In the Power of GOD

Brothers, when I came to you, I did not come with superiority of speech or wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. My speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 MEV
http://bible.com/1171/1co.2.1-5.MEV

Faith in Christ

Colossians 2:1-5 NKJV

For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

Don't Worry

Matthew 6:25-34 NKJV

Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear? For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Matthew 15:1-39 (New King James Version)

Matthew 15:1-39 (New King James Version)

Matthew 15

Defilement Comes from Within

 ¹ Then the scribes and Pharisees who were from Jerusalem came to Jesus, saying, ² “Why do Your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”
³ He answered and said to them, “Why do you also transgress the commandment of God because of your tradition? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, ‘Honor your father and your mother’;^[a] and, ‘He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’^[b] 5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is a gift to God”— ⁶ then he need not honor his father or mother.’^[c] Thus you have made the commandment^[d] of God of no effect by your tradition. ⁷ Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 
       ⁸ ‘ These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
      And^[e]honor Me with their lips,
      But their heart is far from Me.
       ⁹ And in vain they worship Me,
       Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”^[f]

Matthew 14:1-36 (New King James Version)

Matthew 14:1-36 (New King James Version)

Matthew 14

John the Baptist Beheaded

 ¹ At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the report about Jesus ² and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.” ³ For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. ⁴ Because John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ⁵ And although he wanted to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
⁶ But when Herod’s birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod. ⁷ Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. 
⁸ So she, having been prompted by her mother, said, “Give me John the Baptist’s head here on a platter.” 
⁹ And the king was sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given toher. ¹⁰ So he sent and had John beheaded in prison. ¹¹ And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. ¹² Then his disciples came and took away the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

Feeding the Five Thousand

 

Matthew 3:1-17 , John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Matthew 3:1-17 (New King James Version)

Matthew 3

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

 ¹ In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, ² and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” ³ For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying:

      “ The voice of one crying in the wilderness:

      ‘ Prepare the way of the LORD;
      Make His paths straight.’”<sup>[a]

4</sup> Now John himself was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him ⁶ and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. 
⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸ Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance, ⁹ and do not think to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham asour father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. ¹⁰ And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.^[b] 12 His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

John Baptizes Jesus

  
¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?” 
¹⁵ But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him. 
¹⁶ When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He^[c] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. ¹⁷ And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

Matthew 4:1-25, Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry, Jesus Heals a Great Multitude

Matthew 4:1-25 (New King James Version)

Matthew 4

Satan Tempts Jesus

 ¹ Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. ² And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. ³ Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”^[a]
5 Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶ and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: 

Matthew 5:1-48, The Beatitudes, Christ Fulfills the Law

Matthew 5:1-48 (New King James Version)

Matthew 5

The Beatitudes

 ¹ And seeing the multitudes, He went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His disciples came to Him. ² Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying:
       ³ “ Blessed are the poor in spirit, 
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
       ⁴ Blessed are those who mourn, 
For they shall be comforted. 
       ⁵ Blessed are the meek, 
For they shall inherit the earth. 
       ⁶ Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, 
For they shall be filled. 
       ⁷ Blessed are the merciful, 
For they shall obtain mercy. 
       ⁸ Blessed are the pure in heart, 
For they shall see God. 
       ⁹ Blessed are the peacemakers, 
For they shall be called sons of God. 
       ¹⁰ Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, 
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 
 ¹¹ “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. ¹² Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

GOD healed me

GOD healed me before the surgeons could even get me on the ICU schedule get me into Operating Room and get me knocked out! GOD is Great! Thank you for your prayers and most of all your LOVE and I'm going to ask GOD to send you an angel in JESUS name #JC2011

Well I'm home!

Well I'm home!

The adventure started Sunday morning with a major heartattack and a trip to LRMC Lakeland Regional Medical Center in beautiful Lakeland Florida . At the hospital I received excellent care in all areas of the hospital such as CCU ICU , Cardiac Trauma unit and rehab , Ultrasound CT scan and imaging in Echo lab. I met a lot of great people and some you could tell they knew JESUS just by their speech and appearance. I on the other hand looked like death warmed over especially when I saw my self in the mirror Tuesday morning and I apologize to those that I might have offended with my smell. I LOVE GOD for again my purpose is at hand and he has let me overcome death once again and I will shout praises of His name for He is an awesome GOD.

Total cost of 3 day 2 night hospital visit

$ 49,000

knowing GOD and go to my house to live another day

PRICELESS !

#JC2011

Did you get test results back?

@jeff_cox

#Tworship how are you doing? Did you get test results back? yes I did get some back waiting to see Dr. at follow up visit for further info There were several factors blood sugar exercise day before diet and stress and liver and clogged artery all at once lead to a major heart attack Sunday morning came home with medicine Tuesday afternoon after loads of test and heart catheter 

Your power to overcome

RT @OnetyMora:

Your power to overcome is directly proportional to the time you spend in quiet solitude with the Savior. John 15:5 #aheartforgod #Tworship

John 15:5 (King James Version)
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

Wow Jeff ; had a bout in Hospital

RT @Pastor_Paul:

Wow Jeff ; had a bout in Hospital ; had my prayer,with many others expecting God's Grace on your life in Jesus Name. How are you now? 

Alive & well the Spirit is within me, Saved by GOD 's grace, Amen! DR. said lucky to be alive looked in my eyes and said "GOD has blessed you" I say "GOD is great ! " My purpose is strengthened by the LORD and I will PRAISE Him for eternity for He helped me overcome death again .

Thanks for the Prayers didn't intend to scare anyone just wanted to call upon the ARMY of Prayer warriors ! My unfailing LOVE and blessings will be with you and all the others in JESUS name !

The Power of PRAYER

The Power of PRAYER is so incredible I can testify to that  because with 1 tweet I had thousands of people praying for me as I lay in the Emergency Room having a Major Heart Attack and now I would like to thank everyone at Lakeland Regional Medical Center LRMC ! Father GOD LORD of all I lift these wonderful people up to you for helping me in my hour of need, may they be blessed in JESUS name ! #JC2011 #W^GOD  James 5:16 (King James Version)
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.

Breaking news an Atheist in Florida

Breaking news

An Atheist in Florida is going to be at one of my churches this Sunday, WooHoo! Being an Atheist doesn't mean you are a bad person and we LOVE all Atheist for it just means they don't believe GOD or that there is a GOD, etc. which is okay because we know there is a GOD and I can prove there is a GOD if antone has questions. I hear people say there can't be a GOD, because why would GOD let that happen, and I think, Wow, we were created by GOD and we live according to His plan! For example I just had a Major heart attack and the Doctor said "you are lucky to be alive" looking in his eyes he said to me "you have been blessed by GOD" I replied back "GOD is Great!" for GOD isn't done with me yet because I have a purpose to Him.  Even those that may die GOD still might be using them in other ways you will never know! #JC2011 #W^GOD

Acts 23:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 23

 ¹ Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.” ²And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. ³ Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
⁴ And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?” 
⁵ Then Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”^[a]
6 But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
⁷ And when he had said this, a dissension arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the assembly was divided. ⁸ For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection—and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. ⁹ Then there arose a loud outcry. And the scribes of the Pharisees’ party arose and protested, saying, “We find no evil in this man; but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God.”^[b]
10 Now when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

The Plot Against Paul

 

Acts 22:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 22

 ¹ “Brethren and fathers, hear my defense before you now.” ² And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept all the more silent.
Then he said: ³ “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the strictness of our fathers’ law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today. ⁴ I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, ⁵ as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring in chains even those who were there to Jerusalem to be punished. 
⁶ “Now it happened, as I journeyed and came near Damascus at about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me. ⁷ And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ ⁸ So I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’ 
⁹ “And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid,^[a] but they did not hear the voice of Him who spoke to me. ¹⁰ So I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Arise and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all things which are appointed for you to do.’ ¹¹ And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

Acts 20:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 20

Journeys in Greece

 ¹ After the uproar had ceased, Paul called the disciples to himself, embraced them, and departed to go to Macedonia. ² Now when he had gone over that region and encouraged them with many words, he came to Greece ³ and stayed three months. And when the Jews plotted against him as he was about to sail to Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. ⁴ And Sopater of Berea accompanied him to Asia—also Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. ⁵These men, going ahead, waited for us at Troas. ⁶ But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven days.

Ministering at Troas

  

Acts 18:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 18

Ministering at Corinth

 ¹ After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. ² And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them. ³ So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers. ⁴ And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.
⁵ When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.⁶ But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I amclean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ⁷ And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named Justus,^[a]onewho worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. ⁸ Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. 
⁹ Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; ¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” ¹¹ And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 

Acts 17:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 17

Preaching Christ at Thessalonica

 ¹ Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. ²Then Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, ³ explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” ⁴And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas.

Assault on Jason’s House