The Power of Love

Hello. Welcome. Welcome. I'm Tammy Toney-Butler with Reflective Spaces Ministry. And today we are going to be doing a teaching. And I am grateful for everyone that is tuned in and is watching us today. Remember to like and share. Share us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. and YouTube. Thank you for following Reflective Spaces Ministry on YouTube, as well as Reflective Hour with Tammy Toni Butler. So we're going to dive in with our teaching and our PowerPoint, and we will get started. Holy Spirit, we just invite you into this time that we have together. May they see you and not me. May they hear you and not me. Oh, Lord Jesus, just have your way in this time that we have together as they learn and as they have a transformed life. In your mighty name, Jesus, we pray. Amen. So I'm going to add in my PowerPoint and we will begin. This teaching is on the power of love, Jesus' love revealed. Again, the teaching and message by Tammy Toni Butler, and that's me. Today's scriptural references, where we will be reading from, Psalm twenty-three, Romans nine, Ephesians four, and second Corinthians five. So we will start with Psalm twenty-three and look at Jesus as the Good Shepherd. And we will be reading out of the Life Application Study Bible, the New International Version. We will be reading Psalm twenty-three. So grab your Bibles. And again, I am giving these to you in the order in which the Holy Spirit downloaded them to me for this particular teaching. Psalm twenty three, a psalm of David. And the theme of it is God is seen as a caring shepherd. and a dependable guide. We must follow God and obey his commands. He is our only hope for eternal life and security. And the author again is David. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not be in want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup overflows. Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. What a beautiful, beautiful Psalm. So we will continue now. So the mega things of the Psalms are praise, God's power, forgiveness, thankfulness, and trust. Psalms is a book at the center of the Bible. It's the third book of wisdom. It's the nineteenth book of the Old Testament. It's a collection of a hundred and fifty ancient Hebrew poems, songs and prayers from different eras in Israel's history and express the people's hearts. It's a melody of emotions expressed and human experiences explored. David, a friend of God, pours out his true feelings to God. David's name is connected with seventy three Psalms. The Psalmist writers confessed their sins. There were multiple authors and they expressed at times doubt, despair and fear, calling God to help in troubling times. Many of us can relate to that, can't we? And the writers offer praise and worship to God. The Psalms contrasted to today's reality. Today we have many superficial conversations with people and the genuine person lies hidden underneath. Our conversations can be shallow. We can tend to repeat these cliche prayers to God. God's desire is greater intimacy with us. God desires to reveal his word to us through his son, Lord Jesus Christ. And to have us go deeper and have more revelation in the knowledge of who he is and what he does for us as his children. It's all there for us. We just need to dive into his word and find it. Why read the Psalms? For comfort, greater intimacy with God, learn new prayers. Again, songs, praise and worship. Get to know God. He can correct us when needed. And we have a greater understanding of who we are in Christ and we are as individuals when we read the Psalms. And I know at night I will put on the Psalms. There's some with like soaking music and you can have the Psalms on repeat with the sound of rain. I'll do that and go to sleep with the Psalms or have them playing in the background or I'll read from the book of Psalms before I sleep sometimes. And that is what I encourage with those that I minister to and work with in my healing ministry. Again, why read the Psalms? It increases your feelings of self-worth. It helps you to seek forgiveness. Realize God is in control. And recognize you're not alone in times of trouble, doubt, despair, or unbelief. It's a blueprint for overcoming adversity. The Lord is portrayed as a shepherd. David wrote from his experience as a shepherd caring for his flock of sheep. And sheep are completely dependent on the shepherd for provision, which is like food, water, and shelter, for guidance where we boundaries and right and wrong living when we relate it to us and protection from the storms of life and predators such as wolves. Remember wolves can come dressed in sheep's clothing and they can be difficult to discern. So we have to be careful and rely on the good shepherd, our shepherd to lead us and protect us. He leads us beside still waters. And when we look at the sheep and the shepherd, the shepherd, we see that as Lord Jesus Christ. He leads us on the right path. He guides us into all truth. He brings peace and contentment, knows where restoration and healing are found, and he offers us abundant life. The sheep, that's us, disciples, believers. We obey the shepherd's voice. We surrender to his leading. We live an abundant life We have restoration and healing. All those are his promises for us, his sheep. And I wanted to read Psalm twenty three out of the Amplified Bible, the classic edition, a Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd. And what is that is to feed, to guide and shield me. I shall not lack. He makes me to lie down. End. green pastures, fresh and tender. He leads me beside the still and restful waters. He refreshes and restores my life, myself. He leads me in the paths of righteousness, which are uprightness and right standing with him, not for my earning it, but for his name's sake. Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, the deep, the sunless valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil for you are with me. Your rod to protect me and your staff to guide me. They comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runneth over or brims over. Surely or only goodness, mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life. And through the length of my days, the house of the Lord and his presence shall be my dwelling place. And let's look at Hebrews thirteen twenty, the King James Version. Now the God of peace that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep. Through the blood of their everlasting covenant. John. Ten. Eleven. The new international version. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. First Peter. Five. Four. Tree of life version. When the chief shepherd appears. You will receive. The unfading blessing. crown of glory. Remember, we're a royal priesthood, sons and daughters of the king. He's our majesty and we are full of his glory. Romans nine, Jesus as the stumbling stone. And I will be reading at a life application study Bible the New International Version. And I better put on my glasses for this one because it is storming where we are and it's getting a little dark in here. Okay, let's go. Again, we're going to be reading Romans nine out of the Life Application Study Bible, New International Version. I speak the truth in Christ. I am not lying. My conscience confirms it in the Holy Spirit. I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, those of my own race. the people of Israel. Theirs is the adoption as sons. Theirs the divine glory, the covenants, the receiving of the law, the temple, worship, and the promises. Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praise. Amen. It is not as though God's word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. Nor because they are his descendants are they all Abraham's children. On the contrary, it is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned. In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children. but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham's offspring. For this was how the promise was stated, at the appointed time I will return and Sarah will have a son. Not only that, but Rebekah's children had one and the same father, our father Isaac. Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad in order that God's purpose in election might stand not by works, but by him who calls, she was told, the older will serve the younger, just as it is written, Jacob I love, but Esau I hated. What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all, for he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion. Remember, God is sovereign. It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy. For the scripture says to Pharaoh, I raised you up for this very purpose that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth. Therefore, God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy and he hardens whom he wants to harden. One of you will say to me, then why does God still blame us? For who resists his will? But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to him who formed it? Why did you make me like this? Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use? What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath, prepared for destruction? What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory, even us? whom he also called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles. As he says in Hosea, I will call them my people who are not my people, and I will call her my loved one who is not my loved one. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, you are not my people, they will be called sons of the living God. Isaiah cries out concerning Israel. Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved. For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality. It is just as Isaiah said previously, unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom. We would have become like Gomorrah. Israel's unbelief is entitled the next section. What then shall we say? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it? A righteousness that is by faith? But Israel who pursued a law of righteousness has not attained it? Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith, But as if it were by works, they stumbled over the stumbling stone as it is written. And we know Jesus is a stumbling stone. See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame. Wow, that was awesome. so now I will continue paul demonstrated love jesus demonstrated love god's word is beautiful covenant promises came to abraham true children of abraham not just his true children by birth, are those who trust in God and what Jesus Christ has done for them, thus heirs of the promises. That's us. Paul asserts that no one can claim to be chosen by God because of their heritage or good deeds. God freely chooses to save whom he will. Remember, he's sovereign. He's sovereign over his creation, which is us. God chooses to save us by grace, goodness, and mercy, not by our merit or our works. God works all things for our good and is trustworthy. Paul looks back to Exodus for truth. God's judgment on Pharaoh's sin was to harden his heart, confirming his disobedience and showing the consequences of his rebellion. Sin would lead to his punishment. Again, Life Application Study Bible there as a reference. Submitting and surrendering to God, a key lesson. God as the creator controls his creation. Therefore, we cannot demand God to do our will. Oh, I'm guilty of that, of telling God what to do. Instead, we must learn the vital lesson of submitting and surrendering to him. No matter how long it takes for those promises to be fulfilled, we can't tell God what to do. We have to wait and be patient and endure. And that is challenging. That's why I like to read the Psalms because they face challenges too and and they're relatable. We can often think that attending church faithfully, serving in the church, tithing and being nice is enough to earn our way to heaven or God's favor. The only way to salvation is by faith, believing in the Lord Jesus Christ and making Him Lord and Savior over your life. I can remember working in the emergency department, many shifts as a nurse and people saying, oh, you're going to heaven. You're doing such great things. You're caring for people. You're helping people. You're working. Oh, you are just doing such great works. But what does this say? We can't earn our way to heaven. We can't. It's only by truly believing in Lord Jesus and making him Lord and Savior of your life. It is by that alone that we are saved. So let's look and contrast Jesus as the cornerstone, which we've learned about in previous teachings, and Jesus as the stumbling block, as we learned about in this teaching. Jesus is the cornerstone to those who follow him. And he is the stumbling stone to those who reject him. Again, Jesus is this cornerstone, salvation by faith, dedication to God, values opposite the world's, requires humility and surrender to his will. Follow the good shepherd's voice only to not be led astray. And again, Jesus is a stumbling stone to those who reject him. They stumble right over him. They don't even recognize him. The Jews did not believe in Jesus because he did not meet their expectations as a Messiah. Salvation by human effort or works is a way we can stumble. Dedication to the law values world systems. Remember the Pharisees and the Sadducees? They were truly following and being obedient to the laws. And Christ came to do away with the law. and the curse of the law. He came to give us life more abundantly. Again, values the world systems. Stubborn, disobedient and rebellious. They believe their way or will was the best. Let's have a moment of reflection. And let's look at Matthew nine, thirty seven to thirty eight, the tree of life version. Then he said to his disciples, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest that he may send out workers into his harvest field. Wow. Think about that. Workers into the harvest field. Many times when I've followed the Lord and gone where he's told me to go, There's been someone on the other end of that. And they've often said, you're the answer to my prayer. I didn't do anything. I just obey. But because I obey, I showed them Jesus. There's many people out there that feel like their prayers aren't being answered. Is that maybe because you're following works and you're not entering into that harvest field? Are you ready to lay down your life for Jesus? To get fresh oil and be obedient to his call on your life? Are you ready to follow him into that field? Ministry maybe? Missionary work? Where is he leading you? Where are you refusing to go? Why are you disobeying him? He's waiting. People are waiting for their prayers to be answered. Remember, the laborers are few and the harvest is great. It's time that we lay down the cares of this world and follow our Lord Jesus as his disciples, truly be obedient to his call in our life and step into our ordained purpose. He's calling us. Oh, he's calling us in this And why is he calling us? Because he's coming for his bride. And we need to ensure that we are stepping out into that field of ministry, of serving in the capacity that he wants us to, not serving where it's convenient for us and still able to go on with our life. Monday through Friday, nine to five, are we trusting in a paycheck, making it an idol in our life more than we're trusting in him? Will you follow him where he's leading? Will you follow him where he's leading? That's the question he's asking. Is your lamp full? Because he's coming for his bride. Now let's look at Ephesians four with Christ as the center. And I will be reading out of the Life Application Study Bible, the New International Version. Ephesians four talks about the unity in the body of Christ and the oneness of all believers and living as children of the line. So we will begin unity in the body of Christ. As a prisoner for the Lord. Then I urge you to live a life. Worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble. And gentle. Be patient. Bearing with one another in love. Make every effort. To keep the unity of the spirit. Through the bond of peace. There's one body. And one spirit. just as you were called to one hope when you were called, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us, grace has been given as Christ apportioned it. This is why it says, when he ascended on high, He led captives in his train and gave gifts to men. What does he ascended mean? Except that he also descended to the lower earthly regions. He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens in order to fill the whole universe. It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers to prepare God's people for works of service so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ. Then we will no longer be infants tossed back and forth by the waves and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of men and their deceitful scheme. Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the head that is Christ. From him, the whole body joined and held together by that every supporting ligament grows and builds itself up in love as each part does its work. living as children of the light. So I tell you this and insist on it in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity with a continual lust for more. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught with regard to your formal way of life to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires. to be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore, each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. In your anger, do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. And do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with his own hands that he may have something to share with those in need. Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths. but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Wow. So let's continue. So what are the mega themes of Ephesians? And I just love Ephesians. And I tell you what you need to do. You need to read in Ephesians, especially one and three and six, but read one and three and put your name in there and personalize them and read them out loud. And it will change your life because it has mine. So the mega things of Ephesians, God's purpose, Christ as a center, that we're the living church, we're a new family, and it stresses Christian conduct. Qualities of a unified church versus barriers to a unified church. So qualities of a unified church. The church is the body of Christ with Christ as the head. The church is God's temple. The church is Christ's bride. The church is a soldier under Christ and he's the general. Unified purpose, obedient to God's will and selfless. Each member is a part of the body. Maybe you're an arm, maybe you're a leg, maybe you're the hand. Working with the head, which is Christ, to do His will with the mind of Christ and having the heart of Christ. And that's our goal, that we have the heart of Christ and the mind of Christ. Now what are barriers to a unified church? Gossip, backbiting, criticism, jealousy, anger, bitterness, rebellion, selfishness, pride, ego. I've been I've been a, you know, guilty of all those until Christ did a work in me, even after being saved and, and, you know, he's renewing me day by day and renewing my mind. And the deeper I just surrender, it's just more levels of surrender and, and he just changes me. He's, he's changed the way I do things and he's gotten rid of my triggers. Um, those of you that know, I'm a, I'm a survivor of child sex trafficking and I lost my father to suicide. My adverse childhood experience scores about probably a nine and it's, um, it, it, it, God is truly Lord Jesus gave me life and that's why I'm sold out for him. And I'm, on his mission to empower each of you on your own healing journeys to be transformed into little Jesuses walking around and showing him to the world. It's just the greatest thing. So let's look at that. And I made this slide. So these are the colors that I was able to pull in and use with some of the little characters. This really helped me when I understood that Christ is the head. And we are the body as believers. So we can't go anywhere without our head and he needs the body. He can't go anywhere without us. So we're his temple. We are the living church. So we carry his grace, his mercy into a room, into a territory, into a nation, into a building, into a workplace. You are holding Jesus in you, you're carrying him. He's when you're a believer and the Holy Spirit lives inside of you, you're holy and righteous and, and you're carrying him in there. So That helped me. It even helped me overcome my food addiction when I thought, wow, I've got to preserve his temple because I got to go where he's sending me and I've got to make sure I'm healthy and the greatest version of myself that I can be for him and I can carry out his will because I got to take him where he needs to go. I need to get the head to where he needs to be so that he can speak his healing truth into a room or into a situation and bring healing and bring deliverance. So what is our goal to have the heart and mind of Christ? And often we can believe that we don't fit in, or we can feel like we're broken pieces and we don't quite fit in into a puzzle, or we can be confused where we actually fit. Well, we fit perfectly with Christ as our center. And that's what we are. We're meant to be little Jesuses walking around and we fit perfectly with him. So it really doesn't matter what others think. What matters is what he thinks of us. Paul challenges believers to function as the living body of Christ on earth. The church is alive. It's not just the building, it's us. Isn't that great news? Paul wrote a letter to the church at Ephesus. He explained the beautiful things we have received through Christ. He referred to the church as the body, a bride, a temple, and a soldier, unified in purpose, working together with the other body parts, and avoiding the barriers to unity in the body of church. Paul wrote a letter to the church at Ephesus. The church of Jesus Christ is people, his people. The church is made up of all people, every race and nation who love Jesus Christ and are committed to serving him. The church is not limited to a building. And Ephesians is a letter of encouragement. Paul affirms the nature of the church. Believers in Christ have been showered with God's kindness, chosen for greatness, marked and sealed by the Holy Spirit, filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, freed from the bondage and curse of sin, the curse of the law, and brought close to God, able to be in intimate relationship with God. Believers should be unified in their commitment to Christ. They should use their spiritual gifts to unify and edify the body of believers. Believers should have the highest moral standards. They should reject idols, pagan practices. Money's an idol. There's many things we place. We put people in our lives as idols and we worship those things. Mutual submission and love towards the rest of the body. We're to love our brothers and sisters. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Battling the forces of darkness and need to use your spiritual weapons, which are truth, righteousness, the gospel of peace, faith, salvation, the word of God, prayer. Remember Ephesians six and your body armor. Second Corinthians five. We're recreated images of Christ. Our old self is gone. And we're new. We're completely made new, new creatures. That work on the inside of us changes us on the outside too. So we're going to read out of the Life Application Study Bible, Second Corinthians Five, the New International Version. Our heavenly dwelling place. Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan in our burden, because we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed with our heavenly dwellings. so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now it is God who has made us for this very purpose and has given us the spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad. Since then, We know what it is to fear the Lord. We try to persuade men. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience. We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us so that you can always, I'm sorry, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart. If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God. If we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ's love compels us because we are convinced that one died for all and therefore all died. And he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old is gone. The new has come. All this is from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sin against them. See that? Not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ's ambassadors. As though God were making his appeal through us, we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. Wow, that's a yummy word. Let's continue. Recreated new creations in Christ. Isn't that the good news of the gospel? Christians are brand new people on the inside. The Holy Spirit gives them new life. The Christian is not the same anymore. Christians live in a vital union with Christ. From the moment of conversion, they begin a new life in complete surrender and submission to God. God brings us back to himself, reconciles us, erasing our sins, and we are righteous. We are clothed in righteousness. Let's look at Ezekiel thirty six twenty six message out of the message bottle. For here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take you out of these countries, gather you from all over and bring you back to your own land. I'll pour pure water over you and scrub you clean. I'll give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. I'll remove the stone heart from your body and replace it with a heart that's God-willed, not self-willed. I'll put my spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. You'll once again live in the land I gave your ancestors. You'll be my people and I'll be your God. And see that part where it says, I'll put my spirit in you and make it possible for you to do what I tell you and live by my commands. It is not in my strength that I lost my food addiction and I've, you know, and I've been healed of that. I couldn't do it on my own. I yo-yoed for years back and forth, back and forth, gain weight, lost weight, tried this diet, tried that diet. It was only Christ and his grace and mercy that And I asked him, I said, well, you've got to help me because I can't do it my own strength. I don't even know how because I was using food to cope with my trauma. And that was an addiction I had. But I did it in his strength. And I'm just different. And I don't. I don't have the cravings. I don't do any of those things I used to. I'm down about eighty, ninety pounds. I lose track for about ninety. Still going strong, excited to figure out who I am. But I didn't do it in my strength. I did it in Jesus's. And that's what you're going to do. You're going to change your life in his power and strength, not in your own. He's going to replace that stony heart you have or that heart full of stones. And let's look at the promise of Psalm one, nineteen, eleven out of the King James version. Thy word have I hid in mine heart that I might not sin against you or sin against thee. You read his word, you get it in your heart. He gets in your heart and transforms you and you're transformed in your heart and mind to have a heart and mind like Christ, eager to obey his will and complete surrender and submission. For it is his love and mercy that will see you through. Now, as we go into this moment of reflection, remember it talked about the judgment seat of Christ, the Bema. What we did will be judged, our actions. Why we did what we did will be judged, our motives judged. One can do the right things, but with the wrong heart and the wrong motives. You can have a saved soul, but live a wasted life as a Christian. Going about your own routine, your own way, and not following that whisper of the Spirit, of that knowing that this is the path I should walk in it. Stepping out into the uncomfortable, stepping out by faith. He's calling you in this hour to step out by faith. to bring in that harvest. Will you labor in a field for Christ? Remember, He's coming. Let's look at Second Corinthians. While on earth, we get to please and serve God. When we reach heaven, we don't need faith then to sustain us through trials or help our witness for Christ with holy boldness and courage. We need those things now. We must use faith now to serve and please God while we still have time. We're being judged by what we do on this earth as Christians, as believers. Are we winning souls for the kingdom? Are we doing our will? Are we following and truly obeying Christ? Because I'm telling you, it's hard, but it's so rewarding. It's so rewarding. Now let's look at a prophetic word I received on eight, seven, twenty, twenty four that the Holy Spirit has directed me to put into every teaching that I do. And I'll do it until he tells me to stop. Thus sayeth the Lord. They must turn from evil. The scales have tipped. The time is now. Repent and turn. I'm a God of love and mercy, but also judgment. They openly sin and blasphemy me. Thus saith the Lord, repent and turn back to me before my judgment is certain. Turn back to me, turn back to me. Woe to the one that does not heed this word. Thus saith the Lord thy God. And that is the end of that teaching. So let me do this and move it. Well, I want to thank everyone for joining me in this time that we've had together. In joining the Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, learning about his love, his abundant life, his promises that you get to have and experience. He's calling you deeper to a deeper level of intimacy with him. For him to reveal his truth through his word. Spend time with him. See what he's trying to get you to do. How he wants you to step out in faith and bring others to Christ, to the healing that he offers, the love he offers, the redemption, the restoration. That is what I want. I want every one of you to experience what I have. the shame, the guilt, the fear, the regret, the icky, the addictions, the self-loathing, the insomnia, the depression, all of it going away and becoming a new creature in Christ full of joy and peace and hope and love and his power to heal, to transform. I pray for everyone in the sound of my voice. Healing is yours. You take it. He's waiting. He's healing you now. Spirits of infirmary, addictions, self-loathing, self-mutilation, anorexia, bulimia. He's healing you now. He's healing you now by his blood. The blood of Jesus is covering all those old wounds from your childhood, some that you've never spoken of. He's giving you a new life now as you surrender to him and his will. He's the God of love. Set them free, Holy Spirit. Have your way in their lives as you show them the Lord Jesus Christ. Enjoy that peace that his presence brings. That loving, peaceful stillness that only he offers. Be healed in the name of Jesus by his stripes you were healed. Healing cancer. Healing healing. He's healing you now of digestive issues. He's healing you. Fear. There's no fear where there's perfect love. Perfect love casts out all fear. That's gone. You are new creatures now in Christ Jesus. Just bask in his presence. I'm obeying and he's not wanting me to get off right now. He's wanting me just to stay on. As his presence is so thick. No matter when you listen to this. Because I will upload it. And put it on our YouTube channel. Share it. Someone's waiting to hear this word. He's just wanting you to know you're being healed. As you're listening to this. He's heard you. He's heard your cries. And you're being healed. He's saying put down that crack pipe. to somebody, put down those pills. It won't end well. Go to a meeting. Go to a meeting. Go to a meeting. Get help. There's no shame in getting help. Go to a church if you need to. Go to a meeting. House of worship. Call a hotline number that's listed, always listed on our website, reflectivespacesministry.com. Always listed in the show notes. It's just healing you now. Healing you now. Chronic fatigue. aching in your joints. You're just being healed in the name of Jesus. Send in your testimonies to us. Info at reflectivespacesministry.com We'd love to hear from you. How we're helping you. How he's helping you. I'm nothing but filthy rags. He's the one doing it all. You need to see him and not me. Thank you so much for tuning in during this time. I know you have a choice. You have a choice what to listen to, who to listen to. And we're just glad that you trusted us for your healing, for this message of hope and healing and love. And thank you so much for all your support. Remember, like, subscribe, YouTube channel, all those things and helps us get his message out. The link to his book and the workbook That's sold on Amazon. When you know that you know that you know there is a God. That's also. The link is in the show notes. You can order that book. The workbook I recommend. It's got journal pages. To help you. As you read. If you're triggered to kind of write it down. You can reach out to me. And I will respond. When you email me. Info at reflective spaces ministry dot com. Tammy Tony Butler. I will reach out to. Thank you so much. God bless you. God bless you and keep you. I'm just soaking in his presence. I can never get enough of his presence. And yes, that peace that you're feeling right now, that stillness, that's God. It's yummy. And it only gets better. It only gets better. That's why he's calling you deeper. He wants you to come into the fullness and abundant life that he offers us. That's for us now on earth. Oh, thank you guys so much. I'm going to sign off now, I believe. He's just saying one more minute. There's someone that's struggling right now. You're struggling. Do you believe this lady? Do you believe this lady? Does she know what you've gone through? Does she know what you've gone through? You're worthy of love and you're never too dirty to get cleaned and washed clean by him. Oh, if you knew what I had done, the sins, I am not worthy to be sitting here talking to you right now and all the things he's done and the grace and mercy that's been on my life, the places he's taken me, the things that I've done. It's only because of him. His strength, his power, his might. You're worthy. And you matter. And you have a great future. He's waiting. You surrender. He's waiting. Don't hesitate to reach out to me. You know how to find me. I've already contacted you. And you know how to find me. And I'm waiting to show you his goodness. Amen. Thank you, Father. He's such a good Father. Even if the ninety-nine are safe, He goes after the one. So many times He sent me after the one. He sent me thousands of miles away for one person to minister to them. He has on more than one occasion. Nothing's by coincidence in the kingdom of God. There's no luck. None of those things. There's God. There's God. But Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. I love you. He loves you. God bless you. Keep you this day. Thank you so much for tuning in to this episode, this teaching with Reflective Spaces Ministry. God bless.