Restoration Christian Fellowship, 61 Overton Street, Sayville, NY (2026)

06/26/2026

Grace Walk
Walking requires movement
[Walk in abundant grace and life. Declare and decree My Word with authority - believing. Stagger not at the promises of God in fullness and strength and provision. [word for 2026-]
A moment of grace is the moment you discover and rediscover that you are loved by God. This is Enabling grace.
The calling of every believer is to share in the glory of God unveiled in Christ through grace.
I Peter 5:12 this is the true, dependable grace of God. Stand fast in this grace.The Aramaic adds a clause, “by which you have been resurrected.”
“ the center and core of the whole Bible is the doctrine of the grace of God.” –J. Gresham Machen
Grace is expressed in the promises of God revealed in Scripture and embodied in Jesus Christ.
The first biblical occurrence of chen is in Genesis 6:8, where "Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD"... illustrating divine favor.
Chen- grace…within this hebrew word is:
Chet (ח): Represents a fence or protective wall, symbolizing separation, privacy, or divine protection
Nun (ן): Represents a seed or life, symbolizing continuation, growth, or activity Together, they convey the idea of favor that protects, sustains, and con
It is a gift freely given, not earned, and is central to biblical narratives, moral instruction, and prophetic visions of divine compassion (Jeremiah 31:2; Zechariah 12:10).

How can we increase the grace in our lives for mature growth?
I Peter 5:...wrap around yourself the apron of a humble servant. Because: God resists you when you are proud but multiplies grace and favor when you are humble.HUMILITY.
I Peter 5:10 But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. [process…]
AWAKENED...Awakened to Grace.
Our “God of all grace” has freely given us all that Christ accomplished in His death and resurrection.
Grace is God’s LOVE IN ACTION freely giving us 1. His forgiveness, 2. His acceptance, 3. His favor, and 4. abiding in us as the operating power of heaven to meet every need of our lives.
“manifold grace of God” - 1) restores to wholeness (Greek katartizo, “to restore, to repair, to perfect, to complete, mend, and to equip”); 2) establishes a solid foundation and grounds us securely in the truths of His unconditional love; 3) provides the ability to stand firm, knowing His strength in our inner man to triumphantly; and 4) brings the blessedness of His “rest” and the fullness of His promises.
RESTORED- GROUNDED - HAVING INNER TRIUMPH -BLESSED IN REST -STANDING FIRM.
MANIFOLD GRACE- RESTORES TO WHOLENESS-ESTABLISHES A SOLID FOUNDATION-PROVIDES THE ABILITY TO STAND FIRM,KNOWING HIS STRENGTH IN OUR INNER MAN TO LIVE TRIUMPHANTLY-BRINGS BLESSED REST AND THE FULLNESS OF HIS PROMISES.
I Peter 5:7 POUR OUT all your worries and stress upon him and LEAVE THEM there, for he always tenderly CARES for you. 8 Be WELL BALANCED and ALWAYS ALERT, because your enemy, the devil, roams around incessantly, like a roaring lion looking for its prey to devour. 9 TAKE A DECISIVE STAND against him and RESIST his every attack with STRONG VIGOROUS FAITH. For you know that your believing brothers and sisters around the world are experiencing the same kinds of troubles you endure. .....10 And then, AFTER your brief suffering, the God of all loving grace, who has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ, will PERSONALLY AND POWERFULLY RESTORE YOU and MAKE YOU STRONGER THAN EVER. YES, HE WILL SET YOU FIRMLY IN PLACE AND BUILD YOU UP.
11 And he has all the power needed to do this—forever! Amen I Peter 5:12
This is the true, dependable grace of God. Stand fast in this grace.The Aramaic adds a clause, “by which you have been resurrected.”
2 Peter 3:18 – “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.”
This verse directly links growth with grace, showing that as we mature in faith, we do so in the context of God’s grace.
2 Peter 3:18 reminds us, we grow in grace — nurtured by God’s love, empowered by His strength, and transformed by His Spirit.
This growth is both spiritual and personal, leading us to reflect Christ’s character and fulfill God’s purpose for our lives.
Grace gives us access to God’s presence and blessings. ... grow in spiritual, personal, and character development:
Grace is not just a gift — it is the means by which we grow. It: Forgives our failures, allowing us to keep pursuing God. Empowers us to live godly lives, producing fruit in good works. Strengthens us in trials, refining our faith and character.
RESTING SOLITUDE. deep restorative grace.

06/19/2026

Come My Beloved 6-14-26
Pastor Roy Esposito

– SS 7:16 - “I am my beloved’s, and He is mine.”

– Intimacy with God is the most threatening weapon against the powers of darkness that can be possessed. It is beyond the ability to cast out demons.

-Intimacy with God creates within us a state of being that demons can’t exist in. They must flee or be obliterated by the brilliance of God’s Light, which will always displace their darkness.

-To become one with Christ is the pinnacle of the Christian experience.

-All the stuff that flows after is just the aftermath and overflow of that experience.

-Phil 3:10-11(NKJ) - “... that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings being conformed to His death, if, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection of the dead.”

-Matt 7:7-8 - Jesus instructs us on the “how to” of it all.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be open to you. — Then,

-Matt 7:13-14 (NKJ)-” Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
–For those who ask, seek, and knock, a door will open. It is then incumbent on us to choose to enter.

-SS 5:2-4 (NKJ) - “I sleep, but my heart is awake; it is the voice of my beloved! He knocks, saying, open for Me, my sister, My love, My dove, My perfect one. For My head is covered with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.”
“I have taken off my robe; how can I put it on again? I have washed my feet; how can I defile them?
“My beloved, put His hand by the latch of the door, and my heart yearned for Him.”

– The latch is on the inside of the door – in our case, it is the latch that opens our hearts –

– He does this with an open hand ( Heb.-YAD), signifying the giving of a blessing.

– Picture this: The Lord is standing at the door, and says, “Open it for Me. I want to come in and share Myself with you.”

-But she hesitates, considering her present state of being.

– Finally, she opens the door, but her Beloved seems to have moved on.

– Her heart is yearning for Him, but He’s gone!

– Just a guess: Sometimes a lover who has been offended will act this way, and withdraw to see if you will run after them.

– For 2,000 years, His open hand (blessings) has been trying to rip away the things that are blocking the way from His coming into an intimate relationship with the church.

– I believe that the Lord is still putting His open hand of blessings by the latch of our hearts today.

– He’s drawing those who hear the call and respond quickly to opening the doors of their hearts to Him.

-He’s calling the church into an intimate relationship with Him.

– Intimacy:

A place of profound peace
A place of deep rest from the toils of this life, and the burden of trying to maintain the illusory world created to accommodate the false self.
A place of deep worship and communion
A place to receive the blessings that His profound love provides.

– If you’re here today, you’ve already walked through several “doors.”

– The Doors of Change, Salvation, Giftings, and Fruit

– The next door is opening, and He is calling to “those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church.” (Mark 4:9 NKJ)

“Open for Me, My sister, My love, My dove, My undefiled one.”

– It will take stepping through the Door of Radical Pursuit.

-It's here where we put all previous parts of our life aside to follow God in the hope of attaining a new life of Christlikeness.

– It will take trusting in God’s profound love because we are essentially stepping into the unknown.

-SS 5:6-8 ” I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and was gone. My heart leaped when He spoke. I sought Him, but I could not find Him; I called Him, but He gave no answer. The watchmen who went about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil away from me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, tell Him that I am lovesick.”

-She runs out to find Him but gets molested by those who were supposed to protect her. But it didn’t stop her pursuit.

– In today's church, you’ve heard many stories of how some Pastors have held back people from pursuing their calling.

But, even if that’s been the case, we’ve got to let go of that as an excuse and continue to pursue the Lord radically.

– We can’t use our hurts as an excuse not to pursue a relationship with Christ.

– We can read the account of the Shulamite woman and judge her actions, or we can consider the times that we‘ve gotten up in the middle of the night, sensing the Lord’s calling, but there was nothing there.

– So you go downstairs or to your main room because you can’t seem to find Him from your comfort zone - and you think,” Did I miss something?”

– Could it be that He expects us to pursue Him? — just as she did?

– VS 8 - says she was “lovesick.”

–Can anyone relate to being lovesick? Can’t eat - sleep! Her heart is crying! Her soul aches!

– Rev 3:20-22 (TPT) - “Behold, I’m standing at the door, knocking. If your heart is open to hear My voice, and you open the door within, I will come into you and feast with you, and you will feast with Me.
And to the one who conquers, I will give the privilege of sitting with Me on My throne, just as I conquered and sat down with My Father on His throne. The one whose heart is open, let him listen carefully to what the Spirit is saying now to the churches.”

Song of Solomon 7:11-12 (NKJ)- “Come, my beloved, Let us go forth to the field; Let us lodge in the villages, Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see if the vine has budded, whether the grape blossoms are open, and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There, I will give you my love.”

06/08/2026

God Really Loves Me! [I Think?] – 6-7-26
Pastor Roy Esposito

– I’ve been thinking a lot about my relationship with God to try to get a sense of where I am, spiritually speaking.

–I fear I am still carrying with me a lot of my old nature into the “new life” Jesus called me to live.

– Interestingly, I carry a fear of being mocked, ridiculed, and manipulated by that same fear. It gets kind of confusing sometimes, doesn’t it?

– It tells me that my best – at best – is barely adequate – and always coming in second or worse.

– It may be because I’ve semi-consciously set an unrealistic standard for success, so I never achieve it.

- And if, at times, I should reach some measure of success, I can't accept it as true.

– What I’m starting to see, though, is that what I’ve been perceiving as my own mediocracy is part of God’s plan for me to come to rely on Him.

– He has allowed me the perfect measure of talents and abilities to ensure that I will never become puffed up and float off, adoring myself, and thereby, losing myself in my own glory.

– This is because God is interested in what we will ultimately become and not so much in how many temporal “successes” we attain.

– It’s so counterintuitive to our human nature and what we’ve been taught to believe that it can cause some doubt when we consider whether He really loves us.

– But I’ve come to know that He wants to be the central influence in my life and the foundation of my being. Here, in this place, He can keep me safely connected to Himself.

– He is my connection to all the power and glory I need to mature into what He’s created me to be. It’s through this intimate connection that I can draw the power to begin to realize it right now.

– Because of my initial encounter with the Lord, where He flooded me with His mercy and love, I don’t usually think of myself from a sin standpoint.

– God has expressed to me His forgiveness, compassion, and acceptance experientially, and I believe to the best of my ability that He does love me.

– This inner “knowing” has formed a trust in me for what is in the “here and now” of my life is not a punishment but a part of His plan for my spiritual development. (Rom 8:28 - TPT)

– Although some experiences may not be pleasant at times, I see them now with new eyes – not as a consequence for my flaws, but as steps in the process of “becoming!” the new man in Christ Jesus.
(2Corinthians 5:17 NLT)

– Every once in a while, the Lord breaks into my thoughts and asks me, “Hey Roy, do you believe what I believe about you, that you are in Christ right now?”

– He asks me that periodically because He, more than anyone, knows that I’m not wrestling with flesh and with blood but with principalities of darkness in high places. (Eph 6:12 -TPT)

– He asks me so that I will recall His original interaction with me and to reassure me of the reality of His presence in the here and now.

– Here, I can readjust my language and vision to the present and, “...forget what’s past as I fasten my heart to the future.”
(Phil 3:13- TPT)

– So, I say,” Yes, Lord, I believe !” as I feel the graces of God flowing over me once again. It’s humbling.

-Getting God’s reaffirmation flowing through my everyday circumstances causes me to become kinder to myself and softer to others.

– If something should arise that shakes me up, instead of a defensive “I’m afraid” reaction, I can now say, believing – “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

– Phil 4:12-13 (TPT) - “I know what it means to lack, and I know what it means to experience overwhelming abundance. For I am trained in the secret of overcoming all things, whether in fullness or in hunger. And I find that the strength of Christ’s explosive power infuses me to conquer every difficulty.”

-When my focus is fixed on God’s presence, in all its iterations, He does indeed keep me in perfect peace (Isa 26:3 -NKJ), and imparts the tools needed to be an overcomer. (not just an endurer !)

– Rom 6:11 - “... reckon/consider yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

- When I’m Dead To Sin: I become an encourager instead of a critic

1. Eph 4:29 (TPT)-” Never let ugly or hateful words, but instead let your words become beautiful gifts that encourage others; do this by speaking words of grace to help them.”

… Humble and not Proud

2. James 4:6 - “... God resists you when you are proud but continually pours out grace when you are humble.”

3. Psalm 23:4 (TPT)- Assurance For Fear: “ Lord, even when Your path takes me through the valley of deepest darkness, fear will never conquer me, for You already have.”

4. Psalm 28:7 - Strong when I am weak in my Spirit, Soul, or Body
“ You are my strength and my shield from every danger. When I fully trust in You, help is on the way.”

5. Immune to False Conclusions through Spiritual Discernment.

Heb 5:14 (TPT) -” But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive heavenly matters. And they have been adequately trained by what they have experienced to emerge with an understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful.”

– As a new creation being, I walk in the peace that Jesus promised, steady in the storms, and vision clear.

– And the key to all of this is to experience the depth of God’s unequivocal love, which is made possible as we spend intentional, dedicated time with Him.

– After the first encounter, there is a realization that you’ve only scratched the surface of God’s love, that many more exciting layers of it are yet to be revealed.

– Every experience of His grace, as amazing as it is, holds the promise of ever more to come! — Now that’s what's truly amazing about His grace!

– His grace confirms His love for me. I no longer doubt that –
no more, “I think He loves me.”

– I am in a stable and secure position, both literally and figuratively. I feel confident and safe.

– My faith in God’s love for me now holds the substance of all that I’ve hoped for, and has become the evidence of the things that are yet to be revealed.

– Heb 11:1 (TPT) - “ Now faith brings our hopes into reality and becomes the foundation needed to acquire the things we long for. It is all the evidence/confidence required to prove what is still unseen.”

06/04/2026

The Door 5-31-26
Pastor Roy Esposito

– Recently, I asked God: “Lord, what will make our prayers most effective?

– A human approach will try to construct a clear idea about God and then pray from there with the idea of being able to return to that formula over and over again.

– It tries to “hold” God within that idea, effectively keeping God a prisoner to it. (This doesn’t work!)

– I believe the right approach is to keep pursuing an increasing intimacy with Him through contemplative prayer.

– Pastor Lydia Velez – “ When I wake up in the morning, I say to God, I know I have the mind of Christ. So, what’s on Your mind today?”

– She knows Jesus as a friend, and friends tell each other stuff.
(John 15:15)

– Contemplative prayer led by the Spirit of God. It flows freely with the currents of God, never boxing Him in, and is open to His every movement.

– It is poor in reasoning and conceptualizations about God but rich in a deep heart-knowledge about Him. Through it, we are carried by the Spirit to His realm, to His mysteries and His freedom.

– St. John of the Cross – “ There is a path with no light except the one that burns in your heart.”

– When we visit God’s realm, we are given insights into God’s nature and character that far exceed any human conceptualization.

– These insights become transcribed by the Spirit into wisdom that can be accessed in this realm experientially, therefore becoming foundational pieces to our testimony.

– It’s from here that we can pray most effectively.

– Let’s go back to why I was asking God about prayer.

– PM had gotten a word from Him about us coming to a new threshold.

– I received that word from her, but I was unsure if I/we were ready to take that step forward.

– Once again, the Lord reminded me about being in “perpetual liminality.”

– Once again, we’re standing at a new threshold - where the old thing is finished, but the new thing has yet to show itself.

– Threshold -[DEF] – a place or point of beginning

– This is the reality of the Christian life’s journey, which consists of moving from “glory to glory” (2Corinthians 3:18) as it describes our transformation from the old egoic nature to Christlikeness.

– At every new threshold, there will be a “knock” and an opportunity to open the next door — a choice to go deeper in Him.

– Doors are entrance ways in and out of places.

– John 10:7-9 - Jesus says that He is the “door of the sheep,” and that if one enters by Him, they will be saved and find pasture.

– Pasture - Is a place of peace and safety, of nourishment and impartation.

– So, in answer to my initial question, He said, “To be most effective in your prayers, first pray to find the door!”

– Because when you enter it, you’ll find safety through the things that will sustain you.

The First and Second Door: The Door of Change and the Door of Salvation.

– But we are not to “camp out there.” Don’t allow yourself to become stagnant. Keep “knocking” and asking to find the next door.

– Matt 7:7 (AMP) - “... knock and keep on knocking and the Door will be open to you.”

– Going from threshold to threshold, door to door, speaks of transition, and without transition, there can be no transformation. There always has to be movement.

– Example: Before the High Priest entered the Holy of Holies, he put bells on the hem of his garment. If the bells weren’t ringing, it was a sign that he was dead!

– And so there are key thresholds of change that God has designed to keep us alive and moving back to Him.

– They are transition points that can be accessed by “... continuously asking, seeking, and knocking.”

– It is an imperative of utmost importance to get back to a state of “Oneness” with God if we are to survive literally.

– I say, literally, because this world is fading away. (Matt 24:35 NKJ)

– It’s an illusion made up and upheld by our collective human agreement. But it’s fading, and at some point will cease to exist.

– The thing that makes us most like God is God’s love for us, and our love for Him. Our true identity: Those who are Loved By God!

– Who we are will always precede what we do. – PR
– From this perspective, we can view sin as not isolated actions of our will but the result of our condition: alienated from God.

– Humanity was alienated through an act of Adam’s initial sin, which was not a sin of morality but one of identity: He wanted to be something he could never be outside a communion with God.

– When he sinned, he walked through a door that led him out of unity with God and into an illusory reality.

– It was a realm that really doesn’t exist because nothing can exist apart from God.

– Col 1:16-17(NKJ) - “ For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

– It was only because of God’s love that humanity was not obliterated when Adam stepped through that door and became something that God had never intended to exist.

– By choosing to become his own god, it became incumbent on him to sustain himself and the illusory world he had now inhabited.

– Weeds began to grow in the fields, and animals were no longer docile. The environment itself became hostile to humanity.

– Adam was now out of harmony with the rest of creation, and enmity grew between him and all other created things.

– Adam now lived in a state of sin, not because of his moral state, but because of the positional state of his identity, which then subsequently led to a deterioration of his moral state.

– He was no longer a son of God and an heir to the kingdom, but a “little g god” of his own creation and outside of the blessings of God.

– Adam (Heb) – humankind – All of his lineage has had the state of his existence passed down to them. ( which means ALL of us!)

– Adam is not just an historical figure. He is alive in each of us.

– Adam is us in disobedience to God, and therefore, out of sync with Him and the rest of creation.

– Therefore, heaven and hell live not only beyond us but also within us, and it’s through the “door of ourselves” that we can enter either.

– Thomas Merton - “I came into the world with a false self. I was born with a mask. I came into existence under a sign of contradiction, being someone I was never intended to be and, therefore, a denial of what I was supposed to be. Thus, I came into existence and non-existence at the same time because from the very start I was something I was not.”

– To reverse the curse, we must choose to walk back through the door that led to destruction and find our true selves in communion with God

– It is an impossible task, humanly speaking, because it requires the death of the false-self who doesn’t want to die.

– There is no other way. There is no contrivance of our own making that will take us back to God. God is always beyond our cleverest plans.

– God provided a means of passage for us to go back through the door of destruction: – John 14:6- “I am the way, the truth, and the life…”

–John 10:7,9 - “... I am THE door of the sheep. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and go in and out and find pasture.”

– Rev 4:1- “... I looked, and behold, a door, standing OPEN in heaven. And the first voice I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, ‘Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place.”

05/29/2026

Spiritual “Knowing” 5-24-26
Pastor Roy Esposito

– When I wake up in the morning, knowing that the Lord is right there with me and for me, it changes the expectations I have for the upcoming day. I feel confident that whatever may happen is in His plan for me.

– “Knowing” was an integral part of Paul’s prayer for the Ephesian church:
Eph 1:17-19 (NKJ) - “... that the God of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward who believe, according to the workings of His mighty power.”

– So developing that sense of spiritual knowing is important if we desire to be partakers of God’s inheritance.

– So, how can we develop a deeper sense of “knowing” by the Spirit?

– The first, and most practical thing to begin with, is to seek the Lord in a more intimate and personal way.

– Prov. 8:17 (ESV) - “I love those who love Me, and those who seek Me diligently will find Me”.

– John 14:21 (KJV) - Jesus says, “... he who loveth Me shall be loved by My Father, and I will love him, and manifest Myself to him”.

– But alas, instead, we usually tend to look to other people for affirmation, needing to gain their approval and praise.

– This is generally caused by a deep-rooted fear of inadequacy and rejection.

–John 5:44 (NKJ ) - Jesus once asked people, “How can you believe when you receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from the one and only God?

– We know that when Jesus asks a question, it wasn’t to gather information. It was a challenge to one of the main things that destroys people’s faith, and causes them to fail to live in the glory of God’s blessings.

– The fear of man is one of the primary things that can bring us down from the lofty place we’re called to live in.

– The Lord is emphasizing the importance of putting a guard at our mouths, speaking blessings and encouragement over others.

– Negative words can undermine a person’s ability to “live above” and can blur their spiritual vision. They can cause people to miss opportunities to access heaven’s answers when there is chaos.

– I remember the encouragement I received when I heard the Lord call me to full-time ministry. I was in doubt.

– Wade Taylor spoke of an “anointing”, Bishop Morehead encouraged me to “stagger not!” at the promises of God for my life. Pastor Gary Zarlengo prophesied the power gifts of the Spirit over me, encouraging me not to be afraid of them and to ask God’s help in when using them.
– Without their words of encouragement, there would be no Pastor Roy.

– Living from a heavenly perspective can only be attained by living in the pure and holy place of the fear/reverence of God, and not man!

– I’ve found that there is nothing better I can do to increase my faith than developing a secret relationship with my Abba.

– Such relationships have to be held secretly because they are unexplainable and not understandable to others who may speak the doctrine of faith, but walk in it differently, if at all.

– These may be those who speak the doctrine of the “secret place” but fail to go on to live in it.

– Matt 6:5-6 (NLT) - Jesus said this: “... when you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you that is all the reward they will ever get. But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father secretly. Then your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.

– When we pray secretly before God, we put all our hopes, dreams, and treasures in Him.

– Matt 6:21 (NLT) – “Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts will be also.”

– When our hearts are fixed on Him – the “eyes of our understanding” – the spiritual eyes we need to see and follow Jesus, start to open.

– Now, what we see through “spirit vision” becomes more real than what we see with our natural eyes.

– It’s important to note that “spiritual knowing” does not mature through a one-time sustained experience, but is rather a series of successive efforts that, over time, create a new and elevated spiritual viewing platform.

– It is a series of repeated acts of will that will train our attention to focus on the “things that are from above.”

– It brings us back and back again to consider what we are beholding.

– In our secret times with God, we get to behold Him.

– “Whatever we behold, we eventually become beholden to”.
– Amy Frykholm

– We begin to see things from God’s eternal perspective, where the things of earth are viewed as only temporary.

– Not long ago, it was thought that our own Milky Way galaxy was the entire universe.

– But with the invention of new space telescopes, scientists have come to realize that the universe is far more expansive.

– Compared to the rest of creation, Earth is less than a drop of water in all the oceans – less than a grain of sand in all the world’s deserts.

– After the “Fall,” satan was cast down to the Earth.

– He is not omnipotent or omnipresent; he’s on Earth

– The rest of the universe has not fallen! The goodness of God rules everywhere else.

– God did not excise humanity from all other parts of creation after the Fall.

– Instead, He chose to come to Earth as a man and set right the error made by mankind.

– As amazing as the physical universe is, the spiritual realm is even more so.

– It’s so great that the scripture calls the physical universe, “A prophetic shadow and the evidence of what will be fulfilled, for the substance (body) is now Christ.” – (Col 2:17 TPT)

– Consider: How much substance does your shadow have in comparison to you?

– The Monkey Trap – Had a jar with fruit in it that had a narrow opening. Couldn’t pull his hand out while clutching the fruit.

– Similar to how we get trapped by the trivial things in life that stop us from becoming free, as the “New Creation,” – becoming SPIRITMAN!

– It’s only Spiritman that’s at home in the spirit realm.

– Even though the obstacles in life seem large because of the Fall, we find our hope in the revelation that, though Earth fell through rebellion against God, He didn’t destroy us. He is FOR us!

– He laid His life down for us, to redeem us to Himself.

– That’s the Good News – The Gospel, and it’s the greatest demonstration of the character and nature of God!

– Mercy has and will always triumph over judgment (James 2:13 NKJ))

– That God would care so much for this tiny realm gives infinite value to even the smallest of things.

– We know that nothing is too big for God to handle. But where faith truly becomes practical is in knowing that nothing is too small for Him, either!

– CS Lewis - “If all the evil that has ever been done on the Earth were poured out all at once on even the smallest creature in heaven, it would not have enough substance to register as a single thought.”

– Heaven is BIG! The more we can see from heaven’s perspective, the less the world's evils will affect us.

– I believe that’s what Paul was praying for all believers in Eph 1:18-19: That the eyes of our understanding would become enlightened, that we would KNOW how big God is and how much He cares for even the smallest of things that might untrack His kids.

– Our Part: Continue to diligently seek Him, trusting in His Word that promises that if we do, we will undoubtedly find Him and find rest in Him!

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