Psalms 44:3-4 says – For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

If you can turn into your bibles and start to read Mark 2: 1-11, we can secretly gaze into the full filling of Psalms 44.  There are four men that are carrying a paralytic man to Jesus. Knowing, if they can give him an audience with Jesus, everything will change. Yet they are not able to get into the house, because there was no room to receive them.  The four men went up on top of the house and tore the roof off and let down the twisted man in the presence of Jesus. This action or scene caused Jesus’ Love to be extended, to free a man that could not have free himself nor enter into any purpose or promises that God had for him. It is interesting that four men carried him into the face of Jesus. For in our Bible, there are four gospels that do the same for man kind. The gospels will get above anything that exalts itself above the knowledge of God and tear it down, only to place man in the face of Jesus to supernaturally comprehend the unmeasurable forgiveness and love of God that heals and washes all sin that mars and twists man’s life. We could say, the paralytic did not and could not gain possession of the land with his own power or sword, but by God’s right hand, His arm, and the light of His countenance.  God commanded a victory for one of Jacobs descendants that day. He enter into the true promise land – Jesus Christ. This is what God wants to do for all men!  To give freely man’s true life back that has been stolen and marred. Jesus fulfilled Psalms 44 that day.

Prov 12:25 Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression,
But a good word makes it glad.
One of the hidden powers in encouragement is the Spirit of deliverance. Once the power of a good word comes out of the mouth and lands on a persons mind, it envelopes the demonic power that is currently ruling, causing the spirit and mind of the person to be supernaturally translated within the Spirit of the Kingdom of God. It removes the person from the nature of the underworld,  into the upper nature of the Kingdom of God, which is Righteousness, peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. Deliver some one today! Give a good word to those in darkness and watch God silently move on their behalf! Time to make the world a place of Gladness!

Today, men and women are painfully trying to make themselves better in order to fulfill their subconscious that quietly says, “You are inadequate.” “You are nothing without producing something great in your life.”  This type of mentality is a curse from the garden that causes man to bring forth fruit by the sweat and torment of the condemning carnal mind that is against God. (Romans 8:7) At the end of people’s lives, they have produced fruit or significance on the earth, but the years of the inward beating of self negative thoughts and words, leave their soul crippled and their bodies completely worn and damaged.   I understand that we have work that is required in this life, but the way, and how we are doing works is what I am wanting to touch on. I believe when man awakens to God’s true design, he will transform from “sweat and torment,” to rest and mental greatness, causing him to produce fruit without mental anguish.  You see, God would not make man insignificant or ugly. He would make man great and beautiful. He would make him like Himself – in His image.  This is what Satan hated and envied in the beginning, because man received what Satan couldn’t have – the full nature and power of God.  The full nature of “Love.” So Satan deceived them to think they had to do something or change their God given way of living in order to be like God, causing them to mar God’s perfection that he had form on the earth, “man.” If Satan could get man to mar himself, man would mar the earth, people, and their own individual surroundings.  This is what is going on today. Don’t take the bait of Satan today.  End it for life. God has made us like Him. It is just “believing” Christ that will cause everything that He is or who you are within, to awaken.  Jesus tried to tell us in –

John 6:29″This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

Believing in Christ awakens the works of God and puts to death the deadly works of man.  God wants to work with and for man.  His plans for us are much better than what we have designed for our life. We have not been aware that the works of God is not only us working with God, but God working for us – Ephesians 3:20-21
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, 21 to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever.

Jesus proved this scripture by coming and doing great things for man. Even to the point of death. He loves us. Jesus loves us the way He would want us to love Him. He fullfilled His own words in -  Luke 6:31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

Awaken to the plans God has for you. They are better than yours!

1. One of man’s calling is not to lead people to Jesus Christ, but to discern where people are in their lives and help nudge them closer to Jesus.  In other words, we just start taking time to love people as they are.

2.People are saved by Jesus not us.  One of the natures of man is to cultivate the earth and love His people. Jesus is the way, not man. No one can come to the Father except through Jesus.

Example – John 14:6 – Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

3. One of the statements God said to me was, “Brad, you love them with the love that I gave you and let me save them.”

Example – Matt 22:37-40 – “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’  38 This is the first and great commandment.  39 And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’  40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

4. Not everybody that you will encounter is ready to be led to Jesus.  Like the growth of a plant in the earth, first the blade, then the head, and lastly, the full grain. We are called to cultivate and water lives with God’s love.

Example – Mark 4:28-29For the earth yields crops by itself: first the blade, then the head, after that the full grain in the head.  But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

5.The enemy will take the good works of God and make it a “must do” tradition.  Leaving man pressured and subconsciously thinking he must do the works of God first, and love afterward. The enemy knows that this formulated system steals the true love of Christ in man. Leaving him fruitless and always disappointed. The system steals the power within man kind. Love is God’s power. If man ever starts loving first again, power will break out, miracles, healing, and salvation will erupt. The enemy will begin to be pulled down.

Example – Rev 2:2-6
“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;  3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.  4 Nevertheless I have this against you, that you have left your first love.  5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works, or else I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place — unless you repent.  6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

John 4:19  We love, because He first loved us.
Man can’t expect full return in his life unless he invest first. Jesus did it first. We are his return. Love first and you will get it all.

We want to thank everyone for coming out to the SOS meeting Friday night. It was fun! We were able to exercise some of the things that God has given us.

The following are a few notes from the meeting that you may want to have: Blessings!

1. Jesus came to mirror man’s true supernatural abilities that was given to him from the foundation of the  earth.

2. By beholding Jesus, man is transformed, and the treasure that was placed in him starts to be revealed.

3. Mark 4:35-41 – Crossing Over to the other side.

4. When storms arise, it is only confirming that you are crossing over to another place in your life with God.

5. Man has subconsciously been taught by the spirit of this world to allow his or geographical, or spiritual surroundings and circumstances to govern his actions and spirit within. Causing him to respond as

6. Man’s true nature within, which is Christ, can govern his surrounding circumstances.

7. Most of the time, man will respond through the nature and foundation of the world’s kingdom “Fear” than through the foundation of the Kingdom of God. The Prince of Peace.

Example – Rom 14:17-18 – Its through the attitude of Heaven instead of hell.for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.     For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

8. Man has basically been taught that it is normal for the power of the air to rule our minds or attitudes.

Examples – Anger, accusation, unforgiveness, fear, worry, doubt, etc. All of the attitudes of the flesh.

Ex. When fear comes or sudden terror – Our spirits becomes one with it, then we become fearful or then panic. Man becomes what he beholds or entertains the most.

9. Mark 14:25-32 – Peter not only walked on God’s word, but when he believed and put works to God’s word, the word became flesh. For a moment, Peter was possessed by the word. For a moment Peter became like the Lord, and creation not only was supporting the Lord, but also had to support Peter. For he was transformed as a Lord as well. Peter became like Jesus.

Example – 2 Cor 3:18 – But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.

10. God is more concern who we become than just what we do in life.

11. When Mary gave way to the Lord’s word it became flesh within. She then gave birth to what she believed- Jesus. We can too.

Remember – John 6:63- It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.

When God speaks or ask you to do something, don’t let the old nature that just creates storms of fear and unbelief rule in your mind. Believe in the new nature that God has placed in you. For a while, don’t go by your feelings or fear, but by faith.

Man cannot not truly be or give life while focusing on the enemy. Keep your eye on the true Goal

Man lives by encouragement and he slowly dies without it – angry, depressed, discouraged, etc. If man is condemning and accusing himself, he is also condemning God. For whatever we do to man or to ourselves we do to God. (Matt 25:40) Today, encourage yourself, for God is proud of you, for He made you through His inspirational thoughts and love. You came to His mind and He was overwhelmed with love, and created you for this day and age. Today, live, and cause someone to do the same:)Proverbs 18:21 Speak life over yourself and someone you come in contact with today.

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Isaiah 35:3-4  Strengthen the weak hands, And make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted,”Be strong, do not fear!  Behold, your God will come with vengeance, With the recompense of God; He will come and save you.”

There are days in the life of man where his walk on the road of life seems to become discouraging and weak, making his mind think as though He cannot make it any further without having God move supernaturally to strengthen his faith (knees).  His carnal mind starts to say within, that if he was just supernaturally stirred, it would cause him to get up and to run the race of life in great power.  This is the greatest lie that the enemy can use with man.  Because, most of the time, God will not move. Not because He doesn’t want too or He is a bad God, but because Christ has already been given within to partner with man to walk a supernatural overcoming life. If God does move at times for man in this situation, it is only to jump start us to walk on our own with the power that He has given us already.  Man has been given the supernatural ability to run the race and not grow weary. He has within himself God’s power to rise up, strengthen his feeble knees (faith) and run.   Once man decides to believe that greater is He within himself than he that is in the world, he begins to wake up to the old ancient power called, “Christ in us,” running and never fainting within his mind. He then will become “The” movements of God on the earth as it is in heaven.  This type of walk will cause God to come and manifest  Himself. If man walks as God on the earth as He is in heaven, God will come, appear, and confirm Himself on the earth.  He has too.  As He did with Jesus, He will do with man as well.

Let’s not lay there and listen to the carnal mind and wait for God to stir like the man did at the pool of Bethesda in John 5.  Hear the Spirit or word of God say to us as he spoke through Jesus, “Rise up, take up your bed and walk.” In other words, what Jesus was really trying to say to man – “Stop waiting and walk! You have the faith within to believe in Me and in what I have given you from the foundation of the world!” “Run and not be weary!” “You can do it as I did!” He is calling out, “Man!”  “You can do greater things than I did!”

Strengthen your feeble knees and believe again! You are He on earth as He is in Heaven! Just believe and you will see!