Garden of Eden Ministries Weekly Blog

  Hello Family of God,    The heart of God is beckening His Bride to wake up.  Wake up to the beauty of a life in Christ with purpose and design.  Take a look below to what people that awaken look and sound like and be encouraged to answer the call! God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Romans 13:11 - 15:25 Focus: Romans 13:11-12, John 9:4 Definition of wake - to rouse from sleep, to cease sleeping or stop sleeping, to become active again, to becom sonscious or aware of something, alert, to make active, aware, fully conscious The world uses the phrase "woke" which means being conscious of racial discrimination in society and other forms of oppression and injustice.  In mainstream use, work can also more generally describe someone or something as being "with it" .  If they have a phra...

  Hello Family of God,    The fight is on!  the fight to choose, the fight of choice, the fight to obey, the fight to love.  Joshua asked the children of Israel to "choose you this day who you will serve".  It's always going to be a choice.  The question is which will you choose?  Find out in this week's bible study the correct choice to make.   God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Joshua 24:14-15 choose this day who you will serve choosing is a gift, it's freeing personal choice (you) to choose and when (today) 1 Samuel 30:6-8 vs. 6 -  David and people greatly distressed these was a choice from soldiers to kill David David chose to encourage himself in the Lord vs. 8 -  David chose to inquire of God for His heart and Will for the situation vs. 21-23 choice t...

   Hello Family of God,    This past year we have seen a group of people labeled first responders rise up and observed what it took for them to hold this label, responding to unknown situations not because they were the best but because they were chosen.  This next installment on 'Grace' tells us there is a present power made available for us to be responders.   God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Encounter God's Heart...Rooted in Love CHALLENGE:    Find a scripture with grace in it. Substitute the word "power" for grace. Ask Holy Spirit to help you live out the scripture this week how He sees fit. Message Scriptures Romans 10:3-21 vs. 17, faith is birthed in a heart that responds to God's anointed utterance of the Anointed One. (The Passion Translation) Romans 11:5 God's grace empowers his ...

  Hello Family of God,    The latest in the series on Work, 'Continuing in Work" is here.  See how work requires a response. God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Psalm 90:17 Jude 1:20-21 building up yourselves by praying in the Holy Spirit, keeping ourselves in the love of God Genesis 2:5 no man to till the ground until God created Adam Ezekiel 22:30 God looked for a man to stand in the gap John 15:1-10 vs. 4 not that we keep ourselves attached to the vine, but we keep ourselves in the attachment Jude 1:17-19 Proverbs 4:23 diligently keep your heart Philippians 4:6-9 the peace of God will keep our hearts Revelations 3:15 be either cold or hot, responsive or non-responsive, not in the middle Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:12-14, 20-22 the story of the fig tree Jesus cursed, the story of deception wasn't ...

  Hello Family of God,    Grace, God's unmerited favor, was given to advance the Kingdom of Heaven.  It is God's power made available to us - so let's lean in to GRACE! God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Romans 8:4 Holy Spirit is power Romans 8:9-11 Spirit of Christ empowers Romans 8:14 mature children are moved by the impulses of Holy Spirit Acts 1:8 Jesus said - But I promise you this - the Holy Spirit will come upon you and you will be seized with power Ephesians 1:3-8 grace is a love gift from God grace is working in us, releasing wisdom and practical understanding Romans 8:5, 14 living by the leading of the Holy Spirit Matthew 5:16 Light and works are intertwined.  We need the light of Christ in order to do good works.  Our good works are like light shining upon their hearts. ...

  Hello Family of God,    Tuesday's message emphatically walks us through the practicality of using faith to work out salvation, in love, and sacrificially, so that others may see Christ and desire a relationship with Him.   God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Mark 16:15 go into all the world and teach Matthew 28:19 go into all the world and make disciples Zechariah 4:10 do not despise small beginnings for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin Genesis 1:1 the earth was without form, simple before God spoke everything into existence Genesis 2:18 it's no\t good for man to be alone submitting to God first submitting to one another Matthew 18:21-35 debt forgiven Acts 4:13, 20 Peter and John both were compared to have been learned men who have been with Jesus both declaired that nothing will kee...

   Hello Family of God,    Today's message emphatically states that holiness is our inheritance.  It is part of our DNA, not for us alone but as a visual and hope for others that life in Christ is possible. God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures 1 Peter 1:13-16 everything about God is holy true holiness includes justice, mercy, truth and righteousness to be holy is to be absolutely devoited to God in all that we do grace has imbedded holiness into our lives, yet we are to make right choices and yield to Christ and God's Word as the Holy Spirit lives in us holiness is not merely actions we perform, but what we absorb and manifest as we live our lives in God's present (TPT foot note) 1 Corinthians 1:30 Our holiness is found in Christ 1 Corinthians 6:15-20 we are joined together or made one with Ch...

  Hello Family of God,    Today's message is a call to abide in the Presence and love of Christ.   God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures John 15:1-10, Jesus is the true vine - "abide" Genesis 1:28 God's directive to mankind Colossians 1:6, 9-10 we can have unfruitful lives absent of abiding in Christ.  It may look successful in the eyes of man but not be able to reproduce Christ in our lives or others Psalm 90:17 being established by God through our relationship our work being established by God; apart from Him we can do nothing John 15:9-10 continue in my love   Nuggets for the Week Jesus identified Himself as the water; but God brings for the fruit We have a responsibility to respond to the process Our creative value is in Christ Knowing what it is to abide, stand in Him, share that...

  Hello Family of God,    Today's message includes an opportunity for God to minister and realign our hearts to continue to believe again.   God Bless! Scripture References & Highlights Prayer for 2021:   This year will be a year of Light; that Light will shine and darkness will not dispel it.   In Jesus' Name Message Scriptures Romans 2:17-29 we know that salvation is about relationship and not religion sometimes when our hearts are misaligned through delayed promises, weariness, trauma, etc.  It is necessary to have our hearts realigned or scripture says circumcised often People Jesus appeared after His resurrention: Mary and Mary (Matt 28:9-10) rejoice, don't be afraid, go tell the others to meet me in Galilee Eleven disciples (Matthew 28:18-20) all authority has been given to Him go make disciples in all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit teach them to faithfully follow as He commanded us never for...