by that glimpse sum up all the meanings of my soul, so transparent is everything to Thy piercing glance....  

The Lord judges our active life and our quiet life; he discriminates our actions and our repose and marks that in them which is good and also that which is evil. There is chaff in all our wheat, and the Lord divides them with unerring precision...This should fill us with awe so that we sin not; with courage so that we fear not; with delight so that we mourn not....  

Behind us, God is recording our sins, or in grace, blotting out their remembrance; before us, God is foreknowing all our deeds and providing for all our wants. We cannot turn back and escape Him, for He is behind; we cannot go forward and outmarch Him, for He is before...Shall we not alter the figure and say that our heavenly Father has folded His arms around us and caressed us with His hand? It is even so with those who are by faith the children of the Most High...Such knowledge not only surpasses my comprehension but even my imagination....  

Mount as I may, this truth is too lofty for my mind. It seems to be consistently above me, even when I soar into the loftiest regions of spiritual thought. Is it not so with every attribute of God? Can we attain to any idea of His power, His wisdom, His holiness? Our mind has no line with which to measure the Infinite. " (CHS)

Infinite in understanding

Ps 147:5 - Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

GOD HAS ALL POWER

Ge 18:14 "Is anything too difficult for the LORD?
Nothing is too complicated for Jehovah.

What impossible situation or task are you facing today? Ask yourself this question: Is it too difficult for God? Run to the Rock higher than you & take refuge in His tower of strength (Ps 61:2-3 Read Spurgeon's devotional). Cry out to the God of the impossible & rest in His perfect wisdom, timing & power.

The omnipotent God is your Source of strength - "You cannot serve Him in your strength. You can only serve Him in the strength He gives as you need it. Here, take the bread fish and feed the thousands. Never say that it is not enough (Mt 14:17)" 

The omnipotent One "will multiply both the bread and the fish as it is broken and consumed. There will be more than you need. " (CHS)

Jer 32:17 'Ah Lord GOD! Behold, Thou hast made the heavens & the earth by Thy great power & by Thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for Thee

Cf "Is the LORD'S power limited ?"Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not." Nu 11:23 (Read Spurgeon's devotional)

"I know that Thou can do all things & that no purpose of Thine can be thwarted.
Job 42:2

The Attributes of God

Immutable
Impartial
Incomprehensible
Infinite
Jealous
Justice
Longsuffering
Love
Mercy

The Attributes of God

Omnipotent
Omnipresent
Omniscient

The Attributes of God

Righteous
Self-existent
Self-sufficient
Sovereign
Transcendent
Truth
Wise
Wrath

IMMUTABLE GOD NEVER CHANGES

Heaven & earth will perish, BUT He is ever the same & His years will not end.

"Of old Thou founded the earth & the heavens are the work of Thy hands. Even they will perish, but Thou dost endure & all of them will wear out like a garment like clothing Thou will change them & they will be changed. But Thou art the same & Thy years will not end. Ps 102:25-27

"Thou art the same...God, the same in essence & nature, the same in will & purpose, Thou dost change all other things as Thou pleaseth; but Thou art immutable in every respect..." (Spurgeon)

God does not change

For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. Malachi 3:6

"It is well for us that, amidst all the variableness of life, there is One whom change cannot affect; One whose heart can never alter, and on whose brow mutability can make no furrows...The delight which the mariner feels, when, after having been tossed about for many a day, he steps again upon the solid shore, is the satisfaction of a Christian when, amidst all the changes of this troublous life, he rests the foot of his faith upon this truth-"I am the Lord, I change not." The stability which the anchor gives the ship when it has at last obtained a hold-fast, is like that which the Christian's hope affords him when it fixes itself upon this glorious truth. With God "is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." What ever his attributes were of old, they are now ...He has ever been the refuge of His people, their stronghold in the day of trouble, and He is their sure Helper still. He is unchanged in his love. He has loved his people with "an everlasting love"; he loves them now as much as ever he did, and when all earthly things shall have melted in the last conflagration, his love will still wear the dew of its youth. Precious is the assurance that He changes not! The wheel of providence revolves, but its axle is eternal love." (Spurgeon's full devotional)

Are you riding on storm tossed seas today? Then cast your anchor onto the Solid Rock of the glorious truth that His character changeth not - He was the refuge for David & He can be your Refuge from the storm (Isa 25:4) your stronghold in the day of trouble (Nah 1:7). Why? Because....Jesus Christ is the same yesterday & today & forever. Heb 13:8

God does not vary
Every good thing bestowed & every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with Whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. (Js 1:17, cf Ro 11:29)

"Ancient of Days"(Da 7:22)

Click song: Ancient of Days

INCOMPREHENSIBLE


Man cannot plumb the depths or limits of God. Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
Job 11:7

"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways, And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?" Job 26:14

Spurgeon "Every affliction is timed and measured. Every comfort is sent with a loving thoughtfulness that makes it precious. The Divine Mind exercises great thoughtfulness toward the Lord’s chosen. Nothing happens as the result of a remorseless fate. A living, thoughtful, and loving God orders all your circumstances in wisdom. Our heavenly Father knows what He is doing. Even when His way appears to be involved and complicated, and we cannot untangle the threads, the Lord sees all things clearly. His breadth exceeds the range of our vision; His depth baffles our profoundest thought."

God's wisdom & knowledge are deep - His Judgments unsearchable. His ways unfathomable

There must always be about the glorious Lord that is incomprehensible, and it is not for us to doubt because we cannot understand, but rather humbly to bow before His awesome presence in Whose verb hand is our breath.

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom & knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments & unfathomable His ways! Ro 11:33

SELF-EXISTENT

depends on nothing for His existence

I AM WHO I AM

God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM " & He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you." Ex 3:14

• Father has life in Himself 
• Son has life in Himself

"For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; Jn 5:26

SELF-SUFFICIENT

brings about His will without help


"If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, & all it contains Ps 50:12

God does not need anything - we cannot give Him anything that is not already His. To obey is better than sacrifice.

"The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven & earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands nor is He served by human hands as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life & breath & all things." Acts 17:24-25

INFINITE

no limits & The Heavens cannot contain


"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven & the highest heaven cannot contain Thee. How much less this house which I have built ! 1Ki 8:27

Thus says JEHOVAH "Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? Isa 66:1

Great is JEHOVAH & highly to be praised, & His greatness is unsearchable Ps 145:3

"Worship should be somewhat like its object --Great praise for a great God. Praise is great when the song contains excellent matter, the hearts producing it are intensely fervent, and large numbers unite in the grand acclaim. No chorus is too loud, no orchestra too large, no psalm too lofty for the lauding of the Lord of Hosts... 

The song should be founded upon search; hymns composed without thought are of no worth, and tunes upon which no pains have been spent are beneath the dignity of divine adoration. Yet when we meditate most and search most studiously, we shall still find ourselves surrounded with unknowable wonders, which will baffle all attempts to sing them worthily. The best adoration of the Unsearchable is to own Him to be so and close the eyes in reverence before the excessive light of His glory. 

Not all the minds of all the centuries shall suffice to search out the unsearchable riches of God; He is past finding out, and, therefore, His deserved praise is still above and beyond all that we can render to Him.

God "Who does great & unsearchable things, Wonders without number. Job 5:9


God "Who does great things, unfathomable, & wondrous works without number." Job 9:10

TRANSCENDENT

Above creation

Exists totally apart from His creation

God's ways & thoughts are higher than man

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways & My thoughts than your thoughts. Isa 55:8 55:9

"It is He who sits above the vault of the earth & its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain & spreads them out like a tent to dwell in." Isa 40:22

Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which Thou hast done, & Thy thoughts toward us. There is none to compare with Thee. If I would declare & speak of them, they would be too numerous to count. Ps 40:5 (Spurgeon note)

The LORD is high above all nations. His glory is above the heavens. Who is like Jehovah our God, Who is enthroned on high? Ps113:4 113:5 (SOVEREIGN

He is in total control & is Totally supreme.

God does whatever he pleases.

Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, in heaven & in earth, in the seas & in all deeps Ps 135:6 (Spurgeon's note)

Let all the earth fear Jehovah. Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke & it was done. He commanded & it stood fast. Jehovah nullifies the counsel of the nations. He frustrates the plans of the peoples. The counsel of Jehovah stands forever; the plans of His heart from generation to generation. Ps 38:8 33:9 10 11
(Spurgeon v10 v 11)

He works all things after the counsel of His will Eph 1:11

His Purpose Will Be Established & He will accomplish all His good pleasure - what He begins, He brings to fruition because He is in total control.

"Remember the former things long past, for I am God, & there is no other. I am God & there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning & from ancient times things which have not been done, saying, 'My purpose will be established & I will accomplish all My good pleasure. Calling a bird of prey from the east (Cyrus the king) the man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it." Isa 46:9-11

 
Spurgeon: "World events are not tangled, confused, or perplexing to God...Jehovah’s power is apparent, from the least to the greatest, for God is in all and rules all. He guides the grain of dust in the March wind and the planets in their immeasurable pathways. He steers each drop of spray beaten back from the face of the rock. He leads the North Star. God is the dictator of destinies. 

He appoints both the ideas and the end. He is the King of kings, ruling rulers, and guiding counselors. He is the same in the crash of battle or the hush of peace. He is the same in famine or in the joy of an abundant harvest. He is Lord. He does according to His will, not only in heaven but among the inhabitants of this lower world. The storm may rage, but all is well, for our Captain is the governor of storms. 

He who trod the waves of the Galilean lake is at the helm, and at His command, winds and waves are quiet (Mt 14:27). Courage, dear friend. The ever-merciful Lord has appointed every moment of sorrow and every pang of suffering. If He ordains the number ten, it can never rise to eleven, nor should you desire that it shrink to nine. The Lord’s time is best. The span of your life is measured to a hair’s width. Restless soul, God ordains all, so let the Lord have His way.

El Elyon (notes) "the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind & bestows it on whomever He wishes.'
Da 4:32b (cf Da 5:21a 21b)

Does according to His will in host of heaven & among inhabitants of the earth."All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven & among the inhabitants of earth & no one can ward off His hand Or say to Him, 'What have You done?' Da 4:35

Nebuchadnezzar testifies to God's sovereignty: "Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise, exalt, and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride." Da 4:37

His Sovereignty is exemplified by
El Elyon -- God Most High
Gen 14, Ps 91:1, et al

HOLY IS THE LORD

MORALLY Excellent Perfect

(Click song= God is Holy)
(Click song= The Holy One)

"Who is like Thee among the gods, O LORD? Who is like Thee majestic in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders? Ex 15:11

"Holy, Holy, Holy is the LORD of hosts. The whole earth is full of His glory." Isa 6:3 (See Torrey's Topic)

You shall be holy, for I, the LORD your God am holy. Lev 19:2

For the Mighty One has done great things for me & holy is His name. Luke 1:49

God does not do anything wrong.  Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness & from the Almighty to do wrong. Job 34:10

Play:
Holy is the Lord on High
Holy & Anointed One
Take Me Into the Holy of Holies

RIGHTEOUS

Always does right


"The Rock ! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness & without injustice, Righteous & upright is He. Dt 32:4

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness & Thy law is truth Ps 119:142 (See Torrey's Topic)
Spurgeon writes that God's "righteousness is unchanging and endures from age to age. This is the joy and glory of the saints, that what God is, he always will be, and his mode of procedure towards the sons of men is immutable: having kept his promise and dealt out justice among his people, he will do so world without end "

JUST GOD

Fair in all HIS actions

(Click song= God as Judge)
(Click song= He Will Abundantly Pardon)

God is just & though He forgives iniquity, He does not exempt the guilty
'The LORD is slow to anger & abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity & transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.'
Nu 14:18

JUSTICE is the foundation of His throne

Righteousness & justice are the foundation of Thy throne; Lovingkindness & truth go before Thee. Ps 89:14 As Spurgeon reminds us "No creature can eventually be unjustly dealt with under his dominion, and his kingdom ruleth over all."
(Torrey's topic)

GOD IS MERCIFUL

Lovingkindness Compassion

EXHIBITS Active compassion AGAINST THOSE WHO OFFEND HIM

(Click song= God of Mercy)

Lovingkindness (mercy) is Thine, O Lord, for Thou dost recompense a man according to his work. Ps 62:12

Spurgeon on God's mercy: "This tender attribute sweetens the grand thought of His power: the divine strength will not crush us, but will be used for our good."

Lovingkindness goes before Him. Righteousness & justice are the foundation of Thy throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before Thee.
Ps 89:14

Spurgeon says: Mercy &truth shall go before thy face. They are the harbingers & heralds of the Lord; He calls these to the front to deal with guilty & changeful men. He makes them in the person of the Lord Jesus to be His ambassadors & so poor, the guilty man can endure the presence of his righteous Lord. If mercy had not paved the way, the coming of God to any man must have been swift destruction."

He looked upon their (His people Israel) distress when He heard their cry & He remembered His covenant for their sake & relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness.
Ps 106:44 45
Spurgeon: "The Lord is so full of grace that he has not only mercy but mercies, yea a multitude of them"

Gracious is the LORD & righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate. Ps 116:5
Spurgeon comments, "See how the attribute of righteousness seems to stand between two guards of love: -- gracious, righteous, merciful. The sword of justice is scabarded in a jeweled sheath of grace."

God's Lovingkindness is very practical - David prays that God would "Wondrously show Thy lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Thy right hand from those who rise up against them." Ps 17:7 Spurgeon asks, "What deep depression some of us have had! We have gone to the bottom of the mountains, and the bars of the earth seemed to hold us there...

Pray for this experience: “Show Your marvelous lovingkindness” (Ps 17:7). He will do it! He will bring you up, out, and through—not necessarily how you would like to come, but in the best way. Always expect the unexpected when you are dealing with God. Look to see in God and from God what you never saw before. When you are dealing with Him who is omnipotent, faithful, and accurate, the things that seem utterly impossible will be those most likely to happen. God grant you grace, dear friend, to use this meditation and these verses as the means of deliverance from deep trouble.

For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God Who has mercy. Rom. 9:14-16

Play:
Come Oh Redeemer Come

LONG-SUFFERING

RIGHTEOUS anger IS slow TO BE KINDLED

Slow to anger Nu 14:18
(Torrey's topic)

The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. 2 Pet 3:9

WISE GOD

Causes Him to choose RIGHTEOUS ends. His understanding is inscrutable.


(Click song= Gods wisdom - Treasures of Wisdom)

Do you not know? Have you yet to hear? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable Isa 40:28 (Torrey's topic)

Daniel said, "Let the name of God be blessed forever & ever, for wisdom & power belong to Him. Dan 2:20 (Torrey's topic)

LOVING GOD

EXHIBITS A LOVE NOT BASED ON THE WORTH OR MERIT OF THE OBJECT OF HIS LOVE

Loves with an everlasting love


(Click30+ hymns= See God is Love)
The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love. Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. Jer 31:3 Spurgeon devotional.

God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Ro 5:8

God is love
The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1Jn 4:8 (Spurgeon devotional).

He loved us so much that He allowed God the Son to die for us even though we did not deserve it. 

GOOD GOD

God gives ACCORDING to His excellent will.


He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting,"
2 Chr 5:13b (Torrey's topic)
(Click song= God is So Good)

Good and upright is the LORD. Therefore, He instructs sinners in the way. (Ps 25:8) - 
(Spurgeon)

God is good

Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting
Ps 106:1

Spurgeon: "To us needy creatures, the goodness of God is the first attribute which excites praise, and that praise takes the form of gratitude. We praise the Lord when we thank him for what we have received from his goodness. Let us never be slow to return unto the Lord our praise; to thank him is the least we can do -- let us not neglect it."

Ps 68:10 "Thou didst provide in Thy goodness for the poor, O God." Spurgeon reminds us that "All God’s gifts are prepared in advance and reserved for needs foreseen. He knows our future needs, and out of the fullness of Christ Jesus, He provides from His goodness. You may, therefore trust Him for all your future needs. He has infallible foreknowledge about every one of them...

God has foreknowledge of all that His wandering children require. When those needs arise, the supplies are ready. It is goodness that He has prepared for the poor in heart. Goodness, and goodness only. “My grace is sufficient for you” (2Co 12:9)... Is your heart heavy? God knew it would be. The comfort your heart wants is treasured in the sweet assurance of our text. You are poor and needy, but He knows your need and has the exact blessing you require. Plead this promise, believe it, and you will obtain fulfillment."

The LORD is good to all, & His mercies are over all His works. Ps 145:9 (Spurgeon note)

The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble, & He knows those who take refuge in Him.
Nahum 1:7

Play:
Good to Me

WRATHFUL

Hatred for all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS

(See Grapes of Wrath)
He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished Ex. 34:6 34:7

The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, Romans 1:18 (Torrey's topic)

GOD IS TRUTHFUL

WHATEVER GOD SAYS IS...truth

God of truth

(Play: Let God be True!)

Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. Ps 31:5 (Spurgeon)

God... cannot lie, Titus 1:2.

GOD IS FAITHFUL

ALWAYS TRUE TO PROMISES

God keeps covenant


(Click song= God is faithful)
(Click song= Gods Care)
(Click songsong= Gods Promises)
(Click song=Great is Thy Faithfulness)

"Know therefore that the LORD Thy God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps His covenant & His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him & keep His commandments Dt 7:9
(Torrey's topic)

La 3:22 23 "The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. They are new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness."

 
Spurgeon: "So great that there has never been an exception. Our God has had billions of people to deal with through the ages. Yet there does not stand under heaven’s cover, or above the stars, or in hell itself a single soul who can say that God is not absolutely faithful."

God remains faithful
If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. 2Ti 2:13

Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. 1Th 5:24 (Spurgeon's devotional)

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful Heb 10:23

Ps 77:8 Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end forever?
Spurgeon: "When you are in distress, take a promise and see if it is true. If you have nothing to eat, take this promise: “Bread will be given him, his water will be sure” (Is33:16). When there is nothing in the kitchen, say, “I will see if God will keep this promise.” If He does, do not forget it. Set it down in your diary, or mark it in your Bible. Be like the old saint who put T and P beside the promises. She told her pastor that it meant tried and proven. When she was again in distress, she believed that God would help."

GOD IS JEALOUS OF US

Unwilling to share what is rightfully His

God = jealous God
"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD Thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, Ex 20:5 (cf 3 uses in Deut)

Nahum 1:2 A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is avenging & wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries & He reserves wrath for His enemies." Spurgeon "Believer, your Lord is jealous of your love. Did He choose you? Then He cannot bear that you would choose another. Did He buy you with His own blood? Then He cannot endure that you would think you are your own or that you belong to this world. He loved you with such a love that He would sooner die than you should perish. He cannot endure anything standing between Him and your heart’s love."

God's name is "Jealous"

You shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, Whose name is Jealous (Qanna'), is a jealous God Ex 34:14

See also Dt 32:16,21 1Ki 14:22 Ps 78:58 Ezek 8:3 16:38,42 23:25 36:5 38:19



"Jealous" does not refer to the shallow human emotion, but speaks of God's intolerance to divided loyalty by those who are in Covenant with Him. What "gods" are you "flirting" with? (cf Js 4:4,4:5 1Jn 2:15, 16 17, Gal 6:7, 6:8)

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

Dependence on God

Distortion of God’s Love Leads to Problems

Learn Dependence on God and The Benefits of Dependence on God

Our relationship with God is distorted whenever we don’t understand the Gospel in what God did for us through Jesus. 

We should not look at salvation as a way to escape hell. It should be looked at as a relationship with God through Jesus. When we look at salvation as a free ticket to Heaven, the results are as follows:

• Continuing to live independently of God
• Neglecting the relationship He wants us to enjoy now and
• Looking to life’s circumstances and others for our happiness.

Living dependent on God

Isaiah 11:1-5

Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. And He will delight in fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear; But with righteousness, He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips, He will slay the wicked. Also, righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist. (Isaiah 11:1-5, NASB).

As we depend upon the Spirit of God,
He effectively leads us closer to Himself
and makes our lives more fruitful.

Purpose

To make us more conscious of God's will and increasingly dependent upon the Holy Spirit in all we do.

We look to God in faith as totally dependent on him. We need to be self-sufficient. We trust him to provide our needs and guide us in life. Knowing that an all-powerful God is looking out for us, we have day-to-day security. He knows our needs better than we know, whether for daily bread or emergency assistance. We do not need to worry because Dad will take care of us.

We have confidence and courage. We can preach with boldness, without fear of persecution. Even though we may be killed, we do not fear, for we have a Dad no one can take away from us.

We can face our trials with optimism. Our Dad allows difficulties to discipline us so we will be better in the long run (Hebrews 12:5-11). We are confident that he works in our lives and will not disown us.

The key is how much we yield our lives to the wonderful Spirit of God. After all, we have been trained to live with our eyes, ears, and minds all our lives.

When a person is spirit–dependent, he will live life differently. He lives in communion with the Father, knowing his identity is in God and not man. How many perform for man to get your needs met but never does.
Second, living dependent is an incredible experience of feeling loved, His presence of love, knowing you are protected by hearing his voice, and Him sharing the most intimate things with you.

When there are distorted views of God’s love, this still drives you to be independent from God and in performance to man. When God loves and accepts you for who you are. See the video for depending on God verses and scroll down below. 

When you believe what took place on the cross for you, it changes (transforms you) to a higher life of peace and joy experiencing God. You know you can trust Him in all circumstances and won’t give into the enemy's lies when things go wrong. God strengthens you during hard times.

Total Dependence on God Sermon Video

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

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Biblical Scriptures - God's Love for us

His love for us

"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16

"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life." Romans 5:8-10

"Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 8:37-39

"Whom have I in heaven but You?

And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.

My flesh and my heart fail;

But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

"In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." 1 John 4:9-11

"...humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brethren that are in the world.

"But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever." 1 Peter 5:6-11

See also Conversion: Born again into the Body of Christ

His love in us

"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:5-8

"...that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory..." Ephesians 3:17-21

"Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails." 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

His love through us

"...that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head -- Christ...." Ephesians 4:14-15

"And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you." Ephesians 4:32

“I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

“...if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. ... But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

“Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.

“...And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the plank in your own eye?" Luke 6:27-41

"Convince, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things..." 2 Timothy 4:2-5

"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work." 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

"To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Revelation 1:5-6

His love forever!

"I have set the Lord always before me;

Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;

My flesh also will rest in hope. ...

You will show me the path of life;

In Your presence is fullness of joy;

At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore." Psalm 16:8-9, 11

How to find peace with god

If you have not been saved or doubt your salvation, please watch the video receive Christ in your life and allow Him to wash you clean. Going to church does not get you saved. You must deliberately ask Jesus into your heart.

Step #1 You Must Believe in Jesus

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:31

Step #2 You Must Confess Your Sins

You must acknowledge that you are a sinner and you want Jesus to wash your sins away. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

Step #3 You Must Repent (Turn away from your sins)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15

Step #4 You Must Confess Jesus Before Men

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

Step #5 You Must Accept the Gift of Salvation

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation 2 Corinthians 6:2

A Statement of Confession   

Dear Heavenly Father,

I come in the Name of Jesus. I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, into this world to die and for raising Him from the dead so that I can have everlasting life.

I recognize Jesus as my Savior and as the Lord of my life. I repent of my sins and I forgive those who have wronged me. I believe in my heart and I will confess openly my belief in Jesus. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life.

I receive this gift by faith, In Jesus' name, Amen

"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents that over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." -Jesus

Traci Morin
Touch of God International Ministries of Healing and Deliverance - Setting the Captives Free

I Love You From God

The Father's Love Letters - I Love You From God that I sent my son to die for you

how to find peace with god

If you have not been saved or doubt your salvation, then please watch a video receive Christ in your life, and allow Him to wash you clean. Going to church does not get you saved. You must deliberately ask Jesus into your heart. $$$$

Step #1 You Must Believe in Jesus

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:31

Step #2 You Must Confess Your Sins

You must acknowledge that you are a sinner and you want Jesus to wash your sins away. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

Step #3 You Must Repent (Turn away from your sins)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15

Step #4 You Must Confess Jesus Before Men

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

Step #5 You Must Accept the Gift of Salvation

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation 2 Corinthians 6:2

Dear Heavenly Father,

I come in the Name of Jesus. I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, into this world to die and for raising Him from the dead so that I can have everlasting life.

I recognize Jesus as my Savior and as the Lord of my life. I repent of my sins and forgive those who have wronged me. I believe in my heart and will confess my belief in Jesus openly. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life.

I receive this gift by faith; in Jesus' name, Amen.

"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." -Jesus.

God's love for you scriptures:

John 3:16

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

1 John 4:9-12

By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has beheld God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.

John 13:34-35

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. "By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."

Romans 5:8

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us

Romans 8:37-39

But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Galatians 2:20

"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.

Psalm 37:28

For the LORD loves justice, And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever; But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off.

Proverbs 8:17

"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me.

Deuteronomy 7:9

"Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments;

1 John 3:1

See how great a love the Father has bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

By Coach Teresa Morin - Anxious2Victorious Women 12-week program, or

Touch of God International Ministries - a Christian Healing and Deliverance Ministry - Setting the Captives Free from curses

We Are Created to Be A Friend of God

Be Transformed by Renewing Your Mind

The Good News

Through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we have a relationship with God the Father. Jesus was sent because the Father knew no man can be perfect, so he sent his son to forgive us of ALL our sins and live a meaningful life of joy and peace.

Unfortunately, many of us have been hurt, betrayed, and used by others and still live miserable and defeated lives without peace and joy.

Our belief system still controls how we live, think, feel, and choose. Today is the first step to change this corrupt belief system.

We Were Created to Be a Friend of God

Finding Peace in God

We are complete only when we are in a relationship with God:

• The man was created to have an intimate love relationship with His Creator. Matt. 22:37; John 15:9, 13
• The man was created in God's image to know and enjoy God. Gen. 1:27; Pslam 16:11
• The man was designed to live dependent upon God. John 15:5
• Man was created to contain God's very life and live by that life. John 10:10

But somehow, many of us believed the lie causing tragic separation in man's relationship with God.... but this did not stop God from loving us.  He will never stop loving you, saved or not saved.

The only difference between being saved and not saved is that if you are saved, you become a child of God, a royal priesthood, and loved with everlasting love.  Most of all, you get all the benefits and promises and escape eternal death and torment. Not only that, you receive the Love of God through what Jesus demonstrated on the Cross.



Satan is the one who keeps you separated from God by reminding you who hurt you or tries to get you to blame God for your misfortunes. 

Remember the story of Adam and Eve!  What caused her to eat from the tree?  Was it because Satan made her believe that God was holding back on her?  Isn't Satan the accuser of us, God, and others?

His purpose is to get you to believe lies to keep you separated and not fulfill your destiny or the high purposes God has for you.

Their sin separated them from the love of God, but God never stopped loving them and made a way through his son. 

We were all born spiritually dead and separated from God.  When we learn about Jesus and invite Him in our hearts, then we are no longer separated, but the lies we believe from Satan do separate us from the truth.



You see, God took it upon Himself to restore our relationship with Him through his son.  He planned to restore us to a right relationship with Him.  Eph. 2:4-5

Thank goodness, through Jesus Christ, he gave us life as a payment for the sins of the whole world through Jesus Christ. His perfect sacrifice satisfied the Father because the Father God of Heaven wants a relationship with you. 

2 Corinthians 5:19 "To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation."

Through Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, God has forgiven us when we invite Jesus into our hearts.  When we fall short, we have access to the son for our forgiveness of sin.

Col. 2:13-14 "13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses;

14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;

It is a free gift to all who will receive the Son through believing and trusting in Jesus.

John 3:17-18 "17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.  18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
Through this, we are deeply and unconditionally loved by God.

You might have grown up in a conditional loved home, but your Heavenly Father loves you unconditionally.  You do not have to work or perform for his love.  He loves you just for who you are.  Remember, He created you, and you are made in His image.  Rom. 5:8

God totally and completely accepts you.  This means he accepts you just for who you are.  That means he receives us to Himself with pleasure and responds to us kindly.

how to find peace with god

If you have not been saved or doubt your salvation, then please watch the video to receive Christ in your life and allow Him to wash you clean. Going to church does not get you saved. You must deliberately ask Jesus into your heart.

Step #1 You Must Believe in Jesus

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." Acts 16:31

Step #2 You Must Confess Your Sins

You must acknowledge that you are a sinner and you want Jesus to wash your sins away. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9

Step #3 You Must Repent (Turn away from your sins)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:23 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel. Mark 1:15

Step #4 You Must Confess Jesus Before Men

If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Romans 10:9-10

Step #5 You Must Accept the Gift of Salvation

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: John 1:12

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation 2 Corinthians 6:2

Dear Heavenly Father,

I come in the Name of Jesus. I thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, into this world to die and for raising Him from the dead so that I can have everlasting life.

I recognize Jesus as my Savior and as the Lord of my life. I repent of my sins and forgive those who have wronged me. I believe in my heart and will confess my belief in Jesus openly. Thank you for forgiving me of my sins and giving me eternal life.

I receive this gift by faith, in Jesus' name, Amen.

"I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance." - Jesus.

By: Traci Morin
Touch of God International Ministries of Healing and Deliverance - Setting the Captives FREE from bondage and sin.