What is the key to truly understanding?  We all have ears, and if we are NOT deaf, we listen, but many say, “That does NOT make any sense to me!” Is HEARING different than listening? Around a lake, a large crowd gathered. From a boat, Jesus spoke the parable of the Farmer and the seed. His disciples asked, “Why do you speak in parables? ” Jesus made them scratch their heads again when He said, “Whoever has been given more will have abundance. Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given (to those with an earnest seeking heart) but not to THEM.” ❤️  More of what exactly? UNDERSTANDING. We have been set apart from THEM!  Those folks see, but not spiritually. Those folks hear, but not spiritually. They do NOT understand, and this fulfills Isaiah prophecy. “You will be ever hearing but never understanding.” Matthew 13:9-13 ❤️ They all had ears. Jesus stated, “Whoever has ears, let them hear!” Why didn’t all understand? Faith comes by hearing the Word of God. Understanding comes by faith in Jesus. Romans 3 “All mankind is under the POWER of SIN. There is no one righteous, NOT EVEN ONE; there is no one who UNDERSTANDS.” The Spirit of God gives understanding.

Proverbs 4:5 “Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget My words or turn away from them.” Do you desire to know the secrets of heaven? Lord, open my ears to hear what the Spirit is saying. Open my eyes to see what You are currently doing, right here and right now so I can praise You. Why “Rejoice Always?” Because God is ever with us. In that crowd, and on this crowded planet, there are some who sport a robe of righteousness, and some wear a uniform, a mere form of godliness.  Some attend church with a half-hearted interest. Others attend expecting to hear a personal word from God.  Some sing praise but deny the power of God. Some folks attend out of duty,  some as critics, but many to worship God. Some sneak in with a scoffing spirit. Jesus read every motive of heart in the crowd that day, and He still reads our inner man today. He spoke in parables that could only be discerned by a spirit that is touched by His Spirit. The blessed and the cursed gather to just superficially listen, others hear the joy in the supernatural.  In the crowd, a few had ears to hear and be taught the secrets of heaven from the knowledge of God. Our body, mind, and spirit were created with a seed of faith along with the freedom to choose Jesus as Lord, or not.

PRAY with a genuine fear and respect for God and His ways.  Be amazed at His surprising timing and His intervention in your life. Our heavenly Father is mighty and not shy to enter where He is invited.  OPEN your mind to see and walk in the FULLNESS of Who God is.  He gave us the creation truth. He spoke and by His word all things were made. All is recorded in the book of Genesis to astonish us.  In the beginning of the book of Matthew, the heritage of Jesus is laid out in detail. All the Gospels record all the miracles Jesus performed.  At the end of this age, during this glorious dispensation of time, be ready to be used by God to perform and witness even greater miracles!

Expect to see wonders, and anticipate your prayers to be answered quickly.  The words you speak have great power to manifest miracles. Don’t limit God with doubt. Speak blessings that overwhelm the recipient with expectation for a miracle. God shows His great  resurrection power and mercy upon whomever He chooses. Our Father knows exactly what He said He would accomplish through His willing servants. His  will is done through our obedience. The world is different than when God walked the earth in the physical body of Jesus. 

God has never changed, but the world has.  Expect to see God move in ways this world has never seen.  His servants will do the greater things by the SPIRIT of GOD. This is the season to seek God personally for your role in His plan. Sit still before His open book, the Bible. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you through the Scriptures for a personal assignment.  Allow God to line out everything before you and ahead of you. Sit and listen to what the Spirit is saying. Daniel 12:6 “One of them said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long will it be before these astonishing things are fulfilled?” Soon.

The astonishing things the Body of Christ has read about for years are now unfolding. We are the generation God chose, to never pass away. In the blink of an eye, in the midst of a twinkle, we will all be transformed to sport our one-size fits all glorified body.  Look around and praise God for the condition of this world. In order for Jesus to return, the Father said it must be this way.  Be very FOCUSED.  Do not discount or dismiss the nudge the Spirit gives you. God has all His power invested in His people. He  moves in mysterious ways, in tiny increments through us, and in LARGER ways than we anticipate.  His FULLNESS is in the Holy Spirit.  There is a GREATNESS and a GRANDNESS in WHO God is in His collected Body of Servants.  He is busy making all things new in us. He has given eyes to see things differently. He will startle and He will fascinate us with a fresh new outpouring of His anointing.  Watch as God astounds the world.  EXPECT God to be WHO He is in response to your prayers.  Therefore, be delighted to pray and be His chosen Ambassador of personal great grace.

“I will be GLAD and REJOICE in YOU; I will sing the praises of YOUR name, O Most High.” Psalm 9:2 ❤️ As David responded to forgiveness with praises to God, we, too, will be moved to worship when we have come before Christ in true confession and repentance. “To love God with all your heart, with all your UNDERSTANDING and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Mark 12:33 ❤️

What about the gift of the righteousness of Jesus? How does His abundance of grace transfer into us? By walking in His Spirit, are we striding along with the Father in righteousness?  Does His Spirit automatically renew our minds? We were once spiritually blind, but then God gifted us His Spirit. Why?  In order that our dormant spirit, would come alive in Christ, with ears to hear what His Spirit is saying.  Submitted to the Spirit, we understand all things spiritually. “How much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!” Romans 5:17  Submitting is key.

“For you have been born again [that is, reborn from above—spiritually renewed, transformed, and set apart for His purpose] not of seed which is perishable but [from that which is] imperishable and immortal, that is, through the living and everlasting word of God.” 1 Peter 1:23 Amplified Only after being reborn in our spirit by His Spirit do we become imperishable.

Why is prayer important? God determined that the power of prayer was so valued that this inspired word was recorded by James. “The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.” As God clothed us with His righteousness, to be encouraged by this living Word — our Father’s intent is to encourage us to ask Him and receive His best. Our prayers go far beyond what we can see and comprehend. Our words ascend to the glorious throne room of God! Just pause and consider that God is listening to every prayer, each question posed, all crys, simultaneously. While driving a car, He is there, hoping we engage with Him. Turning our awareness to His holy Presence, when we invite Him to give us advice, He smiles like any Dad does.

Our posture of humility, or gaiety, are both welcome! Philippians 4:8-9 “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, noble, is right, is pure, is lovely, is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—THINK about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into PRACTICE. And the GOD of PEACE will be with you.” Paul practiced talking to God about everything. What was Paul thinking about? Jesus, truth Himself, pure, noble, right and lovely. Prayer is a two-way form of personal communication. We speak, and we wait upon the Lord.  His Spirit may cause us to twinkle within with a gentle nudge, a vision, or a word.

Walk in the Spirit with the mind of Christ. Operating in the Spirit, His Spirit will connect with the spirit of the one God places in your life. Detecting the condition of the heart and spirit, He gives the appropriate word. Jesus gave Nicodemus a word about Baptism.  Jesus gave a word about living water to the Samaritan at the well. Every word Jesus gave was appropriate according to what His Spirit detected in the one listening. Sermon on the Mount was for all. Word to Peter “God gave you revelation of Who I am.”

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Revelation 20:4 John saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These tribulation saints had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands.  They CAME TO LIFE and REIGNED with CHRIST a THOUSAND YEARS. This is the #1 Resurrection. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. BLESSED and HOLY are THOSE who share in the #1 Resurrection. ● The SECOND DEATH (for all the deluded) has NO POWER over them, but they WILL BE PRIESTS of GOD and of CHRIST and will REIGN with HIM for a 1,000 YEARS.

When the 1,000 years are over, SATAN will be released from his prison and will GO OUT TO DECEIVE the NATIONS in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—and to GATHER THEM for BATTLE. In NUMBER they are LIKE the SAND on the SEASHORE. (deluded people) And the DEVIL, who DECEIVED them, was THROWN into the LAKE of BURNING SULFUR, where the BEAST and the FALSE PROPHET HAD been THROWN. They will BE TORMENTED day and night for EVER and EVER.

Then I saw a great WHITE THRONE and HIM who was seated on it. The EARTH and the HEAVENS FLED from HIS PRESENCE, and there was no place for them. JOHN saw the dead, GREAT and SMALL, STANDING before the THRONE, and BOOKS were OPENED. Another book was opened, which is the BOOK of LIFE.

The DEAD were JUDGED according to what they had DONE as RECORDED in the BOOKS. ● The SEA GAVE UP the DEAD IN SIN that WERE in it, and DEATH and HADES GAVE up the DEAD that were in them, and EACH PERSON was JUDGED according to what they had done. ● Then DEATH and HADES were THROWN into the LAKE of FIRE. ●  The LAKE of FIRE is the SECOND DEATH. ●  Anyone WHOSE NAME was NOT found written in the BOOK of LIFE was THROWN into the LAKE of FIRE.” Why to pray for God’s eternal forgiveness?  Fire.

AFTER REPENTANCE David wrote. “Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me;  Lord, be my help. You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing YOUR praises and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise you forever.” Psalm 30:10-12 “For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. He chose our inheritance for us. God has ascended amid shouts of joy,  the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.” Psalm 47:2-8