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degradation comes in when we lose our first love for the Lord, when we have an idol

March 5, 2011 by aGodMan 1 Comment

When we were saved, when we believed into the Lord for the first time, we had eyes for the Lord Jesus only, and we didn’t see anything or anyone else but Him. Actually, when we were saved we entered into a love relationship with the Lord, into a life-union with Him, where we love Him […]

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  • And I looked, and there came a storm wind from the north, a great cloud and a fire flashing incessantly; and there was a brightness around it, and from the midst of it there was something like the sight of electrum, from the midst of the fire. Ezek. 1:4We Gain the Redeeming God as Electrum by His Burning to be His Radiant Expression
  • He who overcomes, to him I will give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne. Rev. 3:21God Intends to Bring us into Glory and Set us on the Throne to Rule and Reign with Christ
  • And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the sight of awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. Ezek. 1:22Being under Christ’s Ruling Presence to have a Clear Sky with God’s Throne Above it
  • And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. Rev. 22:1Practice Submitting to the Throne of God in our Spirit to be Supplied and to Reign
  • Immediately I was in spirit; and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne there was One sitting. Rev. 4:2-3Enthrone the Lord in our Being to be under His Lordship and Enjoy the Flow of Life
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