Christ HAS Redeemed Us From The Curse of The Law!!

Scriptural Foundation: Isaiah 53:4-5; Galatians 3:13

“⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. ⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed” (biblegateway.com – NKJV).

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Christ HAS redeemed us from the curse of the Law! The Law required us to pay for our sins; the wages for sin according to the Law is death! Jesus has taken care of our debt for us by dying on the cross and taking our sins upon Himself and we now have a choice whether we are going to live or die – heaven or hell – blessings or cursing! There is NO in-between; you are either for God or against Him – there is NO middle ground!! All you have to do to receive the new life Jesus has already died for you to have is accept Him as your personal Lord and Savior AND embrace His righteousness – develop a personal relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit so you can walk out your new life!! We are made whole, we are made complete in Christ!! We are NOT who were before!! Our past does not dictate who we are or will be in the future!! We are a new creation in Christ Jesus once we accept Him as our personal Lord and Savior!!

God has had a plan for our lives before the world begin and nothing or nobody is going to stop it. The only way God’s plan for your life is not completed, YOU give up! We belong to God and nothing or anybody is able to pluck us out of His hand! Even the enemy using Eve to cause Adam to disobey God did not stop God’s plan for mankind – he could not do it then and will not stop God’s plan NOW – God had a Ram in the bush and His name is Jesus Christ!! God knew everything that happened in the Garden would happen; there is nothing which happens that takes God by surprise.

God prepared a way of escape for us (ALL mankind); the way is ALREADY made – you do not have to work for salvation because Jesus already has given you salvation and along with it, EVERYTHING you need to live in this world with the victory (He has overcame the world) – Jesus has paid for salvation with His life and now all you have to do is receive it!!

Isaiah prophesied in Isaiah 53:4-5 about Jesus; how He would take away the sin, sicknesses, diseases, infirmities, iniquities, sorrows, griefs, etc. of mankind and give us His peace, His love, His joy, His gentleness, His longsuffering, His faith and His goodness – among other things; through the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12-14; Galatians 5:22). Jesus also gave us His righteousness so we could become righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21); this is what makes us brand new creatures in Him. Our righteousness WERE as filthy rags but now we are washed by the Blood of the Lamb – Jesus!! However, in order for this new life to be manifested in us, we MUST accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior – then every promise in the Book can be manifested in our lives.

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God bless,

Dr. Dorothy E. Hooks

Trust God!!

Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-7

“⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; ⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. ⁷ Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the Lord and depart from evil” (biblegateway.com - NKJV).

The word for today is trust God. If there were ever a time to trust God, it is NOW. Don’t trust in your bank account, your job, the economy to bring you out, other people or anything else that you think will “open doors” for you; trust in the true and living God to bring you out of every situation/circumstance. God is the only One who can open doors for you (the ones which need to be open) and close doors which need to be closed.

Sometimes it might seem as if you are alone but you are never alone. God promised you in Hebrews 13:5 He would “never leave you nor forsake you.” And God is not a “man that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19). Not only is God with us but He is our helper so we do not have to fear anything.

“…For He Himself has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we may boldly say: ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear…’ (Hebrews 13:5)

God said in Isaiah 49:25:

“But thus says the Lord: ‘Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible be delivered; For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.’” Wow, what a promise!

God has assigned angels to you (Psalm 91:11-12), who are warring in the spirit realm on your behalf.

“¹¹For He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. ¹²In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.”

Most of all, Jesus is sitting at the right hand of the Father (Romans 8:34) interceding for you and the Holy Spirit makes intercession for you according to the will of the Father (Romans 8:26-27) when you pray.

“³⁴…It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us” (Romans 8:34).

“²⁶Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning which cannot be uttered. ²⁷Now He who searches the hearts makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God” (Romans 8:26-27).

So you see, you are destined to win. God has already ordered your steps and He knows what He is doing. You trust Him by walking where He assigned you to walk; no ifs, ands, or buts.

As Max Lucado said in his book, “Facing Your Giants:”

“FOCUS ON GIANTS – YOU STUMBLE

FOCUS ON GOD – YOUR GIANTS TUMBLE”

In that same book, Max talked about when David went out to fight Goliath. Goliath was so over confident that he made the mistake of tilting his head back to laugh at David. David saw that there was a small area of his forehead that the helmet did not cover; that was all he needed. Goliath boasted in himself but David boasted in God; that made the difference. David targeted that exposed area and took the shot; bam! It was over.

Just as David did, we too must boast in the Lord and target the giants in our life (the things that are coming against us) and take the shot. Take the shot with the Word of God which is our spiritual slingshot and our sword. We will not only knock the devil down but cut off his head at the same time. It’s not enough to just knock him down (he can get back up) but let’s decapitate him and all the other spirits that is attached to the main spirit must leave too.

In your prayer time, as God what are your prayer targets; allow the Holy Spirit to pray through you (using your prayer language) to make sure you are praying the right thing you will cut the devil’s head off every time. Remember, the Holy Spirit knows what to pray for and is effective every time. So allow Him to pray every time you pray and you will see the victory MANIFEST in your life. We know we have the victory already so let’s start praying for the manifestation.

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God bless you all,

Dr. Hooks