"I TELL YOU, NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SPIRITUAL SALVATION!

 WE ARE GOD'S HANDS AND FEET IN THE WORLD, GOD WANTS US TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE BECAUSE GOD CARES ABOUT PEOPLE. GOD WANTS ALL HIS PEOPLE TO KNOW GOD'S JOY AND GOD'S PEACE AND GOD'S LOVE. GOD WANTS TO RESTORE GOODNESS FOR ALL CREATION. DON'T LET ANYTHING COME BEFORE GOD.

TODAY WE ARE SO DIVIDED BECAUSE MY ENEMY THE DEVIL HAS  BLINDED US FROM THE TRUTH THAT THE DEVIL IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL. SO WHEN EVIL HAPPENS IN THE WORLD REMEMBER NOT TO BLAME EACH OTHER FOR WHAT DEVIL IS DOING.

 JESUS SAID: "NOW" IS THE TIME FOR JUDGEMENT ON THIS WORLD; "NOW" THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD WILL BE DRIVEN OUT."  (John 12:31) THE DEVIL IS DEFEATED, THE BATTLE HAS BEEN WON, GOD IS VICTORIOUS!

THE WORD OF GOD HAS POWER OVER THE DEVIL. WHEN JESUS WAS TEMPTED BY THE DEVIL; JESUS ANSWERED "IT IS WRITTEN" THEN QUOTED THE WORD OF GOD. THE WRITTEN WORD HAS THE POWER TO DEFEAT THE DEVIL AND ALL HIS EVIL FORCES. I INVOKE THE WORD OF GOD IN THE WORLD TODAY BY SPEAKING THE WORD OUT OF MY MOUTH INTO MY HEART, BACK IN MY MOUTH INTO MY HEART. THIS IS A DIVINE CYCLE THAT POWERS GOD'S WORD.

CAN I GET AN AMEN FROM ALL WHO CALL ON GOD. AMEN!

"DO NOT REPAY ANYONE EVIL FOR EVIL. BE CAREFUL TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF EVERYBODY. IF IT IS POSSIBLE, AS FAR AS IT DEPENDS ON YOU, LIVE AT PEACE WITH EVERYONE. DO NOT TAKE REVENGE, MY FRIENDS, BUT LEAVE ROOM FOR GOD'S WRATH, FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "IT IS MINE TO AVENGE; I WILL REPAY," SAYS THE LORD. ON THE CONTRARY: "IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM; IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO DRINK. IN DOING THIS, YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD. "DO NOT BE OVERCOME BY EVIL, BUT OVERCOME EVIL WITH GOOD! (Romans 12:17-21)

THE DEVIL IS MY ENEMY, BECAUSE I AM A CHILD OF GOD, DESERVING OF LOVE AND RESPECT. AND GOD WILL USE ME TO CHANGE THE WORLD. ALL I KNOW IS JESUS CHRIST CRUCIFIED, JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS AND THROUGH JESUS CHRIST I HAVE A RECONCILED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD "NOW" THIS PRESENT MOMENT.

LENT IS OUR FORTY DAY MARCH TO THE CROSS OF JESUS CHRIST. LENT IS A OPPORTUNE TIME TO RETURN TO THE GOD WHO RESCUES, TO RECEIVE THE GIFTS OF GOD'S GRACE, TO BELIEVE WITH THE HEART AND CONFESS WITH THE MOUTH THE WONDER OF GOD'S LOVE IN JESUS, AND TO RESIST TEMPTATION AT EVERY TURN. THIS IS NO SMALL PILGRIMAGE ON WHICH I HAVE  EMBARKED. IT IS A STRUGGLE JESUS KNEW. IT IS A STRUGGLE JESUS SHARES. THE NEARNESS OF THE LORD, IN BREAD AND WINE, WATER AND WORD, WILL UPHOLD AND SUSTAIN ME.

OUR COMMON SPIRITUAL ENEMY IS THE IGNORANCE OF OUR SPIRITUAL UPBRINGING. BECAUSE WE ARE BLINDED BY OUR SPIRITUAL ENEMY THE DEVIL TO KEEP US FROM UNDERSTANDING GOD'S SPIRITUAL PLAN FOR US:

IF WE ARE OUT OUR MIND, IT IS FOR THE SAKE OF GOD; IF WE ARE IN OUR RIGHT MIND, IT IS FOR YOU. FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPELS US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. AND 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 WE REGARD NO ONE FROM A WORLDLY POINT OF VIEW. THOUGH WE ONCE REGARDED CHRIST IN THIS WAY, WE DO SO NO LONGER. THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW HAS COME! ALL THIS IS FROM GOD, WHO RECONCIED US TO HIMSELF THROUG CHRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION: THAT GOD WAS RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF IN CHRIST, NOT COUNTING MEN'S SINS AGAINST THEM. AND GOD HAS COMMITTED TO US THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION. 

WE ARE THEREFORE CHRIST'S AMBASSADORS, AS THOUGH GOD WERE MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH US. WE IMPLORE YOU ON CHRIST'S BEHALF: BE RECONCILED TO GOD. GOD MADE CHRIST WHO HAD NO SIN TO BE SIN FOR US, SO THAT IN CHRIST WE MIGHT BECOME THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. AS FELLOW WORKERS WE URGE YOU NOT TO RECEIVE GOD'S GRACE IN VAIN. FOR GOD SAYS, "IN THE TIME OF MY FAVOR I HEARD YOU, AND IN THE DAY OF SPIRITUAL SALVATION I HELPED YOU. "I TELL YOU, NOW IS THE TIME OF GOD'S FAVOR, NOW IS THE DAY OF SPIRITUAL SALVATION! (2 Corinthians 5:13-6:2)

I AM THEREFORE AN AMBASSADOR OF CHRIST AND GOD IS MAKING HIS APPEAL THROUGH ME: 

FOR CHRIST'S LOVE COMPELS US, BECAUSE WE ARE CONVINCED THAT ONE DIED FOR ALL, AND THEREFORE ALL DIED. AND 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. SINCE CHRIST DIED FOR ALL, AND WE DIED WITH CHRIST WE MUST NO LONGER LIVE FOR OURSELVES BUT FOR CHRIST. WE LIVE FOR CHRIST BECAUSE THIS IS THE GIFT OF GOD:

AGAIN, THE GIFT OF GOD IS NOT LIKE THE RESULT OF THE ONE MAN'S SIN: THE JUDGEMENT FOLLOWED ONE SIN AND BROUGHT CONDEMNATION, BUT THE GIFT FOLLOWED MANY TRESPASSES AND BROUGHT JUSTIFICATION. FOR IF, BY THE TRESPASS OF THE ONE MAN, DEATH REIGNED THROUGH THAT ONE MAN, HOW MUCH MORE WILL THOSE WHO RECIEVE GOD'S ABUNDANT PROVISION OF GRACE AND THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS REIGN IN LIFE THROUGH THE ONE MAN, JESUS CHRIST. (Rom.5:16-18)

I SWEAR THIS IS THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP ME GOD!

"YET A TIME IS COMING AND HAS "NOW" COME WHEN THE TRUE WORSHIPERS WILL WORSHIP THE FATHER IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH, FOR THEY ARE THE KIND OF WORSHIPERS THE FATHER SEEKS. GOD IS SPIRIT AND GOD'S WORSHIPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH." (John 4:23-24)

TODAY THE WORLD HAS FALLEN FOR A LIE, AND IT IS MY ENEMY THE DEVIL WHO HAS DECEIVED THEM, BECAUSE THE DEVIL IS THE FATHER OF ALL LIES. GOD'S WORD OF TRUTH IS STRONGER THAN THE DEVIL'S LIES.