The Weightier Matters of The Law

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Be-Coming-Becoming the Beloved

by Pastor Marie Esposito

Be -COMING
Being and Coming -the Beloved
COME COME COME
To become filled with Holy Spirit. 
He sent Holy Spirit to teach us and show us 
Who They are so  we can walk in the mysteries of Graces and the knowledge of Jesus This is what He wants. 
Matthew 11:6
Matthew 11:28 -30 

“Simply join your life with mine.” 
Chaos bursts into harmony in His Presence 

The place where you feel pressed to change is the place where God wants to reveal His power to you. It’s your next victory place.

The prophetic word about the coming Messiah–

Isaiah 61:1 – The mighty Spirit of Lord Yahweh is wrapped around me because Yahweh has anointed me…

Luke 4: 18–19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he has anointed me to be hope for the poor…

JESUS PAID IT ALL WITH HIS LIFE.

Matthew 11:25

Bow down low, ask for help with every area of unrest.
He will guide you out of the tunnels filled with lies into the breakthrough – the breaking out 

Open vision of the Cross.
Whatever you need can be found there.
He wants us to be ambassadors of His kingdom 
Are you ready to accept His gift?

A Word from Pastor Roy

The Blessing
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God Wins: God is not in chaos
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GRACE WINS- God is not in chaos- He is in the chaos but He is calm, peaceful and at rest.
The world may be in chaos but God is not. 
GRACE WINS.
Believe, have faith, and move into trust
LORD!! Holy Spirit come.
The touchstone of my inner life core is that I am loved by God.
Romans 8:2 
the Spirit of life is the HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN US
2 Corinthians 6:16 
Psalm 37:23-24
I heard Holy Spirit sing in my heart: 
“Oh no you never let go, through the calm and through the storm, Oh no you never let go, through every high and every low 
Oh no you never let go, you never let go of me.” 

Dance to the rhythm of His heartbeat, resting in His arms.

Deuteronomy 33:27
GRACE WINS. 4
2 Corinthians 3:17-18-
SPIRAL: An upward and progressive winding in a continuous and gradually widening curve around a central and fixed point in the center, that shows a continuous and dramatic increase.  Winding around a cylinder and at the same time rising or advancing forward.
THE CENTRAL FIXED CYLINDER IS JESUS AND THAT’S US. OUR WALK WITH HIM IS THE SPIRAL… PRESSING ON  IN ANSWER TO AN UPWARD CALL RISING UP AND ADVANCING FORWARD.
GRACE WINS.
Hebrews 6:11-12  11
Hebrews 10:34b-36
HIS IS US! GRACE WINS!
Proverbs 17:22
Proverbs 16:24
Psalm. 30:11-12 “Then he broke through and transformed all my wailing [my lamenting] into a whirling dance of ecstatic praise! He has torn the veil and lifted from me the sad heaviness of mourning. He wrapped me in the glory garments of gladness. Vs.12  How could I be silent when it’s time to praise you? Now my heart sings out loud, bursting with joy—a bliss inside that keeps me singing, “I can never thank you enough!”

Romans 8:28-31 TPT
God has determined to stand with us, tell me,
WHO THEN COULD EVER STAND AGAINST US

COME THOU FOUNT OF EVERY BLESSING,
TUNE MY HEART TO SING THY GRACE
STREAMS OF MERCY NEVER CEASING,
CALLS FOR SONGS OF LOUDEST PRAISE.
GRACE WINS.
TUNE YOUR HEART TO SING HIS GRACE.

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Rise Up

In The Shadow

A Word From Pastor Roy – 2 Chronicles 20:1-23

Pastor Roy Esposito

Sermon

Message Boetheia- Guaranteed Help

by Pastor Marie Esposito

Psalm 5:4
Hebrews 4:16 [boetheia]  specific help in time of need medical aide and a cure
Boetheia – a brand of help : critical assistance that meets an urgent specific need (a remedy)
see Me hear Me feel Me
IMMERSE YOURSELF IN HIM

Moses said to God: 
I know You
Show me your ways
Show me your glory
Exodus 33

2 Corinthians 10:5,6
Obedience to God is of the utmost importance.
Obedience in humility puts you in the place to be able to declare His protection and His Promises in your life which causes you to rise above your circumstances.

Some guidelines:

1. Pursue the secret place
2. Rebuke the wind and waves – “Peace be still”
3. Shake it off and move on –
4. Keep your vision clear –
5. Accept His comfort-

A multitude of mercy surrounds you. Melodies of the victorious King of glory are ready to erupt from your heart- Let them come up and sing them out loud in agreement and alignment with His will and direction for your life..

Psalm 5
Psalm 5:12

RISE AND STAND -WORSHIP-BOW DOWN

Psalm 5:7

A Word of Encouragement from Pastor Roy

Worship Songs
The Blessing

Throne Room Song

Trust
by Pastor Marie Esposito

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.”

“He Led Captivity Captive”

by Pastor Marie Esposito

Read Ephesians 4:7-13

This portion of Scripture is about grace, unity, equipping, deliverance and God’s overcoming

Grace teaches us how to live each day, turning our backs on unholy and self-indulgent lifestyles and equipping us to live a self-controlled, upright, godly, life in this present age.

He led captivity captive and gave gifts to men.

Captivity is enslavement- in this case, enslavement to sin.

He led… He has authority over

He took captivity captive – He released us from the bondage of sin which held us captive.

He not only took away our captivity-  HE TOOK CAPTIVITY CAPTIVE.
THAT CAPTIVITY CANNOT TAKE US CAPTIVE AGAIN.

And He gave gifts to men.

This encompasses Holy Spirit first, since He left us in Holy Spirit’s care.

He led captivity captive is expressive of  Christ’s conquests and triumph over sin, satan, the world, death, and the grave;

Colossians 2:14-15

He descended to this earthly realm, descended to the realm of death and was raised, ascended into the kingdom realm of heaven.

Christ’s TRIUMPHANT ASCENSION is the key to our overcoming victory. We are to follow Him, ascend, rise, into the secret place and overcome all our enemies with His help.

Holy Spirit’s job is to bring us into unity and to oneness based on our shared belief in Christ as Savior and Lord,

His atoning death,

His victorious resurrection and ascension 

His reigning power

These empowering truths is what binds us together to minister to one another in love, and then to others. It’s the “unity of the Spirit that is the bond of peace

To be equipped- means to mend, repair, enable for function training perfecting making fully qualified for service. In the service of the kingdom of God. To be restored to our original fullness.

Equipped in Greek- Katartismos – setting bones during surgery. We as a church do not want to be “out of joint“

What was said about His crucifixion by those who witnessed it:

Matthew 27:50-54
Matthew 16: 15-19
Isaiah 53: TPT  God’s triumphant power

:3-” a man of deep sorrows who was no stranger to suffering and grief.”
:4 “He carried our sins and endured the torment of our sufferings”
:5- “But it was because of our rebellious deeds that He was pierced and because of our sins that He was crushed. He endured the punishment THAT MADE US COMPLETELY WHOLE and in His wounding we found our healing.”
:11- “He will see light and be fully satisfied. By knowing him, the righteous one, my servant will make many to be righteous, because he, their sin-bearer, carried away their sins.”
:11 -this vision of Light is the light of a new day, the resurrection morning light that flooded into the empty tomb.
:11- this is an intimate knowledge, or experience of him by faith, that imparts righteousness of God to everyone who believes.
WE ARE FULLY PARDONED AND FULLY ACCEPTED IN CHRIST. .
:12 he will triumph and divide and share the spoils of His victory on the cross and resurrection with us: with His mighty ones..

Equipped:

We get equipped by joining ourselves with Jesus. We get equipped by joining ourselves to the body of Christ as well.  In union with Him, we have all the tools for overcoming. Together, We’ve been made more than conquerors: OVERCOMERS IN THIS LIFE.

Declare and decree:

Romans 8:37-39 – Yet in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be MORE THAN CONQUERORS, and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything. So now  I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. There is no power above us or beneath us- no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the ANOINTED ONE!

The Mind of Christ

Breakout season- ***To display flying –   Escape, Flight, getaway, rout slip, blaze, burst forth, erupt, explode, flame, flare,

CROSSOVER  from promises revealed to promises fulfilled

Stand at the crossroads and choose the ancient paths: where the good way is.
Jeremiah 6:16
Stand, stand, stand,
Stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Col 4:12
“That you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature and fully assured.”
Galatians 5:1

Ephesians 6:13

What are we standing for? What and Who are we standing in agreement with?  THE MIND OF CHRIST.

EVERY MOMENT IS FILLED WITH ME.- I AM
Stepping into the higher realm where My thoughts rule will change your life. The ascension into heavenly thinking brings blessings and responsibility.
Be still and know that I Am God.
Getting to know Me will enhance your life and fill your being with the fruits of Holy Spirit.
Dwell in Me and I will dwell in you.
Spend time with Me.
Get to know Me by studying My Word and listening to Holy Spirit.
See how My Son walked the earth and take note of His values and attitudes.
Jesus can reveal Me to you.
Get to know My character and My heart.

“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.”
Colossians 3:2 – Let heaven fill your thoughts
LET heaven invade your thoughts.
“Let the realities of Heaven fill your thoughts.”
Look up and be alert to what is going on around Christ-that’s where the action is. SEE THINGS FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE.

Metanoia- repent- TAKE ANOTHER MIND. [ the mind of Christ]
My thoughts are godly- of ME says the Lord.

Isaiah 55:1-13
Isaiah 55  October 2018   [word to me]
Come, come, come
Alignment – come into the mind of Christ
Sing the new song that all creation sings
to the King of glory
Come and drink – listen – open your ears – eyes
Wine and milk for free
Open

I AM ALWAYS GOOD.

Psalm 107:9
Matthew 11:28

Whosoever will, let him take freely of the waters of life.” (Revelation 22:17) “‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said to him, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.” (Acts 16:30-31) “The Lord is… not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to metanoia.” (2 Peter 3:9) God calls sinners to eat freely of the bread of life, the broken body and shed blood of His Son. This is a meal He has set for the ungodly, not for the righteous nor for some phony level of righteousness. He wants sinners to eat of it, and He does not set up signs that say: “Only for those who are penitent”. God sees our dire need and says, “Eat, sinner, and live! Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ! Look and your soul shall be filled! Do not think that you must be worthy to receive My salvation. Behold and believe My righteous generous grace for you displayed in the cross of Christ. Metanoia!”

Metanoia- transformational change of heart; a change in one’s way of life, a fundamental change in direction, due to a spiritual conversion
Change of the ways of life because of a summons from the Holy God to a personal, absolute and ultimate unconditional surrender to Him as Sovereign.

We have the mind of Christ
Philippians 2:5 . Let His MINDSET BECOME YOUR MOTIVATION.
1 Corinthians 2:16
1 Corinthians 2:10
:14 –
Those who have the mind of Christ are able to discern His moving in a situation, whereas the natural mind cannot.
Romans 12:2
Colossians 3:10
Romans 13:14- clothe yourselves- have an intimate union with Him, [being clothed with all the graces which are in Him] put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill it’s lusts or gratify it’s desires.

“Robe yourselves with the virtues of God.” Colossians 3:12 – …be gentle and humble, unoffendable in your patience with others.

Galatians 3:26-27 – In Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Colossians 3:11-14
The mind of Christ summed up is this:
WEAR LOVE. IT’S YOUR BASIC,
ALL PURPOSE GARMENT.
NEVER BE WITHOUT IT.

Being Fully Engaged – brings Joy
by Pastor Marie Esposito

 Walk in fullness of joy

“You will make known to me the path of life; in Your Presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.”

Psalm 16:11
1 Peter 1:8-9

What brings you joy? God’s Presence brings me joy.
The greatest weapon in spiritual warfare is His Presence.
Psalm 27
This is what brings joy: to be with Him, to become like Him.

Joy is a spontaneous emotional response of the heart in the spirit.  Joy unspeakable and full of glory is an explosion not a decision.
Galatian 5:22
Christian joy is deep and firm.
It is not superficial and flimsy.
It is not natural; it is supernatural.

Deep beneath even turbulence in our lives, there is a strong current of confidence and joy that all is well in the hands of a sovereign God.
Psalm 94:19
Romans 5:2-5

Out of our experience of God’s love poured out into us grows  An unshakable hope in which we can rejoice. God’s Love and Hope produces joy. Rejoice!
        “When the Lion of Judah roars all else is silent. The roar of the kingdom and it’s governmental authority is in the spiritual airways. Roar and rise to demonstrate My power and authority over all things. Declare and decree Who I AM and What I Am doing.  Arise and emerge with swords and mantles, kingdom Assignments. Hear the rise of measurable shifts in the atmosphere.”

This will be a year of acceleration and ascension.
Rise up – rise up – and stay up – ascend – rise – be elevated.
Peace is your resting place
Worship and  wait, discern wisdom
Moment by moment I am calling you closer deeper higher
transformed into my likeness distinguished by My holiness
And truth. Be strong and of good courage…

It is time:the remnant is rising filled and prepared and dressed coming forth from a place of rest to contend with the enemies of God. It is a Turnaround year. BREAKOUT!!!   walk with the CONQUEROR’S GAIT.

This is what God has in store for us now. “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I say rejoice!” Phil 4:
I remind you of one of two proverbs the Lord spoke to my heart for me to stand on in January for the new year:
        His instruction: Warrior Bride rise up hear the cry of My Heart.

Proverbs 21:22
Habakuk 2:1
Stand
Stay entwined with the Lord.
Don’t give up!
This is our destiny.
Stand and speak after me:
I will:
STAND STAND STAND with the Lion of Judah
ALIGNED, IN UNISON, IN AGREEMENT,
I WILL STAND AND DECLARE HIS TRUTH
I WILL STAND AND DECREE THAT HIS WILL IS MY WILL
I WILL STAND FAST IN THE LIBERTY WHEREWITH
CHRIST HAS SET ME FREE AND I WILL NOT BE
ENTANGLED AGAIN WITH THE YOKE OF BONDAGE!
BREAKOUT!

Romans 15:13
I Peter 1:1-14
James 1:1,2
Romans 14:17,18

We choose God’s joy when we choose the higher path.  It becomes available to us.  We can walk in it Taking The Alijah Journey upward instead of the downward Spiral of defeat and despair brings joy.  The Spirit’s way rather than following the laws of the flesh brings joy.  The road of forgiveness received rather than guilt and regret brings joy.  The gospel truth and the story of Jesus brings joy.  Reading the Word of God brings joy.  Praise and worship brings joy.  Gratefulness brings joy.  The Christmas story brings joy.  The assurance that we are loved and that Jesus is always with us brings joy.  His Presence brings joy. He is EMMANUEL.

Romans 15:13- Oh! May the God of your hope fill you up with joy, fill you up with peace, so that your believing lives, filled with the life-giving energy of Holy Spirit, will brim over with hope!

“Rejoice, O favored one”  Make more room for Jesus to come into your heart and you will find His joy unspeakable and full of glory!

RESTORATION PROMISED

By Pastor Marie Esposito

I will restore to you the years the canker worm has eaten. Joel 2:25-27- the prophetic word about Pentecost- the receiving of Holy Spirit for restoration, empowering and purification. The Holy Fire, the Holy Wind.

Acts 3:21- “for He must remain in heaven  [Jesus] until the restoration of all things has taken place, fulfilling everything that God said long ago through His holy prophets.”

Restoration – all creation returning to how it was before the fall relating to the intimacy Adam and Eve had with God walking in the garden with all their needs met by ONE  Who loved them. And… going on from there

refers to the Davidic covenant being restored- the promise of an eternal lineage

Messianic kingdom without end. 

Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses as Messiah and David was prophesying His coming. 

This tabernacle of David marked a revolutionary change beyond the law of Moses as the Ark of the Covenant now rested in the middle of the people of God on Mt. Zion, in Jerusalem, rather than behind a closed curtain that only the high priest could enter into.

David encouraged the people to worship, give thanks, and praise the Holy God. 

Restoration- [ apokatastasis]  also [ in greek] 

Luke’s use of this term in Acts 3:21 is the only place in the New Testament where the greek is used and the meaning is a medical term that means ‘restoration of perfect health’ 

“The work of the Cross begins the restoration of paradise within the hearts of Christ’s followers.” We can be free from condemnation, legalized religion, and bondage.

Galatians 5:13-16- 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; [to a life of freedom IN THE HOLY SPIRIT] Freedom means that we become so completely free of self-indulgence that we become servants of one another, expressing love in all we do.14 For LOVE COMPLETES THE LAWS OF GOD. DEMONSTRATE LOVE TO YOUR NEIGHBOR! …16This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.   “ As you yield freely and fully to the dynamic life and power of Holy Spirit, you will abandon the cravings of your self-life.

  Repent, receive forgiveness and

RESTORATION will come.

Jesus is“The restorer of paths to dwell in…”Isaiah 58:12 as are we, after we have been restored to Him.

This is The foundation stone of truth that this church at RCF was established on.

Phil 1:6

Psalm 138:8

The FINAL RESTORATION

IS THE RESTORATION

OF THE TRUE CHURCH

Joel 2:12-29

Israel cried out and God answered.

He promised them the former and the latter rain and RESTORATION. Fullness, satisfaction and they were instructed to praise His Name: knowing that HE WAS IN THEIR MIDST

REFRESHING

Jesus told his disciples that everyone who left something to follow him would receive 100 times more. Mark 10:29,30 

RESTORATION PLUS.

Adam and Eve

Noah

Job

Joseph

Joseph’s life is an example of restoration as well.

He was abandoned, falsely accused, forgotten, and then favored and restored to the role God assigned to him. Gen 41:40-45

GOD IS THE RESTORER 

We try to restore ourselves to no avail.

We choose false gods instead of the Living God

We turn to listen to lies instead of His True Spirit

We try to find religious ways of redemption through rituals and works

In Isaiah 58 the Word says to Repent…. And lay aside our ritual fasting to return to practice TRUE FASTING. Let us listen.

Today, we have established the tabernacle of David here. Our worship here at RCF is based on the unconditional love of a Holy God. We discard condemnation, formality, and legalism to direct every soul to come to Him in repentance and receive His abundant Life.

The Restoration of the Father-son, daughter relationship

The restoration of the intimacy of God in personal relationship as Bride to Husband is clearly displayed through Jesus and His Church. He is purifying a spotless bride in the washing of the water by the word that WE be presented to Him without spot or wrinkle and that we would be holy and without blemish. Eph 5:25-27

We are to display more than what has been before. Remember biblical restoration means multiplication and addition.

The church is to display His love in reality.

John 13:34-36 we are to be known by our love. 

The restoration of the church also means the restoration of His power displayed through us. 

Eph 4:12-13-15

Col 1:27 

I Peter 2:5- “Ye also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Built on the Cornerstone.

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a chief CORNERSTONE, elect, precious, and He who believes in Him shall never be disappointed or put to shame.”  Isaiah 28:16