Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you

This is a Kingdom key, Jesus is saying our #1 priority should be pursuing, studying, exploring, understanding, learning and considering all there is to know about the Kingdom and the Righteousness of God

Many pastors teach this verse to mean take care of God’s business first then he’ll take care of you. In my opinion that cheapens the meaning of the verse and thereby cheapens the gospel message Jesus is conveying.

What Jesus was actually saying is... I've come to restore the thing you need more than anything else, that which Adam lost, The Kingdom and Righteousness! Therefore make that your#1 priority and all the other things will be added unto you. He was saying, what you should be seeking is The Kingdom and God's righteousness, not going about trying to establish your own little kingdoms and your own righteousness.

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2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

What a blessing it is to worship a God who can calm the wind and the waves by speaking to them. Too often, many of us are tossed about on the wind and waves of our emotions. But the good news is, if Jesus can speak to the wind and the waves he can also speak to our emotions.

One of the most serious challenges of discipleship, especially in trying times like these we’re living in, is learning how to maintain control over our emotions. Emotions are feelings caused by either pleasure or pain that are designed to move you in a direction.

As Believers, we should never allow our emotions to move us in a direction that opposes the Word of God.

In this message today we're going to see what the bible has to say about countering our emotions with truth.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

The most important aspect of fasting is the humbling oneself, afflicting our soul, and gaining a deeper revelation of our need and dependence upon God.

God begins this verse with "IF" and by the use of the word "If" God is implying a conditional promise, and the very first condition He stipulates for His people is humility. Sincere and heartfelt prayer cannot take place without humility, neither can repentance. No one lacking true humility will set the heart upon desiring a a close and intimate relationship with God, seeking His face because the opposite of humility is pride and God resists the proud.

Thanks for joining us today as we delve more into the essence and the importance of prayer and fasting

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2 CHRONICLES 7:14

If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then i will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

God is sovereign, almighty and all powerful but in this verse, He’s saying I will not fix your situation until a condition is met, what is that condition?

IF you humble yourself, IF you seek my face and pray, IF you turn from your wicked ways!

So you see If is a condition, God starts this passage out with a condition

He's saying your country is in trouble, your community is in trouble, Your household is in trouble, Your marriage is in your trouble, Your children are in trouble But even though I am God Almighty and All Powerful I cannot fix it without your cooperation. Don’t get me wrong, it's not because he’s powerless to fix it

My people must pray! God wants to hear from his people but for Him to hear from heaven His people have the right conditions need to be met. In this time of the year when the vast majority of evangelicals are fasting, we need to remember to keep our focus on prayer

Let's dive into this message and see what God has to say about it

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Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

Thanks for joining us for our annual Christmas fellowship as we were blessed with this powerful message from Pastor Albert Cisneros. We're sure you will be blessed as well

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Matthew 5:48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Thanks for joining in with us as Bro Jeff Scheiern teaches on the assurance of our salvation

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Psalms 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;

Thanks for joining in with us for this engaging bible study with Pastor Bobby Romo

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Mark 8:24 And he looked up and said, “I see men like trees, walking.”

Many scholars and theologians see Jesus healing this blind man as a 2 part healing, as if in this particular healing, for some reason Jesus wasn't able to heal this man completely as He had done in every other healing

They see Jesus needing a second attempt to bring about this man's sight, however I believe there is a hidden message Jesus is conveying to all of us and that is

In order to see clearly in the natural, Jesus must first restore our ability to see spiritually, In other words, I believe that this blind man, seeing men as trees, was a spiritual truth, a revelation that God purposely wanted recorded in the gospel.

We cannot see clearly in the natural until we are able to see clearly in the spiritual

For instance, seeing Jesus as the Christ, first requires a revelation from God because you cannot know Jesus as God with your natural eyesight

We pray you enjoy this message

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