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July 2020 "Dearly Beloved" Articles

Dearly Beloved 07/31/20 "Such Grace!"

Such Grace!
Dearly beloved of God, after God has shown us such grace in Christ, how does He ask us to live?
We are not to be conformed to the progressively evil ideas of our times, by the world’s constantly changing fashions, and the insane standards of this age.
Instead, we are to be transformed by the renewing of our minds so that we can prove the good pleasure of the Father’s will in our lives. His Will is good, well pleasing, and perfect.
We are to think and believe according to His Will. He determined the standard that we are to believe.
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Dearly Beloved 07/29/20 "The Son Made the Father Known"

The Son Made the Father Known
Dearly beloved of God, no one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared Him [See John 1:18].
How did Jesus Christ declare God? He spoke the words his Father gave him to speak, and he did nothing of himself; he did the works his Father gave him to do. He did not come to do his own will, but the will of the Father Who sent him.
Jesus spoke the words His Father gave him to speak. Let’s consider his testimony.
“For he [Jesus Christ] whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for the Spirit [God] does not give [Ellipsis: the words of God] by measure unto him. John 3:34
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Dearly Beloved 07/28/20 "Our Times"

Our Times
Dearly beloved of God, we live in times that call evil good, and good evil; that puts darkness for light, and light for darkness; that puts bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Woe unto them that justify the wicked with a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
You would think this was written today, but it was written by Isaiah, the prophet of the LORD over 600 years before Christ.
What is the solution for devilish times like ours?
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Dearly Beloved 07/27/20 "The Battle is the LORD'S"

The Battle is the LORD’S
Dearly beloved of God, the Father tells us to be strong in the Lord, in his strength to prevail.
We are to put on the whole armor of God so that we are able to stand against the strategies of the devil. He has a game plan and as the children of God we wrestle against the wicked spirits under his direction.
Take up the whole armor of God, so you are able to resist these evil things in the day of the wicked, and having done all, to stand.
What makes up the armor of God?
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Dearly Beloved 07/26/20 "His Resurrection and Our Salvation"

His Resurrection and Our Salvation
Dearly beloved of God, why is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead so pivotal?
Jesus Christ is the only man in history to be resurrected by God out from all the others who have ever died. He is alive forevermore. He is the firstborn from the dead.
God marked out Jesus Christ as His Son by his resurrection from the dead. The resurrection was God’s validation that he was indeed the Son of God.
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Dearly Beloved 07/25/20 "Death and Resurrection"

Death and Resurrection
Dearly beloved of God, there are sixty-five scriptures in the Word of God that reveal that dead people are in the state of death. The Word of God teaches that they will remain in the state of death until the Lord Jesus Christ raises them to life at his coming.
Our hope is in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ who will deliver us from death.
The wealth of God’s Word reveals that God gave the Lord Jesus Christ the power to raise the dead to life again when he returns. He is the only one that God has given this vast power over death.
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Dearly Beloved 07/24/20 "Don't Believe Your Lying Eyes"

Don’t Believe Your Lying Eyes
Dearly beloved of God, our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, the authorities, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirits of wickedness in the heavenly realm.
The thing is, to the natural man and the carnal Christian it looks like we wrestle against people. The senses are easily deceived; don’t believe your lying eyes.
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Dearly Beloved 07/23/20 "Take His Word For It"

Take His Word For It
Dearly beloved of God, from the new birth to our hope of glory we have God’s Word that all of it will come to pass as He has spoken. He does not lie as men do. He is trustworthy and His Word is true and faithful. We can take His Word for it.
Our Father comforts and encourages us with His every Word. He works in us by His spirit and gives us messages from His heart to ours in believers meetings to lift us up on high.
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Dearly Beloved 7/22/20 "God's Assurance"

God’s Assurance
Dearly beloved of God, we have our Heavenly Father’s assurance of both current treasures and treasures that He will show us in eternity.
Since we have confessed Jesus as Lord, and believed that God raised him from the dead, we are saved. We have God’s Word on it, His assurance.
Both in our walks before our Heavenly Father today, and after the Lord Jesus Christ returns to gather us up to him and we partake of eternal realities, our Father assures us of His great love for us, of His loving kindness and His tender mercies toward us in Christ Jesus. They are timeless.
He sealed us with His spirit for the inheritance in Christ, and His spirit bears witness to our inner being that we are His children right now today. He assures us of it.
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Dearly Beloved 7/19/20 "Our God and Father"

Our God and Father
Dearly beloved of God, these are not just words in a greeting, they express God’s heart toward His children.
The first Church Epistle calls us the “beloved of God, called to be saints.”
Just think, God took people who were dead in sin, without God and without hope – His enemies – and made us His beloved and holy ones. What a privileged standing we have before Him.
The One True and Living God is now our God, and furthermore He is our Father because we were born of His spirit.
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Dearly Beloved 7/18/20 "All by the Grace of God"

All by the Grace of God
Dearly beloved of God, since you confessed Jesus as Lord and believed that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. You are born again of God’s spirit, and you are a child of God.
When the Lord Jesus Christ returns to gather together the Church you will be included in that wonderful gathering up to meet him in the air, whether you are living at that time, or you have fallen asleep.
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Dearly Beloved 7/17/20 "Crisis Mode"

Crisis Mode
Dearly beloved of God, what do we rely on when we are confronted with a crisis?
Take Jairus for example, he had only one daughter. She was about twelve years old, and she was at home dying.
Jairus sought Jesus’ help and while they spoke, one from his house came to Jairus and said to him, “Your daughter is dead; trouble not the Master.”
Jesus said, “Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.” Put yourself in Jairus’ shoes. What would you do?
The circumstances were dire indeed, but Jesus had presented an alternative to Jairus in this crisis: “Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.”
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Dearly Beloved 7/16/20 "You Are Never Alone"

You Are Never Alone
Dearly beloved of God, you are never alone; the Father is with you, and He will never leave you or ever forsake you. You are His dearly beloved and highly favored child. Rejoice!
As we walk with Him, we will have fullness of joy. We are always in His presence and under His watchful care. We can cast our cares upon Him because He cares for us.
Our prayers are His delight, dearly beloved. Go to Him and speak freely with Him having confidence; He made it available to us in Christ.
His throne of grace is open to us so that we can receive His timely help. Take advantage of your special relationship of sonship with the Father, dearly beloved, and utilize your privileged access to Him.
We have better lines of communication with Him than we have with one another on our phones or on the internet. He is reliable, a great communicator, and the reception is clear and understandable.
We have His Word and we are born of His spirit, the spirit of sonship. We are fully equipped to live a victorious life in Christ that is more than abundant.
He will not withhold anything good from us, dearly beloved. He knows what He made available to us in Christ. We are the ones that must believe what is available to us in Christ.
We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God and not us. Live unto the praise of His glory as the son of God you are. You are His dearly beloved and highly favored child.
Remember, you are never alone, or forsaken. You live in the presence of God your Father; in fact, you are His dwelling place by the spirit.

Dearly Beloved 7/15/20 "Abraham and You"

Abraham and You
Dearly beloved of God, Abraham did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief; he was strong in believing, giving glory to God, and being fully persuaded that what He God had promised, He was able also to perform.
Abraham was as human as we are. If there was a difference between him and any other person, it was that he did not stagger at the promise of God. He did not doubt or waver; he was convinced beyond a shadow of doubt. He was fully persuaded that what God promised, God was able to perform.
“Abraham believed God, and it [his believing God] was accounted to him for righteousness.” Romans 4:3
He did not waver between two opinions; God’s Word was God’s Will as far as Abraham was concerned. He was fully persuaded.
When we do not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, we are fully persuaded, we are convinced beyond any shadow of doubt. “It is written” settles the Will of God as far as we are concerned.
What God addressed to us in the scriptures, He meant, and since He meant what He said, He is equally able to perform it, also. God is able and willing to perform every Word He has spoken.
Do not stagger at the promise of God in unbelief, dearly beloved, be fully persuaded and believe God at His Word.
We walk with God by believing, by believing what He says. As we believe God, He will account our believing for justness as He did for Abraham. God had this written so that we can learn this vital lesson.
We believe God at His Word, and He accounts what He has promised to us. This is how God works so that it might be by His grace and not by our works.
God is glorified as He performs what He has promised. We live unto the praise of His glory as we walk by believing Him.

Dearly Beloved 7/13/20 "God is Dependable So Depend on Him"

God is Dependable so Depend on Him
Dearly beloved of God, as sons of God we must learn to depend on God’s dependability; He is faithful that promised.
Every single one of the believers we read of in Hebrews 11 depended on God’s dependability. I dare say that we have not lived in such treacherous times as these men and women lived in, yet they depended on God’s dependability and He delivered them.
Our God is able and willing to perform His promises in our lives as He did in theirs. He is faithful that promised, dearly beloved. They depended on God, they trusted in Him.
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Dearly Beloved 7/12/20 "Blessed Assurance"

Blessed Assurance
Dearly beloved of God, when people speak of “hope” they commonly speak of it as something in the future that is questionable, or uncertain like a wish.
For example, they “hope” to have good weather during their vacation, or they"hope" they are hired for a particular job.
God does not speak of things He has subjected in hope in the same way that people speak of hope. Hope is believing that God will perform His Word concerning future realities. It is the expectation of something future.
Hebrews 6:19
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
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Dearly Beloved 7/11/20 "Unto the Praise of His Glory"

Unto the Praise of His Glory
Dearly beloved of God, forget those things which are behind, and stretch forward unto those things which are ahead; press toward the mark for the prize of the upward calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Paul had a past like everyone else, a past that was probably much worse than yours.
Paul made havoc of the church. He went house to house dragging God’s people off to prison. He persecuted God’s people unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. He imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on the Lord Jesus. He consented to Stephen’s death. He described himself as “chief sinner.”
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Dearly Beloved 7/10/20 "The Gift that Changed Everything"

The Gift that Changed Everything
Dearly beloved of God, what do the scriptures reveal about the spirit we received in the new birth due to Jesus Christ’s accomplishments?
We received the spirit of life in Christ Jesus, the spirit of Christ, the spirit of sonship, the spirit from God, that spirit bears witness with our inner being that we are the children of God.
When we made Jesus our lord and believed that God raised him from the dead we received the spirit of Him that raised up Christ from the dead! This life-giving spirit dwells in us, dearly beloved.
When we manifest the spirit, it is the proof that we are sons of God and have eternal life.
The first fruit of the spirit in the new birth is a foretaste and pledge of our future glory.
It is the spirit that helps our weakness of not knowing what to pray for as we ought, and it makes intercession for us.
God says that our standing is no longer “in the flesh”; it is “in the spirit.” God is Spirit and we are born of His spirit. Now then we are the sons of God, heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. Rejoice!
God put all of this truth in one chapter: Romans 8. The Church Epistles are chocked full of truth concerning the new birth. This knowledge is truly life changing and it is available to everyone.
God freely gave us all things with Christ in the new birth, dearly beloved. It is the gift that changes everything!

Dearly Beloved 7/9/20 "Peace, Patience and Hope"

Peace, Patience, and Hope
Dearly beloved of God, our God is the God of peace, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort.
There are two realities. The reality of Christ's accomplishments is an accomplished reality. The reality of our current experiences may fluctuate, and the outcome in them depends on whether we believe the accomplished reality or not.
Jesus Christ made peace between God and us. He justified us from sin, therefore we have peace with Him. Peace is the result of the forgiveness we enjoy with God.
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Dearly Beloved 7/8/20 "The New Creation"

The New Creation
Dearly beloved of God, it is God that works in you to will and to do of His good pleasure. That is the revelation truth of the scriptures concerning every one of God’s children.
You are no longer in the flesh, but you are in the spirit. That is God’s perspective.
When you confessed the Lord Jesus and believed that God raised him from the dead you were saved, born again of God’s spirit. At that moment God became your Father, He gave you the gift of His spirit, and forgave you of your sins.
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Dearly Beloved 7/7/20 "Our Expectation and Hope"

Our Expectation and Hope
Dearly beloved of God, Christ is coming! Our identification with Christ will not be complete until we are glorified with Christ.
When he returns and gathers us up to meet him in the air he will transform these bodies of humiliation to be like his glorious body, and we will both be with and like him forever.
The last enemy that will be destroyed is death, and for the Church that will take place when he comes to gather us together up to meet him in the air. The dead in Christ will be raised with incorruptible bodies and those living will be transformed to be immortal, and together we will caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.
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Dearly Beloved 7/6/20 "In Everything God Works for Our Good"

In Everything God Works for Our Good
Dearly beloved of God, and you are, the Father is always with you. He will never leave you, or ever, ever forsake you. Fear not, our Father is for us, not against us.
In everything God works for good with those who love Him, regardless of the current circumstances or situations.
Is it God that brings tragedy into our lives? No, and yet there are those who teach that whatever tragic event comes along is of God. They even speak of catastrophic events as acts of God.
God’s Word teaches us that the god of this world, the devil, is the one who endeavors to steal, kill, and destroy; but even in the face of his attacks in everything God works for good with those who love Him.
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Dearly Beloved 7/5/20 "Free Indeed"

Free Indeed
Dearly beloved of God, July 4 is the day we celebrate our independence as a nation, but it probably does not coincide with the day that we received an even greater liberty, that which is in Christ Jesus the Lord.
The Lord Jesus Christ made us free indeed. You see, true freedom is spiritual, and it makes us free from the god of this world. True freedom only comes in Christ.
We have God-given rights in the kingdom of God as the sons of God. They are far above what anyone could conceive or ask for with their intellectual ability.
Christ freed us with freedom, therefore we ought to stand fast in that freedom. Christ made the reality of the new birth available to us. To stand fast in the freedom is to believe it, utilize it, claim it, operate it, walk in it. We are to stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ made us free.
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Dearly Beloved 7/4/20 "Independance Day"

Independence Day
Dearly beloved of God, today is the day we celebrate our independence as a nation. There was a revolution fought to gain it, and it cost many their lives.
Jesus Christ gave his life to secure our independence from the adversary, the “so-called” god of this world. This liberty is far greater than any earthly freedom.
Before Jesus Christ gave his life for us we came under the authority of the prince of darkness, but no longer! Our Father delivered us from the authority of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of His beloved Son.
When we were born-again of God’s spirit, we entered the kingdom of God. Our entrance was by the new birth. That birth gave us a change in position.
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Dearly Beloved 7/3/20 "Our God is For Us"

Our God is For Us
Dearly beloved of God, our Heavenly Father is for us, not against us. If God is for us, who can be against us? He that spared not His own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall He not with him also freely give us all things?
God is not against us; He is for us. He freely gives us all things with His Son. In everything He works for good with those who love Him. He called us, He conformed us to the image of His Son, He justified us, and He glorified us in Christ.
Our God is light and in Him is no darkness at all, not even a shadow of turning. He is the same today as He always has been. He does not change. He is a faithful God that keeps His Word.
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Dearly Beloved 7/2/20 "Let Us Pray"

Let Us Pray
Dear Heavenly Father, full of grace and mercy, You are our God, the God of heaven and earth, our Almighty God, the Lord of Hosts. We love you above all others and we thank you for the love you have shown us in Christ. We worship you, Father, in spirit and truth, and thank you for your loving kindness and tender mercies to us.
We thank you for making us your dearly beloved children, for highly favoring us in the Beloved, and for the salvation we have through his accomplishments.
Father heal your people, fight for us in this our time of need. Strengthen our souls with your Word. Open our eyes so we can see clearly. Open wide doors to speak your Word and establish it with signs, miracles, and wonders as you have always done.
How thankful we are that you have opened access to your throne of grace to us so that we can find timely help as we need it. Thank you for encouraging us to approach you boldly and to speak freely with you. Look upon us Father and be merciful and gracious unto us.
Grant unto Your servants more boldness to speak your Word, and work within us to will and to do of your good pleasure. Make a way for us that not even a fool could err therein. Lead us and guide us through the shadows of the valley of death.
Father, I ask that you protect your People, our families, and loved ones. Father we pray for the leaders of our nation so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness. Heal this nation for our sakes Father.
Father, we know that with one word from your throne all can be turned around on our enemies; we beseech you to show us mercy, and forgive us for our failings.
Father lead us and guide us, and make Your Will plainly known to us.
You are our shield and buckler, and we have no one but You to care for us. You are the One True and Living God, our Beloved. Rescue us in our time of need, and rebuke the adversary for our sake. Hold him at bay Father.
We thank you for the victory you have given us in Christ Jesus our Lord and the exceeding riches of grace You have reserved for us in the hope when we will obtain the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ at his coming.
Thank you Father for your great grace that you have shown us through Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank you for constantly being present to hear our requests and we are confident that we have the petitions we desired of You.
Father I ask these things in the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Amen.

Dearly Beloved 7/1/20 "Ministers of Deliverance"

Ministers of Deliverance
Dearly beloved of God, every one reading this post was at one time guilty before God, dead in sin, enemies of God, and headed into the wrath of God, BUT due to God’s great love and the riches of His grace we now stand before Him in Christ, saved, redeemed, justified, sanctified, saved from the wrath to come, and we will be glorified with Christ.
None of us had a leg to stand on before God, BUT God by His grace and mercy gave us a standing before Him in Christ when we were yet dead in sin, and now we are as he is.
What do we have to boast about? We certainly have nothing to boast about before God or the Lord Jesus Christ.
We will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ; who will make an arrogant boast then?
If it were not for the grace of God, His mercy, and His goodness to us in Christ we would yet be dead in sin, without God, and without hope in this world.
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