I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH CHRIST WHO RESIDES IN ME!

MY REALITY, HOWEVER, IS FOUND IN CHRIST. (Col.2:17c)

THEN JESUS CAME TO THEM AND SAID, "ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. THEREFORE GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND OF THE SON AND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND TEACHING THEM TO OBEY EVERTHING I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. AND SURELY I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, TO THE VERY END OF THE AGE." (Mat.28:18-20) THIS IS THE CHRIST OF MY REALITY: "THE SON OF MAN."

NO ONE HAS EVER GONE INTO HEAVEN EXCEPT THE CHRIST WHO CAME FROM HEAVEN - THE SON OF MAN. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE IN THE DESERT, SO THE SON OF MAN MUST BE LIFTED UP, THAT EVERONE WHO BELIEVES IN CHRIST MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

"FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD, THAT GOD GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN CHRIST SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT TO SAVE THE WORLD THROUGH CHRIST.
WHOEVER BELIEVES IN CHRIST IS NOT CONDEMNED, BUT WHOEVER DOES NOT BELIEVE STANDS CONDEMNED ALREADY BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF GOD'S ONE AND ONLY SON."

THIS IS THE VERDICT: LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD, BUT MEN LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. EVERYONE WHO DOES EVIL HATES THE LIGHT, AND WILL NOT COME INTO THE LIGHT FOR FEAR THAT HIS DEEDS WILL BE EXPOSED. BUT WHOEVER LIVES BY THE TRUTH COMES INTO THE LIGHT, SO THAT IT MAY BE SEEN PLAINLY THAT WHAT HE HAS DONE HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH GOD.(John 3:13-21)

GOD HAS REVEALED THE LIGHT OF CHRIST TO ME SO THAT CHRIST IS MY REALITY:

  SO THEN JUST AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS AS LORD, CONTINUE TO LIVE IN CHRIST, ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN CHRIST, STRENGTHENED IN THE FAITH AS YOU WERE TAUGHT, OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS.(Col.2:6-7)
AMEN!

LIFE THROUGH THE SPIRIT, GOD'S PLAN FOR LIFE TO MANKIND!

MERRY CHRIST - MAS TO EVERY ONE AGAIN!

GOD CONTINUES TO RESCUE ME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST MY LORD, GOD'S FUTURE GLORY! AMEN.

I CONSIDER THAT OUR PRESENT SUFFERINGS ARE NOT WORTH COMPARING WITH THE GLORY THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN US. THE CREATION WAITS IN EAGER EXPECTATION FOR THE SONS OF GOD TO BE REVEALED. FOR THE CREATION WAS SUBJECTED TO FRUSTRATION, NOT BY ITS OWN CHOICE, BUT BY THE WILL OF GOD WHO SUBJECTED IT, IN HOPE THAT THE CREATION ITSELF WILL BE LIBERATED FROM ITS BONDAGE TO DECAY AND BROUGHT INTO THE GLORIOUS FREEDOM OF THE CHILDREN OF GOD.

WE KNOW THAT THE WHOLE CREATION HAS BEEN GROANING AS IN THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH RIGHT UP TO THE PRESENT TIME. NOT ONLY SO, BUT WE OURSELVES, WHO HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, GROAN INWARDLY AS WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR OUR ADOPTION AS SONS, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES. FOR IN THIS HOPE WE WERE SAVED. BUT HOPE THAT IS SEEN IS NO HOPE AT ALL. WHO HOPES FOR WHAT HE ALREADY HAS? BUT IF WE HOPE FOR WHAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE, WE WAIT FOR IT PATIENTLY. IN THE SAME WAY, THE SPIRIT HELPS US IN OUR WEAKNESS. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT WE OUGHT TO PRAY FOR, BUT THE SPIRIT HIMSELF INTERCEDES FOR US WITH GROANS THAT HUMAN WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS. AND GOD WHO SEARCHES OUR HEARTS KNOWS THE MIND OF THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE THE SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR THE SAINTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD'S WILL. AND WE KNOW THAT IN ALL THINGS GOD WORKS FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, WHO HAVE BEEN CALLED ACCORDING TO GOD'S PURPOSE. FOR THOSE GOD FOREKNEW GOD ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE LIKENESS OF GOD SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BROTHERS. AND THOSE GOD PREDESTINED, GOD ALSO CALLED; THOSE GOD CALLED, GOD ALSO JUSTIFIED; THOSE GOD JUSTIFIED, GOD ALSO GLORIFIED.

WHAT,THEN, SHALL WE SAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS? IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? GOD WHO DID NOT SPARE HIS OWN SON, BUT GAVE CHRIST UP FOR US ALL- HOW WILL GOD NOT ALSO, ALONG WITH CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY GIVE US ALL THINGS? WHO WILL BRING ANY CHARGE AGAINST THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN? IT IS GOD WHO JUSTIFIES. WHO IS HE THAT CONDEMNS? CHRIST JESUS, WHO DIED - MORE THAN THAT, WHO WAS RAISED TO LIFE - IS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD AND IS ALSO INTERCEDING FOR US.
WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TROUBLE OR HARDSHIP OR PERSECUTION OR FAMINE OR NAKEDNESS OR DANGER OR SWORD? AS IT IS WRITTEN: "FOR YOUR SAKE WE FACE DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE ARE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED."

NO, IN ALL THESE THINGS WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH GOD WHO LOVED US. FOR I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NEITHER THE PRESENT NOR THE FUTURE, NOR ANY POWERS, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPERATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.(Rom.8:18-39)

NOTHING IN ALL CREATION WILL BE ABLE TO SEPERATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS MY LORD! I AM A CHILD OF GOD, I HAVE THE FIRSTFRUITS OF GODS SPIRIT. GOD HAS CALLED ME BECAUSE I LOVE HIM. GOD JUSTIFIES ME AND HAS GLORIFIED ME, WITH THIS I SAY MERRY CHRIST - MAS TO ALL AGAIN. AMEN!

LIFE THROUGH THE SPIRIT

MERRY CHRIST- MAS TO EVERY ONE! 2015

FOR THIS IS THE DAY THAT CHRIST WAS BORN TO SAVE ME FROM MYSELF." WHAT A WRETCHED MAN I AM! WHO WILL
RESCUE ME FROM THIS BODY OF DEATH? THANKS BE TO GOD - THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!" (Rom.7:24-25)

SO CHRIST IS GOD'S PLAN FOR MY SALVATION AND GOD WORKS THE PLAN THROUGH THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, FOUND IN THE WORD OF CHRIST.

"THEREFORE, THERE IS NOW NO CONDEMNATION FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, BECAUSE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE SET ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. FOR WHAT THE LAW WAS POWERLESS TO DO IN THAT IT WAS WEAKENED BY THE SINFUL NATURE, GOD DID BY SENDING HIS OWN SON IN THE LIKENESS OF SINFUL MAN TO BE A SIN OFFERING. AND SO GOD CONDEMNED SIN IN SINFUL MAN, IN ORDER THAT THE RIGHTEOUS REQUIREMENT OF THE LAW MIGHT BE FULLY MET IN US, WHO DO NOT LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE BUT ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT.
THOSE WHO LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE HAVE THERE MINDS SET ON WHAT THAT NATURE DESIRES; BUT THOSE WHO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT HAVE THERE MINDS SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES. THE MIND OF SINFUL MAN IS DEATH, BUT THE MIND CONTROLLED BY THE SPIRIT IS LIFE AND PEACE; THE SINFUL MIND IS HOSTILE TO GOD. IT DOES NOT SUBMIT TO GOD'S LAW, NOR CAN IT DO SO. THOSE CONTROLLED BY THE SINFUL NATURE CANNOT PLEASE GOD.
YOU, HOWEVER, ARE CONTROLLED NOT BY THE SINFUL NATURE BUT BY THE SPIRIT, IF THE SPIRIT OF GOD LIVES IN YOU. AND IF ANYONE DOES NOT HAVE THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST, HE DOES NOT BELONG TO CHRIST. BUT IF CHRIST IS IN YOU, YOUR BODY IS DEAD BECAUSE OF SIN, YET YOUR SPIRIT IS ALIVE BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.

AND IF THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS LIVING IN YOU, GOD WHO RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD WILL ALSO GIVE LIFE TO YOUR MORTAL BODIES THROUGH GOD'S SPIRIT, WHO LIVES IN YOU.
THEREFORE, BROTHERS, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION - BUT IT IS NOT TO THE SINFUL NATURE, TO LIVE ACCORDING TO IT. FOR IF YOU LIVE ACCORDING TO THE SINFUL NATURE, YOU WILL DIE; BUT IF BY THE SPIRIT YOU PUT TO DEATH THE MISDEEDS OF THE BODY, YOU WILL LIVE, BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD ARE SONS OF GOD. FOR YOU DID NOT RECIEVE A SPIRIT THAT MAKES YOU A SLAVE AGAIN TO FEAR, BUT YOU RECIEVED THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP. AND BY THE SPIRIT WE CRY, ABBA, FATHER. THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH OUR SPIRIT THAT WE ARE GOD'S CHILDREN. NOW IF WE ARE CHILDREN, THEN WE ARE HEIRS - HEIRS OF GOD AND CO - HEIRS WITH CHRIST, IF INDEED WE SHARE IN CHRIST SUFFERINGS IN ORDER THAT WE MAY SHARE IN CHRIST'S GLORY".(Rom.8:1-17)

"AND YOU ALSO WERE INCLUDED IN CHRIST WHEN YOU HEARD THE WORD OF TRUTH, THE GOSPEL OF YOUR SALVATION. HAVING BELIEVED, YOU WERE MARKED IN CHRIST WITH A SEAL, THE PROMISED HOLY SPIRIT, WHO IS A DEPOSIT GUARANTEEING OUR INHERITANCE UNTIL THE REDEMPTION OF THOSE WHO ARE GOD'S POSSESSION - TO THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY".(Eph.1:13-14)

I AM GOD'S POSSESSION AND I AM REDEEMED IN CHRIST, THIS IS GOD'S PLAN FOR MY SALVATION. THIS IS WHAT I TRUELY BELIEVE. MERRY CHRIST- MAS TO EVERY ONE!
AMEN.

GOD HAS NOW SHOWN ME THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY: LOVE

GOD HAS NOW SHOWN ME THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY:
LOVE
IF I SPEAK IN THE TONGUES OF MEN AND OF ANGELS, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I AM ONLY A RESOUNDING GONG OR A CLANGING CYMBAL. IF I HAVE THE GIFT OF PROPHECY AND CAN FATHOM ALL MYSTERIES AND ALL KNOWLEDGE, AND IF I HAVE A FAITH THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I AM NOTHING. IF I GIVE ALL I POSSESS TO THE POOR AND SURRENDER MY BODY TO THE FLAMES, BUT HAVE NOT LOVE, I GAIN NOTHING.

LOVE IS PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. LOVE DOES NOT ENVY, LOVE DOES NOT BOAST, LOVE IS NOT PROUD. LOVE IS NOT RUDE, LOVE IS NOT SELF-SEEKING, LOVE IS NOT EASILY ANGERED, LOVE KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. LOVE ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES.
LOVE NEVER FAILS. BUT WHERE THERE ARE PROPHECIES, THEY WILL CEASE; WHERE THERE ARE TONGUES, THEY WILL BE STILLED; WHERE THERE IS KNOWLEDGE, IT WILL PASS AWAY. FOR WE KNOW IN PART AND WE PROPHESY IN PART, BUT WHEN PERFECTION COMES, THE INPERFECT DISAPPEARS.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD, WHEN I BECAME A MAN, I PUT CHILDISH WAYS BEHIND ME. NOW WE SEE BUT A POOR REFLECTION AS IN A MIRROR; THEN WE SHALL SEE FACE TO FACE. NOW I KNOW IN PART; THEN I SHALL KNOW FULLY, EVEN AS I AM FULLY KNOWN.
AND NOW THESE THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE. (1Cor.13:1-13)

LOVE IS THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY WHEN I HAVE LOVE WHEN I LOVE!   AMEN.

GOD IS SPIRIT, AND GOD'S WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH

GOD IS SPIRIT, AND GOD'S WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH."
IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD THERE IS A SPIRITUAL PROCESS FOR SPIRITUAL PROGRESS. IN ORDER TO PROGRESS YOU MUST BE PROCESSED BY GOD." THEREFORE, I URGE YOU BROTHERS, IN VIEW OF GOD'S MERCY, TO OFFER YOUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICES, HOLY AND PLEASING TO GOD - THIS IS YOUR SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP."(Rom. 12:1-2) GOD PROCESSES US THROUGH WORSHIP, OBEDIENCE, AND WORK. I WORSHIP GOD BY READING, MEDITITATING, AND PRAYING GOD'S WORD. I OBEY AND STAY IN STEP WITH GOD BY SUBMITTING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT GOD GAVE ME. I AM A TEMPLE OF GOD. "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT YOU YOURSELVES ARE GOD'S TEMPLE AND THAT GOD'S SPIRIT LIVES IN YOU? IF ANYONE DESTROYS GOD'S TEMPLE, GOD WILL DESTROY HIM; FOR GOD'S TEMPLE IS SACRED, AND YOU ARE THAT TEMPLE.( 1 Cor. 3:16-17) I WORK WITH GOD IN EVERYTHING I DO, BECAUSE IN EVERYTHING I DO, I DO UNTO THE LORD NOT MAN. BECAUSE THE LORD CHRIST HAS MY REWARD IN HEAVEN.(Col.3:23) I MUST PRACTICE THIS PROCESS UNTIL I PROGRESS TO KINGDOM MINDEDNESS. THEN I WILL UNDERSTAND GOD'S PLAN FOR ME, GOD HIMSELF PURIFIES ME WITH THE WORD OF CHRIST AND RENEWS ME WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST. THAT I MAY HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE, GOD'S WORD. " THE LORD CONFIDES IN THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, GOD MAKES HIS COVENANT KNOWN TO THEM. MY EYES ARE EVER ON THE LORD, FOR ONLY GOD WILL RELEASE MY FEET FROM THE SNARE" (Psalms 25:14-15) AMEN!

I BELIEVE GOD IS ABLE!

I BELIEVE GOD IS ABLE TO MAKE ALL GRACE ABOUND TO ME, SO THAT IN ALL THINGS AT ALL TIMES, HAVING ALL THAT I NEED, I WILL ABOUND IN EVERY GOOD WORK.
AS IT IS WRITTEN:
GOD HAS SCATTERED ABROAD HIS GIFTS TO THE POOR;
GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER.(2 Cor.9:8-9)
...

SPIRITUAL GIFTS
NOW ABOUT SPIRITUAL GIFTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
I DO NOT WANT YOU TO BE IGNORANT. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU WERE PAGANS, SOMEHOW OR OTHER YOU WERE INFLUENCED AND LED ASTRAY TO MUTE IDOLS. THERFORE I TELL YOU THAT NO ONE WHO IS SPEAKING BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD SAYS, "JESUS BE CURSED." AND NO ONE CAN SAY "JESUS IS LORD," EXCEPT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GIFTS, BUT THE SAME SPIRIT. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICE, BUT THE SAME LORD. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORKINGS, BUT THE SAME GOD WORKS ALL OF THEME IN ALL MEN AND WOMEN.
NOW TO EACH ONE THE MANIFESTATION OF THE SPIRIT IS GIVEN FOR THE COMMON GOOD. TO THE ONE THERE IS GIVEN THE MESSAGE OF WISDOM, TO ANOTHER THE MESSAGE OF KNOWLEDGE BY MEANS OF THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER FAITH BY THE SAME SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER GIFTS OF HEALING BY THAT ONE SPIRIT, TO ANOTHER MIRACULOUS POWERS, TO ANOTHER PROPHECY, TO ANOTHER DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SPIRITS, TO ANOTHER SPEAKING IN DEFFERENT KINDS OF TONGUES, AND TO STILL ANOTHER THE INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES. ALL THESE ARE THE WORK OF ONE AND THE SAME SPIRIT, AND GOD GIVES THEM TO EACH ONE, JUST AS GOD DETERMINES.
THE BODY IS A UNIT, THOUGH IT IS MADE UP OF MANY PARTS; AND THOUGH ALL ITS PARTS ARE MANY, THEY FORM ONE BODY. SO IT IS WITH CHRIST. FOR WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED BY ONE SPIRIT INTO ONE BODY - WHETHER JEWS OR GREEKS, SLAVE OR FREE - AND WE WERE ALL GIVEN THE ONE SPIRIT TO DRINK.(1Cor. 12:1-12) NOW WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST, AND EACH ONE OF US IS A PART OF IT.(1Cor.12:27)
GOD' SPIRIT SAYS TO ME "AND NOW I WILL SHOW YOU THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY." GOD'S LOVE! AMEN.

MY TRUST IS IN GOD'S WORD

IN YOU I TRUST, O MY GOD. YOUR VOICE GOES OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, YOUR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD.

TO YOU, O LORD, I LIFT UP MY SOUL; IN YOU, I TRUST, O MY GOD. DO NOT LET ME BE PUT TO SHAME, NOR LET MY ENEMIES TRIUMPH OVER ME.
NO ONE WHOSE HOPE IS IN YOU WILL EVER BE PUT TO SHAME,BUT THEY WILL BE PUT TO SHAME  WHO ARE TREACHEROUS WITHOUT EXCUSE....
SHOW ME YOUR WAYS,O LORD, TEACH ME YOUR PATHS; GUIDE ME IN YOUR TRUTH AND TEACH ME, FOR YOU ARE GOD MY SAVIOR, AND MY HOPE IS IN YOU ALL DAY LONG.
REMEMBER, O LORD, YOUR GREAT MERCY AND LOVE, FOR THEY ARE FROM OF OLD. REMEMBER NOT THE SINS OF MY YOUTH AND MY REBELLIOUS WAYS; ACCORDING TO YOUR LOVE REMEMBER ME, FOR YOU ARE GOOD, O LORD.

GOOD AND UPRIGHT IS THE LORD; THEREFORE GOD INSTRUCTS SINNERS IN GOD'S WAYS. GOD GUIDES THE HUMBLE IN WHAT IS RIGHT AND TEACHES THEM GOD'S WAY. ALL THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE LOVING AND FAITHFUL FOR THOSE WHO KEEP THE DEMANDS OF GOD'S COVENANT. FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR NAME, O LORD, FORGIVE MY INIQUITY, THOUGH IT IS GREAT. WHO, THEN, IS THE MAN THAT FEARS THE LORD? GOD WILL INSTRUCT HIM IN THE WAY CHOSEN FOR HIM. HE WILL SPEND HIS DAYS IN PROSPERITY, AND HIS DESCENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE LAND. THE LORD CONFIDES IN THOSE WHO FEAR GOD; GOD MAKES HIS COVENANT KNOWN TO THEM.
MY EYES ARE EVER ON THE LORD, FOR ONLY GOD WILL RELEASE MY FEET FROM THE SNARE.(Psalm 25:1-15) AMEN.

LOVE COMES FIRST!

"NOW THESE THREE REMAIN: FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE. BUT THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE" - IT'S FIRST AND LAST (1Cor.13:13)
GOD'S LOVE AND OURS

DEAR FRIENDS, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, FOR LOVE COMES FROM GOD. EVERYONE WHO LOVES HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. WHOEVER DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE. THIS IS HOW GOD SHOWED HIS LOVE AMONG US: GOD SENT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON INTO THE WORLD THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH CHRIST. THIS IS LOVE: NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT GOD LOVED US AND SENT GOD'S SON AS AN ATONING SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS. DEAR FRIENDS, SINCE GOD SO LOVED US, WE ALSO OUGHT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER. NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD; BUT IF WE LOVE ONE ANOTHER, GOD LIVES IN US AND GOD'S LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE IN US.

WE KNOW THAT WE LIVE IN GOD AND GOD IN US, BECAUSE GOD HAS GIVEN US OF GOD SPIRIT. AND WE HAVE SEEN AND TESTIFY THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT HIS SON TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD. IF ANYONE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, GOD LIVES IN HIM AND HE IN GOD. AND SO WE KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR US.

GOD IS LOVE. WHOEVER LIVES IN LOVE LIVES IN GOD, AND GOD IN HIM. IN THIS WAY, LOVE IS MADE COMPLETE AMONG US SO THAT WE WILL HAVE CONFIDENCE ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT, BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD WE ARE LIKE GOD. THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE, BUT PERFECT LOVE DRIVES OUT FEAR, BECAUSE FEAR HAS TO DO WITH PUNISHMENT. THE ONE WHO FEARS IS NOT MADE PERFECT IN LOVE.

WE LOVE BECAUSE GOD FIRST LOVED US. IF ANYONE SAYS, " I LOVE GOD," YET HATES HIS BROTHER, HE IS A LIAR. FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LOVE HIS BROTHER, WHOM HE HAS SEEN, CANNOT LOVE GOD, WHOM HE HAS NOT SEEN. AND GOD HAS GIVEN US THIS COMMAND: WHOEVER LOVES GOD MUST ALSO LOVE HIS BROTHER.(1 John 4:7-21)
I LOVE GOD THROUGH HIS WORD OF LOVE GOD GAVE ME, I PRAY THAT WORD FOR MY BROTHERS SO I MAY LOVE THEM, AS MYSELF. NOW GOD'S LOVE IS COMPLETE IN ME. AMEN!

THIS IS WHY I HAVE FAITH IN GOD NOW!

WHEN I PRAY TO GOD I AM TELLING MY ENEMY WHO I AM. WHEN HE TRYS TO PUT ME IN A CORNER OR CAUSE ME TO DOUBT. I MUST TELL THE DEVIL I AM BETTER THAN THIS, I AM A CHILD OF GOD. I WALK IN VICTORY TODAY, I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED. I MUST BE STILL, GET IN MY PLACE AND STAY THERE. GOD WILL MEET ME WHERE I AM, BUT GOD LOVES ME TO MUCH TO LEAVE ME THERE. GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO ME THAT I MAY RECIEVE  GOD'S REVELATION FOR ME. THAT I ALWAYS  SPEAK IN THE LANGUAGE OF GOD'S WORD AS IS WRITTEN IN GOD'S BOOK THE BIBLE. THAT, THEN, I  MAY COME INTO ONE PLACE OF UNITY WITH GOD THROUGH HIS  WORD. I  AM PROTECTED BY GOD; GOD COVERS ME WITH HIS WORD. I MUST HEAR GOD'S WORD AND SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD THAT I HEAR. LORD LET ME HEAR YOUR WORD! FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST. (Rom.10:17)

FAITH HAS TO BE AN ACTIVE FORCE ABLE TO DECERN THE WORDS OF GOD. NOW FAITH!  FAITH RIGHT NOW TO FIGHT OFF THE WILES OF THE DEVIL. I ASK GOD TO TRANSFORM ME NOW THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST AND THE MIND OF CHRIST. FAITH IS THE INGREDIENTS OF THE SPIRITUAL THING I HOPE FOR, FOUND IN THE PROMISES OF THE BIBLE. MY ADOPTION AS GOD'S SON AND THE REDEMPTION OF MY BODY. FAITH IS THE CURRENCY OF THE SPIRIT WORLD. I CAN TAKE MY FAITH TO THE BANK IN HEAVEN AND WHATEVER I NEED IT TO BECOME, MY FAITH WILL BECOME THE THING I NEED IT TO BE BECAUSE FAITH IS THE LEGAL TENDER OF THE SPIRIT WORLD.

GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART, THAT DOESN'T MEAN GOD WILL GIVE WHAT YOU WANT. IT MEANS GOD WILL PUT THE DESIRES IN YOUR HEART THAT ARE NECESSARY TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO. GOD IS A MASTER BUILDER, YOU CAN ONLY BUILD ON EARTH WHAT GOD HAS DESIGN IN HEAVEN. IF GOD SAYS I CAN BUILD IT I CAN BUILD IT. IF GOD SAYS I CAN HAVE IT, I CAN HAVE IT. THROUGH FAITH I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD WAS FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD. GOD IS A MASTER DESIGNER, I HAVE BEEN FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD. I AM IN THE FRAME! GOD HAS DESIGN AND TAILORED MY LIFE THROUGH THE WORDS GOD GAVE ME A LONG TIME AGO. THESE WORDS BLESS ME IN ALL WAYS, ALL THINGS AND ALL PLACES.

GOD LET MY FAITH FLOW OUT THROUGH YOUR SPIRIT THAT IS IN ME. MY FAITH HELPS ME TO UNDERSTAND THE WORDS GOD HAS ORDERED FOR MY STEPS. I ONLY WANT WHAT IS IN MY FRAME. I WANT TO FINISH MY COURSE, WHICH IS TO WORSHIP GOD AND REVEAL HIS  PLAN TO MANKIND. BECAUSE I MARCH AND WORK WITH GOD IN THE SPIRIT, WHEN TROUBLE COMES I WILL NOT STOP, BUT MARCH RIGHT THROUGH IT. BECAUSE GOD KNEW HE COULD TRUST ME WITH TROUBLE. I DON'T RUN FROM TROUBLE BUT I THROW MY FAITH RIGHT AT THAT TROUBLE.

I AM GLAD TO KNOW WHO JESUS IS AND WHAT JESUS IS ABLE TO DO. GOD RAISED ME UP WITH CHRIST AND SEATED ME WITH GOD IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS IN CHRIST JESUS. THAT IN THE COMING AGE GOD MIGHT SHOW THE INCOMPARABLE RICHES OF GOD'S GRACE EXPRESSED IN GOD'S KINDNESS TO ME IN CHRIST JESUS. IT IS BY GRACE I HAVE BEEN SAVED, THROUGH FAITH- AND THIS NOT FROM MYSELF, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD. NOT BY WORKS, SO THAT I CANNOT BOAST, FOR I AM GOD'S WORKMAN CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS. WHICH GOD PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR ME TO DO. I HAVE TOLD YOU NOW BEFORE THE WORK IS COMPLETE, SO THAT WHEN THE WORK IS COMPLETE YOU WILL BELIEVE.   AMEN!

MY GIFT TO YOU ARE MY PRAYERS FOR YOU!

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THIS IS MY REVELATION TO ALL MANKIND FROM THE CREATOR OF MAN KIND, GOD

THE BIBLE READS THE SAME FOR ALL PEOPLE, BECAUSE IN THE BIBLE ALL PEOPLE ARE THE SAME CREATED BY GOD. THE WORDS OF THE BIBLE ARE GOD'S LOVE FOR US. GOD LOVED US FIRST BY GIVING US HIS WORD, BY PRAYING GOD'S WORD TO HIM FOR MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBOR I FULFILL GOD'S LAW. THAT IS TO LOVE GOD WITH  ALL MY HEART, ALL MY SOUL, ALL MY MIND AND TO LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AS MYSELF. I HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH GOD'S PLEASING WORD. "MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY ROCK AND REDEEMER". (Psalm 19:14) THIS BLOG IS MY SPIRITUAL HOUSE BUILT WITH GOD'S WORDS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HELP ME TO UNDERSTANDING. THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS REVEALED TO ME: ANYTHING I BUILD THAT I WANT TO LAST, HAS TO BE BUILT WITH SOMETHING EVERLASTING. I BELIVE GOD'S WORD IS EVERLASTING AND I HAVE A EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH THESE WORDS GOD GAVE ME. THIS IS GOD'S WILL, TO HAVE AN EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL PEOPLE, ALL PLACES, ALL THINGS THROUGH GOD'S WORD FOUND IN THE BIBLE GOD'S BOOK OF LOVE.      AMEN!

MY SON, LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY WORDS: PROVERBS 4:20-23

²⁰ My Son, Pay Attention To What I Say;
    Turn Your Ear To My Words.
²¹ Do Not Let Them Out Of Your Sight,
    Keep Them Within Your Heart;
²² For They Are Life To Those Who Find Them
    And Health To One’s Whole Body.
²³ Above All Else, Guard Your Heart,
    For Everything You Do Flows From It.

THE LORD IS MY REFUGE AND FORTRESS, MY GOD, IN WHOM I TRUST: PSALM 91

Psalm 91

¹ Whoever Dwells in the Shelter of the Most High
    Will Rest in the Shadow of the Almighty.^[a]
2 I Will Say of the Lord, “He is My Refuge and My Fortress,
    My God, in Whom I Trust.”

³ Surely God Will Save You
    From the Fowler’s Snare
    and From the Deadly Pestilence.
⁴ God Covers You With His Feathers,
    and Under God's Wings You Will Find Refuge;
    God's Faithfulness Will Be Your Shield and Rampart.
⁵ You Will Not Fear the Terror of Night,
    Nor the Arrow That Flies By Day,
⁶ Nor the Pestilence That Stalks in the Darkness,
    Nor the Plague That Destroys at Midday.
⁷ A Thousand May Fall at Your Side,
    Ten Thousand at Your Right Hand,
    But it Will Not Come Near You.
⁸ You Will Only Observe With Your Eyes
    and See the Punishment of the Wicked.

⁹ If You Say, “The Lord is My Refuge,”
    and You Make the Most High Your Dwelling,
¹⁰ No Harm Will Overtake You,
    No Disaster Will Come Near Your Tent.
¹¹ For God Will Command His Angels Concerning You
    to Guard You in All Your Ways;
¹² They Will Lift You Up in Their Hands,
    So That You Will Not Strike Your Foot Against a Stone.
¹³ You Will Tread On the Lion and the Cobra;
    You Will Trample the Great Lion and the Serpent.

¹⁴ “Because He^[b] Loves Me,” Says the Lord, “I Will Rescue Him;
    I Will Protect Him, For He Acknowledges My Name.
¹⁵ He Will Call On Me, and I Will Answer Him;
    I Will Be With Him in Trouble,
    I Will Deliver Him and Honor Him.
¹⁶ With Long Life I Will Satisfy Him
    and Show Him My Salvation.”

 

TWO KINDS OF WISDOM: JAMES 3:13 - 4:10

Two Kinds of Wisdom

¹³ Who is Wise and Understanding Among You? Let Him Show it by His Good Life, by Deeds Done in the Humility That Comes From Wisdom. ¹⁴ But if You Harbor Bitter Envy and Selfish Ambition in Your Hearts, do not Boast About it or Deny the Truth. ¹⁵ Such “Wisdom” does not Come Down From Heaven but is Earthly, Unspiritual, of the Devil. ¹⁶ For Where You Have Envy and Selfish Ambition, There You Find Disorder and Every Evil practice.
¹⁷ But the Wisdom That Comes From Heaven is First of All Pure; Then Peace-Loving, Considerate, Submissive, Full of Mercy and Good Fruit, Impartial and Sincere. ¹⁸ Peacemakers Who Sow in Peace Reap a Harvest of Righteousness.

Submit Yourselves to God

4 What Causes Fights and Quarrels Among You? Don’t They Come From Your Desires That Battle Within You? ²  You Want Something but Don't Get it. You Kill and Covet, but You Cannot Have What You Want,  You Quarrel and Fight. You do not Have Because You do not Ask God. ³ When You Ask, You do not Receive, Because You Ask With Wrong Motives, That You May Spend What You Get on Your Pleasures.

⁴ You Adulterous People,^[a] Don’t You Know That Friendship With the World is Hatred Towards God?  Anyone Who chooses to be a Friend of the World Becomes an Enemy of God. ⁵ Or do you Think Scripture Says Without Reason That the Spirit God Caused to Live in Us Envies Intensely? ⁶ But God Gives Us More Grace. That is Why Scripture Says:

“God Opposes the Proud
    but Gives Grace to the humble.”^[c]

⁷ Submit Yourselves, Then, to God. Resist the Devil, and He Will Flee From You. ⁸ Come Near to God and God Will Come Near to You. Wash Your Hands, You Sinners, and Purify Your Hearts, You Double-minded. ⁹ Grieve, Mourn and Wail. Change Your Laughter to Mourning and Your Joy to Gloom. ¹⁰ Humble Yourselves Before the Lord, and He Will Lift You Up.

TRIALS AND TEMPTATIONS: JAMES 1:2-8

Trials and Temptations

² Consider it Pure Joy, My Brothers and Sisters,^[a] Whenever You Face Trials of Many Kinds, ³ Because You Know That the Testing of Your Faith Produces Perseverance. ⁴ Let Perseverance Finish its Work so That You May Be Mature and Complete, not Lacking Anything. ⁵ If Any of You Lacks Wisdom, You Should Ask God, Who Gives Generously to All Without Finding Fault, and it Will Be Given to You. ⁶ But When You Ask, You Must Believe and Not Doubt, Because the One Who Doubts is Like a Wave of the Sea, Blown and Tossed by the Wind. ⁷ That Person Should Not Expect to Receive Anything From the Lord. ⁸ Such a Person is Double-minded and Unstable in All They Do.

FREEDOM FROM HUMAN REGULATIONS THROUGH LIFE WITH CHRIST: Col. 2:6-23

Spiritual Fullness in Christ

⁶ So Then, Just as You Received Christ Jesus as Lord, Continue to Live in Christ, Rooted and Built up in Christ, Strengthened in the Faith as You Were Taught, and Overflowing with Thankfulness.
⁸ See to it That No One Takes You Captive Through Hollow and Deceptive Philosophy, Which Depends on Human Tradition and the Basic Principles of this world rather than on Christ.
⁹ For in Christ All the Fullness of the Deity Lives in Bodily form, ¹⁰ and You Have Been Given  fullness in Christ. Who is the Head Over Every Power and Authority. In Christ You Were Also Circumcised, in the Putting Off of the Sinful Nature, Not With a  Circumcision Done by the  Hands of Men But With the Circumcision Done by Christ,  Having Been Buried With Christ in Baptism and  Raised With Christ Through Your Faith in the Power of God, Who Raised Christ From the Dead.
¹³ When You Were Dead in Your Sins and in the Uncircumcision of Your Sinful Nature, God Made You^[d] Alive With Christ. God Forgave Us All Our Sins, ¹⁴ Having Canceled the Written Code, With it's Regulations, That Was Against Us and That Stood Opposed to Us; God Took It Away , Nailing It  to the Cross. ¹⁵ And Having Disarmed the Powers and Authorities, God Made a Public Spectacle of Them, Triumphing Over Them in Christ by the Cross.

Freedom From Human Rules

¹⁶ Therefore do not Let Anyone Judge You by What You Eat or Drink, or With Regard to a Religious Festival, a New Moon Celebration or a Sabbath Day. ¹⁷ These Are a Shadow of the Things That Were to Come; the Reality, However, is Found in Christ. ¹⁸ Do not Let Anyone Who Delights in False Humility and the Worship of Angels Disqualify You for the Prize. Such a Person  Goes Into Great Detail About What He Has Seen, and His Unspiritual mind Puffs Him Up With Idle Notions. He Has ¹⁹  Lost Connection with the Head, From Whom the Whole Body, Supported and Held Together by its Ligaments and Sinews, Grows as God Causes it to Grow.
²⁰ Since You Died With Christ to the Basic Principles  of This World, Why, as Though You Still Belonged to it, do You Submit to its Rules: ²¹ “Do Not Handle! Do Not Taste! Do Not Touch!”? ²² These Are All Destined to Perish With Use, Because They Are Based on Human Commands and teachings. ²³ Such Regulations Indeed Have an Appearance of Wisdom, With Their Self-imposed Worship, Their False Humility and their Harsh Treatment of the Body, but They Lack Any Value in Restraining Sensual Indulgence.

PRESSING ON TOWARD MY GOAL: Phil.3:12-14

¹² Not That I Have Already Obtained All This, or Have Already Been Made Perfect, But I Press on to Take Hold of That for Which Christ Jesus Took Hold of Me. ¹³ Brothers and Sisters, I do not Consider Myself Yet to Have Taken Hold of it. But One Thing I Do: Forgetting What is Behind and Straining Toward What is Ahead, ¹⁴ I Press on Toward the Goal to Win the Prize for Which God Has Called Me Heavenward in Christ Jesus.

BE MADE NEW IN THE ATTITUDE OF YOUR MINDS, BE IMITATORS OF GOD: Eph.4:17-24

Instructions for Christian Living

¹⁷ So I Tell You This, and Insist On it in the Lord, That You Must No Longer Live as the Gentiles Do, in the Futility of Their Thinking. ¹⁸ They Are Darkened in Their Understanding and Separated From the Life of God Because of the Ignorance That is in Them Due to the Hardening of Their Hearts. ¹⁹ Having Lost All Sensitivity, They Have Given Themselves Over to Sensuality so as to Indulge in Every Kind of Impurity, With a Continual Lust for More
²⁰ You, However, Did Not Come to Know Christ That Way. Surly You Heard of Christ and Were Taught in Christ in Accordance With the Truth That is in Jesus. ²² You Were Taught, With Regard to Your Former Way of Life, to Put Off Your Old Self, Which is Being Corrupted By its Deceitful Desires; ²³ to be Made New in the Attitude of Your Minds; ²⁴ and to Put on the New Self, Created to be Like God in True Righteousness and Holiness.

WHAT HAPPEN WHEN I FIRST BELIEVE: Eph.1:13-14

¹³ And You Also Were Included in Christ When You Heard the Word of Truth, the Gospel of Your Salvation. When You Believed, You Were Marked in Christ With a Seal, the Promised Holy Spirit, ¹⁴ Who is a Deposit Guaranteeing Our Inheritance Until the Redemption of Those Who Are God’s Possession—to the Praise of God's Glory.

WE ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED THROUGH CHRIST: GALATIANS 3:16, 3:26-29, 5:6

^3:16
16 The Promises Were Spoken to Abraham and to His Seed. Scripture Does Not Say “and to Seeds,” Meaning Many People, But “and to Your Seed,”^[i] Meaning One Person, Who Is Christ.



3:26-29
 ²⁶ You are All Children of God Through Faith in Christ Jesus, ²⁷ for All of You Who Were Baptized Into Christ Have Clothed Yourselves With Christ. ²⁸ There is Neither Jew Nor Gentile, Neither Slave Nor Free, Nor is There Male and Female, for You are All One in Christ Jesus. ²⁹ If You Belong to Christ, Then You are Abraham’s Seed, and Heirs According to the Promise.



⁶ For in Christ Jesus Neither Circumcision Nor Uncircumcision Has Any Value. The Only Thing That Counts is Faith Expressing Itself Through Love.

GOD COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION, WE ARE CHRIST AMBASSADORS: 2Cor. 5:13-21

¹³ If We are “Out of Our Mind,” as Some Say, it is for God; if We are in Our Right Mind, it is for You. ¹⁴ For Christ’s Love Compels Us, Because We are Convinced That One Died for All, and Therefore All Died. ¹⁵ And Christ Died for All, That Those Who Live Should No Longer Live for Themselves But for Christ Who Died for Us and Was Raised Again.
¹⁶ So From Now On We Regard No One From a Worldly Point of View. Though We Once Regarded Christ in This Way, We Do So No Longer. ¹⁷ Therefore, if Anyone is in Christ, He is a  New Creation;  The Old Has Gone, the New is Here! ¹⁸ All This is From God, Who Reconciled Us to Himself Through Christ and Gave Us the Ministry of Reconciliation: ¹⁹ That God Was Reconciling the World to Himself in Christ, Not Counting People’s Sins Against Them. And God Has Committed to Us the Message of Reconciliation. ²⁰ We are Therefore Christ’s Ambassadors, as Though God Were Making His Appeal Through Us. We Implore You On Christ’s Behalf: Be Reconciled to God. ²¹ God Made Christ Who Had No Sin to Be Sin^[b] for Us, so That in Christ We Might Become the Righteousness of God.

THE GOD OF THIS AGE BLINDS THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS: 2Cor.4:4

 ⁴ The God of This Age Has Blinded the Minds of Unbelievers, so That They Cannot See the Light of the Gospel That Displays the Glory of Christ, Who is the Image of God.

WARNINGS FROM ISRAEL'S HISTORY:1 Cor.10:1-13

Warnings From Israel’s History

10 For I Do Not Want You to Be Ignorant of the Fact, Brothers and Sisters, That Our Forefathers Were All Under the Cloud and That They All Passed Through the Sea. ² They Were All Baptized Into Moses in the Cloud and in the Sea. ³ They All Ate the Same Spiritual Food ⁴ and Drank the Same Spiritual Drink; for They Drank From the Spiritual Rock That Accompanied Them, and That Rock Was Christ. ⁵ Nevertheless, God Was Not Pleased With Most of Them; Their Bodies Were Scattered in the Wilderness.

⁶ Now These Things Occurred As Examples to Keep Us From Setting Our Hearts On Evil Things As They Did. ⁷ Do Not Be Idolaters, As Some of Them Were; As it is Written: “The People Sat Down to Eat and Drink and Got Up to Indulge in Pagan Revelry.”^{[a] 8} We Should Not Commit Sexual Immorality, As Some of Them Did—and in One Day Twenty-Three Thousand of Them Died. ⁹ We Should Not Test Christ,^[b] As Some of Them Did—and Were Killed By Snakes. ¹⁰ And Do Not Grumble, As Some of Them Did—and Were Killed By the Destroying Angel.
¹¹ These Things Happened to Them As Examples and Were Written Down As Warnings for Us, On Whom the Fulfillment of the Ages Has Come. ¹² So, if You Think You Are Standing Firm, Be Careful That You Don’t Fall! ¹³ No Temptation^[c] Has Overtaken You Except What is Common to Man. And God is Faithful; God Will Not Let You Be Tempted^[d] Beyond What You Can Bear. But When You Are Tempted,^[e] God Will Also Provide a Way Out so That You Can Endure It.

MY CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR, IT IS THE LORD WHO JUDGES ME:1 Cor.4:1-7

The Nature of True Apostleship

4 So Then, Men Ought to Regard Us: As Servants of Christ and As Those Entrusted With the Mysteries God Has Revealed. ² Now it is Required That Those Who Have Been Given a Trust Must Prove Faithful. ³ I Care Very Little if I Am Judged By You or By Any Human Court; Indeed, I Do Not Even Judge Myself. ⁴ My Conscience is Clear, But That Does Not Make Me Innocent. It is the Lord Who Judges Me. ⁵ Therefore Judge Nothing Before the Appointed Time; Wait Until the Lord Comes. He Will Bring to Light What is Hidden in Darkness and Will Expose the Motives of Men's Heart. At That Time Each Will Receive Their Praise From God.

⁶ Now, Brothers and Sisters, I Have Applied These Things to Myself and Apollos for Your Benefit, so That You May Learn From Us the Meaning of the Saying, “Do Not Go Beyond What is Written.” Then You Will Not Take Pride in One Man over against the Other. ⁷ For Who Makes You Different From Anyone Else? What Do You Have That You Did Not Receive? And if You Did Receive it, Why Do You Boast As Though You Did Not?

MY SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP IS TO BE HOLY AND PLEASING TO GOD: ROMANS 12:1-8

A Living Sacrifice

12 Therefore, I Urge You, Brothers and Sisters, in View of God’s Mercy, to Offer Your Bodies As  Living Sacrifices, Holy and Pleasing to God—This is Your Spiritual Act of Worship. ² Do Not Conform to the Pattern of This World, But Be Transformed By the Renewing of Your Mind. Then You Will Be Able to Test and Approve What God’s Will is—God's Good, Pleasing and Perfect Will.

Humble Service in the Body of Christ

³ For By the Grace Given Me I Say to Every One of You: Do Not Think of Yourself More Highly Than You Ought, But Rather Think of Yourself With Sober Judgment, in Accordance With the Measure of Faith God has Given you.  Just As Each of Us Has One Body With Many Members, and These members Do Not All Have the Same Function, ⁵ So in Christ We, Who Are Many, Form One Body, and Each Member Belongs to All the Others. ⁶ We Have Different Gifts, According to the Grace Given Us. If Your Gift is Prophesying, Then Prophesy in Accordance With Your^[a] Faith; ⁷ If it is Serving, Then Serve; If it is Teaching, Then Teach; ⁸ If it is to Encourage, Then Give Encouragement; If it is Giving, then Give Generously; If it is Leadership,^[b] Let Him Govern Diligently; If it is  Showing Mercy, Let Him  Do it Cheerfully.

GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS COMES THROUGH CHRIST: ROMANS 10:1-4

10 Brothers and Sisters, My Heart’s Desire and Prayer to God for the Israelites is That They May Be Saved. ² For I Can Testify About Them That They Are Zealous for God, But Their Zeal is Not Based on Knowledge. ³ Since They Did Not Know the Righteousness That Comes From God and Sought to Establish Their Own, They Did Not Submit to God’s Righteousness. ⁴ Christ is the Culmination of the Law so That There May Be Righteousness for Everyone Who Believes.

OUR FUTURE GLORY IS: THAT WE WAIT EAGERLY FOR OUR ADOPTION AS SONS, THE REDEMPTION OF OUR BODIES: Rom. 18-39

¹⁸ I Consider That Our Present Sufferings Are Not Worth Comparing With the Glory That Will Be Revealed in Us. ¹⁹ For the Creation Waits in Eager Expectation for the Children of God to Be Revealed. ²⁰ For the Creation Was Subjected to Frustration, Not By its Own Choice, But By the Will of  God Who Subjected it, in Hope ²¹ That^[h] the Creation Itself Will Be Liberated From its Bondage to Decay and Brought Into the Glorious Freedom  of the Children of God.
²² We Know That the Whole Creation Has Been Groaning As in the Pains of Childbirth Right Up to the Present time. ²³ Not Only so, But We Ourselves, Who Have the Firstfruits of the Spirit, Groan Inwardly As We Wait Eagerly for Our Adoption to Sonship , the Redemption of Our Bodies. ²⁴ For In This Hope We Were Saved. But Hope That is Seen is No Hope at All. Who Hopes for What They Already Have? ²⁵ But if We Hope for What We Do Not Yet Have, We wait for it Patiently.
²⁶ In the Same Way, the Spirit Helps Us in Our Weakness. We Do Not Know What We Ought to Pray for, But the Spirit Himself Intercedes for Us With Groans That Words Cannot Express. ²⁷ And God Who Searches Our Hearts Knows the Mind of the Spirit, Because the Spirit Intercedes for God’s People in Accordance With God's Will.
²⁸ And We Know That in All Things God Works for the Good of Those Who Love God, Who^[i] Have Been Called According to God's Purpose. ²⁹ For Those God Foreknew God Also Predestined to Be Conformed to the Image of God's Son, That He Might Be the Firstborn Among Many Brothers and Sisters. ³⁰ And Those God Predestined, God also Called; Those God Called, God Also Justified; Those God Justified, God Also Glorified.

More Than Conquerors

³¹ What, Then, Shall We Say in Response to This? If God is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us? ³² God Who Did Not Spare His Own Son, But Gave Christ Up for Us All—How Will God Not Also, Along With Christ, Graciously Give Us All Things? ³³ Who Will Bring Any Charge Against Those Whom God Has Chosen? It is God Who Justifies. ³⁴ Who is He That Condemns? Christ Jesus, Who Died—More Than That, Who Was Raised to Life—is at the Right Hand of God and is Also Interceding for Us. ³⁵ Who Shall Separate Us From the Love of Christ? Shall Trouble or Hardship or Persecution or Famine or Nakedness or Danger or Sword? ³⁶ As it is Written:

“For Your Sake We Face Death All Day Long;
    We Are Considered As Sheep to Be Slaughtered.”^[j]

³⁷ No, in All These Things We Are More Than Conquerors Through Christ Who Loved Us. ³⁸ For I am Convinced That Neither Death Nor Life, Neither Angels Nor Demons,^[k] Neither the Present Nor the Future, Nor Any Powers, ³⁹ Neither Height Nor Depth, Nor Anything Else in All Creation, Will Be Able to Separate Us From the Love of God That is in Christ Jesus Our Lord.