Good news. 3/20/15

Day 79 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.1

Luke 1:1-20

Introduction
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a] among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.

The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
5 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly. 7 But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive, and they were both very old.

8 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 9 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside.

11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John. 14 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even before he is born. 16 He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

18 Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.”

19 The angel said to him, “I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their appointed time.”


Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

March 20th  Getting into another realm

 “But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but the things of men.” MATTHEW 16:23
The Lord was talking about realms when He identified that Peter was not setting his mind on the things of God, but the things of men. What Peter needed to do was to get into another realm! He needed to leave the realm of his opinion and set his mind on the things of God. To set our mind on the things of God, we have to do what Colossians 3:2 says: “Set your mind on things above.” This happens by spending time with the Lord, opening to Him, seeking Him. And then, by being supplied in fellowship with Him, we are enabled to set our mind on the things of God. So we deal with opinion by getting into another realm. When we get into the Spirit, we get into another realm, and we touch the cross. When we touch the Spirit, the Spirit is composed of a crucifying power that puts us to death, that cuts off the opinion, that denies the self, and that does not allow the self to make any provision for itself. The Spirit ushers in the cross to deal with our opinion, to execute crucifixion over our opinion. We need the exposure and the failures to humble us and open us up to the Lord so that we will lose all confidence in the self and simply trust in the Spirit. We trust in His divine operation to deal with our opinion, which is just the expression of the self.

Oh, brothers and sisters, this is critical, life-changing fellow- ship. We need to expose this horrible thing called opinion, which is actually Satan sitting in the church. Opinion is what destroys the church. It disintegrates, damages, insulates, divides, and immobi- lizes us! How crucial it is that we all target this opinion — good opinion, right opinion, opinion about your husband or wife, or the brothers and sisters. Just say, “Lord, crucify my opinion! Cut off its head! You are the Head. I am not the head. I do not like to hold any view. I only like to love You, to enjoy You, to be a person freed from opinion.” We just want to be one spirit with the Lord and not hinder the Lord’s movement among us in the church.

Pray Until Something Happens (PUSH)

A cure for the Ebola virus and the D-68 virus, Areyda, Ariel, Ariana, Cookie, Cy, Daina, David Turner, Debbie, Derithia, Heather, Mia, Marquis, Monig-get her voice back, Paul and Iyana, Robert, Peace for -Shirley and family, and Willie.

Health and Healing

Vonetta's mom and Willie

Support and Comfort

Praise Alert
Blanca is in rehab….improving.

National
Passengers in Westchester train wreck.

Conflict between citizens and  police officer. 

International

Israel and Palestine
Iraq

Syrians

Ukraine

Missing plane and passengers.
Missing Nigerian Christian girls.

Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvE_lxk23jg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHz2_HLw7fg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b61wsBdqrKM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yCyGHzpPa0
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