JESUS IS "THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF MY FAITH. THIS MEANS JESUS IS BOTH THE STARTING POINT AND THE CULMINATION OF MY SPIRITUAL RESCUE - A REALITY SECURED BY THE CROSS!

"FOLLOWING JESUS" FOR ME IS THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE THE ESSENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. JESUS IS "THE AUTHOR AND PERFECTER OF MY FAITH.
THIS MEANS JESUS IS BOTH THE STARTING POINT AND THE CULMINATION OF MY SPIRITUAL RESCUE - A REALITY SECURED BY THE CROSS. THE CULMINATION OF MY SPIRITUAL RESCUE IS CHRIST RESTORED MY BIRTHRIGHT TO BE A SON OF GOD.

"ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED TO ME BY MY FATHER. NO ONE KNOWS THE SON EXCEPT THE FATHER, AND NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON AND THOSE TO WHOM THE SON CHOOSES TO REVEAL THE FATHER. (Matthew 11:27)

MY BIRTHRIGHT WAS LOST TO ME BEFORE I WAS BORN. IT WAS LOST IN THE GARDEN WHEN ADAM AND EVE SINNED. I BELIEVE I WAS SPIRITUALLY BORN WHEN I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR. I GAVE MY SPIRITUAL LIFE TO CHRIST WHEN I WAS 15 YEARS OLD. A WOMAN FRIEND OF A NEIGHBOR I WAS VISITING ASK ME HAD I ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS MY PERSONAL SAVIOR? I TOLD HER I WAS BAPTIZE WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. SHE EXPLAIN THE SALVATION PROCESS THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS. BEFORE I RECEIVED CHRIST I TRIED TO READ THE BIBLE AND IT WAS GIBBERISH TO ME. AFTER I RECEIVED CHRIST I WAS ABLE TO READ THE BIBLE AND UNDERSTAND IT. MY FIRST QUESTION TO MY MOM WAS, IF THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD WHY IS THERE SO MANY DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND RELIGIONS ALL CLAIMING WE HAVE THE "RIGHT" WAY TO GOD? THIS IS BECAUSE MAN CREATED HIS OWN VERSION OF RELIGION TO FIT HIS NEEDS. GOD'S WORD SAYS HIS RELIGION IS TO LOOK AFTER ORPHANS WIDOWS IN THERE DISTRESS AND TO KEEP ONESELF FROM BEING POLLUTED BY THE WORLD. I WAS RELIGIOUS BUT NOW I AM SPIRITUAL BECAUSE I HAVE GOD'S SPIRIT INSIDE ME. I HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD HIMSELF. AS GOD WALKED WITH ADAM IN THE GARDEN BEFORE SIN, GOD'S WALKS WITH ME TODAY SIN FORGIVEN, RELATIONSHIP RESTORED. GOD TEACHES ME THAT MY PART OF OUR RELATIONSHIP IS TO PRAY THE PLAN THAT GOD GAVE ME THROUGH GOD'S WORDS THAT I PRAY TODAY. GOD YOU SPEAK TO ME THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST. GOD YOU HAVE REVEALED A PATTERN FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING IN CHRIST. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE I HEAR WHEN I PRAY YOUR WORDS. GOD IT IS YOUR VOICE THAT IS REVEALING THE PATTERN FOR YOUR PLAN FOR MY KINGDOM MINDEDNESS, MY CHRIST MINDEDNESS, MY CHRIST PERSONALITY, MY CHRIST CHARACTER. WHEN I PRAY I OBEY AND GOD DOES THE REST. THIS IS MY PERSONAL PATHWAY TO GOD. MY PERSONAL HOW IT WORKS FOR ME. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME FATHER I BELIEVE IT CAN WORK FOR YOU. I SHARE MY PLAN THAT YOU MAY RECEIVE YOU PLAN. AMEN!

ONCE YOU GET GOD'S WORD IN YOU, GOD WILL DO THE REST!

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!