"...YOU are MINE...!!!!!!!! www.galileebreeze.blogspot.com

GOD says: "..."I AM GOD Most High" (Psalm 47:2)

I AM HE Who created the earth and the universe, and all that is on the earth, and in the universe...in six (6) days---and rested on the seventh  (7th) day. (Genesis 1:1-31).

I AM the ONE WHO "...Chose You, and Adopted You, and Accepted your you as Mine in JESUS. (Ephesians 1:1-6).

I AM the ONE WHO "...put you together in your mother's womb, (Psalm 139:15).

I AM your Heavenly Father WHO "...wrote down  Your every day before the day of your birth." (Psalm 139:16).

I, Your Heavenly Father, Am always thinking of You---"How precious are Your thoughts toward me, O GOD!!!  How great is the sum of them!  If I should count them, they would be more than the sand!"      (Psalm 139:17-18).

"MY plans for you are plans for good...to give you a future and a           hope." (Jeremiah 29:11).                                                                          (MY plans for you are based on, and empowered by--- MY faithfulness to my Righteous Character and to MY WORD). (2 Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible).

JESUS says "...I AM with you Always." (Matthew 28:20)

"I WHO keeps You ---shall Neither slumber nor sleep." (Psalm 121:3-4).

I Love You the same each day---as the day MY ONLY SON  died on the cross to save You from your sins.  "I AM the LORD, I do not change." (Malachi 3:6).  

"JESUS CHRIST is the SAME yesterday, today, and Forever." (Hebrews 13:8).

                                                                                                                  "...Thus says the LORD, WHO created you, and HE WHO formed you...Fear not, for I have Redeemed you; I HAVE CALLED You BY YOUR NAME;  YOU ARE MINE!!!". (Isaiah 43:1),

**** NOW - You and I are to Regularly Declare: (Put Your name in the Blank space)---I         am chosen to be Saved (John 3:16), filled with the HOLY SPIRIT (John 20:22), bow down before GOD regularly, study HIS WORD, and Share it with others.****

GOD says: "I AM the ONE TRUE GOD."  WHO declares that "...in and through You I can Do that which is far over and above ALL that you  dare ask or think (Infinitely Beyond  our Highest Prayers, Desires, Thoughts, Hopes, or Dreams...".  (Ephesians 3:20/Amplified Bible).

GOD our FATHER says to us: "I Love YOU with MY Everlasting/Ever Present LOVE." (Jeremiah 31:3).

"If We are faithless (do not believe and are untrue to HIM), HE remains TRUE (Faithful to HIS WORD and HIS Righteous Character) for HE cannot deny HIMSELF," (2 Timothy 2:13/Amplified Bible).

"JESUS CHRIST is the 'YES' and 'AMEN' to Every Promise of GOD." (2 Corinthians 1:20).

JESUS says "HE (the HOLY SPIRIT) will guide You into all TRUTH."    (John 16:13).

"Now to the KING ETERNAL, IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE, To GOD WHO ALONE is WISE, be HONOR and GLORY Forever and Ever. AMEN." (1 Timothy 1:17)

           

"I NEED..." www,galileebreeze.blogspot.com

 Sub-Title: "GOD'S LOVE...HIS PLAN...HIS SEEDS...HIS HARVEST...HIS GLORY!!!!!!!!!

Much too often...I SAY "I NEED..." when it is really only a desire, rather than a 'Need'!!!

Definition-NEED...A lack of something Required, a Necessity.

Definition-DESIRE...a Wish, or longing for.

Frequently, I say - "I need to Exercise three (3) times per week in order to maintain good health. (That fits the definition of Need- Necessity/Required).

HOLY GOD OUR FATHER WANTS to Meet our Needs (Luke 15:31).  Today (7-3-2025) I have been Praying - "I need healing for my back...".  Of course I WANT to be healed QUICKLY---But O so     Graciously Our FATHER Gently reminds me that HE has a more far-reaching plan and time for HIS healing for my back...

For Example: When I go to the Doctor's office...I will see many other people that HE wants me to Pray for... and Maybe some of them will pray for me!

Because GOD has written down (in Psalm 139:16) that "...HE wrote down our EVERY day --- BEFORE the day of our birth!!!  (So HE knows whom I will See, or will be seen By... on Every Day!!!

HE UNDERSTANDS us!!! (Proverbs 8:14).  HE KNOWS that waiting PATIENTLY is difficult for us:  So HE has provided for us HIS HOLY SPIRIT to enable us:  "But the Fruit of THE HOLY SPIRIT is: Love, Joy, Peace, PATIENCE, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control." (Galatians 5:22-23).

Let me relate to you a True Story:  A man named William Jennings Bryan  lived in the United States of America from 1860 - 1925.  Mr, Bryan was both a lawyer and a politician.  He had, (and exercised),  a strong Christian Faith.  He was a truly Excellent speaker...so gifted a speaker that he was called "The Silver-Tongued Orator" (Speaker).  In one of the books (IN HIS IMAGE) which he wrote ...He tells a personal story:  "I was passing through Ohio some years ago and stopped to eat at a restaurant.  My attention was called to a slice of watermelon, and I ordered it and ate it.  I was so pleased with the melon that I asked the waiter to dry some of the seeds so that I may take them home and plant them in my garden.  That night a thought came into my mind---I would use that watermelon as an illustration.  So, the next morning when I reached Chicago, I had enough seeds weighed  to learn that it would take about five thousand (5,000) seeds to weigh a pound, and I estimated that the watermelon weighed about forty (40) pounds. Then I applied mathematics to the watermelon.  A few weeks ago before, someone, I know not who, had planted a little watermelon seed in the ground,  Under the influence of sunshine and shower that little seed had  'taken off its coat and gone to work' ; it had gathered from somewhere two hundred thousand (200,000) times its own weight, and forced that enormous weight through a tiny stem and built a watermelon.  On the outside it had put a covering of green, within that a rind of white and within the white-a core of red, and then it had scattered through the red core little seeds, each one capable of doing the same work again,  What architect drew the plan?  Where did that little watermelon seed get its tremendous strength?  Where did it find its flavoring extract and its coloring matter?"  

"Then GOD said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind..."(Genesis 1:11).

So let US seek, AND FOLLOW GOD'S WISDOM (1 Corinthians 1:30) and timing for our days and nights...BOWING before HIM and asking HIM to fill us with HIS HOLY SPIRIT so that through us---HE can bring about HIS Harvest of GLORY to HIM--- by us scattering HIS seeds into other people's lives!

Those seeds will repeat the same work again, and AGAIN and AGAIN!!!!!!!!!

JESUS says to us:

"...you shall be baptized with THE HOLY SPIRIT... (Acts 1:5).

"...you shall receive power when THE HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you..." (Acts 1:8).

"...Repent and let you be baptized in the NAME of JESUS CHRIST for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the HOLY SPIRIT..." (Acts 2:38).

"And when HE (JESUS) had said this, HE breathed on them and said  (Ask) and RECEIVE the HOLY SPIRIT." (John 20:22).

"He (THE HOLY SPIRIT) will guide you into all truth." (John 16:13).

BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH US...HE SHALL BRING A HARVEST OF GLORY TO HIMSELF!!!!!!!!! 

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"Now it came to pass, in the days when judges led Israel, that there was a famine in the land...and a certain man of Bethlehem (his name was Elimelech);  He and his wife (Naomi), and their two (2) sons moved to another country called Moab....then Elimelech died; and Naomi was left with her two sons...Naomi's two sons took wives from Moab;...then both of her sons died.  So Naomi survived both her sons, and her husband. (Ruth 1:1-5/The Living Bible).

Naomi decided to return to Israel with her two (2) daughters-in-law (Orpah and Ruth), for she heard that the LORD had blessed Israel by giving them good crops again.  

But after they began their journey, Naomi changed her mind and said to Orpah and Ruth, 'why don't you return to Moab?'...she spoke kindly to them...                                                                                                  From The footnote: "Kindly" translated from the Hebrew word "hesed" carries the idea of love and loyalty---a Covenant of Constancy.  Naomi knows  YAHWEH (The LORD)'S character and prayed that Orpah and Ruth will experience HIS Goodness, that HE is Kind and Trustworthy.

"Orpah and Ruth said to Naomi: 'We will return with you to your people...they lifted up their voices and wept...Orpah  kissed Naomi...and Ruth CLUNG to Naomi and embraced Naomi.  Ruth said to Naomi 'urge me NOT to turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, wherever you lodge-I will lodge; your people will be my people, and your GOD will be my GOD.'" (Ruth 1:1-16).

So Naomi returned to Bethlehem, and Ruth with her.  (****Yes, THIS Bethlehem---where generations later JESUS was born.****).  So Ruth said to Naomi...'Please let me go to glean the grain after him in whose sight I may find favor.'  Naomi said to Ruth, 'Go, my daughter.'

Ruth went and gleaned in the field after the reapers.  And she HAPPENED to come into the part of the field that belonged to Boaz who was of the family of Elimelech (Naomi's deceased husband). When Boaz came to the field of grain, he spoke to Ruth: 'Listen, my child, stay right here to glean; don't think of going to any other field. Stay right behind my women workers.  I have warned the young men to not bother you...help yourself to the drinking water."

Ruth thanked him warmly: 'How can you be so kind to me?  You must know that I am only a foreigner.'  Boaz replied, 'Yes I know, and I also know about all the love and kindness you have given to your Mother-in-law...and that you have come to live among strangers.  May the LORD GOD of Israel, under Whose wings you have come to take refuge, Bless you for it.'"

Ruth answered, 'O thank you sir. You are so kind to me, and I am not even one of Your workers'...so Ruth worked there all day...and she gleaned a great amount of grain!  She carried it to Naomi with what was left from her lunch.

'So Much!!!!' Naomi exclaimed!  'Where did you glean today?  Praise the LORD for whoever was so kind to you!'  Ruth told her all about it, and mentioned that the owner of the field was Boaz.  Naomi said, 'Praise the LORD for a man like that!  GOD has continued HIS kindness to us!  That man Boaz is one of our closest relatives...our Kinsman-Redeemer!'  [Just as JESUS is to all who follow HIM!!!].

So Boaz (her Kinsman-Redeemer) became Ruth's husband!!!!  Through Boaz's and Ruth's son "Obed" they became ancestors in the tribe of Judah...which is the tribe from which King David, AND our HOLY LORD JESUS CHRIST descended!!!! !!!!                                   (The name "Obed" means "Worshiper").

What should You and I GLEAN from this GOD'S WORD???? ????

A. No matter Where your life began----in submiting to GOD through JESUS CHRIST---with HOLY GOD'S plan of redemption -''We come into GOD'S family!!!!" (Ruth 4:16-22/Living Bible).

B. "The book of Ruth enobles the Beauty of Commitment and underscores the Values of family Commitment. (From the Foreword to the Book of Ruth/NEW KING JAMES BIBLE).       

JESUS says in John 16:13---"HE (the Holy Spirit) will guide you into all Truth."                                                                                                JESUS says in John 14:6---"I AM the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the FATHER (in heaven) except through ME," 

"Blessed be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE FATHER of Mercies and GOD of all comfort, consolation, and     encouragement." (2 Corinthians 1:3/Amplified Bible).

PLEASE OH PLEASE---You read the book of Ruth for Yourself!!!! (It is only 5 pages!!!!). If you will read the whole book...You will be BLESSED with many Personal insights!!!!

SHALOM SHALOM!!!!

**** "JESUS...HE HIMSELF IS OUR PEACE(Ephesians 2:14/Luke1:79) "JESUS SHALOM, JESUS SHALOM JESUS SHALOM JESUS SHALOM****

Definitions:  (1) JESUS (Greek);  (2) YESHUA  (Hebrew): HE IS OUR SAVIOR/OUR WHOLENESS!!!!

(3) "SHALOM" : ("Sha-loam"), (Strongs #7965) "Completeness, wholeness, peace, health, welfare, safety, soundness, tranquility, prosperity, perfection, fullness, rest, harmony; the absence of agi-tation or discord.  Shalom is much more than the absence of war and conflict. It is the wholeness that the entire human race seeks"!!!            ****In (Isaiah 53:5) "...The chastisement (punishment)  NECESSARY for us to have peace was put upon JESUS, the Suffering Servant."

****Please allow me to here insert some information that will enable the rest of this message to be more clear and meaningful:                      In the BIBLE, each letter in each word---has a Numerical value.  "The  number eight (8) is specially associated with Resurrection, Re-  generation, and the beginning of a new era, or order." (Number in Scripture. E. W. Bullinger.  Kregel Publications. Grand Rapids,Mich).

Two Examples: (A) On the ark, during the flood (Genesis 8:1-22), there were Noah, his wife, their (3) sons, and each son's wife = 8!!!!                                                                                                          (B) In the New Testament, the numerical value of the letters in the name JESUS is 888********                                                                  **** As you read this message, you will notice that Alternate sections are the Name Jesus and Shalom (8) times!!!!*******

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****    ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom  Jesus Shalom****   

"The woman said to Him (Jesus), 'I know that Messiah is coming...HE will tell us all things,  Jesus said to her, I Who speak to you am HE." (John 4:1-19).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****  ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom**** 

"I AM the Living Bread Which came down from heaven."( John 6:51).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****    ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"It is the Spirit that gives life; the flesh profits nothing.  The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life." (John 6:63).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****    ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom  Jesus Shalom**** 

"I AM the light of the world.  He who follows ME shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life." (John 8:12).

****Jesus Shalom  Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****   ****Jesus Shalom  Jesus Shalom  Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"Most assuredly, I say he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up another way, the same is a thief and a robber.  But he who enters by the door is the Shepherd of the sheep." (John 10:1-2).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****  ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"Then Jesus said to them, I am the door of the sheep. (John 10:7).    Footnote: Entering the sheepfold through Jesus is a saving action and provides the sheep with abundant life and provision. (The picture is one of security and safety in Jesus as the door to the sheep's daily comings and goings.")

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****  ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"Now Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died...I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.' "Jesus said to her, I AM the resurrection and the life.  He who believes in ME, though he die, he shall live." (John 21-27).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom**** **** Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"Jesus said " 'I go...and prepare a place for you...I will come again and receive you to MYSELF; that where I AM there you may be also..Jesus said to him,  L AM the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through ME." (John 14:1-6).

****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****  ****Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom Jesus Shalom****

"If you love ME, you will keep MY commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and HE will give you Another Helper that He will abide with you forever. (The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive.  But you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.)  {"Another: one just like Me...He will do in My absence what I would do if I were physically with you.  (John 14:15-16/(Word Wealth Edition).

 In JESUS CHRIST'S HOLY NAME!!!!!!!!            Shalom   Shalom                

****PRAYER...PRAISE...WORSHIP...UNTO GOD LEAD TO... PEACE, REST, JOY, AND THANKSGIVING AND VICTORY IN LIFE!!!!!!!!

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). 

 

    

 

++++PURE LIGHT++++ www.galileebreeze.blogspot.com

 In Exodus 26-27 we find Moses passing on GOD'S commandments      about how to make, and how to use, the items used in the tabernacle.  

In Exodus 27:20 He is giving the commandments for "The care of the   Lampstand." 

"And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring to you   PURE OIL of Pressed olives for the light to burn Continually."             ("JESUS is the Same yesterday, today, and forever."  (Hebrews 13:8).

From the Footnote under Exodus 27:20: "The oil to be burned in the lamp was symbolic of the Holy Spirit.  BEATEN olive oil, which was  the Best, was used in the tabernacle.  To obtain the oil,  olives were gently pounded in a bowl and the oil was extracted from the pulp."

I recall reading in a study about olives...that "..harvesting the olives    was accomplished by using poles to beat the limbs of the olive trees...  this caused the olives to fall to the ground,"

JESUS' limbs (arms, legs) head, and body were BEATEN: ("they struck HIM on the head...and they spat on HIM") (Mark 15:19).            "Pilate, wanting to gratify the crowd, delivered JESUS to them, after he had scourged HIM,..to be crucified." (Mark 15:15).

JESUS was Beaten/Whipped---                                                                Footnote for Matthew:27:26--- "A victim to be scourged was stripped  and tied to a whipping post.  Then he was beaten mercilessly with a    whip consisting of several leather thongs, each loaded with jagged pieces of metal or bone and weighted at the end with lead. Fragments  of flesh would be torn from the victims, some of whom did not survive the ordeal."

(JESUS)- "A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, HE was wounded for OUR transgressions, HE was crushed for OUR iniquities  ...the Chastisement NECESSARY for OUR peace was upon HIM, and by  HIS stripes We are healed."  (Isaiah 53:3-5).     

The place where JESUS was betrayed, and arrested---was named the Garden of Gethsemane.  "Gethsemane" means "OLIVE PRESS"---       a place where the oil was pressed out of the olives by CRUSHING the olives.

IN (JOHN 8:12) JESUS declares: "I AM THE LIGHT..."

"For GOD WHO said, 'let light shine out of darkness' (Genesis 1:3-4)  HE has shone in our hearts so as (to beam forth) the Light for the illumination of the knowledge 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/Amplified Bible).

So, what is to be our (Ongoing) response to this HIS WORD?

Let us confess our sins quickly, ask GOD for forgiveness, and repent...so that HIS PURE LIGHT shines through us.

JESUS says: "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and GLORIFY your FATHER IN HEAVEN>"            (Matthew 5:16).

AMEN.   

****BECOMING ONE****

JESUS PRAYS FOR ALL BELIEVERS.....                                                                     

"FATHER, the hour has come.  Glorify YOUR SON, that YOUR           SON also  may glorify YOU.  YOU have given HIM authority over         all flesh, that HE shall give eternal life to as many as YOU have         given HIM.

I have manifested (revealed) YOUR NAME to those whom YOU        have given ME out of the world.  They were YOURS, YOU gave them to  ME, and they have heard Your Word.

"Now they have known that all things which YOU have given ME      are from YOU.  For I have given unto them the words which YOU have  given Me, and they have received them, and have known surely that  I came forth from YOU; and they have believed that YOU sent ME.

"I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who believe in ME    through their word...that they may be one, as YOU, FATHER, are in ME, and I in YOU, that they also may be one in US, that the world      may believe that YOU sent ME.

"And the glory which YOU gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as WE are ONE. (John 17:1...22).

"I in them, and YOU in ME; ...that they may be made complete in one, that the world may know that YOU HAVE SENT ME, AND        HAVE LOVED THEM AS YOU LOVE ME." (John 17:23).

FATHER, I desire that they also whom YOU gave ME may be with ME where I AM, that they may behold MY glory which YOU have given  ME, for YOU have loved ME before the foundation of the world."        (John 17:24).

In this chapter (John 17) JESUS declares THREE (3) times that we are to be ONE IN HIM.                                                                                      ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  From the book "Numerics in Scripture" by E. W. Bullinger/Kregel Publications:                                                                                            "All things that are specially complete are stamped with the number three (3),  GOD'S attributes are three (3); Omniscience-(All-Knowing- Psalm 139:1-24).  Omnipresence - ("with us always" (Psalm 139:1-12/Matt. 28:20).   Omnipotence - "I am Almighty" (Genesis 17:1).  THREE Persons in the GODHEAD: FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT. THREE    DENOTES Perfection."

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THE Vital Importance of gathering together:                                         "Then those who Revere (hold in AWE) the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before HIM for those are reverent to HIM  and who meditate on HIS NAME.

"They shall be MINE says the LORD of HOSTS, on the day that I       make them MY special treasures.  And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him." (Malachi 3:16-17).

"And let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,      for HE WHO promised is faithful.  

"And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good        works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much more as the  DAY (of JESUS RETURNING) approaches." (Hebrews 10:23-24).

"O Righteous FATHER! The world has not known YOU, but I have known YOU; and these have known that YOU sent ME." (John 17:25).

O!!! That it may BE SO in our lives!!!!!!!!!       

 AMEN.