GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE IN CHRIST. GOD'S RULES FOR HOLY LIVING!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE IN CHRIST.

RULES FOR HOLY LIVING:
SINCE, THEN, YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR HEARTS ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SET YOUR MINDS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS. FOR YOU DIED,AND YOUR LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR LIFE, APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH CHRIST IN GLORY.

PUT TO DEATH, THEREFORE, WHATEVER BELONGS TO YOUR EARTHLY NATURE: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, LUST, EVIL DESIRES AND GREED, WHICH IS IDOLATRY.
BECAUSE OF THESE, THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMING. YOU USED TO WALK IN THESE WAYS, IN THE LIFE YOU ONCE LIVED. BUT NOW YOU MUST RID YOURSELVES OF ALL SUCH THINGS AS THESE: ANGER, RAGE, MALICE, SLANDER, AND FILTHY LANGUAGE FROM YOUR LIPS. DO NOT LIE TO EACH OTHER, SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF YOUR OLD SELF WITH ITS PRACTICES AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF, WHICH IS BEING RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE IN THE IMAGE OF ITS CREATOR - GOD. HERE THERE IS NO GREEK OR JEW, CIRCUMCISED OR UNCIRCUMCISED,
BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, SLAVE OR FREE, BUT CHRIST IS ALL, AND IN ALL.

THEREFORE, AS GOD CHOSEN PEOPLE, HOLY AND DEARLY LOVED, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE. BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE WHATEVER GRIEVANCES YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU. AND OVER ALL THESE VIRTUES PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS THEM ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT UNITY. LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, SINCE AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY YOU WERE CALLED TO PEACE. AND BE THANKFUL. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHERWITH ALL WISDOM, AND AS YOU SING PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WETHER IN WORD OF DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST.(Col.3:1-17)

WHATEVER YOU DO, WORK AT IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AS WORKING FOR THE LORD, NOT FOR MEN, SINCE YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INHERITANCE FROM THE LORD AS A REWARD. IT IS THE LORD CHRIST YOU ARE SERVING.(Col.3:23-24)
CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANK YOU GOD.      AMEN!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE IN CHRIST!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIFE IN CHRIST.

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. 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. FOR IN CHRIST ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE DEITY LIVES IN BODILY FORM, 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.

WHEN YOU WERE DEAD IN YOUR SINS AND IN THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF YOUR SINFUL NATURE, GOD MADE YOU ALIVE WITH CHRIST. GOD FORGAVE US ALL OUR SINS, HAVING CANCELED THE WRITTEN CODE, WITH ITS REGULATIONS, THAT WAS AGAINST US AND THAT STOOD OPPOSED TO US; GOD TOOK IT AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. AND HAVING DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, GOD MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF THEM, TRIUMPING OVER THEM IN CHRIST BY THE CROSS.
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. THESE ARE A SHADOW OF THE THINGS THAT WERE TO COME; THE SPIRITUAL REALITY, HOWEVER, IS FOUND IN CHRIST.(Col.2:6-17)

CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME IN TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANK YOU GOD!     AMEN.

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST.

IN THE PAST GOD SPOKE TO OUR FOREFATHERS THROUGH THE PROPHETS AT MANY TIMES AND IN VARIOUS WAYS, BUT IN THESE LAST DAYS GOD HAS SPOKEN TO US BY HIS SON, WHOM GOD APPOINTED HEIR OF ALL THINGS, AND THROUGH WHOM GOD MADE THE UNIVERSE. THE SON IS THE RADIANCE OF GOD'S GLORY AND THE EXACT REPRESENTATION OF GOD'S BEING, SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY GOD'S POWERFUL WORD. AFTER CHRIST HAD PROVIDED PURIFICATION FOR SINS, CHRIST SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF THE MAJESTY IN HEAVEN.(Heb.1:1-3)

CHRIST IS THE IMAGE OF THE INVISIBLE GOD, THE FIRSTBORN OVER ALL CREATION. FOR BY CHRIST ALL THINGS WERE CREATED: THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, WHETHER THRONES OR POWERS OR RULERS OR AUTHORITIES; ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY CHRIST AND FOR CHRIST. CHRIST IS BEFORE ALL THINGS, AND IN CHRIST ALL THINGS HOLD TOGETHER. AND CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH; CHRIST IS THE BEGINNING AND THE FIRSTBORN FROM AMONG THE DEAD, SO THAT IN EVERYTHING CHRIST MIGHT HAVE THE SUPREMACY. FOR GOD WAS PLEASED TO HAVE ALL GODS FULLNESS DWELL IN CHRIST, AND THROUGH CHRIST TO RECONCILE TO HIMSELF ALL THINGS, WHETHER THINGS ON EARTH OR THINGS IN HEAVEN, BY MAKING PEACE THROUGH CHRIST BLOOD, SHED ON THE CROSS.(Col.1:15-20)

REJOICE IN THE LORD ALWAYS. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: REJOICE! LET YOUR GENTLENESS BE EVIDENT TO ALL. THE LORD IS NEAR. DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUEST TO GOD. AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS.(Phil.4:4-7)

CHRIST IS MY REALITY;    AMEN!

JESUS WAS SENT TO EARTH BY GOD TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL THOSE GOD HAD GIVEN HIM!

JESUS CHRIST PRAYED TO GOD FOR HIMSELF. JESUS WAS SENT TO EARTH BY GOD TO COMPLETE THE WORK GOD GAVE JESUS TO DO. TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL THOSE GOD HAS GIVEN HIM. NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE: THAT WE MAY KNOW GOD, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST.WHOM GOD HAS SENT. JESUS WAS IN GOD'S PRESENCE BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. I BELIEVE THIS IS TRUE NOW.

JESUS LOOKED TOWARD HEAVEN AND PRAYED:

 "FATHER, THE TIME HAS COME. GLORIFY YOUR SON, THAT YOUR SON MAY GLORIFY YOU. FOR GOD GRANTED CHRIST AUTHORITY OVER ALL PEOPLE THAT CHRIST MIGHT GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL THOSE GOD HAVE GIVEN CHRIST. NOW THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE: THAT THEY MAY KNOW YOU GOD, THE ONLY TRUE GOD, AND JESUS CHRIST, WHOM GOD HAVE SENT. I, CHRIST HAVE BROUGHT YOU GLORY ON EARTH BY COMPLETING THE WORK YOU GOD GAVE CHRIST TO DO. AND NOW FATHER, GLORIFY ME IN YOUR PRESENCE WITH THE GLORY I, CHRIST HAD WITH YOU GOD BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN.(John 17:1-5)

GOD WAS PLEASED THROUGH THE FOOLISHNESS OF WHAT WAS PREACHED TO SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVE. JEWS DEMAND MIRACULOUS SIGNS AND GREEKS LOOK FOR WISDOM, BUT WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED: A STUMBLING BLOCK TO JEWS AND FOOLISHNESS TO GENTILES, BUT TO THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CALLED, BOTH JEWS AND GREEKS, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF GOD.(1Cor.1:21b-24)

"THE LORD GOD BROUGHT WISDOM FORTH AS THE FIRST OF GOD'S WORKS, BEFORE GOD'S DEEDS OF OLD; I WISDOM WAS APPOINTED FROM ETERNITY, FROM THE BEGINNING, BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. WHEN THERE WERE NO OCEANS, I, WISDOM, WAS GIVEN BIRTH, WHEN THERE WERE NO SPRINGS ABOUNDING WITH WATER; BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE SETTLED IN PLACE, BEFORE THE HILLS, I, WISDOM, WAS GIVEN BIRTH, BEFORE GOD MADE THE EARTH OR ITS FIELDS OR ANY OF THE DUST OF THE WORLD. I, WISDOM, WAS THERE WHEN GOD SET THE HEAVENS IN PLACE, WHEN GOD MARKED OUT THE HORIZON ON THE FACE OF THE DEEP, WHEN GOD ESTABLISHED THE CLOUDS ABOVE AND FIXED SECURELY THE FOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP, WHEN GOD GAVE THE SEA ITS BOUNDARY SO THE WATERS WOULD NOT OVERSTEP GOD COMMAND, AND WHEN GOD MARKED OUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH. THEN I, WISDOM, WAS THE CRAFTSMAN AT GOD SIDE.
I, WISDOM, WAS FILLED WITH DELIGHT DAY AFTER DAY, REJOICING ALWAYS IN GOD PRESENCE, REJOICING IN GOD'S WHOLE WORLD AND DELIGHTING IN MANKIND. "NOW THEN, WISDOMS SONS, LISTEN TO WISDOM; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP WISDOM WAYS. LISTEN TO WISDOM INSTRUCTION AND BE WISE; DO NOT IGNORE IT. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO WISDOM, WATCHING DAILY AT WISDOM DOORS, WAITING AT WISDOM DOORWAY. FOR WHOEVER FINDS WISDOM FINDS LIFE AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM GOD. BUT WHOEVER FAILS TO FIND WISDOM HARMS HIMSELF; ALL WHO HATE WISDOM LOVE DEATH."(Prov.8:22-36)

  CHRIST IS GOD'S WISDOM AND I RECIEVE GOD'S FAVOR BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND CHRIST! AMEN.

I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER IN CHRIST JESUS THE SON!

CHRIST SAID: "I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER."(John 15:1) THIS IS HOW GOD'S PLAN WORKS IN ME.

CHRIST SAID: "YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY, I AM GOING AWAY AND I AM COMING BACK TO YOU." IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WOULD BE GLAD THAT I AM GOING TO THE FATHER, FOR THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I. I HAVE TOLD YOU NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS, SO THAT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN YOU WILL BELIEVE. I WILL NOT SPEAK WITH YOU MUCH LONGER, FOR THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD IS COMING. THE DEVIL HAS NO HOLD... ON ME, BUT THE WORLD MUST LEARN THAT I LOVE THE FATHER AND THAT I DO EXACTLY WHAT MY FATHER HAS COMMANDED ME. "I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER. GOD CUTS OFF EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NO FRUIT,WHILE EVERY BRANCH THAT DOES BEAR FRUIT GOD PRUNES SO THAT IT WILL BE EVEN MORE FRUITFUL. YOU ARE ALREADY CLEAN BECAUSE OF THE WORD I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU. REMAIN IN ME, AND I WILL REMAIN IN YOU. NO BRANCH CAN BEAR FRUIT BY ITSELF; IT MUST REMAIN IN THE VINE. NEITHER CAN YOU BEAR FRUIT UNLESS YOU REMAIN IN ME
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"I AM THE VINE; YOU ARE THE BRANCHES. IF A MAN REMAINS IN ME AND I IN HIM, HE WILL BEAR MUCH FRUIT; APART FROM ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING. IF ANYONE DOES NOT REMAIN IN ME, HE IS LIKE A BRANCH THAT IS THROWN AWAY AND WITHERS; SUCH BRANCHES ARE PICKED UP, THROWN INTO THE FIRE AND BURNED. IF YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU. THIS IS TO MY FATHER'S GLORY, THAT YOU BEAR MUCH FRUIT, SHOWING YOURSELVES TO BE MY DISCIPLES.

 "AS THE FATHER HAS LOVED ME, SO HAVE I LOVED YOU. NOW REMAIN IN MY LOVE. IF YOU OBEY MY COMMANDS, YOU WILL REMAIN IN MY LOVE, JUST AS I HAVE OBEYED MY FATHER'S COMMANDS AND REMAIN IN HIS LOVE. I HAVE TOLD YOU THIS SO THAT MY JOY MAY BE IN YOU AND THAT YOUR JOY MAY BE COMPLETE. MY COMMAND IS THIS: LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU. GREATER LOVE HAS NO ONE THAN THIS, THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS. YOU ARE MY FRIENDS IF YOU DO WHAT I COMMAND. I NO LONGER CALL YOU SERVANTS, BECAUSE A SERVANT DOES NOT KNOW HIS MASTER'S BUSINESS. INSTEAD, I HAVE CALLED YOU FRIEND, FOR EVERYTHING THAT I LEARNED FROM MY FATHER I HAVE MADE KNOWN TO YOU. YOU DID NOT CHOOSE ME, BUT I CHOSE YOU AND APPOINTED YOU TO GO AND BEAR FRUIT - FRUIT THAT WILL LAST. THEN THE FATHER WILL GIVE YOU WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME. THIS IS MY COMMAND: LOVE EACH OTHER.(John 14:28-15:1-17)

LOVE COMES FROM A PURE HEART AND A GOOD CONSCIENCE AND A SINCERE FAITH, WITH THESE WORD'S OF LOVE I FULFILL CHRIST'S COMMAND, I REMAIN IN CHRIST. MAY THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU ALWAYS. AMEN!

MY REALITY IS FOUND IN CHRIST JESUS THE LIVING WORD OF GOD.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, I AM OVERFLOWING WITH THANKFULNESS BECAUSE MY REALITY IS FOUND IN CHRIST JESUS THE LIVING WORD OF GOD:

IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. JESUS WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. THROUGH JESUS ALL THINGS WERE MADE; WITHOUT JESUS NOTHING WAS MADE THAT HAS BEEN MADE. IN JESUS WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN. THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS, BUT THE DARKNESS HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD IT.(John 1:1-5)

GOD SAYS TO ME: MY SON, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I SAY; LISTEN CLOSELY TO MY WORDS. DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT, KEEP THEM WITHIN YOUR HEART; FOR THEY ARE LIFE TO THOSE WHO FIND THEM AND HEALTH TO A MAN'S WHOLE BODY. ABOVE ALL ELSE, GUARD YOUR HEART, FOR IT IS THE WELLSPRING OF LIFE.(Prov.4:20-23)

JESUS SAID, I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, ANYONE WHO HAS FAITH IN ME WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING. HE WILL DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THESE, BECAUSE I AM GOING TO THE FATHER. AND I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME, SO THAT THE SON MAY BRING GLORY TO THE FATHER. YOU MAY ASK ME - JESUS FOR ANYTHING IN MY - JESUS NAME, AND I WILL DO IT.

JESUS PROMISES THE HOLY SPIRIT:

"IF YOU LOVE ME, YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND. AND I WILL ASK THE FATHER, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COUNSELOR TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER  THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH. THE WORLD CANNOT ACCEPT THE SPIRIT, BECAUSE THE WORLD NEITHER SEES THE SPIRIT NOR KNOWS THE SPIRIT. BUT YOU KNOW THE SPIRIT, FOR THE SPIRIT LIVES WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU. I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU AS ORPHANS; I WILL COME TO YOU. BEFORE LONG, THE WORLD WILL NOT SEE ME ANYMORE, BUT YOU WILL SEE ME. BECAUSE I LIVE, YOU ALSO WILL LIVE. ON THAT DAY YOU WILL REALIZE THAT I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YOU ARE IN ME, AND I AM IN YOU. WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM."
THEN JUDAS SAID," BUT, LORD, WHY DO YOU INTEND TO SHOW YOURSELF TO US AND NOT TO THE WORLD?"

JESUS REPLIED, "IF ANYONE LOVES ME, HE WILL OBEY MY TEACHING. MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM, AND WE WILL COME TO HIM AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME WILL NOT OBEY MY TEACHING. THESE WORDS YOU HEAR ARE NOT MY OWN; THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME. "ALL THIS I HAVE SPOKEN WHILE STILL WITH YOU. BUT THE COUNSELOR, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME, WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS AND WILL REMIND YOU OF EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID TO YOU. PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE YOU. I DO NOT GIVE AS THE WORLD GIVES. DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED AND DO NOT BE AFRAID.(John 14:12-27)

BECAUSE I LOVE CHRIST AND OBEY CHRIST, THE FATHER LOVES ME AND CHRIST AND THE FATHER HAVE MADE THERE HOME WITHIN ME. CHRIST SAID, THESE WORDS YOU HEAR ARE NOT MY OWN; THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME. I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON, IN THE WORD SENT FROM GOD. AMEN!