THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9

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(KJV) Ephesians 1:9

Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

THE MYSTERY OF HIS WILL / EPHESIANS 1:9

This phrase does not mean that Christ makes it difficult to discover, understand or follow His specific purposes for our individual lives. More importantly, it speaks of God’s unique purposes for our individual lives. More importantly, it speaks of God’s unique purpose for all people in general – a purpose that comes only by revelation from God and often challenges and frustrates human wisdom and reasoning (Ephesians 3:4).

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  1. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  2. IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1
  3. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  4. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  5. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  6. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  7. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  8. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  9. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1

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KJV) Ephesians 1:1

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus:

IN CHRIST JESUS / EPHESIANS 1:1

Every “faithful” believer (follower of Christ) has life only “in Christ Jesus.” 

  1. The terms “in Christ Jesus,” “in the Lord,” in Him,” etc., occur 160 times in Paul’s writing (36 times in Ephesians). “In Christ” means that the believer is now united with Jesus through a personal relationship and lives within the realm of His character, influence and purposes. Union with Christ is the Christian’s new environment; everything the believer does is within the context of his or her relationship with Jesus and should reflect His influence and leadership. “In Christ,” His followers are constantly aware of their Lord’s presence and companionship. Because this relationship is so deep, Christians’ lives are seen not as their own, but as Christ living in them (Galatians 2:20). This personal unity and companionship with Christ is the most important thing in the Christian life and experience. Union with Christ comes as a gift of God through faith.
  2. The Bible contrasts our new life “in Christ” with our old, spiritually dead and unrestored life “in Adam.” While the old life is characterized by disobedience, sin (opposition and defiance toward God), condemnation and death, our new life “in Christ” is characterized by salvation, God’s love, guidance by God’s Spirit, truth and eternal life with God (Romans 5:12-21; 6; 8; 14:17-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21-22, 45-49; Philippians 2:1-5; 4:6-9).

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  1. REDEMPTION / EPHESIANS 1:7
  2. RULERS AND AUTHORITIES / EPHESIANS 3:10
  3. DECEIVE / EPHESIANS 5:6
  4. BE SURE / EPHESIANS 5:5
  5. ACCESS TO THE FATHER / EPHESIANS 2:18
  6. HIS … POWER / EPHESIANS 1:18-21
  7. CHILDREN OBEY / EPHESIANS 6:1
  8. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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Margarita & Stace

THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27

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(KJV) Mark 2:27-28

And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN / MARK 2:27

God set up the Sabbath (the seventh day) as a blessing for humans (Exodus 20:8). The Sabbath was the last day of the week for Old Testament Jews, but modern Christians have adopted the first day of week as the day of worship in honor of Christ’s resurrection. On the day, we are to put aside our daily work. Instead, we should reserve this day to worship God and refresh ourselves. This is important to keep ourselves physically healthy and spiritually strong (Isaiah 58:13-14). Those who ignore the principle of the Sabbath rob themselves of a blessing and often bring harm on their own physical, mental and spiritual condition (Matthew 12:1).

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  1. TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17
  2. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  3. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  4. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  5. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  6. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  7. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  8. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  9. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  10. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  11. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  12. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  13. Guided By Grace About

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TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17

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(KJV) Mark 2:17

 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

TO CALL … SINNERS / MARK 2:17

See Matthew 9:11. Jesus was not suggesting that anyone is spiritually right apart from God. But those who are self-righteous – who view themselves as right in their own mind or by their own standards – will not realize their need for God. Hope comes to those who recognize and admit their sin, who accept God’s forgiveness through faith in Christ and who receive His gift of spiritual salvation.

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  1. HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11
  2. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  3. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  4. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  5. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  6. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  7. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  8. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  9. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  10. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  11. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  12. Guided By Grace About

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HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11

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(KJV) Mark 2:11

I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.

HEALING THE PARALYZED MAN / MARK 2:11

It was never God’s plan that humankind should suffer sickness and infirmity. These things are the results of the sinfulness of the human race (people’s opposition and rebellion against God and rejection of His standards) and the activity of Satan in the world. This does not mean that whenever a person is sick or suffering that it is a direct result of a specific sin in his or her life. The curse of sin and rebellion affects the entire human race, and suffering is common in a world that has gone its own way and defied God and His purposes. Satan, however, will try to use human suffering to discourage and destroy the believer’s faith in God. This means that every healing that a person receives through Christ involves God stepping into Satan’s realm and destroying his evil work (1 John 3:8). This passage is a great example of how God can work through the faith and spiritual determination of one person (or a group of people) to bring physical and spiritual deliverance to another person.

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  1. DROVE OUT MANY DEMONS / MARK 1:34
  2. SYNAGOGUE / MARK 1:21
  3. COME FOLLOW ME / MARK 1:17
  4. KINGDOM OF GOD / MARK 1:15
  5. BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MARK 1:8
  6. THE WHOLE JUDEAN COUNTRYSIDE / MARK 1:5
  7. BAPTISM OF REPENTANCE / MARK 1:4
  8. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL / MARK 1:1-3
  9. MY SON, WHOM I LOVE / MARK 1:11
  10. WHEN YOU STAND PRAYING … FORGIVE / MARK 11:25
  11. Guided By Grace About

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ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11

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(KJV) Zechariah 10:11

And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

ASSYRIA’S … EGYPT’S / ZECHARIAH 10:11

Assyria represented Israel’s enemies to the north and east, while Egypt represented the enemies to the south. God promised to remove all opposition to Israel’s restoration.

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  1. JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8
  2. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  3. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  4. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  5. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  6. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  7. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  8. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  9. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  10. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  11. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  12. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  13. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  14. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  15. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  16. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  17. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  18. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  19. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  20. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  21. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  22. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  23. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  24. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  25. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  26. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  27. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  28. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  29. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  30. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  31. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  32. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  33. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  34. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  35. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  36. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  37. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  38. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  39. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  40. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  41. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  42. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  43. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  44. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  45. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  46. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  47. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  48. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  49. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8

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Zechariah 10:6-8

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them. And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

JUDAH … JOSEPH / ZECHARIAH 10:6-8

God’s purpose was to reunite all twelve tribes of Israel and restore them to a right relationship with Himself. Judah represents the southern two tribes of Joseph and the northern ten tribes.

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  1. FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4
  2. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  3. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  4. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  5. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  6. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  7. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  8. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  9. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  10. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  11. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  12. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  13. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  14. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  15. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  16. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  17. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  18. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  19. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  20. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  21. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  22. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  23. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  24. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  25. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  26. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  27. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  28. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  29. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  30. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  31. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  32. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  33. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  34. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  35. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  36. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  37. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  38. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  39. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  40. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  41. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  42. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  43. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  44. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  45. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  46. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  47. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  48. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4

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(KJV) Zechariah 10:4

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE / ZECHARIAH 10:4

Out of the Israelite tribe (family line) of Judah came the cornerstone (Psalms 118:22; Isaiah 28:16), which is Jesus the Messiah (the cornerstone being the main stone in a building’s foundation). Christ also would be like the tent peg, indicating support and security (Isaiah 22:22-23), and the battle bow, indicating how He would bring victory to His people. He would be the final and complete Warrior-King and Ruler (Revelation 19:11-16).

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  1. DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2
  2. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  3. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  4. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  5. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  6. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  7. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  8. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  9. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  10. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  11. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  12. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  13. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  14. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  15. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  16. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  17. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  18. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  19. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  20. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  21. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  22. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  23. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  24. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  25. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  26. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  27. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  28. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  29. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  30. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  31. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  32. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  33. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  34. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  35. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  36. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  37. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  38. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  39. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  40. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  41. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  42. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  43. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  44. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  45. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  46. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  47. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2

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(KJV) Zechariah 10:2

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE / ZECHARIAH 10:2

Because the people had no true shepherd to lead them in the right paths – the paths of trust in God – they turned to false gods and relied on idols, fortune tellers, and other occult (devil and demon worship) practices. Pastors and teachers who destroy confidence in the Bible by denying that it is fully inspired by God and infallible (certain not to fail) are guilty of indirectly influencing people to turn to ungodly practices in search of guidance.

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  1. GREECE / ZECHARIAH 9:13
  2. RETURN TO YOUR FORTRESS O PRISONERS OF HOPE / Zechariah 9:12
  3. PROCLAIM PEACE … RULE WILL EXTEND / ZECHARIAH 9:10
  4. YOUR KING COMES … HAVING SALVATION / ZECHARIAH 9:9
  5. NEVER AGAIN WILL AN OPPRESSOR OVERRUN / ZECHARIAH 9:8
  6. THE EYES OF MEN … ARE ON THE LORD / ZECHARIAH 9:1
  7. TO SEEK THE LORD ALMIGHTY / ZECHARIAH 8:22
  8. THE THINGS YOU ARE TO DO / ZECHARIAH 8:16-17
  9. I WILL SAVE MY PEOPLE / ZECHARIAH 8:7-8
  10. RIPE OLD AGE … BOYS AND GIRLS / ZECHARIAH 8:4-5
  11. I WILL RETURN TO ZION / ZECHARIAH 8:3
  12. MADE THEIR HEARTS AS HARD AS FLINT / ZECHARIAH 7:12
  13. WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
  14. THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
  15. WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
  16. HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
  17. THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
  18. A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
  19. A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
  20. WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
  21. O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
  22. NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
  23. TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
  24. SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
  25. SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
  26. MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
  27. IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
  28. I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
  29. REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
  30. SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
  31. JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
  32. TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
  33. FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
  34. I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
  35. MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
  36. HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
  37. NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
  38. VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
  39. ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
  40. THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
  41. I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
  42. DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
  43. RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
  44. IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
  45. WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
  46. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

ALL AUTHORITY / MATTHEW 28:18

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(KJV) Matthew 28:18

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

ALL AUTHORITY / MATTHEW 28:18

Jesus promises that His followers – now His representatives on earth – would have His authority and power to proclaim and spread His message throughout the world (Matthew 28:19-20). But first they must obey Jesus’ command to wait for the Father to fulfill His promise and send the Holy Spirit to empower them (this promise was fulfilled at Pentecost, Luke 24:47-49; Acts 1:8; 2:4). We cannot expect the power described in Acts 1:8 to accompany our efforts to take Christ’s message to the nations without first following the pattern of Acts 1:4.

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  1. I AM WITH YOU / MATTHEW 28:20
  2. GO … MAKE DISCIPLES … BAPTIZING / MATTHEW 28:19
  3. DO NOT BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 28:10
  4. JESUS MET THEM / MATTHEW 28:9
  5. HE HAS RISEN / MATTHEW 28:6
  6. MANY HOLY PEOPLE WERE RAISED / MATTHEW 27:52
  7. THE CURTAIN WAS TORN / MATTHEW 27:51
  8. JESUS CRIED OUT AGAIN / MATTHEW 27:50
  9. WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? / MATTHEW 27:46
  10. HURLED INSULTS AT HIM / MATTHEW 27:39-40
  11. THEY CRUCIFIED HIM / MATTHEW 27:35
  12. LED HIM AWAY TO CRUCIFY HIM / MATTHEW 27:31
  13. A SCARLET ROBE … A CROWN OF THORNS / MATTHEW 27:28-29
  14. HAD JESUS FLOGGED / MATTHEW 27:26
  15. PILATE / MATTHEW 27:24
  16. JEREMIAH THE PROPHET / MATTHEW 27:9-10
  17. JUDAS’ DEATH / MATTHEW 27:5
  18. JUDAS’ REMORSE / MATTHEW 27:3
  19. HANDED HIM OVER TO PILATE / MATTHEW 27:2
  20. SPIT … STRUCK … SLAPPED / MATTHEW 26:67-68
  21. ARRESTED JESUS / MATTHEW 26:57
  22. MAY THIS CUP BE TAKEN / MATTHEW 26:39
  23. HE BEGAN TO BE SORROWFUL / MATTHEW 26:37
  24. FORGIVENESS OF SINS / MATTHEW 26:28
  25. IN MEMORY OF HER / MATTHEW 26:13
  26. PASSOVER / MATTHEW 26:2
  27. SHEEP FROM THE GOATS / MATTHEW 25:32-46
  28. DEVIL AND HIS ANGELS / MATTHEW 25:41
  29. EVERYONE WHO HAS / MATTHEW 25:29
  30. TALENTS / MATTHEW 25:15
  31. OIL / MATTHEW 25:4
  32. PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS / MATTHEW 25:1
  33. MY MASTER IS STAYING AWAY / MATTHEW 24:48-49
  34. AN HOUR WHEN YOU DO NOT EXPECT HIM / MATTHEW 24:44
  35. THE THIEF / MATTHEW 24:43
  36. THEREFORE KEEP WATCH – YOU DO NOT KNOW ON WHAT DAY / MATTHEW 24:42
  37. ONE … TAKEN … THE OTHER LEFT / MATTHEW 24:40
  38. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN / MATTHEW 24:37
  39. ONLY THE FATHER / MATTHEW 24:34
  40. THIS GENERATION / MATTHEW 24:34
  41. ALL THESE THINGS / MATTHEW 24:33
  42. THE FIG TREE / MATTHEW 24:32
  43. GATHER HIS ELECT / MATTHEW 24:31
  44. SON OF MAN COMING / MATTHEW 24:30
  45. THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED / MATTHEW 24:29
  46. THIS GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM … THE END – THEN THE END WILL COME / MATTHEW 24:14
  47. INCREASE OF WICKEDNESS / MATTHEW 24:12
  48. MANY FALSE PROPHETS WILL APPEAR / MATTHEW 24:11
  49. YOU WILL BE HATED / MATTHEW 24:9
  50. MANY WILL DECEIVE MANY / MATTHEW 24:5
  51. SIGNS OF THE END OF THIS AGE / MATTHEW 24:4
  52. JESUS ANSWERED / MATTHEW 24:4-51
  53. PROPHETIC ADDRESS FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES / MATTHEW 24:3 – 25:46
  54. YOU WILL NOT SEE ME AGAIN UNTIL / MATTHEW 23:39
  55. ON THE OUTSIDE … RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 23:28
  56. WOE TO YOU … PHARISEES, YOU HYPOCRITES / Matthew 23:13
  57. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR / MATTHEW 22:39
  58. AN EXPERT IN THE LAW / MATTHEW 22:35-36
  59. FEW ARE CHOSEN / MATTHEW 22:14
  60. WEDDING CLOTHES / MATTHEW 22:11
  61. KINGDOM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU / MATTHEW 21:43
  62. IF YOU HAVE FAITH / MATTHEW 21:21-22
  63. JESUS OVERTURNED THE TABLES / MATTHEW 21:12
  64. RANSOM FOR MANY / MATTHEW 20:28
  65. NOT SO WITH YOU / MATTHEW 20:26
  66. MEN TO WORK IN HIS VINEYARD / MATTHEW 20:1
  67. FIRST WILL BE LAST / MATTHEW 19:30
  68. GO SELL YOUR POSSESIONS / MATTHEW 19:21
  69. FOR MARITAL UNFAITHFULNESS / MATTHEW 19:9
  70. IF TWO AGREE / MATTHEW 18:19
  71. IF YOUR BROTHER SINS / MATTHEW 18:15
  72. ANGELS / MATTHEW 18:10
  73. WOE TO THE MAN / MATTHEW 18:7
  74. MILLSTONE … AROUND HIS NECK / MATTHEW 18:6
  75. UNLESS YOU CHANGE / MATTHEW 18:3
  76. FAITH … NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSIBLE / MATTHEW 17:20
  77. UNBELIEVING AND PERVERSE / MATTHEW 17:17
  78. WAS TRANSFIGURED / MATTHEW 17:2
  79. COMING IN HIS KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:28
  80. KEYS OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 16:19
  81. PETER … ROCK … CHURCH – THE GATES OF HADES WILL NOT OVERCOME / MATTHEW 16:18
  82. BE ON YOUR GUARD AGAINST THE YEAST / MATTHEW 16:6
  83. YOU HAVE GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 15:28
  84. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR TRADITION / MATTHEW 15:5-6
  85. DON’T BE AFRAID / MATTHEW 14:27
  86. PRAY ALONE / MATTHEW 14:23-24
  87. LOAVES AND FISH / MATTHEW 14:19
  88. DANCED FOR THEM / MATTHEW 14:6-7
  89. SEPARATE THE WICKED FROM THE RIGHTEOUS / MATTHEW 13:49
  90. KINGDOM … A NET / MATTHEW 13:47
  91. KINGDOM … TREASURE / MATTHEW 13:44-46
  92. THE FIERY FURNACE / MATTHEW 13:42
  93. WEED OUT … EVERYTHING THAT CAUSES SIN / MATTHEW 13:41
  94. LET BOTH GROW TOGETHER / MATTHEW 13:30
  95. GOOD SEED … WEEDS / MATTHEW 13:24-25
  96. PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 13:3
  97. AN EVIL SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:43
  98. JONAH / MATTHEW 12:40
  99. BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE SPIRIT / MATTHEW 12:31
  100. THE KINGDOM OF GOD / MATTHEW 12:28
  101. SABBATH / MATTHEW 12:1
  102. COME TO ME / MATTHEW 11:28
  103. FORCEFUL MEN LAY HOLD OF IT / MATTHEW 11:12
  104. GREATER THAN HE / MATTHEW 11:11
  105. JOHN / MATTHEW 11:7
  106. PROPHET … RIGHTEOUS MAN / MATTHEW 10:41
  107. I DID NOT COME TO BRING PEACE / MATTHEW 10:31
  108. ACKNOWLEDGES ME BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 10:32
  109. YOU ARE WORTH MORE / MATTHEW 10:31
  110. HELL / MATTHEW 10:28
  111. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THEM / MATTHEW 10:26
  112. CITIES OF ISRAEL / MATTHEW 10:23
  113. GIVEN WHAT TO SAY / MATTHEW 10:19-20
  114. PREACH … THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 10:7
  115. AUTHORITY TO DRIVE OUT EVIL SPIRITS / MATTHEW 10:1
  116. ASK THE LORD TO SEND / MATTHEW 9:38
  117. THE HARVEST IS PLENTIFUL / MATTHEW 9:37
  118. NEW WINE INTO OLD WINESKINS / NEW WINE PRESERVED / MATTHEW 9:17
  119. THEN THEY WILL FAST / MATTHEW 9:15
  120. EAT WITH ‘SINNERS’ / MATTHEW 9:11
  121. THEY PLEADED WITH HIM TO LEAVE / MATTHEW 8:34
  122. LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR OWN DEAD / MATTHEW 8:22
  123. GREAT FAITH / MATTHEW 8:10
  124. DON’T TELL ANYONE / MATTHEW 8:4
  125. JESUSE TOUCHED THE MAN / MATTHEW 8:3
  126. I NEVER KNEW YOU / MATTHEW 7:23
  127. MANY WILL SAY LORD, LORD / MATTHEW 7:22
  128. DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER / MATTHEW 7:21
  129. BY THEIR FRUIT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE THEM / MATTHEW 7:16
  130. SMALL IS THE GATE … AND ONLY A FEW FIND IT / MATTHEW 7:14
  131. YOUR FATHER … GIVE GOOD GIFTS / MATTHEW 7:11
  132. ASK … SEEK … KNOCK / MATTHEW 7:7-8
  133. DO NOT JUDGE / MATTHEW 7:1
  134. SEEK … KINGDOM … RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 6:33
  135. IF THAT IS HOW GOD CLOTHES / MATTHEW 6:30
  136. DO NOT WORRY / MATTHEW 6:25
  137. MONEY / MATTHEW 6:24
  138. EYE IS THE LAMP OF THE BODY / MATTHEW 6:22
  139. WHEN YOU FAST / MATTHEW 6:16
  140. IF YOU DO NOT FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:15
  141. IF YOU FORGIVE / MATTHEW 6:14
  142. DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE / MATTHEW 6:13
  143. FORGIVE AS WE ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN / MATTHEW 6:12
  144. DAILY BREAD / MATTHEW 6:11
  145. YOUR KINGDOM COME – YOUR WILL BE DONE / MATTHEW 6:10
  146. THIS THEN IS HOW YOU SHOULD PRAY / MATTHEW 6:9
  147. PRAY IN SECRET / MATTHEW 6:6
  148. ‘ACTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS’ BEFORE MEN / MATTHEW 6:1
  149. DO NOT RESIST AN EVIL PERSON / MATTHEW 5:39
  150. LOOKS LUSTFULLY / MATTHEW 5:28
  151. ANGRY … RACA … FOOL / MATTHEW 5:22
  152. UNLESS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:20
  153. GREAT IN THE KINGDOM / MATTHEW 5:19
  154. THE LAW TO FULFILL / MATTHEW 5:17
  155. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD DEEDS / MATTHEW 5:14-16
  156. SALT OF THE EARTH / MATTHEW 5:13
  157. PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:10
  158. THE PEACEMAKERS / MATTHEW 5:9
  159. THE PURE IN HEART / MATTHEW 5:8
  160. THE MERCIFUL / MATTHEW 5:7
  161. HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS / MATTHEW 5:6
  162. THE MEEK / MATTHEW 5:5
  163. THOSE WHO MOURN / MATTHEW 5:4
  164. BLESSED POOR IN SPIRIT / MATTHEW 5:3
  165. SERMON ON THE MONT / MATTHEW 5-7
  166. THE KINGDOM AND HEALING / MATTHEW 4:23
  167. FISHERS OF MEN / MATTHEW 4:19
  168. SATAN / MATTHEW 4:10
  169. IT IS WRITTEN / MATTHEW 4:6
  170. FASTING FORTY DAYS / MATTHEW 4:2
  171. JESUS … TEMPTED / MATTHEW 4:1-11
  172. THE TRINITY IN EXAMPLE / MATTHEW 3:17
  173. SPIRIT … ON HIM / MATTHEW 3:16
  174. JESUS … BAPTIZED / MATTHEW 3:13
  175. WILL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / MATTHEW 3:11
  176. FRUIT IN KEEPING WITH REPENTANCE / MATTHEW 3:8
  177. PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES / MATTHEW 3:7
  178. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN – REPENT / MATTHEW 3:2
  179. WARNED IN A DREAM / MATTHEW 2:22-23
  180. KILL ALL THE BOYS / MATTHEW 2:16
  181. ESCAPE TO EGYPT / MATTHEW 2:13
  182. CHIEF PRIESTS AND TEACHERS OF THE LAW / MATTHEW 2:4
  183. HEROD – MAGI / MATTHEW 2:1
  184. NO UNION WITH HER UNTIL / MATTHEW 1:25
  185. VIRGIN … GIVE BIRTH TO A SON / MATTHEW 1:23
  186. JESUS / MATTHEW 1:21
  187. MARY … JESUS / MATTHEW 1:16
  188. GENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST / MATTHEW 1:1-16
  189. CHRIST – SON OF DAVID / MATTHEW 1:1
  190. GUIDED BY GRACE HOME

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Blessings,
Margarita & Stace

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