Knowing Jesus

Psalm 84:7 They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion.2 Peter 2:14 They have eyes full of harlotry, insatiable for sin.

They beguile and bait and lure away unstable souls. Their hearts are trained in covetousness (lust, greed), [they are] children of a curse [exposed to cursing]! Luke 12:40 You also must be ready.

For the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it.
Proverbs 24:6 For by wise counsel you can wage your war, and in an abundance of counselors.

There is victory and safety.Romans 1:29 Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. [They were] full of envy and jealousy.

Murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. [They were] secret backbiters and gossipers,
Numbers 16:45 Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.

And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces.
Habakkuk 3:18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation! [Rom. 8:37.]
Colossians 3:5 So kill (deaden, deprive of power)

The evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires.

And all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God).Job 34:20 In a moment they die; even at midnight the people are shaken.

And pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no [human] hand.
Romans 8:37 Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us.

Hebrews 13:5 Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions.

And be satisfied with your present [circumstances.and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support.

I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] [Josh. 1:5.] Psalm 30:5 For His anger is but for a moment.

But His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. [II Cor. 4:17.] Revelation 21:7 He who is victorious shall inherit all these things.

And I will be God to him and he shall be My son.Proverbs 15:23 A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right
moment–how good it is!2 Kings 13:17 And he said, Open the window to the east.

And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria. For you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek till you have destroyed the Isaiah 27:3 I, the Lord, am its Keeper.

I water it every moment; lest anyone harm it, I guard and keep it night and day. 2 Kings 13:17 And he said, Open the window to the east. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot.

And he said, The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria. For you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek till you have destroyed them.Isaiah 54:7 For a brief moment I forsook you.

But with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Me] again.
Genesis 49:19 Gad–a raiding troop shall raid him, but he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously].

Lamentations 4:6 For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom.

which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands had come against her or been laid on her. [Gen. 19:25.]
Exodus 32:18 But Moses said, It is not the sound of shouting for victory, neither is it the sound of the cry of the defeated.

But the sound of singing that I hear. Matthew 8:13 Then to the centurion Jesus said, Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.

And the servant boy was restored to health at that very moment.
2 Samuel 8:14 He put garrisons throughout all Edom.

And all the Edomites became his servants. And the Lord preserved and gave victory to [him] wherever he went.Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is your faith!

Be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was cured from that moment.Psalm 20:5 We will [shout in] triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners.

May the Lord fulfill all your petitions.The Twenty-Ninth President