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Filled With The Fullness…

It says in the scripture, “in the fullness of time, God sent His Son into the world..” Now the word fullness in Greek is “pleroma.” The picture is of a glass filling up, the filling up of time. The Jewish understanding of time is that it is something with a purpose set by God.

So your life is like a cup. It’s the cup of God’s purposes, written over your life, waiting to be fulfilled. It’s a cup of holiness; of righteousness; of a victorious life; of peace; of joy and blessing. You can’t fill your life.

He is the one who fills everything, the pleroma who is the fulfillment of us. He came into the world in the fullness, the pleroma, of time. He comes into our lives to also give us fullness.

Jesus is the fullness specifically of your life. In the same way there are a lot of different Messianic prophecies but He fulfills all of them.

So your life is like a Messianic prophecy waiting to be fulfilled. He is the pleroma, not only of the Hebrew Scriptures and of the universe, but of your life.

And to make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things. Ephesians 3:9

Spend time alone with Him in your secret place. Come into His presence, so He can fill up everything you are, your heart, your soul, your emotions, your life.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Break The Law…

God’s word tells us that we were once under the law of sin and death. We were bound by it. What does that mean? The law is something that you are supposed to obey, something that rules you. It means our lives were ruled by this.

But a law also can be broken. We are now free to disobey the law of sin and death, the law of the world, the flesh and the devil. So as much as we are to be obedient to God, we have to be disobedient to sin.

It’s holy to be disobedient to sin. When the enemy tempts you, you can say, “No! I am breaking this law. I am not obeying it.” When that law of fear comes up, you can say “No! I don’t have to fear now, because I am not under this law.”

Say no to the devil. No to the world. No to the law of bitterness and selfishness. No to the law of gloom, despair, anger, addiction and bondage. Start being a lawbreaker of the laws of sin and death. You are free to obey God.

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. Romans 8:1-2

Break the laws of the enemy that have kept you in bondage today. Say no to his false commands. Say yes to your freedom to obey God and walk in His liberty.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Demons of The Modern World…

In the New Testament the Greek word, daimonia, refers to the gods of the world. It’s not surprising that this Greek word for gods in the New Testament is actually the same word translated as “demons.”

There’s a very important revelation here and one to be taken very seriously. The gods of the world are embodiments and representatives of demonic beings. That doesn’t just go for ancient religions; the modern world has its gods, too.

They come in the form of materialism, drugs, alcoholism, sensuality, lust, pornography, love of money, greed. These are all demonic. When you indulge in these things, you are actually worshipping and serving demons.

That’s a horrible thing! You should have nothing to do with it. Any idol is a god, and any god except for the God of the Bible is a demon.

The very thought that you are serving the demonic should be enough to make you get any unclean, unholy thing out of your life once and for all! There is only One True and Living God. Everything else is just demonic.

If you worship me, it will all be yours. Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.’” Luke 4:7-8

Set your mind and heart today to worship the Lord and nothing else. Ask Him to show you anything that holds too much importance in your life and to remove that dark thing from your life.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Oil Of Ministry…

Aaron, Moses’ brother, began his ministry with an anointing, with oil poured on his head. How did David’s ministry begin? The prophet Samuel poured oil on David’s head. What is oil a symbol of? Oil is the symbol of the Spirit of God. Ministry must always begin with the Spirit.

Jesus’s ministry began with the Spirit coming upon Him at the Jordan. The Apostles’ ministry began with the Spirit coming down on Pentecost. From the oil on Aaron’s head to the Apostles at Pentecost, ministry began with the Spirit. Every ministry, every calling must begin with God and His power.

You too must be empowered by the Spirit, for without the Spirit there is no real ministry or power. There is an anointing given for your ministry also so that you may have the power, the gifts and whatever else is needed. But you must receive it and be led by the Spirit. So receive the anointing to fulfill your calling, because every ministry begins with the oil of the Spirit.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. Acts 1:8

Today, ask God to fill you afresh with His Holy Spirit and to empower you to live for Him as you fulfill the calling He has for your life.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Heaven’s DNA…

In the parable of the sower, Jesus said that the seed is the Word of God. How can a seed be related to the Word of God? The comparison is very striking. A seed has to be sown and received by the earth. It contains DNA, the code of life.

So, with the Word of God. It has to be sown and received to come alive. It contains the nature of Him who gave it. It contains the DNA of God. The Word of God transmits the nature of God to the one who receives it. Each word is designed to transmit the nature of God to anyone who receives it.

Do you want to receive the life and the power of God and be conformed to His image? Receive the Word of God into the soil of your heart and mind. Let it soak into your life and become part of you. Receive it with your whole heart because the Word is seed, and in the seed is the life of God.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. John 1:1-4

As you read the Bible today, view each word as a seed. Plant these seeds in your heart, your mind, and in your actions, and become more like God as you receive His nature.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Rising In Grace…

In the Lord we often feel the worst thing that can happen to us is that we fall. We should try to do everything possible to avoid falling. But we need to realize something else.

When did redemption begin? Redemption only begins after the fall. That’s when it all counts. We think we can relate to God as together people. We can’t. We can only come to God in need of being saved through grace. We never come because we’ve got it together.

We come through mercy and grace. Salvation and grace only happens after the fall. In light of that, we only stand by grace and mercy. Sometimes we get so far away from grace; we think we are doing great, we are independent and self-sufficient.

That’s actually fallen right there. Sometimes the best thing that can happen is when we trip up on our face. Then we go back to the foot of Jesus at the cross. Because there is no salvation without it, and all salvation is only within it. The grace of God can only be known now, after the fall.

Rend your heart and not your garments.
Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. Joel 2:13

Be grateful today for the Lord’s grace and mercy. Thank Him for not leaving you where He found you, for picking you up from your fall. And if you fall… Rise up – That’s what it’s all about.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Beginning Of Days…

We think of Sunday as a religious day. Yet, Sunday has one of the most incredible mysteries. The universe was created on Sunday, and that is the mystery of the week. We don’t think of that, but every week is a recreation of the creation.

Sunday is the beginning day, the first day in Hebrew, “Yom Rishon,” the day of the beginning. Jesus rose on Sunday, not because it’s the Christian Sabbath. He rose on Sunday because it’s Yom Rishon, day one, the day of the beginning, the alpha day, the Genesis day.

What does that mean? The resurrection is the new beginning, it’s the new Genesis, the new existence. Live in the power of the first day, the new day, the dawning day. The power of Jesus is to live in day one everyday of your life.

Your guilt or regret doesn’t matter; it’s all gone. It never even happened in Jesus. Live your life in the power of that first day, Yom Rishon, because in Him all things are new, and it will be because He rose on Sunday; the first day of the creation of the universe.

Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning; Lamentations 3:22-23

Let today be a new beginning. Rejoice in the Lord’s faithfulness to revive you! Walk in the newness of His love for you today.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

In and Out Of The Garden…

In the creation, God brought man into a garden. When? On the sixth day. In Hebrew, the sixth day begins Thursday night. In the new creation, Jesus suffered and died to redeem us. How did it all begin?

It began in a garden, the Garden of Gethsemane, when the Temple guards came to take him away to be executed. As God, in the creation, God brought man into a garden, so in the redemption, man took God out of a garden.

In Genesis, it all happened on the sixth day – So in redemption, Jesus was removed from the garden Thursday night – the Hebrew sixth day. On the sixth day, God brought man into a garden to bless him and make him rejoice.

And on the sixth day again, man took God out of a garden to curse Him and make Him suffer. And why did God allow it? Because of you. God allowed Himself to be taken out of a garden to die, that you might be brought into a garden of blessing… to live.

For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

Thank God for His unselfishness and generosity as He sent Jesus to suffer on your behalf, bearing all your sin so you could live in heaven with Him for all eternity. And live today in the same spirit.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

The Lion Hearted

Jesus came the first time as a lamb. But when He comes again, He is coming as a lion – bold, strong, mighty, roaring, and unstoppable. He is coming as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. Revelation 5:5 says “Weep not, behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah has prevailed to open the book.”

We are the people of the Lion, here to prepare for the second coming. As end-time believers, we should begin living more like lions. We must stop living weak and compromised walks, and be strong and of good courage.

It’s time to put away our weaknesses and timidity, and put on His strength and power. We must renounce fear and anxiety and start living confidently and unafraid. The time is now to become strong in righteousness, strong in faith, and strong in action.

So put on a lion’s hope, a lion’s faith, lion-hearted love and lion-hearted confidence. Be as bold as a lion and unstoppable in the Spirit. It’s time to begin living the lion-hearted life, because we are preparing for the coming of the Lion.

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

Today, don’t be intimidated by this world, your circumstances or the problems. Take your place in God and see yourself as He sees you…empowered by His Spirit to be strong and an overcomer.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed

Provoked…

There once was an Orthodox Jew, a student, studying the Torah in Yeshiva. He had plans for his life. He was going to become a great rabbi. But life didn’t follow his plans at all. Instead, his life was interrupted by a blinding light.

This Orthodox Jew was Shaul, Saul, Paul the Apostle. He left Jerusalem and spread the Gospel of Jesus throughout the world… to gentiles and kings. He became a light to the nations, wrote most of the New Testament books, touched billions of lives, changed world history, and became known throughout the ages.

Though his plans didn’t work out, God’s plan did! Perhaps you have plans for your life, and things aren’t going as planned. Praise God anyway because He says “I know the plans I have for you…”

Even in your brokenness or failed dreams, God has plans for you too. So rejoice in that. Believe Him. Trust Him. Where He leads; follow. And you will find that His plans are higher and better by far. Just ask Paul.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go: I will counsel you with my loving eye on you. Psalm 32:8

Give your disappointments to God today. Thank God for the interrupted plans in your life and surrender now to His plan. Be encouraged in the knowledge that God is working all things for your good.

Walk daily with God at your side!

Love always,

Ed