Power was coming from Him. 3/31/15

Day 90 - Reading the New Testament in one year.

https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/niv/Luke.6

Luke 6:1-26

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

6 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

3 Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.” 5 Then Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled. 7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath. 8 But Jesus knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Get up and stand in front of everyone.” So he got up and stood there.

9 Then Jesus said to them, “I ask you, which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?”

10 He looked around at them all, and then said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He did so, and his hand was completely restored. 11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles
12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 When morning came, he called his disciples to him and chose twelve of them, whom he also designated apostles: 14 Simon (whom he named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.

Blessings and Woes
17 He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, 18 who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, 19 and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

20 Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
    for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.
22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you and insult you
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

24 “But woe to you who are rich,
    for you have already received your comfort.
25 Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.
26 Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
    for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

Supplied Life Devotional by Bill Freeman

March 31st The cross is in the Spirit  

“For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.” ROMANS 8:13
Ihave no existence apart from Christ. I am in Him. I am in the beloved One. I do not have a history outside of Him. I dare not consider myself outside of Him, not even a millimeter outside. Everything that is true of Him is true of me. Hallelujah! I relate to myself in the realm of the Spirit of Christ. I can now by that Spirit put to death the deeds, or practices, of the body. I am no longer left to myself to handle those practices.
If however we do not remain in our union with Christ (Rom. 8:9- 11), and we instead indulge in the practices and conversation of the flesh, eventually not only will we be relating to ourselves from our flesh, but we will also be relating to others in the same way. In other words, when we do not exercise ourselves to remain in the realm of the Spirit, we are left to the realm of the flesh and the self. In this realm there is no capacity to receive ourselves or one another. But through many failures in the realm of the flesh, we learn to quickly get to the Spirit. We learn to quickly get through all the mire of thoughts and feelings. We go directly to our spirit-union with Christ. We do not solve problems. We are not concerned about answers. We do not stay on that level. We go directly to Jesus. Satan wants to have long, drawn-out conversations. He likes to talk things out, to reach a compromise — whatever allows him room to live in us, nullifying the cross. That is his realm. But God’s realm is the realm of the Spirit where the cross is. You always know when you are in the reality of the cross, because the cross is always quick. It works fast. If what you are doing is prolonged, if you yourself are trying to live a crucified life, it is probably not the cross. The cross is in the Spirit, and when you touch the Spirit, there is a quick cutting off of the flesh. It just happens. A quick circumcision of the flesh takes place. When we identify with Christ’s death in the Spirit, we will live.

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.
Families of all the recent plane crashes.

Song(s) of the Day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YJ4vddbJJo 
My God is Awesome, Charles Jenkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6I-T3U3Hs
Nobody Greater, VaShawn Mitchell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJpWjv7UGqE
I Need You Now, Smokie Norful
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