THE MASTER’S TOUCH
HEALING SCHOOL OF MINISTRY INT’L
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
2020-#32
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PRAISE THE LORD
GOD’S CHILDREN…
BECAUSE…
THIS IS THE DAY…
THAT THE LORD HAS MADE
AND
WE WILL CONTINUALLY REJOICE…
AS WE SPEND OUR TIME
WITH OUR LORD…IN TOTAL GRATITUDE… FOR WHAT JESUS DID FOR US…
ON THE CROSS
…AND…
WE WILL BE GLAD IN IT…
WE ARE GRATEFUL AND PRIVILEGED TO WORSHIP OUR LORD
…AND TO RECEIVE HIS LOVE…HIS GLORY… AND… HIS PEACE!
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WELCOME TO
THE MASTER’S TOUCH
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE
MY FRIENDS…WE ARE TREMENDOUSLY
BLESSED!! TO BRING
THESE
WORSHIP SERVICES
TO YOU…
WE WANT TO TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO
GLORIFY GOD…
…AND…
We always look
forward… with GREAT EXPECTATION
OF GOD…
Doing Miraculous things through US…
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It’s our… HOPE and PRAYER
that…
YOU…TOO…
are EXPECTING to experience God’s Miraculous power…in
ALL of HIS GLORY!
SO…
DID YOU COME EXPECTING TO RECEIVE FROM GOD TODAY...?
WELL…IF YOU DIDN’T
COME EXPECTING TO HAVE AN ENCOUNTER
WITH GOD… AND…TO RECEIVE FROM HIM…
YOU WON’T !!!
SO … BEGIN BY
ELEVATING YOUR EXPECTATION LEVEL…
HOW?
EXPECT
TO RECEIVE
THE GOODNESS…
KNOWLEDGE…
WISDOM… AND…
ABUNDANT BLESSINGS …OF GOD…
AS YOU ENTER INTO
…AND…
PRACTICE HIS PRESENCE…
WHEN YOU DO…
YOU’ll BEGIN TO
GROW IN
THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD…
…AND…AS A RESULT…
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST…
WILL EXCELL WITH ABUNDANT LIFE…
…AND…BLESSINGS…
FROM GOD!!
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As we begin our worship service today...
Take a second …to assemble a small piece of bread …A cracker…or…
a small bite of some kind of food
…and…
a swallow of some sort of beverage…
It can even be Water…
…set those all aside…
These are the elements of the covenant…
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RIGHT NOW…
LET’S INVITE
THE HOLY SPIRIT
TO JOIN US…
lease… pray with me…
HEAVENLY FATHER… WE COME INTO YOUR GLORIOUS
PRESENCE… IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOR…
WE ENTER YOUR
COURTS…
WITH PRAISE… AND… THANKSGIVING POURING FROM OUR HEARTS THROUGH OUR LIPS…
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LORD…
OUR SINCERE LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR YOU...
IS …AS ALWAYS…
ANCHORED…
DEEPLY IN OUR HEARTS
…AND…
WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU FOR OUR ABILITY…
TO SHARE THAT LOVE AND DEVOTION WITH OTHERS …
AS A TESTIMONY…
A WITNESS…
OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE!
WE LOVE…YOU
MAGNIFY...YOU
AND…
PRAISE YOUR HOLY NAME…
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LORD… WE THANK AND PRAISE YOU… THAT…
AS WE LIFT UP THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED…AND
THOSE
WHO REQUIRE YOUR HELP….
YOU ARE ALWAYS ON THE SCENE HEALING…HELPING…
COMFORTING…
ENCOURAGING…LOVING AND BLESSING EACH ONE…
WE THANK YOU FOR THE HEALING POWER OF GOD…
THAT… YOU HAVE GIFTED TO US
…AND…
SHOWN US… HOW TO USE
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WE THANK YOU FOR…
STRENGTHENING US THROUGH YOUR WORD…AND…
OUR EXPERIENCES…
WE THANK YOU FOR HEALING OUR NATION… FOR RESTORING US TO PEACE…CONTENTMENT AND
HAPPINESS…
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WE THANK… PRAISE AND GIVE GLORY
TO YOU LORD…
THAT OUR HEARTS ARE CULTIVATED… FERTILE GROUND…
… AND…
ARE
…PREPARED…
… AND….
READY TO RECEIVE YOUR WORD SEED…
WE PATIENTLY WAIT ON YOU… LORD…
IN FERVENT EXPECTATION… OF…
OUR MIGHTY HARVEST…
WE THANK… AND… PRAISE YOU… THAT… WE BELIEVERS… DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE… OF THE MOST HIGH…
IN CHRIST JESUS.
WE THANK YOU… AND REJOICE… BECAUSE…
YOU’VE ALREADY HEARD OUR PRAYERS...
AND…
WE KNOW FROM YOUR WORD…
THAT…
ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS FOR THE BELIEVER’S PRAYERS…
ARE …
“YES AND AMEN.”
WE THANK YOU…
FOR…
GIVING US YOUR POWERFUL GIFTS…
YOUR RESURRECTION POWER…
YOUR CREATIVE ABILITY…
TO USE… HERE ON THIS EARTH…
AND WE BLESS YOU LORD…FOR TEACHING US HOW TO DILIGENTLY APPLY THOSE GIFTS TO OUR DAILY LIVES.
THANK YOU LORD…
FOR YOUR GIFTS OF UTTERANCE… AND…
THE RHEEMA WORD OF GOD…
THANK YOU… THAT… THE HEALING POWER OF GOD… IS PRESENT TO HEAL … ALL… WHO COME TO YOU IN FAITH …AND…
IN NEED.
E GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE… FOR YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON…JESUS…
THE CHRIST…
AND…
HIS FINISHED WORK ON THE CROSS…
ON OUR BEHALF
WE THANK YOU… THAT…WE ARE TOTALLY HEALED…MADE WHOLE…AND… COMPLETELY RESTORED TO
YOUR DIVINE DESIGN…
WHICH
POSITIONS US…
TO WALK IN YOUR GIFT…OF…DIVINE HEALTH
WE GIVE YOU THANKS… AND...PRAISE…FOR YOUR
GOD-GIFTED BLESSINGS AND POWERS
WHICH WE RECEIVED
ON YOUR BREATH…
AT OUR CREATION…
WE THANK YOU THAT…THESE GIFTS…
EQUIP US…
TO BE THE OVERCOMERS OF THE ENEMY…
IN THIS NATURAL WORLD
WE PRAISE YOU… LORD…
WE WORSHIP YOU…
AND WE BOW DOWN BEFORE YOU…
AS
WE GIVE YOU…
ALL HONOR…
ALL GLORY…
AND
ALL PRAISE…
IN THE NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES…
THE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL NAME…
…OF…
OUR LORD AND SAVIOR…
JESUS THE CHRIST…WE PRAY…
AMEN!
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NOW…PLEASE…
WelcomeThe Trinity…
MUSIC: DOXOLOGY
PRAISE FATHER SON
PRAISE FATHER SON
PRAISE FATHER SON
AAND…
HO-LY GHOOOOST
ALL PEOPLE THAT ON EARTH DO DWELL
SING TO THE LORD WITH CHEERFUL VOICE
HIM SERVE WITH MIRTH HIS GRACE FORTH-TELL
COME YE BEFORE HIM AND REJOICE
OH ENTER THEN HIS GATES WITH JOY
WITHIN HIS COURTS HIS PRAISE PROCLAIM
ET THANKFUL SONGS YOUR TONGUES EEEMPLOY
OH BLESS AND
MAG-NI-FY HIS NAME
BECAUSE THE LORD OUR GOD IS GOOOD
HIS MERCY IS FOR-EVER SURE
HIS TRUTH AT ALL TIMES FIRMLY STOOD
AND SHALL FROM AGE TO AGE ENDURE
EN-DURE
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOOOW
PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOOOW
PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVN’LY HOSTS
PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HO-LY GHO-ST
A-A-MEN
A-A-MEN
A-A-MEN
PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW
PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW
PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEV’ANLY HOSTS
PRAISE FATHER …SON AND HO-LY GHOOOOST
PRAISE FATHER SON… PRAISE FATHER SON … PRAISE FATHER SON A-ND HO-LY GHOOOOOST
AAAAAA-MEN
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AND NOW…
DEAR FRIENDS…
WITH
OPEN HEARTS
… AND…
MINDS AND SPIRITS PREPARED
TO RECEIVE…
WE WORSHIP OUR LORD…
IN SPIRIT…TRUTH…
AND SONG!
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MUSIC#1: ANCIENT
OF DAYS
BLESSING AND HONOR
GLORY AND POWER
BE UNTO THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
FROM EVERY NATION
ALL OF CREATION
BOW BEFORE THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
EVERY TONGUE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
SHALL DECLARE YOUR GLORY
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW
AT YOUR THRONE
IN WORSHIP
YOU WILL BE EXALTED OH GOD
AND YOUR
KINGDOM SHALL NOT PASS AWAY
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
BLESSING AND HONOR
GLORY AND POWER
BE UNTO THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
FROM EVERY NATION
ALL OF CREATION
BOW BEFORE THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
EVERY TONGUE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
SHALL DECLARE YOUR GLORY
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW
AT YOUR THRONE
IN WORSHIP
YOU WILL BE EXALTED OH GOD
AND YOUR
KINGDOM SHALL NOT PASS AWAY
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
Musical interlude
YOUR KINGDOM SHALL REIGN OVER ALL THE EARTH
SING UNTO THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
NONE CAN COMPARE TO YOUR MATCHLESS WORTH
SING UNTO THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
EVERY TONGUE IN HEAVEN AND EARTH
SHALL DECLARE YOUR GLORY
EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW
AT YOUR THRONE
IN WORSHIP
YOU WILL BE EXALTED OH GOD
AND YOUR
KINGDOM SHALL NOT PASS AWAY
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
OH ANCIENT OF DAYS
MUSIC#2: RISE
"Rise"
Lead us to You
Show us Your mer-cy
Your-majesty lifted up on high
It tells of Your good-neeess
Your name is true
Your name is ho-ly
Your-splendor is writ-ten in the skies
It tells of Your great-ness
[Chorus:]
We will rise
To praise You
Offer our lives…
before You
Let every nation
All of creation
We will rise
You are worthy
Lift up our eyes
to Your glory
Let every nation
All of creation
We will riiiiiiiise
We will riiiiise
We stand in awe
You won the victory
Your-enemies tremble at Your name
It speaks of Your tri-umph
You clothe the poor
You mend the broken
You heal our hearts
You take our shame
It speaks of Your kind-neeess
We will rise
To praise You
Offer our lives…
before You
Let every nation
All of creation
We will rise
You are worthy
Lift up our eyes
to Your glory
Let every nation
All of creation
We will riiiiiiiise
[Bridge:]
We will cry out Your renown
You are the God who has saved us
We will-- rise to praise You
We lift a glorious
sound
You are the one who redeemed us
We will- rise to praise You
We will cry out Your
renown
You are the God who has saved us
We will-- rise to praise You
We lift a glorious
sound
You are the one who redeemed us
We will- rise to praise You
We will rise
To praise You
Offer our lives…
before You
Let every nation
All of creation
We will rise
You are worthy
Lift up our eyes
to Your glory
Let every nation
All of creation
We will riiiiiiiise
We will riiiise
Yeh-yeh yeh-yeh
We will riise to you!
fade out…
MUSIC: #3 THERE IS A KING
There Is A King
There is a king…
seated among us…
Let every heart…
Re-ceive him now…
Where there…is… praise…
He will in-hab-it…
N’There will be grace…
And-mer-cy all around…
Every bur-den
Will-be-lifted in His
pres-ence
Every tro-phy
Will-be-laid down at His feet
There is a naaame
That-reigns above all
oth-ers
Jesus Christ…
the King above all kings
MINI… MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Unto the Lamb…
honor and glo-ry
Worthy-is He
who ov-er-came
Buried in shaaame
risen in pow-er
He is alive-
and-the-stone
is rolled a-way
All our wor-ship
Will-be-long to Him
for-ever
Death is con-quered
And-our Savior holds the keys
There is a naaame…
That-reigns above all
oth-ers…
Jesus Christ
the King above all kings
FULL MUSICAL INTERLUDE
It won't beee long
we will behold him
And-every tear
He'll wipe a-way
We'll be at …home
the war will be ov-er
Soon-we-will meet
Our Savior face to face…
And…Every bur-den
Will-be-lifted in His
pres-ence
Every tro-phy
Will-be-laid down at His feet
There is a naaame…
That-reigns above all
oth-ers…
Jesus Christ
the King above all kings
And All our wor-ship
will belong to You for-ever
Holy ho-ly
for aaall etern-i-ty
Yours is the naaame
that reigns above all
oth-ers
Jesus Christ
the King above allll kings
Jesus Christ
the King above alll kings
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Stop…
What you’re doing…
Pull up a chair…
And Get
Comfortable…
As we prepare to Receive from the Word of God!!!
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HEAVENLY FATHER...
May the Words of my mouth
And the Meditations of my heart…
be WHOLLY acceptable to You… Lord…
My rock… and… My Redeemer…
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MAY MY WORDS…
BE YOUR WORDS …
AND…YOUR WORDS
BE MINE...
And
MAY MY WORDS CONTINUALLY GLORIFY YOU…
And…
MAY THOSE WHO COME IN CONTACT WITH ME…
SEE ALL OF YOU…
…AND …
NONE OF ME…
IN JESUS’ NAME… AMEN
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TODAY WE WILL DELVE INTO …
The POWER of JESUS’S Resurrection
You know…Paul’s
prayer for the Ephesian believers…
is very specific.
He asks God to bestow upon them… a deeper knowledge… and… understanding of Christ… THAT… we would do well… to seek for ourselves…
This is NOT something… that one can learn… in a seminary… or… from a Bible study or… by reading devotional books.
You see…Paul’s desire for them… was that…they would willingly … receive from God…
“the spirit of wisdom and revelation… in the knowledge of Christ”
OUR EVIDENCE:
Eph:1:17-23
NOW…Specifically… Paul prays… that-they… would know the “exceeding greatness” …
of the POWER… that God wanted to demonstrate … in their lives.
His explanation of this power… is VERY instructive…
Paul tells us about it… in Philippians chapter 3…
It was… in fact… what he desired… greatly… for himself.
He called it …the “Power of His Resurrection”…
Paul’s declaration was…
“Oh …that I may know him
… and…
the power of his resurrection
… and…
the fellowship of his sufferings…
being made…
conformable unto his death…If by any
means…
I might attain unto the resurrection…of the dead.
Not as
though I had already attained… either… were
already perfect…
BUT… I
follow after…
IF-that …I may apprehend… that… for which… also…
I am apprehended…of Christ
Jesus.”
Was Paul uncertain of his salvation…?
Was he was concerned that… he might not qualify for the resurrection of believers…at the Rapture?
Not Hardly!
He’s telling us
that… the Resurrection
of Christ IS…
NOT ONLY… an
historical event…
that… we look
back to… with satisfaction…and… joy…
IT’S ACTUALLY… the greatest
event in the history
(past… present… or… future) of the entire cosmos!
The greatest event… that the universe… will ever see… is also… one of the most difficult to understand…
We’re extremely
casual about it…and… we mention it…
in a very off-hand manner…
BUT… My
Friends…THIS is the hinge… upon which…
all history hangs… and… is forever
divided.
The division of
time…should be…NOT ONLY
(Before Christ) BC … and… AD (After Death of Christ)…
IT ACTUALLY
ought to be BR (Before the Resurrection)
and… AR (After the Resurrection).
With modern
telescopes… and… the means of apparently
probing farther into space… than ever
before…
David’s words in Psalm 19 take on deeper meaning:
“The heavens declare the glory of God....”
My
Friends…think about this…
Creation IS… the greatest visible expression… of GOD’S power… and… we bow in awe… and…
worship… when we think of the
infinite God…behind all that we can see…
BUT… Paul says…
that’s NOTHING… in comparison to the
POWER displayed in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ…
And…THIS…IS…the great power that Paul desired… for the Ephesians to experience…in their daily lives.
In fact… Paul
tells us…that… the Resurrection IS…
the greatest display of God’s power
…ever to be
demonstrated… NOR…can it ever be surpassed.
We need to
understand why this is so…and… why
Paul prayed as he did…
After all… “IN
CHRIST… was life”
John:1:4Jesus said… “I have dunamis…(which is the word used
in both the old and new testaments…for
power…)
“I
have power… to lay
down my life … and...to take it up
again. THIS commandment… HAVE… I…
received from my Father” John:10:18
OK…then… why did it take such great power to raise Christ from the dead?
During His life on earth… and… before His own resurrection… Christ had raised many from the dead…
Those
resurrected… like Lazarus in John:11:1-44
…and…the widow of Nain’s son in Luke 7:11-16… died again… after some
days… or years… to await the resurrection… of ALL believers… at the Rapture.
How could the Giver of life… by whom… all things were created… as we see in John:1:3…be killed?
Oops! What do we have here? A seeming contradiction?
Christ himself
said…
“No
man taketh my life from me...I lay it
down of myself”
John:10:18
Yet … Peter…
indicts the Jews… with having killed Jesus:
whom
“ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified
and slain”
Acts:2:23
NOW…In addressing the rabbinical council… Stephen uses even stronger language…
“Of whom… ye have been…NOW…the betrayers and murderers...”
Acts:7:52
The answer to
the question of… why it took the
greatest
power ever displayed… to raise Christ from the dead…
can only be
found… in relation… to… the death that
He died.
God had declared that… the penalty for sin…IS DEATH…
THAT IS…the penalty for ALL SIN…ANY KIND…
NO INCREMENTAL PORTIONING-MEASURES-OF SIN…
WHAT IS DEATH?
DEATH…IS…
ETERNAL
SEPARATION FROM GOD.
WOW!...Isn’t that a bit harsh?
I mean…Adam and
Eve were driven out from the garden of
Eden…PARADISE… by their Creator… who had
placed them
there… for the seemingly minor infraction… of eating some
fruit…
How could that be worthy of eternal punishment?
We have such a devil- may-care view of sin…
BECAUSE… WE TEND TO LOOK at the ACT ALONE… and… forget …AGAINST WHOM… the act was committed.
The sin of Adam
and Eve was not merely eating the forbidden
fruit… It was deliberate defiance of… and… rebellion
against
the One who had created them and… the entire
universe.
From our viewpoint… David’s sin of adultery… murder…and lying… was far more reprehensible.
BUT…David knew
what sin was: “Against thee…
THEE ONLY… have I sinned…
and… done this evil… in thy sight”
Psalm 51:4
At
its heart…SIN…
IS… deliberate treason… open and defiant
rebellion…
against
the Creator… and… Ruler of the universe.
We need to remember this fact… Most Christians… who… when convicted by conscience…
fall on their faces… and… confess their sins… Are… not really confessing the horror…of what they’ve done.
It is NOT
ENOUGH to just repent of the deed. We must confess…
also… that… no matter how trivial… we
think the act was…
WE have repeated… Adam and Eve’s treason…
against the Lord…God.
Without that admission…
AS deeply felt as a conviction in our hearts can be felt…
The confession is incomplete.
Now we begin to
understand why it took the “exceeding
greatness of God’s power” to raise Christ from the dead.
A hymn writer…
put it well… “’Twas our sins’ vast load…
that… laid Thee… Lord… of life… within the grave.”
What does that mean?
How could our sins have been laid upon the sinless Christ?
This certainly
was NOT accomplished by Pilate’s condemnation
of Christ… NOR… in the scourging…
and being nailed to a cross
by godless Roman soldiers…
So many look
back on the movie THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST…and… as much as I tearfully watched
the crucifixion of my Savior…
I NOW…have to admit that the information in that
movie was erroneous.
What really happened on the Cross… not only… could NOT be portrayed within the confines of a movie BUT… by omission was denied…
YOU SEE…Isaiah wrote…
“It
pleased the Lord to bruise him… HE hath put him to
grief:
When thou shalt make his soul… an offering for sin”
Isaiah 53:10
Clearly… what
men did to Christ physically… had NO PART AT ALL
…in the Lord’s bruising Him…
and… making His soul a sacrifice for sin…
There IS…a
moral and spiritual dimension… to sin… that Christ
had to endure… for every
single individual… and… NONE OTHER could.
NOT ONLY…did our Savior have to be perfectly sinless… to pay for the sins of others… BUT…He had to be infinite…
NO ONE LESS THAN GOD… could accomplish this satisfaction of justice.
BUT… the
penalty… had been pronounced… against mankind.
Therefore…GOD…
although infinite… could NOT PAY THAT PENALTY…UNLESS… without ceasing to be God… He
became fully MAN.
THIS…IS…what the one and only virgin birth was all about…my friends…
You Know…Atheists
complain… that… it would be unjust for
an innocent party… to pay the penalty
for the guilty.
That would be
true… were it not …for another dimension
to
the Cross.
For those who BELIEVE…GOD
considers Christ’s
death
and resurrection… to be…THEIRS… as their own.
A miraculous
SPIRITUAL transformation occurs…
within the believer
…which Christ promised
… and… which…
He called being “born again”
Our EVIDENCE:
John:3:3-16
My friends…That’s not a cliché …it’s REALITY.
Pilate couldn’t
have known what he was saying… when he
presented Christ to the howling mob:
“Behold… the man!”
THIS… was man…
as God…
had intended… him… to be…
Paul called Him the “second man” …and also… the “last Adam”
1
Cor:15:45-47 In other words… from Adam… freshly created
…by the hand of God…in
the Garden… to…
Jesus… the last Adam… freshly formed in the womb of a virgin…
there was NO ONE… of whom… it could be said…
“Behold… the man… as God… intended him to be.”
“Sins’
vast load…” which would have
held mankind in
the
Lake of Fire FOREVER…
could be fully endured… by the
infinite
One… upon the Cross… where He stood between God and Man.
If Infinite Justice… had NOT been satisfied through Christ’s
full payment for our sins…
He couldn’t have come out of that grave.
The penalty for
sin… is eternal banishment from God’s
presence…
…and… from His entire universe…
Into the Lake of Fire.
THAT… is what… high treason against the Creator of ALL… merits… in His court.
One of the
greatest horrors of the Lake of Fire… will be
the fact that… even in that place
of torment… these haters
of God… find no escape from Him.
He is there… in the consciences… of the damned…
consciences
that… will no longer find any excuse …behind
which… to hide…
There will be
no escape from the truth that they rejected
…and… that will haunt them
eternally.
David said…
“If I make my bed in hell… behold… thou art there”
Ps:139:8
You know…It would be impossible… for any finite being…
to pay the infinite penalty…
demanded by God’s
infinite
justice.
No man…
attempting to pay for his own sins… could ever
finally say… as Christ declared…
in triumph on the Cross…
“It is
finished!"
The debt… has been paid…
BUT …the penalty must be paid IN FULL.
How else … can the prison gates of justice… be torn open?
In the Book of
Job… we get some inkling of the very real
struggle between Satan and God… for
the cosmos.
“Now there
was a day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the Lord… and…
Satan
came also… among them”
Job 1:6…
In that amazing
account… we’re given an insight into what’s
involved in this battle between God
and satan.
It’s a conflict
of cosmic proportions…my friends…and…IT’S
ALL for control of the universe…
and… MAN
is the prize…
that both sides seek…
THIS IS… a VERY REAL BATTLE… for man’s heart and affection…
PLUS…there’s no
guarantee that God will triumph… in every individual case…
YOU SEE…With
the gift of free will… every man has an
individual choice to make … concerning
which side he will
join in this battle…
Christians…
have a vital role to play… in satan’s ultimate
defeat:
THE WORD OF GOD SAYS…
“They
overcame (that old serpent… the Devil-Rev 12:9)
“They overcame the Devil…
by the blood of the Lamb
… and…
by the word of their testimony
… AND…
they loved
NOT their lives… unto the death”
Rev 12:11
With the love
of Christ in our hearts… we follow the example
that Christ himself left to us:
“Who… when he was reviled… reviled NOT again…
When he
suffered…
he threatened NOT…
BUT…committed himself to him… that judgeth
righteously”
1 Peter 2:21-25
Now…we don’t
like this…but…we have to take a hold of it…
and be aware…that…
satan continues
to enter God’s presence boldly… just as
he did in Job’s day…
How do we know?
Because…He
still accuses the brethren… before the throne
of God… day and night… and… will
do so…to the very end…
Rev 12:10
As I’ve said before…many times… (and it bears repeating)…
satan is like… a lame duck president…
He can still
walk the corridors of power… unopposed…
and…he can wield considerable influence
behind the
scenes.
He hasn’t YET… been thrown out of heaven… HOWEVER…
THAT DAY….Is coming soon:
There
was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon… and… the
dragon fought
and his angels
… and prevailed not…
Neither
was their place… found… any more…
in heaven.
And…
the great dragon… was cast out… that old
serpent… called the Devil… and Satan…
which
deceiveth the whole world:
He…
was cast out into the earth… and… his angels
were cast out with him. Rev 12:7-9
How will Satan finally be cast out?
An old hymn
expresses clearly and beautifully what
scripture portrays:
“In weakness like defeat… He won the victor’s crown…
Trod
all our foes beneath His feet…
by being trodden down…
He Satan’s power… laid low…
Made sin… He sin o’erthrew…
Bowed
to the grave… destroyed it so…
and death… by dying… slew.”
Satan can’t
understand how Christ… through meekness…
and… seeming weakness… could triumph
over him…
Everything about the Cross confuses satan…
First …he
inspired Peter to prevent Christ from going to
the Cross:
“Be it far
from thee… Lord: this shall not be
unto thee”
Matthew 16:21-22
We know… that… satan
inspired Peter… because of
Christ’s reply:
“Get thee behind me, satan.”
Then he
inspired Judas… to betray Jesus… to the rabbis…
so that… they could have Him
crucified:
“satan
entered into him [Judas]”
John:13:27
satan doesn’t understand… to this day…
satan actually
thinks he could be the final victor in this battle… for the hearts and minds of
mankind.
And… why not?
He offers what
he has trained man’s greed… and lust …
to desire:
wealth… possessions…. hedonistic pleasure… free sex…
popularity… fame… drugs…
and… alcohol… in abundance…
and… satisfaction of every lustful desire.
YET…
multitudes… instead… choose to follow Christ…
although He offers hatred… and…
rejection by the world…
with persecution… and… suffering…BUT… ETERNITY IN
HIS PRESENCE…where there is
true happiness:
“In thy
presence is fulness of joy… at thy right
hand… there are pleasures for evermore”
Ps:16:11
And …what about
those who make the wrong choice…
and opt… to join satan in committing treason?
Well…God does NOT take pleasure in punishing the
wicked
Ezk 33:11
BUT… each one’s punishment… must be suited to the crime.
When one reads
what the atheist leaders say about God …
in blatant …and… defiant rebellion…we
know they would
tear Him from His throne… if they could.
They hate God.
It’s clear…
that torment… for eternity in the Lake
of Fire…
for their treason… will at last… be… the
reaping of what they
have sown.
I would like
you to consider the following… from Richard
Dawkins… leader of the New Atheist
movement… in a
debate with John Lennox… a fervent Christian… also…
an Oxford professor… and…
scientist with two earned
Ph.D.s…
WHO… in his closing remarks… testified to his
faith in Christ…
and… to our Lord’s resurrection:
“Yes…
well… that concluding bit…”
said Dawkins…
lips curled in contempt… voice dripping with venom…
“rather
gives the game away, doesn’t it?
All that stuff about science and physics...
that’s all
very grand and wonderful… and…
then
suddenly… we come down to the resurrection
of Jesus.
It’s so
petty… it’s so trivial… it’s so local… it’s so
earthbound, it’s so unworthy of the universe.”
Yet…my friends…
God… calls the Resurrection… the
greatest display that could ever be known… of
His majesty…
and power.
SERIOUSLY…How
pitiful is this vitriolic outburst from
Dawkins!
This pagan… who
obviously worships creation… instead of its Creator… Rom:1:21-23…
Dawkins…IS… beside himself with rage.
This expression
of his hatred of God… will mock him
eternally…
Proverbs 1:20-33…
While heaven… will ring… with the eternal… yet ever NEW…
song of praise
to God… and… the Lamb as we see in…
Rev chapter 5 vs 12…
“Worthy… is the Lamb… that was slain…
To receive…
Power… and… Riches… and… Wisdom… and…
Strength… and… Honor… and… Glory
and Blessing”
*********
Music: LOVE CAME FOR ME
If-You had not come
Tender baby King
And - humbly left Your throne
To reach someone like me
If You had not walked
Upon this broken ground
Where on earth would I… be now?
If You had not come
If You had not come
To seek the sick and lame
To set the captive free
To break the prisoners chains
I’d still be in the dark
Grappling for the door
Longing for some way… somehow
but…
Love came for me
Love rescued me
Love called my name
Love took my place
Sweet Lamb of God
I’m bow-in do-wn
My eyes have seen
I’m finally free
Love came… for - me
If You had not come
Willing, spotless Lamb
My-sin would be too much
For-You to take me as I am
But, oh, the blood of Christ
That washes over me
Flowing from Your hands-your feet
I-Don’t have to worry where.. I’d be
Cause…
Love came for me
Love rescued me
Love called my name
Love took my place
Sweet Lamb of God
I’m bowin down
My eyes have seen
I’m finally free
Love came… for me
This manger King
My everything
Love came…… for me
JESUS IS ALIVE…
MY FRIENDS…
SO…IF Its your desire…
To come into
... and…
Dwell in...the GLORIOUS … miraculous presence of…
Jesus our Lord and Savior...
IF you desire to “BE”
IN CHRIST...
THAT… STATE OF BEING…
TO ADOPT…
CHRIST’S LIFESTYLE…
And…LIVE under
GOD’S IDEAL… GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM…
To avail yourself of… His marvelous wisdom
… and…
OPERATE DAILY…
IN HIS WONDERFUL GIFTS...
YOU MUST GIVE YOUR LIFE TO HIM…AND DIE TO SELF…
It’s very simple
… and…
IT’s pain free…
JUST
PRAY this prayer with me
...
Lord Jesus...I
come to you as a sinner and surrender my life
to you.
I believe that
you are the only begotten
Son of God,
I believe that YOU died for me…AS ME… and set me
free for all
eternity
from all sin…
I believe that…on the third day…
you rose from the dead and
sit at the right hand of God the Father…
As the scriptures tell us
Lord… please…
Take over my life…
and
cleanse me of all unrighteousness.
I thank you… and… I receive you as my Lord and Savior.
I praise you… and… I renounce the devil...and ALL SIN…
Lord...I thank
you… and receive from you...All the promises
to me in your covenant…
The gift of righteousness…
Total
forgiveness of all my sins... past… present… and…
future...
Divine Health… wholeness… and restoration...
Your Protection… direction...
Your Provision …
your peace...
…and…
The gift of
everlasting life.
I am yours...come into my heart… and…
take over my life!
In Jesus name...I pray… AMEN!
MY DEAR FRIENDS…If you haven’t decided to give your
life to Christ… THEN…
you will simply remain a CREATION
of God…
However…If you prayed that prayer with me...and believe
what you prayed…
you are…Born Again… and have become a
CHILD OF GOD!
****
ONE OF THE GREATEST
GIFTS… THAT WE RECEIVE…
FROM TAKING HOLY COMMUNION…
IS… HEALING
OF OUR BODIES AND MINDS.
AS WITH EVERYTHING…WE MUST PREPARE BEFORE
WE
PARTAKE…
THE BIBLE TELLS US WHAT WE MUST DO…
FIRST… WE MUST…
· DISCERN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
HIS MEANS THAT YOU…BELIEVE AND
ACKNOWLEDGE … THAT THE BREAD…OR FOOD ITEM
YOU ARE
USING AS THE BODY OF CHRIST… IS:
· THE VIBRANCY OF THE LIFE WITHIN JESUS
HIS SUPERNATURAL HEALING AND WHOLENESS...
HE LORD SHOWED ME THAT
IT BECOMES EASY WHEN
You think of it as a
pill…that’s glowing with the
wn into your body…. it’s healing you…it’s pushing out
all darkness … ALL SICKNESS AND
DIS-EASE from the
inside out.
WHATEVER THE AILMENTS ARE…SEE THEM ON JESUS’
BODY…THERE’S NO PLACE FOR GUILT HERE SINCE HE
ALREADY TOOK ALL SICKNESS AND
DIS-EASE AT
THE CROSS.
SO…WHAT’S HAPPENING?
THE ENEMY’S TRYING
TO TRICK
YOU INTO TAKING SICKNESS... BY
DECIEVING YOU INTO THINKING THAT
YOU’VE GOT IT…THROUGH LYING SYMPTOMS…
BUT REMEMBER …THAT JESUS TOOK IT AT THE CROSS…
SO…YOU WERE HEALED AND MADE WHOLE…
AT THE CROSS!
THEREFORE:
SEE YOURSELF WITH THE SOLUTION…
SEE YOURSELF WITHOUT THE PROBLEM…THIS IS CALLED
SPIRITUAL
VISUALIZATION.
IT’S VITAL YOU BEGIN PUTTING THIS INTO PRACTICE
IN YOUR LIFE !
***
THE NEXT THING WE DO IN PREPARATION...IS…
DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST…
WE DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AS…
· THE FORGIVENESS OF ALL YOUR SIN… PAST… PRESENT AND FUTURE.
·
AS…CONTINUALLY USING THE CREATIVE
ABILITY OF GOD
IN YOUR LIFE DAILY…TO MANIFEST THE PLAN OF GOD… ON
EARTH… AS THAT BLUEPRINT IS… IN HEAVEN.
·
AS RESTORATION OF THE BLESSING TO YOUR LIFE…
WHICH
IS…GOD’S
·
CREATIVE
ABILITY TO SPEAK AND HAVE WHAT WE SAY
COME TO PASS
INSTANTLY
· IT’S GOD’S DOMINION
…HIS…
DUNAMOUS…EXTREME POWER…
GOD’S RESURRECTION POWER…
GOD’S ALL ENCOMPASSING CREATIVE SUPER POWER…
AND…
GOD’S EXOUSIA AUTHORITY…
HIS PERMISSION… TO USE ALL OF HIS GIFTS...
AND THOSE GIFTS ARE ALL IN FULL OPERATION IN
YOUR
LIFE.
·
DISCERN THE BLOOD OF CHRIST…
AS… RECEIVING THE
GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM CHRIST
JESUS.
·
THAT YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE…LIFE
EVERLASTING...
AND…
AS A BORN AGAIN BELIEVER…
YOU NO LONGER LIVE
UNDER THE LAW…
YOU LIVE UNDER
GOD’S GRACE.
****
Now… PLEASE …place your focus on the elements
of the Covenant…
These are the items I asked you to assemble at the
beginning of the service…
as I pray…
Father God… we praise you and
worship you with these
elements of the covenant… We thank you that Your only
begotten son Jesus… gave his life sacrificially…AS US… so
that we may live… and
have life more abundantly.
e thank you now… as these elements
of the covenant…
like this bread… becomes
our portion… of His Healing
body …and the vibrancy of HIS life… within us…
We thank you…that… as we partake of
the body of Christ…
we become healed and made whole... completely restored...
We thank you…that…this beverage…
becomes our portion…
of His cleansing blood.
That we are constantly washed in
the waterfall of His
precious blood… and…renewed within… as we continually
remember His act of love on the cross on our behalf.
In the name above all names…the
matchless name of
Jesus…the Christ… We pray…AMEN.
***
The Word of God commands us to continually "eat the bread and drink the cup"
ALL in the rememberance of Jesus…
However… Paul didn’t give us instruction on the celebration frequency
He implys…
it’s to be done often…
In order to continually keep Christ’s Victory… of…
our redemption…from all Sickness…Dis-ease
… and…
All Sin
in the forefront of our mind…
So…My friends…
Do it as often as
you want to and
need to.
***
…As we’re instructed…
We discern the Body
and the Blood of Christ…
as we prepare to partake…
***
On the night that He was betrayed…
the Lord Jesus took bread… and…
when He had given thanks…
He broke it…
Saying …
'Take… eat…
THIS…is my body which is broken for you'…
'DO THIS…in remembrance of Me.'
“The body of our Lord Jesus Christ…
broken for you…
My Friends…
so that…
you…ARE
… and…
remain… healed… made whole… and… totally Restored
TO GOD’S DIVINE DESIGN…
In the name of Jesus the Christ we pray…” AMEN.
Partake of the Body of our Lord and Savior
In the same manner…
He also took the cup
after supper…
saying…
“This
cup…IS…
The
New Covenant…
In My blood
DO THIS… as often as you drink it…
In remembrance of me.”
For… as often as you eat this bread…and…drink this cup…
you proclaim the Lord's death
until He comes"
My Friends…
“THE BLOOD OF OUR LORD JESUS…
SHED FOR YOU…
FOR THE REMISSION OF ALL YOUR SINS…
Past, Present, and Future”
And
For your
COMPLETE REDEMPTION
In the name of
Jesus… the Christ
we pray…
AMEN
Partake of the blood of our Lord and Savior
*****
ONE MORE REMINDER…
When we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior…the bible tells us…that… we are made a
New Creation…
a new Creature…
IN CHRIST JESUS!
The emphasis here… is on the
IN CHRIST JESUS
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and savior...
We move into Christ.
He surrounds us completely…
Now… with that in mind… formulate this picture using your spiritual visualization…
We are in Him…and…
He is in Us… visualize a kind of hollogram…when
you move
one way you see Jesus…move the other…you see YOU…
Or…think about it this way…
You can put Jesus on like a suit of clothes.
Your hands into his hands like gloves...
your arms into his arms like sleeves…
Your body into his body like the torso of your shirt… your legs into his like trousers… and…
your feet into his feet like shoes…
Where ever YOU go…
HE goes...
Where ever HE goes… YOU go.
***
We have also been given the MIND OF CHRIST… Your head goes into Christ’s head.
We find our EVIDENCE in Deuteronomy 28:13
Where it tells us…THIS…
And… the LORD will make you the head and NOT the tail…
YOU shall be above ONLY… and NOT beneath…
IF… you heed the commandments of the LORD your God… which I command you today… and… are careful to observe them.
DEAR FRIENDS…
The result of this union…IS…
ALL of the vibrancy of CHRIST’S Life…
ALL of His divine health and wholeness…
ALL of His perfection are…YOURS!!!
HE is in YOU…and…YOU are in HIM…NEVER TO BE SEPARATED AGAIN!
***
OUR NEW BIRTH…is called THE GREAT EXCHANGE…
We make a
LEGAL… SPIRITUAL TRANSACTION…
As we MOVE INTO CHRIST…
***
We are Spiritually born again.
Remember that we are speaking spirits made in the image and likeness of God.
However…in our spiritual exchange…
WE ARE MADE A NEW CREATION… THAT REMAINS IN CHRIST FOR ALL OF ETERNITY
HOW DOES THIS EFFECT WHAT THE ENEMY
CAN or CAN NOT DO…TO YOU?
WELL…BECAUSE…OF THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS…
ON THE CROSS…
WE WERE
HEALED…
AT THE CROSS.
…And…
BECAUSE WE ARE
IN CHRIST…
BY MAKING JESUS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR…
NOTHING EVIL
Can ever touch us!
***
We can NOT be sick…
Satan can TRY to get us to take sickness and
dis-ease …
By tempting us
to come into agreement with what the he SAYS ABOUT US…
This means…
agreeing with what we see with our physical eyes and hear
with our physical ears…
in this natural realm
***
When Jesus went to the cross… and… conquered... sin… hades and…death…he
triumped over satan…
Jesus stripped satan of ALL of THE
STOLEN God-gifted powers …Given to Adam on God’s Breath….
Jesus... THEN… restored…
and re-activated The RESURRECTION POWER…WITHIN US
…and…
THOSE POWERS are grouped under THE BLESSING…
So…Jesus restored US to THE BLESSING.
The scriptures tell us… In 1 Peter 5:8 that… satan…our advesary… NOW … ROAMS ABOUT…LIKE a roaring lion… looking for whom he may devour.
THAT…WHO…
IS…
Anyone who believes that satan HAS power…
HOWEVER…God’s word says… that…satan no longer has ANY POWER…
As a born again believer satan no longer has any power over YOU…
So this feckless…devil… satan… Roams around roaring LIKE A LION…
in language that you understand…
in order to FRIGHTEN YOU… into believing… that he is powerful…and… to give you the impression… that… HE… is even more powerful than GOD ALMIGHTY...
LISTEN CLOSELY NOW These are the only things satan can do… since Jesus stripped him of all power.
He can …
Distract you...move your focus off of the
things of God… by tempting you to agree with what you see with the physical
eyes and hear with the physical ears in this natural world. Then… you begin to
FOCUS…on the cares of this world…
****
HE CAN…
Deceive you...He is the father of all lies…and liars… he’s extremely stealthy… in tempting you with his disceptions.
HOWEVER…Here’s the real truth that you need to see…in this…
satan will always attack you where you lack knowledge and understanding of God’s Word.
So… if you lack knowledge and understanding of what God says …about… healing and Christian finance … satan will attack you in your health… and…in your wallet…WHY? Because you have weakness there.
****
satan’s game plan… is always the same... distraction & disception
BUT… GET THIS…
satan didn’t do anything
WELL THEN…IF satan DIDN’T DO ANYTHING WHO DID? …YOU DID…
YOU CHOSE…
where you placed your focus…and…
YOU employed IT.
So you can see that… satan’s a master at moving your FOCUS off of God… and… over onto the cares of this world...
LISTEN…
satan CAN NOT read your mind…
He CAN’T hear what you are thinking.
He CAN’T GIVE you anything.
He has no power over you at all!.
PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS…
The only thing he… CAN DO… is…
OFFER IT TO YOU…that is known as a temptation…
You make the choice in your response.
Remember…WE ARE ALWAYS IN SOME KIND OF FAITH… Everything we do… starts with a thought…then…we put action to it.
When we do that… it will become
WHAT WE BELIEVE…
So… when the enemy offers you a temptation here in the natural realm…
IF you take that thought… THEN… put action to it…you will receive the consequences…
Do you accept the evil report and CHOOSE DEATH?…
Do you…Receive the sickness … the dis-ease or lack… by Agreeing with what the enemy is saying about you here in the natural?… IF SO… you are agreeing with the picture that the enemy has painted for you to see… with your physical eyes… and… hear with your physical ears…
IT’S IN THAT AGREEMENT …that…you manifest the negative outcome.
OR…
Do you ...CHOOSE LIFE
BY acknowledging the facts that… you’re seeing in the natural…with your physical eyes…and hearing with your physical ears…
Which…are merely facts…
(anything in this natural world… is factoid…which means… it’s
subject to change.)
THEREFORE…
YOU…
ONLY AGREE with what God’s Word …and
promises… say about you!
THAT MY FRIENDS …IS CHOOSING LIFE!
IT’S ONLY BELIEVING WHAT GOD’S WORD SAYS ABOUT YOU!
Now…I know… you’re saying... “well
I’m sick... and I’m in pain.”
However…what you are doing is rehearsing the problem… and… speaking sickness…
and… pain into existence… in your body… and… life…
so that…they never go away
…and…
eventually those symptoms… may worsen…and…even… rob you of your life.
Now…you know that because of a temptation from the enemy…YOU… are allowing lying
symptoms to take over
in your life…
I want you to see this…
satan only suggested… that you listen to…and… see… that convoluted picture he painted… complete… with audio.
So…
those symptoms… and… painful things…may be torturing you…
However… they… are STILL… just LYING SYMPTOMS…AND…THEY were sent to you… by the enemy… as a gift…
TO tempt you… into believing his evil report
…and…
when you DO…the pain… and… sickness manifest… and… continue to do so … as long as you keep thinking and saying it…
IF that’s what’s been happening to you… then…you’re in agreement with the enemy.
Remember this…
The enemy always works from the outside in.
God always works from the INSIDE OUT.
Where God IS… the enemy simply CAN NOT be.
Some will say… we’re in denial…
HOWEVER…My friends
We are NOT IN DENIAL!
We’re not denying the symptoms...
We’re denying the symptoms legal right… to be there… Because we who are born again…are IN CHRIST...
Here is your EVIDENCE:
1st JOHN 4:17 TELLS US
THAT…
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD!
Well…How is Jesus?
Perfect...
Full of divine health… and wholeness...
Full of the vibrancy of life.
Able to do miracles!
Full of confidence in God
…and… His word… and in
himself… and… what he
is able to accomplish for God
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD!
THAT BELONGS TO YOU!
***
·
EVERY
MORNING…
THE FIRST THING…
BEGIN YOUR DAY BY THANKING GOD FOR THE FINISHED WORK OF JESUS ON YOUR BEHALF… AS YOU…ON THE CROSS. AND...THANK
HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
· THROUGHOUT THE DAY… AS YOU THINK OF IT… GIVE GOD GLORY FOR ALL HE IS DOING AND HAS ALREADY DONE FOR YOU … AND AGAIN… THANK HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST.
· AT NIGHT BEFORE YOU RETIRE…
GIVE GOD THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL HE IS…
AND HAS DONE FOR YOU AS YOUR SAVIOR
AND…
THANK HIM FOR THE POWER OF GOD THAT’S WITHIN YOUR BODY… COMING AGAINST ALL ATTACKS OF THE DEVIL
KEEPING YOU HEALED …WHOLE... and WELL.
THANK HIM AGAIN THAT YOU DWELL IN THE SECRET PLACE
OF THE
MOST HIGH ...
IN CHRIST JESUS!
***
NOW…
RAISE YOUR HANDS FOR THE BLESSING…
***
MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.
MAY THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE TO SHINE UPON YOU… AND…
BE GRACIOUS UNTO YOU.
MAY THE LORD LIFT HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU
…AND…
GIVE YOU HIS PEACE.
***
MAY YOU OPEN UP YOUR MOUTH
AND CONTINUALLY DECLARE
WHO YOU ARE
IN CHRIST JESUS…
THANKING GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED…AND…
GIVE HONOR… GLORY… AND… PRAISE TO THE LORD MOST HIGH.
MAY THE LORD CONTINUALLY BLESS YOU…WITH…
DIVINE
HEALTH… AND… WHOLENESS… AND… MAKE YOUR
WAY PROSPEROUS…
AS YOU WALK IN HIS LOVE and LIGHT.
***
REMEMBER THIS:
BECAUSE WE
ARE
IN CHRIST…
1st John 4:17 applies to US
SO BEGIN TO LIVE IT!
AS JESUS IS…
SO ARE WE…
IN THIS WORLD
GOD BLESS YOU!
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