Thursday, June 30, 2016

GOD IS IMPARTING TO ME THE VERY NATURE OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST!

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

"WHO SHALL SEPERATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST"?
OH THE FULLNESS OF PEACE AND JOY AND GLADNESS BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT NOTHING "SHALL SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS MY LORD" (Rom.8:35,39)
I SHALL PURSUE THIS IDEA FOR ALL IT IS WORTH. GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD ME, IN THAT WHILE I WAS STILL A SINNER, CHRIST DIED FOR ME.(Rom.5:8)
THIS IS THE NATURE OF GOD'S LOVE. THE LOVE OF GOD IS DIFFERENT FROM THE LOVE OF EVERYONE ELSE. IT IS NOT THE LOVE OF A FATHER OR MOTHER, OR A WIFE OR A LOVER. IT IS OF SUCH A PECULIAR STAMP THAT IT HAS TO BE DEMONSTRATED TO ME. THE FOUNDATION OF GOD'S LOVE IS HOLINESS. GOD'S LOVE THEN MUST BE THE JUSTIFICATION OF HIS HOLINESS. MY DEFINITION OF LOVE - LOVE IS THE SOVEREIGN PREFERENCE OF MY PERSON FOR ANOTHER PERSON, EMBRACING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN THAT PREFERENCE. GOD'S NATURE IS HOLY, GOD'S LOVE MUST BE HOLY LOVE, SEEKING TO EMBRACE EVERONE AND EVERYTHING UNTIL WE ALL BECOME HOLY. THE FEATURES OF GOD'S LOVE - THAT IS, THE WAY GOD'S LOVE AS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE SHOWS ITSELF IN NATURAL LIFE - ARE UNFAMILIAR TO US.
THE FEATURES OF GOD'S LOVE ARE THAT IF WE COMMIT OURSELVES TO GOD, GOD WILL IMPART TO US THE VERY NATURE OF HIS SON. "FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD". (Rom.6:23)

GOD IS IMPARTING TO ME THE VERY NATURE OF HIS SON!

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

Sunday, June 26, 2016

I KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR ME - JESUS CHRIST!

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

"BUT YOU, DEAR FRIENDS, BUILD YOURSELVES UP IN YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH AND PRAY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT. KEEP YOURSELVES IN GOD'S LOVE AS YOU WAIT FOR THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST TO BRING YOU TO ETERNAL LIFE.(Jude 20-21)

WE EXPERIENCE UPS AND DOWNS BECAUSE WE RELY ON OUR FEELINGS RATHER THAN FAITH, WE RELY ON OUR OWN WORK AND ENDEAVOR RATHER THAN ON THE FINISHED WORK OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS. JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD, GOD LIVES IN ME AND I IN GOD. SO I KNOW AND RELY ON THE LOVE GOD HAS FOR ME!

MINISTERS OF THE NEW COVENANT:

"BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO ALWAYS LEADS US IN TRIUMPHAL PROCESSION IN CHRIST AND THROUGH US SPREADS EVERYWHERE THE FRAGRANCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST. FOR WE ARE TO GOD THE AROMA OF CHRIST AMONG THOSE WHO ARE BEING SAVED AND THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. TO THE ONE WE ARE THE SMELL OF DEATH; TO THE OTHER, THE FRAGRANCE OF LIFE. AND WHO IS EQUAL TO SUCH A TASK? UNLIKE SO MANY, WE DO NOT PEDDLE THE WORD OF GOD FOR PROFIT. ON THE CONTRARY, IN CHRIST WE SPEAK BEFORE GOD WITH SINCERITY, LIKE MEN SENT FROM GOD.
ARE WE BEGINNING TO COMMEND OURSELVES AGAIN? OR DO WE NEED, LIKE SOME PEOPLE, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU OR FROM YOU? YOU YOURSELVES ARE OUR LETTER, WRITTEN ON OUR HEARTS, KNOWN AND READ BY EVERBODY. YOU SHOW THAT YOU ARE A LETTER FROM CHRIST, THE RESULT OF OUR MINISTRY, WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS. SUCH CONFIDENCE AS THIS IS OURS THROUGH CHRIST BEFORE GOD. NOT THAT WE ARE COMPETENT IN OURSELVES TO CLAIM ANYTHING FOR OURSELVES, BUT OUR COMPETENCE COMES FROM GOD. GOD HAS MADE US COMPETENT AS MINISTERS OF A NEW COVENANT - NOT OF THE LETTER BUT OF THE SPIRIT; FOR THE LETTER KILLS, BUT THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE.(2Cor.2:14-3:6)

THE MINISTERY OF RECONCILIATION:

IF WE ARE OUT OF OUR MIND, IT IS FOR THE SAKE OF GOD; IF WE ARE IN OUR RIGHT MIND, IT IS FOR YOU. FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPLES US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. AND CHRIST DIED FOR ALL, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE SHOULD NO LONGER LIVE FOR THEMSELVES BUT FOR CHRIST WHO DIED FOR THEM AND WAS RAISED AGAIN.
SO FROM NOW ON WE REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORDLY POINT OF VEIW. THOUGH WE ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, WE DO SO NO LONGER. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD GONE, THE NEW HAS COME! ALL THIS IS FROM GOD, WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CHRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION: THAT GOD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN CHRIST, NOT COUNTING MEN'S SINS AGAINST THEM. AND GOD HAS COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION. WE ARE THEREFORE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS, AS THROUGH GOD WERE MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US. WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF; BE RECONCILED TO GOD. GOD MADE CHRIST WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN CHRIST WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. AS GOD'S FELLOW WORKERS WE URGE YOU NOT TO RECEIVE GOD'S GRACE IN VAIN. FOR GOD SAYS, "IN THE TIME OF MY FAVOR I HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." I TELL YOU, NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SALVATION.(2Cor.5:13-6:2)

WE ARE ONE IN CHRIST:

FOR CHRIST HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE, WHO HAS MADE THE TWO ONE AND HAS DESTROYED THE BARRIER, THE DIVIDING WALL OF HOSTILITY, BY ABOLISHING IN CHRIST'S FLESH THE LAW WITH ITS COMMANDMENTS AND REGULATIONS. CHRIST'S PURPOSE WAS TO CREATE IN HIMSELF ONE NEW MAN OUT OF THE TWO, THUS MAKING PEACE, AND IN THIS ONE BODY TO RECONCILE BOTH OF THEM TO GOD THROUGH THE CROSS, BY WHICH CHRIST PUT TO DEATH THEIR HOSTILITY. CHRIST CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR. FOR THROUGH CHRIST WE BOTH HAVE ACCESS TO THE FATHER BY ONE SPIRIT. CONSEQUENTLY, YOU ARE NO LONGER FOREIGNERS AND ALIENS, BUT FELLOW CITIZENS WITH GOD'S PEOPLE AND MEMBERS OF GOD'S HOUSEHOLD, BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE APOSTLES AND PROPHETS, WITH CHRIST JESUS HIMSELF AS THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE. IN CHRIST THE WHOLE BUILDING IS JOINED TOGETHER AND RISES TO BECOME A HOLY TEMPLE IN THE LORD. AND IN CHRIST YOU TOO ARE BEING BUILT TOGETHER TO BECOME A DWELLING IN WHICH GOD LIVES BY HIS SPIRIT.(Eph.2:14-22)

FREEDOM FROM HUMAN REGULATIONS THROUGH LIFE WITH CHRIST:

SO THEN, JUST AS YOU RECEIVED CHRIST JESUS AS LORD, CONTINUE TO LIVE IN CHRIST, ROOTED AND BUILT UP IN CHRIST, STRENGHENED 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 BOBILY 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 CIRCUNCISION 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, TRIUMPHING 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 REALITY, HOWEVER, IS FOUND IN CHRIST.(Col.2:6-15)

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

Monday, June 20, 2016

I LIVE AND WALK BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT!

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

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO MY FATHER IN HEAVEN AND MAY ALL HIS CHILDREN BE BLESSED IN HIM TODAY! AMEN

SO I PRAY "MY FATHER IN HEAVEN,HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME INSIDE ME, YOUR WILL BE DONE BY ME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE ME TODAY MY DAILY BREAD OF YOUR WORD. FORGIVE ME MY DEBTS, AS I ALSO HAVE FORGIVEN MY DEBTORS. AND LEAD ME NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER ME FROM THE EVIL ONE." (Mat.6:9-13)

I LIVE BY FAITH NOT BY SIGHT, FOR ME CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A THING OF TIMES AND SEASONS, BUT OF GOD AND FAITH. DRINK DEEP AND FULL OF THE LOVE OF GOD AND YOU WILL NOT DEMAND THE IMPOSSIBLE FROM EARTH'S LOVES. THE LOVE OF WIFE AND CHILD, OF HUSBAND AND FRIEND, WILL GROW HOLIER AND HEALTHIER, SIMPLER, AND GRANDER. THE LOVE OF GOD IS NOT REVEALED BY INTELLECTUAL DISCERNMENT; IT IS A SPIRITUAL REVELATION.

        "HOWEVER, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "NO EYE HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND HAS CONCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM" - BUT GOD HAS REVEALED IT TO US BY THE SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS, EVEN THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD. FOR WHO AMONG MEN KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN'S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, THAT WE MAY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US. THIS IS WHAT WE SPEAK, NOT IN WORDS TAUGHT US BY HUMAN WISDOM BUT IN WORDS TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT, EXPRESSING SPIRITUAL TRUTHS IN SPIRITUAL WORDS. THE MAN WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE THINGS THAT COME FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO HIM, AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. THE SPIRITUAL MAN MAKES JUDGEMENTS ABOUT ALL THINGS, BUT HE HIMSELF IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY MANS JUDGEMENT: "FOR WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?" BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. (1Cor.2:9-16)

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

Thursday, June 16, 2016

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS JUSTICE!

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

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS JUSTICE:

GOD SHOWED MAN THAT COMPLIANCE WITH GOD'S DICTATES WOULD ALWAYS MEAN ETERNAL BLISS AND UNSPEAKABLE JOY, LIFE AND KNOWLEDGE FOREVER - BUT THAT FAILURE TO COMPLY WOULD MEAN THE LOSS OF LIFE WITH GOD AND ETERNAL DEATH. IN THE WORLD'S BRIGHT BEGINNING, THE STARS SANG TOGETHER AND ALL CREATION LEAPED IN JOY. THEN THE WILD DESOLATION OF DISOBEDIENCE, PRIDE, AND SELFISH SINFULNESS ENTERED, OPENING A GREAT GULF BETWEEN GOD'S CHILDREN AND GOD HIMSELF. BUT AS ALWAYS, LOVE FOUND AWAY - GOD CAME TO US AND FOR US. NOW, WITH HUMBLED HEARTS AND QUIVERING LIPS AND GLISTENING EYES, YET WITH LOVE DEEP AND STRONG IN OUR HEARTS, WE SAY AGAIN WITH DEEP ADORATION, GOD IS LOVE.

     THE LOVE OF GOD PERFORMS A MIRACLE OF GRACE IN GRACELESS HUMAN HEARTS. HUMAN LOVE AND LESSER LOVES MUST WITHER INTO THE MOST GLORIOUS AND HIGHEST LOVE OF ALL - THE LOVE OF GOD. THEN WE SHALL SEE NOT ONLY EACH OTHER'S FAULTS BUT THE HIGHEST POSSIBILITIES IN EACH OTHER. WE SHALL LOVE EACH OTHER FOR WHAT GOD WILL YET MAKE OF US. NOTHING IS TO HARD FOR GOD, NO SIN TOO DIFFICULT FOR GOD'S LOVE TO OVERCOME, NO FAILURE THAT GOD CANNOT MAKE INTO A SUCCESS.


"THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD; THE SKIES PROCLAIM THE WORK OF GOD'S HAND. DAY AFTER DAY THEY POUR FORTH SPEECH; NIGHT AFTER NIGHT THEY DISPLAY KNOWLEDGE. THERE IS NO SPEECH OR LANGUAGE WHERE THEIR VOICE IS NOT HEARD. THEIR VOICE GOES OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, THERE WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD. IN THE HEAVENS GOD HAS PITCHED A TENT FOR THE SUN, WHICH IS LIKE A BRIDEGROOM COMING FORTH FROM HIS PAVILION, LIKE A CHAMPION REJOICING TO RUN HIS COURSE. IT RISES AT ONE END OF THE HEAVENS AND MAKES ITS CIRCUIT TO THE OTHER; NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM ITS HEAT".

      "THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, REVIVING THE SOUL. THE STATUTES OF THE LORD ARE TRUSTWORTHY, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE. THE PRECEPTS OF THE LORD ARE RIGHT, GIVING JOY TO THE HEART. THE COMMANDS OF THE LORD ARE RADIANT, GIVING LIGHT TO THE EYES. THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS PURE, ENDURING FOREVER. THE ORDINANCES OF THE LORD ARE SURE AND ALTOGETHER RIGHTOUS. THEY ARE MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD, THAN MUCH PURE GOLD; THEY ARE SWEETER THAN HONEY, THAN HONEY FROM THE COMB. BY THEM IS YOUR SERVANT WARNED; IN KEEPING THEM THERE IS GREAT REWARD. WHO CAN DISCERN HIS ERRORS? FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS. KEEP YOUR SERVANT ALSO FROM WILLFUL SINS; MAY THEY NOT RULE OVER ME. THEN WILL I BE BLAMELESS, INNOCENT OF GREAT TRANSGRESSION.
"MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF MY HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER. ( Psalm 19)

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

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS HOLINESS!

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

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS HOLINESS:

GOD WALKED WITH MAN AND TALKED WITH MAN. GOD TOLD MAN HIS MIND, AND SHOWED MAN THE PRECISE PATH IN WHICH MAN MUST WALK IN ORDER TO ENJOY THE HAPPINESS GOD HAD ORDAINED FOR MAN. GOD REJOICED IN THE FULLNESS OF GOD'S NATURE OVER MAN AS GOD'S CHILD, THE OFFSPRING OF GOD'S LOVE. GOD LEFT NOTHING UNREVEALED TO MAN; GOD LOVED MAN. OH, THE JOY AND RAPTURE OF GOD THE FATHER OVER MAN GOD'S SON!

I AM GOD'S SON, I TALK TO GOD THROUGH HIS WORD!



"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 HIS WAYS. GOD GUIDES THE HUMBLE IN WHAT IS RIGHT AND TEACHES HIM THEM HIS 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 WHO FEARS THE LORD? GOD WILL INSTRUCT HIM IN THE WAY CHOSEN FOR HIM. HE WILL SPEND HIS DAYS IN PROSPERITY, AND HIS DESENDANTS WILL INHERIT THE LAND. 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". (Psalm 25:1-15)

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

Saturday, June 4, 2016

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS POWER - GOD'S WORD!

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

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS POWER - GOD'S WORD!

THE WHOLE WORLD MOVES TO GOD'S GREAT, INSCRUTABLE WILL. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND OR INTERPRET HOW ALL OF ANIMATE AND INANIMATE CREATION, THE CELESTIAL BODIES MOVING IN THEIR ORBITS, THE GLOBE WITH ALL ITS DIVERSE ISSUES AND ACCOMPANIMENTS, ARE ALL SUBSERVANT TO GOD'S PLAN. ITS GOD'S POWER, GOD'S WORD, GOD'S WILL - THE HOLY SPIRIT, GOD'S WAY - JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S GLORY, GOD'S PLAN. YES, GOD IS GOOD, IN EARTH AND SKY. GOD MADE US ALL AND GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. AMEN

"HE WHO DWELLS IN THE SHELTER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL REST IN THE SHADOW OF THE "ALMIGHTY". I WILL SAY OF THE LORD, "GOD IS MY REFUGE AND MY FORTRESS, MY GOD, IN WHOM I TRUST." SURELY GOD WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE FOWLER'S SNARE AND FROM THE DEADLY PESTILENCE. GOD WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS,  AND UNDER GOD'S WINGS YOU WILL FIND REFUGE; GOD'S FAITHFULNESS WILL BE YOUR SHEILD AND RAMPART. YOU WILL NOT FEAR THE TERROR OF NIGHT, NOR THE ARROW THAT FLIES BY DAY, NOR THE PESTILENCE THAT STALKS IN THE DARKNESS, NOR THE PLAGUE THAT DESTROYS AT MIDDAY. A THOUSAND MAY FALL AT YOUR SIDE, TEN THOUSAND AT YOUR RIGHT HAND, BUT IT WILL NOT COME NEAR YOU. YOU WILL ONLY OBSERVE WITH YOUR EYES AND SEE THE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED. IF YOU MAKE THE MOST HIGH YOUR DWELLING - EVEN THE LORD, WHO IS MY REFUGE - THEN NO HARM WILL BEFALL YOU, NO DISASTER WILL COME NEAR YOUR TENT. FOR GOD WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU IN ALL YOUR WAYS; THEY WILL LIFT YOU UP IN THEIR HANDS, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE. YOU WILL TREAD UPON THE LION AND THE COBRA; YOU WILL TRAMPLE THE GREAT LION AND THE SERPENT. "BEACUSE HE LOVES ME," SAYS THE LORD, "I WILL RESCUE HIM; I WILL PROTECT HIM, FOR HE ACKNOWLEDGES MY NAME. HE WILL CALL UPON ME, AND I WILL ANSWER HIM; I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE, I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM. WITH LONG LIFE WILL I SATISFY HIM AND SHOW HIM MY SALVATION".(Psalm 91)

"BECAUSE I LOVE GOD", GOD PROTECT ME IN THE POWER OF THIS WORD.

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

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS WISDOM - WISDOM IS JESUS CHRIST!

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

GOD IS LOVE IN HIS WISDOM: WISDOM IS JESUS CHRIST.

GOD DID NOT CREATE HUMANS AS PUPPETS TO PLEASE A TYRANNICAL DESIRE OF HIS OWN. GOD CREATED US OUT OF HIS OVERFLOWING LOVE AND GOODNESS. AND GOD MADE US ABLE TO RECIEVE ALL THE BLESSEDNESS WHICH GOD ORDAINED FOR US. GOD "THOUGHT" US IN THE RAPTURE OF GOD'S OWN GREAT HEART, AND LO, WE ARE! CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD WE WERE INNOCENT OF EVIL, CAPABLE OF GREAT GOD - LIKE CAPACITIES.

"MY SON, IF YOU ACCEPT MY WORDS AND STORE UP MY COMMANDS WITHIN YOU, TURNNING YOUR EAR TO WISDOM AND APPLYING YOUR HEART TO UNDERSTANDING, AND IF YOU CALL OUT FOR INSIGHT AND CRY ALOUD FOR UNDERSTANDING, AND IF YOU LOOK FOR IT AS FOR SILVER AND SEARCH FOR IT AS FOR HIDDEN TREASURE, THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE FEAR OF THE LORD AND FIND THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM,AND FROM GOD'S MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. GOD HOLDS VICTORY IN STORE FOR THE UPRIGHT, GOD IS A SHEILD TO THOSE WHOSE WALK IS BLAMELESS, FOR GOD GUARDS THE COURSE OF THE JUST AND PROTECTS THE WAY OF GOD'S FAITHFUL ONES. THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST AND FAIR - EVERY GOOD PATH. FOR WISDOM WILL ENTER YOUR HEART, AND KNOWLEDGE WILL BE PLEASANT TO YOUR SOUL. DISCRETION WILL PROTECT YOU, AND UNDERSTANDING WILL GUARD YOU. WISDOM WILL SAVE YOU FROM THE WAYS OF THE WICKED MEN, FROM MEN WHOSE WORDS ARE PERVERSE." (Prov.2:1-12)

"DOES NOT WISDOM CALL OUT? DOES NOT UNDERSTANDING RAISE HER VOICE? ON THE HEIGHTS ALONG THE WAY, WHERE THE PATHS MEET, SHE TAKES HER STAND; BESIDE THE GATES LEADING INTO THE CITY, AT THE ENTRANCES, SHE CRIES ALOUD; "TO YOU, O MEN, I CALL OUT; I RAISE MY VOICE TO ALL MANKIND. YOU WHO ARE SIMPLE, GAIN PRUDENCE; YOU WHO ARE FOOLISH, GAIN UNDERSTANDING. LISTEN, FOR I HAVE WORTHY THINGS TO SAY; I OPEN MY LIPS TO SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT.
MY MOUTH SPEAKS WHAT IS TRUE, FOR MY LIPS DETEST
WICKEDNESS. ALL THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH ARE JUST; NONE OF THEM IS CROOKED OR PERVERSE. TO THE DISCERNING ALL OF THEM ARE RIGHT; THEY ARE FAULTLESS TO THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE. CHOOSE MY INSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF SILVER, KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN CHOICE GOLD, FOR WISDOM IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN RUBIES, AND NOTHING YOU DESIRE CAN COMPARE WITH HER.
"I, WISDOM, DWELL TOGETHER WITH PRUDENCE; I POSSESS KNOWLEDGE AND DISCRETION. TO FEAR THE LORD IS TO HATE EVIL; I HATE PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, EVIL BEHAVIOR AND PERVERSE SPEECH. COUNSEL AND SOUND JUDGEMENT ARE MINE; I HAVE UNDERSTANDING AND POWER. BY ME KINGS REIGN AND RULERS MAKE LAWS THAT ARE JUST; BY ME PRINCES GOVERN, AND ALL NOBLES WHO RULE ON EARTH. I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ME, AND THOSE WHO SEEK ME FIND ME. WITH ME ARE RICHES AND HONOR, ENDURING WEALTH AND PROSPERITY. MY FRUIT IS BETTER THAN FINE GOLD; WHAT I YEILD SURPASSES CHOICE SILVER. I WALK IN THE WAY OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALONG THE PATHS OF JUSTICE, BESTOWING WEALTH ON THOSE WHO LOVE ME AND MAKING THEIR TREASURIES FULL. THE LORD BROUGHT ME FORTH AS THE FIRST OF GOD'S WORKS, BEFORE GOD'S DEEDS OF OLD; I WAS APPOINTED FROM ETERNITY, FROM THE BEGINNING, BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN. WHEN THERE WERE NO OCEANS, I WAS GIVEN BIRTH, WHEN THERE WERE NO SPRINGS ABOUNDING WITH WATER; BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE SETTLED IN PLACE, BEFORE THE HILLS, I WAS GIVEN BIRTH, BEFORE GOD MADE THE EARTH OR ITS FIELDS OR ANY OF THE DUST OF THE WORLD. I WAS THERE WHEN GOD SET THE HEAVENS IN PLACE, WHEN GOD MARKED OUT THE HORIZON ON FACE OF THE DEEP, WHEN GOD ESTABLISHED THE CLOUDS ABOVE AND FIXED SECURELY THE FOUNTAINS OF THE DEEP, WHEN GOD GAVE THE SEA ITS BOUNDRY SO THE WATERS WOULD NOT OVERSTEP GOD'S COMMAND, AND WHEN GOD MARKED OUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH. THEN I WAS THE CRAFTSMAN AT GOD'S SIDE.
I WAS FILLED WITH DELIGHT DAY AFTER DAY, REJOICING ALWAYS IN GOD'S PRESENCE, REJOICING IN GOD'S WHOLE WORLD AND DELIGHTING IN MANKIND. NOW THEN, MY SONS, LISTEN TO ME; BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP MY WAYS. LISTEN TO MY INSTRUCTION AND BE WISE; DO NOT IGNORE IT. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO ME, WATCHING DAILY AT MY DOORS, WAITING AT MY DOORWAY. FOR WHOEVER FINDS ME FINDS LIFE AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM THE LORD. BUT WHOEVER FAILS TO FIND ME HARMS HIMSELF; ALL WHO HATE ME LOVE DEATH. (Proverbs 8)

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