Verses and Versions AND GLORIOUS’26

On Verses and Versions is Psalm 3:3-One of my GodLovely Verses❣️

American Standard Version

But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me; My glory and the lifter up of my head.

A Faithful Version

But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the One Who lifts up my head.

We Digest the Verse Later

#GLORIOUS’26

You know where your Glory start from:

*That Inner Peace of “It is going to be Alright” even in that state of confusion and Despair.

Your #Glorious’26

*When the GLORY of GOD comes down…..#ENCOUNTERS

When the Glory of God comes down….There Are ENCOUNTERS: People encounter God in a different light as seen physically.

Job 42:5: "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, *but now my eye sees you*".

Shall we also understand that sometimes for that tangible change, real growth and total transformation  to come, God works it out through ‘serious’ divine Encounters. Definitely knowing  the kind of people and situations to be dealt with, that is definitely the best option by the all knowing God.

And of course, they still start from the heart, those inward internal spiritual processes. The only difference is that this is radical.

*An Encounter?…. “A personal, often sudden, meeting with God or a divine messenger, leading to profound revelation, transformation, and a deep change in a person's life”

And so for ‘a certain those’ who are so stiff-necked, whose hearts and conscience are seered by the enemy, who are deep seated in the world, from other religions, already into  evil and demonic practices; when the Glory of God  comes down…

…God will have to personally reveal himself to them ‘somehow’ before that change, They have to wrestle and banter with God/ his messenger  before they’ll go on, God through his numerous DIVINE ways would have to string certain occurrences in order to make it all so clear,…

“_…It can be as radical and immediate as a dream where certain happenings in there manifest momentarily including pain, hurt, mark, burden, joy unspeakable…_

Also, it can be that ‘Impossible’ Miracle, Massive Massive Deliverance, Mind Blowing Testimonies, Jaw-dropping Revelations and many more such as this_ This is Possible because….

…That Glory of God came and  spread through his People like wildfire causing such real heartfelt  GROUND BREAKING Transformations.

And so for people in this category, one or more of such should have happened before we can really see any change in that person or those around him.

Classical features include but not limited to 

*Jacob's Wrestling with the messenger of God as in Genesis 32:24-30. It was an intense  one resulting in pain and most importantly name change (Israel) aligning with destiny.

*Saul definitely come into the picture. Another name change here(To Paul). From his persecution of God’s people, God blinding him through that encounter to totally ‘arresting’ him and bringing him to his eternal servitude; he made such a giant mark for the Christendom.(Acts 9)

*The Samaritan Woman (John 4): If you understood the deep seated culture and boundaries between the Samaritans and the Jews, you’d understand  that Jesus conversation with the Samaritan woman at a well wasn’t just mere physical. The end?… Apart from bridging the gap, it resulted in salvation for all.

*And this is a true story I personally witnessed. A man of God NOW but  was once a devout muslim. For him to really accept  that God was calling him, God had  to show himself to him. And so one day, while lying on his bed, he saw the ceiling open up in a trance of a sort and saw an angelic or supernatural being  like ‘God’ speak to him affirming it all.That was all he needed to accept the call.

*Beloved, Our Prayer- To you who find yourself in this category, as his GLORY COMES DOWN, May the Good God visit you and cause you to experience any of the  mentioned as pertains to your Situation. You’ll Be changed. You’ll be transformed. You’ll be Glorious, moving from Glory to Glory.

#WhenTheGloryComesDown

#ENCOUNTERS

#ThereAre Encounters

#ExperienceGodInADifferentLights

#GloryTheme

#OTM

The Digest (John 15:8)

When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father_* (John 15:8)

Anytime we do Digest, Remember that Scripture interprets another or gives further insight into another and so on. Scripture(God’s Word) is interlinked,interlaced and interwoven to give one beautiful Design and Look-CHRIST, Born, Died and Risen to save mankind irrespective of whatever.

And so, 

*There are Results and there  are overwhelming results.

*There are Fruits and there are plenty fruits.

*There is Glory and there is the Greater form  and even another greater form of it

*The text says when we produce much fruit, then indeed we are his disciples  bringing not just glory but a greater glory to the father.

It simply means you were to made to do more, give more,love more and show more than the ‘best’ you think you are doing. (Remember, he came so that you will have life to live it and live it more abundantly. John 10:10)

Using another scripture again, the parable of the talent- The 5 talent given back could have been more. Same for the one with  the 2. Clearly, for the 1, even what he had was taken from him and was severely dealt with. (Matt. 25:14-30).

Don’t tell me even for the little I’m managing, I’m unable to…how much more….(And that’s how we’ve belittled ourselves forgetting how powerful we are as Christians)

As True Disciples of God, We are made for so much more than this. Our fruit are to be plentiful than we see. And if by that, greater glory goes to the father, what do you think he will do to you(Matt.6:33)

And that is your Digest✨

Verses and Versions (John 15:8)

 On Verses and Versions today is  John 15:8

The Versions and Background to it:

Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible

In this is my Father glorified; that you bring forth very much fruit, and become my disciples.

_The Douay-Rheims Bible is a historic English translation of the Latin Vulgate, produced by 16th-century Catholic scholars in exile. Renowned for its literal, word-for-word style and traditional,, formal language, it served as the standard English Catholic Bible for centuries. It includes the Deuterocanonical books and is popular for devotional use.

Catholic Public Domain Version

In this, my Father is glorified: that you should bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.

The Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV) is a modern English translation of the Latin Vulgate. It uses the Challoner Douay-Rheims version as a guide to modernize the language while adhering to Roman Catholic theology and avoiding inclusive language.

New Living Translation*❣️

*When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father_

The New Living Translation (NLT) is a popular, contemporary English Bible translation published in 1996 by Tyndale House, focusing on thought-for-thought accuracy over word-for-word literalism. It originated from a project to revise Kenneth Taylor’s 1971 paraphrase, The Living Bible, but evolved into a new translation based on original Hebrew and Greek texts by over 90 scholars

For Digest Today👍

Glorious’26 (Your Unending Glory)

 It might sound very cliché BUT hear this once again in total BELIEF:

 *In that Repeated Struggle is his Unending GLORY in your Life and those after you.

#HangInThere #Belief #DontGiveUp

#Otuosquotes

When the GLORY of GOD comes down- Hearts are filled with…

Psalm 16:11- "*You make known to me* the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore"

Shall we understand that for every tangible change, real growth and total transformation  that is seen in the lives of people; it starts from the inward ( our hearts).

Here we are first looking at those deep (spiritual) internal processes  that go on in the life of many around us before any visible action.

For the many who are deeply burdened, in total despair, a Gloomy and troubling Life all round, when the Glory of God  descend…

…It is just that Word of God that drops in their spirit, That godly sorrow that convicts and rebuke them to repent, That Reaasurance that they need to keep on, That Word that Speaks directly  to their Situation, That Confirmation of they need to pursue that goal….

…That which keep their Heart at total peace preventing from ‘taking that action’, That which energizes to now say let’s Do it & Though they just don’t want to but eventually they will do it anyway because….

*…That Glory of God came and  spread through his People like wildfire causing such real heartfelt moments.*

In fact, as said earlier, before we really see any change in that person or those around him, one or more of these should have taken place.

Moses is one of your classical examples. Seeing himself as unfit- a murderer, a stutter, an ‘outsider’, he doubted his ability to lead God’s people yet it took his manifest Glory through his continued presence to guide him through.

Peter is another one. Until God’s Glory was manifest through his Holy Spirit, he was fearful disciple with only the potential to do great things. Later, he became the rock through which Jesus built his church.

_Ephesians 3:17 (NIV): "...so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love..."._

*Beloved, My Prayer is that regardless of whichever point you are, as and when his GLORY COMES DOWN, May the Good God cause you to experience any of the above mentioned as needed so that you will continually move from Glory to Glory.

#WhenTheGloryComesDown

#HeartsFilledWith

#GodsTangiblePresenceandPower

#GloryTheme

#OTM

The Digest (John 17)

 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.(NKJV)

Recently we did a Digest on a verse and  we drew down the whole chapter because it said  it all🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Beloved, today is no different. What’s important is the version which is the NEW LIVING TRANSLATION. Start falling in love  because I have already🥰. This version  is so succinct without any adulteration.

And so from John 17:4 it takes us to John 17:1-17(NLT)- A Prayer by Jesus to God About US.

_17 After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2 For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him. 3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.

_4 I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.6 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.

_7 Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me. 9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory.

_11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me.I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.

_14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.🥰❣️💫✨

*Reading this meditatively, I feel loved, comforted, encouraged and spirited up to continue to do this life knowing who’s solidly behind me irrespective of all that we face.

*Above all, after it is all said and done, let v.4 be our words too- ‘I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.’*

#YourDigest