love and He loves you to
the point of what He proclaimed and actually did in the history of
mankind, is today’s most powerful message. Know and believe today.
In a recent vision, an intercessor saw cages in which
individuals sat and huddled together. Dark creatures (spirits of death
and fear etc.) stood outside the cages. But the cages were not locked.
The humans could walk out anytime but they were crippled by fear and
remained captives!
Somebody needs this message today. Receive. Be saved.
Be healed. Be set free from oppressions and depressions. Be set free by
love. The love of God.
(Above reading from Mark 9:23; 11:22-24; 1John 4:15-19)
Here is the message about the power of God’s love for you.
Romans 8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
8 Therefore, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit.
2 For
the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of
our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death.
3 For
God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by
the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending
His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin,
[God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its
power over all who accept that sacrifice],
4 So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and
move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our
lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the
flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit].
5 For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit.
6 Now
the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy
Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from
sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life
and [soul] peace [both now and forever].
7 [That
is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and
purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God’s Law;
indeed it cannot.
8 So
then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the
appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him.
9 But
you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of
the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you
[directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy]
Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is
not truly a child of God].
10 But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you].
11 And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.
12 So
then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not
obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards
set up by the dictates] of the flesh.
13 For
if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely
die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually]
putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted
by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever.
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For
[the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery
to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the
Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of]
which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father!
16 The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God.
17 And
if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God
and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we
must share His suffering if we are to share His glory.
18 [But
what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time
(this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is
about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!
19 For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God’s sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship].
20 For
the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned
to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but
by the will of Him Who so subjected it—[yet] with the hope
21 That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God’s children.
22 We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now.
23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and
enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful
things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our
bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption
(our manifestation as God’s sons).
24 For
in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is
not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees?
25 But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure.
26 So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance.
27 And
He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the
[Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.
28 We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose.
29 For
those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He
also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into
the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might
become the firstborn among many brethren.
30 And
those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He
called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into
right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also
glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of
being].
31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?]
32 He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things?
33 Who
shall bring any charge against God’s elect [when it is] God Who
justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall
come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God,
Who acquits us?]
34 Who
is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or
rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God
actually pleading as He intercedes for us?
35 Who shall ever separate us from Christ’s love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?
36 Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers,
39 Nor
height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to
separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 8 New Living Translation (NLT)
Romans 8 New Living Translation (NLT)
Life in the Spirit
8 So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. 2 And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. 3 The
law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our
sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son
in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God
declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a
sacrifice for our sins. 4 He
did this so that the just requirement of the law would be fully
satisfied for us, who no longer follow our sinful nature but instead
follow the Spirit.
5 Those
who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but
those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that
please the Spirit. 6 So
letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But
letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace. 7 For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. 8 That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.9 But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) 10 And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. 11 The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you. And just as God raised Christ Jesus from the dead, he will give life to your mortal bodies by this same Spirit living within you.
12 Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. 13 For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.
15 So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” 16 For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. 17 And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.
The Future Glory
18 Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. 19 For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. 20 Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, 21 the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. 22 For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. 23 And
we believers also groan, even though we have the Holy Spirit within us
as a foretaste of future glory, for we long for our bodies to be
released from sin and suffering. We, too, wait with eager hope for the
day when God will give us our full rights as his adopted children,
including the new bodies he has promised us. 24 We were given this hope when we were saved. (If we already have something, we don’t need to hope for it. 25 But if we look forward to something we don’t yet have, we must wait patiently and confidently.)
26 And
the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know
what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with
groanings that cannot be expressed in words. 27 And
the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for
the Spirit pleads for us believers in harmony with God’s own will. 28 And
we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of
those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them. 29 For
God knew his people in advance, and he chose them to become like his
Son, so that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and
sisters. 30 And
having chosen them, he called them to come to him. And having called
them, he gave them right standing with himself. And having given them
right standing, he gave them his glory. Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love
31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us? 32 Since he did not spare even his own Son but gave him up for us all, won’t he also give us everything else? 33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? No one—for God himself has given us right standing with himself. 34 Who
then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was
raised to life for us, and he is sitting in the place of honor at God’s
right hand, pleading for us.
35 Can
anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer
loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry,
or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death? 36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”) 37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love. 39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
