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!
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