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Praying in Jesus’ Name

Praying In Jesus’ Name

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • John 14;13-14
  • Phil 4:8
  • Rom 12:2
  • Rom 12;1
  • Matt 5:21-22
  • Eph 4:26
  • Ps 4:4
  • Matt 5:23-24
  • Heb 12:14-15
  • Rom 12:18
  • Prov 18:19
“Unwavering trust is a rare and precious thing because it often demands a degree of courage that borders on the heroic”  — Brennan Manning
 
Matt 24:10-12
                                       Lawlessness  — Outside the laws of civility, courtesy and honor
 
Phil 2:5
Phil 2:7-10   “Mind” — (Grk) —  Not mere unreasoned opinion. Implies moral reflection and dedication to a particular way of thinking.
 
                     Trust —  Doesn’t occur by accident. It is a result of love that has paid a price!
 
  • Jn 20:21-23
  • Isa 53:5
  • 1Pet 2:24
  • Mark 16:17-18
  • James 5:16
  • Isa 58:12
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Seeking, Finding and Receiving The Intimate God

Seeking, Finding and Receiving

The Intimate God

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • Proverbs 8:17
  • Exodus 20:19
  • Exodus 33:18-19
  • Exodus 33:11
  • Job 23:13-14
  • Matthew 4:1-11

Metanoia – Spiritual conversion

  • John 5:30
  • John 14:10
  • John 10:4
  • John 16:13

Matthew 7:7-8 – The Promise of God to those who seek – “They will find Me.” – Proverbs 8:17

Imagination – The power of the mind to form an image or concept of something not seen.

“As I could not make reflection with my understanding I contrived to picture Christ within me.” — Teresa of Avila

Romans 1:21

Suggestions To Help With Meditative Prayer

1) Set The Goal – 1 Thessalonians 5:17

2) Set apart time for formal meditation

3) See your day as a whole entity

4) Pre-designate a place for prayer

5) Be conscious of your physical posture

6) Focus on a particular scripture

Remember: This is not study time.

Let the written Word become a personal message to you.   Internalize it, don’t analyze it.

Example: Peace — John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3 – 

Rather than dissecting the concept of peace with rationality — ENTER into it!

2 Timothy 1:7 – Fear is overcome by “power, love and a sound mind” and bears self-control and discernment as fruit!

Colossians 1:27

Meditation – Not a single act, but a progressive journey of communication with God

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Setting Our Spiritual Compasses

Setting Our Spiritual Compasses

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Meditation – a human mode of prayer by which one ruminates on a particular aspect of God (a word, a principal, etc…)

Contemplation – a divinely infused prayer which cannot be initiated by man

  • Romans 12:2
  • Ephesians 5:26
  • Ephesians 4:24
  • James 1:8
  • Colossians 3:1-2

Meditate (Greek) – “to listen and reflect”

  • Psalm 119:97-98
  • Jeremiah 20:9
  • Luke 11:24-26
  • Song of Solomon 3:4
  • Proverbs 8:17
  • Romans 14:17
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RCF Year 21: Two Paths, Five Imperatives

“RCF Year 21:

Two Paths,

Five Imperatives”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • 1 Kings 14:6
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-7
  • Genesis 17:25
  • John 6:63 (NLT)
  • 2 Timothy 3:5
  • Psalm 16:8

5 Keys to Staying On the Path of Life

 

  1. Develop an ongoing realization of God’s Presence in your daily activities.
  2. Chose intimacy with God over the acceptance of the crowd.
    • Exodus 33
  3. Rejoice and be thankful in all things
    • Philippians 4:4
    • Acts 16
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
  4. Honor your spiritual parents
    • Esther 2:7
  5. Embrace what God says even if you don’t understand it yet
    • Luke 1:26/34-38
    • Luke 2: 16-19
    • Isaiah 55:11
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Our Joy In Jesus: 3rd Sunday of Advent

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“Our Joy In Jesus: 3rd Sunday of Advent”

Luke 2:8-11
Matt 16:25
2Cor 3:6 (NLT)
Lk 5:1-8             
                                     Two Boats: His Way or Our Way
Rom 2:4
1Jn 4:10
     True repentance is always a result of a revelation of God’s immense and unyielding love.
 
Isa 55:11(AMP)
Titus 2:11-12
Rom 12:2
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Jesus, Loves Way: 2nd Week of Advent, 2016

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“Jesus, Loves Way:
2nd Week of Advent, 2016″

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • John 14:1-12
  • 1 John 4:8 – “God Is Love!”

Love – Is the purifier of our thoughts

Love – Is the measurement of our spiritual maturity

Our enemy’s alternative for love:

Reasoning – Passion – Justification

  • John 8:32
  • Hebrews 11:13
  • Ephesians 1:3
  • Ephesians 1:17-18 (AMP)
  • Matthew 9:27-29  – “Become what you believe” – Message Bible
  • Zechariah 10:1
  • Job 14:7-9
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Our Hope In Christ: 1st Week of Advent, 2016

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“Our Hope In Christ: 1st Week of Advent, 2016″

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Advent  – “The Coming” or “The Arrival”

2 Focuses – Remembrance and Anticipation

  • Psalm 42:5
  • Psalm 43:5
  • Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
  • Matthew 7:16
  • Hebrews 6:10-12, 19
  • Colossians  1:27

             The Power of the Christ Within :   “Jesus is the power and wisdom and holiness of God Almighty. 

No thought can contain Him, no word can express Him. He transcends all human concepts, considerations and expectations.”    – Brennan Manning

  • Ephesians 1:17
  • Romans 8:24
  • Romans 15:13 (AMP)
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Thanksgiving, 2016

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“Thanksgiving, 2016”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • Deuteronomy 30:19
  • Romans 1:21 (AMP)
  • John 12:3-5, Matthew 26:8-14

Every offence not surrendered to God in prayer and left to fester will eventually become a bitter venom that will poison us and will surely be passed on to others through gossip and accusation.  — P.R.

  • Ephesians 1:17
  • 2 Timothy 3:1-7

Perilous Times — Harsh, painful, dangerous and difficult. Speaks of a society absent of virtue and abundant in vices.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18  — Rejoice in the midst of difficulties  —   don’t accept defeat;  Pray through to victory 

                                                               remain Thankful in crisis 

  • Psalm 142:2
  • Psalm 141:3

“Every word spoken in complaint as unthankfullness is a spark lit by hell sent to feed on and consume our joy and hope.” — Frances Frangiapane

“Being thankful to God for His provision will allow us to enjoy what He’s given and that JOY will be our STRENGTH!” —   P.R.

  • Psalm 116:17
  • Psalm 46:1
  • Proverbs 11:1
  • Psalm 100:4   —   Thanksgiving — into His Presence —   Praise — into Intimacy

                 Thanksgiving will bring you in.    Praise will bring you close!

Isaiah 58:12 (NEB) “Repairers of broken walls; Restorers of houses in ruin.”  – R.C.F.’s mandate

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And They Sang A New Song

“And They Sang A New Song”

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

Psalm 1:1-3 (AMP)

Jealousy — the fear I will lose what I have
Envy — the pain of despair I suffer at seeing another enjoy what I desire for myself

1 John 3:20
Hebrews 10:22 — An “evil conscience” — one that is perpetually focused on sin and failure.
Hebrews 10:2
Revelation 12:10 – Hebrew — Ha-Satan — the “Accuser”
John 16:7-11
Hebrews 8:12, Jeremiah 31:31-34
1 Corinthians 15:34
Matthew 12:34b-35
Proverbs 27:19
2 Corinthians 5:21

Person — Latin — Per Sonare — to sound through
Revelation 11:5