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by Tammy Phillips
November 2, 2020

Four years ago, I was concerned and seeking God as to whom  He wanted to be President.  I lacked confidence in either candidate.  On October 28, 2016, he led me to this verse, “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 15:57 NKJV)  It led me to be confident.

He brought me back to this verse on the same day, four year later, October 28, 2020!!!  This verse took on new meaning to me.  I always thought victory meant my team winning.   Victory is so much more.

I wonder if the disciples of team Jesus felt victorious on the night Jesus was taken from the garden, beat unrecognizably and crucified the next day on the cross?

I wonder how many times you have felt victorious when you have sat on your couch weak in strength, feeling woozy in the head, and sick at your stomach?

I wonder if you felt victorious when a friend or family member was diagnosed with cancer?

I wonder if you felt victorious when your loved one moved to heaven without you?

I wonder if you felt victorious when in a moment your dream ceased to exist as you knew it and you had to build new dreams?

I wonder if you will feel victorious if the election map ends up all red or all blue? 

I have learned that victory is NOT just in the temporary but the eternal.  

Jesus’ death on the cross was only temporary because in three days he would rise with keys of death and hell in hand. He overcame death in death.   Sickness is only a temporary situation.  Our bodies were made to heal.  We will heal on this side of heaven or the other, but we will be healed.  Death of our bodies is not finality either.  It is not over.  As followers of Christ, we will live eternally with Him.   It is with great confidence that I say today, the election tomorrow does have great significance.  However, the ultimate victory is not in the end result of the election ballots.

Victory is Jesus.  
Victory is salvation in Him.
Victory is “thanks [be] to God for His indescribable gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15 NKJV)

Victory is faith and belief that Jesus is the Son of God.
Victory is whatever is born of God overcomes the world.

“For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world–our faith. 5 Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:4-5 NKJV)

Victory is peace in the midst of trouble.Victory is knowing that in the end, no matter what, Jesus has overcome the world. 

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33 NKJV)

Victory is “if God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31 NKJV)

Victory is that we are more than conquerors over tribulation, distress, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword, through Him who loved us

“Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.” (Romans 8:37 NKJV 

Victory is never being separated from the love of Christ.

“I am persuaded to believe death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8: 38-39 NKJV)

Victory is in the blood of the Lamb.
Victory is in the word of our testimony.

 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. (Revelation 12:11 NKJV)

Victory is in God who always leads us in triumph in Christ.
Victory is God using our testimony to diffuse the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.  The sweet smell of Jesus overcomes the stink of the world.  The sachet of his salvation overcomes the stench of death.  Victory is knowing that no matter what happens tomorrow, Jesus is still King of Kings and Lord of Lords and nothing can change that fact.

“Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.” (2 Corinthians 2:14 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you to rest in the victory that is Jesus.  He is Savior and Healer of the world and no candidate could ever take his place.  “When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away ” (1 Peter 5:4 NKJV) and that is victory in my book, any day!

by Tammy Phillips
November 1, 2020

It has rained most of the week.  In fact, it poured.  I do not believe God cries, but if he did, it would be a big cry resembling the rain from this past week or like the first rain of Noah. Think about how hurt and pained God’s heart was before the flood of Noah.

“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.  And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. …  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. (Genesis 6:5-6, 8 NKJV)”

Six chapters into the Bible, God was so done with the evil thoughts of man that he was sorry he created man.  What if He was so grieved that the flood was actually his tears? They were not but what a thought.  What if God was so grieved that he cried forty days and nights?  “For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” (Genesis 7:4 NKJV)

As I was thinking these thoughts this week, I thought about John 11:35,

“Jesus wept.”

The Jews who saw Jesus weep thought he was sad because Lazarus his friend who he loved had died. 

 However, John 11:33 said, “Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.”  

This verse does not imply that Jesus was sad, but that he was mad and angry.  “Groaned” is the Greek word, embrimaomai, meaning to snort in anger; to be very anger; to be moved with indignation.  “Troubled” is the Greek word, tarassō, which means to be stirred up or agitated.

And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?” (John 11:37 NKJV). Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. (John 11:38 NKJV)

The people who had walked and talked with Jesus, still did not get that he was the resurrection and the life.  They believed he could have prevented Lazarus death, but had no clue he could raise him from the dead.  They placed Jesus in a box. They were limited by their thoughts of what he could and could not do.  I propose because of John 11: 33 and 38 that Jesus wept because he was angry at death and unbelief.  He was not moved to tears because of Lazarus’ death. He knew what he was about to do. He was about to overcome death, once for all.  

Jesus tells his disciples: “And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless, let us go to him.”  His purpose was to raise Laz from the dead so that they would believe and see the glory of the Lord.

As I watched the rain pour down, I wondered if God was sad with the state of the world.  I wandered if the rain was Jesus weeping at the brokenness of our world.  I wandered if he was dismayed and agitated with the death and unbelief in the world?  He is still the resurrection and the life. He has not changed, yet so many still do not see or ignore the fact.

I enCOURAGE you to be moved to repentance at every rain drop.  I hate to think of the possible pain of the rain being tears from heaven.  Jesus overcame death and the grave with the life he so freely gave.  May we honor the King of Kings with our faithfulness by believing that he is who says he is and will do what he says he will do.

by Tammy Phillips
October 31, 2020

“You do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life?  It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.” (James 4:14 NKJV)

“Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. Every man may see it; man may behold [it] afar off. Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. For he makes the small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.  Also, can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? (Job 36:24-29 KJV)

On Sunday October 25, 2020, “Let Us Worship” gathered on the mall in Washington, D.C.  Pastor Jentezen Franklin offered the contents of this encouragement in a seven minute mini-sermon on worship and the nine expressions of worship in the Bible.  It had to be shared, so I transcribed it. (I have filled in the blanks with scripture and he did not specifically mention point 4.)

 Job compares the accumulating clouds to the noise that happens in the tabernacle with musical instruments and with shouts of praise.  If you look at that text, he goes into detail.  He tells how clouds are formed. Here are how clouds are formed.  The sun shines down and it hits bodies of water. Those bodies of water give off invisible vapors that ascend up into the heavens and they condense, and they get heavier and heavier. The more vapors that go up from the shining of the sun, the thicker the clouds get, until finally the clouds cannot contain in heaven what is supposed to come down.  Suddenly, the rain begins to fall.

Elihu said in Job, if you want to know what the noise of the Tabernacle of praise and worship is all about you have to understand it’s about rain.

Zechariah says in chapter 14:17, “And it shall be, [that] whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.”

No worship; no rain.  Little worship; little rain.

Rain represents the Holy Spirit.
Rain represents righteousness
Rain represents revival
Rain represents miracles signs and wonders
Rain is what we need in America and in this world

There are nine expressions of worship in the Bible that are invisible vapors that create clouds. Three of them are done with your mouth.

1. SPEAK YOUR PRAISE.
   “I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.” (Psalm 34:1)
   In other words. get a praise phrase:

• • • Hallelujah!
    • Thank you, Jesus!
    • Glory to God!
    • I love you, Lord!

Do not just think about it and love him in your heart, but you are supposed to open your mouth, vocalize and verbalize.  When you say, “Praise the Lord,” you can’t see it, but an invisible vapor just went up into the heavens.  

2. SING YOUR PRAISE.
   “Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! (Psalm 47:6 NKJV) That is exactly what we’ve been doing.  It is biblical.  Sing unto the Lord. 

3. SHOUT YOUR PRAISE
   “To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.” (Psalm 47:1 KJV) Psalm 47 said to shout your praise; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

The next three expressions of praise are done with your hands.

4. PLAY INSTRUMENTS
   “Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.” (Psalm 33:2-3)
   
   “Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises on the harp to our God,  Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.” (Psalm 147:7-8 NKJV)
5. LIFT UP HOLY HANDS
   “I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands.” (Psalm 63:4)
   When you lift up your hands, you can’t see them coming off the fingertips, but there are invisible vapors, when we worship God with our hands.  God loves to see your hands because you have something that nobody else has, your fingerprints.  Your praise matters.  It is different from the thousands that are raising their hands.  it is an invisible thing.
6. CLAP YOUR HANDS
   “To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.” (Psalm 47:1 KJV)

   If nothing goes up, nothing comes down.  The more that goes up the more that comes down.  When people say, “Well, I’m not a charismatic.  I’m not a Pentecostal.  Praise is not a Pentecostal thing.  Praise is not a charismatic thing. Praise is a Bible thing. Let everything that had breath, praise the Lord.   This is not about certain denominations.  This about the King of King’s and the Lord of Lord’s. He is worthy of our praise.

There are three more expressions of praise. 

7. STAND IN HIS PRESENCE
   “My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.” (Psalm119:120)
   Even while your legs are getting tired. You amazing people by the 10’s of thousands, standing in the rain, worshipping God. Vapors…every minute standing…vapors have been going up.

    

8. PRAISE HIM PROSTRATE
   “Come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.” (Psalm 95:6)
   Lay out before him. There are times that we do that or kneel.   Your whole body becomes a vapor.

    

9. DANCE BEFORE THE LORD
   “And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might; and David [was] girded with a linen ephod. (2 Samuel 6:14 KJV)

   “Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with tambourine and harp.” (Psalm 149:3)
   When you begin to dance and leap, every part of your being send vapors up.

Here is the point, as you send the vapors up, clouds get thick and the rain falls.   Here is what you need to understand.  I was I was with an old man of God who has gone to be with the Lord.   His name was Norvell Hayes.  He was a faith preacher.  He said something to me in a swimming pool that we were in one time.  He said Jentzen, “Did you know that demons can’t swim?”  He said, “demons can’t swim!” and I thought, “He is a little flaky.  What’s he talking about?”    He reminded of Mark 5, where the demoniac had 2000 demons.  Jesus cast the demons out and the Bible said that they went into the pigs.  The pigs jumped into the sea and drowned. He said, “Jensen, demons like dry places.”  That is why the devil came in the wilderness to Jesus.  That is why the Bible said that when you cast the spirit out, send it to the dry places.  Demons like dry services and dry worship and dry preachers and dry religion.  The reason the devil hates worship is because when the rain begins to fall, suddenly, out of your belly will flow rivers of living water. Demons cannot swim. – Pastor Jentezen Franklin

I enCOURAGE you to worship the Lord with the vapor of your life. Live out loud and on purpose. The Son of God shines down on our bodies full of water.  We in return give off invisible vapors of praise and worship. The glory cloud gets full and heaven rains down.  Speak!  Sing! Shout!  Play! Lift Holy Hands! Clap! Stand! Dance! Bow down! Enjoy His rain. 

 

 

by Tammy Phillips
October 30, 2020

Let all that you do be done with love. (1 Corinthians 16:14 NKJV)

We could change 2020.  We could change the world, if we would commit to Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 16:14.  Today, can we start with these eight words and let them be our focus?  Can we try to live by these words today? Can we take it moment by moment; step by step; word by word, minute by minute?  Can we work our commitment into an hour, a day, a week and then a lifetime?  We really can change the world if we…

Let all things be done with love.

Always
All things
Anything
Each and
Everything
Every way
Whatsoever
Whosoever
The Whole Thing

…A cup of coffee, making the bed, taking out the garbage,  a phone call answered from one of those numbers, friends, or family member’s, the grocery store check-out line or click list pick up, the doctor’s office, a Facebook post or response…

Whatever we do
Whatever becomes
Whatever begins to be
Whatever rises
Whatever comes to pass
Whatever happens

The WHOLE thing, whatsoever, whosoever, whatever, do it in love.

The word “in or with” is the Greek word, en.  It denotes a fixed position in place, time or state; in the interior of some whole; inside; within the limits of some space; among; in the presence of, by the measure or standard of; inherently fixed; implanted; ingrafted; intimately united.  “In” is a place we are so tied to that we are immovable and cannot break free from.  We are actually hidden inside, unseen.  Only the object we are hidden in is visible.  We become invisible.  What a powerful statement: “Let me become invisible in love.” 

I enCOURAGE you to hide out in love, today and every day. The WHOLE thing, whatsoever, whosoever, whatever, do it all from the hiding place of love.   I already feel an attitude of overcoming, overwhelming, love arising. #RESOLUTE2020 in love!

by Tammy Phillips
October 29, 2020

“My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. (John 10:27 NKJV)

The Lord planted these thoughts and words in my spirit.  “Not only do I hear you, I know your voice.  Your voice matters to me.  Whether you are alone, in a crowd of a thousand, ten thousand or a hundred thousand, I recognize your singular voice.  I hear what you are saying, and it matters to me.”  He loves us!  He knows our voice!

Jesus said:  “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” (John 10:27 NKJV).  In following Him, we are instructed to imitate Him.  “Therefore, be imitators of God as dear children.”(Ephesians 5:1 NKJV). Since we are to imitate him, aren’t we supposed to say the same thing as him?

When we raise our voice, God hears and knows exactly what we say.  Are we imitating His voice?  Are we speaking His truth or are we speaking our own “voice?”   Our voice matters, but it should align with His word alone.   Proverbs 18:21 states: “Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.” Our words whether written or spoken are containers of power.   

• Our voice builds up or breaks down.
• Our voice speaks unity or division.
• Our voice speaks selflessness or selfishness.
• Our voice speaks life or death.
• Our voice speaks love or hate.
• Our voice speaks good or evil.
• Our voice speaks hope or despair.
• Our voice speaks faith or fear
• Our voice speaks truth or deceit.
• Our voice speaks Prince of Peace of or Prince of the Air.

What are we speaking into our own life?  What are we speaking into the lives of others?  What are we saying to our spouses? What are our voices speaking to family and friends?

I enCOURAGE you to proceed prayerfully and carefully.  Consider what you voice is speaking?   It speaks loudly.  It can mean life or destruction.  It can honor God or not.    Be kind to yourself and others.  Imitate God.  Know that what you voice matters to God.

I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear. [But] certainly God has heard [me]; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed [be] God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me! (Psalm 66:17-20 NKJV)

by Tammy Phillips
October 28, 2020

When we attribute death, destruction and disease to God, we blame Him.   To blame is to assign or impute fault; to blemish; to injure.  We often blemish and injure God’s name when we give him credit for things that He did not do. 

God is not the author of death, sickness, disease, accidents, nor natural disasters.  It is not His fault.  Adam and Eve experienced perfect life with God.  They did not know sickness before sin and Satan, Prince of the Air, entered.  Sin and the devil crept in and began to attempt to decay and destroy God’s good creation.  We need to be on purpose and place blame where it rightfully belongs.

• Satan is the Destroyer; Jesus is the Savior.
• Satan is the Inflictor; Christ is the Healer.
• Satan is the Oppressor; Jesus is the Deliverer.
• Satan is the Thief; Jesus is the Protector.
• Satan is the Death: Jesus is the Life.
• Satan is the Liar; Jesus is the Truth.

God only gives good and perfect gifts.
Jesus came that we might have life and more abundantly.
Satan came to steal, kill, and destroy. (John 10:10)
Jesus came and bought back what Satan stole in the garden.
Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil and do the works of the Father.  (1 John 3:8)

Jesus said in Luke 9:56, “For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.”

“God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. (Acts 10:38 NKJV)

God appointed and anointed Jesus.
God anointed Jesus with Holy Spirit and with power.
Jesus went to work “doing good.” “Doing good” is the Greek word, euergeteō, which means bestowing benefits.  It is a derivative of euergetēs, which means benefactor, a philanthropist, a worker of good.  It is what he did.  He was sent to do the work of His Father.  Jesus went to work healing all who we oppressed.  Oppressed is the Greek word, katadynasteuō, which means to exercise harsh control over.  If sickness and disease are not harsh control over the body, I do not know what is?  Healing is a benefit from the Father supplied by Jesus!

Psalm 103:2-5 reminds us not to forget the benefits of the Benefactor:   “Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:  Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases,  Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,  Who satisfies your mouth with good [things], [So that] your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”

The Lord crowns us with life, loving kindness, and mercy, not corona, nor anything else.  If God was the deliverer of sickness and disease, if it was His will for us to be sick to teach us something, why would we want to get better? Satan is the oppressor and gifter of sickness and disease in attempt to steal time and energy from us; to kill us and ultimately destroy us. Sickness is not, nor has ever been God’s will nor His gift.  Jesus is our gift and Deliverer.

God will use everything that is thrown at us and turn it for good.  And, our responsibility is to believe and confess God’s word.  We are not to believe in the future tense of one day “we will be healed.”  Our bodies our made to heal themselves; we will be healed.   The word of God says, “By his stripes we ARE healed.”  It doesn’t say we are going to be healed. It says: “BY HIS STRIPES WE ARE and WERE  HEALED.” (1 Peter 2:24 and Isaiah 53:5). Healing  is present and completed.   It is done.  It was done 2000 years ago. 

I enCOURAGE you not to blame God.  It is not his fault nor His will, but He always is the answer.  Confess with your mouth.  “God loves me.  He gives only good and perfect gifts.  He uses everything the enemy meant for evil and turns it for good.  By His strips I am healed. “I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the LORD.” (Psalm 118:17 NKJV)

“Therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.”(Hebrews 10:35 NKJV)

What an encouraging word!  “Do not cast away your confidence in Christ; it has great reward!”

Do not cast away your confidence in Jesus, our Healer, when our healing does not come as fast as we would like.  Your confidence in Christ has great reward.  Healing is coming

Do not lose your boldness in Christ, when the world and all media tell you a different story than the truth of the gospel.  Your confidence in Christ has great reward.   The Truth wins every time.

Do not throw off your free and fearless confidence in the King, when the little corona virus continues to wreak havoc and destruction on our friends and family.  Your confidence in Christ has great reward.  Covid will bow its name to the name of Jesus.

Do not stop the flow of what freely pours forth from the Holy Spirit, when you cannot see Him immediately working.  Your confidence in Christ has great reward.  God is always working in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.

Do not cast away your cheerful courage, when it seems everything surrounding you is doom and gloom.  Your confidence in Christ has great reward.  We have hope, peace, life and a future.  It is Jesus.  It is always Jesus.

Whether trial or persecution, the Bible says:

“Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great [is] your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:12 NKJV)

“Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For indeed your reward [is] great in heaven, For in like manner their fathers did to the prophets. (Luke 6:23, 35 NKJV)

The Bible  says:

“And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ. (Colossians 3:23-24 NKJV)

“But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most-High. (Luke 6:35 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you “therefore, do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.”   Trust God always.  Every single thing you do whether it is getting out of bed, answering the phone, taking care of another or yourself, do it as unto the Lord.   Jesus says, ‘And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. (Revelation 22:12 KJV) We cannot work our way to heaven.  Our salvation has been bought and paid for by the blood of Jesus. However, we can believe and work toward our reward, Jesus!  We can work toward pleasing Him.

by Tammy Phillips
October 26, 2020

But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; (1 Peter 2:9 NKJV)

You are a CHOSEN
You are a SELECT
You are an ELECT
You are a ROYAL
You are a REGAL
You are a HOLY
You are SPECIAL
You are HIS OWN

This is not a secret.  This is what God thinks of you.  This should be so exciting to you.  You are heir to  the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him.  When Jesus chose you and you chose Jesus, you entered the King’s Court.  You have direct access to God.  You became a child of the King. 

“The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. (Romans 8:16-17 KJV)

You are a child of God.
You are and heir of God.
You are joint heirs with Jesus
You have a place at the table.  
You are meant to rule and reign in the kingdom of God our Father.   

This is great news.  It is meant to be shared with everyone.  God offers the same inheritance to all who come to Him.   “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9 KJV)

As kids of the King, we are not be proud in the privilege, but to proclaim, declare, yell out, publish and celebrate His praises, His excellence, and His moral goodness.  Really, there is no celebrity but the King of Kings.  He alone is worthy of all praise and honor and glory for the great and absolutely amazing things he has done for us.

I enCOURAGE you to sit upright.  Straighten your crown.  We are raised up together.  We are made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus because of God’s great love, mercy and grace.  Let’s act like the royal’s we were called to be and spread the name of Jesus, our King.

“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,  even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in the heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus, (Ephesians 2:4-6 NKJV)

by Tammy Phillips
October 25, 2020

1. We are a brand-new spirit creation.

Therefore, if anyone [is] in Christ, [he is] a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. (2 Corinthians 5:17 NKJV)

2. Put on the new spirit man created in true righteousness and holiness

and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness. (Ephesians 4:24 NKJV)

God looks at your new spirit.  He sees the purity, holiness and the righteousness of Jesus. 

3. As Jesus is in the world, so are we

Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. (1 John 4:17 NKJV)

We must see ourselves as the as the Word says we are.   Our body and mind are not perfect but our spirt is created in the image of Christ.

4. We receive the gift of righteousness in Christ and reign in life though Jesus

 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. (Romans 5:17 NKJV)

5. Made righteous by the obedience of Jesus.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. (Romans 5:19 NKJV)

We were born with a sin nature thanks to Adam.  We were born again with a righteous nature, the nature of Christ, thanks to Christ.

6. Righteous through Jesus. He became our righteousness.

But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God–and righteousness and sanctification and redemption– (1 Corinthians 1:30 NKJV)

7. We are the righteous of God in Him

 For He made Him who knew no sin [to be] sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. (2 Corinthians 5:21 NKJV)

8. It not us. It all Christ. 

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the [life] which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20 NKJV)

God loves us more than we can ever imagine. God is not upset or mad at us. God does not hold anything against us.  We  cannot make God love us anymore than He already does.   He does not impute our sins to us. God thinks we are cool. God sees us as the righteousness of Christ. He looks at us just like He looks at Christ.  Our sin is not greater than God’s grace.  Satan has no right to accuse us because God does not.  We are right in God an that’s it.  Every time the enemy tries to accuse, our answer should always be Jesus.   When we really know who we are in Christ and finally see ourselves the way God sees us, we are untouchable in Him.  In the spirit we are as perfect and as complete as we will ever be.  Our mind just needs to be renewed to who we really are in Christ.  You are right in God’s eyes.   

I enCOURAGE you to change your picture.  It will change your life.   You are the righteousness of God in Christ.

by Tammy Phillips
October 24, 2020

When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me.  –Psalm 56:9 NKJV

When we have any need, we have one responsibility.  We are to cry out to God as a little toddler crying out to its parent. Then God, not just any old parent, but God who created us and all things, immediately comes on the scene.  Picture God lifting us up under our arm pits and taking us from the midst of our enemies of sickness, lack, depression, etc.  They will turn back in the presence of our Father!   As we are raised above the circumstances in His loving arms, we should be yelling back at our enemies, “Do you know who my Daddy is?”  THIS IS KNOW!  Do you know this? THIS IS KNOW BECAUSE GOD IS FOR ME!  Say it! “God is for me.”   This is certain and this is true. 

Sickness you have to turn back!  I know this because God is for me.
Disease you have to turn back!  I know this because God is for me.
Sleeplessness you have to turn back!  I know this because God is for me.
Lack you have to turn back!  I know this because God is for me.
Stress you have to turn back!  I know this because God is for me.
Depression you have to turn back!  I know this because God if for me.
Confusion you have to turn back! I know this because God is for me.
Offense you have to turn back! I know this because God is for me.

God is for me.
God is good.
God is right.
God is kind.
God is merciful.
God is happy.
God is beautiful.
God is excellent.
God is supreme.
God is a promise keeper.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (Romans 8:31 NKJV)

I enCOURAGE you to say to all these things that come against you, “GOD IS FOR ME!” You are a child of the Most-High, God Almighty and he is for you! You do not have to do one thing to earn His love or His help.  Simply, call Him and have the utmost confidence in Him as our Good Father.  His word can be 100% trusted. He is who He says He is and will do what He says He will do.  GOD IS FOR YOU!