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GOD ALREADY GIVES US EVERYTHING.

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Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that  is in the world through lust. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his old sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. { 2 Peter 1:2‭-‬11}

REMEMBER:

“He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”.  As Romans 8:32 tells us.

LISTEN 

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever”. Amen.{Ephesians 3:14‭-‬21}

Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place. For we are to God the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. ♡2 Corinthians 2:14‭-‬15 ♡

NOTHING or NO ONE CAN KEEP US FROM GOD.

Let’s go into the new year with the assurance,and confidence that absolutely nothing,can separate us from God’s love,and He is the supplier of all our needs according to God riches in glory through Christ Jesus. Not the government nor our jobs.

LISTEN TO THIS:

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can  be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It  is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It  is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.[Romans 8:31‭-‬39].

THE FACT IS:

There  is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.(Romans 8:1‭-‬2)

THIS IS  GOD’S  DESIRE FOR THE NEW YEAR.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which  is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of  himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let  us  use  them: if prophecy, let  us  prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let  us  use  it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil. Cling to what is good. Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another; not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer; distributing to the needs of the saints, given to hospitality. Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord. Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. {Romans 12:1‭-‬21}

WALKING IN LOVE BY DEMONSTRATION 

​How do you Know that you  are Walking in LOVE. When you display the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit located in,Galatians 5:22-23 which says,

22. But the fruit (or Character) of the Spirit (God’s Holy Spirit) is Love… 

The Characteristics of Love is joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith (faithfulness), 

23. Meekness (Submissiveness), Temperance (self-restraint), against such there is no law. (This means that anything that is brought against the Characteristics of Love cannot be upheld in God’s Justice System).

1 Corinthians 13:8

Charity (Love) never fails… 

Charity is all that is done in Love, Benevolence and Compassion the benefit of others and for the Glory of God. 

Galatians 5:16 

This I say then, Walk in the Spirit (the Fruit of the Spirit, Love), and all of you shall not fulfill any lust of the flesh. 

DEMONSTRATION OF LOVE 

 Giving is a demonstration of love,and our Heavenly Father demonstrated it.

John 3:16,says:

“For God so Love the world He GAVE His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”.

+God is LOVE, and for God so LOVE the world He GAVE…

+We can GIVE without LOVE, but we cannot LOVE without GIVING.  

1 John 3:17-18 says,”But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother have NEED, and shuts up his HEART OF COMPASSION from him, how dwells the LOVE of God in him?  My little children, let us NOT LOVE in WORD, NEITHER in TONGUE; but in DEED and in TRUTH. 

SACRIFICIAL LOVE 

Lets look at John 3:16

“For God so Love the world He GAVE His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”. 

+How did God give His only begotten Son? Jesus was given (SACRIFICED) for our sin.  

Sacrifice: doing something for the benefit of others at the expense or cost of yourself. 

+You can SACRIFICE without LOVE, but you cannot LOVE without making SACRIFICES. 

2 Samuel 24:24 King David said: 

I will not give offerings to the Lord my God of that which costs me nothing. 

+The Giving that costs us something is greater in God’s sight than giving which cost you nothing.  

+Sacrificial givings are highly commendable, valued and rewarded by God. 

-MORE ON SACRIFICE-

John 15:13 

Greater LOVE has no man than this, that a man lay down his life (SACRIFICE) for his friends. 

+LOVE and Friendship goes hand in hand. Friendship is one of those relationships where Strong Love is demonstrated. Think of David and Jonathan. 1 Samuel Ch-18.

+Friends do not kill Friends, but Friends will die for Friends if necessary. 

+There are many types of relationships. But the one relationship we can have in all relationships is FRIENDSHIP.  

+LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, SACRIFICE. 

FINALLY 

Matt 16:24 

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself (SACRIFICE), and take up his cross (SACRIFICE), and follow me. 

Galatians 2:20 

I am CRUCIFIED with Christ: nevertheless I live; YET NOT I, but Christ lives in me…

+Remember our lives is Christ is already sacrificed. Now, therefore we live His  resurrected live for the glory of God. Alleluia! (See Ephesians 2:1-7)

+Crucified with Christ means our lives in Christ was SACRIFICED unto God. We gave our lives to God through the crucifixion our Lord Jesus Christ.  

+Sacrifice also involves exchange. Christ gave His life for us and we gave Him our lives to receive and live His life. 

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

All glory ,honor,and thanks go to God,for using my brother and friend Anthony Rose for writing this lesson.

PEACE  

​P E A C E. =Positive Education Always Corrects Everything. The positive information is from,Jesus who tells us in,John 14:27

“Peace I leave with you,my peace I give unto you;not as the world gives,give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”. 

However, Philippians 4:6-7 says,”Be anxious for nothing,but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God,AND THE PEACE OF GOD,which surpasses all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” .

THEREFORE,For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord  are on the righteous, And His ears are  open to their prayers; But the face of the Lord  is against those who do evil.”[1 Peter 3:10-12]

FORGET THE PRESENTS,AND RECEIVE HIS PRESENCE 

​The First meaningful  Christmas Gift we ever received was from God in the form of His only Begotten.
  Therefore,as we open presents,don’t forget The reason and meaning of Christmas.

REMEMBER , The first Christmas gift was the gift of Love from God, and it is still available for us today. An unconditional love that has no boundaries, it keeps no records of wrong. No matter where you are in life, God can and will be there…whether you are the lost, the lonely, the hurt, the sick, the good, the bad, the broken hearted, it doesn’t matter how ugly the situation you may be in, stop and know God’s love is but a moment away… .Jeremiah 29:11…For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16) 
God’s Christmas gift to you was determined…even before the world was made! God had already chosen us to be his “through our union with Christ”, so that we would be holy and without fault before him. Because of his love, God had already decided that through Jesus Christ he would make us his children—this was his pleasure and purpose. Let us praise God for his glorious grace, for the free gift he gave us in his dear Son! (Ephesians 1:4-6)
Christmas is a joyous occasion, where gifts & love are shared with our family and friends and loved ones, especially the children.  Let us also tell them about God’ love, this is a good time to tell our children about the very first Christmas gift…and let’s face it… There would be no Christmas without Christ, so let’s not forget Him. The same joy you see in your children’s faces as they open their gift/s… is the same joy seen in all of heaven, when you first believed in Christ.
Luke 15:7… I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

James 1:12…Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Romans 8:28…And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him….
 Christmas is all about the Love …God gave a gift to the ones He loves and you give a gift to the ones you love. So let us not forget to share the love of God through His son Jesus Christ and live for eternity. For the material gifts you give, will soon fade away and will be nothing more than a distant memory. But God’s love is forever, it always protects, always trust, always hopes, always perseveres…(1Cor13:7)
I do pray that you all will have a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year. 
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2Cor13:14

  A Very Merry Christmas to you! And a God Blessed, Spirit Filled, Prosperous, and Successful New Year (2017) to you. 

John 10:10 

…I (the Lord Jesus Christ) am come that you might have life, and that you might have it more abundantly. 

John 17:3 

And this is life eternal, that they might know YOU the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. 

+May the Lord Jesus Christ and His Redemptive Work for us be the reason for our Christmas celebration, (John 3:15-21).

+May there be overwhelming Love, Joy, Peace and Unity in the hearts of everyone in your family.  

+With the Love of the Lord Jesus Christ. A Very Merry Christmas to you and your Wonderful Family. 

•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for your life. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him. 

•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!

BE PLANTED LIKE A TREE 

​To be planted like a tree,you have to be watered by the word daily,and cast down everything that exalt itself against the knowledge of the word.

“Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord , And in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, But are  like the chaff which the wind drives away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish”. [Psalms 1:1‭-‬6]

THE WORD SAYS:

“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord Shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age; They shall be fresh and flourishing, To declare that the Lord is upright; He  is my rock, and there  is no unrighteousness in Him”. [Psalms 92:12‭-‬15]

FINALLY, “Blessed  is the man who trusts in the Lord , And whose hope is the Lord . For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. [Jeremiah 17:7‭-‬8]

☆☆☆☆ Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.  He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”[John 7:37‭-‬38]

♧♧♧♧”but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”[John 4:14]

GOD’S  PERSONAL INVITATION  TO  YOU  

“Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what  is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what  is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David.{Isaiah 55:1‭-‬3}

♤♤♤“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the  Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. But outside are  dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie. “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely. ■Revelation 22:12‭-‬17■

JESUS PAID IT ALL,YOU OWE HIM

​For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

(John 3:16‭-‬19 )

LISTEN:

“He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was  wounded for our transgressions, He  was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken. And they made His grave with the wicked— But with the rich at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was  any  deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, And He shall divide the spoil with the strong, Because He poured out His soul unto death, And He was numbered with the transgressors, And He bore the sin of many, And made intercession for the transgressors”. {Isaiah 53:3‭-‬12 }.

THEREFORE, “Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power. Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and make them members of a harlot? Certainly not! Or do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body with  her? For “the two,” He says, “shall become one flesh.” But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with  Him. Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who  is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s”.

(1 Corinthians 6:13‭-‬20)

GOD’S WAY IS THE BEST WAY

​THE RIGHT WAY

Proverbs 14:12 says,

“There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death”.Man’s preconceptions of God always prevent him from having the right relationship with God. However,When it comes to God, It is NEVER about what we think of Him. It is always about what God says of Himself.

We must all learn to accept God for Who He is and not for who we want Him to be or how we want Him to be.

Jer 29:13 And all of you shall seek me, and find me, when all of you shall search for me with all of your heart. 

Matthew 6:33 says,to seek Him first.. HAVE YOU SEEK HIM? Have a blessed day.

SIN’S FORGIVER

THE ONLY MESSIAH

“This is a true saying and everyone should believe it, Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners and I was one of the worse of them all; But that is why God had mercy on me, so that Christ Jesus could use me as a prime example of His great patience with even the worse  sinners; then others will realize that they too, can believe in Him(Jesus) and receive eternal life (1 Timothy 1:15-16).Then John 3:16 tells us that ,God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son Jesus Christ to save us and not condemn us. 1 Timothy 2:4-6 confirms this by telling us;

  “For He (Jesus) wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth. For there is only one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and people. He is the man Christ Jesus. He gave his life to purchase freedom for everyone. This is the message that God gave to the world at the proper time.” Have a blessed day.

GOD’S MASTERPIECE  

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it  was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.{Genesis 1:26‭-‬27‭, ‬31}

LISTEN:

“God does not make mistakes. He is a meticulous perfectionist. And you my darling, are a walking masterpiece. I don’t care if you are an astrophysicist or a garbage man, you are fearfully, wonderfully and masterfully created. You can and will do all things. We have all heard this verse…. “I can do all things in Christ who strengthens me.” But there is something superbly profound when you allow those words to truly take root in your soul and when you wholeheartedly accept that you really can do ALL things. You begin to let go of inhibition and doubt and instead you walk boldly into the unknown with a new found confidence that you can and will conquer it.”-by Brianna Carey © ❤️

GOD SAYS:

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can  be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It  is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It  is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”.[Romans 8:31‭-‬39]