PRACTICING LOVE ON PURPOSE / Faith w/o Works

This is the sixth of six devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith"

PRACTICING LOVE ON PURPOSE
by
Kent And Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from John 5:29; James 2, Galatians 5:22)

Love is something we practice on purpose in obedience to the Word.  As we practice love, kindness and gentleness, we are taking the bucket of our works and plunging it down into the well of salvation and bringing up the very nature of Jesus.  We develop His love by practicing love on purpose and His very nature is extracted from us when we put His love into practice not by feeling but by faith.  Faith without works is dead. 

Lord, I want to put my faith into action and practice love on purpose.  How do you want to develop my love walk so that Your nature is extracted from me and extended to others?  How can my faith walk in the footsteps of Your love?

Child, if you love your neighbor as you love yourself, you will do well.  Speak and act as one who will be judged under My instructions of love.  Mercy and love exults victoriously over judgment.  Just speaking faith is not enough.    Faith is loveless and destitute of power unless it has deeds or actions of obedience to back it up.  Your good works of faith will illuminate love and love will prove your faith.  Your faith will cooperate with your works and together they will express My love.   Your works of obedience as well as your allegiance to Me are pronounced righteous through love.  

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FAITH W/O WORKS

Devotion:  Practicing Love on Purpose

(Adapted from John 5:29; James 2)

Chorus:

Faith without works is dead

Show me your faith, I’ll show you your works

Faith without works is dead

Show me your works, I’ll show you your faith

Verse:

Love is something we practice 

On purpose in obedience to Your word

As we practice love, patience, kindness, gentleness

It is as if we are taking our bucket of works 

And plunging it down into the well of salvation

Drawing up waters of Your mercy

Drawing up waters of Your love

Drawing up Your divine nature

© LoveWalkMusic WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

LAZARUS / I Believe

This is the fifth of seven devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith"

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LAZARUS
by Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from John 11:1-44)

Lazarus was sick.  His sisters, Mary and Martha, were right by his side, attending to his every need.  The Scriptures do not record the events of the day Lazarus died.  Perhaps their last conversation was something like this:

“Lazarus, we have sent for the Lord.  He will come.  When He gets here, the Master will touch you and you will get well.  We believe He is from God.  He will heal you.”

“Yes, Martha, I believe He can heal me.  I am so weak.  I believe He will come.  But Mary, Martha, if he doesn’t come, I still believe. . . .”

Lazarus died. 

Mary and Martha believed that Jesus is the Messiah.  They had seen Him heal the sick.  They had seen His miracles.  They know in whom they have believed.  What they don’t know is that their faith is about to be deepened.  The Messiah is about to pull a clarity out of their faith that will shake the little village of Bethany and beyond.

When Jesus finally arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.  Mary ran out to meet Him as he entered the village.  “Master, if you have been here, my brother would not have died.”

“Your brother will rise again.”

“I know that he will rise in the resurrection on the last day.”

“Mary, I am the Resurrection and the Life.  Whoever believes in me will live, even after dying.  Everyone who believes in me will never die. Do you believe this Mary?”

“Yes, Lord.  I have always believed that you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

“Where have you put him?”

“Lord, come and see.”

When they arrived at the tomb, Jesus said, “Roll the stone away.”

“But Lord, he has been dead for four days.  The smell will be terrible!”

“I told you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?  Lazarus, come forth!”

Lazarus walked out of the tomb, his hands and feet bound in grave clothes.

“Unwrap him and let him go!”

As Mary and Martha recovered from the awe of the moment, maybe they ran to Lazarus, pulled off his grave clothes, touched him, patted him, squeezed him, kissed him, hugged him and said, “Lazarus, you are alive!  Look at you!  You are not dead!  You were dead!  Now you are here!  It is you!  You walked out of that tomb!  We love you Lazarus!”

Holding onto his sisters, maybe Lazarus looked over right into the eyes of the Messiah and said, “I told you girls that I believe.”

Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of the Living God and I believe that You can raise the dead, heal the sick, open the eyes of the blind or anything else You choose to do.  I relinquish all doubt and unbelief that You will do these things in these days.  As You walked through the faith of Lazarus and his sisters, walk on the wings of my faith, Lord, and cause people to see Your glory in these days.  I believe You are the Resurrection and the Life.  I believe, Lord.”

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Recitation authored by RebeccaAnnCooley

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I BELIEVE

(Adapted from John 11:1-44)
Verse:

Many believed on him that day

Because of the words they heard him say

Never a man spake like this man (3X)

How can he do these signs

These wonder working miracles unless

God is with him

Chorus:

I believe, I believe, I believe, I believe Thou art the Christ, 

The Messiah, The Son of the Living God

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

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LOVE MOTIVATES FAITH / Faith Works by Love

This is the forth of seven devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith"

LOVE MOTIVATES FAITH
by
Kent Cooley


(Adapted from Matthew 8:6-10; 1 John 4:16)

Today: 

Lord, increase my faith!  Child, increase your love.

When I sin I connect myself to sin and to death.  All sin is basically a violation of love.  Jesus broke down the Ten Commandments into two and said, If you keep these two you will not break the others because, if you love your neighbor as yourself, you will do no ill to your neighbor.  If I am rude, I am connecting myself to hate and I am disconnecting myself from love and therefore from God.  John plainly says that if I hate my brother, I am in darkness and cannot see the light.  Those are strong words.  Faith works by love when we act on love.  When we chose love as reaction to life happening to us we are connecting ourselves to the love of God and to light.  Our faith works!  Our prayers are no longer hindered by that which is not love such as un-forgiveness. 

2000 years ago: 

Lord, my servant boy is lying at my house paralyzed and in intense pain.  I will come and restore him.  Lord, I am not worthy for You to come to my home.  Just speak the word from where You are and my servant will be healed.  Jesus marveled and said to those who were following Him, I tell you truly, I have not found so much faith as this with anyone, even in Israel. 

Faith works by love.  

Lord, this centurion was moved by love for his servant boy.  He was motivated by love to see the boy restored to health.  He believed that Your words sent to the boy would heal and restore him.  Lord, how can I say I believe if I am not motivated by love?  Forgive me for believing and declaring my faith without making love  my top priority.  I understand that love is the basis of my faith and love motivates my faith.  Lord, You are so faithful to minister truth to me.  I love You and I allow You to lay a foundation of love in me so that my faith will move mountains.

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Authored by KentCliffordCooley

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FAITH WORKS BY LOVE

(Adapted from Matthew 8:6-10; 1 John 4:16)

I said, Lord, increase my faith

He said, Child, increase your love

Love is patient

Love is kind

Love is not easily provoked

Dwell and continue in love

Dwell and continue in Me

And I’ll dwell and continue in you

Faith works by love (repeat 2 times)

© LoveWalkMusic WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

DOUBT, FEAR, UNBELIEF & THOMAS / Thomas

This is the third of seven devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith"

DOUBT, FEAR, UNBELIEF & THOMAS
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from John 20:24-31)

I was not with the other disciples when they saw Jesus for the first time after His death. I was hiding because I was afraid they would come after me. Fear kept me from believing that they could have seen Him. I could not wrap my faith around it. It seemed so impossible. “Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe it.” Those very words spoken from my mouth hindered me from believing.

It happened eight days later. He walked right through the wall! He came into that room and stood there. It seemed like He was looking right through me when He said, “Peace to you!” Instantly, the fear left me. I reached out and touched Him and all I could do was whisper, “My Lord and my God!”

His voice and His eyes were so personable. Love radiated from His very presence as He spoke, “Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe and have faith? Blessed are those who have never seen Me and yet believe and trust Me.”

Lord, I trust You. I rely on You. I cleave to Your words. You are the Anointed One, the Son of the Living God. You are life and love and hope. You are eternal. I put my trust in You.

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RebeccaAnnCooley

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THOMAS

Devotion: Thomas

(Adapted from John 20:24-31)

Verse

Thomas, Thomas, I just came by for you to see

Thomas, Thomas, 
Come and see My nail pierced hands

Come and see my wounded side

Don’t be faithless or unbelieving but believe

Chorus

Blessed are those who have not seen 
Yet they believe; Trust, rely on Me

Blessed are those who have not seen 
Yet they believe; Trust and they rely on Me

Bridge

My Lord and my God Thomas cried

My Lord and my God when he saw the Risen Christ

My Lord and my God

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

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APPLYING LOVE TO FAITH / Impossibilities

This is the second of seven devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

The Fruit of the Spirit is Faith

APPLYING LOVE TO FAITH
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from John 15:7; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 5:22,)

Every impossibility is an opportunity to allow love to get faith working.  God allows impossibilities so that there will be an opportunity for love to activate faith.  If I want my faith to work, I must remember that Faith works by love.  When an impossibility occurs, we should immediately confess:

This is a opportunity for love to get my faith working.  This is what the Word says and I am not moved by my five physical senses.  I believe what the Word says.  My faith is working by love right now.

Begin to develop a strategy of love concerning the situation.  Confess the Word and watch your faith begin to work for you. Act on love.  Speak words of love and not a single word of envy, strife or un-forgiveness.  Speak words of faith and not a single word of doubt, fear or unbelief.  Do this and watch as miracles unfold.

Kent and I have been practicing this process concerning impossibilities for some time now and we have a lot of testimonies as a result of this process of love and faith.

Father, I apply love to my faith today, in Jesus name.

My child if you will dwell and continue in love, you will dwell and continue in me and I will dwell and continue in you. I am Love.  If you abide in me and My words abide in you, what ever you ask in My name I will grant it unto you that I may be glorified and extolled through the Son. This is how I will be glorified in every circumstance, situation and impossibility.   

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Authored by RebeccaAnnCooley 

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IMPOSSIBILITIES

(Adapted from John 15:7; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 5:22)

Verse 1:  

How could little David slay Goliath 

With just a little stone and sling

How Jehoshaphat’s army defeat his foe 

By just going out to sing

Is anything to great of small 

For the King of kings, no not at all

Extremities with Men 

Is just the place where God begins

Chorus:  

Impossibilities with men are opportunities to God

He went to the lowest hell so that He could lift us up

And if Jesus is my friend 

There is no river that’s to broad

Impossibilities with men are opportunities to God

Verse 2:  

Now men are crying and sighing and whying and dying 

And trying but all in vain

Believe it or not, it seems that they forgot 

That faith works by love

When you’re half way up the mountain 

And it seems you have to stop

Reach down to someone else 

And help them up to the top

When help comes from you, 

The help you need will come from God

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Words And Music by

Kent Clifford Cooley

FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE / Faith Activated

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This is the 1^st of 6 devotions

with the theme from Galatians 5:22

"The Fruit Of The Spirit Is Faith"

FAITH WORKING THROUGH LOVE
by
Rebecca Cooley

(Adapted from Mark 11:23-25; Galatians 5:6; Galatians 5:22)

For starters, let's get your faith activated!

You have just received your dream car - fully loaded. And the brand new, factory released vehicle cost you $50,000 plus tax and tags. It is probably not in the fine print in your paperwork but your wonderful dream car will not even start without inserting gas into the tank. You will not drive your $50,000 vehicle off the car lot without a $50.00 tank of gas. The car works by gas. 

From a spiritual aspect, faith works by love. Forgiveness is an ingredient of love that is certainly one of the most important keys to activate faith. 

Mark 11:23 and 24 are the mountain moving faith verses of the bible. The very next verse,
Mark 11:25 expresses the forgiveness factor of that mountain moving kind of faith!

“When you stand praying forgive.”

When one teaches faith, the forgiveness factor should also be taught. 

“Faith is activated, energized, expressed and works through love.”

If my faith is not working and if my prayers are not being answered, I should take my heart to God for a check-up on the forgiveness factor of love.

Father, as I stand praying and believing You for certain petitions, I forgive. I know that my faith works by love so I forgive each person you bring to my mind and I remove all obstacles and hindrances of un-forgiveness now. I will go to each one that you ask me to and make every effort to make things right. I forgive and I receive everything you have for me according to my faith activated by love.

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Authored by Rebecca Ann Cooley

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FAITH ACTIVATED

(Adapted from Mark 11:25; Galatians 5:6)

Verse 1:

When you are standing praying,

When you are believing,

Believing God for something that you need

Forgive and let it drop,

Forgive and let it go

Forgive and let it drop,

Forgive and let it go

Chorus:

Faith activated,

Faith energized,

Faith expressed,

Faith working through Love

Bridge:

Love engages our faith

And puts our faith to action

Forgiveness perpetuates our prayers,

Releasing our requests to the throne of God

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ABUNDANT EXPRESSIONS OF HOSPITALITY / The Prodigal

This is the seventh of seven devotions and music videos 

with the theme from Galatians 5:22 

"The Fruit of the Spirit is Goodness / Hospitality"

ABUNDANT EXPRESSIONS OF HOSPITALITY
by
Kent Clifford Cooley
(Adapted from Luke 15:11-32)

One of the greatest examples of unexpected and undeserved hospitality expressed in Scripture is the story of the prodigal son.  After the prodigal son had demanded his inheritance, left home and wasted it on riotous living, he came to himself and said,

"I will arise and go home and say to my Father,

'I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 

Make me as one of your hired servants.'"

While the prodigal son was still on his way home, the love of his father produced an abundant expression of hospitality. 

“Bring a robe and a ring for his hand! 

Kill the fatted calf for my son who was lost and now he is found! 

My son who was dead is now alive!”

The God kind of love produces unmerited and undeserved forgiveness with abundant expressions of hospitality. 

Father, so many times I have come back home to you from my prodigal ways to be welcomed into Your open arms with abundant expressions of hospitality.  As my love for You increases, Your love for other prodigals is expressed through me with abundant expressions of hospitality. 

Please, God, love prodigals through me.

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Authored by KentCliffordCooley  

Edited by Rebecca Cooley

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THE PRODIGAL

Devotion: Abundant Expressions of Hospitality

(Adapted from Luke 15:11-32)

Verse 1:

The Prodigal reached the bottom, 

Eating of the food of the swine

Remembering where he came from, 

Rising up his way back to find

Verse 2:

As he was making his way home, 

Wondering if he would be received

As he was still a ways off, 

Is that my father his eyes 

He could hardly believe

And the Father said . . .

Chorus:

I never ever stopped loving you 

I never ever ceased to care

Though you had strayed so far from me, 

With arms wide open, I’m here 

Verse 3:

I was too a prodigal 

Who had reached his lowest low, 

Wondering if He would ever take me back

But now I know that I know, 

And I can hear the father say . . .

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WordsAndMusic by KentCliffordCooley

This is the impartation devotion. Jesus you are knocking at the door of every heart. Whosoever will open the door,Your will come in and break bread with them and them with You. I will answer your invitation and I extend it to every person in the spirit of hospitality.