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here is a small preview for a halloween story, featuring the one and only father flamme being very impious:

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REGARDING HIS BEAUTIFUL FINISHED WORK...

All of us have opposed the Light, All of us have been proud, All of us have struggled, All of us have gotten sick, All of us have gone through tragedy, All of us have hidden away secrets and locked up our hearts at times, And without what Jesus did, we’d all still be stuck forever in the same old patterns…

This Light of the world didn’t come to expose the darkness of what we’d done. That would make sense to us… A God that shows up to expose our problems, the things that we should be ashamed of… and to help us fix them…

However… Jesus did something so much bigger!

The Light of the world came down to reveal the truest truth about us, not to expose the wicked and the proud. He didn’t come to expose the bad people or the bad in people! Not even for some ultimate good!

The Light of the world revealed our goodness our beauty our innocence, completed in Union with Him! Our authentic origin and true identity from the beginning!

He didn’t come to call us out! He didn’t come to judge! He didn’t come to add another layer of introspection and concern about the problems that fill “our dark hearts!”

Jesus came to justify us by Himself! He came and became us, took on all our darkness, and crucified it! He knew we would never submit enough, that we would never listen enough, that we could never surrender enough, thousands of years of Jewish history proved that!

God’s wonderful teachings and leadership wasn’t enough for proud people.

He had to absorb our darkness into Himself, kill it, and restore us completely to a brand new being, completely made whole and holy through and through!

You can’t teach people out of darkness and pride. You can’t even love them out of it when their hearts are hardened. It was much darker than any lesson or process could cure. It was a cancer. A sickness. And, God has so much compassion to heal our sicknesses!!! One of His names is Jehovah Rapha, “The God Who Heals!”

Jesus absorbed that cancer into a Himself and ended all our need for more processes! He healed us once and for all by His Person and His work!

We would never have been willing enough… pride destroyed the will. The bondage of the will is something theologians have addressed for centuries. None of us could make better choices enough to get us anywhere spiritually!

The ego, the false self, had to be destroyed once and for all! The old HAG had to be cut away entirely!

Remember how many times the people of Israel resisted God, even after He used every method to wake them up!?! They would always repent a little, but the same cycle would always return… until Jesus did something completely different!

Jesus came… not to “call us out” even more! He didn’t come to help us get back on the path of true repentance and surrender “for real this time.”

He came and did what we were all unwilling to do! He came and restored us all to 100% purity, innocent, and wholeness again! Never to be contaminated!

He cleansed us and healed us, by becoming us and completing the entire work of salvation in Himself, for us, as us!

Not by calling us to engage in another process, as God had already shown to be ineffective during the previous thousands of years…

Is salvation just saving us from hell so we can go to heaven? No, salvation meant delivering us from all evil, putting us into Shalom, and in perfect intimacy with Himself! Salvation meant making us COMPLETELY WHOLE! Shalom!

We were not at all ready for this! We didn’t invite Him to come! And we didn’t even welcome Him when He did.

But He saved each and every one of us anyways, and He gave us all His perfect new nature and identity! He is absolutely free from pride, evil, sickness, and everything negative. And He gave us Himself, once and for all! Now as He is, so are we in this world! He is our salvation! He is our new identity! We have our own personal identities as well, as a beautiful expression of Him, and those were fully made whole in Him!

We aren’t going from Glory to Glory on some life long process of purification! That ended when He came! When He died, we died!

The only question left is, “do we see ourselves in Him???” Do we know our identity as perfectly perfect because of what He gave? Or do we see ourselves as broken people full of insecurities, problems, or pride, in need of another process or more healing?

We don’t even need another process of awakening! We merely need at any moment to be awake or to discover what’s actually currently True, and that’s Holy Spirit’s main job, the One who always points us back to Jesus, our true identity!

The Good News is not about potential transformation. The Gospel is not just about forgiving us, and enrolling us on a sanctification process! The Gospel is the Good News of 100% restoration and redemption that has already been completed! It’s Good news of what already happened!

We can’t live more free by entering another process of laying things down or opening up or surrendering more or yielding or appropriating or whatever other new term or concept that is invented to describe the process…

We can only live free when we realize that by His stripes we WERE HEALED…ALREADY DONE!

And this is what we have in Him! Freely, once and for all!!

The days of looking at our problems and “honestly dealing with them” are over! That’s the “way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death…”

This doesn’t mean we ignore or bury our problems either! Instead, WE SEE JESUS!

He dealt with our problems, once and for all!

The Day of knowing only Jesus Christ and Him crucified is here! We are perfectly new! Now we’re free to go live that way!!!

God knows our old broken self no more! He only knows you in Christ, whole and complete!!

When you know what He knows, you will live as He lives!

***This doesn’t mean you can’t go to the doctor when you’re sick, or go to a therapist for help with mental health, or enroll in prayer counseling to pray revelation for the freedom that is already yours over you!***

***This doesn’t mean you can’t have encounters that MAKE YOU FEEL more healed or whole!***

***This doesn’t mean you can’t surrender to your Lover, or yield to God, or cast out a demon… but merely in a secondary way… with an ever watchful gaze on the Truth THAT YOU ARE ALREADY PERFECTLY SURRENDERED and THAT THAT DEMON TRULY IS A NO THING ALREADY DEFEATED BECAUSE OF JESUS!***

I realize that many are discussing these realities right now, and there seems to be quite a bit of wondering, “is the finished works actually helpful?” or merely “a distraction” or “a partial truth?”

“Have we taken the finished works too far?” “Are we becoming religious about the finished work of Jesus?”

And, I GET IT, but here’s a key point that may help…

THERE IS A FALSE WORLD, ONE THAT ONLY EXISTS TO US SUBJECTIVELY BECAUSE WE EMPOWER IT, A WORLD BASED IN LIES THAT THE BIBLE CALLS “THE WORLD” where if we are more aware of that false world, we can still live in all the negative dark things of the old world! And they will have just as real of an effect on our subjective reality. However trying to interact and transform that world will only see limited effects at best! It’s like trying to fix up an always breaking car!

Christ lifts us to a whole new world!

In Christ is a WHOLE NEW WORLD of HEAVEN ON EARTH! Where all are saved and set free!!!

And, I see it only going further and more extreme in us realizing how much Jesus already did!!! In PROCLAIMING THIS NEW WORLD OF WHATS TRUE IN HIM, rather than trying to transform the old lesser world which only has substance in shadows.

Dear God it’s soooo GOOD! Death is already defeated! You are all completely inner healed! Sin has no power left!

It’s only gonna get more extreme as we discover it more!

What Jesus did is more extravagant than we will ever comprehend!

Who He IS, and Who We Are in Him, my God!!!

We can truly rest assured, and lie down in perfect peace!!!

Not a single one among us realizes how finished it is!

NOT A SINGLE ONE!!!!!

THAT right there may be why many of us are still struggling!

But…

WE. DON’T. HAVE. TO. STRUGGLE. EVER. AGAIN!!!!!!!

HE. SAVED. US. ALL. COMPLETELY.

THE. KINGDOM. OF. HEAVEN. IS. HERE.

REGARDING HIS BEAUTIFUL FINISHED WORK… was originally published on THE FIREHOUSE PROJECTS

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Today’s reading from the ancient book of Proverbs and book of Psalms

for September 15 of 2021 with Proverbs 15 and Psalm 15, accompanied by Psalm 88 for the 88th day of Astronomical Summer and Psalm 108 for day 258 of the year (now with the consummate book of 150 Psalms in its 2nd revolution this year)

[Proverbs 15]

[Wisdom Far Better than Wickedness]

Respond gently when you are confronted

and you’ll defuse the rage of another.

Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse.

Don’t you know that being angry

can ruin the testimony of even the wisest of men?

When wisdom speaks, understanding becomes attractive.

But the words of the fool make their ignorance look laughable.

The eyes of the Lord are everywhere

and he takes note of everything that happens.

He watches over his lovers,

and he also sees the wickedness of the wicked.

When you speak healing words,

you offer others fruit from the tree of life.

But unhealthy, negative words do nothing but crush their hopes.

You’re stupid to mock the instruction of a father,

but welcoming correction will make you brilliant.

There is prosperity in the house of the righteous,

but the house of the wicked is filled with trouble,

no matter how much money they have.

When wisdom speaks, revelation-knowledge is released,

but finding true wisdom in the word of a fool is futile.

It is despicable to the Lord

when people use the worship of the Almighty

as a cloak for their sin,

but every prayer of the righteous is pleasing to his heart.

The Lord detests the lifestyle of the wicked,

but he loves those who pursue purity.

Severe punishment awaits the one

who turns away from the truth,

and those who rebel against correction will die.

Even hell itself holds no secrets from the Lord God,

for before his eyes, all is exposed—

and so much more the heart of every human being.

The know-it-all never esteems the one who tries to correct him.

He refuses to seek good advice from the wise.

[Living an Ascended Life]

A cheerful heart puts a smile on your face,

but a broken heart leads to depression.

Lovers of God hunger after truth,

but those without understanding

feast on foolishness and don’t even realize it.

Everything seems to go wrong

when you feel weak and depressed.

But when you choose to be cheerful,

every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness.

It’s much better to live simply,

surrounded in holy awe and worship of God,

than to have great wealth with a home full of trouble.

It’s much better to have a meal of vegetables surrounded with love and grace

than a steak where there is hate.

A touchy, hot-tempered man picks a fight,

but the calm, patient man knows how to silence strife.

Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man,

but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

When a son learns wisdom,

a father’s heart is glad.

But the man who shames his mother is a foolish son.

The senseless fool treats life like a joke,

but the one with living-understanding makes good choices.

Your plans will fall apart right in front of you

if you fail to get good advice.

But if you first seek out multiple counselors,

you’ll watch your plans succeed.

Everyone enjoys giving great advice.

But how delightful it is to say the right thing at the right time!

The life-paths of the prudent lift them progressively heavenward,

delivering them from the death spirals

that keep tugging them downward.

The Lord champions the widow’s cause,

but watch him as he smashes down the houses of the haughty!

The Lord detests wicked ways of thinking,

but he enjoys lovely and delightful words.

The one who puts earning money above his family

will have trouble at home,

but those who refuse to exploit others

will live in peace.

Lovers of God think before they speak,

but the careless blurt out wicked words meant to cause harm.

The Lord doesn’t respond to the wicked,

but he’s moved to answer the prayers of the righteous.

Eyes that focus on what is beautiful bring joy to the heart,

and hearing a good report

refreshes and strengthens the inner being.

Accepting constructive criticism

opens your heart to the path of life,

making you right at home among the wise.

Refusing constructive criticism shows

you have no interest in improving your life,

for revelation-insight only comes as you accept correction

and the wisdom that it brings.

The source of revelation-knowledge is found

as you fall down in surrender before the Lord.

Don’t expect to see Shekinah glory

until the Lord sees your sincere humility.

The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 15

[Psalm 15]

A song of David.

Eternal One, who is invited to stay in Your dwelling?

Who is granted passage to Your holy mountain?

Here is the answer: The one who lives with integrity, does what is right,

and speaks honestly with truth from the heart.

The one who doesn’t speak evil against others

or wrong his neighbor,

or slander his friends.

The one who loathes the loathsome,

honors those who fear the Eternal,

And keeps all promises no matter the cost.

The one who does not lend money with gain in mind

and cannot be bought to harm an innocent name.

If you live this way, you will not be shaken and will live together with the Lord.

The Book of Psalms, Poem 15 (The Voice)

[Psalm 88]

For the worship leader. A song of the sons of Korah accompanied by dance. A contemplative song of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Eternal One! O True God my Savior!

I cry out to You all the time, under the sun and the moon.

Let my voice reach You!

Please listen to my prayers!

My soul is deeply troubled,

and my heart can’t bear the weight of this sorrow. I feel so close to death.

I’m like the poor and helpless who die alone,

left for dead, as good as the unknowable sea of souls lying under our feet,

Forsaken by Him and cut off from His hand,

abandoned among the dead who rest in their graves.

And You have sent me to be forgotten with them,

in the lowest pits of the earth,

in the darkest canyons of the ocean.

You crush me with Your anger.

You crash against me like the relentless, angry sea.

[pause]

Those whom I have known, who have been with me,

You have gathered like sheaves and cast to the four winds.

They can’t bear to look me in the eye, and they are horrified when they think of me.

I am in a trap and cannot be free.

My eyes grow dim, weakened by this sickness;

it is taking my strength from me.

Like a worn cloth, my hands are unfolded before You daily, O Eternal One.

Are You the miracle-worker for the dead?

Will they rise from the dark shadows to worship You again?

[pause]

Will Your great love be proclaimed in the grave

or Your faithfulness be remembered in whispers like mists throughout the place of ruin?

Are Your wonders known in the dominion of darkness,

or is Your righteousness recognized in a land where all is forgotten?

But I am calling out to You, Eternal One.

My prayers rise before You with every new sun!

Why do You turn Your head

and brush me aside, O Eternal One?

Why are You avoiding me?

Since the days of my youth, I have been sick and close to death.

My helpless soul has suffered Your silent horrors;

now I am desperate.

Your rage spills over me like rivers of fire;

Your assaults have all but destroyed me.

They surround me like a flood, rising throughout the day,

closing in from every direction.

You have taken from me the one I love and my friend;

even the light of my acquaintances are darkness.

The Book of Psalms, Poem 88

[Psalm 108]

A song of David.

My heart is committed, O God:

I will sing;

I will sing praises with great affection

and pledge my whole soul to the singing.

Wake up the harp and lyre, and strum the strings;

I will stir the sleepy dawn from slumber!

I will stand and offer You my thanks, Eternal One, in the presence of others;

I will sing of Your greatness among the nations no matter where I am.

For Your amazing love soars overhead far into the heavens;

Your truth rises up to the clouds

where passing light bends.

O God, that You would be lifted up above the heavens in the hearts of Your people

until the whole earth knows Your glory.

Reach down and rescue those whom You love;

pull us to safety by Your mighty right hand, and answer me.

God’s voice has been heard in His holy sanctuary:

“I will celebrate.

I will allocate Shechem and the Succoth Valley to My people.

Gilead belongs to Me, and so does Manasseh;

Ephraim is the helmet that protects My head;

Judah is the scepter through which I rule;

Moab is the washpot in which I clean Myself;

I will throw My shoe over Edom in conquest;

Philistia will soon hear My victory shout.”

But who will take me into the fortified city?

Who will lead me into Edom?

Have You not turned Your back on us, O God?

Will You stay away and not accompany our armies, O God?

Help us against our enemy; we need Your help!

It’s useless to trust in the hand of man for liberation.

Only through God can we be successful.

It is God alone who will defeat our enemies and bring us victory!

The Book of Psalms, Poem 108 (The Voice)

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Today’s reading from the ancient books of Proverbs and Psalms

for Thursday, October 15 of 2020 with Proverbs 15 and Psalm 15 accompanied by Psalm 24 for the 24th day of Autumn and Psalm 139 for day 289 of the year

[Proverbs 15]

Respond gently when you are confronted

and you’ll defuse the rage of another.

Responding with sharp, cutting words will only make it worse.

Don’t you know that being angry

can ruin the testimony of even the wisest of men?

When wisdom speaks, understanding becomes attractive.

But the words of the fool make their ignorance look laughable.

The eyes of the Lord are everywhere

and he takes note of everything that happens.

He watches over his lovers,

and he also sees the wickedness of the wicked.

When you speak healing words,

you offer others fruit from the tree of life.

But unhealthy, negative words do nothing but crush their hopes.

You’re stupid to mock the instruction of a father,

but welcoming correction will make you brilliant.

There is power in the house of the righteous,

but the house of the wicked is filled with trouble,

no matter how much money they have.

When wisdom speaks, revelation-knowledge is released,

but finding true wisdom in the word of a fool is futile.

It is despicable to the Lord

when people use the worship of the Almighty

as a cloak for their sin,

but every prayer of his godly lovers is pleasing to his heart.

The Lord detests the lifestyle of the wicked,

but he loves those who pursue purity.

Severe punishment awaits the one

who turns away from the truth,

and those who rebel against correction will die.

Even hell itself holds no secrets from the Lord God,

for all is exposed before his eyes,

and so much more the heart of every human being.

The know-it-all never esteems the one who tries to correct him.

He refuses to seek good advice from the wise.

[Living an Ascended Life]

A cheerful heart puts a smile on your face,

but a broken heart leads to depression.

Lovers of God hunger after truth,

but those without understanding

feast on foolishness and don’t even realize it.

Everything seems to go wrong

when you feel weak and depressed.

But when you choose to be cheerful,

every day will bring you more and more joy and fullness.

It’s much better to live simply,

surrounded in holy awe and worship of God,

than to have great wealth with a home full of trouble.

It’s much better to have a kind, loving family, even with little,

than to have great wealth

with nothing but hatred and strife all around you.

A touchy, hot-tempered man picks a fight,

but the calm, patient man knows how to silence strife.

Nothing seems to work right for the lazy man,

but life seems smooth and easy when your heart is virtuous.

When a son learns wisdom,

a father’s heart is glad.

But the man who shames his mother is a foolish son.

The senseless fool treats life like a joke,

but the one with living-understanding makes good choices.

Your plans will fall apart right in front of you

if you fail to get good advice.

But if you first seek out multiple counselors,

you’ll watch your plans succeed.

Everyone enjoys giving great advice.

But how delightful it is to say the right thing at the right time!

The life path of the prudent lifts them progressively heavenward,

delivering them from the death spiral

that keeps tugging them downward.

The Lord champions the widow’s cause,

but watch him as he smashes down the houses of the haughty!

The Lord detests wicked ways of thinking,

but he enjoys lovely and delightful words.

The one who puts earning money above his family

will have trouble at home,

but those who refuse to exploit others

will live in peace.

Lovers of God think before they speak,

but the careless blurt out wicked words meant to cause harm.

The Lord doesn’t respond to the wicked,

but he’s moved to answer the prayers of his godly lovers.

Eyes that focus on what is beautiful bring joy to the heart,

and hearing a good report

refreshes and strengthens the inner being.

Accepting constructive criticism

opens your heart to the path of life,

making you right at home among the wise.

Refusing constructive criticism shows

you have no interest in improving your life,

for revelation-insight only comes as you accept correction

and the wisdom that it brings.

The source of revelation-knowledge is found

as you fall down in surrender before the Lord.

Don’t expect to see Shekinah glory

until the Lord sees your sincere humility.

The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 15 (The Passion Translation)

[Psalm 15]

A song of David.

Eternal One, who is invited to stay in Your dwelling?

Who is granted passage to Your holy mountain?

Here is the answer: The one who lives with integrity, does what is right,

and speaks honestly with truth from the heart.

The one who doesn’t speak evil against others

or wrong his neighbor,

or slander his friends.

The one who loathes the loathsome,

honors those who fear the Eternal,

And keeps all promises no matter the cost.

The one who does not lend money with gain in mind

and cannot be bought to harm an innocent name.

If you live this way, you will not be shaken and will live together with the Lord.

The Book of Psalms, Poem 15 (The Voice)

[Psalm 24]

A song of David.

The earth and all that’s upon it belong to the Eternal.

The world is His, with every living creature on it.

With seas as foundations and rivers as boundaries,

He shaped the continents, fashioned the earth.

Who can possibly ascend the mountain of the Eternal?

Who can stand before Him in sacred spaces?

Only those whose hands have been washed and hearts made pure,

men and women who are not given to lies or deception.

The Eternal will stand close to them with blessing and mercy at hand,

and the God who redeems will right what has been wrong.

These are the people who chase after Him;

[like Jacob, they look for the face of God].

[pause]

City gates—open wide!

Ancient doors—stand back!

For the glorious King shall soon pass your way.

Who is the glorious King?

The Eternal who is powerful

and mightily equipped for battle.

City gates—open wide!

Ancient doors—stand back!

For the glorious King shall soon pass your way.

Who is the glorious King?

The Eternal, Commander of heaven’s army,

He is the glorious King.

[pause]

The Book of Psalms, Poem 24 (The Voice)

[Psalm 139]

For the worship leader. A song of David.

O Eternal One, You have explored my heart and know exactly who I am;

You even know the small details like when I take a seat and when I stand up again.

Even when I am far away, You know what I’m thinking.

You observe my wanderings and my sleeping, my waking and my dreaming,

and You know everything I do in more detail than even I know.

You know what I’m going to say long before I say it.

It is true, Eternal One, that You know everything and everyone.

You have surrounded me on every side, behind me and before me,

and You have placed Your hand gently on my shoulder.

It is the most amazing feeling to know how deeply You know me, inside and out;

the realization of it is so great that I cannot comprehend it.

Can I go anywhere apart from Your Spirit?

Is there anywhere I can go to escape Your watchful presence?

If I go up into heaven, You are there.

If I make my bed in the realm of the dead, You are there.

If I ride on the wings of morning,

if I make my home in the most isolated part of the ocean,

Even then You will be there to guide me;

Your right hand will embrace me, for You are always there.

Even if I am afraid and think to myself, “There is no doubt that the darkness will swallow me,

the light around me will soon be turned to night,”

You can see in the dark, for it is not dark to Your eyes.

For You the night is just as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are the same to Your eyes.

For You shaped me, inside and out.

You knitted me together in my mother’s womb long before I took my first breath.

I will offer You my grateful heart, for I am Your unique creation, filled with wonder and awe.

You have approached even the smallest details with excellence;

Your works are wonderful;

I carry this knowledge deep within my soul.

You see all things; nothing about me was hidden from You

As I took shape in secret,

carefully crafted in the heart of the earth before I was born from its womb.

You see all things;

You saw me growing, changing in my mother’s womb;

Every detail of my life was already written in Your book;

You established the length of my life before I ever tasted the sweetness of it.

Your thoughts and plans are treasures to me, O God! I cherish each and every one of them!

How grand in scope! How many in number!

If I could count each one of them, they would be more than all the grains of sand on earth. Their number is inconceivable!

Even when I wake up, I am still near to You.

I wish You would destroy all the wicked, O God.

So keep away from me, those who are thirsty for blood!

For they say such horrible things about You,

and those who are against You abuse Your good name.

Is it not true that I hate all who hate You, Eternal One?

Is it not true that I despise all who come against You?

Deep hatred boils within me toward them;

I am Your friend, and they are my enemies.

Explore me, O God, and know the real me. Dig deeply and discover who I am.

Put me to the test and watch how I handle the strain.

Examine me to see if there is an evil bone in me,

and guide me down Your path forever.

The Book of Psalms, Poem 139 (The Voice)