THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

"FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN ME TO WILL AND ACT ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE. (Phil.2:13)

PRAY ALSO FOR ME, THAT WHENEVER I OPEN MY MOUTH, WORDS MAY BE GIVEN ME SO THAT I WILL FEARLESSLY MAKE KNOWN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, FOR WHICH I AM AN AMBASSADOR IN CHRIST. PRAY THAT I MAY DECLARE IT FEARLESSLY, AS I SHOULD." (Eph.6:19-20)

THEREFORE, SINCE THROUGH GOD'S MERCY I HAVE THIS MINISTRY, I DO NOT LOSE HEART. RATHER, I HAVE RENOUNCED SECRET AND SHAMEFUL WAYS; I DO NOT USE DECEPTION, NOR DO I DISTORT THE WORD OF GOD. ON THE CONTRARY, BY SETTING FORTH THE TRUTH PLAINLY I COMMEND MYSELF TO EVERYMAN'S CONSCIENCE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. AND EVEN IF MY GOSPEL IS VEILED, IT IS VEILED TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING. THE GOD OF THIS AGE HAS BLINDED THE MINDS OF UNBELIEVERS, SO THAT THEY CANNOT SEE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF THE GLORY OF CHRIST, WHO IS THE IMAGE OF GOD. FOR I DO NOT PREACH MYSELF, BUT JESUS CHRIST AS LORD, AND MYSELF AS YOUR SERVANT FOR JESUS' SAKE. FOR GOD, WHO SAID LET LIGHT SHINE OUT OF DARKNESS, MADE GOD'S LIGHT SHINE IN MY HEART TO GIVE ME THE LIGHT OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE FACE OF CHRIST. BUT I HAVE THIS TREASURE IN A JAR OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL- SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD AND NOT FROM ME.(2 Cor.4:1-7)

I BELIEVE IT IS GOD'S POWER, GOD'S WORD, GOD'S WILL, GOD'S WAY, GOD'S GLORY, GOD'S PLAN. I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE GOD TEACHES ME HIS PLAN, GOD COVERS ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD CARRIES ME IN HIS PLAN, GOD GUIDES ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD LEEDS ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD FILLS ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD PURIFIES ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD STRENGTHEN ME WITH HIS PLAN, GOD INSTRUCTS ME WITH HIS PLAN. GOD I AM ONE WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR POWERFUL WORD I PRAY, GOD I HAVE PEACE WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR POWERFUL WORD I PRAY, GOD I AM IN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR POWERFUL WORD I PRAY.

SO THEN MEN OUGHT TO REGARD ME AS A SERVANT OF CHRIST AND AS ONE ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRET THINGS OF GOD. NOW IT IS REQUIRED THAT I WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN A TRUST MUST PROVE FAITHFUL. I CARE VERY LITTLE IF I AM JUDGED BY YOU OR BY ANY HUMAN COURT; INDEED, I DO NOT EVEN JUDGE MYSELF. MY CONSCIENCE IS CLEAR, BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME INNOCENT. IT IS THE LORD WHO JUDGES ME.(1 Cor.4:1-4)

" I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

GOD WILL INSTRUCT ME IN THE WAY HE HAS CHOSEN FOR ME! "THE LORD CONFIDES IN THOSE WHO FEAR HIM; GOD MAKES HIS COVENANT KNOWN TO THEM."

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

"FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN ME TO WILL AND ACT ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE. (Phil.2:13)

TODAY I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOD FIRST, THEN ME, THEN EVERYBODY ELSE. THIS IS THE GODLY ORDER FOR ALL MY RELATIONSHIPS. NOTHING COMES BEFORE GOD IN MY LIFE, AND NOTHING COMES BETWEEN ME AND GOD. MY EAR IS TUNED TO GOD'S VOICE HEARD IN GOD'S WORD. "JESUS SAID: "THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE; THE FLESH COUNTS FOR NOTHING. THE WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ARE SPIRIT AND ARE LIFE. (John 6:63)

"FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPELS ME, BECAUSE I AM CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. 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 I REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT OF VIEW. THOUGH I ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, I DO SO NO LONGER. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME!" (2 Cor.5:17)

"NEVER ADMIT TO BEING HUMAN, WE ARE SPIRITS IN HUMAN BODIES."

"WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR I SEE MY PROBLEM, AND I SEE THE SOLUTION TO MY PROBLEM. "I AM THE PROBLEM: MY SELFISHNESS, MY SELF-CENTEREDNESS. MY HUMAN NATURE AND I CONTAIN THE SOLUTION MY INNER- MAN, MY SPIRITUAL NATURE. I MUST SURRENDER - I MUST SUBMIT TO GOD'S AUTHORITY. I MUST OBEY THE WORD OF GOD AS IT IS WRITTEN IN GOD'S BOOK, "THE BIBLE".

"GOD YOUR WORDS ARE TRUE TO ME NOW, THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT THAT DWELLS INSIDE ME NOW, IS ABLE TO DO IMMEASURABLY MORE NOW THAN I CAN ASK OR IMAGINE. BECAUSE GOD I HAVE PEACE WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORD. GOD, I AM ONE WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORD. GOD, I AM IN RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORD. GOD I SUBMIT TO THE SPIRIT THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORDS I PRAY. GOD I COMMIT TO THE SPIRIT THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORDS I PRAY. GOD I TRANSMIT IN YOUR SPIRIT THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORDS I PRAY. GOD I HUMBLE MYSELF BENEATH YOUR MIGHTY HAND THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORDS I PRAY."

GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR POWER, GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR WORD, GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR WILL- "THE HOLY SPIRIT", GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR WAY- "JESUS CHRIST",
GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR "GLORY", GOD I BELIEVE ITS YOUR "PLAN". "GOD YOUR WORDS SAY THAT:

GOD WILL INSTRUCT ME IN THE WAY HE HAS CHOSEN FOR ME."

"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 OF THE DEVIL!" (PSALM 25:12b,14,15)

GOD I AM FREE IN YOU NOW THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORD BECAUSE CHRIST PAID THE PRICE FOR MY FREEDOM AND YOU GOD MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE FOR MY FREEDOM. GOD THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM, FATHER THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM, JESUS THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM, HOLY SPIRIT THANK YOU FOR MY FREEDOM. AMEN!

MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

TODAY I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOD FIRST, THEN ME, NEVER ADMIT TO BEING HUMAN, WE ARE SPIRITS IN HUMAN BODIES!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

"FOR IT IS GOD WHO WORKS IN ME TO WILL AND ACT ACCORDING TO GOD'S GOOD PURPOSE. (Phil.2:13)

TODAY I UNDERSTAND IT'S GOD FIRST, THEN ME, THEN EVERYBODY ELSE. THIS IS THE GODLY ORDER FOR ALL MY RELATIONSHIPS. NOTHING COMES BEFORE GOD IN MY LIFE, AND NOTHING COMES BETWEEN ME AND GOD. MY EAR IS TUNED TO GOD'S VOICE HEARD IN GOD'S WORD. "JESUS SAID: "THE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE; THE FLESH COUNTS FOR NOTHING. THE WORDS I HAVE SPOKEN TO YOU ARE SPIRIT AND ARE LIFE. (John 6:63) SO FROM NOW ON I REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT OF VIEW. THOUGH I ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, I DO SO NO LONGER. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME! (2 Cor.5:16-17)

NEVER ADMIT TO BEING HUMAN, WE ARE SPIRITS IN HUMAN BODIES.

MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

KNOWLEDGE APPLIED IS WISDOM, WISDOM COMES FROM GOD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

KNOWLEDGE APPLIED IS WISDOM, WISDOM COMES FROM GOD; "FOR THR LORD GIVES WISDOM, AND FROM GOD'S MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING." (Proverbs 2:6)

THE BIBLE IS GOD'S MOUTH THAT SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD. AND WHEN I PRAY THE WRITTEN WORD TO GOD ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN GOD HAS GIVEN ME. I GAIN KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PLAN GOD HAS FOR MY LIFE.

"GOD I ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVEALATION CONTINUE TO FILL MY INNER BEING SO THAT GOD I MAY KNOW YOU BETTER. GOD I ASK THAT THE EYES OF MY HEART BE ENLIGHTENED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH YOU GOD HAVE CALLED ME WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST. GOD THE RICH INHERITANCE I HAVE IN THE SAINTS. GOD THE INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER I HAVE IN YOU GOD BECAUSE I BELIEVE THESE WORDS ARE TRUE, GOD THAT SAME POWER YOU EXERTED IN JESUS CHRIST WHEN YOU GOD, ROSE JESUS CHRIST FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED CHRIST AT YOUR RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS, FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY, POWER AND DOMINION,AND EVERY TITLE THAT CAN BE GIVEN, NOT ONLY IN THE PRESENT AGE BUT ALSO IN THE AGE TO COME. AND GOD PLACED ALL THINGS UNDER CHRIST FEET AND APPOINTED CHRIST TO BE HEAD OVER EVERYTHING FOR THE CHURCH WHICH IS CHRIST BODY, THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST WHO FILLS EVERYTHING IN EVERY WAY. GOD MAY I BE FILLED WITH THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST IN EVERYTHING IN EVERYWAY. AMEN
I UNDERSTAND THAT GOD IS FILLING ME, AND THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL AND THAT IT IS GOD'S PLAN, NOT MY PLAN. IT IS GOD'S GLORY, NOT MY GLORY. IT IS GOD'S WAY - JESUS CHRIST, NOT MY WAY. IT IS GOD'S WILL - THE HOLY SPIRIT, NOT MY WILL. IT IS GOD'S WORD, NOT MY WORD. IT IS GOD'S POWER, NOT MY POWER. I AM ONE WITH GOD THROUGH GOD'S POWERFUL WORD, I HAVE PEACE WITH GOD THROUGH GOD'S POWERFUL WORD, I AM IN RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THROUGH GOD'S POWERFUL WORD.

"PRAY ALSO FOR ME, THAT WHENEVER I OPEN MY MOUTH, WORDS MAY BE GIVEN ME SO THAT I WILL FEARLESSLY MAKE KNOWN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, FOR WHICH I AM AN AMBASSADOR IN CHRIST. PRAY THAT I MAY DECLARE IT FEARLESSLY, AS I SHOULD." (Eph.6:19-20)

"WORDS MATTER" GOD'S WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GOD TEACHES ME, GOD LEEDS ME, GOD GUIDES ME, GOD COVERS ME, GOD CARRIES ME, GOD INSTRUCTS ME, GOD PURIFIES ME WITH HIS WORDS!

" I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

JESUS IS THE GATE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

TODAY IS THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER, "CALLED GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY". MY PASTOR PREACHED THAT CHRIST WAS NOT ONLY A GOOD SHEPHERD, BUT CHRIST IS THE GATE. SO JESUS SAID TO THEM, "VERY TRUELY, I TELL YOU, I AM THE GATE FOR THE SHEEP. ALL WHO CAME BEFORE ME ARE THIEVES AND BANDITS; BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT LISTEN TO THEM. I AM THE GATE. WHOEVER ENTERS BY ME WILL BE SAVED, AND WILL COME IN AND GO OUT AND FIND PASTURE. THE THEIF COMES ONLY TO STEAL AND KILL AND DESTROY. I CAME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE, AND HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY." (John 10:7-10)

JESUS IS THE GATE TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD, JESUS SAID: "DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TROUBLED. TRUST IN GOD; TRUST ALSO IN ME. IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE ARE MANY ROOMS; IF IT WERE NOT SO, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. I AM GOING THER TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU. AND IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE YOU TO BE WITH ME THAT YOU ALSO MAY BE WHERE I AM. YOU KNOW THE WAY TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING." THOMAS SAID TO CHRIST, "LORD, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING, SO HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY? JESUS ANSWERED, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME." (John 14:1-6)

"IN CHRIST I WAS ALSO CHOSEN, HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN OF GOD WHO WORKS OUT EVERYTHING IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF GOD'S WILL, IN ORDER THAT WE, WHO WERE THE FIRST TO HOPE IN CHRIST, MIGHT BE FOR THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY. 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.1:11-14)

"WORDS MATTER" GOD'S WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GOD TEACHES ME, GOD LEEDS ME, GOD GUIDES ME, GOD COVERS ME, GOD CARRIES ME, GOD INSTRUCTS ME, GOD PURIFIES ME WITH HIS WORDS!

THE SHEPHERD VOICE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD. WE ARE TO BECOME GATES IN CHRIST THROUGH THE WORD.

" I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

"WORDS MATTER" GOD'S WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD!

GOD SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST, GOD REVEALS A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. CHRIST IS THE PATTERN AND CHRIST IS THE PLAN. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORD, GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME.

"GOD, YOU SAID: "FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU," DECLARES THE LORD, "PLANS TO PROSPER YOU AND NOT TO HARM YOU, PLANS TO GIVE YOU HOPE AND A FUTURE. THEN YOU WILL CALL ON ME AND COME AND PRAY TO ME AND I WILL LISTEN TO YOU. YOU WILL SEEK... ME AND FIND ME WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. I WILL BE FOUND BY YOU, DECLARES THE LORD!
(Jeremiah 29:11-14a)

"IN CHRIST I WAS ALSO CHOSEN, HAVING BEEN PREDESTINED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN OF GOD WHO WORKS OUT EVERYTHING IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PURPOSE OF COD'S WILL, IN ORDER THAT WE, WHO WERE THE FIRST TO HOPE IN CHRIST, MIGHT BE FOR THE PRAISE OF GOD'S GLORY. 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.1:11-14)

"PRAY ALSO FOR ME, THAT WHENEVER I OPEN MY MOUTH, WORDS MAY BE GIVEN ME SO THAT I WILL FEARLESSLY MAKE KNOWN THE MYSTERY OF THE GOSPEL, FOR WHICH I AM AN AMBASSADOR IN CHRIST. PRAY THAT I MAY DECLARE IT FEARLESSLY, AS I SHOULD." (Eph.6:19-20)

"WORDS MATTER" GOD'S WORDS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE SPIRITUAL LANGUAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. GOD TEACHES ME, GOD LEEDS ME, GOD GUIDES ME, GOD COVERS ME, GOD CARRIES ME, GOD INSTRUCTS ME, GOD PURIFIES ME WITH HIS WORDS!

" I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD COMES THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE!

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

JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN. RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER, LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME. TODAY I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS IN THE FATHER, AND I AM IN CHRIST, AND CHRIST IS IN ME.

THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY SPIRITUAL HEART, ALL MY SPIRITUAL MIND, ALL MY SPIRITUAL SOUL.

"CHRIST SAID: 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 YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU. (John 15:5,7)

GOD THIS IS WHAT I ASK OF YOU TODAY, THAT ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE LORD UNDERSTAND THAT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD COMES THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST TO ALL WHO BELIEVE. FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST.
"NOW I KNOW THAT WHATEVER THE LAW SAYS, IT SAYS TO THOSE WHO ARE UNDER THE LAW . THAT EVERY MOUTH MAY BE STOPPED, AND ALL THE WORLD MAY BECOME GUILITY BEFORE GOD. THEREFORE BY THE DEEDS OF THE LAW - OR RELIGION NO FLESH WILL BE JUSTIFIED IN GOD'S SIGHT, FOR BY THE LAW - OR RELIGION IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIN. BUT NOW THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD APART FROM THE LAW - OR RELIGION IS REVEALED, BEING WITNESSED BY THE LAW - OR RELIGION AND THE PROPHETS, EVEN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, TO ALL AND ON ALL WHO BELIEVE. FOR THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE; FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD.

BEING JUSTIFIED FREELY BY GOD'S GRACE THROUGH THE REDEMPTION THAT CAME BY CHRIST JESUS. GOD PRESENTED CHRIST AS A SACRIFICE OF ATONEMENT, THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST'S BLOOD. GOD DID THIS TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE, BECAUSE IN GOD'S FORBEARANCE GOD HAD LEFT THE SINS COMMITTED BEFOREHAND UNPUNISHED - GOD DID IT TO DEMONSTRATE GOD'S JUSTICE AT THE PRESENT TIME, SO AS TO BE JUST AND THE ONE WHO JUSTIFIES THOSE WHO HAVE FAITH IN JESUS. WHERE IS BOASTING THEN? IT IS EXCLUDED. BY WHAT LAW? OF WORKS? NO, BUT BY THE LAW OF FAITH. FAITH IS A LAW!

THEREFORE I CONCLUDE THAT A MAN IS JUSTIFIED BY FAITH APART FROM THE DEEDS OF THE LAW . IS GOD THE GOD OF THE JEW ONLY? IS GOD NOT THE GOD OF THE GENTILE TOO? YES, OF THE GENTILES TOO, SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, WHO WILL JUSTIFY THE CIRCUMCISED BY FAITH AND THE UNCIRCUMCISED THROUGH THAT SAME FAITH. DO I, THEN, NULLIFY THE LAW BY THIS FAITH, NOT AT ALL! RATHER, I UPHOLD THE LAW THROUGH THIS FAITH! (Rom.3:19-31)

"I HAVE BECOME THE CHURCH'S SERVANT BY THE COMMISSION GOD GAVE ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE WORD OF GOD IN ITS FULLNESS - THE MYSTERY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT HIDDEN FOR AGES AND GENERATIONS, BUT IS NOW DISCLOSED TO THE SAINTS. TO THEM GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY." (Col.1:25-27)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

GOD CALLS ALL WHO ARE THE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST TO UNIFY!

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

JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN. RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER, LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME. TODAY I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS IN THE FATHER, AND I AM IN CHRIST, AND CHRIST IS IN ME.

THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY SPIRITUAL HEART, ALL MY SPIRITUAL MIND, ALL MY SPIRITUAL SOUL.

"CHRIST SAID: 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 YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU. (John 15:5,7)

GOD I ASK FOR UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST THE CHURCH: " AS A PRISONER FOR THE LORD PAUL URGED ME TO LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING I HAVE RECEIVED. GOD MAY I BE COMPLETLY HUMBLE AND GENTLE. GOD MAY I BE PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. GOD STRENGTHEN ME TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. GOD I BELIEVE THERE IS ONE BODY AND ONE SPIRIT - GOD JUST AS YOU CALLED ME TO ONE HOPE - THAT I MAY BE ADOPTED AS YOUR SON, THE REDEMPTION OF MY BODY. GOD YOU CALLED ME TO ONE LORD - JESUS CHRIST, ONE FAITH IN THE WORD OF CHRIST, ONE BAPTISM; TO YOU, THE ONE AND ONLY GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL AND THROUGH ALL AND IN ALL. BUT TO EACH ONE OF US GRACE HAS BEEN GIVEN AS "CHRIST" APPORTIONED IT. THIS IS WHY GOD SAYS: "WHEN CHRIST ASCENDED ON HIGH, CHRIST LED CAPTIVES IN HIS TRAIN AND GAVE GIFTS TO MEN." WHAT DOES "CHRIST ASCENDED" MEAN EXCEPT THAT CHRIST ALSO DESCENDED TO THE DEPTHS OF THE EARTH? CHRIST WHO DESCENDED IS THE VERY ONE WHO ASCENDED HIGHER THAN ALL THE HEAVENS, IN ORDER TO FILL THE WHOLE UNIVERSE. IT WAS CHRIST WHO GAVE SOME TO BE APOSTLES, SOME TO BE PROPHETS, SOME TO BE EVANGELISTS, AND SOME TO BE PASTORS AND TEACHERS, TO PREPARE GOD'S PEOPLE FOR WORKS OF SERVICE, SO THAT THE BODY OF CHRIST MAY BE BUILT UP UNTIL WE ALL REACH UNITY IN THE FAITH AND IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD AND BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. THEN WE WILL NO LONGER BE INFANTS, TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF MEN IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING. INSTEAD, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, WE WILL IN ALL THINGS GROW UP INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST. FROM CHRIST THE WHOLE BODY, JOINED AND HELD TOGETHER BY EVERY SUPPORTING LIGAMENT, GROWS AND BUILDS ITSELF UP IN LOVE, AS EACH PART DOES ITS WORK.(Eph.4:1-16)

THIS IS THE VICTORY THAT WAS WON ON EASTER, GOD STRENGTHEN ME THAT I MAY DO YOUR WORK!

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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

BUT IN CHRIST IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN "YES". FOR NO MATTER HOW MANY PROMISES GOD HAS MADE, THEY ARE "YES" IN CHRIST!

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

JESUS SAID, "I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE. NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN. RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER, LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK. BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY THAT I AM IN THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS IN ME. TODAY I BELIEVE THAT CHRIST IS IN THE FATHER, AND I AM IN CHRIST, AND CHRIST IS IN ME.
THIS IS WHAT I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY SPIRITUAL HEART, ALL MY SPIRITUAL MIND, ALL MY SPIRITUAL SOUL.

"CHRIST SAID: 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 YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU. (John 15:5,7)

THIS IS THE THIRD SUNDAY IN EASTER, CHRIST HAS RISEN, THE SERMON WAS FROM LUKE 24:13-33. "THE ROAD TO EMMAUS". THE PROBLEM THE TWO MEN HAD RECOGNIZING JESUS IS THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE TODAY WHEN I TRY TO SEE JESUS WITH MY HUMAN EYES INSTEAD OF MY SPIRITUAL EYES.
"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 RECIEVED 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 MAN'S JUDGEMENT: "FOR WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?" BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
(1Cor.2:10b-16) JUST AS THE TWO MEN EYES WERE OPEN WHEN CHRIST BROKE THE BREAD, MY EYES ARE OPEN BY THE BREAD OF CHRIST'S WORD. "OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART LORD, OPEN THE EYES OF MY HEART I WANT TO SEE YOU, I WANT TO BE WITH YOU."

CHRIST SAID: 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 YOU REMAIN IN ME AND MY WORDS REMAIN IN YOU, ASK WHATEVER YOU WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN YOU.

I ASK THAT THE WORLD MAKES A SHIFT FROM BEING CHURCH MINDED TO KINGDOM MINDED, THAT WE MAY BE UNITED IN GOD, NOT BY OUR DENOMINATION. THAT WE BE BRANCHES OF CHRIST AND NOT BRANCHES OF RELIGIONS.

"BUT AS SURELY AS GOD IS FAITHFUL, MY MESSAGE TO YOU IS NOT "YES" AND "NO." FOR THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, WHO WAS PREACHED AMONG YOU WAS NOT "YES" AND "NO," BUT IN CHRIST IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN "YES". FOR NO MATTER HOW MANY PROMISES GOD HAS MADE, THEY ARE "YES" IN CHRIST. AND SO THROUGH CHRIST THE "AMEN" IS SPOKEN BY ME TO THE GLORY OF GOD. (2Cor.18-20)

"MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)

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