Dr. Micah Whitley teaching….here is his outline in a pdf format….You can download it Attributes Of A Kingdom Warrior

Trust is generally defined as an assured reliance on someone, or as a belief that another person will act consistently with expectations.

Miriam Webster Definition
Trust (noun) meaning: assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something, one in which confidence is placed.

Bible meaning of Trust can be defined as this: an assured reliance on God, His word, His ability, His strength and His truth. God is a God who cannot lie, He watches over his word to perform it and He Keeps his promises.

Psalms 40:4 Blessed is he that maketh the Lord his trust. (KJV)
Blessed (fortunate, prosperous, and favored of God) is the man who makes the Lord his trust. (Amplified Version)
Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoever putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. (KJV)
The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever trusts in and puts his confidence in the Lord will be exalted and safe. (Amplified Version)
Psalms 18:2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation,
and my high tower. (KJV)
Psalms 18:30 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in Him.

We are to first and foremost put our trust in the Lord, then we must also trust in our spouse. Marriage is based on the foundation of Jesus Christ and His
word.

Love is the pillars on that foundation. Trust is the wood that connects the pillars and foundation that establishes a strong, whole structure.

In the marriage when trust is broken the structure is not whole. It still stands, but it is not whole. It breaks a connection in the marriage and until the that
connection is repaired, healed and made whole the structure remains weak.
An Example: When a spouse commits adultery there is a break in the structure. The spouse that was cheated on cannot trust the spouse that
cheated. If the spouse chooses to stay with the husband/wife that cheated they must have the opportunity to work through things in the Lord.

Something very important to understand, “forgiveness” is different from trust they are not the same.
God shares in His word that we are to forgive. Therefore, we can choose either to forgive or not forgive.

Matthew 18:21-22 21 Then came Peter to Him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times?
22) Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, until seven times: but, until seventy times seven.
When trust is violated there is a break in the connection of the relationship that must be restored. This does not come easy. The enemy will pitch
thoughts your way to try to create an even a bigger break.

Thoughts like: He/She can’t be trusted. Look He/She is flirting with so in so.
Don’t continue to question the spouse that cheated. This will leave an open door for the devil to use that to push them back in to doing it again. Because thoughts will come to them as well. Not only that the devil will continue to put shame and guilt on the one that cheated.

Both need to realize that when those thoughts come counter attack them by casting them down. That is the enemy trying to make the break even bigger.

Forgive and believe the best. This does not mean you deny what your spouse
did, but you choose to forgive and believe the best. It’s not easy, but you can do
this by standing on Philippians 4:7-8.
Philippians 4: 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall
keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of a good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

Forgiveness is given. When trust is violated the spouse that violated that trust must realize that trust must be rebuilt. They must understand that this does
not happen over night, but can be done. The spouse that violated that trust must repent before God, and their spouse and must make a solid choice never to go down that road again. They must also give their spouse room to work it out through in the Lord.

This is just one example of trust being violated.
Another example how trust is violated is when the husband/wife gives their word to do something, but yet they don’t do it. If it happens more than once, then it is the start of a break in the relationship that must be restored. The Husband/Wife that said they were going to do something, but yet doesn’t follow through, and there is a consistent pattern of this, then there is a break in
the structure.

We must recognize and understand that we are all growing and are at different levels in our walk with the Lord. There are things that happen and sometimes situations arise that can’t be avoided, therefore, a husband/wife is not able to follow through. I am not talking about that.

If it is continuous, on a consistent basis, then the husband/wife must recognize that this is a problem and ask the Lord for wisdom on how to end the vicious cycle. They must understand that their spouse can not put their confidence in their word, and at times will question it. The questioning starts because, the trust has been violated.

Now the husband/wife that has been violated must forgive and not continue to bring up past broken words. Cast down those thoughts again.
Example thoughts the enemy may pitch to you:
See they did it again. They said they would do this thing but they didn’t.
You know you can’t believe a word they say.
Cast those thoughts down. The devil will use this little wrecking tool every time to widdle away at the structure to enlarge the break. Don’t allow him to do it.
Those were just a couple of examples, but I am trusting the Lord you will see the importance not to violate trust in your marriage.

Now I may step on some spiritual toes with what I am about to state here.
There are two phrases that have been abused by the body of Christ. This includes even christian spouses.
Here they are:
You have to love me because the word says so.
Don’t take offense
These phrases have been abused to give license to bad behavior in treating people wrong. That is why it is important to do a spiritual check up on our hearts to make sure we are keeping our hearts right. How you do a spiritual check up, is you go to Doctor Jesus and the Physicians Assistant Holy Spirit. You ask the Lord is there anything in my heart that needs to be changed that does not glorify you or does not edify someone else. Holy Spirit will show you for the Lord is faithful.
The Lord does say we are to love one another.
I John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
John 13:34-35 34) A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35) By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.Here is the Key: When you truly walk in the love of God, you will not be
offended neither will you offend someone intentionally.

Be quick to forgive. Allow room for your spouse to work things through in the Lord. So trust can be rebuilt, if trust was violated.
Remember Jesus and His word are the foundation of marriage.( I Corinthians 13) Love is the pillars and trust is the wood that connects the
pillars and foundation that establishes a strong Godly well structured
marriage that will last.

Mitch and Mary Mims
Marriage Matters Leaders

Some of the things which most adversely affect the flow of the glory of God in our midst are these:
• Our desire to please people
• Our fear of appearing too simple, too unlearned
• Our inability to count all our knowledge as dung, as Paul did
• Our desire to impress people with our education, skills and abilities and with who we are
• Our inability to unlearn what we have already
learned when God is attempting to lead us into
new things
• Our inability or unwillingness to lay aside tradition
• Our unwillingness to forgive others

Some note excerpts from Pastor’s message on 8-25-24…you can listen to the message hereLetting The Glory Flow

JESUS – The Bread of Life
Last month Mitch ministered on the 4th Sunday of the month at another church, Jesus the Bread of Life. On our way to the church, he was going to minister at, he asked me a profound question. “What does Jesus, the Bread of Life mean to you?”
I pondered on that question even through the church service. Then close to the end of the service I shared with Mitch this. I would like to share with you all as well.
This is what Jesus the Bread of Life means to me.
Blessed
Redeemed
Eternal
Anointed
Divine Destined

LIFE – John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Through Jesus, the Bread of Life we have:
A Blessed Life
Man was blessed from the very beginning.
Genesis 2:28a And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: …..
Even after Adam and Eve fell and sinned God was still in the business of Blessing his man. Just look at Abraham. Genesis 12:2 and 3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families be blessed.
That’s powerful folks. God is still in the business of blessing. When we partake of Jesus the Bread of Life, we are blessed.

A Redeemed Life
God is the author of true redemption. He sent his son Jesus to redeem all of mankind.
Psalms 111:9 He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant forever: holy and reverend is his name.
Psalms 130:7 – 8 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption, and he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Galatians 3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written cursed is everyone that hangeth on a tree:
We are redeemed because of what Jesus did on the cross for us.

An Eternal Life
In the beginning we were created eternal beings. We were created in Gods image.
Genesis 1:26a And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Vs 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
There is no in between folks. Just male and female. Gods Devine Design.
John 10:28a And I give unto them eternal life.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.
We have eternal life because of what Jesus did for us on the cross.

An Anointed Life
God anointed us and gave us the Holy Spirit.
II Corinthians 1:20-22 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Now he which stablished us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
Who hath sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
1 John 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
We have an anointed life in Christ because of what He did on the cross.

Divine Destiny
We have a divine destined life in Him, in whom, IN JESUS.
We have been destined to be with him in eternity. That alone excites me.
John 14:2 In my Fathers house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
We are destined to have an abundant life.
John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, kill and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and they might have it more abundantly.
We are destined to have a divine health filled life.
I Peter 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed.

The Goodness of our God gave us Jesus the Bread of Life. I could continue for there is so much more I could share, but I will leave you to partake of more of the bread of life. I just wanted to share from my heart what Jesus, my best friend, loving savior, big brother, Thee Bread of Life, means to me.
I will leave you with these words of JESUS:
John 6:32 and 33
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth LIFE unto the World.

Mitch and Mary Mims

Ephesians 2:4 “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us.”

“But God” is a powerful statement….when it doesn’t look like it’s going to happen, you can declare, “But God”.

The word rich in this verse in Greek is Plusios, meaning filty rich. Pluto was the god of wealth in Greek mythology, we get the English word “plutocrat”.

Someone who is so rich that he has influence over other people.

We can probably think of a few people in our day that are that rich, and then there is the love of money. People will do just about anything when money is involved.

But it says God is so rich in mercy, that He uses this to influence us and win us over. God is really, really, really rich in mercy. Mercy is grace in action. When grace is displayed toward man, it’s called mercy. Mercy brings God’s grace to lost mankind.

God has given to each of His children the measure of faith. Faith is the means of receiving God’s grace, but it does no good until it is put into action. When faith is put into action, it is called believing.

Mercy is God reaching out to man, and believing is man reaching out to God.

The book of Ephesians by Bob Yandian is a great book to study.

I’m glad God is a Plutocrat using His great love to win us over!

Sandy Vought

This is a great article by Mitch and Mary Mims, our leaders of Marriage Matters
Click to read
Grab Your Surf Board And Ride The Waves!

A great article by Alane Haynes on the subject of Offense.
Click here to read
IT’S TIME TO DISMANTLE THE FENCE OF OFFENSE

Challenge yourself with scriptures.

Use a 3×5 card, write on side the scripture reference,

See if you remember what it says, just by looking at the reference and vice versa.

then on the other side, write out the verse.

List some scriptures that deal with something you are in need of.

Take one verse a week and challenge yourself!

Don’t be just hearette, but be a doer of the Word!

Listen to the audio message by Pastor James on 2-28-24 on “Completing Our Faith” https://fhcsd.net/sermon/completing-our-faith/

As married couples, God does not only see us as one, but we are three in one, in agreement. When we came together and tide the knot in God, we became one in his eyes. But as our marriage is immersed in Him, and grows more towards him; we come together in prayer as three in one.
You are probably wondering where we are going with this.

When you pray God’s Word together in agreement, you become one. Just like a rope. A rope does not consist of just one strand of fiber, but many.
Merriam-Webster defines Rope:
1. A large stout cord of strands of fibers or wire twisted or braided together.
2. A row or string consisting of things united on as if by braiding, twining, or threading.
Wikipedia defines Rope:
A Group of yarns, fibers, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Rope is thicker so it is stronger than string or twine.

When you come together as husband and wife before God in agreement with His word in prayer. What happens? Three in one.
Three come into agreement. God the Father, you and your spouse.
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

The Hebrew word Yada means “To Know” When two people walk together and fully agree, it’s as if they intimately know each other, like coming together and conceiving a child.
It’s the same when two come together in prayer and walking in Yada (to know) that when you take God’s word and pray it out, you will conceive by faith and birth the answer.

Matthew 18:19 Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
American Heritage Dictionary defines
Agreement:
noun
The act of agreeing.
Harmony of opinion; accord.
An arrangement between parties, usually resulting from a discussion, regarding a course of action.
Agree:
intransitive verb
To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord.
To express consent; concur: synonym: assent.
To accept or support a policy or program.
Accord:
intransitive verb
To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate.
To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. synonym: correspond.

That rope is intwined with fibers. When you take 3 ropes and intwine them or braid them together they become one large rope. That large rope becomes stronger and impenetrable rather than the one rope that stands alone.
When you and your spouse come together in prayer standing on Gods word in agreement, what happens? God comes and agrees with you.
God is bound by his word. His word will not fail. Your prayers of agreement will not fail.

Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

Now just ponder this: An effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. Consider this: an effectual fervent prayer of two righteous, three righteous, and so on, how much more it availeth much.

Your prayers as husband and wife cannot fail when you agree with God and His word. The devil can try to prevail, but he will not succeed. That prayer that is intwined with the power of God almighty and His word cannot be broken, severed or cut. The answer won’t take long either.

A natural example is rope. When you take three small ropes and tie them in a knot, that represents you, your spouse and God, one.
When you intertwine (braid) the ropes, there is a three-cord strand, and the rope becomes stronger, that represents all three in agreement.
As you finish intertwining the three you tie a knot at the end which represents your answer.

The only time you will not receive an answer is when you get out of agreement and go either your own way or speak contrary to the word of God.
Perfect Bible example is in Acts chapter 2.
And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all in one accord (agreement) in one place.
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Note: Suddenly ”there came.” It will not take long for your answer. There are times the enemy will come and try to deter the answer from coming. That’s why God gave us Ephesians 6:10-18 WE STAND! When it seems like it is taking forever for the answer.

KEEP STANDING AND KEEP IN AGREEMENT, IT WILL COME!

By Mitch and Mary Mims, Marriage Matters Leaders

Ephesians 1:19 -21and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power 20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.

As I was reading this Scripture shortly after the passing of “Hilary” the hurricane, that had its focus on San Diego; I was gratefully remembering, what happened to the storm. San Diego county did experience some damage from the rain, but nothing compared to the projection of weather reported. Did they miss it? No. They did exactly what they were supposed to do: announce it and warn of potential dangers. However, in this situation the praying church (I am sure, more than our local body), did exactly what is it supposed to do. We prayed against “Hilary” the hurricane and tropical storm. We were praying in one accord in the Name of Jesus; doing His business on the earth… and it worked!

I remember back in the late 80’s about a movie being made about our Lord Jesus that provoked the church with holy indignation. I believe it was made, but it never made it to the big screen ,because the church rose up against it. On the other hand, when the movie, Passion of Christ was made, a Christian movie made a big hit at the box office because the praying church was for it. There was no social media at the time; not like today, but by word of mouth, pastors recommending it and people supporting and praying for it. Recently, The Sound of Freedom, a Christian movie, made a great showing at the box office because the church got behind it, supported it and prayed for it.

When I attended Rhema Bible Training Center (1990-1992), Rhema Bible Church was being built. The builders brought lumber early before the roof was put on and would have been damaged if it got wet. Pastor Hagin asked the student body to pray that it doesn’t rain until the roof was put on. I don’t remember exactly how long it took, but it did not rain. And the day the roof was finished there was a deluge of rain. Was that coincidental? I don’t think so. Another time at Rhema, a tornado hit Tulsa. The funnel was down in Tulsa and lifted passing over Broken Arrow (where Rhema is located) and touched down again after it passed. We were being taught, The Believers’ Authority in Christ Jesus!! Amen. These weather storms make a lot of noise and get a lot of attention.

But there are quieter storms that are happening in our society and much of them have gone unnoticed, or we believer’s cannot pinpoint our authority on how to pray effectually. These are blowing against families, children, suicides, the spirit of sexual perversion; poverty, confusion, etc.

My prayer is, Lord, help us to come together, taking hold against with the power of the Holy Spirit and name each one specifically and directly and say peace be still in our families and church families and wherever He tells us to pray on earth.

On the day, a Sunday, that “Hilary” was predicted to hit San Diego (Southern California) I was ever grateful that my church family came out to church. When we were being told by the news media to stay home and prepare yourself for possible electricity outages, put inside everything that the wind would take away, have everything charged up etc. While I am thankful for information, even more so I was grateful for the praying together as a church family and saying to the winds, “Peace be still.”

By Donisha Worsham

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