BCC in a Vision

BCC in a Vision: We are the Heart of God

1 John 4:15-17
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ¹⁷ By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

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• We are the Heart of God
• Jesus

John 1:17 MSG - We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving, This endless knowing and understanding - all this came through Jesus, the Messiah. 18 No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day. Thunder in the Desert


John 1:17 NLT - For the law was given through Moses; God's unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. But his only Son, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart; he has told us about him.

We are the Heart of God - Jesus - Love - GMP - (Grace, Mercy, & Peace from 2 John 3)

GMP

• 1 Timothy 1:2 Timothy, my true child in the faith.May God our Father and Christ Jesus our Lord give you grace, mercy, and peace.
• 2 John :3 May grace, mercy, and peace, which come from God our Father and from Jesus Christ his Son, be with us who live in truth and love.
• We are to Receive and Reflect: Grace to Gracious, Mercy to Merciful, and from Peace to Peaceful...

3 Main Passages to the Message

• Genesis 1:1-5
• 2 Corinthians 4:4-6
• Philippians 2:15

Genesis 1:1-5

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface. 3 Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 And God saw that it was good. Then he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." Together these made up one day.

2 Corinthians 4:4-6

4 Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don't understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God. 5We don't go around preaching about ourselves; we preach Christ Jesus, the Lord. All we say about ourselves is that we are your servants because of what Jesus has done for us. 6 For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made us understand that this light is the brightness of the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

Philippians 2:15

15 so that no one can speak a word of blame against you. You are to live clean, innocent lives as children of God in a dark world full of crooked and perverse people. Let your lives shine brightly before them.

• It is from this passage we need to explain the way to our main...
• Our Subject and Scriptural Study
• Some of the Major Thematics of Theology
• Classroom Setting and/or A Counsel Session

Genesis 1:2 - The earth was empty, a formless mass cloaked in darkness. And the Spirit of God was hovering over its surface.

• without form - confusion, emptiness, nothingness, wasteland, wilderness (of a solitary place), place of Chaos, vanity
• void - emptiness, void, waste
• darkness - obscurity, spoken of (Hades), underground prison, underground cells... (metaphorically - misery, adversity, death, ignorance, sadness, wickedness)

God's Choice Answer to & for "us" is Chaos

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Darkness, Great Light

12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee. 13 And leavingNazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali, 14so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: 15 "The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles-- 16 the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned."

Philippians 1:1-26

1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 3 I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. 6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion atthe day of Jesus Christ. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. 8 For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blamelessfor the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ. 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from good will. 16 The latter do it out of love,knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel. 17 The former proclaim Christ out of rivalry, not sincerely but thinking to afflict me in my imprisonment. 18 What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. 24 But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that in me you may have ample cause to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again.

Difference between dark and light, and Choose Light

Acts 26:17b-18

 I am sending you 18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'

Choose Life

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death,blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, 20 loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them."

• Forgiveness and Fulfillment

What we have Discovered in God's heart so far?

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Rap: Nothing is Impossible from Luke 1:37

What are we agreeing, being, and seeing is BCC in a Vision:
We are the heart of God

Our Last Service of the Semester: Now Go in Peace
Approach, Direction, Objective, Subtopic:
What we have Discovered in God's heart so far?

The Vision in Verses: I John 4:15-17
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ¹⁷ By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 

• Jesus
• Love
• We are the heart of God

the Heart of God- our search for what is in or at the Heart of God. What is God Like? This nullifies the atheist, the agnostic, theologian, religious studies, not about getting God right. But Rather What is GOD LIKE?
the heart of God has changed my heart
When we set our eyes upon the Heart of God, we see Jesus Christ. the Son of God & Savior

Handout:

1. In our desire as a body to study what is genuinely sincerely in God’s Heart; we are learning Who God is, and discovered the view of God’s Heart is JESUS.
2. The first and foremost fundamental of God’s Heart is HIS LOVE.Our examination extracted the eternal compound of -GMP- as a second trait in God’s Heart
3. Grace is God’s unmerited, unfathomable, unlimited, power- HIS all purpose producer, for all promises and plan for man.
4. God desires Mercy for us, and it endures forever because God is Full of Compassion.
5. Peace is a condition of freedom from disturbance, whether outwardly, as of a nation from war or enemies, or inwardly, within the soul. The Hebrew word is shalom meaning, primarily, "soundness," "health," but coming also to signify "prosperity," well-being in general, all good in relation to both man and God.

The Gospel of John

1. 1:14, 16, 17-18 ---13:12-24
2. 2:24-25             ---14:6-10, 16-20, 23, 27
3. 3:3, 5-8             ---20:19-22

1:16 We have all received one blessing after another. God’s grace is not limited. (NIRV)

1:17  We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving, This endless knowing and understanding—all this came through Jesus, the Messiah. (MSG)

1:18 No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day. (MSG)

1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ. (NLT)

1:17 For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ. (AMP)

1:18b Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known]. (AMP)

GMP

• 1 & 2 Timothy 1:2 To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, Mercy, and Peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 
• 2 John 3 Grace, Mercy, and Peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Father's Son, in truth and love. 
• -GMP 2J3 BCC The is more than a salutation! This is the second discovered truth in the Heart of God!
• We are to Receive and Reflect: Grace to Gracious, Mercy to Merciful and from Shalom Peace to Peaceful... 

Example trials of life that we go through

• my Miracles Knives, recently “Smile,”
• what about you?
• can you imagine and pretend with me for a ministry moment...

Grace - infomercial

• Look @ All that Grace does (v.) 
• Grace is God’s unmerited, unfathomable, unlimited, power- HIS all purpose producer, for all promises and plan for man.
• Grace is...(n.), but Grace does...(v.)
• Grace therefore in essence is and does! 

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Sermon Notes from Resurrection Sunday

Jeremiah 29:11

NIV- For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
NKJV- For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
NLT- ...plans for good and not for disaster, ...
MSG- I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out - plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for.
more...
something more...become more...receive more
more personally

Brother Nick Vujicic, Life without Limbs, depicts penetratingly powerful and inspirationally encouraging in the video that there must be something more that we are all living for I began to hear resounding in my innermost being the WORD and meditation of more...

of great revelation for application is its meaning-

described in about nine different definitions, really only using three distinctions; 8:9 define the first two & is typically what we always mean, think, refer to, and want: 

1.  in greater quantity, amount, measure, degree, or number: I need more money.
2. additional or further: Do you need more time? More discussion seems pointless
But the third definition is where we can find significance today on Resurrection Sunday Celebration & Salvation:
3.  something of greater importance: His report is more than a survey.

Your life means and is worth something more (of greater importance) than your brokenness, pains, failures or successes, your pride, more than suicide, always doing extra, hating, or dying, or even not caring, or trying

when you come to believe and know Almighty God our Heavenly Father has Created your life as something more and has plans of peace & prosperity for you, a good future and hope. Then you will become more in importance 

“If you do not get the miracle, you can still become 
become more

Jeremiah 29: 12-14a
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13 You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD.

receive more

Matthew 7
7 "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? 11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

in importance, The HOLY SPIRIT, receive the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

Luke 11
13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
because of The Resurrection, The Cross is: something more...become more...receive more

more personally

starts from the seven lasts words of Christ upon the Cross

• Forgive us, for we know not what we do
• the thief on the cross
• Mother Mary
• John
• Mary Magdalene
• small group meeting of disciples
• Thomas
• Peter

more...than

Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward." 2 But Abram said, "Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" 3 Then Abram said, "Look, You have given me no offspring

Genesis 17
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly." 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: 4 "As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful

altar call for

something...more than enough

become... more purposed miracle

receive...more of The Holy Spirit

We are the Heart of God - Internal

Conceiving, Carrying, Communicating, and Committing to the Cause of the Vision

I Thessalonians 5:11
ESV: Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
MSG: So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you're already doing this; just keep on doing it.

Assignment

• I have the Treaching  Assignment & Opportunity to explain once again of why “We are the Heart of God” is a highly valuable Vision for you, we, & me here at BCC. 
• When i insert Treaching- (teaching & preaching that’s reaching)
• Teaching truth & transformation from the Word, principles in leadership, & concepts of Jesus as The Christ 
• Preaching passionately & inspiringly under the power of The Holy Spirit, and
• Reaching every1one with engaging, creative, & relevant content that is helpful 

a few troubles; a few testimonies

• whether you are struggling with an identity crisis, or you are battling with behavior or beliefs, while repentance has caused some Christians recently to return, reconcile, & be restored to the joy of God’s Salvation; for others light has shined gently into darkness and caused secrets faults of sexual sins and the embarrassment to be forgiven and erased, or someone could be teetering in their gender identity & insecurity, some in abuse, some in addictions, abortion issues, others perhaps are on the right vine, but overly ripened ready to dry up from the so called divine and fall off the religious rigor and stop trying to do right anymore, 
• So whoever we are & wherever you are in troubles or testimonies, Jesus The WORD wants to richly write this Vision upon your heart & live & give, more & more on the Inside of you!

Notice...vision in the heart & as the heart is...

• Hab 2:2 And the LORD answered me: "Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.
• Psalm 45:1 My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
• therefore, i want to write the vision on the tablet of your heart speaking as a ready writer of God for us to be living letters
• it is impressed upon me to impact us as for the reaching of souls sincerely, therefore i pull out this most special & sacred of scriptures...

2 Corinthians 3: 2 The only letter of recommendation we need is you yourselves. Your lives are a letter written in our hearts; everyone can read it and recognize our good work among you. 3 Clearly, you are a letter from Christ showing the result of our ministry among you. This “letter” is written not with pen and ink, but with the Spirit of the living God. It is carved not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts. 4 We are confident of all this because of our great trust in God through Christ. 5 It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God. 6 He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.

the Heart of God ministers the Spirit of the message, no longer the legality of the letter

• my encounter of understanding the difference between law of the letter versus spirit of the letter... from a FedEx Sr. Mgr. in a meeting about Policy & Procedure
• this is a principle of universal application, not confined to a theological debate of OT Law versus NT Grace, but rather The Message & Ministry of God’s Heart toward ppl
• for the letter killeth; but The Spirit giveth Life!
• in vs.17 For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty and freedom! 

in our heart is internal

• 2 Corinthians 1: 20 For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that we utter our Amen to God for his glory. 21 And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, 22 and who has also put his seal on us and given us His Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
• Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

what is the internal process?

• prophetic principle*- what comes from the Eternal becomes Internal and then lives out into the External
• Ezek. 2: 8 "But you, son of man, hear what I say to you. Be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you."
• Ezek. 3: 2 So I opened my mouth, and he gave me this scroll to eat. 3 And he said to me, "Son of man, feed your belly with this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it."Then I ate it, and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey. 4 And he said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with my words to them.”
• Eternal to Internal to External - doing/being

• I could say when I was little i kinda did this literally... a penny- i ate, swallowed it, & it was in me. My mom x-rayed me and we saw it, and then it came out externally! Today we have have MRI, Ultrasound, Sonogram,  & all forms of x-rays virtually looking at us internally, 
• 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?
• Let us Examine ourselves, Test ourselves with, Are we in the faith, of little faith, or where is our faith? A Better Challenge- What do we believe or disbelieve, Doubt or Need to Dispel?

Let's dispel the myths & misunderstandings

•   God is NOT a One Time Thing Big Experience Back When
•   God is NOT only a “i was raised a Godly Christian.” (i.e.- family traditions, heirloom, moralistic, good ppl, nice person, & yes D6)
•   God is NOT only a “when you need HIM entity.”
•   God is NOT only for “the bad ppl, problem ppl, poor ppl.”
•   Therefore my summation to submit is:  “GOD is Worth, HE Wills, and HE Provides the Way to have More & More of us!”
1.   Worth- the return, our investment, (lil’ sad to say in today)
2.   Wills- wants, always has, longs for mankind, as HIS Own
3.   Way- everything God requires, HE Gives & Becomes WAY

God provided the way for our internal

1.  First Puts A New Heart in us
2.   Then He Himself, GOD, Moves Internal into our New Heart
3.   Next He Writes HIS Laws upon our New Hearts
4.   Now we are the eternal life, born-again, saved new hidden person (spirit) in our heart

"We are the heart..." is internal in our heart

• First Puts A New Heart in us
• Ezek 11: 19 And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, 20 that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them.  And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 
• Ezek 36: 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. 
• Then He Himself, GOD, Moves Internal into our New Heart

• John 14: 23 Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
• Next He Writes HIS Laws upon our New Hearts
• Hebrews 10: 15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying, 16 "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds," 17 then he adds, "I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more."
• Now we are the eternal life, born-again, saved new hidden person (spirit) in our heart
• 1 Peter 3:4 but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.
• the heart- a) denotes the centre of all physical and spiritual life vigor, sense, & the centre and seat of physical & spiritual life; ---the soul or mind, as it is the fountain and seat of the thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, endeavours of the understanding, the faculty and seat of the intelligence; of the will and character; of the soul so far as it is affected and stirred in a bad way or good, or of the soul as the seat of the sensibilities, affections, emotions, desires, appetites, passions

Internal in our heart we want, will, hunger

• There has to be a contrast and a desire for GOD that goes beyond need. 
• If we only want GOD when we need GOD, then proficient ppl will not want Jesus Christ and needful ppl will never progress to proficient ppl.

R* why we can not be like David only after God’s Heart, but Much Much Greater Will, God did not just make a way,  NO! Jesus Christ is The Way

• Acts 13: 22 ... he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
• Jesus is NOW with us, and in us, Jesus is The Way, The Truth, & The Life.  And As HE IS So Are we in this world! 
• We are the Heart of God, Jesus & HIS Spirit is Internal
• We must Open up our hearts, not 1 time but every time Eternal to Internal to External

We are the Heart of God: Identification, part 3

Identification

Vision Verses: 1 John 4:16-17

16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.

"We are"every1one praying

Our Father, Exalted, Holy, Above, Loving, Merciful...from me, as a new creation in-Christ Jesus Your Son, we come to pray every-1-one. “We are” Your Body, Your Bride,  & Your Beloved by Your Blood, for our forgiveness and newness.  Our sincere and simple prayer of believing, is that “We are” Receiving Your Heart, the Heart of God. And that LORD, “We are” Reflecting Your Heart, because as You Are so also are we in this world. “We love because YOU first loved us.” God Your Love, Your Thoughts, Your Heart is toward us.  “We are” Your Heart. Therefore LORD, Your love, Your thoughts, Your Heart is our Identification for who “we are” and represented toward people in our world. Father, in the Power of The Holy Spirit, Flowing as The River of GOD, cause Life and it more Abundantly in every occupied seat, every hearer by media, ppl touching ppl, some are praying as learners for discipleship, some as leaders for penetration of truth, some who hunger & thirst for Righteousness to be Filled; some that are practical in need for The Word to be made flesh by application in their personal lives, some who want us to give more attention and value to seeing Jesus ask for communication of The Christ and His completion of The Cross, some are deliberate about the spiritual warfare of deliverance from darkness and bondages that dampen, while others are just wishing for the nitty gritty of how does the all this make sense of The God of The OT, and yet we pray all of these private petitions wound be met by YOUR profoundness and prophetic revelation to every-1-one of us because we need to know who “We are,” that God is what today is for...! in The Name of Jesus Christ our Identifier,  Amen

A Praying Passage - Psalm 143 if you are feeling faithless, forsaken, forgotten, a hopelessness, or distress & depression

Let us Glare, Gaze, & get a Glimpse @ God’s Glorious I.D.

• we finished seeing our Identification last week in 1John 4
• Today, we will see God’s Identification &
• How we are Identified with God & Christ

The Vision is for Identification

• excerpt of email... Hey Pastor!So the song link I just sent you has really been speaking to me especially with the identity we have been talking about, its called "Identity" by James Fortune & Fiya. Some people may argue that this is not Biblical because you are asking God to change your identity and He already knows who you are in Him...BUT there are so many people who find their identity in the wrong things or in the things they do. Some might find their identity in their fraternities,their sport teams, so I just thought this is a good song and I hope you enjoy it!
• an email excerpt from another necessary member...Quite honestly, and the Lord as my witness, I have been in Awe at the way the Holy Spirit has inspired the past couple of messages. Without question, this new vision for 2013 has been birth by The Creator Himself. As I sat during the inauguration of the vision and heard each leader speak, everything just made perfect sense to me, at first. In other words, the vision seemed perhaps simple and pretty straight forward.  At that moment in time His Spirit brought to my remembrance something that I once heard described about the Bible. 
• It was said that the Bible is as simple to understand that a child can comprehend it, but it can be so deep that theologians can drown in it.  As it pertains to the vision of  “We are the Heart of God” without a doubt it is a topic which you can experience these 2 extremes. As the vision continues to deepen, I believe I begin to see perhaps what is the starting point of it at least in my life.  The Lord has taken me back to the words of the same psalmist who said “Oh Lord, search my Heart” Pastor, I believe our father is taken us all back to the importance of prayer. He is desiring to shape his people to have the heart that He desires from us. It truly takes dialog with the creator of the universe to understand where we stand and to grab a glimpse of who we will become through the transforming power of Christ. May our hearts and lives by a sweet fragrance to the Loving God whom we serve.

God's Identification - Jesus

• The WORD- John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 
• John the Baptist- John 1:30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.' 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God." 
• God The Father- Matt. 3:17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased." 
• 2Pet.1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased," 18 we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
• the devil- Luke4: 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
• demons- an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 "What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God." 
• His disciples- Matt. 16: 15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" 16 Simon Peter replied, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
• the world-  Matt. 27: 54 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!"
• Jesus Intercepts Judgement & Fear! Luke 23: 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, "Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." 42 And he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom." 43 And he said to him, "Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
• We no longer no him as he used to be but brand NEW
• HE could have picked any of HIS Divine Names, Attributes,  Achievements, or Accomplishments! 
• But GOD Chose AN Irrefutable Presentation of HIS Identification...“I AM”
• Exod. 3: 13 Then Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' what shall I say to them?" 14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And he said, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
• Like Father, Like SON!
• John 8:57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?" 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM

We Are Identified with God and Christ

• Exod 3:10 Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt." 11 But Moses said to God, "who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?" 12 He said, "But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain."
• Does NOT matter who i am, who we are! God Said HE Will Be With us!
• 2Cor. 5: 14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
• We are NO longer regarded by who we use to be in the flesh, just like Jesus is no longer lil’ Hebrew boy...

Our Conscious Conflict

Here & Now in my world and way...; i must admit sometimes..

• i do what i want, and...
• i know i do what’s wrong.
• Therefore, i do what i want and know it’s wrong, and this creates my conscious conflict with
• Christ’s Grace.
• change my wants 
• want what’s good 
• by receiving & knowing my Identification is with God and Christ!; which will cause me live out of who i am!  
• Matthew 5 MSG: 43 "You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' 44 I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, 45 for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves. This is what God does. Matthew 5 MSG: He gives his best - the sun to warm and the rain to nourish - to everyone, regardless: the good and bad, the nice and nasty. 46 If all you do is love the lovable, do you expect a bonus? Anybody can do that. 47 If you simply say hello to those who greet you, do you expect a medal? Any run-of-the-mill sinner does that. 48 "In a word, what I'm saying is, Grow up. You're kingdom subjects. Now live like it. Live out your God-created identity. Live generously and graciously toward others, the way God lives toward you.

We are the Heart of God - unmistakable identification

• The Disciple Peter was an original Bourne Identity 
• Garden of Gethsemane sliced an ear off
• but a little damsel I.D.’ed him
• a rooster I.D.’ed him
• his speech I.D.’ed him, Oh you have been with JESUS!
• Your I.D. gives you away! That’s why you are so nervous around sin, does not sit well when you are in it, ppl around you know who you are! I just pray you know...