“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.” (Psalm 45:10-11) To be still in the midst of turmoil and uproar means to not act out of fear or haste. It means to be settled in and camped into the love of God in a way that makes you unshakable to the…..
“The cup seals the new covenant with my blood. Drink it—and whenever you drink this, do it to remember me.” (1 Corinthians 11:25b, TPT) Remember here is the Greek word anamnésis, Strongs #364. It means to properly deliberate and “better appreciate the effects.” The Lord does not just want us to think of Him, but to understand what it is He did for us through the new covenant that is sealed by His blood. The new covenant is between Father…..
Jesus says to Peter in Matthew 16:19 (TPT), “I will give you the keys of the heaven’s kingdom realm to forbid on earth that which is forbidden in heaven, and to release on earth that which is released in heaven.” To bind is to tie up, declare, and prohibit. Where to loose, is to set free and open up wide. Matthew 18:18 (TPT) says, “Receive this truth: Whatever you forbid on earth will be considered to be forbidden in heaven,…..
“Thus says the Lord:Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart departs from the Lord. For he will be like a bush in the desert and will not see when good comes, but will inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be as a tree planted by…..