Parables are Commandments

 Persistence is very important, otherwise the Holy Spirit would not have recorded Jesus' parable to it. I regard a parable as a commandment for those who understand it. Luke 11:5 is about persistence, If we love Jesus, we will obey His commandments, as He has said. And we will get answers. 

Do Not Give Tongue to the Devil

 Never criticize or condemn - or it will all come back to you. Luke 6:37 I do not want to be a reactionary. I try to stay on my own point.

Faith is the foremost

 Anything is possible if you have faith. Mark 9:23 Is this another one of those figurative verses many church going believers believe? I believe it all the way. God cannot, I repeat, cannot, is unable, to negate Himself. Everything with God is harmoniously in tune with the existence He is responsible for, but we all do not believe, that is, if it is too unbelievable.  

Hurting flesh draws closer to spirit

 These trials are only to test your faith, to see whether or not it is strong and pure. 1 Peter 1:7 If I secretly desire the spirit unseen, then what hold on me does the flesh of the seen have? I will trust in the Lord to bring me through to a greater place than I could ever ask or think. The only avenue I have is to believe.

Persistence in Prayer

Don't be weary in prayer. Keep at it. Watch for God's answers and remember to be thankful when they come. Colossians 4:2 My body gets weary and drags my spirit down into reverie,

This short simple verse....

 John 1:17-18 I come back to this verse, as I have before, whenever I somehow find I need it. It seems to tie everything together for me. I find it arrests me because the power comes out of it without the aid of wonderfully written writing. The simple speaks so deeply. I can dwell on it for a long time.

Faith is Persistent

Matt: 12:39-40 In this verse Jesus mentions Jonah by name which indicates Jesus is not concerned, as critics are, that this finally debunks the entire Christian message.  There are many Christians who can believe anything so long as it is believable with little faith.  One must always declare what is to be believed beforehand before it is real. That is how it gets there, believing it. We, I believe, are going to get what we believe when the mind dies, and the spirit rises. Wait upon the Lord.

The tree is known by its fruit

I have to read every day. I do not. The body directs my efforts. I should not give in to pain and exhaustion. I have to read thru it. 

I have to talk to the Holy Spirit. I have to wait upon answers for directions. The Holy Spirit will place answers in my ear heart if I persist and insist waiting on the Lord. 

Speak and talk. Listen and wait. Read and reflect. Concentrate and I will program myself by what I hear and read. I will becoming what I believe. The desires of my heart will manifest according to the power I seek before the Lord.  Matthew 12:33-37... from out of the treasure pf the heart the mouth speaks...

Paul to the Galatians, Ch 5

  16 So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the flesh sets its' desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.…

This is to me is an example of the seen vs the unseen. I would say that since I am not under the law, but under the spirit, I then therefore should not be afraid of death....because, as Jesus said elsewhere, the flesh will not help us. 

Key verse for those that believe Jesus

For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Mark 11:23

This is a key verse for those who want more belief, as I search and desire myself. Many in churches believe this verse is a figure of speech. But there ae no figures of speech in it. This is a direct statement. We know the disciples did not have enough belief to heal the man's son who told Jesus he believed but asked Jesus to help his unbelief. So there are various degrees of faith, great belief to little belief, as Jesus made reference.