NEW LIFE- A MONTH OF VERSES: JANUARY 5, 2017

VERSE: Sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence. (1 Peter 3:15)

EQUATION: Accept the Lordship of Christ > Yourself + Knowledge of the Holy= Ability to Evangelize in Love.

ACTION: Modern free grace tells new recruits to Christianity that accepting Jesus "in your heart" is all you need for heaven. SHORT CIRCUIT! Sanctify Christ AS LORD means one thing - accepting Him as Lord and Master. This is the main qualifier for the true believer to share the Gospel effectively, according to Scripture.

PRAYER: Most High God, Creator and Keeper of the Universe, Thou art most worthy of Praise, Glory and Honor and we worship You and You alone, in the Name of Thy Son - my Lord and my Savior, Jesus Christ. Help us to comprehend what You are saying because it is so simple, we miss it on purpose! We refuse to submit to the Lordship of Christ because we want to make our own choices in life. However, You have made it clear that it is this same fact, from this verse, which will enable us FULLY to comprehend the Gospel of Hope, Love and Heaven so completely, that the overflow from our collective submissive hearts, will flow out to those around us. It is only in this way, many will even grasp Your true love, grace, mercy and long-suffering and the free gift of salvation and eternal life. Help us to be glued to this Truth, Almighty God, in Jesus' Holy Name, we pray. Amen

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NEW LIFE- A MONTH OF VERSES: JANUARY 1, 2017

VERSE: "Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God." - Colossians 3:1

EQUATION: New Life in Christ = New Perspective > Than things of this world.

ACTION REQUIRED: In light of this fact, seek the Lord when He can be found. Obey Him. Read His Word. He is in Heaven. We are not there yet. He is God. We are His children.

PRAYER: Father, thank You for the New Life in Christ You have given me. Thank You for this new year and the new possibilities. Please grant me true wisdom and knowledge, as found in Your Holy Word that I may grow into the person You have designed and created me to be, in this new season....this new paradigm, that I may (H.O.L.D.) -honor, obey, lift-up and dedicate my all to you, in this new year, according to the commands of Your great Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. In His Name I pray. 
Amen 

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THIRTY ONE DAYS OF BIBLE TRUTHS - DAY 10 (SELF-EXAMINATION)

BIBLE VERSE: Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test? (2 Corinthians 13:5)

TRUTH: Looking in the mirror of Faith and coming up blank (from Day 9) is serious business. The Word of God does implore us to do this for real….because both Heaven and Hell ARE real. There is no in-between, no purgatory and no “I-hope-so”. There is only I know what I know that I know or “that may work for you, but not for me”. The latter is the world’s response. Examining yourself to see if “you are in the Faith” is relatively easy. There is only one way to know. An authentic born-again believer knows he/she is  converted because the Very Same Spirit Who raised Christ from the Grave on Resurrection Morning lives in us.  He is not only sealed in us, He is Alive and waiting for us to obey. No Holy Spirit=No Conversion= No Testimony of that Glorious Day of Your Salvation…and that equals immediate Disqualification from Entry into the Kingdom of Heaven.  There is still time to examine and retest. God is waiting for such a one. 

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