Psalm 91: Engage!

Psalm 91: Engage!

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”

  • John 1:36 – Jesus, the “Lamb of God”
  • Revelation 5:6-8:1
  • Revelation 5:6,12
  • Revelation 7:10

Jesus dealt with evil by absorbing it in God instead of attacking it with violence.

  • Exodus 14:10;13-14 – “Stand still and see…”
  • Judges 7:2
  • Psalm 46:4
  • Ezekiel 47:1-12
  • Ezekiel 47:9 – “And it shall be that every living thing that moves wherever the River goes, will live.”
  • Psalm 34:8 – “Taste and see…”
  • Revelation 22:17
  • Revelation 4:1
  • Revelation 4:2 – “Immediately…”
  • Revelation 21:5-7

Psalm 91:9-10 – “Because you have made the Lord your refuge and the Most High your dwelling place, therefore, NO EVIL shall befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent.”

Psalm 91:14 – “BECAUSE he has set his love upon Me, therefore, I will deliver him: I will set him on high, BECAUSE he knows and understands MY name, with a personal knowledge of My mercy, love and kindness, and BECAUSE he relies on Me knowing (this) I will NEVER FORSAKE him, no Never!”

Psalm 91: Keys

Psalm 91: Keys

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Psalm 91:1-2 (AMP)   ” He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty – Whose power no foe can withstand.

I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”

  1. El Elyon – The Most High – The Pinnacle – The Most Powerful
  2. El Shaddai  – The Almighty – The All-Sufficient One – The Totality of all things
  3. Elohim – The Lord – The Ultimate Source
  4. Yahweh – God – The Holy One (so holy His name cannot be spoken
  • Proverbs 18:10
  • Psalm 91:3-16
  • Matthew 16:19
Psalm 91:2 – “I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”
  • Psalm 34:3 – “Come magnify —“
  • Psalm 22:3 – God dwells in our praise
Psalm 91:2 – “I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I confidently trust.”
  • Hebrews 2:12-13

Psalm 91:3 – “Surely, he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence.”

Psalm 91:4 – Then He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His Truth and His Faithfulness are a shield and buckler.

  • John 4:4-26 – woman at the well
Confession – Admission of guilt
Repentance – admission, turning and taking proper responsibility
Metanoia – to reverse a decision; to change your mind or thoughts
Epistrepho – a change in direction – speaks of actions
  • John 8:22 – truth sets you free

Psalm 91:5 – “You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrows (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that fly by the day”

Psalm 91:6 – Nor of the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday.

Psalm 91:7 – A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you

  • Hebrews 8:6 – a better covenant

Psalm 91:8 – Only as a spectator shall you be (yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High) as you witness the reward of the wicked.

Psalm 91:9 – Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

Psalm 91:10 – There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near you tent.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:12 – eyes on God
  • Hebrews 11:3 – “By faith we understand —-“

The Excellencies of Christ

The Excellencies of Christ

by Pastor Marie Esposito

It’s all about Jesus.
WHAT GOD HAS SAID – WHO HE IS – WHO YOU ARE

Hebrews 1:3

The Great I am is with you always and wants to give you all that He has supplied through Jesus Christ His Son – His Provision
Jeremiah 17:5-10
Jeremiah 29:14

SEVEN EXCELLENCIES OF CHRIST

 – HIS HEIR-SHIP
– HIS CREATIVE POWER
– HIS EFFULGENCE
– HIS BEING
– HIS ADMINISTRATION
– HIS SACRIFICE
– HIS REST AND REIGN
Psalm 62:5,6
Hebrews 10:23
Hebrews 1:2 b, 3
His Heir-ship
His Creative Power
His Effulgence
John 1:18
Isaiah 6, Revelation 1:12-16
His Being
Colossians 1:15
John 8:58
Exodus 3:14
I AM – YHWH – ADONAI – LORD
His Administration
His Sacrifice
His Rest and Reign
Hebrews 4:14-16
Hebrews 7:25
PROPHET, PRIEST, KING – I AM – EXCELLENT GLORY WITHIN US.

The Strong Tower

The Strong Tower

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

  • Psalm 46:1-2,10(NKJV, Message)
  • Hebrews 10:31
  • Proverbs 18:10
  • Zephaniah 3:16-17
  • Isaiah 40:31(AMP)

The Daily Examem – Ignatius of Loyola

  1. Reflect on and acknowledge where God was present to you.
  2. Be grateful for each God encounter. (Consolation or Desolation)
  3. Pay attention to note your emotions (joy, awe, fear etc.) during each encounter
  4. Pick a specific feature of the day and pray for discernment from it.
  5. Look toward tomorrow with expectation b/c “His mercies are knew every morning” – Lamentations 3:22-23
  • Romans 5:1-5(NLT)
  • Mark 5:35-41

“Resting in God” – Allowing yourself to be powered by the internal Presence of God and not the fear that’s generated by the “storms of life.”

 

Matthew 5:9 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called Sons of God.”

Joshua 1:5

Consider:  God has not called us to the reasonable or the humanly attainable but to the outrageously impossible!

Perfect Peace

Perfect Peace

by Pastor Roy Esposito

 

 

 

                                    331 BC – Alexander the Great conquers Judea

Aristotle

Matter – The principle of potentiality

Form – The principle of actuality

 

Matter – the “clay”

Form – the sculptor’s idea of how to shape the clay

 

John 4:24

1 Peter 1:20, Revelation 13:8

 

Aristotle – “God is perfect thought thinking itself.”

Jeremiah 29:11-12    “…. thoughts of peace…”

Philippians 4:7

Isaiah 26:3 –

“Perfect Peace” 

1)  God focused not self-focused

2) Trust in God’s goodness and faithfulness

 

Psalm 46:10

Galatians 5:23

Romans 12:2

John 14:17, 26

Devotional Prayer – “Holy Spirit, inspire me”

 

Ephesians 6:17

Psalm 46:1-3

Don’t Forget To Hydrate

Don’t Forget To Hydrate
by Pastor Roy Esposito
Isaiah 40:31 (AMP)
Revelation 22:17
James 1:2-4 (Message)
Isaiah 44:3
Hebrews 10:38
James 1:2 (NLT)
Psalm 42:1
Ephesians 6:14-18 – Armor of God
Galatians 2:20 – Christ’s faith lives in me.
Matthew 6:6-13

Symptoms of Dehydration

1. Dizzy and confused
2. Fussy and nit-picking
3. Delirium – can’t differentiate reality from illusion
4. No tears – become emotionally blunted
5. Constipation – unable to process waste
 
Exodus 15:22-27
Waters of Elim – place of 12 rivers or wells  
Palm Trees – Victory !
# 70 – Perfect spiritual order carried out with all spiritual power and significance.
Both spirit and order are emphasized.

And They Sang a New Song

And They Sang a New Song

by Pastor Roy Esposito
“And They Sang a New Song —-”   Rev. 5:9
The Sacred Tetragrammaton — YHWH
 
Ruach  — the Spirit and Breath of God
 
Hebrews 4:16
1 Samuel 16:7
Matthew 12:34
  • Barak — quiet, reverential kneeling and admiration
  • Halal  — Loud, celebratory and clamorously foolish
  • Selah  — stop and think about it
Genesis 1:3,6 etc…
Genesis 1:26

Elevated Prayer

Elevated Prayer

“God comes to us disguised as our life.”  —  Richard Rohr
Romans 8:29
Romans 8:19
John 14:12 (KJV)
Psalms 92:10(NLT)
2 Corinthians 4;18
Isaiah 1:11-18(NLT)
Colssians 2:20-23
Genesis 1:26-28
Psalms 115:6
Job 38:22
Isaiah 1:18
Confession — acknowledges sin
Repentance — acknowledges sin, accepts responsibility for it, then  gives it all to God in it’s entire truth.
Jeremiah 1:9  – Word  – (Heb.– Dabar)  — the creative force of God
Proverbs 18:21
James 5:16 (AMP)
Job 22:25-30(AMP)
 
Knowledge of God’s nature and plan — changes our prayer from a plea to a proclamation
 
1 John 5:14-15(AMP)
Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT)

 

An Invitation to Spiritual Fatherhood

An Invitation to Spiritual Fatherhood

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Luke 15:11-32
Luke 6:27-36 – “Be compassionate just as the Father is compassionate.”
 
Romans 8:16-17
Genesis 3:12 – The beginning of “Spin”

Three Elements of Spiritual Fatherhood:

Grief — Forgiveness — Generosity

Grief – allows my heart to be touched by the wounds of others
Forgiveness – a heart that is empty of self-seeking
Generosity – a giving of self
 
1 John 4:18 – “Perfect love casts out fear.”
 
Generosity – (Latin) Genus – of the same kind – akin to