WHAT IS FAITHFULNESS, AND WHO IS FAITHFUL?

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!

"ALL THE WAYS OF THE LORD ARE LOVING AND FAITHFUL FOR THOSE WHO KEEP THE DEMANDS OF GOD'S COVENANT". (PSALMS 25:10)

WHAT IS FAITHFUL? GOD GAVE ME A GREAT EXAMPLE, I TOLD MY GRANDSON THAT I WOULD TAKE HIM TO THE FAIR ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WHEN HIS GRANDMA CAME TO VISIT THE FIRST THING OUT OF HIS MOUTH WAS THAT I WAS COMING SUNDAY TO TAKE HIM TO THE FAIR. HE BELIEVED BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD THAT I WOULD. WE BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE GOD SAID HE WILL SAVE US HE WILL. THE REASON MY GRANDSON BELIEVED IS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN FAITHFUL TO DO WHAT I SAY I WILL DO. THE REASON WE BELIEVE GOD IS BECAUSE GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL TO DO WHAT HIS WORD SAYS HE WILL DO. HOW I SHOWED UP TO TAKE MY GRANDSON IS HOW GOD IS SHOWING UP IN MY LIFE.

THE EXAMPLE: " IS TO BE FAITHFUL TO THE WORDS YOU SPEAK, JUST AS GOD IS FAITHFUL TO THE WORDS HE SPEAKS."

"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!

WHEN YOU SEEK ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART. I WILL BE FOUND BY YOU, DECLARES THE LORD!

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)

"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 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 THEM GOD'S 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, THROUGH IT IS GREAT.
WHO, THEN, IS THE MAN THAT FEARS THE LORD? GOD WILL INSTRUCT HIM IN THE WAY CHOSEN FOR HIM. HE WILL SPEND HIS DAYS IN PROSPERITY, AND HIS DESCENDANTS 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 ROM THE SNARE OF THE DEVIL. (Psalm 25:1-15)

"I CAN DO EVERYTHING THROUGH GOD WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH." (Phil.4:16)

"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 SPEAKS TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST!

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)

"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)

"BUT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT IS BY FAITH SAYS: THE WORD IS NEAR YOU; IT IS, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART, THAT IS, THE WORD OF FAITH WE ARE PROCLAIMING: THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH, "JESUS IS LORD" AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD, YOU WILL BE SAVED. FOR IT IS WITH YOUR HEART THAT YOU BELIEVE AND ARE JUSTIFIED, AND IT IS WITH YOUR MOUTH THAT YOU CONFESS AND ARE SAVED. (Rom.10:6a,8-10)

"CONSEQUENTLY, FAITH COMES FROM HEARING THE MESSAGE, AND THE MESSAGE IS HEARD THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST." (Rom.10:17)

"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!

AS A DISCIPLE OF JESUS I "SOW THE SEED" OF GOD'S WORD !

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)

AS A DISCIPLE OF JESUS I "SOW THE SEED" OF GOD'S WORD WITH ALL WHO READ  MY BLOG.

 BEFORE I RECEIVED CHRIST AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR, I READ A LOT DIFFERENT BOOKS. ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS JOHNNY APPLESEED, HOW HE WENT ABOUT THE WHOLE COUNTRY SPREADING APPLE SEEDS EVERYWHERE HE WENT. AFTER RECEIVING CHRIST AS MY SAVIOR I WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW CHRIST. SO I WAS SHARING THE GOOD NEWS WITH ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN. I WAS SOWING THE WORD SEEDS OF THE GOSPLE WITH ANY ONE WHO WOULD RECEIVE THEM BY SPEAKING THE WORD TO THEM. I WAS SPREADING THE WORD THE WAY JOHNNY APPLESEED SOW THE SEEDS.

THE SERMON THIS WEEK WAS ON THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER. HOW THE SEED FELL ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF SOIL AND PRODUCED DIFFERENT KINDS OF RESULTS BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE SOIL. THE HEART OF MAN IS THE SOIL, THE CONDITION OF MAN'S SOIL IS BASED ON THE MAN'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. BASED ON THE PARABLE ONLY 25% OF THE SOIL PRODUCED GOOD FRUIT. BECAUSE THE HEARER OF THE WORD DETERMINES THE QUALITY OF THE SOIL, WE WHO SOW, SOW AND LEAVE THE WORRY TO GOD WHAT THE SOIL WILL PRODUCE.

"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, THAT THE REST JESUS OFFERS IS FOUND IN ACTIVELY SEEEKING JESUS PRESENCE AND JESUS PROVISION FOR OUR LIVES.

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 THE LORD GIVES WISDOM, AND FROM GOD'S MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING."

"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 I 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."
(1Corinthians 1:21b-24)

"GOD CHOSE THE LOWLY THINGS OF THIS WORLD AND THE DESPISED THINGS - AND THE THING THAT ARE NOT - TO NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST BEFORE GOD. IT IS BECAUSE OF GOD THAT I AM IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BECOME FOR ME WISDOM FROM GOD - THAT IS MY RIGHTEOUSNESS, MY HOLINESS AND MY REDEMPTION. THEREFORE, AS IT IS WRITTEN: "LET HIM WHO BOASTS BOAST IN THE LORD." (1Cor. 28-31)

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

GOD HAS MADE A SHIFT IN MY LIFE, I AM NO LONGER EARTHLY MINDED. GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO BE KINGDOM MINDED THRU THE WORD OF CHRIST AND THE MIND OF CHRIST. IT IS GOD HIMSELF WHO IS TEACHING ME. IT IS GOD'S VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK HIS WORD, IT IS GOD VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME. THE WORDS I SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE WORDS GOD SHARES WITH ME.

I WAS SPIRITUALLY FED THIS SUNDAY FROM THE WORDS IN MATTHEW (11:16-19, 25-30). JESUS THANKS GOD THAT HUMAN WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE ARE NOT NEEDED TO RECEIVE WHAT GOD HAS TO OFFER. JESUS ALSO INVITES ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND ARE CARRYING HEAVY BURDENS TO COME TO JESUS AND HE WILL GIVE YOU REST. JESUS SAID TAKE MY YOKE UPON YOU, AND LEARN FROM ME; FOR I AM GENTLE AND HUMBLE IN HEART, AND YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. FOR MY YOKE IS EASY, AND BURDEN IS LIGHT.

TODAY I UNDERSTAND, THAT THE REST JESUS OFFERS IS NOT SIMPLY FOUND IN THE CESSATION OF ACTIVITY OR REALEASE FROM BURDENS.
IT IS FOUND IN ACTIVELY SEEEKING JESUS PRESENCE AND JESUS PROVISION FOR OUR LIVES. JESUS SPEAKS OF REST "FOR OUR SOULS"
WHICH IS FAR MORE THAN MERE RELAXING. IT IS THE REST THAT REPLENISHES US IN THE CORE OF OUR BEING. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF "THE SABBATH" - A REST THAT RECUPERATES THE HEART AND RESTORES THE SPIRIT. THIS IS THE REST I RECEIVE FROM JESUS.

"THIS IS MY BOAST THAT I BOASTS IN THE LORD"

"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!

THIS IS MY SPIRITUAL FREEDOM PRAYER!

IN MY LAST POST I WROTE MAY THE WORD OF GOD SET YOU FREE THIS FOURTH OF JULY!

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

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)

I DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BY NO MEANS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOD DID NOT COME FOR PERFECT PEOPLE. GOD CAME TO ME JUST THE WAY I WAS AND IT IS GOD WHO IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE WAY I WILL BE!

GOD HAS MADE A SHIFT IN MY LIFE, I AM NO LONGER EARTHLY MINDED. GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO BE KINGDOM MINDED THRU THE WORD OF CHRIST AND THE MIND OF CHRIST. IT IS GOD HIMSELF WHO IS TEACHING ME. IT IS GOD'S VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK HIS WORD, IT IS GOD VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME. THE WORDS I SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE WORDS GOD SHARES WITH ME.

THIS IS MY SPIRITUAL FREEDOM PRAYER:

"GOD, MAY I BE YOUR NOBLE WORKMAN NOW THROUGH YOUR LOVING WORDS I PRAY. GOD, MAY I NOT QUARREL ABOUT SPIRITUAL WORDS. GOD, MAY I HANDLE THE SPIRITUAL WORD OF TRUTH CORRECTLY. GOD MAY I NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY UNGODLY CHATTER. GOD MAY I BE CLEANSED FROM MY PAST UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. GOD MAY I BE APPROVED AND UNASHAMED BEFORE YOU. GOD THAT I BE MADE A NOBLE INSTRUCTMENT, MADE HOLY BY YOU GOD, USEFUL TO YOU GOD, PREPARED TO DO ANY GOOD WORK FOR YOU. GOD, MAY I BE KIND TO EVERYONE, GOD ABLE TO TEACH, GOD NOT RESENTFUL. GOD TO THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME, MAY I GENTLY INSTRUCT IN YOUR WORDS. IN THE HOPE THAT YOU GOD WILL BRING THEM TO REPENTANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH THAT THEY MAY ESCAPE FROM THE TRAP OF THE DEVIL WHO HAS TAKEN THEM CAPTIVE TO DO HIS WILL.
GOD I BELIEVE THESE WORDS ARE TRUE I AM FREE IN YOU. GOD I RECEIVE THESE WORDS AS TRUE I AM FREE IN YOU. GOD I THANK YOU THESE WORDS ARE TRUE I AM FREE IN YOU. GOD THESE WORDS ARE TRUE TO ME I AM FREE IN YOU. GOD THESE WORDS ARE TRUELY INSIDE ME I AM FREE IN YOU. GOD THESE WORDS ARE TRUE TO ME NOW THIS PRESENT MOMENT I AM FREE IN YOU.

BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST PAID THE PRICE FOR MY FREEDOM AND GOD YOU MADE THE GREAT SACRIFICE FOR MY FREEDOM. SO I SAY THANK YOU FATHER FOR MY FREEDOM, THANK YOU JESUS FOR MY FREEDOM, THANK YOU HOLY SPIRIT FOR MY FREEDOM. FATHER STRENGTHEN ME NOW IN MY FREEDOM, JESUS STRENGTHEN ME NOW IN MY FREEDOM, HOLY SPIRIT STRENGTHEN ME NOW IN MY FREEDOM. THANK YOU MY GOD NOW FOR YOUR FREEDOM.

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.

GOD'S WORDS ARE GOD'S GIFTS TO ME, I SHARE MY GIFTS WITH YOU IN A LOVING WAY TO PROMOTE UNITY IN THE CHURCH THE BODY OF CHRIST!

"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'S WORDS ARE GOD'S GIFTS TO ME, I SHARE MY GIFTS WITH YOU IN A LOVING WAY TO PROMOTE UNITY IN THE CHURCH THE BODY OF CHRIST!

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

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)

I DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BY NO MEANS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOD DID NOT COME FOR PERFECT PEOPLE. GOD CAME TO ME JUST THE WAY I WAS AND IT IS GOD WHO IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE WAY I WILL BE!

GOD HAS MADE A SHIFT IN MY LIFE, I AM NO LONGER EARTHLY MINDED. GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO BE KINGDOM MINDED THRU THE WORD OF CHRIST AND THE MIND OF CHRIST. IT IS GOD HIMSELF WHO IS TEACHING ME. IT IS GOD'S VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK HIS WORD, IT IS GOD VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME. THE WORDS I SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE WORDS GOD SHARES WITH ME.

THERE ARE FIVE LISTINGS OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS IN THE NEW TESTMENT:

ROMANS 12:6-8; 1 CORINTHIANS 12:7-11; 12:28-30; EPHESIANS 4:9-11; AND 1 PETER 4:11. IN EACH OF THESE LISTS THE EMPHASIS IS NOT ON HOW MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF GIFTS THERE ARE, BUT ON HOW WE ARE TO USE THEM IN A LOVING WAY THAT PROMOTES UNITY IN THE CHURCH.

"SO IN CHRIST WE, THOUGH MANY FORM ONE BODY, AND EACH MEMBER BELONGS TO ALL THE OTHERS. WE HAVE DIFFERENT GIFTS, ACCORDING TO THE GRACE GIVEN TO EACH OF US." (Rom.12:5-6)

"THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND INMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL." (2 TIM.1:9c-10)

"THOUGH YOU HAVE NOT SEEN CHRIST, YOU LOVE CHRIST; AND EVEN THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE CHRIST NOW, YOU BELIEVE IN CHRIST AND ARE FILLED WITH AN INEXPRESSIBLE AND GLORIOUS JOY, FOR YOU ARE RECEIVING THE GOAL OF YOUR FAITH, THE SALVATION OF YOUR SOULS." (1Peter 1:8-9)

"FROM ONE MAN GOD MADE EVERY NATION OF MEN.(Acts 17:26)

GOD'S WORDS ARE GOD'S GIFTS TO ME, I SHARE MY GIFTS WITH YOU IN A LOVING WAY TO PROMOTE UNITY IN THE CHURCH THE BODY OF CHRIST!

"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!

I DECLARE GOD HAS MADE A SHFIT IN MY LIFE THAT I MAY BE KINGDOM MINDED!

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)

I DON'T HAVE IT ALL TOGETHER BY NO MEANS, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT GOD DID NOT COME FOR PERFECT PEOPLE. GOD CAME TO ME JUST THE WAY I WAS AND IT IS GOD WHO IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE WAY I WILL BE!

GOD HAS MADE A SHIFT IN MY LIFE, I AM NO LONGER EARTHLY MINDED. GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO BE KINGDOM MINDED THRU THE WORD OF CHRIST AND THE MIND OF CHRIST. IT IS GOD HIMSELF WHO IS TEACHING ME. IT IS GOD'S VOICE I HEAR WHEN I SPEAK HIS WORD, IT IS GOD VOICE THAT IS FILLING ME. THE WORDS I SHARE WITH YOU ARE THE WORDS GOD SHARES WITH ME.

"MAY THE PEACE OF GOD THAT TRANSENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING GAURD YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS."

THIS IS MY BLESSING TO YOU!

THEREFORE, I URGE YOU BROTHERS, IN VIEW OF GOD'S MERCY, TO OFFER YOUR BODIES AS LIVING SACRIFICES, HOLY AND PLEASING TO GOD - THIS IS YOUR SPIRITUAL ACT OF WORSHIP. DO NOT CONFORM ANY LONGER TO THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND. THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEST AND APPROVE WHAT GOD'S WILL IS - GOD'S GOOD, PLEASING AND PERFECT WILL. (Rom.12:1-2)

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