Centurion Faith

Jesus is The Vine and we are His branches. The Father is the Gardener. Let The Father prune your branches daily with the sharp two edged pruning shears which He calls His Word. Every branch that bears fruit He prunes so that it may be even more fruitful. Aren’t you glad that He trims off the ugly so we can bear the beauty of His Fruit?! Galatians 5:22

Salvation is a free gift. It can be received no other way. It’s God’s gift to you. Trying to earn salvation (by being a “good person”) is an offensive affront to God. Christ suffered the worst mental and physical anguish that a man could ever suffer in order to reconnect you to God. Don’t try to add to what Jesus has already done for you! Just say thank you Jesus!

When you start any sentence with “I”, what follows after will determine whether you are in The Flesh (In The Word) or in The Spirit. Set your “l’s” on Jesus, The Word made flesh who now lives in your flesh by His Spirit.

Let’s stop worshipping the unholy trinity of me, myself and I. Once we take our eyes and “I’s” off ourself and set them on Jesus we are set free. Seeing Jesus for who He IS causes us to see His Glory and that glory reflects off of us and on to others. 2Corinthians 3:18

Jesus actually made His Grace harder than the law by amplifying it. He made it a matter of the heart (spirit) than a matter of the flesh (law). He said if we look at a woman with lust it’s like committing adultery and if we are angry with a brother it’s like murdering him. He made our walk with Him “Mission Impossible” in the flesh, but “Mission HIM-possible” through our new Spiritual Union with Him.

For He hath made Him to be Sin for us, who knew no sin; that we MIGHT be made the righteousness of God in Him. 2Corinthians 5:21

The Church has been given a wake up call. As we enter these last days, we need to look to and learn from Jesus through His Word and His Spirit. Let us humble ourselves and take The Lord’s correction and redirection as He stands at the door of our hearts and knocks to come in!

Salvation has always been God’s Idea. Christ came to save sinners. This was God’s plan born out of His Love towards us. Forgiveness of sins is a beautiful gift and so is God’s presence in our lives through Holy Spirit. Receive both today and say thank you to God!

We have all we need in Jesus. Through our spiritual union with Christ (Holy Spirit) we lack nothing. Yes we have this wretched flesh to contend with, but in our spirits we are sealed in Him. There is nothing missing in your spirit and nothing broken. Walk in The Spirit today!

GRACE stands for God’s Righteousness At Christ’s Expense. How can we “frustrate” The Grace of God? By trying to earn our Righteousness (Salvation) by our works, or trying to pay God back for this gift. We are saved By Grace through faith in what Christ HAS done for us through His FINISHED work. See Galatians 2:21 & Ephesians 2:8-10.

Jesus hangs out with and heals the worst of the worst that society has to offer. He even heals your Mother-in-law! Matthew 8:14-15

We should never wonder what God’s Will is for our lives when He has already given us His last Will and Testament. This is what we call The Bible. We have both a written copy of The Father’s Will for His Children and a Holy Spirit that also bears witness to His Word/Will in our lives. Let us go to the reading of The Father’s Will today and see what He has left us.

Lately I have been alarmed by my own hardness of heart. Jesus warned us in Matthew 24:12 that in the last days (which we are surely in) that the love of many shall wax cold. Let’s not let that be you and me. Let’s learn today how to abide in The Love of Jesus Christ.

There are approximately 8,810 promised given to us in God’s Word (that’s The Bible for you heathens) According to God’s Word ALL of His promises are answered YES and AMEN in The Name of Jesus. In our Spiritual Union with Christ we have The Promise Keeper Himself and The Promises do follow!

Let’s look at John 20:20 today along with the other scriptures that remind us that Jesus was and will be recognized by us when we see His Scars. The disciples could not recognize Jesus in His glorified body until He showed them His scars. Let’s let His Scars take us beyond the stars where Jesus sits resting from His finished work. We are seated with Him! Ephesians 2:6, Luke 24:13-53

The Father is The Master Potter and we are His JARS of Clay. We are the work of His hands. 2Corinthians 4:7 Isaiah 64:8 2Timothy 2:20

The Bible says we “HAVE” this treasure (God’s Spirit) in JARS of clay (cracked pots) that’s you and I, to show that this power is from God and NOT from us. Do you feel weak and helpless and hopeless? The weaker we are, the stronger HE (Jesus) becomes.

Is believing in Jesus enough to save you? According to God’s Word (The Scriptures) the answer is a resounding “YES”!!!

You have The Faith of Jesus because you have The Holy Spirit whom He sent. You have all the faith you will ever need in your Spiritual Union with Christ. You don’t need to try and produce anything in your flesh but instead learn to walk in The Spirit. Galatians 2:20-21 & 5:16-23.

Did you know that you are no longer under the heavy burden of The Law if you have trusted in Jesus Christ as both Savior and Lord? (Romans 6:14). In 1Tim 1:7 God says His Law is not for the Righteous but for the disobedient. Romans 13:10 says that Love is the fulfillment of His Law. Find out more today as we delve into God’s Holy Word.

Yesterday we talked about the first five words of The Gospel in Ten Words, which was Christ Died For Your Sins. Today we will just ouch on the next 5 words: He Rose From The Dead. The resurrection of Christ from the dead is the high water mark of our Faith. Without the resurrection we are lost, but in it we are found.

Christ died for your sins, He rose from the dead. That’s The Gospel (The Good News) in Ten Words. Today we will study the first 5 words: Christ died for your sins. Tomorrow we will study the last 5 words, He rose from the dead.

Jesus says in John 14:13-14 that we can go to The Father’s throne room and ask ANYTHING in His name (Jesus) and HE (Jesus) will do it. So in essence, when we pray and ask God for help, and to meet our greatest needs, He is faithful to answer.

You cannot separate God’s Words from His Works. So why try? Just be a hearer AND a doer of His Word and you will find yourself doing His Works! Easy peasy.

I love Jesus’s short and sweet teaching on Prayer found in Luke 18:1. If an unjust judge will give a persistent widow what she wants, how much more will God, the most Just Judge ever give His children what they need? Have faith that God actually wants to reward your prayers by meeting your needs.

Jesus says that when we spend time alone with God in private, The Father sees us and will reward us openly (see Matthew 6:6). God also saw David when he was on the backside of the wilderness alone with God, and He loved what He saw in David. God does see what we do in secret and He does reward us for seeking Him in private. Hebrews 11:6.

1John 2:12 says: I write unto you little children because YOUR SINS Are forgiven FOR HIS NAME’S sake. I’m the precious name of Jesus we are so forgiven and free. In the name of Jesus we walk and talk and seal our prayers. What a precious name to have on your lips all day long and forever!

We are seeing so much evil and deception today that it becomes very hard to know who we can trust. God’s simple (and Biblical) answer is this: Trust In God and not man. When we put God first in our lives and vow to love and serve His family first and then those whom He wants to adopt, then we can see the resurrection power of Jesus working

The Lord Jesus still longs to heal all who come to Him in faith. He also commends the faith of any friends who bring others to Jesus. The faith of friends can cause God’s healing to be released today, regardless of how bad someone’s condition may be. We don’t have to lower a friend through a roof but we can lift up a friend to Jesus. James 5:15

Jesus, who knew no sin, who had no sin nature died for OUR sins, and not only OUR sins but the sin of the entire world. 1John 2:2. His work is done and He is now seated at the right hand of The Father and makes intercession (prayers) for us. Heb 7:25

You can experience as much of the life of Christ that you want to. How much of God you experience daily is up to you and not God. Romans 12:1-3 encourages us to give our Body’s as a living (daily) sacrifice, to position ourselves to receive a MIND makeover which will even affect our body.

The Sword of the Spirit, which is The Word of God clearly divides good from evil, light from darkness and righteous from unrighteous. Make sure you understand who WE are in Christ and who THEY are who walk in darkness.

Enoch is not mentioned a lot in God’s Word, and yet he ended up in God’s “Hall of Faith” found in Hebrews Chapter 11. In Hebrews 11:5 it says that before God translated Enoch (think rapture) he had this Testimony; “that he pleased God” So what did Enoch do that pleased God? Find out today on this episode of Centurion Faith!

If Faith is what pleases God (Hebrews 11:6) then how do we know we are “In The Faith”? We know this by knowing we ARE joined with Him in Spirit (see Eph 1:13, 1Cor 6:17). Take the self examination found in 2Cor 13:5 and rest easy, it’s an open Book test!

Wow! This is all a gift. Everything comes from God and returns to Him. Salvation by Grace and Faith is ALL a gift. Grace is a gift, Faith is a gift, Life itself is a gift! We can’t, nor do we have to pay God back for what He has done through Christ. Just give Him thanks and offer yourself as His instrument to share this perfect gift of Jesus Christ!

When you rise up early to spend time with The Lord in His Word and in prayer, both God and the devil watch you. When you lean into God in prayer and praise the devil hates this and will flee from you (see 1Peter 5:8-10) and Father God will see this setting aside of your time as an act of Faith and will reward you with His presence and provision through His Word and His Spirit.

We have the treasure of God’s Spirit, His Presence in us because God says we do. 1John 4:13. The Father wants us to have The Holy Spirit indwelling us. Luke 11:13. It’s no longer us living, it’s Christ living in us. Romans 2:20, Colossians 1:27. Jesus died (gave) so we could receive Holy Spirit. John 15:26-27

We can float like a butter fly and sting like a bee (spiritually speaking of course) when we give ourselves to God. Find out how to become God’s WASP and sting this world with His goodness!

If any man be in Christ (united with Him in Spirit) he is a NEW Creation, old things are past away and ALL things are becoming NEW! Happy New You!

Once you are saved you are headed for heaven. Knowing that you cannot “Blow” or “Lose” The FREE GIFT of your salvation will actually FREE you to live a Holy, Spirit led life. Once you know you are ALWAYS saved by GRACE, you can live and walk more holy by accident than you ever could on purpose…

As a believer (follower) of our Lord Jesus Christ, we need to be reminded that there is NEVER a second that HE is not with us. The bread that Jesus often speaks of in The Bible is a reminder of His constant, never ending presence in the life of a Disciple. Found out how and why today the bread speaks!

We often look to the stars for Jesus when we should look to The Scars of Jesus. It’s amazing that when Jesus was seen for 40 days in His Glorified Body, that He was only recognized by His Scars. Listen to today’s Podcast as we explore this truth.

Where do terms like “Prosperity Gospel, Health and Wealth Gospel, Name it and Claim it, and Word Of Faith preaching” come from? Perhaps they come from the enemy… God clearly shows us through Christ and through His Word that He loves health, provides wealth and honors Faith. Be careful when pulling weeds in God’s Garden that you aren’t accidentally pulling up His good wheat.

This is the first time in history that Christmas and Hanukkah overlap as today is the first day of Hanukkah and Christmas Day. Hanukkah is a reminder of the rededication of God’s Temple by His people The Jews. As Christians we are reminded in 1Corinthians (and many other verses) that we are God’s Holy Temple spiritually speaking. Let’s rededicate ourselves to God!

The Lord asks in Isaiah 6:8 “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said Here am I Lord send me! Jesus reminds us in John 20:21 that “As Father sent me, so I send you”. You have the same spirit, the same mission, the same power and the same purpose…

No body harms itself more than The Body of Christ. Why do we bite and devour one another like we do today? Find out what God’s Word says about the need for us to come together in The Love of Christ. Yes correction and redirection is always needed in The Body, but how we do this is more critical today as it ever was. Let’s unite as we see The Day approaching!

Our greatest Present is God’s Presence. Unwrap the gift of Jesus today by seeing all the ways that He is for you, and how HE is constantly available to you personally.

What can be better than having Faith IN God? To have The Faith OF God. FOG stands for Faith Of God. With God’s presence (Holy Spirit) comes HIS Faithfulness. You are just HIS Vessel. Even when we wander off the path or into the valley of shadows, He will come and find us and help us out of this world’s FOG as we see HE alone is FAITHFUL!

GATE is a great acronym to describe Jesus. Grace And Truth Exemplified. When we say we are walking with Jesus, our lives should look like His when He also walked in the flesh under the direction of Holy Spirit (see 1John 2:6). He only changed one thing. His location. He now lives in you! Galatians 2:20

We have a SIGNED Covenant through Christ. We have been SEALED with The Holy Spirit. We have been DELIVERED from Darkness and translated into His Kingdom of light, and we belong to The Father who takes good care of HIS possessions. He says we are HIS so we can say “I’m YOURS”!