The Blood.. Bethel music.

 https://youtu.be/4DtiMf1xoLM

2 Corinthians 5: 17-21......Galations 6:14-15

 Living a good life without an inward change leads to a shallow or empty spiritual walk. What matters to God is that we be completely changed from the inside out.

 The Holy Spirit gives us this new life, and we are not the same anymore.  We are beginning a new life under a new Master, Jesus Christ.

 Focusing on the tragedy of the cross, can't help but change you. Because it's only by the blood that we are made new.

 Our spiritual power is in the cross. It is what defeated satan.  Jesus came because He knew what his death and resurrection. was going to do for us.  He accomplished our redemption by giving His life in substitution of our own.  If that doesn't begin to change you from the inside. I don't know what will. 

 I love hearing people's testimonies. I love hearing what Christ has done in someone's life.  I love seeing the power of Jesus Christ in someone's life, and how he is carrying them through some kind of suffering.  But what we speak first should really be like Paul in, 1 Corinthians 2:2, " For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified."

 It's only by the blood. I've been washed from the inside. Hallelujah, thank you Jesus.

For Your Glory Lord

Kim D

Getting there.. Stephanie Gritzenger

 https://youtu.be/un6HKDXqC4U

 Oh what Jesus Christ has done for all of us. All the glory and the honor He deserves from our lives. How we live it. How we speak from our lips. What we allow our ears to listen to, and our eyes to see. Are we really giving Him all the glory and honor that is due His Name?  Are we only as close to Him as we want to be?  That's not honor and worship.

 We are all sinners saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. We will never be perfect this side of heaven. But a pure heart desires to get there. Are you one who continuously says, "I'm not there yet?" That shouldn't even be something that flows from our lips. Or at least it shouldn't end there. We should say, "I desire to have a pure heart that chases after God the way He chases after me."  

The Bible tells us that we were created in His image.  Question is, does Jesus see himself in you? Is he comfortable everywhere you take him?

 There is a reason for our journey and the purpose in our learning and pain. Some of us are more stubborn than others. Some get there quicker than others. Some of us God has to drag quite a few times before we realize what Hes doing.  

I was actually that stubborn child growing up. I was probably punished more than my sister was. But the love that I had, and the honor and respect for my parents, always brought my heart where it needed to be.  Obedience, not because I didn't want to be punished, but because of my love for them.

 Our lives are the altar for Jesus. Is He being magnified in us? Or are we constantly making excuses not to draw closer to him?It's a love relationship. Either you love him for your convenience of things. Or you are totally head-over-heels in love with Him.  You can't fool God, because He is the only One Who searches the depths of our heart and knows the truth of our worship. To know Jesus, really know Him, is to Love Him with your whole heart, not devided.  We certainly wouldn't want to be loved that way.  His presence is my promise. And I don't want half of Him, I want all of Him.  

 I don't know about you. But I want all that He has for me along this journey here.  I want to see Him in the land of the living.  When you desire to be so close to Jesus, you will find Him in all your questions.

 I am so in love with Jesus. I will never stop chasing after him this side of heaven.

 Are you getting there?

 Father God, we praise you for your patience, for your mercy, for the blood of your precious son. Please help us not to take that for granted.

 Always and forever Lord God for your glory.

1John 3:19-24... Genesis 1:27.. 

Kim D

It's always been you.. Phil Wickman

 https://youtu.be/BDURInx_GUk

 Thank you Jesus for never giving up on me. You let me in when I was at my worst.

 Each day as you spend time in the Lord's presence, let this thought be with you. Christ is all.... Christ is all to teach me to pray, to strengthen my faith, to give me the assurance of his love, to give me direct access to the Father, and to make me strong for my everyday.

 Christ in me. What a difference it makes if we could take the time every morning to focus on the thought, Christ is in me.

 This is something that I have told all of my grandchildren.  From the time they were little babies, I would tap their heart and say, "Jesus is in your heart."  As they got older, around 2, I would ask them, "Where is Jesus?", and they would tap their heart. Oh how I loved to see their little hands tap their heart. 

 Christ dwells in me. In the midst of my everyday, I look upon my heart as is dwelling place. John 14:20, Jesus said, " When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you." Colossians 2:9, " For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in the human body." How awesome is that!!

 But first you must believe. The Bible tells us to believe, receive, and become a child of God, John 1:12.  You will never walk alone through anything. You will never be the same.

 His love is truly the compass of my heart.

 For your glory Lord

Kim D