THE GOSPEL BY WHICH WE ARE SAVED, 1 CORINTHIANS 15, PT 1

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The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:
who can know it. - Jeremiah 17:9

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THE

GOSPEL BY WHICH WE ARE SAVED

WE ARE SAVED BY THE GOSPEL:
that Paul the apostle received

that Paul the apostle passed to the church

as of first importance

that Paul the apostle preached to the church

that the church preached

that the church received

that the church believed

on which the church stood

by which the church is saved

Otherwise,

you have believed in vain

Father God, we are praying Your Word that will not return void, but it will accomplish why You sent it, and why You sent Your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come and seek the lost. Father God, we are praying for our lost loved ones. We pray Your Spirit will lead them to hear the preaching of the Gospel that the Paul the apostle received and passed to the church. This is the Gospel on which we stand and by which we are saved, and the only Gospel that will save our lost loved ones. You have assured us and we believe that we have not believed in vain. Hallelujah!

THE Gospel says:

Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures

that he appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve

After that, he appeared to more than 500 of the brothers

and sisters at the same time, most of whom were still

living when 1 Corinthians 15 was written, though some

had fallen asleep.

Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,

and last of all he appeared to who later became the

Apostle Paul, as to one “abnormally born.”

Paul the Apostle considered himself:

the least of the apostles

not even deserving to be called an apostle

because he persecuted the church of God.

Father in heaven, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, we pray our lost loved ones hearken to the Gospel of our salvation,

that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures

that He was buried

that He was raised from the dead on the third day

according to the Scriptures.

that He appeared to the apostles and many brethren as

1 Corinthians 15 states.

LORD, Your record is established and true. Manifest Your saving Gospel to our lost loved ones and save them LORD.

　

BY THE GRACE OF GOD,

The Apostle Paul was who he was.

God’s grace was not without effect.

The apostle Paul worked harder than all,

yet not him, but God’s grace that was with him.

Father God, by Your grace and mercy save our lost loved ones. Helper, Holy Spirit, they believe, help their unbelief.

We trust Your grace for them and for the brethren that are preaching Your Gospel is not without effect. Help these laborers, may Your grace be with them and us and by Your grace save our lost loved ones, we pray in Jesus name. Thank You, LORD.

From 1 Corinthians 15 (pt 1)

HERE AM I, HERE AM I!

I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence!

- Psalm 139-:7

Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Even there shall thy hand lead me. - Psalm 139:11-12

Omnipresent Father, detain our lost loved runaways and fugitives trying to run and hide from You. Though thick darkness cover them, the night shall be a light of day about them. You see them and there is no place where You cannot see them. No disguise they put on or action can evade You. Have mercy on them LORD, withhold Your wrath and judgment and bring salvation to them, for You are their Maker, You made them in Your image. Your mercy upholds their soul in life.

Gracious Father, Your loving presence comforts us, for You dwell in us. In You we live, move, and have our being. Concerning our lost loved ones, we look to You for hope. May our lost loved ones see You in the image of Jesus Christ. By seeing Him, they will see You. Help them to be sensible and not flee from You, rather to run to You for refuge and salvation.

"I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said,

'Here am I, here am I.'

- Isaiah 65:1

Manifest Yourself to our lost loved ones by Your irresistible testimony, the saving Gospel. LORD, though they are not looking for You, reveal the Lord Jesus Christ to them. Though they are not seeking You, may You be discovered by them. Though they are not calling on Your name, let them hear You calling them, saying, “HERE AM I, HERE AM I.” Offer them Your favor, invite them to partake of Your salvation. Open their eyes by Your Spirit for them to behold Your glory and the riches of Your grace and wondrous love. Be discernible to them though they are not inquiring.

Father, we pray in Jesus name, amen.

LOVE THAT WINS, 1 Corinthians 13

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We don't know the heart of your spouse.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:
who can know it. - Jeremiah 17:9

We have been praying for lost loved ones in
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The most current post from "Scriptures to Pray for Lost Loved Ones" will be in this site, and the previous one will be deleted, keeping only one post at a time.PRAYER HOUSE HAS ALSO ADDED A NEW PRAYER BLOG,
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The purpose of this blog is to pray for the many that need to refresh with the water of God’s Word and be strengthened.

We will also only be putting the most recent post in this site.

Praying with you for your marriage, hoping in God His goodness will lead your
spouse to repentance and the one that went astray will turn their heart toward you and home.

PRAYING FOR LOST LOVED ONES

1 CORINTHIANS 13 LOVE
GIFTS, ATTRIBUTES AND WORKS WITHOUT LOVE

Speak in tongues of angels

They will be stilled.

BUT WITHOUT LOVE: I am a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal

Prophesy

They will cease,

for we prophesy in part

but when completeness comes,

what is in part disappears.

Fathom all mysteries

All Knowledge

It will pass away,

for we know in part

but when completeness comes,

what is in part disappears.

Faith that can move mountains

BUT WITHOUT LOVE: I am nothing

Give all possessions to the poor

Give over body to hardship that I can boast

BUT HAVE NO LOVE: I gain nothing

God forbid that we be void of love, for we will be void also, and gain nothing, and to those we want to win to Christ, without love, we will sound like a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.

We cannot have faith without love. Lord our lost loved ones need for us to love them because love covers over a multitude of sins.

1 Corinthians 13 LOVE
Love is:

Patient

Kind

Love does not:

Envy

Boast

Dishonor others

Delight in evil

Love is not:

Proud

Self-seeking

Easily angered

Love:

Keeps no record of wrongs

Rejoices with the truth

Love always:

Protects

Trusts

Hopes

Perseveres

Love never:

Fails

Father God, 1 Corinthians love Is what our lost loved ones need from us.

Stir our hearts with Your gift of love by Your Spirit, for it is the fruit of the Spirit that gives us 1 Corinthians 13 love.We want to be patient and kind with our lost loved ones. We don’t want to keep a record of all their wrongs, or be easily angered with them, biting, devouring, and consuming them, beating them with Your Word. If at all possible, we want to live in peace with them.

Neither do we intend to be self-seeking, but seek the prosperity of our lost loved ones’ soul.

We want Your love in us for them that always protects, trusts, hopes, and perseveres.

Your love that never fails.
When I was a child:

I talked like a child

Thought like a child

Reasoned like a child

When I became an adult:

I put the ways of childhood behind me

Father God, help our lost loved ones to be strong adults and not act like children. Deliver them from being servants of the world, the flesh, and the devil. We are standing in the gap for them in prayer before You for their the salvation of their soul, fighting not against them, but against the rulers, authorities, powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

For now:

We see only a reflection as in a mirror

Know in part

But then:

We shall see face to face

Know fully,

even as we are fully known

Three remain: faith, hope, and love.

But the greatest of these is love

Father God, though we only see and know in part,
we commit ourselves and our lost loved ones to You in full trust
with the virtues of Your Spirit:

faith, hope and love,

but the greatest of these is love.

We are praying, LORD, always and unceasingly for the salvation of our lost loved ones' soul. Thank You, LORD, in Jesus name, amen.

From 1 Corinthians 13

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THE ORDER OF MAN AND WIFE, 1 Corinthians 11

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FOLLOW THE APOSTLE’S PAUL EXAMPLE
AS HE FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST
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Father, Your Spirit showed us in 1 Corinthians 10 how You freed us in Christ, yet you expect for us to give up our rights if it means the salvation of another soul or it is constructive and beneficial to another. And in this following chapter, you re-affirm the same instructions.
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The Apostle Paul commended the Corinthians for remembering what he told them and for holding to the traditions just as he passed them on to them--and hopefully and prayerfully to us too, that we will receive them and do them.

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THE HEAD
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LORD, You want us to realize that:
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The head of every man is Christ,
and the head of the woman is man.
and the head of Christ is God.
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COVERING
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LORD, help us to understand Your instructions in this chapter that many of us don’t follow because it is not practiced in most churches: We are too concerned listening to each other and receiving the approval of one another in the church and ignore Your very word. Forgive us, and help us LORD.
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MAN
“Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head.
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WOMAN
But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head--

IT IS THE SAME AS having her head shaved. For if a woman does not cover her head, she might as well have her hair cut off, but if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, then she should cover her head.
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MAN
A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God,
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WOMAN
But a woman is the glory of man.
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MAN
For the man did not come from woman,
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WOMAN
but woman from man,
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MAN
neither was man created for woman,
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WOMAN
but woman for man.
It is for this reason
that a woman ought to have authority over her own head,
because of the angels.
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MAN AND WOMAN
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Nevertheless, IN THE LORD
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woman is not independent of man,
nor is man independent of woman.
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For as woman came from man,
So also man is born of woman.
But everything comes from God.
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JUDGE CONCERNING THE COVERING
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Judge for yourselves:
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WOMAN
Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?
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MAN
Does not the very nature of things teach you
that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,
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WOMAN
But that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory?

FOR LONG HAIR IS GIVEN TO HER AS A COVERING.
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CONTENTIOUS ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF COVERING
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If anyone wants to be contentious about this,
we have no OTHER practice, nor do the churches of God.”
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CORRECTIONS WHEN EATING THE LORD’S SUPPER
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In the practice of the Lord’s Supper, the Apostle Paul did not commend the church of Corinth. He said their meetings did more harm than good. This is an awful thing, LORD, for a church meeting to do more harm than good!
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The first place given attention to is that there be no divisions among the church when coming together in its meeting. There are differences among the church to show which have Your approval. -
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The Corinthians were not eating the Lord’s supper when they met. For when eating, some went ahead with their own private suppers, and one person remained hungry, and another got drunk, humiliating those who had nothing. Their private meals should have not been eaten in the church but at their own home.
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THE LORDS SUPPER
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LORD, Your Spirit has passed on to Your church what the Apostle Paul received from You.
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The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed,
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TOOK BREAD.
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When he gave You thanks,
He broke it and said,
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“This is my BODY, which is for you;
do this in remembrance of me.”
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In the same way, after supper
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HE TOOK THE CUP
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Saying,
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“This cup is the new covenant in my BLOOD,
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do this, whenever you drink it,
in remembrance of me.”
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For whenever we eat this bread and drink this cup,
WE DO IT IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE LORD JESUS,
AND PROCLAIM THE LORD’S DEATH UNTIL HE COMES.
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THE LORD’S SUPPER, WARNING OF JUDGEMENT
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“So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of SINNING AGAINST THE BODY AND BLOOD OF THE LORD. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink WITHOUT DISCERNING THE BODY OF CHRIST EAT AND DRINK JUDGEMENT on themselves.”
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LORD, in this chapter You conclude back to the Lord’s Supper, when we gather to eat together, those that are hungry should eat something at home, so that when we meet together it may not result in judgment.
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DISCIPLINED BY THE LORD
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LORD, we pray Your Spirit will give us Your church understanding of what the above means, and that we do not take the Lord’s Supper lightly and routinely without care or understanding. For Your Spirit says that is why many among Your church are weak and sick, and a number fallen asleep. Help us to understand what it means to be “discerning” of the body of Christ when we take the elements that we do not come under such judgment. You further say, that when Your church/members of the church are judged in this way by You, it is for discipline so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
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LORD, we will look into Your further directions in the book to the Corinthians which apply to Your church today.
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PRAYING FOR OUR LOST LOVED ONES
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Father, to the world these things sound foolish, and even to those in the church that have not been discipled as Your word directs. Give us wisdom on how to follow Your Spirit and be obedient to You. Give everyone in the church understanding of Your same word that there be no divisions nor strive over Your directives. Help us to be patient with the weaker brethren, and especially with those that do not know You.
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We ask Your forgiveness for our disobedience through lack of knowledge or lack of attention or lack of obedience for whatever reason. We unashamedly, in humble obedience to You as Your Word in this chapter directs, pray for our lost loved ones.
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We continue to pray, for You said to pray always without ceasing. The main thing, LORD, we pray that You save our lost loved ones. Save the ones that need saving. May we and others be successful when we sow/water Your Word in their heart, knowing You will give the increase. Thank You, LORD, we pray in Jesus name, amen.
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(From 1 Corinthians 11)
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For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. - Romans 10:13
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God said to Moses, " I AM THAT I AM ". This is what you are to say to the Israelites. ‘ I AM has sent me to you. - EXODUS 3: 13-14
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That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins. - The Lord Jesus, John 8:24
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Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. - Acts 4:12
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Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, - Philippians 2:9

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ELOHIM Genesis 1:1, Psalm 19:1
meaning "God", a reference to God's power and might.
ADONAI Malachi 1:6
meaning "Lord", a reference to the Lordship of God.
JEHOVAH YAHWEH Genesis 2:4
a reference to God's divine salvation.
JEHOVAH-MACCADDESHEM Exodus 31:13
meaning "The Lord thy sanctifier"
JEHOVAH-ROHI Psalm 23:1
meaning "The Lord my shepherd"
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH Ezekiel 48:35
meaning "The Lord who is present"
JEHOVAH-RAPHA Exodus 15:26
meaning "The Lord our healer"
JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU Jeremiah 23:6
meaning "The Lord our righteousness"
JEHOVAH-JIREH Genesis 22:13-14
meaning "The Lord will provide"
JEHOVAH-NISSI Exodus 17:15
meaning "The Lord our banner"
JEHOVAH-SHALOM Judges 6:24
meaning "The Lord is peace"
JEHOVAH-SABBAOTH Isaiah 6:1-3
meaning "The Lord of Hosts"
JEHOVAH-GMOLAH Jeremiah 51:6
meaning "The God of Recompense"
EL-ELYON Genesis 14:17-20 Isaiah 14:13-14
meaning "The most high God
EL-ROI Genesis 16:13
meaning "The strong one who sees"
EL-SHADDAI Genesis 17:1,Psalm 91:1
meaning "The God of the mountains or God Almighty"
EL-OLAM Isaiah 40:28-31
meaning "The everlasting God"
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NAMES OF GOD IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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ABBA Romans 8:15
ADVOCATE I John 2:1 (KJV)
ALMIGHTY Genesis 17:1
ALPHA Revelation 22:13
AMEN Revelation 3:14
ANCIENT OF DAYS Daniel 7:9
ANOINTED ONE Psalm 2:2
APOSTLE Hebrews 3:1
ARM OF THE LORD Isaiah 53:1
AUTHOR OF LIFE Acts 3:15
AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH Hebrews 12:2
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BEGINNING Revelation 21:6
BLESSED & HOLY RULER 1 Timothy 6:15
BRANCH Jeremiah 33:15
BREAD OF GOD John 6:33
BREAD OF LIFE John 6:35
BRIDEGROOM Isaiah 62:56
BRIGHT MORNING STAR Revelation 22:16
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CHIEF SHEPHERD 1 Peter 5:4
CHOSEN ONE Isaiah 42:1
CHRIST Matthew 22:42
CHRIST OF GOD Luke 9:20
CHRIST THE LORD Luke 2:11
CHRIST, SON OF LIVING GOD Matthew 16:16
COMFORTER John 14:26 (KJV)
COMMANDER Isaiah 55:4
CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL Luke 2:25
CONSUMING FIRE Deuteronomy 4:24, Hebrews 12:29
CORNERSTONE Isaiah 28:16
COUNSELOR Isaiah 9:6
CREATOR 1 Peter 4:19
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DELIVERER Romans 11:26
DESIRED OF ALL NATIONS Haggai 2:7
DOOR John 10:7(KJV)
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END Revelation 21:6
ETERNAL GOD Deuteronomy 33:27
EVERLASTING FATHER Isaiah 9:6
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FAITHFUL & TRUE Revelation 19:11
FAITHFUL WITNESS Revelation 1:5
FATHER Matthew 6:9
FIRSTBORN (3) Romans.8:29,Revelation.1:5,Colossians 1:15
FIRSTFRUITS 1 Corinthians 15:20-23
FOUNDATION 1 Corinthians 3:11
FRIEND OF TAX COLLECTORS & SINNERS Matthew 11:19
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GENTLE WHISPER 1 Kings 19:12
GIFT OF GOD John 4:10
GLORY OF THE LORD Isaiah 40:5
GOD Genesis 1:1
GOD ALMIGHTY Genesis 17:1
GOD OVER ALL Romans 9:5
GOD WHO SEES ME Genesis 16:13
GOOD SHEPHERD John 10:11
GREAT HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 4:14
GREAT SHEPHERD Hebrews 13:20
GUIDE Psalm 48:14
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HEAD OF THE BODY Colossians 1:18
HEAD OF THE CHURCH Ephesians 5:23
HEIR OF ALL THINGS Hebrews 1:2
HIGH PRIEST Hebrews 3:1
HIGH PRIEST FOREVER Hebrews 6:20
HOLY ONE Acts 2:27
HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL Isaiah 49:7
HOLY SPIRIT John 15:26
HOPE Titus 2:13
HORN OF SALVATION Luke 1:69
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I AM Exodus 3:14, John 8:58
IMAGE OF GOD 2 Corinthians. 4:4
IMAGE OF HIS PERSON Hebrews 1:3 (KJV)
IMMANUEL Isaiah 7:14
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JEALOUS Exodus 34:14 (KJV)
JEHOVAH Psalm 83:18 (KJV)
JESUS Matthew 1:21
JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD Romans 6:23
JUDGE Isaiah 33:22, Acts 10:42
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LORD OF LORDS 1 Timothy. 6:15
LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS Jeremiah 23:6
LOVE 1 John 4:8
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MAN OF SORROWS Isaiah 53:3
MASTER. Luke 5:5
MEDIATOR 1 Timothy 2:5
MERCIFUL GOD Jeremiah 3:12
MESSENGER OF THE COVENANT Malachi 3:1
MESSIAH John 4:25
MIGHTY GOD Isaiah 9:6
MIGHTY ONE Isaiah 60:16
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NAZARENE Matthew 2:23
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OFFSPRING OF DAVID Revelation 22:16
OMEGA Revelation 22:13
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON John 1:18(KJV)
OUR PASSOVER LAMB 1 Corinthians 5:7
OUR PEACE Ephesians 2:14
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POTTER Isaiah 64:8
POWER OF GOD 1 Corinthians 1:24
PRINCE OF PEACE Isaiah 9:6
PROPHET Acts 3:22
PURIFIER Malachi 3:3
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RABBONI (TEACHER) John 20:16
RADIANCE OF GOD'S GLORY Hebrews 1:3
REDEEMER Job 19:25
REFINER'S FIRE Malachi 3:2
RESURRECTION John 11:25
RIGHTEOUS ONE 1 John 2:1
ROCK 1 Corinthians 10:4
ROOT OF DAVID Revelation 22:16
ROSE OF SHARON Song 2:1
RULER OF GOD'S CREATION Revelation 3:14
RULER OVER KINGS OF EARTH Revelation 1:5
RULER OVER ISRAEL Micah 5:2
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SAVIOR Luke 2:11
SCEPTER OUT OF ISRAEL Numbers 24:17
SEED Genesis 3:15
SERVANT Isaiah 42:1
SHEPHERD OF OUR SOULS 1 Peter 2:25
SHIELD Genesis 15:1
SON OF DAVID Matthew 1:1
SON OF GOD Matthew 27:54
SON OF MAN Matthew 8:20
SON OF THE MOST HIGH Luke 1:32
SOURCE Hebrews 5:9
SPIRIT OF GOD Genesis 1:2
STAR OUT OF JACOB Numbers 24:17
STONE 1 Peter 2:8
SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Malachi 4:2
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TEACHER John 13:13
TRUE LIGHT John 1:9
TRUE WITNESS Revelation 3:14
TRUTH John 14:6
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VINE John 15:5
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WAY John 14:6
WISDOM OF GOD 1 Corinthians 1:24
WITNESS Isaiah 55:4
WONDERFUL Isaiah 9:6
WORD John 1:1
WORD OF GOD Revelation 19:13
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WIVES FROM THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN

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"If the righteous are barely saved, what will happen to godless sinners?" 1 Peter 4:18
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Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." - 1 Corinthians 15:33
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HOSANNA! Son of David save our lost loved ones. Save them from getting entangled with the godless. If the righteous scarcely be saved, what will happen to our lost loved ones?
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Esau, Jacob’s twin brother took his wives from the daughters of Canaan, which strictly was forbidden by You. He no doubt was swept away by their physical beauty, provoked by their sensuality, and taken by their charm. Being a lover of godless women, he fell in his own trap. He didn’t choose a virtuous woman with a gentle and quiet spirit--which is priceless in Your sight. Esau did not follow his father Isaac’s example of obeying Abraham to find a proper wife to marry.
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Esau‘s wives “made life bitter for Isaac and Rebecca.” Spare us, Father God. On the other hand, Jacob waited and worked 14 years to marry the love of his life, Rachel!
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LORD, You command believers to marry only in the Lord. When our loved ones are lost themselves and their heart is in defiance against You, their vision is short and superficial. Deliver them from becoming one flesh through fornication or adultery. Deliver them from an ungodly marriage against Your will.
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In view of eternity, Esau would have made choices that were right with You. His descendants excelled as “chiefs,” and “kings” in Edom. In comparison, his twin brother Jacob’s sons were shepherds for generations, and were in bondage in Egypt for 400 years! But through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s lineage came our Savior Jesus. Now the promises made to Abraham have also been inherited by Your church--the spiritual kings and priests of the earth--Your servants that will reign with Your Son, the Lord Jesus!
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“If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us;”
2 Timothy 2:12
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LORD, You said that through faith and patience Your church shall inherit the promises. The world mocks, “Where is Your God?!” Today Edom’s prestigious fame has disappeared from the face of the earth, but everyone has heard of Israel, still making headlines today.
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Without You reigning in the heart, there is the need for instant gratification.
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“See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. For you know that even afterwards, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought for it with tears” Hebrews 12:15-17
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Esau wanted to kill Jacob for deceiving their father Isaac and taking Esau‘s birthright and blessing. But LORD, there was still hope for Esau! He and his brother Jacob “made up” after a 20-yr. separation. Together they buried their father, Isaac.
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LORD, the choices we make, big or small, will become our personal history, it is a legacy that we will leave our descendants. What legacy Esau left--an example and warning for others not to follow. And what legacy Jacob left --though he himself had his flaws, he deceived and then he was deceived himself by his wife Rebecca‘s father--but then Jacob had an encounter with You! O LORD, we pray our lost loved ones also have an encounter with You that will change their lives and turn the course of a path of destruction to paths of righteousness!
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LORD, You said to set our eyes on the eternal, not the temporal. Esau traded his birthright for a bowl of soup! Those gorgeous girls he married, if they got to old age, saw their better days of vanity, and Esau was left with the “real” wives of Canaan, beneath skin deep.
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HOSANNA, Jesus of Nazareth, have mercy on our lost loved ones and on us. Save them, Father God, we pray in Jesus name, amen.

TO THE SINGLE AND THE MARRIED - PRAYFULLY MEDITATING 1 CORINTHIANS 7

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TO STOP COMMITING SEXUAL IMMORALITY, GET MARRIED INSTEAD
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LORD, You point out when sexual immorality is going on, these people should get married instead. If anyone is engaged and has strong passions and wants to get married, they should, this is not sinning.
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TROUBLES IN LIFE FOR THOSE WHO WILL MARRY
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The Apostle Paul alerted that those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and time is short. The married man and woman are concerned about the affairs of this world--how each can please their spouse, and their interests are divided.
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TO THE ONE THAT WANTS TO GET MARRIED
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He who marries the virgin does right.
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HUSBAND AND WIFE
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The husband and wife should fulfill their marital duty to each other. Neither has authority over their own body, but yields to their spouse. There should be no depriving of one another, except by mutual consent and for a time, so that the couple may devote themselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt them for lack of self-control.
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TO THE CHRISTIAN SPOUSE THAT HAS AN UNBELIEVING SPOUSE
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The Apostle Paul recommended if a Christian has a spouse who is not a believer, the Christian spouse willing to live with the unbelieving spouse must not seek a divorce. For the unbelieving spouse has been sanctified through the Christian spouse and their children are holy.
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SEPARATION OR STAYING TOGETHER
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The unbelieving spouse may get saved through the Christian spouse. But if the unbelieving spouse leaves, the Christian spouse should let them leave. The Christian spouse is not bound in such circumstances; God, You have called us to live in peace.
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MARRIED FOR LIFE - MARRY ONLY IN THE LORD
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LORD, You give this command, that a wife must not separate from her husband, and if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband, and a husband must not divorce his wife. A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives, but if he dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. In the Apostle Paul’s judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is.
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TO THE UNMARRIED
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LORD, You said by the Apostle Paul that this is not a command because everyone has their own gift.
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It’s good to stay unmarried, as the Apostle Paul was, but again, if there is no control, it’s better to marry than to burn with passion. But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin, this man also does the right thing, and does better than if he married her.
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An unmarried Christian is concerned about the Lord’s affairs--how he can please the Lord. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.
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KEEPING THE SAME STATUS
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LORD, the Apostle Paul’s judgment that is trustworthy, thought it good for a virgin to remain in the present status. Or, if the status is being pledged to a woman, not seek to be released. Or if free from this commitment, not to look for a wife. But to marry is not a sin.
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DO NOT LIVE FOR THIS WORLD
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Those that have wives should live as if they didn’t.
Those who mourn, as if they didn’t.
Those who are happy, as they weren’t.
Those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep.
Those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them.
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For this world in its present form is passing away. This is not to restrict us, but that we may live in a right way with undivided devotion to You, LORD.
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LIVE AS A BELIEVER REGARDLESS OF STATUS
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LORD, You said each person should live as a believer in whatever situation they were in when You called them to do the assignment You gave. If one is already circumcised or uncircumcised when You called, he should stay like that because to keep Your commands is what counts. Everyone You’ve called is Christ’s servant, yet a freed person, regardless of their status. You bought us with a price not to become slaves of human beings and we are responsible to You.
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(From 1 Corinthians 7)
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PRAYER
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LORD, this is a look at one chapter of the Bible, and there is much more in the subject concerning marriage, sexual immorality, adultery, and divorce. We want to look at Your whole counsel. Many of us were married, single, or divorced, or remarried when You called us. We know You forgave us all of our past sins and our lives changed because we became new creatures in Christ, old things passed, all things become new and of You, God, who has reconciled us to Yourself by Jesus Christ, and have given us the ministry of reconciliation.
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Father, we pray that people who look at 1 Corinthians 7 will take a good look at what they’re doing before they decide to marry, or to flirt with temptations that lead them further and further away from You into a very dangerous zone, and commit the act of fornication or adultery. We know You will forgive them if they repent, but this can cause a lot of hurt and consequences to the parties involved, including their own children. We pray Your Holy Spirit will convict those that take marriage lightly or no longer respect it as a sacred covenant. The culture we live in of promiscuity has calloused many a conscience. But we are praying for every need represented in this prayer ministry for the restoration of broken marriages and broken husbands and wives. Hosanna to the King of kings and Lord of lords! We thank You, and pray in Jesus name, amen.
　

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