"I Know Where You Live..."

Today, i am comforted by the words of Jesus spoken to and through John the Revelator. Specifically, the first five words of Revelation 2:13:

"I know where you live..." (GWT)

i am moved beyond explanation or comprehension by that declaration. To imagine The Creator and The Authority of the Universe knows where i live is wondrously overwhelming to me. 

I will think on this comforting Truth today: "The One called the Great 'I AM' knows and cares where i am!"

Shazam! 

Indeed, He is The Faithful One.

Indeed, i am The Grateful one.

me

Wonderful Words of New Life in Psalm 119

Today, I invite to join with me in praying to our Life-Giving God these Wonderful Words of New Life recorded in Psalm 119:

Psalm 119:154b (GWT) -- ...Give me a new life as You promised.

Psalm 119:156b -- (GWT) ...Give me a new life guided by Your regulations.

Psalm 119:159b -- (GWT) ...O Lord, in keeping with Your mercy, give me a new life.

Psalm 119:168b -- (GWT) ...my whole life is in front of You.

Psalm 119:175a -- (GWT) Let my soul have new life so that it can praise You.

In the Name of the One Who said, "I Am... The Life!" (John 14:6)
Amen and Amen.

Holiness Unto The LORD!
Grateful

A Right Now Relationship With God

We can't expect to rely on an in-the-past relationship with an I-Am-Present God.

My God, I want an up-to-date, here-and-now, right relationship with You. I want to know You in ever-increasing intimacy. Amen.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst desperately for a right now, yes, an up-to-date personal relationship with God, for they will be fulfilled. -- Kerry's Paraphrase of Matthew 5:6

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful

Being Still. Doing Nothing.

Being still, I've wonderfully learned, is much different than doing nothing.

Be still, and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10 (NIV)

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful

Who Am I?

In Matthew 16, Jesus asks: Who do you say that I am? The last two words of His question offer us one right answer: Indeed, He is I AM!

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful

If AnyONE?

The Glorified Christ sent this message by John the Evangelist to the church at Laodecia:

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in... -- (Revelation 3:20a NIV)

Lord, I want to be one who opens the door and says "Welcome Wonderful One!" In Your Holy Name, Jesus. Amen.

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful

Looking Like The Gardener?

Rev. Bill Wilson planted this thought in my mind a few years ago:

Did you ever think that maybe the Resurrected Jesus came back in appearance on that first Easter Morning looking like "the Gardener" (to Mary Magdalene) so He could help us through the agony of our own Gethsemanes?

John 20:11-18 (NLT) -- (11) Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in. (12) She saw two white-robed angels sitting at the head and foot of the place where the body of Jesus had been lying. (13) "Why are you crying?" the angels asked her. "Because they have taken away my Lord," she replied, "and I don’t know where they have put Him." (14) She glanced over her shoulder and saw Someone standing behind her. It was Jesus, but she didn’t recognize Him. (15) "Why are you crying?" Jesus asked her. "Who are you looking for?" She thought He was the gardener. "Sir," she said, "if You have taken Him away, tell me where You have put him, and I will go and get Him." (16) "Mary!" Jesus said. She turned toward Him and exclaimed, "Teacher!" (17) "Don’t cling to Me," Jesus said, "for I haven’t yet ascended to the Father. But go find My brothers and tell them that I Am ascending to My Father and your Father, My God and your God." (18) Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, "I have seen the Lord!" Then she gave them His message.

IF MY PEOPLE... WILL? I WILL! God's Promise in 2 Chron. 7:14.
Grateful