TODAY GOD'S WORD IS MY FOCUS, MY SPIRITUAL MIND AND MY HUMAN MIND ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS!

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.

IN MY LIVE EVENT SATURDAY NOV. 1, I REVEALED THE LIFE IN CHRIST GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THROUGH HIS WORD. I UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S WORD IS THE TRUTH I STAND UNDER. GOD'S WORD IS MY SHEILD AGAINST DOUBT, FEAR AND UNBELIEF. WITH GOD'S WORD I RESIST THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL MUST FLEE FROM ME. WITH GOD'S WORD I DRAW CLOSER TO GOD AND GOD DRAWS CLOSER TO ME. WITH THE WORD OF GOD, GOD WASHES MY HANDS OF MY SINS AND PURIFIES MY HEART OF MY DOUBLE - MINDEDNESS.

TODAY GOD'S WORD IS MY FOCUS, MY SPIRITUAL MIND AND MY HUMAN MIND ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS.

TODAY THE GOSPEL READING WAS FROM MATTHEW (25:1-13). MY PASTOR DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PUTTING THIS SCRIPTURE IN CONTEXT BY EXPLAINING THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT EXISTED WHEN MATTHEW WROTE THESE SCRIPTURES. PEOPLE WERE DOUBTING THAT CHRIST WOULD RETURN BECAUSE THEY EXPECTED IT TO HAVE HAPPEN. MATTHEW USED THIS STORY TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR READINESS AT ALL TIMES. BE ALERT, BE READY, STAY FOCUSED FOR THE LONG HAUL, AND LIVE DAY BY DAY. REMEMBER THERE IS ONLY 24 HOURS IN A DAY. BY BEING BUSY IN THE CHURCH WE CAN NOT EARN OUR WAY IN TO HEAVEN. WE ARE CALLED TO A REALATIONSHIP WITH GOD, WE MUST BE SPIRITUALLY AWAKE. WE ARE TO PRATICE LOOKING FOR GOD IN THE WORLD THE "GOOD THINGS". WE ARE TO LOOK FOR GOD'S PRESENCE IN ALL PEOPLE, IN ALL PLACES AND IN ALL THINGS. BY LOOKING FOR THE GOOD WE WONT FOCUS ON THE BAD AND MISS SEEING THE GOOD. BECAUSE I WAS FOCUSED ON THE GOOD I SAW A LOT OF GOOD TODAY, GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD PLACES, GOOD THINGS. GOD'S GOODNESS!

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 HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRET THINGS 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.

SO THEN, MEN OUGHT TO REGARD US AS A SERVANT OF CHRIST AND AS THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THE SECRET THINGS OF GOD. NOW IT IS REQUIRED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE 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.(1Cor.4:1-4)

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. 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. (2 Cor.2:17,2 Cor.3:6)

TODAY THE SPIRIT GAVE ME LIFE THROUGH THE WORD PREACHED AT CHURCH. TODAY WE LUTHERANS MARKED THE 500 YEARS OF GOD'S GRACE IN ACTION FREED & RENEWED IN CHRIST. IT WAS PREACHED THAT MARTIN LUTHER DID NOT WANT US TO BE CALLED LUTHERANS. HE SAID DID I DIE ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS? NO JESUS CHRIST DID. HE WANTED US TO BE KNOWN AS CHRISTIANS NOT BY OUR TALK BUT BY OUR ACTIONS. MARTIN LUTHER WANTED IT TO BE ONLY ONE CHURCH THE BODY OF CHRIST. IT WAS ALSO PREACHED THAT WE SHOULD LIVE OUT OUR FAITH DAY BY DAY. WE MUST ASK OUR SELVES WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS? LOVE IS A ACTION NOT AN EMOTION, JESUS HAD HIS WAY OF OPENING OUR HEARTS AND OUR MINDS. WE ARE CALLED TO BE REFORMED DAY BY DAY TO BE CENTERED ON GOD'S WORD. WE ARE CALLED, FOLLOW ME JESUS SAID. WE ARE CALLED TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS AS OUR SELF. WE ARE IN FACT JUST US, NOT JUSTICE!

LIKE MARTIN LUTHER, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE CHURCH I WANT THE CHURCH TO BE UNITED, TO TEACH WE WORSHIP GOD IN CHRIST AND THROUGH CHRIST, CHRIST IS THE INTERCESSOR BETWEEN US AND GOD. LIKE LUTHER I HAVE BEEN SET FREE BY GOD'S WORD. I AM INDEED WHO I OUGHT BE, A SON OF GOD AND GOD HAS MADE ME HIS HEIR! I LOVE CHRIST, BUT I WORSHIP GOD. AMEN!

THEN CHRIST SAID TO THEM ALL: "IF ANYONE WOULD COME AFTER ME, HE MUST DENY HIMSELF AND TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY AND FOLLOW ME." (Luke 9:23)

TODAY I TAKE UP MY CROSS - MY SINFUL NATURE AND I DENY MY SELF AND I FOLLOW 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!