One God
March 5, 2011

"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD." (Deuteronomy 6:4)

This great verse has been recited countless times by Israelites down through the centuries, setting forth their distinctive belief in one great Creator God. The Jews had retained their original belief in creation, handed down from Noah, while the other nations had all allowed their original monotheistic creationism to degenerate into a wide variety of religions, all basically equivalent to the polytheistic evolutionism of the early Sumerians at Babel.

But along with its strong assertion of monotheism, there is also a very real suggestion that this declaration, with its thrice-named subject, is also setting forth the Triune God. The name, "Lord," of course, is Yahweh, or Jehovah, the self-existing One who reveals Himself, while "God" is Elohim, the powerful Creator/Ruler. "Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah" is the proclamation. A number of respected Jewish commentators have acknowledged that the verse spoke of a "unified oneness," rather than an "absolute oneness." The revered book called the Zohar, for example, even said that the first mention was of the Father; the second one the Messiah; and the third, the Holy Spirit.

The key word "one" (Hebrew, achad) is often used to denote unity in diversity. For example, when Eve was united to Adam in marriage, they were said to be "one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). Similarly, on the third day of creation, the waters were "[color=12]gathered together unto one place[/color]," yet this gathering together was called "Seas" (i.e., more than one sea; Genesis 1:9-10).

Thus, Israel's great declaration should really be understood as saying in effect: "The eternally omnipresent Father, also Creator and Sustainer of all things, is our unified self-revealing Lord." HMM

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Breaking Bread
March 6, 2011

"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." (Matthew 26:26)

This is the first of twelve specific references to the "breaking of bread" in the New Testament, each reminding the participants of Christ's sacrificial death.  Although Paul had not been present at the Last Supper, he had evidently received a special revelation concerning it.  "For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed |literally, 'while he was being betrayed'| took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said", Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me" (1 Corinthians 11:23-24).  Similarly, drinking of the cup recalled to them His shed blood.  All of this helped them remember and appreciate the great reality of eternal life imparted to them through His death, for He had said, "Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life" (John 6:54).

For a while after His resurrection and their empowering by the Holy Spirit, "they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house" (Acts 2:46), seem to have combined each day this remembrance of the Lord's supper with their own evening meals.  Sometime later, it seems to have been "upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread" (Acts 20:7).

There is no specific instruction in Scripture as to how often this breaking of bread should be observed, but when it is observed, the implied actions of "discerning the Lord's body," giving thanks to Him for His sacrifice for us, and "|judging| ourselves" (1 Corinthians 11:29, 31) are far more vital than the physical act of eating the broken bread. HMM

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Deeper and Deeper
March 7, 2011

"That ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." (Ephesians 3:17-19)

Sincere Christians long for a deeper relationship with Christ, driving them to more effective prayer, Bible study, and service. The rich hymn "Deeper and Deeper" reflects this heart cry.

Into the heart of Jesus, deeper and deeper I go,
Seeking to know the reason why He should love me so,
Why He stooped to lift me up from the miry clay,
Saving my soul, making me whole,
Though I had wandered away.

"Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God" (1 John 3:1). God's infinite grace is "a mystery" to us, "but God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit" (1 Corinthians 2:7, 10). The Spirit revealed these mysteries primarily to the writers of the New Testament for our instruction, through the empowerment of the Spirit (2 Peter 1:19-21). Only in His revelation can we understand something of His love, mercy, and grace, but only through a close "heart walk" with Him in the Spirit can we know His heart. "The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee" (1 Chronicles 28:9).

We who had wandered away from Him were saved and made whole, for "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:. "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay" (Psalm 40:2). He did this all out of a heart of love. God grant us an ever deeper knowledge of His heart. JDM

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, "Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ [the Messiah]", Galatians 1:10 The Amplified Translation

, "There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love", 1 John 4:18 NASB
GHJ

A Letter received March 8, 2011 given by the LORD JESUS to Sabrina:

These words are true. I, JESUS AM TRUE. MY crucifixion was true. MY Book is true. MY Salvation is a real fact: MY Salvation for the whole world, for every human personally.

MY dear children, I AM COMING SOON and many are not ready. Many still have not made a personal choice for ME. Salvation comes not by tradition. Each must make a personal choice for ME. Everyone needs to realize sin and repentance in his life. Without this there is no salvation possible.

This is a daily process. MY WORD says to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. Repentance and confession of sin is a daily process. Therefore I have given you MY SPIRIT to bring you to repentance, every day again. Ask HIM to open your eyes. Enter into a deep intimate relationship with MY SPIRIT. HE lives in you. HE is GOD. HE will reveal you the truth, all truth, MY truth.

MY SPIRIT and I are one, just as MY FATHER and I are one. It must be so with you, one in ME. Without unity, there is no relationship possible. So be one and come to ME. I want a deep personal relationship with each of you, not a traditional thing. This brings you no closer to ME.

Only MY WORD brings you close to ME. So search ME in MY WORD, MY sacred WORD that I have given you. It provides all the wisdom of the world. If you walk and live by MY WORD, you will know what it is to know your GOD.

But everything takes a form of action. So come and get active in MY WORD! And I will fill you with MY Wisdom in everything. Listen to MY SPIRIT. Learn to understand HIS VOICE. HE is always speaking, but you do not ask HIM. Ask HIM and learn to discern HIS VOICE from all other voices within you. This is very important. It is your guiding-book through life.

I love you MY children. Those who have faithfully followed ME will receive great reward in MY Heavenly Realms. Don’t do it for the reward, but do it for ME, because you love ME. This requires some sacrifice, sacrifice of the 'self'. Those who follow ME, faithfully, know this. Daily crucifixion of the flesh is needed. This is sacrifice of the ‘self’.

MY BLOOD has made this all possible. MY BLOOD has placed you in the freedom to make this daily choice. Make this choice MY children, the time is very short. I, JESUS come soon for MY bride. I will just take MY bride; she is the one without spot, stain, and wrinkle, those who are clean and pure.

Cleanliness and purity does not come itself. This is a daily process. MY bride knows this. She lives not for herself, but for ME. Everything is by and for ME. I in her and she in ME.

My precious bride, I come soon. Hold on and see that no one robs you of your crown, the Crown of Life. Keep your eyes only fixed on ME and do not deviate from the path I have chosen for you. Walk on MY Way. MY Way is the right and the only way that leads to life. So come and walk.

Do not stand still, but remain active until the day I return. I come soon. Blessed are they who have washed their robes in the BLOOD of the LAMB!

Your LORD and MASTER has spoken


2 Corinthians 12:21 (KJV): And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

Philippians 2:12 (KJV): Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Ezekiel 36:27 (KJV): And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

Romans 8:13 (KJV): For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

James 1:12 (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.

I found God, I killed Him and found Him again. If you understand this. Then you know that Jesus lived, died and resurrected for all men to see and proclaim. Never be ashamed of the gospel music. It can always be expressed in different ways

Letter 86 Received from LORD JESUS by susan on March 7, 2011

Yes Susan these are MY Words to the world:

Soon I, JESUS, will make MY glorious appearance to the world. MY people do not take MY words seriously. I speak through many. MY message is clear—I AM COMING. The date is set, the hour is set. MY FATHER is waiting to give the signal. HE alone can give the signal.

Every minute you are moving closer to this great event. MY children, do you feel it? Do you sense it? If you do not, you are far from ME. The world has you too tightly wound up in its clutches. You are caught up in the things of the world and not focusing on ME, your LORD and MASTER JESUS.

I am waiting for you to turn back to ME, to surrender your all to ME. You wonder how can this be? What must I do to surrender to MY LORD? I want you to come before ME, repent of your sin, acknowledge to ME that you are sinful before a HOLY GOD. Then lay your life down before ME willingly, not because others want you to, because you, yourself see ME as a worthy LORD and MASTER.

I then, want you to draw near ME, put down the things of the world and spend time with ME. Get to know ME better. I am not far from you. I want you to pursue ME like you pursue all your other worldly interests, only I want first place in your heart. I ask nothing less.

How do I become first place in your heart, you ask? Let ME tell you… When you get up in the morning, do you think of ME? Are your thoughts toward ME? Do you move through the day and think of and speak with ME?

You bring only the big things before ME. I want all your small things also. I am here to help you with every aspect of your life. You can’t imagine GOD being that concerned over your life’s details because you do not understand that I, GOD am a GOD of incredible details. I know all the details of your life. Nothing gets by ME. Small and large, I know all about you.

Bring ME all your cares and even your little concerns—the things you think I would never notice. This is communion with GOD, when you allow ME to engage with you over every aspect of your life. I want control over you—I want MY plans to take your life into the abundance I planned for you from the start.

Do you know your life has a perfect plan that I, GOD have devised for it? Are you aware of this? If you are not MY surrendered follower than your plan for life that I carefully planned out is running counter to all the beauty and wonder I have in place for you. I want to bring you to MY complete wholeness: peace of mind; completeness of your spirit filled by MY SPIRIT; walking in MY perfect plans for your life. This is all yours. It is a plan to bring you home with ME when I come for MY children. It is a plan to bring you to your eternal destiny to be with ME forever. I, your LORD, want to bring you to wholeness through MY HOLY SPIRIT and past the sorrows and sadness of a fallen world.

Time is short, MY loved ones, MY children. Stop clinging to this world. It is in rebellion to ME, its MAKER and I will soon have no part in it. The world will turn its back to ME completely and I must leave with MY bride under MY safe arm and leave the world to its own destruction, destruction that comes when love and order administered by a HOLY GOD is rejected. Chaos and evil is the alternative and this world will embrace it, apart from ME.

Saddened though I am—the hour approaches and I must come to rescue the bride and retreat with her to MY Kingdom and leave those remaining to suffer under the hand of MY enemy. He is a cruel master. Let ME tell you about the evil of MY opponent and what he is capable of. He wants nothing less than to destroy you, to see you spending eternity in the pits of hell. He is angry and lusting after your blood, your life blood. He will destroy you by any means he has. Do you recognize this MY children? He means to destroy and to destroy completely.

He will use any means to reach his goal—your utter destruction. He will use your weaknesses, your desires for the things of this world, your own self-made plans and dreams. If you follow your self-made plans, apart from MY Perfect Will, that is acquired only through complete and total surrender of your life to ME, than you are falling right into MY enemy’s hands. Is this how you want it, MY children?

You are so set on following your own self-made goals and directions that you are willingly playing into the enemy’s hands. I will let you do it, because you choose. I don’t want to lose you to the enemy. I don’t want to leave you to the world of disaster coming, after I remove MY bride. I don’t want to be apart from you for eternity and I don’t want to assign you to hell for rejecting ME and choosing your own ways. You will leave ME no choice.

Very soon, the world will come apart. Evil will enlarge past the limits I have set for it with MY guiding, protecting RIGHT HAND that I have over it right now. When I pull back MY Great Hand of Protection over the earth, the taste of evil you are experiencing now will be a large dose and it will be a gag in the mouths of those left to deal with the world apart from ME, the LORD JESUS.

Sorrow and pleading is where I am now. I plead with you MY children to come to ME in these closing moments. Still you reject and cling to a temporal, dying world. You see the dark clouds forming overhead of which you know what I speak. There is trouble all around you. All things are touched by this foreboding evil that is growing ever daily. Come to your senses. Follow ME. Turn to ME. Come with ME. Surrender to ME. I will save you and lead you out to safety. You may choose. This is your privilege. But if you choose against ME for this evil and corrupt world you so lustily desire, I will not take kindly to your choice and you will indeed have your way.

Come to me for safe passage to MY Kingdom. I am waiting only a while longer. You think you have a lot of time. You do not. These words are true. Follow ME and live. Reject ME and we shall part ways for eternity.

I, GOD, JESUS HAVE SPOKEN TRUTH



Ezekiel 18:30-32: (KJV): 30Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? 32For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Revelation 12:17 (KJV): And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

The Joy of Jesus
March 10, 2011

"Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory." (1 Peter 1:7-

Because of Christ, we "rejoice with joy unspeakable," and the deeper we know Him, the more our joy. The fourth verse of our study hymn, "Deeper and Deeper," speaks of this joy.

Into the joy of Jesus, deeper and deeper I go,
Rising with soul enraptured far from the world below;
Joy in the place of sorrow, peace in the midst of pain,
Jesus will give, Jesus will give,
He will uphold and sustain.

Joy is, of course, part of "the fruit of the Spirit" (Galatians 5:22) of Christ, who had prayed to His Father, "now I come to thee . . . that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves" (John 17:13). Most specifically, "we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ . . . and rejoice in hope of the glory of God" (Romans 5:1-2). In joy we rise over the lure of sin and the world. "Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered" (Romans 4:7).

The joy of the Lord is not predicated on external circumstances. "As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things" (2 Corinthians 6:10). And "I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation" (2 Corinthians 7:4).

The last line is well supported in the writings of David, where the Lord provides this joy. "Though |a good man| fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand" (Psalm 37:24). "Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved" (Psalm 55:22). May God grant us an even deeper joy in Jesus. JDM

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Oh, How He Loved
March 11, 2011

"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." (1 John 4:9-10)

The final verse of "Deeper and Deeper" enjoins us to enter into God's love and sing of it throughout eternity.

Into the love of Jesus, deeper and deeper I go,
Praising the One who brought me out of my sin and woe;
And through eternal ages gratefully I shall sing;
"Oh, how He loved! Oh, how He loved!
Jesus, my Lord and my King."

The word "deep" or "depth" in Scripture comes from the Greek word bathos, from which is derived several English nautical terms. Thus, probing "deeper and deeper" into the heart, the will, the cross, the joy, and now the love of Jesus is like searching the deep oceans: they are immense and beyond our conception.

We should continually acknowledge that His love brought us out of our sinful condition, which had totally separated us from Him. "But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us |i.e., made us alive| together with Christ, (|for| by grace ye are saved)" (Ephesians 2:4-5). "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. . . . We love him, because he first loved us" (1 John 4:9, 19).

We can sing of that love throughout eternity, because "in the ages to come he |will| shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:7). May God grant us an ever deepening love of Jesus. JDM

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Avoid this Peril
12.3.11

TEXT: ISAIAH 1:16-31

"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land" (Isaiah 1:19).

Thought for the day: "Seize the lifeline now, don’t drown in eternal flood"

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The Limited Knowledge of Jesus
March 12, 2011

"But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." (Mark 13:32)

This verse has always been difficult to understand. If Jesus was God, how could He be ignorant of the time of His second coming? Indeed He was, and is, God, but He also was, and is, man. This is a part of the mystery of the divine/human nature of Christ. In the gospel record, we see frequent evidences of His humanity (He grew weary, for example, and suffered pain), but also many evidences of deity (His virgin birth, His resurrection and ascension, as well as His perfect words and deeds).

He had been in glory with the Father from eternity (John 17:24), but when He became man, "in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren" (Hebrews 2:17), except for sin. As a child, He "increased in wisdom and stature" like any other human (Luke 2:52). Through diligent study (as a man), He acquired great wisdom in the Scriptures and the plan of God. After His baptism and the acknowledgment from heaven of His divine Sonship (e.g., Matthew 3:16-17), He increasingly manifested various aspects of His deity, but He still remained fully human.

With respect to the time of the end, this depends in some degree on human activity. For example, He said that "the gospel must first be published among all nations" (Mark 13:10), and only God the Father could foresee just when men will have accomplished this. Although the glorified Son presumably now shares this knowledge, in His self-imposed human limitations, He did not.

In no way does this compromise His deity. In our own finite humanity, we cannot comprehend fully the mystery of the divine/human nature of Christ, but He has given us more than sufficient reason to believe His Word! HMM

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Spoken by JESUS CHRIST to Susan, March 11, 2011



Yes daughter, I will give you Words.  Susan take MY Words down:



I, JESUS, am about to take flight.  I am ready to come for MY bride.   I am ready to retrieve her, so few really believe ME.  I knew there would be very little faith left on the earth when it was time to come and get MY bride.  I knew the earth would be cold toward ME, even indifferent, very few believing I even exist.



The world has its heart set toward other gods, others who appeal to them more.  MY Love doesn’t interest them.  This is the way the world has gone.  It grows cold and indifferent to ME.



MY Name is a mockery.  MY Book is a joke.  I exist as a fable.  I am just a children’s rhyme to this lost generation.  Surely you see this is all I mean to the people.  If they held ME dear and close to their hearts, I wouldn’t be such an offense to their senses when MY Name is mentioned.



MY Name is not uttered in HOLINESS and in REVERENCE, but in lewd talk to curse and speak out evil talk toward each other.  This is where the world stands toward its Most HOLY GOD and MAKER.  MY Name, MY Being is only thought of in crude terms to lash out and to disrespect MY Glory, MY Sacrifice, MY Love.  I am not held in high esteem.  People view ME as a story made up by those with vivid imaginations.  This is Who they believe I am.



If the people believed differently, even now they would stand up and tremble in fear at the warnings I am bringing to the earth, as I am now bringing MY wrath and lifting MY Hand of protection to punish the land for evil and wickedness toward its GOD, toward the MOST HIGH, the MOST HOLY GOD.



Somehow the disturbances to the earth that mankind is seeing is explained away—every sort of explanation except TRUTH, TRUTH that is contained in MY Book.  Did I not say that these things would take place?  Yet even MY so called followers won’t blink.  They won’t bat an eye.  They carry on life as usual.  They won’t humble themselves in reverential fear, in repentance for their putrid lukewarm ways, for their lack of interest in spreading MY Words of warning to their fellow mankind.



It is business as usual, church as usual.  Well go through your daily patterns and say your daily prayers as if you think I am hearing them, but if you don’t repent and get right with ME, MY lukewarm, half-hearted followers, you may stand in line with the most wicked evil, GOD-haters because your outcome will be the same: I will spit you out.



You seem aghast when you judge those around you as so evil.  Well white-washed tombs speak evil also and MY lukewarm church, your painted faces of happiness do not fool ME.  You carry on as if all is well.  Well all is not well.  I will carry you to hell with the most vile of sinner because you disregard MY most precious mandate as MY follower: to love your LORD GOD with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your heart, with all your mind.  You have ME in second, third, fourth place.



You enjoy the idea of MY Salvation, but the world is your lord and master.  If I were your LORD and MASTER you would give ME your life plans to control, as it is you run your own life apart from ME.  You would go out and warn your fellow mankind that you are living in the last days. As it is, you are far from this thinking.  You would give ME your focus and fix your eyes on ME.  As it is, your eyes are fixed on having more of what the world offers.  You would believe that MY coming is right at the door.  As it is, you believe I am not coming for many years and you berate MY true bride who seeks and acknowledges MY Truth.



You evil generation of half-hearted, lukewarm, distant, world-loving followers: if you you don’t come after ME, your GOD, with a full-strength commitment, full repentance for your worldly adultery and come after ME with a love that is true and honest instead of rote and pretend, I will have no choice but to leave you behind to face an enemy that will destroy you with one glance.  HE will see through you and by the time you understand what has happened, that I have come and retrieved MY true followers and left you behind, it will be too late to make it back to ME and MY Kingdom.



MY lukewarm Laodicean Church: you will have to face the worst.  You know in your spirit, I speak truth.  Don’t let the world around you mask the truth because you refuse to believe.  Open MY Book, study MY Words, spend time with ME.  Surrender your life to ME—all facets of it, complete surrender and I will put truth before you.  You will be saved from the destruction that is coming.  Do not think you are safe from what is coming to the earth in this hour.



Stop diminishing MY Messages because you do not want to receive them.  I am the great GOD of the universe.  I put you here.  I can remove you as quickly and easily.  Do not be so sure of yourself.  We are coming into a time of great trials on earth for mankind like no other hour in history.  You will survive this in only one way: through your surrender to ME, your SAVIOR, LORD, MASTER,



JESUS CHRIST



I am the only WAY, the only TRUTH, the only LIFE



You have been warned.



Revelation 3:14-18 (KJV):  14 “To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:  These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. 15 I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17 You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and unclothed. 18 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful unclothedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see.



Deuteronomy 6:5 (KJV): Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.



Mark 12:30 (KJV): Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

What the Creator Requires

"And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul."? (Deuteronomy 10:12)

In the final weeks before his death, Moses gathered the people of Israel together for a final look back at God's miraculous provision for the nation and a restatement of the Law. He repeated the Ten Commandments and reminded them of their supernatural origin (chapter 5). He charged them to remember the Law and to pass it on to their children, for God Himself had entrusted it to them (chapter 6). He insisted that they utterly destroy the enemies of God in the land, for their holy and special status as the people of God would be in jeopardy if they didn't (chapter 7). The longest section of the speech consisted of a command to remember their unique history: how God had supernaturally intervened for them on so many occasions (8:1-10:11).

Finally, Moses brought them to a time of commitment, charging them, in our text, to fear, obey, love, and serve the "LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul." Even the commandments were for their good (v. 13); they were not merely petty or malicious. In fact, throughout the lengthy lecture, Moses had several times adjured the people to love their Lord with their entire being (see 6:5; 7:9; 10:20; 11:1, 13, 22).

And why not? "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is" (10:14). The God who placed His sovereign mark on Israel (v. 15) deserved their total devotion, obedience, and service.

Does not the Creator God, who has done so much more for us than He had done even for Israel, deserve our total devotion, obedience, and service? JDM

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No Fear in the Days of Evil

"Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about."? (Psalm 49:5)

This enigmatic question should be a real concern to elderly unbelievers--or of unbelievers of any age, for that matter. The "days of evil" seem specifically to refer to old age, as in Ecclesiastes 12:1, which exhorted young people to "remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them."

Those who have not "remembered their Creator" while young may one day come to realize that the iniquities which had been accumulating against their record day by day through a long lifetime had actually involved the venom of that old Serpent, which God long ago had warned would bruise the heels of the children of Mother Eve (see Genesis 3:15). Their sins, which will eventually become so numerous as to "compass them about," might even destroy them both now and eternally. After all, the devil will have "the power of death" (Hebrews 2:14) until that day when the true seed of the woman the Lord Jesus Christ (even though His own "heel" has been viciously "bruised" by Satan when the sins of the whole world were placed upon Him) will "crush the head" of that wicked one forever.

But because of Christ's great victory over Satan--when He both died for our sins and then defeated death by His resurrection, we need no longer fear death, even when the evil days draw nigh.

Though it is far better to accept His gift of salvation from sin and death while we are young, it is never too late, as long as we live. So, "wherefore should I fear in the days of evil?" "We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and . . . perfect love casteth out fear" (1 John 4:16, 18). HMM

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Cry out for Mercy!!! The spirit of destruction has been released onto the nations. Cry out for Mercy!!!

In today's economy, many are losing their homes, cars, business, etc. Many of you do not realize, He is purging His people and preparing them.
The question is, will you submit and FULLY Surrender or will you get angry? Will you worry and worry or will you just let it go and find peace? The more you resist, your more you will be squeezed.There is a chance you will lose what you are so fighting hard to hang on. You can either lose it with God next to you or lose it regardless. Just look at Japan, do you think their 401K matters? Do you think their mortgages, car payment, education, economic or social status matters anymore? Many are desitute and survival is important to them now.

They are now at the bare bone of reality! Reality is that life is about a choice, to either FULLY SURRENDER TO CHRIST or DIE. Many Western Christians have NOT Fully Surrender to Jesus. Many are living in la la land. Know that darks days are upon us and coming. For those who have not FULLY Surrender, YOU WILL BE TESTED. Just as Job's wife was tested through Job, you will be tested. Will you then CRY OUT TO GOD OR WILL YOU CURSE HIM? Test yourselves NOW!

Many say they can die for Jesus now as they are in their comfort. Many can say, "I love you Lord" as your bellies are full. But many of you are stealing His Glory as you share His temple with the world. Separate yourself NOW from sin and the world!! Repent!! What idols you ask? How about your pets, TV, secular music, video games, your foul language, children, spouses, chasing more education, beer, cigarettes, anger, bitterness, and etc? Yes, anything that consumes you over God is an idol. Do you not realize, everything in this world is of the world?

I see people so consumed with their pets. I see people who have no idea they are in bondage to worldly things. I see people breaking the Lord's day creating their own traditions going out to eat at the same restaurant for their own pleasure every Sunday. I see people, many so deceived.

You want to pray for Japan, pray that they REPENT!! What is food going to do now when their soul is dying? What is clothing going to do when they are spiritually unclothed? Pray that they REPENT!! Pray that they find TRUTH! THAT THEY FIND JESUS CHRIST!

Many are trying to save their cars, their houses, their pets, their TV, their retirements.
Cry out for Mercy!!! The spirit of destruction has been released onto the nations. Cry out for Mercy!!!
PRAY AND SAVE YOURSELVES

steve yong kim

Relative Hatred
March 19, 2011

"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." (Luke 14:26)

These seem like strange, even shocking, words coming from the Lord Jesus Christ as they do. It is obvious, however, that He is not urging hatred of one's relatives here, but rather is referring to hatred in a relative sense--relative to one's love for God and His will, that is.

Jesus has commanded us to "love thy neighbour" (Matthew 22:39), and even to "love your enemies" (Matthew 5:44), so it is certain that He expects us to love our families. But love for God must be paramount. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind" (Luke 10:27).

There are some cases, however, when, in so loving the Lord, "a man's foes shall be they of his own household" (Matthew 10:36). Happily, such cases are the exception, but if ever such a choice has to be made, the one who would truly be Christ's disciple must follow Him at all costs. For, as Jesus went on to say, "whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:27).

Even in such unfortunate cases, we are still commanded to "honour thy father and mother" (Ephesians 6:2), and to "provoke not your children to anger" (Colossians 3:21). The Lord Jesus has left us the example. Though His mission was long rejected by His human family (John 7:3-5), He remained patient with them, while at the same time placing God first. "For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother" (Mark 3:35). Eventually His mother was found among His disciples (Acts 1:14), as were at least two of His brothers (1 Corinthians 9:5). Thus genuine love for God will often find itself reflected later in the love of one's family for Him as well. HMM

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"THESE ARE THE BEGINNING OF SORROWS"

“All these are the beginning of sorrows.   Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.   ” Matthew 24:8-9


I was watching a newscast of the tsunami damage in Japan, and the Lord spoke to me three times:

"These are the beginning of sorrows, these are the beginning of sorrows, these are the beginning of sorrows.   
For I have been trying to get the attention of people throughout the globe.     
Who is going to listen?     
Who will know that these indeed are the days that have been prophesied  by those prophets that have been given my mandate to speak to this generation?   These are the days that many have speculated about.     
Are you going to trust me now?    Are you going to put your faith in me now?     
In the coming months great catastrophes will be seen.     
You have watched as the great tsunami and earthquake has struck Japan.     
But what of those places where you think you are secure?   
Many think that a time of  great tribulation  is a time that is far off in the future.     
Many do not realize that this is that last generation that I have spoken of.     
Are you not aware of the five wise and the five foolish virgins that I have spoken of in my word?     
Do you have your oil in your lamps?     Are your lamps trimmed and ready?     
For I tell you, you have entered into that time frame.     
It's really up to you to be ready or not.     I would never force my children to do something.   
And everything though it seems like it is harsh,  has really been done in love.     
For my love in unrelenting. 
And it is true that many perish in the world around you, but all is being used to bring about the end of all things. "

Scribe:  Stephen Hanson

You’re Privileged
22.3.11

TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 2:6-16

"But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).

It is natural for one to desire to know what the future holds for him especially when the natural mind and eyes cannot perceive beyond the present. It is always a comforting and reassuring experience when we are led into the privilege of knowing God’s programmes for our lives.

In Christendom today, revelation has become a give and take culture where people easily fall into the deception of receiving a message that may not entirely be from God. We can only receive unusual and uncommon revelations from God when we have His Spirit.

In this passage, we see the emphasis on possessing the true Spirit of God as the source of receiving true revelation. But one significant thing in the passage is the unusual and unique revelation that we have received through the Spirit about our inheritance: " . . . As it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (verse 9).

It is noteworthy that the Bible inserts a condition in this revelation: God will only reveal deep things to those who really love Him. Loving God makes us to accept what He says about us and to respond to His love by believing, trusting and serving Him. This opens the door for the Spirit of God to indwell us. Then we begin to receive all that God has promised us as individuals or a family.

We need to seek God with the whole heart and possess His Spirit so that we can enjoy His sweet fellowship and soothing revelations.

Thought for the day: "You will remain in darkness without God’s deeper revelation"

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Take It All -- Hillsong United

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Searching the world
The lost will be found
In freedom we live
As one we cry out
You carried the cross
You died and rose again
My God
I'll only ever give my all

You sent Your Son
From heaven to earth
You delivered us all
It's eternally heard
I searched for truth
And all I found was You
My God
I'll only ever give my all

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all

You sent Your Son
From heaven to earth
You delivered us all
It's eternally heard
I searched for truth
And all I found was You
My God
I'll only ever give my all

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all

Running to the One
Who heals the blind
Following the shining light
In Your hands
The power to save the world
In my life

Running to the One
Who heals the blind
Following the shining light
In Your hands
The power to save the world
In my life

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all

Jesus we're living for Your Name
We'll never be ashamed of You
Whoa o oh
Our praise and all we are today
Take take take it all
Take take take it all
Take take take it all


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Don't give up . . . . .

One day I decided to quit. . .

I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality. . . I wanted to quit my life.
I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.

"God", I asked,

"Can you give me one good reason not to quit?"

His answer surprised me. . .

"Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"

"Yes", I replied.

"When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.

I gave them light.

I gave them water.

The fern quickly grew from the earth.

Its brilliant green covered the floor.

Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.
In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful.
And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo" . He said.

"In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.

But I would not quit.
In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would
not quit. " He said.

"Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared
to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant, But just 6
months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall.
It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive.
I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle."

He asked me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots" .

"I would not quit on the bamboo.

I will never quit on you."

"Don't compare yourself to others."

He said.

"The bamboo has a different Purpose than the fern.

Yet they both make the forest beautiful."

"Your time will come", God said to me.

"You will rise high"

"How high should I rise?"

I asked.

"How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return.

"As high as it can?" I questioned.

"Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

I left the forest and brought back this story.

I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never Give up.
For the Christian Prayer is not an option but an opportunity.
Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is,
tell the problem how Great the Lord is!

Heavens door open this morning, God asked me, "My CHILD" . . . what can I do for you?" and I said "Daddy please protect and bless the one reading this message."
God smiled and answered , "request granted" ,

Jesus' Prayer of Thanksgiving
March 24, 2011

"In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight." (Luke 10:21)

We remember that, when the Lord Jesus was here on earth, He was, among other things, "leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps" (1 Peter 2:21). One aspect of that example, no doubt, was His prayer life. He prayed and gave thanks before He fed the multitude (Matthew 15:36) and also when He ate with His disciples at the last supper (Luke 22:19). It is surely right, therefore, that we should give thanks in prayer before each meal, whether in a small group as with our family, or in a large public dining place.

Jesus spent much time in prayer. On at least one occasion, He "continued all night in prayer to God" (Luke 6:12), and no doubt a goodly portion of His prayer was thanksgiving prayer, as well as intercession. But there seems to be only one specific item of thanksgiving by Him actually recorded in Scripture, and that is the item in our text. (The same is also given, verbatim, in Matthew 11:25, so we can infer that the Holy Spirit considered it very important.)

That is this: the wonderful truths of salvation and forgiveness--eternal life in heaven and God's guidance and provision on earth--are easily understood by the simplest among us, even by little children, even though they often seem difficult for "the wise and prudent" to comprehend.

Many are the intellectuals who can raise all kinds of objections to God's revealed Word and His great plan of creation and redemption and who, therefore, will end up eternally lost. Many are the simple folk and children who just hear and believe and are saved. "Even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight." HMM

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When Messiah Came
March 25, 2011

"Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times" (Daniel 9:25)

This remarkable prophecy, given through the angel Gabriel to Daniel the prophet, actually predicted the date of the coming of Christ nearly 500 years in advance. From the announcement to the coming of "Messiah the Prince," there would be 69 "weeks" (literally "sevens," meaning in this context "seven-year periods". That is, Messiah would come as the Prince 483 years after the commandment was given to rebuild Jerusalem. There is some uncertainty about the exact date of the decree, as well as the exact length of these prophetic years, but in each calculation the termination date is at least near, or in some cases, exactly the time when Christ entered Jerusalem to be acknowledged as its promised King.

However, Gabriel's prophecy went on to say: "And after |the| threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off" (Daniel 9:26). That is, although He would come as promised, instead of being gladly crowned as King, He would be slain. Since the 483-year period terminated long ago, it is clear that Messiah must already have come, and then been put to death at that time.

The terms of this remarkable prophecy have been precisely fulfilled in Jesus Christ alone, and no one coming later could have done so. It is no wonder that He wept over Jerusalem, pronouncing her coming judgment, "because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation" (Luke 19:44).

We, like He, should weep and pray for Israel. Yet, in God's omniscient planning, "through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles" (Romans 11:11), and in this we can rejoice. HMM

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