Freedom without fear

In Whom,
because of our faith in Him,
we dare to have the boldness
(courage and confidence)
of free access
(an unreserved approach
to God with freedom and without fear).
Ephesians 3:12 AMP
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Tithe or Give

You are not under the Law but you are under Grace. The difference here is Tithing vs. Giving!
Tithing is known as 10% of your income goes to the Building. Most pastors don't want to preach on this topic because it effects their paycheck. Jesus Loves a Cheerful Giver that is Not Limited to 10 percent. Instead He looks at what you or how much you Give. Look at the woman who GAVE ALL She Had. Jesus wants those types of GIVERS so that with your Gifts NEEDS of the People can be Fullfilled. I DO just like Jesus would do and I AM Blessed because I Teach the Truth, help the needy, and Open the eyes of the blind.
I go out into all the world to Share the GOOD NEWS of The GOSPEL of Jesus Chtist. If you would Like to Give and Receive a Blessing from Jesus your Donation of ANY amount can be used to help those in need!
Please send Offerings to:

JC Ministries
P.O. Box 284
Lakeland, Florida 33802-0284

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The LORD is Merciful and Gracious!

Psalm 103:8-12 NKJV

The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 1 New King James Version (NKJV)

Psalm 1
New King James Version (NKJV)
Psalm 1

The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly

 1 Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
         Nor stands in the path of sinners,
         Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD,
         And in His law he meditates day and night.
 3 He shall be like a tree
         Planted by the rivers of water,
         That brings forth its fruit in its season,
         Whose leaf also shall not wither;
         And whatever he does shall prosper.
        
 4 The ungodly are not so,
         But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
         Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
        
 6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
         But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

#JC2012 May GRACE & PEACE be with You!

2 Peter 1

New King James Version (NKJV)

Greeting the Faithful

² Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, ³ as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, ⁴ by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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 7:1-29 (New King James Version)

Matthew 7:1-29 (New King James Version)

Matthew 7

Do Not Judge

 ¹ “Judge not, that you be not judged. ² For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. ³ And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? ⁴ Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? ⁵ Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
⁶ “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

  
⁷ “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. ⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. ⁹ Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? ¹⁰ Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? ¹¹ If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him! ¹² Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

The Narrow Way

  
¹³ “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. ¹⁴Because^[a] narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

You Will Know Them by Their Fruits

  
¹⁵ “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? ¹⁷ Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. ¹⁸ A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. ¹⁹ Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. ²⁰ Therefore by their fruits you will know them.

I Never Knew You

  
²¹ “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. ²²Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ ²³ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Build on the Rock

  
²⁴ “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: ²⁵ and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 
²⁶ “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: ²⁷and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.” 
²⁸ And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching, ²⁹ for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

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 6:1-34 , The Model Prayer , Do Not Worry

Matthew 6:1-34 (New King James Version)

Matthew 6

Do Good to Please God

 ¹ “Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. ² Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. ³ But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will Himself reward you openly.^[a]

 

The Model Prayer

  
⁵ “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. ⁶ But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.^[b] 7 And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. 
⁸ “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. ⁹ In this manner, therefore, pray: 

      Our Father in heaven, 
      Hallowed be Your name. 
       ¹⁰ Your kingdom come. 
      Your will be done 
      On earth as it is in heaven. 
       ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread. 
       ¹² And forgive us our debts, 
      As we forgive our debtors. 
       ¹³ And do not lead us into temptation, 
      But deliver us from the evil one. 
      For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.<sup>[c]

14</sup> “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

  
¹⁶ “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. ¹⁷ But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, ¹⁸so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.^[d]

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven

  
¹⁹ “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; ²⁰ but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. ²¹ For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The Lamp of the Body

  
²² “The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is good, your whole body will be full of light. ²³ But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

  
²⁴ “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.

Do Not Worry

  
²⁵ “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? ²⁶ 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? ²⁷ Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? 
²⁸ “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; ²⁹ and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰ 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? 
³¹ “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ³² For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. ³³ But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. ³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

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 28:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 28

Paul’s Ministry on Malta

 ¹ Now when they had escaped, they then found out that the island was called Malta. ² And the natives showed us unusual kindness; for they kindled a fire and made us all welcome, because of the rain that was falling and because of the cold. ³ But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat, and fastened on his hand. ⁴ So when the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet justice does not allow to live.” ⁵ But he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm. ⁶ However, they were expecting that he would swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had looked for a long time and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds and said that he was a god.
⁷ In that region there was an estate of the leading citizen of the island, whose name was Publius, who received us and entertained us courteously for three days. ⁸ And it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and dysentery. Paul went in to him and prayed, and he laid his hands on him and healed him. ⁹ So when this was done, the rest of those on the island who had diseases also came and were healed. ¹⁰ They also honored us in many ways; and when we departed, they provided such things as were necessary.

Arrival at Rome

   

Acts 26:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 26

Paul’s Early Life

 ¹ Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”
So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: ² “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, ³ especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
⁴ “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. ⁵ They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. ⁶ And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. ⁷ To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. ⁸ Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
⁹ “Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. ¹⁰ This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them . ¹¹ And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Paul Recounts His Conversion

   

Acts 25:1-99 (New King James Version)

Acts 25

Paul Appeals to Caesar

 ¹ Now when Festus had come to the province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. ² Then the high priest^[a] and the chief men of the Jews informed him against Paul; and they petitioned him, ³ asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem—while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him. ⁴ But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there shortly. ⁵ “Therefore,” he said, “let those who have authority among you go down with me and accuse this man, to see if there is any fault in him.”