𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 (Psalm 37:1-4 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.) (1 Timothy 6:6 But godliness with contentment is GREAT gain.) (Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.) (Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?) (Romans 8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?) *1st & 15th Anniversary! *𝕬𝖑𝖑 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖌𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝕲𝖔𝖉!*

*𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁* Matthew 6:1-4 KJV 𝗜 - 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡 (1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 𝗜𝗜 - 𝗗𝗢 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗡 (2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.) 𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗗𝗢 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗢𝗗 (3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.)

*𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐃!*

*𝗪𝗮𝘅 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲* (Metaphorically of WANING love, (especially of a condition or feeling) decrease in vigor, power, or extent; become weaker.)

𝗜 - 𝗙𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦

(Matt. 24:12 kjv)

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

𝗜𝗜 - 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗢𝗙 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 (2 Timothy 3:1-4 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be LOVERS of THEIR OWN SELVES, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, highminded, LOVERS of PLEASURES more than LOVERS of God;

𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦

(2 Tim. 3:5 Having a FORM OF GODLINESS, but DENYING the POWER thereof: from such TURN AWAY.)

*𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐆𝐎𝐃!*

*𝗕𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗲𝗿!* 𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐏.𝐀.𝐎.

(please refer to it for some notes https://anchor.fm/myk-myk/episodes/Trials--The-Like-Is-P-A-O-e1e7hee) (John 16:33) These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. *GLORY TO GOD!*

*𝗚𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗜𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴*

(1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 KJV Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.)

𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧:

𝗜 - 𝗣𝗔𝗨𝗟, 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙄𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨.

(2 Corinthians 12:5-10 KJV ...And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.)

𝗜𝗜 - 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗛, 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙄𝙣 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨.

(Genesis 45:4-8 And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. 7 And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.)

𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗝𝗢𝗕, 𝙂𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 For 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜.

(Job 1:20-22 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.) (Job 2:7-10 So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.) *ALL FOR THE GLORY OF GOD!*

*𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲?*

*𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀?* Let us go into deeper meaning and understanding of what love really means. Love,... 𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘴 𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦 (John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝗜𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 (2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:)

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘜𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦 1 Corinthians 13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.)

𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘜𝘴 𝗜𝗩 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 (John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.) (John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.) (John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.)

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!

*𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲?*

*𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀?* Let us go into deeper meaning and understanding of what love really means. Love,... 𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘴 𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗦 (John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.)

𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘴 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘋𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝗜𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 (2 Corinthians 5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:)

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘜𝘴 𝘛𝘰 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗘𝗦 1 Corinthians 13 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.)

𝘐𝘵 𝘐𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘜𝘴 𝗜𝗩 - 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗦 (John 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.) (John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.) (John 15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.)

TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!!

The Promise of Rest

(Hebrews 4:1-13)

Hebrews 4:12

King James Version

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.)

(Isaiah 49:2

King James Version

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;)

(Jeremiah 23:29

King James Version

29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?)

(2 Timothy 4:1

King James Version

4 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;)

(Psalm 147:15

King James Version

15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.)

*𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 & 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀* (𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 6:21 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰.) 𝗜 - 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:

*𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵?: (1.) 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Matt. 6:19 (2.) 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 - Matt. 6:20 *𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘵? 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵 6:21 𝗜𝗜 - 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: (1.) 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞? - Matt. 6:22-23 (2.) 𝐖𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞? - Matt. 6:24 𝗜𝗜𝗜 - 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀: *𝘯𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵: (1.) 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 ( 2.) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 (3.) 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 - (Matt 6:25-30) 𝗜𝗩- 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: *𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬: (1.) 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 - Matt. 6:31 (2.) 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 - Matt. 6:32 *𝘣𝘶𝘵 (3.) 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 - 6:33-34

*ALL GLORY BELONGS TO GOD!

(Mark 2:17) When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.