Identity Crisis as Sons & Daughters

A Message of Freedom to the Church

Scriptures to read while listening

We are His sons and daughters.  

John 1:12. (KJV)
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

Identity crisis in the church as to our sonship. 

1 John 3:1-3. (KJV)
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Picture of the revelation of our sonship.

John 20:11-17 (NASB)
But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.
And they *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She *said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus *said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, “Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”
Jesus *said to her, “Mary!” She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (which means, Teacher).
Jesus *said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father;
but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”

We are no longer condemned.

Romans 8:1 (KJV)
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:14 (KJV)
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Romans 8:15 (NLT)
So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”

We are accepted as sons.

Ephesians 1: 5-6 (KJV)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Ephesians 1: 5-6 (YLT)
Having foreordained us to the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He did make us accepted in the beloved,

God is our Father.  Any other thought is a lie. 

Galatians 4:4-7
But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son in

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The Tides Are Turning Part 2 - Feeling Discouraged?
Before we get started:  Here is a great page to stay encouraged everyday, and you can even have daily encouragement and prayer sent to your email.  Take a look for yourself here:  www.givehim15.com

Are You discouraged?
You are not alone. 

1 Peter 5:8 (NMB) The false lion
Be sober and watch, for your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; 9 whom resist steadfast in the faith, remembering that you do but fulfill the same afflictions as are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.

If ever there was a time to stand in our faith, it’s now.  We need to rise up and stand against all the lies we hear, and get into God’s word and start to believe. 
Jesus said, when He was temped in the desert, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by EVERY WORD that comes from God."  Every Word. 
It’s time to believe and stand. 

Remember Moses, remember David, Remember Danial, Remember Ruth, Esther, and Elisha.  Read their stories.
Remember Abraham who pleaded with God to spare the people if there were even just 10 righteous in that place.  And God said He would spare them if there were 10 righteous.   
Do we not have more that 10 righteous people in America?  Yes! 

These saints were not in it to pray until they lost, but to pray and look to God UNTIL THEY WON!
 
It’s time to burn the boats. 
Listen to hear what this saying, "Burn the boats," means. 

God loves this nation, and loves you.  He is gentle toward you. 
He knows even the weakest of you, those who are afraid.  But even if you look to God with the littlest hope and faith, He will hear you.  This is so important to know. 
Isaiah 42:3 (NLT)
3 He will not crush the weakest reed
or put out a flickering candle.
He will bring justice to all who have been wronged.

Matthew 12:20 (KJV)
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.


Going to replay second Urgent Message
Urgent Part 2 - Wilt Thou Not Revive Us Again

God bless you and We will continue next week with the most important message of our lives, and so needed for us today … 

Also, please share this message with more than one person today please… many are discouraged and need it.  

Until next week, God bless you!

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The Tides Are Turning - Part 1

This episode was created especially to encourage you! 

Verses to have on hand while listening

Isaiah 27: 1-3, 12

1: In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.
2 In that day,
“A vineyard of wine, sing of it!
3 “I, the Lord, am its keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will damage it,
I guard it night and day.

12: In that day the Lord will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.


Two lions:  The lion of Judah and the false lion.  

Revelation 5:5 (NLT) the True Lion
But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne, has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals."
Jesus is the Lion of Judah, and the Lamb that was slain.  See verse 6

1 Peter 5:8 (NMB NT). The false lion
Be sober and watch, for your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour; 9 whom resist steadfast in the faith, remembering that you do but fulfill the same afflictions as are appointed to your brethren that are in the world.

Note: 
Satan is a false lion. He wants to be as powerful as Jesus but he can’t be. He walks around as a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour.  But Jesus is THE Lion, and He is King of all kingdoms. He’ll roar in a whole different way, a powerful way, and things will change, tides will turn and change. He’ll rebuke the storm.  The Tides Are Turning!


Revival is coming and so is Divine discipline for the church

Hebrews 12:1-2. NKJV
Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:5-7. NKJV
And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons:
“My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;
For whom the Lord loves He chastens,
And scourges every son whom He receives.”
If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

 Hebrews 12:11
All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.


God sent His son to save, not condemn

John 3:17 (NMB NT)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the worl

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In this short episode I just wanted to take a moment to wish you and your family and friends a warm and blessed Thanksgiving Day.  I also wanted to share an important moment in history that may be an inspiration and encouragement to you.  Here below is a copy of Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation for a day of thanksgiving.  It’s  beautiful.  Enjoy!

We’ll come back next week with our normal programing.

Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation
The year is 1863 on Oct 3rd.
Right in the middle of a civil war (1861 - 1865)

By the President of the United States of America.
A Proclamation.

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God. 

In the midst of a civil war of unequalled magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union.

Needful diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful industry to the national defense, have not arrested the plough, the shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements, and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp, the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect continuance of years with large increase of freedom. 

No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one voice by the whole American People. 

I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. 

And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as ma

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Urgent Part 3 - His Truth Is Marching On
Our 3rd and final Urgent message.

The main topic here is to Hold On Boldly! Don’t give up, God is on the move.  Be strong in the Lord.  Stand tall and do not faint because of  what we hear in this world.   This is always true for us, no mater what it is we’re going through.  In our nation, or just in our own homes, or community.

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Hebrews End of chapter 10, beginning of 11

Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Ephesians 6: 13.  Read verses 10-20


God works providentially in amazing ways, and we’re often surprised how in the end, He works things out.

What we need to do
So it’s time to dig in deep and trust God like never before.  We did it before, and we can do it again.  And I believe that a revival of great magnitude is already in play in America and through the whole world. 

Here are just a few verses to encourage you to believe with all your heart, and stand on His truth. 

Psalms 33:12 (KJV)
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Proverbs 14:34 (KJV)
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

2 Chronicles 7:14 (KJV)
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Hold on and continue to be a praying people, because this fight is also fought in prayer.  Pray in support of those who are defending this nation by bringing forth the truth for all to see.  In Jesus Name.    

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Urgent Part 2 - Wilt Thou Not Revive Us Again

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Psalm 85:6
Will You not Yourself revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

Good verses to have on hand while listening:
Psalm 85:6-8
Luke 18: 1-8
Genesis 18: 22-33
Numbers 13-14 (2 chapters)

Will I find faith on the earth?  Jesus

Parable of the unjust judge. Luke 18: 1-8 (NLT)

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.
“There was a judge in a certain city,” he said, “who neither feared God nor cared about people. A widow of that city came to him repeatedly, saying, ‘Give me justice in this dispute with my enemy.’ The judge ignored her for a while, but finally he said to himself, ‘I don’t fear God or care about people, but this woman is driving me crazy. I’m going to see that she gets justice, because she is wearing me out with her constant requests!’”
Then the Lord said, “Learn a lesson from this unjust judge. Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”
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Let us be a people of prayer - not a people of fear and unbelief!

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Urgent - Here's what we should be doing right now!

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Good verses to have on hand while listening

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NASB)
Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances.

Philippians 4: 4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 Chronicles 12:31-32 (NASB). (David was at war as the people set out to make him king instead of Saul.)
 
31 Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king.
32 Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command.

These people knew the times in which they lived, they saw the signs of their time, and knew what to do in response.  They were in a war. 

Ephesians. 6:10-17
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength POWER of His might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm.
Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

Praying a better way - Make a declaration!

We all have heard of the prayer of Elijah, how he prayed that it would not rain for three years.  But we don’t seem to have known just how he prayed, and I think you’ll be surprised when you hear it.
 
James 5:16-18 KJV
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
 
1 Kings 17:1 NASB
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

This prayer was written by Sean Feucht  on Instagram. @SeanFeucht  

"Tonight I feel compelled to call believers across the world to pray for integrity in the election process. 
This is a cruc

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You are a New Creation - Part 2

This episode is a continuation from last week about understanding that we are a new creation when we are born again, we are a new creature.  Knowing this and understanding it are crucial to a victorious walk in Christ. 

Good verses to have on hand while listening:


Galations 6: 15-16 (NLT)
It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation. May God’s peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle; they are the new people of God.

2 Corinthians 3: 12-18 (NASB)
Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:17-18 (KJV)
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

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You are a New Creation

This episode is about understanding that we are a new creation when we are born again. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) says that we are "a new creation."  Knowing this and understanding it are crucial to a victorious walk in Christ. 

Good verses to have on hand while listening:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 NKJV

But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him.
1 Corinthians 6:17 NASB

It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:63 NKJV

See below, our main verse 2 Cor 5:17-18, in the Amplified version. I thought it was good to include it here. 

Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come!
But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him].
2 Corinthians 5:17-18 AMPC Version

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Getting Understanding

We will be in Mark 4:24 where Jesus is saying to his disciples to take care, take diligence, give effort, to hear and understand the words we hear from God. 

Verses to have on hand while listening:
Mark 4:24

Mark 4:24 The Passion Translation
Then he said to them, “Be diligent to understand the meaning behind everything you hear, for as you do, more understanding will be given to you. And according to the depth of your longing to understand, much more will be added to you. For those who listen with open hearts will receive more revelation. But those who don’t listen with open hearts will lose what little they think they have!”

Mark 4:24 The Amplified Bible
And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you—and more [besides] will be given to you who hear. For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.  

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