IN THE MESSIAH, -- IN CHRIST, GOD LEADS US FROM PLACE TO PLACE IN ONE PERPETUAL VICTORY PARADE. ------------------------------ THROUGH US, HE BRINGS KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST.------------------- EVERYWHERE WE GO, PEOPLE BREATHE IN THE EXQUISITE FRAGRANCE. ----- BECAUSE OF CHRIST, -------------- WE GIVE OFF A SWEET SCENT RISING TO GOD, ------------- WHICH IS RECOGNIZE BY THOSE ON THE WAY OF SALVATION ------- AN AROMA REDOLENT WITH LIFE. --------------------------------------------------------- BUT THOSE ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION TREAT US MORE LIKE THE STENCH FROM A ROTTING CORPSE. ------------------------------------------------------------ THIS IS A TERRIFIC RESPONSIBILITY. ----- IS ANYONE COMPETENT TO TAKE IT ON? --------NO --------------------------------- BUT AT LEAST WE DO NOT TAKE GODS WORD, WATER IT DOWN, AND THEN TAKE IT TO THE STREETS TO SELL IT CHEAP. ------------------------------------------------------------------- WE STAND IN CHRISTS PRESENCE WHEN WE SPEAK; --- GOD LOOKS US IN THE FACE. ---------------------------- WE GET WHAT WE SAY STRAIGHT FROM GOD AND SAY IT AS HONESTLY AS WE CAN. - 2COR 2:14 ***************************************** GODS MESSAGE CAME TO ME: ---------------------- “WHAT DO YOU SEE, Jeremiah?” ----------- I SAID, ---- ------ -------“A WALKING STICK — THAT IS ALL.” ------------------------------- AND GOD SAID, ---------------------------------- “GOOD EYES! I AM STICKING WITH YOU. ------------------------------------------------------- I WILL MAKE EVERY WORD I GIVE YOU COME TRUE.” - JER1:12 ****************************************** “TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT MY SERVANT. ----- I AM BACKING HIM TO THE HILT. ------- HE IS THE ONE I CHOSE, AND I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED WITH HIM. ------------------------------------- I HAVE BATHED HIM WITH MY SPIRIT, --- MY LIFE. ---------------------------------------- HE WILL SET EVERYTHING RIGHT AMONG THE NATIONS. -------------------------------------------- HE WONT CALL ATTENTION TO WHAT HE DOES WITH LOUD SPEECHES OR GAUDY PARADES. ----------- HE WONT BRUSH ASIDE THE BRUISED AND THE HURT AND HE WONT DISREGARD THE SMALL AND INSIGNIFICANT, ----------------------------- BUT HE WILL STEADILY AND FIRMLY SET THINGS RIGHT. ---------------------- HE WONT TIRE OUT AND QUIT. ----------------------- HE WON’T BE STOPPED UNTIL HE HAS FINISHED HIS WORK — TO SET THINGS RIGHT ON EARTH. ------------ FAR-FLUNG OCEAN ISLANDS WAIT EXPECTANTLY FOR HIS TEACHING.” ----------------------------------------------------- GOD’S MESSAGE, ---- THE GOD WHO CREATED THE COSMOS, STRETCHED OUT THE SKIES, LAID OUT THE EARTH AND ALL THAT GROWS FROM IT, ---------------------------------------- WHO BREATHES LIFE INTO EARTH’S PEOPLE, ---- MAKES THEM ALIVE WITH HIS OWN LIFE: ------------------------------------- “I AM GOD .------- I HAVE CALLED YOU TO LIVE RIGHT AND WELL. ---------------------------- I HAVE TAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU, KEPT YOU SAFE. ---------------------------------------------- I HAVE SET YOU AMONG MY PEOPLE TO BIND THEM TO ME, ------------------------- AND PROVIDED YOU AS A LIGHTHOUSE TO THE NATIONS, -------------------------- TO MAKE A START AT BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE OPEN, ---------- INTO LIGHT: --------------- OPENING BLIND EYES, ------------------- RELEASING PRISONERS FROM DUNGEONS, -------------- EMPTYING THE DARK PRISONS. ------------ I AM GOD . THAT IS MY NAME. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I DO NOT FRANCHISE MY GLORY, ------------------------------ DO NOT ENDORSE THE NO-GOD IDOLS. ------------------------------------ TAKE NOTE: ---------- THE EARLIER PREDICTIONS OF JUDGMENT HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. ------------------------------------------------- I AM ANNOUNCING THE NEW SALVATION WORK.” - Isai 42:1 ***************************************** I AM SO GRATEFUL TO CHRIST JESUS FOR MAKING ME ADEQUATE TO DO THIS WORK. --------------------------------------------- HE WENT OUT ON A LIMB, ----------------- YOU KNOW, IN TRUSTING ME WITH THIS MINISTRY. ---------------------------------- THE ONLY CREDENTIALS I BROUGHT TO IT WERE INVECTIVE AND WITCH HUNTS AND ARROGANCE. ------------------------------------------------------- BUT I WAS TREATED MERCIFULLY BECAUSE I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING — DID NOT KNOW WHO I WAS DOING IT AGAINST! -------------------------------------------------------------- GRACE MIXED WITH FAITH AND LOVE POURED OVER ME AND INTO ME. --------------------------------------------------------------- AND ALL BECAUSE OF JESUS. ------------------- HERE IS A WORD YOU CAN TAKE TO HEART AND DEPEND ON: ---------------------------------------------------------- JESUS CHRIST CAME INTO THE WORLD TO SAVE SINNERS. ------------------------- I AM PROOF ------ PUBLIC SINNER NUMBER ONE — OF SOMEONE WHO COULD NEVER HAVE MADE IT APART FROM SHEER MERCY. -------1 Tim1:12 ****************************************** MAY THE GRACE OF GOD BE UPON YOU, AND HIS SPIRIT BE YOUR GUIDE. ******* SHALOM. **************
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