IT IS IN CHRIST THAT WE FIND OUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE LIVING FOR. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LONG BEFORE WE FIRST HEARD OF CHRIST AND GOT OUR HOPES UP, ---------------------- HE HAD HIS EYE ON US, ----------------------------- HAD DESIGNS ON US FOR GLORIOUS LIVING, -------- PART OF THE OVERALL PURPOSE HE IS WORKING OUT IN EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE. -- EPH1:11 *********************************************** ******************************************** EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO A LIFE OF PLEASING GOD HAS BEEN MIRACULOUSLY GIVEN TO US BY GETTING TO KNOW, PERSONALLY AND INTIMATELY, THE ONE WHO INVITED US TO GOD. ----- THE BEST INVITATION WE EVER RECEIVED! ----------------------------- We were also given absolutely terrific promises to pass on to you ------------------------- YOUR TICKETS TO PARTICIPATION IN THE LIFE OF GOD AFTER YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON A WORLD CORRUPTED BY LUST. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SO DON’T LOSE A MINUTE IN BUILDING ON WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN, COMPLEMENTING YOUR BASIC FAITH WITH GOOD CHARACTER, -- SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING, -- ALERT DISCIPLINE, -- PASSIONATE PATIENCE, -- REVERENT WONDER, -- WARM FRIENDLINESS, -- and GENEROUS LOVE, --- EACH DIMENSION FITTING INTO AND DEVELOPING THE OTHER. -------------------------------------- WITH THESE QUALITIES ACTIVE AND GROWING IN YOUR LIVES, ------------------------------- NO GRASS WILL GROW UNDER YOUR FEET, -------------------------------------------------------------- NO DAY WILL PASS WITHOUT ITS REWARD AS YOU MATURE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE OF OUR MASTER JESUS. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WITHOUT THESE QUALITIES YOU CANNOT SEE WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE YOU, ------ OBLIVIOUS THAT YOUR OLD SINFUL LIFE HAS BEEN WIPED OFF THE BOOKS. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SO, FRIENDS, CONFIRM GOD’S INVITATION TO YOU, ---- HIS CHOICE OF YOU. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT PUT IT OFF; --- DO IT NOW.------------- DO THIS, AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR LIFE ON A FIRM FOOTING, -- THE STREETS PAVED AND THE WAY WIDE OPEN INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF OUR MASTER AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BECAUSE THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH, --- EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE UP-TO-DATE ON ALL THIS TRUTH AND PRACTICE IT INSIDE AND OUT, --- I AM NOT GOING TO LET UP FOR A MINUTE IN CALLING YOU TO ATTENTION BEFORE IT. ----------------------------- THIS IS THE POST TO WHICH I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED — KEEPING YOU ALERT WITH FREQUENT REMINDERS — AND I AM STICKING TO IT AS LONG AS I LIVE. ----- ----- ---- I KNOW THAT I AM TO DIE SOON; ----- THE MASTER HAS MADE THAT QUITE CLEAR TO ME. ----------------------------------------------- AND SO I AM ESPECIALLY EAGER THAT YOU HAVE ALL THIS DOWN IN BLACK AND WHITE SO THAT AFTER I DIE, YOU WILL HAVE IT FOR READY REFERENCE. ----------------------------------------------------------- We weren’t, you know, just wishing on a star when we laid the facts out before you regarding the powerful return of our MASTER, JESUS CHRIST. --------------------------------------- We were there for the preview! --------------------- We saw it with our own eyes: JESUS RESPLENDENT WITH LIGHT FROM GOD THE FATHER AS THE VOICE OF MAJESTIC GLORY SPOKE: -------------------------------------------------------- “THIS IS MY SON, MARKED BY MY LOVE, ---- FOCUS OF ALL MY DELIGHT.” ----------------- WE WERE THERE ON THE HOLY MOUNTAIN WITH HIM. ------------------------------------------- WE HEARD THE VOICE OUT OF HEAVEN WITH OUR VERY OWN EARS. ----------------- WE COULD NOT BE MORE SURE OF WHAT WE SAW AND HEARD — GOD’S GLORY, GOD’S VOICE. ---------------------------------------------- THE PROPHETIC WORD WAS CONFIRMED TO US. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU WILL DO WELL TO KEEP FOCUSING ON IT. ------------------------------------------------------ IT IS THE ONE LIGHT YOU HAVE IN A DARK TIME AS YOU WAIT FOR DAYBREAK AND THE RISING OF THE MORNING STAR IN OUR HEARTS. --------------------------- THE MAIN THING TO KEEP IN MIND HERE IS THAT NO PROPHECY OF SCRIPTURE IS A MATTER OF PRIVATE OPINION. ---------------- AND WHY? ------------------------------ BECAUSE IT IS NOT SOMETHING CONCOCTED IN THE HUMAN HEART. -------------------- PROPHECY RESULTED WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT PROMPTED MEN AND WOMEN TO SPEAK GOD’S WORD. -- -- 2 PET1:3 *********************************************** IF YOU HAVE GOTTEN ANYTHING AT ALL OUT OF FOLLOWING CHRIST, ----------------------------------- IF HIS LOVE HAS MADE ANY DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE, -------------------------------------- IF BEING IN A COMMUNITY OF THE SPIRIT MEANS ANYTHING TO YOU, ---------------- IF YOU HAVE A HEART, -------------------------------- IF YOU CARE — THEN DO ME A FAVOR: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AGREE WITH EACH OTHER, ------------------------- LOVE EACH OTHER, ------------------------------------- BE DEEP-SPIRITED FRIENDS. --------------------- DO NOT PUSH YOUR WAY TO THE FRONT; --------------------------------------------------------------------- DO NOT SWEET-TALK YOUR WAY TO THE TOP. ------------------------------------------------------------------ PUT YOURSELF ASIDE, --- AND HELP OTHERS GET AHEAD. ---------------------------------------------- DO NOT BE OBSESSED WITH GETTING YOUR OWN ADVANTAGE. ------------------------- FORGET YOURSELVES LONG ENOUGH TO LEND A HELPING HAND. --- PHIL2:1 ************************************************* MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. * * * * * * * SHALOM : PEACE TO YOU. **********************************************
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