For the word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even to the dividing soul
and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges
the attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all
creation is hidden from God’s sight.
Everything is uncovered and laid bare
before the eyes of Him to Whom we must
give account.
(Hebrews 4.12 &13).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed,
but of imperishable, through the living and enduring
word of God.
(I. Peter 1.23).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
And if the Spirit of Him Who raised Jesus
from the dead is living in you, He Who
raised Christ from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies
through His Spirit, Who lives in you.
(Romans 8.11).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
As you come to Him, the living Stone
- rejected by men but chosen by God
and precious to Him- you also, like
living stones, are being built into a spiritual
house to be a holy priesthood, offering
spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God
through Jesus Christ. For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in Him
will never be put to shame.”
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious.
But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected has
become the capstone,”
“A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey
the message- which is also what
they were destined for.
But you are a chosen people, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a people
belonging to God, that you may declare
the praises of Him Who called you
out of darkness into His wonderful light.
(I. Peter 2.4-9).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that
you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply,
from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed,
but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
(I.Peter 1.22&23).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOULORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly I now
understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter
of persons.
But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential
fear of God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living
uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and
welcomed.
You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel,
announcing the good news of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord
of all!
(Acts. 10.34-36).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
On the last day of the festival, the great day,
while Jesus was standing there, He cried out,
“Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me, and
let the one who believes in Me drink. As the
scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart
shall flow rivers of living water.’” Now He said
this about the Spirit, which believers in Him were
to receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given,
because Jesus was not yet glorified.
(John 7. 37-39).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS
FOREVERMORE!
There is one body and one Spirit- just as there is also one hope
that belongs to the calling you received-
There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism,
One God and Father of us all, Who is above all (Sovereign over all),
pervading all and living in us all.
Yet grace was given to each of us individually in proportion to the
measures of Christ’s rich and bounteous gift.
(Ephesians 4.4-7).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
HAPPY LIVING
Living as becomes you
with complete lowliness
of mind (humility) and
meekness (unselfishness,
gentleness, mildness),
with patience, bearing
with one another and
making allowances because
you love one another.
POINTS FOR MEDITATION
AND PRAISE
1) What characterizes Jesus Christ’s
attitude towards humanity? His
character traits, attitude and behavior
are our example.
2) Happiness is doing what brings
everlasting rewards.
Happy living requires following the
example set by Jesus Christ, the
Captain of our salvation.
3) Let this same attitude and purpose
and humble mind be in you which was
in Christ Jesus: ( Let Him be your example
in humility:)
Who, although being essentially one with
God (possessing the fullness of the attributes
of God), did not think this equality with God
was something to be eagerly grasped or
retained,
But stripped Himself (of all privileges and
rightful dignity) so as to assume the guise
of a servant, in that He became a man.
And after He had appeared in human form,
He abased and humbled Himself (still further)
and carried out His obedience to the extreme
of death, even the death of the cross!
Therefore (because He stooped so low) God
has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed
on Him the name that is above every name,
That at the name of Jesus every knee must bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
And every tongue openly confess and acknowledge
that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
(Philippians 2 .5-11).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS!
Because the mind of the flesh
with its carnal thoughts and
purposes is hostile to God,
for it does not submit itself
to God’s Law, indeed it cannot.
So then those who are living
the life of the flesh, catering
to the appetites and impulses
of their carnal nature cannot
please or satisfy God, or be
acceptable to Him.
But you are not living in the
life of the flesh, you are living
the life of the Spirit, if the Holy Spirit
of God really dwells within you and
directs you.
( Romans 8.7-8a).
INSPIRATION FOR MEDITATION
Meditate on the following:
1) The thought pattern prior to
spiritual rebirth.
2) The new thought pattern after
being filled with God’s Holy Spirit.
3) The contrast between those two
thought patterns.