The Gift of “Night Vision”

The Gift of “Night Vision”
by Pastor Roy Esposito

1 Cor 12:10 — The Gift of Discerning of Spirits — The ability to detect the true source of circumstances or motives of people.

  1. Desire and ask God for it. 2. Allow by yielding to God

Allowing/Yielding — 1. Trusting in God’s good intentions for hope and a future of blessings — Jer 29:11-13
2. Staying attentive to the Holy Spirit’s leading.

Rapid change >> Uncertainty >> Anxiety >> Stress >> Irrational Thiunking >> Irrational Actions

2Cor 10:5 — Taking irrationality captive to the Truth of Christ

1 Cor 2:6-16 (Passion) — God’s revealing the keys to “mysteries” He’s prepared and ordained for this time.

“God doesn’t hide things from us but for us.” — Rick Joyner

“Pitfalls can occur through the tedium of daily life wherein the Holy Things become Common and thereby lose their power for transformation. So stay alert !!” — PR

The Gift of Discerning of Spirits — the ability to perceive the obscure and concealed things of God: To see the hidden things (Oscura) in order to not be blinded by (Tinieblas) evil.

Darkness — Oscura — hidden
Tinieblas — Blindness

1 Cor 2:16 – The “Mind of Christ” — Knows fully the things of God. It perceives God’s instructions and “sees” clearly through life’s obscurity.

Golgatha — The Place of the Skull — 1. Where Jesus was crucified. 2. Where our old mindsets must be crucified.

Mindsets — Attitudes, thought patterns, random external thoughts

2Cor 10:5-6 — ” Every thought that enters our mind is alive and wants to remain so. We must put them to death to become alive.” — PR

1 Cor 2:15 — Spirit man discerns “all things.” — The good wolf from the evil one!

Rom 14:23b (Passion) — anything not springing from faith is sin!

Rom 5:12 (Passion) — Death is the result of sin.

“Unsurrendered sin creates in us the capacity to absorb death.” — PR

People learn to adjust to the world they live in.

Old Nature — learns to live with the expectation of death. — the concept of “taking life.”

Jn 1:4 — In Jesus — ” Zoe” — The principle or concept of life — the reality of being alive in God.

Eternal Life — Not just in duration of time but in the quality of the life lived.

The Sacrament of the Present Moment — Jean-Pierre Caussade

He’s the Hope that Holds Me

by Pastor Marie Esposito

He’s the Hope that Holds Me

Psalm 91:1,2,4

Psalm 91:1,2,9-10

Psalm 92 – “Your anointing has made me strong and mighty.  You’ve empowered my life for triumph by pouring fresh oil over me.”

Anointed One- Disciplined One – Creative One

God’s purpose

God’s Intention

John 3:16

Colossians 1:28

Ephesians 3:10

Matthew 6:6

Isaiah 40:31

Eagles catch the updraft

Psalm 138:8

Philippians 1:6

Colossians 3:2

Philippians 4

Proverbs 4:23

The anointing comes so that we can discipline ourselves to speak creatively into a situation and set the captives free. -JM

In the Shadow

Transformed

Transfigured

Philippians 4:12-13

Proverbs 20:27

WHO HE IS

HE IS BEAUTIFUL

AT the beach:

How deep do you want to go with Him?

The stillness of silence

Revelation 8:1-5

Revelation 8:1

The silence of the awe of God – the enormity of and the revelation of His Majesty which brings fullness to God’s work. 

WE WANT THAT FULLNESS.

God’s Joy: Our Strength

God’s Joy: Our Strength

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Nehemiah 8:5-12(NKJV) – The people greatly rejoiced because they understood.

Nehemiah rebuilt the wall

Ezra rebuilt the people.

The Watergate – The Source of Truth

Dis– Courage – to be separated from our courage

Nehemiah 8:3 – “…and all the ears of the people were attentive to the Book of the Law.”

Rapid Change >>> Uncertainty >>> Anxiety >>> Irrational Thinking and Actions

2 Kings 2:3,5 – School of the prophets

1 Kings 19:21 – Elijah’s prophetic mantle was costly

“God has called us not to wonder about the future but to help create it!” – PR

Matthew 6:9-10