…as I Have Loved You

by Pastor Roy Esposito

How Jesus Loved People.

1. He was present to them and listened to them attentively — even His enemies.

2. Caringly confrontational — challenged them to think before acting — then act with love

3. Thought generational to advance the Kingdom of God

4. Celebrated all people as gifts from God

5. Humor and Joy — a sense of “Mirth” or great merriment

6. Taught spiritual principles creatively with relatable models

7. Reverence and respect

8. Loyalty — even when rejected

9. Forgiveness

10. Compassion — Cared for people.

 The Door to Who He Really Is

The Door of Radical Pursuit

by Pastor Roy Esposito

• Revelation 3:20-22
• Revelation 4:1-2a
• Revelation 1:10

“The Lord’s Day” — a specific time set aside for communion with God

• Song of Solomon 5:1 (Passion Bible)
• Song of Solomon 5:2-3 (Passion)

A Prophetic Word :

“I believe we are at a moment in time; at a threshold of change, where a shift in evolution exists. 

 We need to wake up and read the signs of the times. Our collective response, as the Body of Christ, will have great impact on the future of all that exists.

 There is a Darkness coming and has already begun to cover the Earth.

 The focus of this Darkness is to keep everyone asleep!” — PR

 

Awareness is what really matters in spirituality.

The “Bride” never knows when the “Bridegroom” will come.

— Matthew 25:13

• Philipians 3:7-9 (NLT)
• Philippians 3:10

 

• Jeremiah 4:22
• Matthew 7:22-23
• John 14:2   — “Many mansions —“

 

• Song of Solomon 2:16

“In terms of spiritual warfare, intimacy with God is the most powerful weapon we can possess.”  — PR

• Matthew 7: 7-8  — “Ask — Seek — Knock”
• Matthew 7:13-14

 

• Song of Solomon 5:4-5 (Passion)
• Song of Solomon  5:5-6 (Passion)

The Door of Fruit, Gifts and Brokenness

by Pastor Roy Esposito 

 John 1:14

2 Corinthians 3:18

Revelation 3:20-22

 

Message Bible – “Are you awake? Listen!  Listen to the “wind words”; the Spirit is blowing through the churches.”

 

Revelation 4:1 (NLT)

Hebrews 13:5

 

Song of Solomon 4:9-11

Song of Solomon 4:12 (AMP)

Song of Solomon 2:16

Song of Solomon 2: 4

 

John 7:38 – “Out of their essence flows rivers of living water.”

(AMP) – “—continuous springs and rivers of living water.”

 

The Doors

 

When the invitation to the Banquet of Conscious Divine Union is accepted it leads to the “narrow gate” and we stand at the threshold of the:

1.Door of Self – the False- Self is laid down

2.Door of Salvation – guaranteed eternal relationship with God; safety and nurture

3. Door of Gifting and Fruits – place of equipping

 

Song of Solomon 4:13-15 – 9 Fruits and Herbs in the King’s garden

Galatians 5:22 – 9 Fruit of the Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:8-10-9 Gifts of the Spirit

 

 

John 6:44 – Drawn by His Spirit

 

Revelation 4:1 – “I will show you things to come.”

 

4. Door of Brokenness – Humility added to gifts and fruits

 

Song of Solomon 4:16 – North Wind – Purification Process

 

Hosea 2:14-15

 

South Wind – Blessing and Fruitfulness

 

Song of Solomon 5:1 – Myrrh – Suffering and death

Spices – truths of interior good

 

Exodus 30:23-31 – Anointing Oil – the goodness of love

 

Oil – was blended and perfumed with spices so that it would represent that which is good and acceptable.

 

Odor – signifies perception.

                   An agreeable and sweet odor signifies an acceptable perception

 

Interpretation: “The healing value of love cannot come to human perception except through interior truth which is good and acceptable to God.”

 5. Door of Hope – Restoration of our personal “Spirit Songs”

The Door of Salvation

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

 

Soul Prayer – Launched from human reasoning and conceptualizations about God.

Spirit Prayer – “Wind Words”

Isaiah 65:24 – “Before they ask I will answer—”

“There is a path with no light except the one that burns in your heart.” — John of The Cross

2 Corinthians 3:18

John 10:7-9

1 Corinthians 7:31_(NLT)

“This world is fading because it has no real substance. It is an illusion that’s upheld by a collective human agreement that it exists.” – PR

“Adam’s sin was more a sin of identity (“Other” than God) than a sin of morality.” – PR

John 3:16 – “God loves this world and chooses to meet in it through Jesus Christ.

The Narrow Gate

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

 

• Matthew 7:13-14
• Ephesians 5:15-17
• Matthew 4:17_(NLT)

The Kingdom of Heaven on Earth:

The community of prayerful love where what the “Law and the Prophets” really said is fulfilled. -Matthew 7:12

The “Cloak of the Pharisees”:  Where rules, codes, doctrines, traditions, religious habits, and false perceptions are substituted for progressive spiritual transformation.

Matthew 23:27-28

Revelation 3:14-18 – “Buy from Me” – there’s always a cost!

Gold refined in the fire – Spiritual authority that come through purified hearts and motives

White Garments – holiness to cover the nakedness of shameful behavior

Eye Salve – to see clearly and discern the way.

Colossians 2:10 – “complete in Christ”

Judges 6:15 – Gideon’s view of himself.

Judges 6:12 – God’s view of Gideon

Midian – Strife and contention

Judges 6:16 – God’s solution: “Surely, I will be with you –”

• Philippians 2:13_(NLT)
• Luke 12:23_(AMP)

 

• Psalm 42:11b
• Mark 7:7-8
• Exodus 33:11
• Luke 18:18-22
• Revelation 4:1

 

•  Matthew 7:7-8

“Ask for Grace to see; Seek truth, so when you Knock it will be God who opens the door and the gate won’t seem so narrow” – PR

• Matthew 25:23_(NLT)