The Well of Truth

Good morning. Welcome to today's message and teaching on behalf of Reflective Spaces Ministry. I'm Tammy Toney-Butler, Healing Evangelist, and I just want to welcome you to this time that we have together. Holy Spirit, come have your way in this time that we have together. May they see you and not me. May they hear you and not me. May they glean from your field, O God. from your field, O God. May they have ears to hear and eyes to see and any veil be lifted off so they can know the truth and truly be set free. In the powerful name of Jesus, I pray and declare all things. Amen. I had no plans on coming live this morning and doing a message, but the Holy Spirit laid it on my heart and has given me the content. And so I don't know who it's for, but you know, I never have to know. I don't question. I just obey the will of God. I surrender. I yield to his leading. his teaching, his guidance, and know that he's with me right now, speaking to the heart of that person that needs to hear this word so that they can be set free today, no longer living in torment. no longer in lack, but in heavenly restoration. By the work done on the cross, Calvary, you can be set free. I was set free from the aftermath of childhood sex trafficking, losing my father to suicide as a teenager and us burying him on Father's Day. coming to the realization that my mom was my trafficker, and losing my baby sister at the beginning of this year. She coped with what happened to her as a child through various addictions. Trauma destroyed her. Leg by leg, she had amputated. She was on the streets at times, suffered greatly, Trafficked in our home, but also trafficked outside our home. But I know she's with Jesus now, running and free. But you see, I received freedom here on this earth. Freedom from the shame, the guilt, the fear, the regret, the self-loathing, the addictions I used to cope. All of that, Christ set me free. And he put me on a pathway to bring divine healing To all of you. None of you. Are to be sick. Are to be depressed. Filled with shame. Impoverished in spirit. None of you. Are to be in lack. Because we serve a mighty God. A mighty powerful God. And Jesus died on the cross. So we could have abundant life. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We get to claim those promises now. We get to claim divine healing now. We get to claim freedom from oppression now. We get to claim it and walk in it and walk in wholeness. Spiritually, relationally, emotionally, financially, physically, in every way we get to be completely made whole. New creatures in Christ Jesus. But the caveat is you have to know Jesus. You have to know he's your savior, Lord over your life. And you have to say, not my will, but yours be done. And once you are a member of the kingdom of God, of the kingdom of heaven, once you're a believer, knowing that you know that you know that you know there is a God and that Jesus died on the cross so you could live, then you will be eternally free and you will have access to divine healing and all those things that his death brought to those who believe. We get to have peace. We get to have joy. We get to have garments of praise. instead of robes of heaviness. We don't get to carry any of that stuff. He who the sun sets free is free indeed. So let's keep going. The title of this message today is The Well of Truth. Are you dry? Are you parched? Are you searching for something? Are you in need of healing? Deliverance from oppressive spirits? Turn to the well of truth. Drink and never thirst again. Eat and never hunger again. So what does God's word say about spiritual hunger, spiritual thirst? All we have to do is look at Isaiah fifty four. We can find answers there. Psalm forty two. Mark two. John seven thirty eight. John six thirty three to thirty five and four to thirteen to fourteen. Luke four. Romans nine. Second Timothy three. Fourteen to seventeen. So we're going to dive into some of this scripture. And I'm going to rely heavily on the Holy Spirit because He's in charge and let's see where He leads us in this today. So let me grab the scriptures that He wanted me to start with first. So grab your Bibles. We're going to go. This is the new international version that I'll be reading out of the Life Application Study Bible. Thank you for all of our viewers, all those turning in all over the world that are tuning into this message. I thank you. I'm grateful that you're here. God bless you. God keep you. May his light shine upon you. May you find peace from the storms you face. May darkness never visit your door again. Oh, in the mighty name of Jesus, I pray that. Speak that into existence. Amen. So let's look at Isaiah fifty four. Now, specifically, he had me looking in six. The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit. A wife who married young only to be rejected, says your God. For a brief moment, I abandon you, but with deep compassion, I will bring you back. In a surge of anger, I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness, I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer." says the Lord, your redeemer, he will have compassion on you. So good. So, so good. Let's see what else it says. In eleven. Oh, afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted. How many of you have been lashed by storms and feel like you're not comforted? I will build you with stones of turquoise. Your foundations will be sapphires. I will make your battlements of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels and your walls of precious stones. All your sons will be taught by the Lord and great will be your children's peace and righteousness. You will be established. Wow. Look at that. And then look here down in seventeen. No weapon formed to get forged against you will prevail and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. And this is their vindication from me, declares the Lord. Wow. Well, that's some truth, isn't it? That is some truth. Let's keep going. Let's keep going. Now we're going to turn to Psalm. Forty two. Psalm forty two. Whenever. We are lacking peace. And we need to come to the well of truth. For a drink. we can turn to the Psalms for comfort. They're real life examples of people calling out to God in their moment of need, in their moment of pain, in their moment of hurt and turmoil. Let's look at Psalm forty-two. As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? Day and night I have only tears for food, while my enemies continually taunt me, saying, Where is this God of yours? How many of you have said that? Where is God in the middle of this trial, in the storm that you're facing? in this transitional period in your life? Where is God? My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be. I walked among the crowds of worshipers leading a great procession to the house of God, singing for joy and giving thanks amid the sound of a great celebration. Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God. I will praise him again, my savior and my God. God will never leave you nor forsake you. It may seem like he's far away now, but is he just wanting you to rely on him more? Is he just wanting you to call out to him and your infirmary and recognize that he's Lord and Savior? He'll save you from any affliction you face. That's the God I serve. Now I'm deeply discouraged, but I will remember you. Even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar, I hear the turmoil of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. How many of you feel like you're drowning? You're lost or drift at sea. And you'll never find your way to shore. I'm telling you that you will. when you anchor into the vine of truth, rest on that sure solid foundations of the promises of God found in the word of God, you will make it through that storm. You will make it through that storm. You will get to the shore of safety and make it to the other side. But fix your eyes on Jesus. Fix your eyes. not on your problems not on your circumstances fix your eyes on jesus and the work done on the cross I hear the turmoil of the raging seas as your waves and surging tides sweep over me. But each day the Lord pours his unfailing love upon me. And through each night I sing his songs, praying to God who gives me life. Oh God, my rock, I cry. Why have you forgotten me? Why must I wander around in grief, oppressed by my enemies? Their taunts break my bones. They scoff. Where is the God of yours, this God of yours? Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God. I will praise him again, my savior and my God. Put your hope in God. Trust in him. Trust in his word. He will never, ever, ever fail you. He won't. He's a good father. He's a good, good father. Now let's keep going on what else he has. Let's go to Mark two, two, Mark two, two. So let's look at Mark two, two. If you've got your Bibles out now, why he gave me certain ones. I don't know. I just obey. I'm just going, we're going to look to them together. We're going to look together and find them. So Mark two, two, and it says Mark, And this is talking about Jesus heals a paralyzed man. A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. So many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door. And he preached the word to them. And he preached the word to them. How many of you need the word preached to you? So that you can find comfort in the infallible word of God that holds true. That's foundational. That's everything. That's alive. That's alive. How many of you need that truth to enter into you, to grab hold of those promises found in God's word and know that you know that you know you're going to be okay. You're going to get through this trial. You're going to make it to the other side. How many of you need to know that? How many of you need to know that? Let's look at Mark two eight. Immediately, Jesus knew in his spirit. Oh, let's go up a little bit further. It says, now some teachers of the law were sitting there thinking to themselves, why does this fellow talk like that? He's blaspheming. Who can forgive sins but God alone? Because even before that, it said, when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, son, your sins are forgiven. Remember, this is where they lowered the man down from the roof and the paralyzed man. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic son, your sins are forgiven. And so the religious leaders were saying, who is this man? Who can he forgive? Who can say that he forgives sins? Immediately, Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts. And he said to them, why are you thinking these things? And I say to you, why are you thinking these things? Why are you thinking that you're under condemnation? Because you've made some bad choices. Why are you thinking that you can never enter into the kingdom of God, that you're too dirty, that you're not worthy? Or why are you thinking that God has left you or forsaken you? Because your prayers are going unanswered. Why are you thinking those things? That's not the truth found in the word of God. Let's keep going. Because remember, part of our work as a Christian, part of our road to recovery, to healing is we have to renew our mind. We have to renew our mind. We have to have the heart of Christ in the mind of Christ. So we have to renew our heart because everything flows out of our heart. Rivers of living water flow out of our heart. So we have to have the heart, the mind of Christ. We have to think from our heart, from the truth found inside our heart, planted there by the word of God that took root in our heart and grew into a tree of life. That's what we have to know. We have to get enough of the word inside of us. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God. So that throughout every trial, every storm, we won't be tossed to and fro. We get to rely on our power source, on Jesus and his work on the cross. Let's see where he's taking this now. Let's see where he's taking this now. John seven, thirty eight, seven, thirty eight. John seven, thirty eight. John seven, thirty eight. Don't you just love reading the word of God? I get so excited when I read it. It says. Let's actually start at thirty seven on the last and greatest day of the feast. Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, if anyone is thirsty. let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, strings of living water will flow from within him. See that? Will flow from within him. Wow. Streams of living water. What's flowing out of your heart? And what's flowing out of your heart even in relation to yourself. Are you condemning yourself with your words? Well, I felt that. That was for someone listening. Stop condemning yourself. God's forgiven you. You saw that where he told the paralytic, I forgive you of your sins. And he gives us that power and authority because we have the keys to the kingdom of God. And we get to mirror Christ to a dark and dying world. And I'm telling you, Christ is in me speaking to you now. Your sins have been forgiven. You've already repented. You've already asked God to save you. He's Lord and savior of your life. Stop condemning yourself. Don't walk under condemnation, shame or guilt. That's not your portion. That's not your portion. It's not your portion. Healing's your portion. Wholeness. Freedom from addiction is your portion. I speak life over you now. I speak light where there's been darkness. Hope where there hasn't been any. Peace and joy. That's your portion. Healing's your portion. Divine health. Trust in God. He'll never leave you nor forsake you. Trust in the promises found in his word. Rely on him and no one else. Make him Lord and Savior of your life, those of you that are listening that don't know Jesus. I'll give you an invitation at the end of this message to know Jesus as your personal Savior. So you can walk in total freedom by his work done on the cross. By his stripes, you were healed. You've been healed. You're not under condemnation under the law. As long as you've asked Jesus to be your savior, to come into your life, your heart. You've repented of your sins. It said, Jesus, make me fresh and new. a new creature. I want to turn from my old ways and turn towards you, Jesus. And that old way hadn't been working for me. Now, how many of us can say that? You know, there's a version of me. That's the, uh, before I say before Christ version, you know, and there's the, the, after the Holy spirit got ahold of me and changed me, you know, I'm not the person I was. I used to cuss like a sailor. I'm not even the woman that my husband married. I'm just so different because I no longer have, uh, I no longer let survival responses lead me. I no longer do life through a victim mentality. I no longer look at life through the lens of trauma. Instead, I look at life through a renewed lens of hope and peace and joy that came from me giving everything to Jesus and knowing that Jesus is love. my Lord and Savior, and He set me free by His work on the cross. And when I got enough faith in me and He entered me, and I know that I know that I know that He's true, and I know that I know that I know He's reaching to you right now in your infirmary. He's pulling you out of that darkness. He's pulling you out of that affliction. He's pulling you out of that addiction. Setting you free on solid ground, on a solid foundation. You already know where to go. You already know where to go. Go to that meeting. Go ahead. Go, go, go. You already know. You already know. You already know. In his strength, you're going to pick yourself up again out of that gutter. Out of that Merkin Meyer because he's pulled you out before and he's pulling you out again. You're going to go to that meeting. You're going to confess it all. You're going to walk an abundant life. This time, you will never, ever, ever, ever, ever pick that stuff up again. His faith has entered you and you've been set free and made whole with this message, his message for you. Because even if the ninety-nine are safe, he goes after the one. And he came after you today and you know it. And that's why you tuned in and that's why you're listening. to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Glory be to Jesus. Man, I feel this word. Oh, I feel this word. Oh, I feel this word. Let's see where he's going. Let's see where we're to go now. Let's see. John. Let's see. John six. John six. Thirty three. To thirty five. But you know what? We're going to let's start at thirty two. Jesus said to them, I tell you the truth. It is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Sir, they said, from now on, give us this bread. Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me. but raise them up at the last day. For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise Him up at the last day. I promise. Let's keep going. John four, thirteen to fourteen. John four, thirteen to fourteen. John four, thirteen to fourteen. Jesus answered, everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. Wow. Wow. Wow. Let's go. You know what? Let's read a little bit of this. Bear with me. Let's read a little bit of this. Because the title of this message is The Well of Truth. Jesus talks to a woman at the well. How many of you have been women or men at the well? How many of you have felt like outcasts in your city? That you didn't belong? That you were never clean enough to go into certain churches or approach God? How many of you have been like a woman at the well? Let's read this. I think it's fun. The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John, although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized but his disciples. When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and went back once more to Galilee. Now he had to go through Samaria. So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob's well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour." When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, will you give me a drink? His disciples had gone into town to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, you are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? For Jews did not associate with Samaritans back then. Jesus answered her, if you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. sir the woman said you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep where can you get this living water are you greater than our father jacob who gave us the well and drank from it himself as did also his sons and his flocks and herds did you did you did you catch that are you greater do you see how she's questioning the lord how many of you question the lord when he's trying to tell you something Cause you get over into your feelings. You get over into your own self. You get over into your thoughts. It's a chore. It's a work fighting the good fight of faith and renewing your heart and mind every day to think like Christ. First thing we have to do is forgive ourselves. How many of us fail to forgive ourselves? We put our own selves under condemnation. Forgive yourself. Today's the day I give you permission. I want you to forgive yourself. Many of you forgiven those that have afflicted you and hurt you. But have you forgiven yourself? Some of those things you were made to do, you did them out of survival. You're not under the condemnation of the law. Stop judging yourself. Walk in peace and wholeness this day. Jesus answered, everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water, welling up to eternal life. That's a promise. That's a promise. That's a promise. Wow, that's a promise. Now I want to go to Luke And he gave Luke four to me out of the complete Jewish Bible. And specifically, I want to start reading it. Fourteen. Yeshua returned to the Galah in the power of the spirit and reports about him spread throughout the countryside. He taught in their synagogues and everyone respected him. Now, when he went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up on Shabbat, he went to the synagogue as usual. He stood up to read and he was given the scroll of the prophet Isaiah. Unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written. The spirit of Adonai is upon me because he has anointed me to announce good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned. How many of you are imprisoned in bondage due to shame, guilt, fear, regret, self-loathing, imposter syndrome, a need for approval from others in order to find merit and worth within yourself. How many of you feel that way? You only need to look to the cross for your approval. Only look to Jesus. He's forgiven you and sees you as a beloved son or daughter of the Most High King. Fearfully, wonderfully made. Conquerors, victorious in Christ Jesus. Believe it. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the imprisoned and renewed sight for the blind, to release those who have been crushed, to proclaim a year of the favor of Adonai. How many of you are in a season of crushing? How many of you have been crushed? How many of you are getting beaten down on every corner? Just when you think things are going right, something else has happened or afflicted you, How many of you feel that way? That this pruning season, this crushing season is never going to end. When am I going to break out and break into who God's called me to be? When are those doors going to open? When do I get to walk in the fullness of my calling? When do I get to step out and step into all God's called me to be? I know it's my time. I know it's my season. When Let me tell you when. When you believe it. When you step out in faith. And when you say, I am all God says I am. And that's all that matters. Is who God says I am. For me, I'm a healing evangelist. And I've stepped into the fullness of my calling. The calling he's placed on my line. So if you need divine healing, you don't hesitate to reach out a prayer. If you're in Fort Myers, don't hesitate to come to the Well Church. I'll be there for Sunday services at ten thirty. I'll be there for the evening services. Six o'clock. I'll be there Wednesdays. Pastor Branson will bring a powerful word. That man is an anointed man of God. The Lord led me to the well church off of Pondello in Fort Myers, Florida. So if you're searching for something and you need something, you need a church home, you don't hesitate to go there. I'll be sitting in those pews. You know what I look like. Many of you followed me. You followed me for years. Many of you, I've met you. I've spoken words of life over you. I've spoken into your situation. You've been delivered. Many of you have been set free. I've gone out on the streets. I've evangelized to you. I've met you through hurricanes and storms. I've gone out and I have followed God and gone and stepped into places no one else would ever step or dream of going. But I did it because God sends me after the ones, even if the ninety-nine are safe. Whether it's in the halls of Congress, whether it's on a street corner or in a bar, I've met many of you and you follow me. If you need a fresh touch, if you need a church home, if you need divine healing, you seek me out. You find me. we'll find what you're looking for together. We're all in this together, unified as one body of believers under Christ the head. You may be the toe, I may be the foot, but we're all together. A unified body of believers covered under the blood of Jesus and protected. Maybe you're at another church. Maybe you're tuning in and listening right now and you need divine healing. You don't need to leave your church. You could come visit me. Email me at info at reflectivespacesministry.com. Find out where my next healing meeting is going to be. The tent revival. Find out where he's taking me. What city. Where next we're going to spread his light and truth to the world. Email me. I'll let you know when I'm going to be in your location. You can come drink from the well of truth and never hunger or thirst again. Find what you're seeking. Find what you're seeking. Find what you're seeking. There are many men and women of God that are still following God's truth. You are not alone. You're not isolated. We are with you. We are one body of believers, unified. I know it's dark out there. I know it's dark. I know many of you have endured horrible things, but I can tell you right now, sickness is not your portion. Premature death is not your portion. Cancer is not your portion. Poverty is not your portion. Hope, healing, abundant life, that's your portion. The kingdom of God brought to earth is your portion. Do you believe it? Do you walk in it? Do you walk in your divine authority as a believer? Do you speak life over yourself? Do you speak life over yourself? God's got you. He's leading you. You know it. Go to that meeting. Go to that church around the corner he's been trying to get you to go to. Don't isolate yourselves. Go where he's leading you. He's leading you, but are you surrendering? Some of you are listening to me from California. I see you. He sees you and he loves you. Go to that place he's been trying to get you to go to. Go there. Many of you know that I Zoom with folks all over the world who need healing. You know how to find me. Let's schedule a Zoom, a virtual meet and greet. Listen, I'm willing. The harvest is great and the labors are few. Let's use technology to our advantage. You know who you are. You know I'm speaking to you right now. Maybe you're the one. The reason I'm on here. Oh, I see you, those looking at, let's see. Oh, listening to me from Uganda. That's awesome. Oh, from the Kasi district in Western Uganda. That's awesome. That's awesome. That's awesome. God bless you. God keep you. May his light shine upon you. And let's keep going. I want to make sure I get everything in that he wanted me to get in. Okay. And I want you not to miss in Luke four. There's something powerful that I want you not to miss. That Jesus quoted. and read from Isaiah. He read from the scroll from the word of God. He was the word, is the word of God, the living word. Jesus came alive. He was the word that came alive. He became flesh, but he was still God. He walked among us. setting us free, healing us. He didn't come for the religious. He came for those that were broken, that needed a physician, that needed a healer, that needed to come out of demonic oppression, that needed to be set free. Jesus came for sinners like you and me. He came for those that were sick and knew that they needed healing. He came for me. He came for you. He's come for you. You just have to believe it and walk in it. Grab hold of it. Stand firm in it and know that you know that you know he's with you. He sees you. There's no separation. We have the Holy Spirit. There's no separation by boundaries. It's borderless. God's omnipresent. He's everywhere. The Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ is in us, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. He's with you. He's with you now, reaching to you where you're struggling, into your infirmary, And healing you now where you are. He's actually healing your right leg right now where you are. There's someone that's listening that has a right leg injury. And no access to health care. He's healing it now. Your faith. Same spirit. He's healing you now. He's healing you now. Oh, glory be to Jesus. He is healing you now. Wow. Thank you, Jesus. I didn't see that coming. I didn't see that coming. Oh God, I love you. I love it when he shocks me and does stuff like that. He's truly healing you now. You're feeling a hot sensation going through your leg. Let's just sit with this right now. He just wants me to sit here. He's healing you right now in your leg. Right now. The ligaments, the bones. The spirit of the Lord is upon us. Wow. So good. So good. So good. Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Holy Spirit. Oh, I feel his presence so strongly now. Let's just honor him and sit with this before we continue. Thank you, Father. One moment in his presence changes everything. He's healing you now. He's healing your infirmaries. Those relational wounds, those relationships that you need to let go of to step into who he's called you to be this season. He's healing you of that now. He's breaking you free from that soul tie That's only brought you pain. He's untethering you from that now, from that darkness. Freeing you from it because you asked him. You said, free me from this God. I don't want to love this person anymore. I don't want to want them anymore. I've let go of them. They're no longer with me. For years I've let go of them. But my heart, my heart still holds on. I'm still in bondage. Because I can't let go of them. And what I thought that relationship was supposed to be. How I thought it was supposed to be. Help me to let go, Jesus. Help me to let go. That's what you prayed. He took it from you now. It's gone. It's gone now. You're going to be able to step into the freedom of who he's called you to be. You've released that now. There's freedom. Walk in that freedom. He heard you. He heard you. He heard your prayers. He sent me to confirm that. Step into who He's called you to be. Walk into the authority that He's given you. Walk in it. Go into that field and sow those seeds where He's telling you to sow. And go over there and help bring that harvest in where He's telling you to bring that harvest in. It's your season. It's your moment. Folks, step into who God's called you to be. Warriors, go. Fight. This is your season. This is your moment. Step into it. Embrace and embody it. Step into the fullness of who God's called you to be. We're victorious in Christ Jesus. We're victorious in Christ Jesus. We're victorious in Christ Jesus. We're victorious in Christ Jesus. We're victorious in Christ Jesus. Let's go to Romans nine. We're almost done with this. And I tell you, I didn't see it shaping out as this, but that's why I don't preach to you. That's why I rely on the Holy Spirit. He's sitting there downloading to me, speaking to me as I'm speaking to you. Okay, let's see. Romans nine. All through Romans nine, Paul quotes scripture. He uses his sword of truth to defeat the enemy. And remember, what is the purpose of scripture? It's our sword of truth. It's so powerful. Let's read a little bit of Romans nine. I speak the truth in Christ. I'm 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 praised. 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. Wow. We skip down a little bit. And I like where it says here, 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 on 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 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, He's quoting the word of God. 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 I will. And it will happen that in that very place where it was said to them, you are not my people. They will be called sons of the living God. Look at that. Sons of the living God. Sons of the living God. Let's keep going. Isaiah cries out concerning Israel. Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand of 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. 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. See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble. and a rock that makes them fall and the one who trusted him will never be put to shame. Are you stumbling over the only way to freedom, the only way to truth? Are you stumbling over the way of healing, the way of deliverance? Have you made Jesus Lord and Savior of your life. Have you? No one gets to the Father but through the Son. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him shall not perish but have eternal life. So I ask you this question. Are you calling on Jesus? Also, if you're a believer, are you using your sword of truth? To handle every situation. He's reminding me. He's reminding me now that he wants me to go to second Timothy. I was about to close, but he wants me to go to second Timothy three, fourteen to seventeen. But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those things. from whom you learned it and how from infancy you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is God breathed. It's living. It's alive. Because remember, he spoke the world into existence. And he's breathing life into your situation right now. With this word, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. Thoroughly equipped for every good work. Use your sword. Rest on the promises found in God's word. Know that you know that you know there is a God. You speak that truth over every situation in your life. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Look at Jeremiah, a twenty nine, eleven, Isaiah forty thirty one. You speak life over yourself. You speak scripture over your circumstance. When Jesus was tempted by the devil in the wilderness, in that dry place, in that place where he was hungry and he had a physical need, he called out, you know, when he was there being tempted by the devil, he used scripture. He called on the word of God. He quoted the word of God. It is written. When the devil tries to come kill, steal and destroy or distract or take your peace, you say it is written. Get behind me, Satan. It is written. It is written. It is written. It is written. It is written. It is written. You read scripture. You get enough of it in you to where you're shaped and molded into a little Jesus walking around. On earth, the temple of the Lord, carrying him from place to place where he needs to go. Shining light, his light, his rays of truth to a world that's dark, decaying, and so need of a savior, a redeemer, a deliverer. That's our Jesus. That's who we know. That's who we Let's pray now. Father, I know you see them. I know you hear their cries. I know that you're touched by their infirmaries. You sent Jesus in the flesh to come. He was tempted like we are tempted, but yet he knew no sin. Father, help us, strengthen us. Help us to draw from your word. Help us to draw from your word. Help us, help us, help us. Strengthen those that are listening, Father. Bring them out of their pits of despair, out of their depression. Break off them now in the name of Jesus. We have power, love, and a sound mind, and we don't have fear. That's not of God. I speak life over you now in the name of Jesus. Those of you that don't know Jesus, I want you to repeat after me. Lord Jesus, I know, I know you came to earth. You walked the earth. That you're the son of God, fully God, fully man. Repeat all this. And with this prayer, I know in my heart that I want you to be Lord and Savior of my life. I know that you died on the cross. You rose again. You're seated in heavenly places to the right of the Father. I know that you're up there advocating on my behalf, a mere sinner. sinned. I've fallen short of the glory of the Lord. I repent of all my sins. I turn away from the ways of the world and I turn towards you. I want you to be Lord and Savior of my life. Help me, Jesus. Help me to have the heart and mind of Christ. And with this prayer, I believe that I'm a daughter and son of the King. That I've entered into the kingdom of heaven now. And I know you're coming back for me someday. And I know I have access to the keys to the kingdom and to all the healing and the peace and joy that your death on the cross established for us since we're no longer under the condemnation of the law, but under the blood of Jesus, the life giving blood of Jesus. with this prayer. Holy Spirit, come live inside of me. Direct my steps. Make me fresh and new. Give me the strength to weather every storm. Renew me layer by layer and strengthen me for the days that lie ahead. I thank you. I thank you for this and I know your Spirit's guiding me and living inside of me. And I'm no longer in the kingdom of darkness, but I've been translated into the kingdom of light with this prayer. And if you prayed that prayer, don't hesitate to reach out and email me at info at reflectivespacesministry.com. You can scan that barcode. It'll get you to us. It'll bring you to the website. And let me send you out some literature. Check out our podcast, reflectivehour.com and reflectivespacespodcast.com. Follow us on YouTube, like and subscribe. Know that you know that you know that we're with you. We're doing this together, this life. We're believers united together under one spirit, the spirit of truth, the spirit of God, the spirit of Jesus. Lord Jesus, I love you. I thank you. That's what he has for you today. That's what he has for you today. And I thank you for tuning in. I thank you for allowing me the opportunity to bring this message to you. Holy Spirit, I sure thank you for giving it because I didn't know where you were going with all this. And I'm just a girl that he brought out of the trailer park. He saved me. He set me free, redeemed me. And I'm a woman on a mission. To set the captives free. And to bring you. All of you. Into the fullness of who God's called you to be. This hour. This season. As we rise up victorious. As his church. As his bride. As we await the bridegroom. As we step into all he's called us to be this season. Walk victorious. Go strong. Knowing he's with you and he's got you and he'll never leave you nor forsake you. God's rest be with you now. God's rest be with you now. His peace, his stillness, his calm. As we speak to that storm in your life and say, peace, be still. Glory be to Jesus. That's this teaching episode, sermon, whatever you want to call it. I call it a message from the Lord Jesus, whatever it is. I merely obeyed and brought it to you. That's what he has for you today. God bless you. God keep you. May his light shine upon you. Go and conquer and be prosperous this week, this day, this year, as you grow and walk. And I always called you to be And walk with authority, power, and might. In the mighty name of Jesus, we declare all things. Amen. Amen.