Pastor Stephanie
We learn to please God the way He is please with. We do not need to earn His love
HEBREWS 11:5 MSG
By an ACT of FAITH,
ENOCH skipped death completely.
“They looked all over and couldn’t find him because
God had taken him.”
ENOCH = "DEDICATED "
the son of Jared and father of Methuselah (the father of Lamech and the grandfather of Noah. He lived to age 969, making him the longest-lived person in the Bible).
HEBREWS 11:6 NLT
We know on the basis of reliable testimony that
before he was taken “HE PLEASED GOD.”
And it is impossible to please God without FAITH.
Anyone who wants to come to him must BELIEVE
that GOD EXISTS and that HE REWARDS those
who SINCERELY SEEK HIM.
It is impossible to please God without faith.
Believe in your heart He exists.
How does He exists? Not to our 5 senses anymore
GENESIS 5:21-22 NLT
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah. After the birth of Methuselah, Enoch lived in close fellowship with God for another 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
GENESIS 5:23-24 NLT
Enoch lived 365 YEARS, -
WALKING in CLOSE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD.
Then one day he disappeared, because GOD TOOK HIM.
Walking by faith, not by sight
For we WALK by FAITH, not by sight.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 NLT
For we LIVE by BELIEVING and not by seeing.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 NLT
for we LIVE by FAITH, not by what we see with our eyes.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:7 TPT
2 CORINTHIANS 5:1-5 MSG
For instance, we know that when these bodies of ours are taken down like tents and folded
away, they will be replaced by resurrection bodies in heaven—GOD-MADE, not handmade—
and we’ll never have to relocate our “tents” again.
Sometimes we can hardly wait to move—and so we cry out in frustration.
Compared to what’s coming, living conditions around here seem like a stopover in an unfurnished shack, and we’re tired of it!
We’ve been given a glimpse of THE REAL THING, our TRUE HOME, our RESURRECTION BODIES!
The Spirit of God whets our appetite by GIVING us a TASTE of WHAT'S AHEAD.
He puts a LITTLE of HEAVEN in our HEARTS so that we’ll never settle for less.
Eternity
When we talk about life we are talking about eternity
God gave us a glimpse of the real thing in life
The real thing is Jesus
We live a life of pleasure and not pressure.
When we trust God, He gave us a way.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:6-8 MSG
That’s why we LIVE with such GOOD CHEER.
You won’t see us drooping our heads or dragging our feet!
Cramped conditions here don’t get us down.
They only remind us of the SPACIOUS LIVING CONDITIONS AHEAD.
It’s what we TRUST IN but don’t yet see that keeps us going.
Do you suppose a few ruts in the road or rocks in the path are going to stop us?
WHEN the TIME COMES, we’ll be plenty ready to exchange exile for HOMECOMING.
Is who you are walking in close fellowship with.
Someone is with you. The invisible Person. Holy Spirit.
He is with us everywhere.
We love Him because He first love us
2 CORINTHIANS 5:9-10 MSG
But neither exile nor homecoming is the main thing.
CHEERFULLY PLEASING GOD is THE MAIN THING, and that’s what we aim to do,
regardless of our conditions.
Sooner or later we’ll all have to face God, regardless of our conditions.
WE WILL APPEAR before CHRIST and take what’s coming to us as a result of our
actions, either good or bad.
Cheerful giver pleases God
When we come to God we give God cheerfully
Every opportunity of giving to God is an opportunity for us to make Him happy
That keeps us vigilant, you can be sure.
It’s no light thing to know that we’ll all one day stand in that place of Judgment.
That’s why we WORK URGENTLY with EVERYONE we MEET to get them ready
to face God...
CHRIST’S LOVE has moved me to such extremes.
HIS LOVE has the FIRST and LAST WORD in EVERYTHING WE DO.
Eternity
2 CORINTHIANS 5:11-14 MSG
Our firm decision is to work from this FOCUSED center:
One man died for everyone.
That puts everyone in the same boat. He included everyone in his death so that everyone could also be INCLUDED in HIS LIFE, a RESURRECTION LIFE, a FAR BETTER LIFE than people ever lived on their own.
Jesus carry His sheep on His shoulder
2 CORINTHIANS 4:13 TPT
We have the SAME SPIRIT of FAITH that is described in the Scriptures when it says,
“First I believed, then I spoke in faith.”
So we also FIRST BELIEVE
then SPEAK in FAITH.
Meditation and confession of the Word
This come our belief
2 CORINTHIANS 4:14-15 TPT
We do this because we are convinced that he who raised Jesus will raise us up with him, and together we will all be brought into his presence.
Yes, ALL THINGS work for your enrichment so that more of GOD’S MARVELOUS GRACE will SPREAD to MORE and MORE PEOPLE, resulting in an EVEN GREATER INCREASE of PRAISE to GOD, bringing him even MORE GLORY!
2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-17 TPT
So no wonder we don’t give up.
For even though our outer person gradually wears out, our INNER BEING
is renewed every single day.
We view our slight, short-lived troubles in the LIGHT of ETERNITY.
We see our difficulties as the substance that produces for us an ETERNAL, weighty GLORY FAR BEYOND ALL COMPARISON,
2 CORINTHIANS 4:18 TPT
because WE DON’T FOCUS our attention on what is SEEN
but ON WHAT is UNSEEN.
For what is SEEN is TEMPORARY,
but the UNSEEN REALM is ETERNAL.
We want to see before we make a decision.
In Christ is no longer with our physical eyes. But we are not blind.
Focus on what is unseen. Unseen realm is eternal.
PSALM 119:89 TPT
Standing firm in the HEAVENS and fastened to ETERNITY is the WORD of GOD.
Your eternal word, O Lord, stands firm in heaven.
God’s Word is eternal
Your eternal word
Only His word stands firm in heaven
MATTHEW 24:32-33 AMPC
From the fig tree learn this lesson:
as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a surety that summer is near.
So also when you see these signs, all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that HE IS NEAR, AT the VERY DOORS.
MATTHEW 24:34-35 AMPC
Truly I tell you, THIS GENERATION (the whole multitude of people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) will not pass away till all these things taken together take place.
Sky and earth will pass away, but MY WORDS WILL NOT PASS AWAY.
God’s Word will not return to Him void.
Everything can pass away but not His Word
Believe God’s Word, for sure it will happen according to His Word
JEREMIAH 20:9 NKJV
Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But HIS WORD was in MY HEART like a BURNING FIRE Shut up in my BONES; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not.
PSALM 119:105 NKJV
YOUR WORD is a LAMP to my FEET And
a LIGHT to my PATH.
PSALM 119:105 TPT
TRUTH’S SHINING LIGHT guides me in my CHOICES and DECISIONS;
the REVELATION of YOUR WORD makes my PATHWAY CLEAR.
Walk forward and not 2 steps forward and 3 steps backward
Position first. Who we are and who God is.
Next we can walk clearly. It all involved making decisions and choices.
Choices and decisions are ours.
He tells you you tithe you prosper. Is whether you believe or not.
He already tells us what is going to happen.
HEBREWS 11:5 TPT
FAITH translated Enoch from this LIFE and he was taken up into HEAVEN!
He never had to experience death; he just disappeared from this world because God promoted him.
For before he was translated to the HEAVENLY REALM his LIFE had become a PLEASURE to GOD.
In fellowshipping with God, he found his destiny.
HEBREWS 11:6 TPT
And without FAITH living within us it would be impossible to please God. For WE COME to GOD in FAITH KNOWING that HE is REAL and that HE REWARDS the faith of those who passionately seek him.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:45-46 NLT
The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”
But the last Adam—
that is, CHRIST —is a LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT.
What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:47-48 NLT
Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while CHRIST, the second man, came from HEAVEN.
Earthly people are like the earthly man, and HEAVENLY PEOPLE are LIKE the HEAVENLY MAN.
Our spirit are born from heaven!
Our new birth is from heaven
We are blessed from heaven. Not from this earth.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:49-50 NLT
Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.
What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:47-48 NLT
Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while CHRIST, the second man, came from HEAVEN.
Earthly people are like the earthly man, and HEAVENLY PEOPLE are LIKE the HEAVENLY MAN.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:49-50 NLT
Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.
What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:51 NLT
But let me reveal to you a WONDERFUL SECRET.
We will not all die, but we will all be TRANSFORMED!
1 CORINTHIANS 15:52-53 NLT
It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown.
For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever.
And we who are living will also be transformed.
For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:15 AMP
For we say this to you by the LORD’S [own] WORD, that we who are STILL ALIVE and REMAIN until the COMING of the LORD, will in no way precede [into His presence] those [believers] who have fallen asleep [in death].
1 THESSALONIANS 4:16-17 AMP
For the LORD HIMSELF will come down from HEAVEN with a SHOUT of COMMAND, with
the VOICE of the ARCHANGEL and with the [BLAST of the] TRUMPET of GOD, and the dead in Christ will RISE FIRST.
Then we who are alive and remain [on the earth] will simultaneously be caught up (RAPTURED) together with them [the resurrected ones] in the CLOUDS to MEET the LORD in the AIR,
and so we will ALWAYS be with the LORD!
Live your life believing God
Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these WORDS [concerning our reunion with believers who have died].
1 Thessalonians 4:18 AMP
We can bring people to heaven, not the blessings God blesses us with.
There is eternity. There is God. Without Him we will die. The people today will come to same heaven as you if you share to others.
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