Revelation 1:7-8 Jesus was the Almighty.
Genesis 17:1 And the Almighty was God.

John 8:58 Jesus was the “I Am”
Exodus 3:14 and the “I Am” was God

Acts 3:14 Jesus was the “HOLY ONE”
Isaiah 43:15 and the “HOLY ONE” was God

John 8:24 Jesus is the “I Am He”
Isaiah 43:10 and the “I Am He” was God

Revelation 22:13 Jesus is the “First and the Last”
Isaiah 44:6 and the “First and the Last” was God

I Corinthians 10:4 Jesus was “The Rock”
Psalm 18:31 and “The Rock” was God

II Corinthians 11:2 Jesus was the “One HUSBAND”
Jeremiah 31:32 and the “One HUSBAND” was God

Matthew 23:8 Jesus was the “ONE MASTER”
Malachi 1:6 and the “ONE MASTER” was God

John 10:16 Jesus was the “One SHEPHERD”
Isaiah 40:11 and the “ONE SHEPHERD” was God

Acts 4:12 Jesus was the “ONE SAVIOR”
Isaiah 45:21 and the “ONE SAVIOR” was God

Luke 1:68 Jesus was the “ONE REDEEMER”
Isaiah 41:14 and the “ONE REDEEMER” was God

Revelation 19:16 Jesus was “LORD OF LORDS
1 Timothy 6:14 Jesus was “LORD OF LORDS
Deuteronomy 10:17 and the “LORD OF LORDS” was God

Philippians 2:10 Every knee must bow to Jesus
Isaiah 45:23 Every knee must bow to God

John 1: 3-10 Jesus was the “ONE CREATOR”
Isaiah 44:24 Jesus was the “ONE CREATOR”
Genesis 1:1 and the “ONE CREATOR” was God

John 1:49 Jesus was “KING OF ISRAEL”
Isaiah 44:6 and the “KING OF ISRAEL” was God

Deuteronomy 4:35 The Lord He is God, there is NONE else beside him

Deuteronomy 4:39 there is None Else

Deuteronomy 6:4 the Lord our God is ONE Lord

Deuteronomy 32:39 I even I, am He and THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME

1 Kings 8:60 The LORD is God – There is None Else

2 Kings 19:15 You ALONE are the only true God

Psalm 86:10 You are God, YOU ALONE

Isaiah 42:8 I am Jehovah, and to no one else shall I give my own glory

Isaiah 43:10,11 Before me there was no God formed
NEITHER SHALL THERE BE AFTER ME. I, EVEN I AM THE LORD:
AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO SAVIOR.

Isaiah 44:6 I AM THE FIRST, AND THE LAST: AND BESIDE ME THERE IS NO GOD

Isaiah 45:5 I am the Lord, and there is NONE ELSE, THERE IS NO GOD BESIDE ME

Isaiah 45:6 There is NONE beside Me. I am the Lord and there is NONE else.

Isaiah 45:15 you are a God, the /god of Israel, a Savior.

Isaiah 45:22 turn to me and be saved. For I am God, and there is no one else

Isaiah 48:11 I will not give my glory unto another.
Isaiah 45:5

Isaiah 48:12 I am he, I am the first, I also am the Last. Revelation 1:8

Hosea 13:4 I am Jehovah your God, there was no God except me, and there was no savior but I.

Joel 2:27 I am your God, and None Else

Zechariah 14:9 In that day shall there be ONE LORD AND HIS NAME ONE

Philippians 2:11 that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father

Matthew 23:9 For one is your Father, the heavenly one

Mark 12:29 Jehovah our God is one Jehovah

The will of God will never take you,

• Where the grace of God cannot keep you,
• Where the arms of God cannot support you,
• Where the riches of God cannot supply your needs,
• Where the power of God cannot endow you.

• The will of God will never take you,
• Where the Spirit of God cannot work through you,
• Where the wisdom of God cannot teach you,
• Where the army of God cannot protect you,
• Where the hands of God cannot mold you.

• The will of God will never take you,
• Where the love of God cannot enfold you,
• Where the mercies of God cannot sustain you,
• Where the peace of God cannot calm your fears,
• Where the authority of God cannot overrule for you.

• The will of God will never take you,
• Where the comfort of God cannot dry your tears,
• Where the Word of God cannot feed you,
• Where the miracles of God cannot be done for you,
• Where the omnipresence of God cannot find you.

Everything happens for a purpose.

We may not see the wisdom of it all now, but trust and believe in the Lord that everything is for the best.

“Trust in the Lord and do good “

Psalm 37:3

–Author unknown.

Psalm 4:5

Once there were three trees on a hill in the woods.
They were discussing their hopes and dreams when the first tree said, “Someday I hope to be a treasure chest.
I could be filled with gold, silver and precious gems. I could be decorated with intricate carving and everyone would see the beauty.”

Then the second tree said, “Someday I will be a mighty ship.
I will take kings and queens across the waters and sail to the corners of the world. Everyone will feel safe in me because of the strength of my hull.”

Finally the third tree said, “I want to grow to be the tallest and straightest tree in the forest. People will see me on top of the hill and look up to my branches, and think of the heavens and God and how close to them I am reaching.
I will be the greatest tree of all time and people will always remember me.”

After a few years of praying that their dreams would come true, a group of woodsmen came upon the trees.
When one came to the first tree he said, “This looks like a strong tree, I think I should be able to sell the wood to a carpenter” … and he began cutting it down. The tree was happy, because he knew that the carpenter would make him into a treasure chest.

At the second tree a woodsman said, “This looks like a strong tree, I should be able to sell it to the shipyard.” The second tree was happy. because he knew he was on his way to becoming a mighty ship.

When the woodsmen came upon the third tree, the tree was frightened because he knew that if they cut him down his dreams would not come true. One of the woodsmen said, “I don’t need anything special from my tree so I’ll just take this one,” and he cut it down.

When the first tree arrived at the carpenters, he was made into a feed-box for animals. He was then placed in a barn and filled with hay. This was not at all what he had prayed for.

The second tree was cut and made into a small fishing boat.
His dreams of being a mighty ship and carrying kings had come to an end.

The third tree was cut into large pieces and left alone in the dark.

The years went by, and the trees forgot about their dreams.

Then one day a man and woman came to the barn. She gave birth and they placed the baby in the hay in the feed box that was made from the first tree.

The man wished that he could have made a crib for the baby, but this manger would have to do. The tree could feel the importance of this event and knew that it had held the greatest treasure of all time.

Years later, a group of men got in the fishing boat made from the second tree. One of them was tired and went to sleep. While they were out on the water a great storm arose and the tree didn’t think it was strong enough to keep the men safe.
The men woke the sleeping man, and he stood and said “Peace” and the storm stopped. At this time, the tree knew that it had carried the King of Kings in its boat.

Finally, someone came and got the third tree.
It was carried through the streets as the people mocked the man who was carrying it. When they came to stop, the man was nailed to the tree and raised in the air to die at the top of a hill.
When Sunday came, the tree came to realize that it was strong enough to stand at the top of the hill and be as close to God as was possible, because Jesus had been crucified on it.

The moral of this story is that when things don’t seem to be going your way, always know that God has a plan for you.
If you place your trust in Him, He will give you great gifts.
Each of the trees got what they wanted, just not in the way they had imagined.

We don’t always know what God’s plans are for us.
We just know that His ways are not our ways, but His ways are always best.

Author UnKnown

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And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”

Romans 8:28

I  was praying in the Spirit, when I had a vision of tentacles that were wrapped around a person’s brain.  Immediately I heard these words, “Lies and deception wrap itself around rebellion”.  As I was praying more into it, I heard the Lord saying that there is now a fresh wind of the Spirit of Truth blowing through the body of Christ, exposing everything that is not pure and truthful. This wind will blow out every covering of the lie and deception.  It is a cleansing and purifying work of the Holy Spirit that He is doing in the hearts of those who love Him, in preparation of the coming of the King, so that His Bride can be all glorious within.

Rev. 19:7: “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.”

We are in a season of preparation for the coming of the Bridegroom, and as we spend much time in His Presence, not to receive His gifts and blessings, but to adore and worship Him and to truly learn to know Him and His heart’s desires for us, the Spirit of Truth will expose every lie and deception that we have walked in.  He will lead us into all truth and as we embrace this purifying and cleansing work of Holy Spirit, our garments will be made white and bright.  Jesus is the Truth, the Light and the Way and nothing outside of truth and light will stand before Him in His Kingdom. 

John 6:13  “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.”

ANOTHER VISION of THE SWORD OF TRUTH

I had a vision of the Lord with His right side facing me.  I saw a very bring light shining on a gold sheath on His hip.  Then He turned towards me and I saw that He was wearing a heavy gold belt around His loins, but the sheath was empty.  He held the glimmering sword in His right hand and then I heard Him saying that the Sword of Truth will cut off every lie and deception from His Bride.  Heb. 4:12-13 was quickened to me: “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged 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. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.”

FAITHFUL IN THE UNRIGHTEOUS MAMMON

Walking in faithfulness to God, in equity, justice, truth, prudence and honesty regarding money, will determine how much of the true riches in Christ we will receive.

Luke 16:10-11 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”

Our attitude towards money will also reveal whether we truly trust God, or whether we put our trust in the security of money.

John 8:32  “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Those who will look into the light of truth, and allow it to expose the deepest parts of the heart’s motives, bringing it in alignment with the truth of the Word, will be spared in the judgment that will begin in the house of God.

II Samuel 22:27 ”With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.”

WATCHFUL OVER OUR HEARTS

Those of us who are in ministry must especially be watchful over our hearts.

II Cor. 4:1-2 “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.”

The Sword of Truth reveals the true motives and intentions of the heart.  If we come to true repentance, He will flood us with His light to shine His glory in greater degrees.

Since I have received and embraced this Word, the Sword of Truth has really dealt with me in all areas of my life, revealing the foxes and bringing great enlightenment.  Glory to God for His mercy and grace over us!

Sometimes we do things actually for selfish reasons and then put a cloak of religiosity over it to make it seem good, like a show of godliness, but there is no power of truth in it.

BEING MEN OF OUR WORD

When we are not people of our word, we break trust and our words will carry no effect or weight.  We have to live what we say in righteousness in order to bring change and shift from darkness to light.

Matt. 5:20 “For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.”

If we want to walk in the weight of God’s glory in Kingdom reality, we must live out of internal righteousness.  We have to fulfill the promises we make to others. Our “yes” must be “yes” in truth and our “no” must be “no”.

TAKING A STAND FOR TRUTH

Eph. 6:14  “Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.”

Compromise will not pass God’s judgment.  Truth girds up our armor and keeps it in place.  When we lose our belt of truth, we lose authority in the spirit realm.

TRUTH AND LIGHT

Truth is the opposite of deception and lies. Truth and light are married and are opposing darkness.  

Truth and grace form part of the glory of God and when we depart from truth, we depart from His glory.

PRAYER:  Father of glory, let the Spirit of Truth blow through our lives with a cleansing wind and let the Sword of Truth bring a clear separation between soul and spirit, judging our hearts to the core, so that our garments can be washed white and bright before you to live in Your Presence continually.

Blessings
Elsabe Briers

www.agapelifeministriesinc.com

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It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War in Europe ended.

This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 million Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated!

Now, more than ever, with Iraq , Iran , and others, claiming the HOLOCAUST to be ‘a myth’.

It’s imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

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The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read

Beneath the long, straggly branches of an old willow tree
Disillusioned by life with good reason to frown,

For the world was intent on dragging me down.

And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day
A young boy out of breath approached me, all tired from play.
He stood right before me with his head tilted down

And said with great excitement, “Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a pitiful sight,

With its petals all worn – not enough rain, or too little light.
Wanting him to take his dead flower and go off to play,

I faked a small smile and then shifted away.

But instead of retreating he sat next to my side

And placed the flower to his nose and declared with overacted surprise,
“It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too.

That’s why I picked it; here, it’s for you.”

The weed before me was dying or dead.
Not vibrant of colours, orange, yellow or red.
But I knew I must take it, or he might never leave.
So I reached for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.”

But instead of him placing the flower in my hand,

He held it mid-air without reason or plan.
It was then that I noticed for the very first time

That weed-toting boy could not see: he was blind.

I heard my voice quiver, tears shone like the sun

As I thanked him for picking the very best one.
“You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to play,

Unaware of the impact he’d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered how he managed to see

A self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree.
How did he know of my self-indulged plight?
Perhaps from his heart, he’d been blessed with true sight.

Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see

The problem was not with the world; the problem was me.
And for all of those times I myself had been blind,
I vowed to see the beauty in life, and appreciate every second that’s mine.

And then I held that wilted flower up to my nose

And breathed in the fragrance of a beautiful rose
And smiled as I watched that young boy, another weed in his hand

About to change the life of an unsuspecting old man.

Author Unknown

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5

When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal.

I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering.

I told her that it looked like a mess from where I was. As from the underside I watched her work within the boundaries of the little round hoop that she held in her hand, I complained to her that it sure looked messy from where I sat. She would smile at me, look down and gently say, “My son, you go about your playing for awhile, and when I am finished with my embroidering, I will put you on my knee and let you see it from my side.”

I would wonder why she was using some dark threads along with the bright ones and why they seemed so jumbled from my view. A few minutes would pass and then I would hear Mother’s voice say, “Son, come and sit on my knee.” This I did only to be surprised and thrilled to see a beautiful flower or a sunset. I could not believe it, because from underneath it looked so messy.

Then Mother would say to me, “My son, from underneath it did look messy and jumbled, but you did not realize that there was a pre-drawn plan on the top. It was a design. I was only following it. Now look at it from my side and you will see what I was doing.”

Many times through the years I have looked up to my Heavenly Father and said, “Father, what are You doing?” He has answered, “I am embroidering your life.” I say, “But it looks like a mess to me. It seems so jumbled. The threads seem so dark.” The Father seems to tell me, “‘My child, you go about your business of doing My business, and one day I will bring you to Heaven and put you on My knee and you will see the plan from My side.”

–Author: Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, now St Padre Pio.

“For I know the plans I have for you”, declares the Lord
“plans for good and not for evil,
plans to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11

A young man had been to Wednesday night Bible Study. The Pastor had shared about listening to God and obeying the Lord’s voice.

The young man couldn’t help but wonder, “Does God still speak to people?”

After service, he went out with some friends for coffee and pie and they discussed the message. Several different ones talked about how God had led them in different ways.

It was about ten o’clock when the young man started driving home. Sitting in his car, he just began to pray, “God.. If you still speak to people speak to me. I will listen. I will do my best to obey.”

As he drove down the main street of his town, he had the strangest thought…”Stop and buy a gallon of milk.” He shook his head and said out loud, “God, is that you?” He didn’t get a reply and started on toward home.

But, again the thought, “Buy a gallon of milk.”  The young man thought about Samuel and how he didn’t recognize the voice of God, and how little Samuel ran to Eli. “Okay, God, in case that is you, I will buy the milk.”

It didn’t seem like too hard a test of obedience.
He could always use the milk.

He stopped and purchased the gallon of milk and started off toward home. As he passed Seventh street, he again felt the urge, “Turn down that street.”

This is crazy he thought and drove on pass the intersection. Again, he felt that he should turn down Seventh Street.

At the next intersection, he turned back and headed down Seventh. Half jokingly, he said out loud, “Okay, God, I will.” He drove several blocks, when suddenly, he felt like he should stop.

He pulled over to the curb and looked around.
He was in a semi- commercial area of town. It wasn’t the best but it wasn’t the worst of neighbourhoods either.  The businesses were closed and most of the houses looked dark like the people were already in bed. Again, he sensed something, “Go and give the milk to the people in the house across the street.”

The young man looked at the house. It was dark and it looked like the people were either gone or they were already asleep. He started to open the car door and then sat back in the car seat “Lord, this is insane. Those people are asleep and if I wake them up, they are going to be mad and I will look stupid.”
Again, he felt like he should go and give the milk.

Finally, he opened the car door,  “Okay God, if this is you, I will go to the door and I will give them the milk. If you want me to look like a crazy person, okay. I want to be obedient. I guess that will count for something….but if they don’t answer right away, I am out of here.”

He walked across the street and rang the bell. He could hear some noise inside. A man’s voice yelled out, “Who is it? What do you want?” Then the door opened before the young man could get away.

The man was standing there in his jeans and T-shirt. He looked like he just got out of bed. He had a strange look on his face and he didn’t seem to happy to have some stranger standing on his doorstep.

“What is it?”

The young man thrust out the gallon of milk, “Here, I brought this to you.”

The man took the milk and rushed down a hall way speaking loudly in Spanish. Then, from down the hall, came a woman carrying the milk toward the kitchen. The man was following her holding a baby. The baby was crying.

The man had tears streaming down his face. The man began speaking and half crying, “We were just praying. We had some big bills this month and we ran out of money. We didn’t have any milk for our baby. I was just praying and asking God to show me how to get some milk.”

His wife in the kitchen yelled out, “I asked God to send an Angel with some. Are you an Angel?”

The young man reached into his wallet and pulled out all the money he had on him and put in the man’s hand.

He turned and walked back toward his car and the tears were streaming down his face.

He knew that God still answers prayers  and that God still speaks to His people.

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THE WORLD IS CHANGING AND ITS VALUES AND MORALS ALSO.

THE WORD OF GOD DOES NOT CHANGE AND IT   IS OUR ANCHOR, 

SHOWING US HOW TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST.

THE FOLLOWING VIDEO GIVES US AN ALARMING VIEW OF WHAT  IS ALREADY  A   NORMAL PROCEDURE.

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