JESUS CAME TO DESTROY DIVISIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND TO UNITE US IN GOD'S LOVE!

 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:

HAPPY ARE THOSE WHOSE TRANSGRESSION IS FORGIVEN WHOSE SIN IS COVERED. (Psalm 32:1)

JESUS CAME TO DESTROY DIVISIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND TO UNITE US IN GOD'S LOVE!

"BUT IF ANYONE OBEYS GOD'S WORD, GOD'S LOVE IS TRULY MADE COMPLETE IN HIM. THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WE ARE IN GOD: WHOEVER CLAIMS TO LIVE IN GOD MUST WALK AS JESUS DID." (1 John 2:5-6)

"AND NOW, DEAR CHILDREN, CONTINUE IN GOD, SO THAT WHEN GOD APPEARS WE MAY BE CONFIDENT AND UNASHAMED BEFORE GOD AT HIS COMING. IF YOU KNOW THAT GOD IS RIGHTEOUS, YOU KNOW THAT EVERYONE WHO DOES WHAT IS RIGHT HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD. HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE THE FATHER HAS LAVISHED ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD! AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE! (1 John 2:28-3:1)

"YOU ARE ALL SONS OF GOD THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS, FOR ALL YOU WHO WERE BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST HAVE CLOTHED YOURSELVES WITH CHRIST. THERE IS NEITHER JEW NOR GREEK, SLAVE NOR FREE, MALE OR FEMALE, FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE." (Galatians 3:26-29)

"BROTHERS, LET ME TAKE AN EXAMPLE FROM EVERYDAY LIFE. JUST AS NO ONE CAN SET ASIDE OR ADD TO A HUMAN COVENANT THAT HAS BEEN DULY ESTABLISHED, SO IT IS IN THIS CASE. THE PROMISES WERE SPOKEN TO ABRAHAM AND TO HIS SEED. THE SRIPTURE DOES NOT SAY "AND TO SEEDS," MEANING MANY PEOPLE, BUT "AND TO YOUR SEED," MEANING ONE PERSON, WHO IS CHRIST." (Galatians 3:15-16)

SO AS I AM MARCHING TOWARDS THE CROSS OF CHRIST, I FOCUS  ON THE PROMISE MADE TO CHRIST. SO I AM NO LONGER A SLAVE  TO SIN, BUT A SON OF GOD; AND SINCE I AM A SON, GOD HAS MADE ME AN HEIR. SO I NOT ONLY LIVE BY THE SPIRIT I STAY IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT. THAT WHATEVER PATH IS RIGHT, WHATEVER PATH IS FAIR, WHATEVER PATH IS JUST, MAY THESE BE THE PATHS I CHOOSE!

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.