Maturing in Christ

Releasing the Fire of God - Psalm 97:1-6 & 2 Corinthians 10:1-8 NKJV

Psalm 97:1-6 New King James Version

97 The Lord reigns.

Let the earth rejoice.
Let the multitude of isles be glad!

² Clouds and darkness surround Him;
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
³ A fire goes before Him,
And burns up His enemies round about.
⁴ His lightnings light the world;
The earth sees and trembles.
⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
⁶ The heavens declare His righteousness,
And all the peoples see His glory.

Maximizing Purpose - Ephesians 4:1-4 NKJV & Colossians 4:16-18 NIV

Colossians 4:16-18 New International Version

 

¹⁶ After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.

¹⁷ Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

¹⁸ I, Paul, write this greeting in my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Six Blessings of Journaling - Psalm 119:25-32 NKJV

Psalm 119:27-32 New King James Version

 

²⁷ Make me understand the way of Your precepts;
So shall I meditate on Your wonderful works.
²⁸ My soul melts from heaviness;
Strengthen me according to Your word.
²⁹ Remove from me the way of lying,
And grant me Your law graciously.
³⁰ I have chosen the way of truth;
Your judgments I have laid before me.
³¹ I cling to Your testimonies;
O Lord, do not put me to shame!
³² I will run the course of Your commandments,
For You shall enlarge my heart.

How to remain current in the Spirit - John 16:12-15 NKJV

John 16:12-15 New King James Version

 

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. ¹⁴ He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. ¹⁵ All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

How to help usher in revival - Hosea 6:1-3 & Isaiah 57:15-21 NKVJ

Hosea 6:1-3 New King James Version

 

6 Come, and let us return to the Lord;
For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.
² After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.
³ Let us know,
Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord.
His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain,
Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

Becoming more sensitive to your prayer time - 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 NKJV

1 Corinthians 2:9-11 New King James Version

 

⁹ But as it is written:

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
Nor have entered into the heart of man
The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.”

¹⁰ But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. ¹¹ For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

Armed for end time sufferings - 1 Peter 4:12-19 NKJV & Matthew 5:10-12 NLT

1 Peter 4:12-16 New King James Version

 

12 Beloved do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; ¹³ but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. ¹⁵ But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters. ¹⁶ Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

Keys to identifying the antichrist - 1 John 2: 8-29 & 1 John 4:1-6 NKJV

1 John 2:18-21 New King James Version

 

¹⁸ Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. ¹⁹ They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us; but they went out that they might be made manifest, that none of them were of us.

²⁰ But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know all things. ²¹ I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

Be confident in what you know - 1 John 5:1-13 & John 16:25-33 NKJV

1 John 5:1-3 Amplified Bible

 

5 Everyone who believes [with a deep, abiding trust in the fact] that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed) is born of God [that is, reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child born of Him. ² By this we know [without any doubt] that we love the children of God: [expressing that love] when we love God and obey His commandments. ³ For the [true] love of God is this: that we habitually keep His commandments and remain focused on His precepts. And His commandments and His precepts are not difficult [to obey].

The Imperative of Love - 1 John 3:10-23 & 1 John 4:7-21 NKJV

1 John 4:7-11 New King James Version

 

⁷ Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. ⁹ In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. ¹⁰ In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.