Vector — a guide that issues direction. An agent that acts as a carrier to infect a cell and change it at the DNA level.
The Holy Spirit — Our spiritual vector.
Through His direction we can trust God without first understanding Why? How?
2. What does —- All my “Heart” mean anyway?
Heart — the deepest part of our inner selves.
Jer 17:9 — hearts are deceitful and wicked Ezk 36: 26-27 – a new heart and spirit within.
“I will put My Spirit within you—-“
The Holy Spirit is a gift from God to do what would be humanly impossible. He is a gift that must be nurtured.
How well He is nurtured will determine the depth of our ability to trust God.
Matt 6:19-21 (Passion)– “stockpile heavenly treasures”
Heavenly Treasures — eternal realities such as loving others and doing good; revealing Christ.
“We will become what we constantly behold and create the reality we live.” – – P.R.
Neg. — become negative people subject to gloom and defeat. Pos. — “Heavenly treasures”. — Become “Vectors” for others; reflections of God’s light, love and victory.
Vs 6. — “God’s wonderful peace that transcends understanding will make the answers known to you.”
N.K.J. — “God’s peace will guard your Heart and keep your Mind- –“
Fix your thoughts on the heavenly treasures of truth, things that are noble, just, pure, lovely, holy, of a positive report, graciousness, honor, and fairness. Avoid words of I’ll omen.
Prov. 16:24 — “Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones. “Passion
If you nurture the Gift of the Holy Spirit in this way you will be able to “Trust God” with a sanctified heart that is whole. Your mind will not be anxious and will feel safe and at peace even in perilous times.
Trust- To believe in the reliability, truth, the ability or strength of, to put confidence in one’s integrity.
Who are we trusting in? The Holy Living God.
He is all powerful and all loving. His Word and His promises are secure and true.
Our heart must completely trust in Him; there is no room for anything else.
He has a rightful claim to the throne of our lives. And, we have a rightful claim to all that Jesus has purchased for us and rules over in His throne room in heaven. This is where we rest.
Ephesians 2:6 Hebrews 4:16
When we give thanks, praise, and worship our God, speaking His Word, our focus shifts to Him and off of us. We enter His realm.
Complete surrender in every moment connects us
intimately with God. If we have given ourselves over completely to God, we can be assured that He will completely take care of us.
Psalm 56:3 Proverbs 3:5-8
There is a man after God’s own heart [David] who had many trials in the progression of his life, and came through every one of them in victory. We can read Davids’ story in First and 2nd Samuel.
David learned to worship and trust God as a shepherd on the hillside. He was anointed by Samuel the prophet on the hillside to become king. That was his destiny. There were many steps that led up to his coronation. Within the process of his life, he learned to trust His God and to inquire, prayerfully, every step of his life and then obeying the direction and counsel of God. He was intimate with the Lord and heard His voice clearly as God led him to victory over his enemies. God was His Champion.
Briefly, I can share two times that David inquired counsel and had victory.
Ziglag – Restoration Hebron – Coronation
Here are his words when he was completely delivered from his enemies and from Saul.
Psalm 18:1-2 reads “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer: My God, My strength in whom I will trust. My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
We can be encouraged by this life, and by the Word of God as it instructs us to seek Him for answers in this time of our lives.
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones.” Proverbs 3:5-8
Isaiah 52:12 “Your God, Yahweh, will go before you. He will lead you each step and be your rear guard.”
“Honor All People,Love the Brotherhood,Reverence God,Honor the King” – 1 Peter 2:17
by Pastor Roy Esposito
Nephesh (Hebrew) – Soul Ruach (Hebrew) – Spirit
Both speak of an inner life where thinking, reason, and emotion occur. Both are used interchangeably in the OT to speak of the “totality” of God. – Dr. Michael Heiser Both are used to describe the source of our inner life.
Shema Yisrael – Deuteronomy 6:4 – God is ONE Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:29-30 – Love God Totally
Philippians 4:4-9 (Passion) 1 Peter 2:15-17 (NKJV)
HONOR IS AN ATTITUDE!
Gadsden Flag – A Coiled Snake with the inscription, “Don’t Tread on Me”
Luke 10:19 – “Tread on serpents” – Jesus
“We should be able to voice our point of view without demonizing those who disagree.” – PR
Matthew 22:37 – “Love one another…” – Jesus
Romans 15:7 – “Receive one another…”
“We don’t honor the sinful actions of people, but we are to honor the humanity of sinful people.” – PR
Honor church elders – 1 Timothy 5:17 Employers – 1 Timothy 6:1 Widows – 1 Timothy 5:3 Spouses – 1 Peter 3:7, Ephesians 5:33 (AMP) The Aged – Leviticus 19: 32 1 Peter 2:17 – All people
John 12:26 Psalm 91: 14-15
Matthew 13:52-58 Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:2
Genesis 9:18-27 – Noah dishonored by Ham Genesis 6:9
Ephesians 6:12 – Wrestling in the heavenly places Ephesians 1:3 – Blessed in the heavenly places
Peace – Not extreme indifference and detachment from the world but the fruit of confidence in God’s love for us – personally.
1 John 4:4 – “Greater is HE who is in me…”
“True spiritual authority over fear will only arise in the areas of our being where God’s peace has replaced our inner conflict and oppression.” – PR
Philippians 4:8-9,11-13(NKJV) – “—to be content in whatever state we’re in.”
Content -(GRK – Autarkes) – sufficient in oneself; undisturbed – NOT necessarily HAPPY.
Peace (Strongs) – To set at ONE again
“Where you are not at Peace – you’re at WAR!” – PR
John 14:27 (Passion) & (Ampified)
“We will never fully know Christ’s victory until we stop reacting humanly to our circumstances and look it straight in the eye without fear or intimidation.” – PR
Mark 4:35-41 – Jesus expressed His perfect peace over the storm and it stilled.
Isaiah 26:3 (Passion)
Imagination – (Hebrew – Yetser) – to form and frame-up
Isaiah 26:3(Amp) – commit to – lean on – hope in
2 Timothy 1:12 – “He is able to keep that which I commit to Him – ”
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 (NKJV) & (Passion)
Truth
Righteousness
Faith
Salvation
The WORD spoken
Communion through prayer
Alert and Watchful (present, focused, undistracted)
Galatians 5:22 – Peace is a fruit and an attribute of the Spirit
“Whenever we walk in peace, we walk in the power of a Peacemaker.”
Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the Peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.”
Philippians 1:28(Amp) – Peace: a clears sign – a proof – and a seal of our deliverance
Psalms 37:7-9, 11
Meek – not weak but a gentleness of spirit that connotes remarkable strength. – Jack Hayford
Ephesians 2:19 (Passion)
Revelation 4:6 – The crystal sea, like glass, before the Throne – no waves – no ripples
Throne – the symbol of authority – Peace surrounds His authority!
John 3:1-8 (Amplified)
Heb 4:11 — The real struggle: entering the rest of God.
Having been in existence for a long time and Therefore, is recognized and generally accepted
To institute something permanently by enactment or agreement.
To make Firm or stable.
To Introduce and cause to grow and multiply
To bring into existence.
To put on a firm basis; To set up.
To put into a favorable position – To gain full recognition and acceptance.
To put beyond any doubt. To demonstrate, to show, to prove,
To Substantiate
To enter into an agreement, a contract or a Covenant
THE LORD HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AND ALL WHO WOULD BELIEVE In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Created means to form or to fashion, to produce with originality. The word also carries with it the suggestion of something that can be carved or sculptured. Created in Joshua 17:18 – Translates into The Hebrew word “bah-rah” which is referring to “cutting” like cutting down trees to “clear out” the land. “Bah-rah” = both creating something by bringing something into existence from nothing, and also creating something by fashioning existing matter into something new, as God did in creating man out of the dust from the ground. Genesis 1:27 God, as creator, Establishes His Sovereignty, by His Authority.
It is by His authority that all things have been established. the “anointed one” is the Good News. This wonderful news includes the unveiling of the mystery kept secret from the dawn of creation until now. Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began. ROMANS 16:25 NKJV
Here the phrase “Kept secret” means; “Kept in God’s silence”
Passion Bible foot note Established is to be put into a favorable position and to gain full recognition in God.
“Now acquaint yourself with Him and be at peace. Thereby, good, will come to you. Receive, instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart. If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up. You will remove iniquity far from your tents. JOB 22:21-23 It continues to go and say, “You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; – light will shine on your ways.” JOB, 22:25-28
We can know / and decree ‘Exaltation will come!’
Then He will save the humble person. He will even deliver one who is not innocent; Yes, he will be delivered by the purity of your hands.” “JOB 22:30”
WHY? / HOW?
Another definition of “established” is to bring into existence
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new”
“2 CORINTH 5:17”
Then He said this = I brought you up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set your feet upon a rock, and established your steps. “PSALM 40:2”
I will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. “1 CORINTH. 1:8” “so that I may establish your heart blameless in holiness before God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints”.
“1 THESS. 3:13”
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope”
“JEREMIAH 29:11”
To make firm or stable and to introduce and cause to grow and multiply. To put on a firm basis; to set up to institute something permanently by decree or by enactment. an agreement. Then to put beyond any doubt. The Lord has established His Covenant and I am His. “From true virtue shall the leaders of tomorrow draw true authority”, for when the nature of Christ is revealed, the authority of Christ soon follows.” Jesus paid the price for us to walk in this Authority which is rooted IN LOVE. – Francis Frangipane “In Christ Image Training”
JESUS BRINGS THE SHALOM
The Peace and the constant victory over every situation
Scripture tells us that > “The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is now in you” (in us) “ROMANS 8:11
LET’S TALK ABOUT SHALOM
Strong’s Concordance defines it’s meaning as ‘completeness, wholeness, health, peace, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfectness, fullness, rest, harmony, the absence of agitation or discord
“Shalom” in Hebrew is made up of 4 Hebrew Letters The 4 Hebrew letters that make up the word “SHALOM” are=
Shin = to destroy something
Lamed = Authority
Vav = To Establish something/to put into place • Mem = Chaos and/or Dis-Order
Let’s go to the story in “Mark 4:35-41
Jesus was fully man just like His disciples were He has both the human sight and the spiritual insight in this storm there was a demonic presence or evil authority behind it. It was designed to instill fear and doubt and cause division, as we all know that’s what the enemy is aiming at> to steal, kill and destroy.
Jesus Spoke “SHALOM” to the storm and by the very meaning of those 4 letters spoken in the authority that was established is Jesus.
He was DESTROYING the AUTHORITY, that was ESTABLISHING, CHAOS AND DISORDER. Making it null and void. “Halleluiah”
He who is in me, is greater than he who is in the world. “1 JOHN 4:4” You are established in the blood Have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. the word of the LORD endures forever. “1 PETER 1:22,25”
by the mouth of two or three witnesses, every word may be established.’ “MATTHEW 18:16b
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and “ESTABLISHED” in the faith, abounding in it with thanksgiving. “COLOSSIANS 2:6-7”
Life with God is not immunity from difficulties, but Peace, (SHALOM), is the daughter of calm!
Live in Constant Victory
We’ve come onto the turf of Heavens Kingdom by Faith. This turf is Established in this whole realm of Victory over the darkness because of what Jesus Did at the Cross. Amen? Jack Hayford Spirit filled Bible
