GOD IS LOVE IN CREATION!

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

GOD IS LOVE IN CREATION:
THE LOVE OF GOD GIVES ME A NEW METHOD OF SEEING NATURE.

" THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF GOD'S HANDS. DAY AFTER DAY THE HEAVENS AND THE SKIES POUR FORTH SPEECH; NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THE HEAVENS AND THE SKIES DISPLAY KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS NO SPEECH OR LANGUAGE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS NOT HEARD. THEIR VOICE GOES OUT INTO ALL THE WORLD. IN THE HEAVENS GOD HAS PITCHED A TENT FOR THE SUN, IT RISES AT ONE END OF THE HEAVENS AND MAKES ITS CIRCUIT TO THE OTHER; NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM ITS HEAT." (Psalms 19:1-6)

"O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH! YOU HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS. FROM THE LIPS OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED PRAISE BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES, TO SILENCE THE FOE AND THE AVENGER. WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU, GOD HAVE SET IN PLACE, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU, GOD ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU, GOD CARE FOR HIM? YOU, GOD MADE CHRIST A LITTLE LOWER THAN YOU YOUR SELF GOD AND CROWNED CHRIST WITH GLORY AND HONER. YOU, GOD MADE CHRIST RULER OVER THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS; YOU, GOD PUT EVERYTHING UNDER CHRIST FEET: ALL FLOCKS AND HERDS, AND THE FISH OF THE SEA, ALL THAT SWIM THE PATHS OF THE SEAS. O LORD OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!" (Psalms 8)

GOD'S VOICE IS ON THE MOVING AIR, I SEE GOD IN THE RISING SUN, AND IN THE SETTING GOD IS FAIR. IN THE SINGING BIRDS, IN THE LOVE OF HUMAN HEARTS, THE VOICE OF GOD IS PRESENT. GOD SPEAKS TO ME IN THE LANGUAGE OF HIS WORD. AMEN!

CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD. AMEN AGAIN!

GOD IS LOVE

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

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL MOTHERS EVERYWHERE!

GOD IS LOVE - IN HIS VERY NATURE, ALL I KNOW OF GOD I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BIBLE - AND THOSE WHO TAUGHT ME GOT WHAT THEY TAUGHT FROM THE BIBLE. IN ALL MY PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS I SEE GOD, BUT IT IS THE GOD OF THE BIBLE I SEE, AND I FEEL GOD TO BE NEAR ME.

GOD AND LOVE ARE SYNONYMOUS. LOVE IS NOT AN ATTRIBUTE OF GOD, IT IS GOD; WHATEVER GOD IS, LOVE IS. IF YOUR CONCEPTION OF LOVE DOES NOT AGREE WITH JUSTICE, JUDGEMENT, PURITY, AND HOLINESS, THEN YOUR IDEA OF LOVE IS WRONG.

"GOD IS PATIENT, GOD IS KIND. GOD DOES NOT ENVY, GOD DOES NOT BOAST, GOD IS NOT PROUD. GOD IS NOT RUDE, GOD IS NOT SELF - SEEKING, GOD IS NOT EASLY ANGERED, GOD KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. GOD DOES NOT DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. GOD ALWAYS PROTECTS, GOD ALWAYS TRUSTS, GOD ALWAYS HOPES, GOD ALWAYS PERSEVERES. GOD NEVER FAILS. (1Cor.13:4-8a)

BUT, OH, THE BEAUTY OF THE ABRAHAM - LIKE FAITH THAT DARES TO PLACE THE CENTER OF ITS LIFE, CONFIDENCE, ACTION, AND HOPE IN AN UNSEEN AND APPARENTLY UNKNOWN GOD. SUCH FAITH SAYS, "GOD IS LOVE". SUCH FAITH IS COUNTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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 HIS 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 HIS SPIRIT. AND WE HAVE SEEN AND TESTIFY THAT THE FATHER HAS SENT HIS SON TO BE 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 JUDGMENT, BECAUSE IN THIS WORLD WE ARE LIKE GOD. THERE IS NO FEAR IN LOVE. BUT PERFECT LOVES 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. (1John 4:7-21)
THE LOVE OF GOD IS NOT REVEALED BY INTELLECTUAL DISCERNMENT;
IT IS A SPIRITUAL REVELATION. IF I WISH TO KEEP IN THE SPIRITUAL SPHERE OF THE LOVE OF GOD, I MUST USE THE GREAT INSTRUMENT OF THE SPIRITUAL REALM, WHICH IS FAITH. DO NOT LIVE AT A DISTANCE FROM GOD; LIVE NEAR HIM, DELIGHTING YOURSELF IN GOD. REMOVE ALL BARRIERS OF SELFISHNESS AND FEAR, AND PLUNGE INTO THE FATHOMLESS LOVE OF GOD.

CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD. AMEN

THANK YOU TO OSWALD CHAMBERS FOR THE SPIRITUAL INSIGHTS I RECIEVED FROM " GOD IS LOVE, REFLECTIONS ON THE CHARACTER OF GOD." BY FAITH HE STILL SPEAKS, EVEN THOUGH HE IS DEAD." (1874 - 1917)

I BELIEVE THAT GOD SENT JESUS INTO THE WORLD AND I LOVE JESUS BY OBEYING HIS TEACHING!

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

JESUS PRAYED FOR ALL BELIEVERS THAT WE MIGHT BE IN COMPLETE UNITY IN LETTING THE WORLD KNOW THAT GOD SENT JESUS:

"JESUS REPLIED, IF ANYONE LOVES ME, HE WILL OBEY MY TEACHINGS. 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 TEACHINGS. THESE WORDS YOU HEAR ARE NOT MY OWN;THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME." (John 14:23-24)

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

"RIGHTEOUS FATHER, THOUGH THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW YOU, I KNOW YOU, AND THEY KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SENT ME.(John 17:25)

"JUST AS EACH US HAS ONE BODY WITH MANY MEMBERS, AND THESE MEMBERS DO NOT ALL HAVE THE SAME FUNCTION, SO IN CHRIST WE WHO ARE MANY FORM ONE BODY, AND EACH MEMBER BELONGS TO ALL THE OTHERS."
(Rom.12:4-5)

"IT IS BECAUSE OF GOD THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD - THAT IS, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND REDEMPTION." (1Cor.1:30)
"NOW IT IS GOD WHO MAKES BOTH US AND YOU STAND FIRM IN CHRIST. GOD ANOINTED US, SET HIS SEAL OF OWNERSHIP ON US, AND PUT HIS SPIRIT IN OUR HEARTS AS A DEPOSIT, GUARANTEEING WHAT IS TO COME."
(2Cor.1:21-22)

"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 GOD'S 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)

"FOR IT IS WITH YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE AND ARE JUSTIFIED, AND IT IS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU CONFESS AND ARE SAVED. AS THE SCRIPTURES SAYS, "ANYONE WHO TRUSTS IN GOD WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME." (Rom.10:10-11)

CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD. AMEN!