Month: November 2020

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Thanksgiving Thoughts

The Entrance of Your Word (Encouragement) from Pastor Marie

Thanksgiving Thoughts
by Pastor Roy Esposito

Thanksgiving Thoughts From Pastor Roy
  • From the comic strip “Mutts” – “I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments to find happiness – it’s right in front of me if I’m paying attention and practicing gratitude.”
  • A present Word: “Without gratitude, there can be no optimism.  Without optimism, there can be no hope.  “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” (Prov 13:12)
  • Romans 10:17 – “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.”
  • Hebrews 11:6 – Faith to please God – rewarded by seeking Him diligently
  • Psalms 78: 1-4, 6-8,29,33
  • ”His Salvation” – separates us from our lusts; sexual, misused gifts, corrupted feelings, and thoughts – SELF-ABSORBTION
  • Blinded by lust – cannot see or hear God >>>> decline into confusion causing thoughts to become senseless.
  • All because they chose to COMPLAIN and were not THANKFUL
  • Complaining is the OPPOSITE of thankfulness!
  • Francis Frangipane – “Every word spoken in a complaint as un-thankfulness is a spark lit by hell, sent to feed upon and consume our joy and destroy our HOPE.”
  • H.W. Beecher – “A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never gets as much as he thinks he deserves.”
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18(NKJV & TPT) – “Rejoice – Pray – Give Thanks IN everything”
  • “When God gives us less than we think we deserve, He’s not teaching us that poverty is a virtue, but that thankfulness for what He’s already supplied is the key that unlocks the full potential of His grace through which we can do ALL things.”
    –PR
  • Psalms 50:43(AMP)
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Labyrinth of Life in the Spirit

by Pastor Marie Esposito

Labyrinth of Life in the Spirit by Pastor Marie Esposito

As we move forward and mature on our journey, there are two basic truths that we can rely on as we walk in the labyrinth of life in the Spirit.

There is a witness between the Sword and the Spirit. The Word and the Holy Voice.

Labyrinths have one continuous path, with twists and turns, simple or complex, which leads to the center.

We mix the Word with our faith, which is the victory that overcomes the world. The prophetic word we hear, [the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking in our inner man] is as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the Morning Star rises in your hearts…with the revelation of the Living Christ. Ever increasing as we immerse ourselves in the Spirit.

  • 2 Timothy 3:16-17
  • Psalm 119:89
  • Psalm 119:130
  • Genesis 2:7
  • John 20:22

Jesus is the Living Rhema and the Living Logos.

  • John 1:1-4,14
  • Revelation 19:13

God is alive and as He cannot be separated from His Word, therefore, His Word is alive. It breathes as He breathes.

  • John 6:63
  • Hebrews 4:12
  • I Corinthians 2:12

OVERCOMERS IN  THIS LIFE,
MORE THAN CONQUERORS

There is a Balance between the LIVING WORD and the LIVING SPIRIT.
      We don’t want to become lopsided in our faith.

  • Jeremiah 1:11,12 Jeremiah ‘SAW’ AND HEARD 

LET’S WALK CLOSER AND CLOSER TO OUR CENTER, AND BREATHE HIS LIFE INTO OUR HEARTS AND THEN OUT TO A WORLD THAT NEEDS THE REAL JESUS.

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The Church Resurrected

The Church Resurrected

by Pastor Roy Esposito

  • “What was lost in the Garden can be RESTORED in the wilderness.”
  • Wilderness – the place where distractions, idols, toys, falsehoods are limited or totally eliminated.
  • Ephesians 1:17-20(TPT) – “Immeasurable greatness” – Power that is greater than great!

The “Strength of His Might.”

  • Every Christian has this power accompanying their lives!
  • Romans 8:10-11(TPT)
  • The “wilderness” affords us the OPPORTUNITY to EXPERIENCE it and have it become usable.
  • Ephesians 1:21-23(TPT)
  • The “Spiritual Battle” is not in the circumstances but rather between surrendering our distractions and “WAKE UP” in order to “SEE” from an elevated spiritual viewpoint.
  • 2 Peter 1:5 – Unfolding faith
  • Psalm 46:10(TPT) – Don’t STRIVE! – (Surrender already!)
  • Psalm 131:3 – “O, people of God, your time has come to QUIETLY TRUST
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Unfolding Faith

By Pastor Roy Esposito

– 2 Peter 1:2-8

– Mark 3:13 (NKJV)  – He calls – Disciples come!

– 2 Peter 1:5  –Brian Simmons notes from Passion version:

“Out of your Faith will emerge>> Goodness >> Understanding of God >> Inner strength (self-control) >> Patient Endurance >> Godliness >> Mercy torwads others >> LOVE“

-The Passion Bible; Brian Simons

                                   Mathematical Equation

Faith + Goodness = Understanding

Understanding + Goodness  = Inner strength (Self-Control)

Understanding + Inner strength = Patience

Inner strength + Patience = Godliness

Patience + Godliness = Mercy 

Godliness + Mercy = LOVE

– 1 John 4:7, 15-17  – God IS Love!

– 2 Peter 1:8 — These virtues are ALREADY planted deep within us

– 2 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)  – His divine power has given us ALL that pertains to life and godliness.
– Ephesians 5:14 – “Awake you who sleep”

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What’s On Your Mind?

What’s On Your Mind?

by Pastor Roy Esposito

Joel 2:26
Song of Solomon 2:4(NLT)
Proverbs 23:5(NLT)

  • Life is a banquet but most are starving to death.
  • Answer: Repent!  Wake Up! Put on a new mind!
  • Wrong ideas can make a mess out of life
  • “Brainwashing” – Introjection – Ideas that are not your own
  • To “Wake Up” – doesn’t require intelligence, strength, or energy but a willingness to learn something new.
  • Matthew 16:24(NIV) – “Give up your own way…”
  • John 8:31-32(NEB) – Dwell within the Revelation 
  • Colossians 3:2(Passion) ”FEAST on the treasures of the heavenly realm- not on the distractions of the natural realm.”