First Saturday Insights Report
February 2010

■I found myself standing on a great viewing platform, scanning a large field of open ground.  The vista was much like a rolling, green plain...with trees and a stream of water. 

Separating me from this place was a dark cloud of mist.  It was corrosive to smell and quite acidic to the eye and skin.

I felt like I needed to pass through the veil of acrid smoke, but before I did this I inhaled a deep breath from the place wherein I was viewing the landscape.  The air was clear there, and it seemed to produce a euphoric feeling of tranquility and restfulness.

I walked quickly through the murky atmosphere.  And, when I reached the clearing I exhaled the breath from above.  There, in the new place, was also a strong measure of clarity in the air.  But, I had the choice of what I could breathe...either the good, or the corrupt place which was also nearby.

Spending the remaining time of prayer breathing the good, I tried to discipline myself to draw from it rather than the undisciplined nature of the foul wind.  Air is either the spirit of God, or the spirit of iniquity.

■My soul magnifies the Lord.  For I know He has regarded the low estate of His people and all generations will call us blessed.  Our Lord is wonderful, He is excellent in all His ways.  I stand in awe of His greatness, and of His grace and love.  His mercy never fails.

Tonight, I sensed the miraculous provision of the Lord, both spiritually and in the natural.  All He asks is that we believe, and that we are obedient to His leading and prophetic command.  It is mustard seed type faith. 

It is like we are standing with five barley loaves looking out at 5,000 needing to be fed.  He will provide.

■In this preparatory period before the upcoming seminar, the enemy is watching in bewilderment the valiant forces in the Saints Network and our church, "little Bethlehem," marching into saintly endeavors with the Sun of righteousness.  We are small but mighty in faith, hope, and patient purpose.  Truly one of us can put a thousand to flight and two ten thousand in this season of dominion and power.  The favor of God's hand is upon us in personal finances and health to our physical bodies.  Look up and behold this amazing wonder for the Ancient of Days sets a table before us in the presence of our enemies!

■When I first came into the sanctuary, I heard the words "light" and "life" ringing in the spirit.  I danced a little in agreement and in welcome to what I heard, then felt the belt of truth tighten around the loins of those of us in the Saints Network.  I felt this had to do with the upcoming seminar.  The teachings will shore us up and prepare us for stout things which will be coming our way this year.  Vessels who will be receiving from the Lord need to be reinforced, so we should look for a tightening-up on our lives between now and the seminar.  I felt our focus tightening up in our personal relationship with the Lord, with those in our congregational families, within the Saints Network, and then with the Saints worldwide who are actively pursuing their purpose.  The tenants of our faith and the things we have in common will be highlighted, and our commitment to honor the Lord in each other will guide much of our actions and reactions.  Next, the Spirit led me through a series of verses about Jesus, light, life and righteousness.  John 1:1-5; Proverbs 3, all of the chapter but with focus on verses 21, 22, and then 32b; John 6:35; Psalm 36:9; Proverbs 6:23; Ephesians 5:13, 14.  Right after that I tasted something sweet in the spirit and at first I thought it was fruit; however, fruit in the spirit seems quick and geared more toward keeping the agape flowing, and preventing blockage and stagnation among us.  The sweetness I was tasting was richer, more full-bodied and stayed awhile in my senses.  After a minute I identified it as honey, and then sensed a stirring, like a stick swishing around in a big pot of it.  I thought of Jonathan, Saul's son, and went to 1 Samuel 14 in the scriptures.  Verses 28-31 tells of how those fighting in the battle won their victory, but it was a meager victory and afterward they didn't handle the distribution of what they gained very well because they had won it on empty stomachs.  I felt encouragement in the spirit for us to satisfy ourselves well with the goodness of the Lord (taste and see ...) before taking ground this coming year, much like eating a good meal before going grocery shopping; foolish decisions can be avoided.  Then I found myself back in the mode of truth binding us up at the loins, but this time the focus was on the structure that truth provides instead of binding and shoring up.  I was reminded that children thrive under structure and it provides a nurturing environment where trust can grow and develop.  As sons, we will be growing and developing in this coming year, with righteousness girding us up and providing the framework which will allow us to know God in the way He desires for us to.

■It felt like I was waiting upon the Lord, but it also felt like I was waiting "with" the Lord in confidence.  We enjoyed very sweet fellowship.  As I began to extol the Lord, He gave strategic reminders of purpose, calling, girding and encouragement.  There is very much a strengthening and urging forward by our loving Father to meet the challenges, obstacles and fruitfulness of this season.  I became aware of the "with" factor and knew that He was saying that we stand with Him in all things; therefore, all things are possible.

■I saw the power of the Lord coming as a silver sword, cutting away shrouds of darkness.  This darkness was the enemy's control over the earth: oppression, deception; superstition; worldliness, etc.  Mankind's spirit was touched by the power from the sword and became one with it.  The Father said "Come forth".  Like Lazarus, our shrouds will be cut away.

Habakkuk 2:14.  For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

■In prayer I found myself at the feet of the Father.  He held me and told me, "Do not lose heart.  Stand steadfast.  Be diligent and persevere, because the time of the fulfillment of many of the promises you have held dear is near".

Then as I stood up angels came and placed these braces on my legs around my knees.  Obviously I believe this speaks of strengthening the feeble knees.  I think this should be a prayer for the Network; that the feeble knees would be strengthened and the hands that hang down be lifted up.  We need to hold each other up, because we don't want to have anyone lose their way at this juncture in time.

Hebrews 12:12-15.  Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; [13] And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. [14] Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: [15] Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

■I was given several different things during my prayer time.  Even though we are mature in the Lord, we must always continue to have childlike faith.  As I was given this, I received an understanding of how the Lord enjoys our coming to Him as children and that it is dear to His heart.

Mark 10:13-16.  And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. [14] But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. [15] Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. [16] And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

Mark 8:36.  For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
 
I saw some of the saints on camels crossing a desert.  I was given the understanding that what I was seeing was a spiritual presentation of the network saints and how it has seemed that we have been passing through one.  It also shows us how we have passed through a season where we have carried many burdens but in the passing through we have received provision in the dry wilderness place.  I got a sense that this experience is coming to an end and that the Lord is bringing much supply to the saints in this coming year.  Heard the words, “make haste.”
 
■I saw a map of the world with red dots for the locations of the saints.  Then I saw the Holy Spirit move upon each location upon the earth and white light shot from the Holy Spirit as it hovered.  Next, I looked again at the map, and now it had violet dots instead of red.  Some of the places had grown bigger and each shined much brighter.

Exodus 35:21.  And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Exodus 35:30-35.  And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; [31] And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; [32] And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, [33] And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. [34] And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. [35] Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

■The Father reminded me of the electricity that is needed before a bolt of thunder is released.  The electricity is the spark, the charge.  Just as we are the sent ones from the throne in the thunder, we must be the electricity that causes the static current.  We must inhabit that which causes the atmosphere to be charged ~ with excitement, with anticipation, with an expectancy.  Before there is visibility of the thunder, there is vibration with the waiting for it.

I was taken to a couple specific geographic locations-one was close to our prior church building on the square. I saw what I believe to be Songbirds taking messages out from that area and flying with them to various locations in the county.  Then I saw our current building, with us gathered in intercession, and there were honey drops on the walls, honey dripping down the walls and honey dripping from the ceiling.  We seemed to be oblivious to it-but as we continued pressing in, the honey supply increased and we became completely incased in the honey.

■I saw what looked like a larger-than-life road map.  The entire thing was gray, but all of the roads (which ran all over the place) were red.

FRANCE

■Testimony:  It is sometimes difficult to discern whether things come from God or from us:  it is an exercise by a word or a picture.  It sometimes begins with something vague.  We must learn to discern.

In this waiting prayerful attitude, often God gives us at the last minute, just to test how far we will hold on.  But our attitude must be to be present to His presence.  With Jacob, God was there and he did not know He was there.  Simply saying:  Lord is my pleasure to be here and I am Your servant.
 
■I felt like in my house when I pray.  It's nice to know that is possible with several! It's fun to live in this expectation without wanting to automatically receive something.  Then I had these verses:

Jeremiah 1:4-9.  Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5  "Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations." 6  Then said I, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." 7  But the LORD said unto me, "Say not, ‘I am a child,’ for thou shalt go to all whom I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8  Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee," saith the LORD. 9  Then the LORD put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, "Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth.

It was like I put on a prophetic mantle.  Then I found myself disconnected.  My spirit was elsewhere and I came back and I realized what has happened.

■My sheep hear my voice.

John 10:3-4.  To him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out. 4  And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

I felt a waiting in the sky.  God was waiting for us.  He urged us to take these things in the sky that are for us, as if there was something ready for us.  But we should seize it, without doubt, we must move forward.
 
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Luke 10:20.  Notwithstanding, in this rejoice not that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.

Then I had a vision that came twice and had no end, words that were said that they will generate shame on our group of Intercession.  Twice I received:  do not be ashamed!  

■Consolidate the gap before the breakthrough.

This day is holy unto the Lord, the joy of the Lord is our strength.

Nehemiah 8:9-10.  And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said unto all the people, "This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep." For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law. 10  Then he said unto them, "Go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions unto those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy unto our LORD; neither be ye sorry, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

Contempt of the saints:  

Nehemiah 2:19.  ... they laughed us to scorn and despised us.

The restoration of the Tabernacle of David.

The adversity is upon us, it's true! But God shows me the victory and the wonderful, majestic work He will do and I am joyful.  In that, we have the strength to follow through because He reveals His purpose to us.

■In this month of February, the Father desires that the saints are stripped of any bitterness, which prevents full communion with Him.  He has fresh manna for us but we need to stop looking back.

■Early in the intercession I saw in my spirit a strong and powerful torrent down from heaven and pouring out upon the earth, and I heard the voice of the Holy Spirit saying, "It's time for my people to come and drink, the one who will come and drink, will never be thirsty."

After, at a moment of silence during the intercession, I received:

Isaiah 40:3.  The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: "Prepare ye the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

(Version "Sword" said: "... make flat in the loneliness.")

Then I received:

Isaiah 43:19.  Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honor Me, the dragons and the owls, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. 21 This people have I formed for Myself; they shall show forth My praise.

■At the beginning of the time of intercession I was full of thanksgiving for the mercy and grace of God, His heart that longs that we return to Him and His heart to restore.  Oh the heart of God!
 
Matthew 23:37.  O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.
 
Luke 19:41, 42.  As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it and said, "If you, even you, had only known on this day what would bring you peace- but now it is hidden from your eyes.
 
Matthew 11:28.  Come unto Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
 
"Return, Return"

Then interceding in divers tongues, from within the heart of God, by the Spirit of God, the cry of the Spirit, the cry from the heart of the Lord.  Far deeper than we can ourselves express.

■I have had divers tongues of conquest to go to attack the high places that were stolen from the Lord and to get them back one after the other.  These tongues are helping us to advance, to progress, but also to ensure on what has been conquered.  The Lord asks us to reopen the old wells in desert places, like Isaac, so they turn green again and blossom (Isaiah 35: 1-2).

Then later there was a time of rest and healing when I felt how all our sources are in Him in these times of intimacy where we take the strengths and we receive mission orders from our Father.  (Psalm 87: 7).  We need to remain in His rest, in His presence before leaving for another term.

The Lord told me you sow when you pray in tongues.  You open the spiritual gates, you defeats the rusty lock. Through your intercession, you free at thousands of miles from where you reside, the prisoners and the sick.  You break the chains and you allows to my angels to act when you can not make it.  Like Nehemiah, the Lord asks us to stay on the gap with our weapons in our arms and at the same time to worship Him.  He asks us to be vigilant, to watch as soldiers of Gideon and to listening to Him.  We must pray without relaxing our efforts.

I am accepted in the beloved.  The Lord told me:  You have nothing to fear, I've covered you with the mantle of justice and of salvation and My doors are wide opened.  I saw a beautiful sheen red coat, trimmed with gold like the one of a king.

■It seems to me to have the Father saying:

“Stop looking constantly in the past to try to foresee the new things that I am going to accomplish.  Because this new things will not resemble in any way to what I did before.  It will be neither as the time of Noah, nor as the time of Lot.  This new world, this new earth, and this new heaven will not be created from here below, but will be fathered from My heavenly kingdom, fathered from My heart, according to My nature, in perfect harmony with My thought and My purposes. 

Don’t remain in your past glories, successes, and holies works, but move forward without looking back, because everything will be riddled and nothing that comes from flesh and earthly will remain.

The glory of ‘the last home’ will eclipse all that has existed until now, because this last ‘home’ is the establishment of My kingdom, which will be of My nature.  Walk as Sons, as My Son, be one in Me, one in My Son Christ and one in Holy Spirit.

■I received divers tongues of compassion from the Father’s heart for the oppressed, the lost, the prisoners of darkness.  There were breakthroughs through the darkness.  I could see persons limed under a gummy, blackish and greenish mud, people absolutely oppressed by the darkness power.

Suddenly as a great miracle, the Lion of Juda intervened with great power.

There was a powerful song accompanied with sounding trumpets as if it was to raise up and gather an army in barracks in the natural.  Every sound which came from the throne impacted the spirits of these captive persons.  Light could pass through for that they can wake up in the Gospel of the kingdom and receive endless life by knowing their Abba Father, they were so much thirsty to know Him, more and more.

The Resurrection Spirit came into them, they received eternal life.  As they were going along, they became as giants, filled with power and with great boldness, they knew more and more their Father, their forehead became hard as diamond (Ezekiel 3:9.  As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house) and no one could withstand them (Esther 9:2. The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people).

They became one with the Father.  The Spirit of truth was in them, they inspired the fear of the Father around them.

They were going to be able to pass by a cleared way where no unclean one could go through:  (Isaiah 35:8.  And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein) and shine forth the kingdom light, more and more strongly, this internal light will attract as a magnet.

I received:

Zechariah 8:1 Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, 2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. 3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; 8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. 9 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built.

13 And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. 16  These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: 17 And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. 18  And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, 19 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. 20 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: 21 And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. 22 Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. 23 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

■I saw the eyes of the bride, beautiful eyes! They were black.  Then I saw the Bridegroom, Christ the Beloved.  He was standing before what was for me the door of the heavenly sanctuary in the heavenly Jerusalem.  The sanctuary was located on top of high steps above all the heavenly city paved with gold.  From this place, He was calling His wife. There, standing, He did not cease to call her! The Spirit and the Bride say, Come!  Apocalypse 22:17.

Then I saw the eyes of the bride looking in His direction and in an instant she found herself down the stairs looking at her beloved as if she saw Him for the first time.  Then she began to climb the stairs staring into the eyes of Christ, and she climbed the stairs and her eyes were getting lightened until she arrives in front of HIM.  And there, her eyes were a beautiful light blue almost white!

I received this word also for all the saints:

Matthew 6:21.  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.  

■I had three "visions" or "images":

1) The neck of the Bride adorned with a diamond necklace.
 
2) A beautiful olive tree with straight trunk and its branches and foliage perfectly balanced.  It was very smooth, beautiful to watch.

3) The window of a palace.  It was made with a single part, rectangular and very high.  It was open and a very thin pure white curtain was moving with the wind.  The curtain was hinging inside the room.

■Vision of an enormous fireball inside the earth that diffuses and spreads in spiral within the heart of the earth along with the prayers of the saints.  The saints and angels are walking and sewing in praying inside the spiral of fire.  An angel scatters gems.

Word of knowledge:  "It's time for the revelation of the Glory of the Lord to His people.   Because the heart of the earth converts, so the Glory of the Lord may spring to the surface.”

■Vision for a wooden game with a shape of maze and with a ball.  We must remove all fences to allow the ball to move freely.  Fences represent divisions in the Church and the ball stand for the Holy Spirit.

Vision of an eagle that makes us to travel all over the earth on its back.  Then a gaping hole is formed on the surface of the earth and a fire of light of glory springs from its womb.

Vision of the earth's globe surrounded by a ring of light.  The surface of the earth is dross.  Suddenly the glory springs from a lot of small craters scattered across the globe.

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1 Corinthians 13:1.  Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not agape-love, I am [as] sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

■Contemplating His majesty, His greatness and His glory, I found myself overwhelmed  in thinking of His presence in me and the incredible love that He shows us by inviting us to be His partners.  In that moment I felt that He reminded me that His grace is sufficient for me, for my strength is made perfect in weakness (2 Corinthians 12:9) and that For whosoever is born of God overcometh the world.  And this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. (1 John 5:4) In these thoughts, I seemed He spoke to me, asking my availability to abandon myself entirely one more time, because it is not by might nor by power, but by His spirit so that His eternal purpose be manifested.

BELGIUM

Hebrews 12:4-17.  Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: 6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. 12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: 15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; 16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. 17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

Hebrews 12:24-29.  And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. 27 And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.

Ephesians 4:1-13.  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: 13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:

Romans 10:11-15.  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Proverbs 6:16-19.  These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Ezekiel 18:30-32.  Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Mark 10:42-45.  But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Luke 11:2-4.  And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.