THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD!

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:

THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD, AND THE ESSENCE OF THE ONE GOD IS, GOD IS ALL POWERFUL, GOD IS ALL KNOWING, GOD IS EVERYWHERE AT ONCE. GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO US AS THE ALL POWERFUL FATHER GOD, THE ALL KNOWING JESUS GOD, AND THE PRESENT EVERYWHERE AT ONCE HOLY SPIRIT GOD. I GO TO GOD EVERYDAY FOR SPIRITUAL PROCESSING THROUGH THE ESSENCE OF PRAYER.

"HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE, UNDER GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON GOD BECAUSE GOD CARES FOR YOU THROUGH HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. BE INNER SELF-CONTROLLED AND ALERT TO GOD'S WORD. YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. RESIST THE DEVIL, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS AS US. (SIN) 

AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU TO GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, GOD HIMSELF WILL RESTORE YOU IN CHRIST AND MAKE YOU STRONG IN CHRIST, FIRM IN CHRIST AND STEADFAST IN CHRIST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN! (1 Peter 5:6-11)

WHAT WE VALUE IS REFLECTED IN HOW WE LIVE. "FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO." (Matt.6:21)

UNDERSTANDING IS THE TRUTH YOU STAND UNDER, THIS IS THE TRUTH I STAND UNDER TODAY: THERE IS A FORMULA AND THERE IS A PRINCIPAL. THE FORMULA IS THE RECIPE FOR MY NEW CREATION AND THE PRINCIPAL IS THE WORD OF FAITH FOUND IN THE BIBLE. THE ACTION REQUIRED OF US THE HEARER OF THE WORD, IS TO SEEK A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD BASED ON GOD'S WORD. THIS ALL COMES FROM GOD, MY JOB IS TO ACCEPT AND RECEIVE AND BELIEVE WHAT GOD'S WORD SPEAKS TO ME.

I KNOW THAT I NEED GOD'S HELP TO DO THIS AND THAT IS WHY I RELY ON MY GOD DAILY THROUGH MEDITATION ON THE WORD AND PRAYER IN THE WORD. I SPEAK THE WORD OUT LOUD OUT OF MY MOUTH INTO MY HEART AND OUT OF MY HEART INTO MY MOUTH. THIS IS A DIVINE CYCLE THAT PRODUCES SPIRITUAL POWER. THIS SPIRITUAL POWER GIVES ME THE ABILTY TO BE IN A SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

"YOU SEE, AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, WHEN WE WERE STILL POWERLESS, CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY. VERY RARELY WILL ANYONE DIE FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN, THOUGH FOR A GOOD MAN SOMEONE MIGHT POSSIBLY DARE TO DIE. BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES GOD'S OWN LOVE FOR US IN THIS: WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US." (Rom.5:6-9)

I DEMONSTRATE MY LOVE FOR GOD BY PRAYING GOD'S LOVING WORDS TO HIM. THIS IS THE TRUTH I STAND UNDER. GOD'S LOVE FOR ME IS GOD'S WORDS TO ME! AND I RENEW THAT LOVE DAILY!

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.