"LORD, I WISH..."

There was a time in my early Adult years...when I was a part of a church in which we were Blessed to have most Wonderful and powerful Praise and Worship, And excellent and Powerful preaching, and also very good fellowship!!! In that congregation we also had many infants and young children!!!

On a certain Sunday Morning...I remember thinking (silently) "LORD!...I wish that I had grown up in a church like this!!!"

In HIS mercy, Holy GOD our Father over the next few days Gracious-  ly gave me understanding..."I gave to you what you will need for the life that I have planned for you".  Oh!!! I was Struck  by the clear, powerful Truth in what HE said!!!!!  Truly, through all the years...        several times each week, I again realize and experience the truth of that lesson; and I again Thank HIM and Praise HIM!!!!!!!!!

Because HE IS GOD---"HE wrote down my every day before the day of my birth...". (Psalm 139:16) ... and "HE has good plans for me, plans to give me a Future and a Hope" (Jeremiah 29:11).  And "... by the action og His Power that is at work within us, HE is ABLE to carry out HIS purpose and do Superabundantly, far over and above all that we (dare) as

      

WHOSE REPORT WILL YOU BELIEVE???

What is YOUR WORTH?

That question is NOT asking "How much money do you have in the bank...It is NOT asking how much cash do you have in your wallet or your purse...It is NOT asking the value of your home, your land, car(s),  boat, airplane, jewelry, art, etc.;...NOT asking the amount of your income per week, per month, Nor how much you are paid for each item of "work" that you produce...

GOD  WHO created the Universe - all that we can see - and all that we cannot see - (Genesis 1:1-2:7), the Universe belongs to HIM!!!

ONCE FOR ALL TIME, and into Eternity ***** HE **** SET YOUR VALUE to HIM and MY VALUE to HIM - By the PRICE HE PAID for YOU and for ME...for EACH and EVERY ONE of US!!!!!!!!

HE PAID the HIGHEST POSSIBLE PRICE for YOU and FOR ME!!!

HE is Omniscient (All Knowing)!!! HE is Omnipotent (All Powerful)!!!  HE is Omnipresent (He is "With Us Always" (Matthew 28:20/Psalm 139: 1-12).

HE PAID the PRICE: sending HIS ONLY SON to a tortuous death on the Cross...For You and for Me!!!!!

DEFINITION - A. "Know": (Strongs # 1097, Ginosko, ("ghi-noskoe") (John 8:32); The Recognition of Truth learned by Personal Experience.                                                                                              B. "Know": (Strongs #3045) - "Yada", ("yah-dah").(Exodus 3:7( (To perceive, to be acquainted with.)

When  GOD  sent JESUS to the cross---HE did KNOW (Recognized, Perceived, Experienced) HIS SON JESUS was being SCOURGED (Whipped with long leather thongs Embedded with pieces of sharp metal and pieces of bone---which Ripped and Tore HIS flesh);  HE was Despised, Rejected, Stricken, Crushed, Accused, Afflicted, Wounded, Doubted,Chastised, Mocked, Struck down, Pierced ---until HE DIED!!!!!!!!!  HE even Carried our griefs and sorrows!!! (Isaiah 53:2-5).  For YOU, for Me!!!

HE PAID FOR YOU!!! FOR Me!!

So that HE can live IN us, and THROUGH us HERE , and NOW---leading others to HIM---so that TOGETHER  we can and SHALL PRAISE and WORSHIP and THANK and BLESS HIM HERE---AND DO SO WITH HIM in Heaven Forever!!!!!!!!!!

Through almost continuous assaults on our hearts, minds, and spirits... the enemy (through the ways of the world) tells us that we can become more beautiful, handsome, more successful, etc....if we will buy this, that, etc.

****Because GOD does NOT Change: "I AM the LORD, I do NOT Change..." (Malachi 3:6)/ "JESUS CHRIST IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, and FOREVER." (Hebrews 13:8).  Therefore HIS value for us does NOT change!!!!!!!!!!

But GOD declares to us:                                                                         "...And all of us, as with unveiled face [because we] continue to behold [in the Word of GOD] as in a mirror the glory of the LORD, are continually being transfigured into HIS own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the LORD [WHO is] the SPIRIT. (2 Corinthians 3:18)/Amplified Bible).    

Let us NOT call ourselves, nor anyone else...anything less than what GOD calls us.

"YOU will guard him and keep him in perfect and complete peace whose mind [both it's inclination and it's character] is stayed on YOU, because he commits himself to YOU, and hopes continually in YOU." (Isaiah 26:3/Amplified Bible).                                                         

AMEN - Let it BE SO in my heart!!!!!!!!!!

 

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THE WAY!!!

Darkness........SON - LIGHT --------"THE WAY"!!!!!!!! 

I do Strongly Urge you to Ask the HOLY SPIRIT To "Guide you into All Truth". (John 16:13).

It was a time in the past...When GOD our HOLY FATHER CARRIED me Through this Personal Experience---

It was a dark, cloudy, cold, and rainy day.....I found out that someone had betrayed me.....As you can imagine, that was a very difficult and painful experience for me.

BUT - As we all experience --- circumstances Do CHANGE...!!!

Definition:  Circumstances --- Conditions that are Both "around" us, and Internal...for example: Weather, being alone, or in a crowded room; (Internal): our own thoughts, memories, emotions, hopes, expectations, etc.

A. As I awakened the next morning, the Holy Spirit Began to BRING TO MY REMEMBRANCE that (Still!) "...GOD has Good plans for me...plans to give me a future and a hope..." (Jeremiah 29:11).

B> Personal Experience: That GOD has given to me HIS Calling, and ability, and time - to Study HIS WORD; and to share how HE uses HIS WORD to Continue to mature my faith and character.  (Also, please read 2 Corinthians 3:18, and Philippians 1:6).

C. (Of Course!!!) The weather changed.....the day ended with the weather changing to a Warm, and partly-cloudy day!!!

So, what am I (CONTINUING to learn)???                                             1) I am to Keep my focus on GOD (not on circumstances)!!!                A, GOD DOES NOT CHANGE:  "For I AM the LORD, I DO NOT CHANGE," (Malachi 3:6).

B. "JESUS CHRIST is the SAME yesterday, today, and forever." (Hebrews 13:8).                                                                                        JESUS' Love for Each and All of us remains the SAME AS when HE said to GOD HIS FATHER:  "O MY FATHER, if it is possible, let this "cup"  (HIS dying on the cross to save you and me) -  Pass from Me, But Nevertheless,  Not as I will, But as YOU Will."  (Matthew 26:39).

In GOD'S TIME...JESUS DECLARED: "IT IS FINISHED!!!!!!!!".      (John 19:30).

C. INSTRUCTIONS for me and for You:                                                  "...bring our every thought into Captivity to the obedience of JESUS CHRIST."  (2 Corinthians 10:5).

D. "For the rest, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on these things-[FIX your mind on these things]."        (Philippians 4:8/Amplified Bible).

With the (Above) Truths - Plus more...HE warmed my heart, and caused HIS LIGHT [JESUS] (John 8:12)] to shine in my heart...and to shine through my words and actions...

"For GOD WHO said,Let Light shine in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the LIGHT for the illumination of the MAJESTY and GLORY of GOD...  (as it is Manifest in the PERSON and is REVEALED in the FACE of  JESUS CHRIST (THE MESSIAH)!!!!!!!!!  (2 Corinthians 4:6-7 Amplified Bible). 

"Then I looked, and I heard the Voices of many angels (Praising HIM) on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders, and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, saying in a loud voice, WORTHY is The LAMB, WHO was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and Honor and Majesty (Glory and Splendor) and Blessing!!!".  (Revelation 5:11-12/Amplified Bible).

"Peace I leave with you, MY peace I give to you---peace of mind and heart!  And the peace I give isn't fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid." (John 14:27/Living Bible).

JESUS Says I AM the WAY."  (John 14:6).

"PRAISE THE LORD CONTINUALLY" (Revelation 5:12).

"May the LORD OF PEACE HIMSELF give you HIS Peace no matter what happens." (2 Thessalonians 3:16/Living Bible).         

 

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