IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS…..

Have you given all your problems to the Lord?
1 Peter 5:7 (AMP)
Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him (The Lord Jesus Christ), for He (The Lord Jesus Christ) cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully.
Matthew 12:28-30 Jesus said:
28 Come unto me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and all of you shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
+In spite of all that we maybe going through the Lord is still our Healer, Deliverer, Redeemer, Protector, Provider, and Burden Bearer.
+In Him we have Total Victory because He is our Victory. Hallelujah!
•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!

NO FEAR

FEAR NOT
Psalm 34:4
I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
2Tim 1:7
For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1John 4:18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love.
1. In Christ Jesus we are completely delivered and set free from all fears. The Perfect Love which is the Love of God casts out all fear.
2. NOT living in the Love of God makes us accessible to all kinds of fears.
3. Fear has torment.
4. Most FEARS are demonic spirits attacking God’s People.
5. When we completely delivered from the spirit of fear:
A. We will be Bold and Strong in the Lord.
B. We will freely demonstrate love to others and function in the sound mind of Christ.
+May you be free from all fears in The Almighty Name of Jesus Christ. Amen!
•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!

YOU HAVE TO DENY SELF

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and  coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the  point  of death, even the death of the cross. Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”. (Philippians 2:5‭-‬11 NKJV).
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.{Matthew 16:24‭-‬25 }.

“He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.  And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.  He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it”. (Matthew 10:37‭-‬39 NKJV).

“When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.  For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.  For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?  Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”(Mark 8:34‭-‬38 NKJV).

““If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.  And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple.  For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it —  lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,  saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?  Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?  Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace.  So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple”. (Luke 14:26‭-‬33 NKJV).

 Once  you have denied yourself , you have truly  let go and let God.

“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”. (Romans 12:1‭-‬18 NKJV).

Therefore, as 1 Peter 3:15 tells us to,
…be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the HOPE…
+When anyone questions the credibility of your Christian Doctrine feel free to BOLDLY PROCLAIM that:
+Church is your University.
+Heaven is your Major.
+Earth is your Minor.
+My Heavenly Father owns the University.
+Jesus is my Master, Lord, Savior, my God and my Professor.
+The Holy Spirit is my Dean and my Guidance Counselor.
+Angels are my classmates.
+The Bible is my only Textbook and it covers all subject.
+Winning souls is my God given assignment.
+Satan is a permanently expelled student and my defeated enemy and he is destined to the Lake of Fire Forever.
+The Lord saying to me “Well done My Good and Faithful Servant”, and I having Eternal Life and receiving Crowns and Rewards are my Accolades.
+Thanksgiving, Praise and Worship is my celebration to the Lord for all He has done in my life and with my life. Hallelujah!
•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!

LAUGHTER IS GOOD  MEDICINE  

“A merry heart does good, like medicine, But a broken spirit dries the bones”. (Proverbs 17:22 NKJV).

“Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad”. (Proverbs 12:25 NKJV).

“A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance, But by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. All the days of the afflicted are evil, But he who is of a merry heart has a continual feast”. (Proverbs 15:13‭-‬15 NKJV).

YOU GOT THE POWER

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind”. ( 2 Timothy 1:7 NKJV).

Listen , if God didn’t give you the spirit of fear; who gave it to you? why did you accept it? So now that you know that it’s not good for you. Give it back,and accept God’s gift of power,love ,and a sound mind.

How can you get the power? From the word of God called the Bible. But you have to read, and believe it.

“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart”.
(Hebrews 4:12 KJV).

“Then the seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name.” And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”(Luke 10:17‭-‬20 NKJV).

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”(Acts 1:8 NKJV).

REMEMBER:

YOU ARE NEVER WITHOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD
Psalm 27:1
…the LORD is the STRENGTH of your life…
+How Strong is our Lord? Our Lord is Omnipotently Strong.
Omnipotent: the unlimited, inexhaustible and supernatural miracle working, power of God.
+God is in us by His Holy Spirit, and it is through His Holy Spirit that we are connected and we experience His Omnipotent Power.
+Psalm 27:1
…the Lord is the STRENGTH of our lives.
Ephesians 6:10
…be STRONG in the Lord, and in the POWER of His MIGHT.
+And know Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ who STRENGTHENS us.
+We are never without the strength of the Lord.
+With God’s STRENGTH we are God STEONG.
Hallelujah! Amen!
•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!

LISTEN

“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. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”(John 3:16‭-‬21 NKJV).

THAT’S THE GOODS NEWS,Now here’s the bad news:

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. 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! 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”. (I Corinthians 6:9‭-‬11‭, ‬15‭, ‬17‭-‬20 NKJV).

“And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation”. (Hebrews 9:27‭-‬28 NKJV).

“The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever”. ( Revelation 20:10 NKJV).

All Decisions are Important
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live:
-Our lives are composed of your choices.
-A decision is not made in a moment of time it is already rooted in your character and experiences.
-Be wise in making decisions. All decisions can become habits, and all habits can become your character.
-Choose not what you want but what God has already chosen for you:
-Choose Jesus not satan.
-Choose life not death.
-Choose blessing not cursing.
-Choose health not sickness.
-Choose riches not poverty.
-Choose victory not defeat.
-Choose the Kingdom not the world.
-For an extended list of things to choose please consult with your Holy Bible from Genesis to Revelation.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!

KNOW THE TRUTH

People  like to take credit for teaching  you things,failing to realize  that they are just an instrument  of God. But the truth is that,any advice  or opinion,that’s   contrary  to,or contradict God’s   word is a lie.

Jesus  said:

” But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you”. (John 14:26 NKJV).

THE TRUTH  IS:

“And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling. And MY  SPEECH  AND  MY  PREACHING  WERE  NOT  WITH  PERSUASIVE  WORDS  OF  HUMAN  WISDOM, BUT  IN  DEMONSTRATION  OF  THE  SPIRIT  AND  OF  POWER, THAT  YOUR  FAITH  SHOULD  NOT  BE  IN  THE  WISDOM  OF  MEN  BUT  IN  THE  POWER  OF  GOD. However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the ages for our glory, which none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ”. (I Corinthians 2:1‭-‬16 NKJV).

“IF  ANY  OF  YOU  LACKS  WISDOM, LET  HIM  ASK  OF  GOD, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he  is  a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways”. ( James 1:5‭-‬8 NKJV).

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are  called.  But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence. But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption— that, as it is written, “He who glories, let him glory in the Lord .”(I Corinthians 1:18‭-‬31 NKJV).

FINALLY

“Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, MAY  GIVE  TO  YOU  THE  SPIRIT  OF  WISDOM  AND  REVELATION  IN  THE  KNOWLEDGE  OF  HIM, THE  EYES  OF  YOUR  UNDERSTANDING  BEING  ENLIGHTENED; THAT  YOU  MAY  KNOW  WHAT  IS  THE  HOPE  OF  HIS  CALLING, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power..”. (Ephesians 1:15‭-‬19 NKJV).

LET GO,AND LET GOD

Just a reminder:GOD SAID…

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord . “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.”《Isaiah 55:8-9》.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord , thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart”. (Jeremiah 29:11‭-‬13 NKJV).

“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”. (Romans 12:1‭-‬2 NKJV).

It’s Time to Trust in the Lord with our all.
+Let’s not just take our trust in Him to the next level.
+How about trusting God to the FULLEST, ALL-OUT and MAXIMUM CAPACITY of our HEARTS?
+First let’s get this straight. When we FULLY trust God with all our hearts there is no room left over in our hearts for doubt and unbelief. AMEN!
Proverb 3:5
TRUST is the Lord with ALL you HEART…
+What does Trust in the Lord Means?
1. It means that you have gotten a place where we FULLY KNOW that God is Trustworthy, Reliable and Dependable.
2. It means that we have gotten to a place where you FULLY KNOW that God Keeps, Fulfills and Watches over His Word to perform it.
It’s Time to Boost our Trust in the Lord!
+Now that we are trusting God to the FULLEST, ALL-OUT and MAXIMUM CAPACITY of our hearts let’s take a good look at what it means to BELIEVE in God.
Mark 9:24
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I BELIEVE; help my unbelief.
BELIEVE: to accept as TRUTH and to be CONVICTED in our hearts by the TRUTH.
BELIEVE also means to fully agree with and to accept as real fact or evidence.
+This is what it means to BELIEVE in God and His Word.
Romans 4:18-21
18 Abraham against hope BELIEVED in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be.
19 And being not WEAK IN FAITH, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
20 Abraham STAGGERED NOT at the promise of God through unbelief; but was STRONG IN FAITH, giving glory to God;
21 And BEING FULLY PERSUADED that, what GOD had promised, HE GOD was able also to perform.
Hallelujahs to Jesus!!!
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!!!

YOUR CHOICE

“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: BECAUSE GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, than he that is in the world”.(1 John 4:1‭-‬4 KJV).

“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:”.(James 1:12‭-‬15‭, ‬17‭-‬23 KJV).

REMEMBER,YOU ARE NEVER WITHOUT THE STRENGTH OF THE LORD
Psalm 27:1
…the LORD is the STRENGTH of your life…
+How Strong is our Lord? Our Lord is Omnipotently Strong.
Omnipotent: the unlimited, inexhaustible and supernatural miracle working, power of God.
+God is in us by His Holy Spirit, and it is through His Holy Spirit that we are connected and we experience His Omnipotent Power.
+Psalm 27:1
…the Lord is the STRENGTH of our lives.
Ephesians 6:10
…be STRONG in the Lord, and in the POWER of His MIGHT.
+And know Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ who STRENGTHENS us.
+We are never without the strength of the Lord.
+With God’s STRENGTH we are God STEONG.
Hallelujah! Amen!
•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!

JUST TRUST

It’s Time to Boost our Trust in the Lord!
+Let’s not just take our trust in Him to the next level.
+How about trusting God to the FULLEST, ALL-OUT and MAXIMUM CAPACITY of our HEARTS?
+First let’s get this straight. When we FULLY trust God with all our hearts there is no room left over in our hearts for doubt and unbelief. AMEN!
Proverb 3:5
TRUST is the Lord with ALL you HEART…
+What does Trust in the Lord Means?
1. It means that you have gotten a place where we FULLY KNOW that God is Trustworthy, Reliable and Dependable.
2. It means that we have gotten to a place where you FULLY KNOW that God Keeps, Fulfills and Watches over His Word to perform it.
+Now that we are trusting God to the FULLEST, ALL-OUT and MAXIMUM CAPACITY of our hearts let’s take a good look at what it means to BELIEVE in God.
Mark 9:24
And immediately the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I BELIEVE; help my unbelief.
BELIEVE: to accept as TRUTH and to be CONVICTED in our hearts by the TRUTH.
BELIEVE also means to fully agree with and to accept as real fact or evidence.
+This is what it means to BELIEVE in God and His Word.
Romans 4:18-21
18 Abraham against hope BELIEVED in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be.
19 And being not WEAK IN FAITH, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
20 Abraham STAGGERED NOT at the promise of God through unbelief; but was STRONG IN FAITH, giving glory to God;
21 And BEING FULLY PERSUADED that, what GOD had promised, HE GOD was able also to perform.
Hallelujahs to Jesus!!!
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our Faith, Trust and Confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!!!