PRAYER, PRAISE, WORSHIP, GIVING THANKS TO GOD... ALL BEGIN WITH "A"???
Oh GOD our Heavenly FATHER - So Gracious and Merciful and Loving---YOU give to us gifts that display YOUR Character --- because "...everything that is Truly Good comes from YOU!!!!!!!! (James 1:17).
When I have difficulty going to sleep, or when I am waiting for someone...GOD has given to me a way to use that time for HIS Glory, and to Bless others!!!...
"Beginning with "A"???
A. "Amen"---used most often to end prayer (meaning - "I agree, let it be so!" Also to end the "Blessing" before eating a meal.
"Amen" is actually one of the Names of JESUS CHRIST!!! In (2 Cor- inthians 1: 20): "For the SON OF GOD , JESUS CHRIST...for all the promises of GOD in HIM are Yes, and in HIM, AMEN, to the Glory of GOD through us."
B. In (John 1:29), John the Baptist says "Behold the LAMB of GOD WHO takes away the sin of the world"!
C. CHRIST - the Greek translation of MESSIAH! Also, JESUS is coming back for those of us who have accepted HIM as Savior and LORD.
D. HOLY GOD, HIS SON JESUS is not a distant deity. HE is the One True GOD---Who chooses to live in our hearts when we ask HIM to!!! "They are the excellent ones in whom is My delight." (Psalm 16:3).
E. GOD loves you/me/us with HIS "Everlasting love.." (Jeremiah 31:3). "The Eternal GOD is your refuge...and underneath are the Everlasting arms." (Deuteronomy 33:27). *The word for "ever- lasting can also be translated "Ever PRESENT".
F. GOD is our Heavenly "Father...Forever...Faithful". (Ephesians
1: 1-6/ 1 Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible).
G. GOD is SO good that HE gave HIS ONLY SON to save us from our sins. (John 3:16).
H. GOD is "HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!" (Isaiah 6:3). HE is "Here with us...and For us always." (Matthew 28:20/Psalm 1:39:1-12/Romans 8: 31).
I. "I AM WHO I AM" (Exodus 3:14). JESUS says "I AM the resur- rection and the Life." (John 11:25).
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I (Barry) do not have room enough in this space to give an explanation for all 26 alphabet letters. But I have something better for you near the end of this message.
J. JESUS is "the name above all names" (Philippians 2:9). K "KING
OF KINGS". (Revelation 19:16). L LOVE; "LORD of LORDS". (Revelation 19:16). M "Father of Mercies" (2 Cor. 1:3). N " I will never leave you nor forsake you..." (Joshua 1:5). O Omnipotent "Al- mighty" (Genesis 17:1). Omni-Present "With you always." (Matt. 28: 20). P. "PRINCE of PEACE". (Isaiah 9:6). Q. "...looking forward to His promise...be found by HIM in gentle and quiet spirit..." (1 Peter 3:14). R. "Jesus became for us Righteousness from GOD..."(1 Cor. 1:30). S. Salvation (John 3:16)/ Safety "I will both lie down in peace and sleep For YOU alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety." (Psalm 4:8). T TRUTH (John 14:6). U "I am understanding..." (Proverbs 8:14). V. Victory. (Acts 2:29-36). W. Wisdom "...JESUS became for us wisdom from GOD...". (1 Cor. 1:30). X. "GOD has bestowed on us all things suited to life and godliness, through the full, personal knowledge of HIM WHO called us by and to HIS glory and excellence." (2 Peter 1:3). Y. YAHWEH. (Exodus 3:14). Z. Zion "The city of the LORD." (Isaiah 60:14). (Personally, I like to use "Zip code" for (Z). GOD always knows where I am (Psalm 139:1-16), and HE can communicate with me any way that he wants!!!
My personal experience: I have been doing this for several years...and it (HIS WORD) always calms me, strengthens my faith, and richly blesses me in ways unspeakable!!! (Ephesians 3:20).
Occasionally our Most Intimate FATHER GOD gives to me a New word for 1 of the 26 letters...and it is genuinely thrilling how it touches my heart - how intimate HIS love is (HE WHO knows my thoughts before I think them, my words before I say them - He wrote down my every day before I was born, and He always has good plans for me (Psalm 139:1-24/Jeremiah 29:11).
PLEASE, I Urge you, TRY this for two (2) weeks, and personally experience HIM for yourself!!!
AMEN (let it Be So in my life)!!! ALL GLORY TO JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!! (Rev 5:12).
