"FIRST LOVE"

I KNOW YOUR DEEDS,

YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR PERSEVERANCE.

I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT TOLERATE WICKED MEN,

THAT YOU HAVE TESTED THOSE WHO CLAIM TO BE

BELIEVERS, BUT ARE NOT, AND FOUND THEM TO BE

FALSE.

YOU HAVE PERSEVERED AND ENDURED HARDSHIPS FOR

MY NAME, AND HAVE NOT GROWN WEARY.

YET. I HAVE THIS AGAINST YOU,

YOU HAVE FORSAKEN YOUR FIRST

LOVE.

HE WHO HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE

SPIRIT, SAYS;

 TO THE CHURCHES.

TO HIM  WHO OVERCOMES. I WILL GIVE THE RIGHT TO EAT OF

THE TREE OF LIFE,

WHICH IS IN THE PARADISE OF GOD.

REV 2:2-7

DEAR BELIEVERS; WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO. JESUS DESIRES YOUR HEART, YOUR FIRST LOVE. THEN ALL THESE THINGS WILL WORK TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOOD, BECAUSE YOU LOVE GOD, AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSES.

LOVE HIM TODAY, IN A WAY YOU HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE....

"SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS"

I TURNED AROUND TO SEE THE VOICE THAT

WAS SPEAKING TO ME.

AND WHEN I TURNED I SAW

SEVEN GOLDEN LAMPSTANDS,

AND AMONG THE LAMPSTANDS WAS SOMEONE

LIKE THE SON OF MAN,

DRESSED IN A ROBE REACHING DOWN TO HIS FEET,

AND WITH A GOLDEN SASH AROUND HIS CHEST.

HIS HEAD AND HAIR WERE WHITE LIKE LIKE WOOL,

AS WHITE AS SNOW, AND HIS EYES WERE LIKE BLAZING

FIRE.

HIS FEET WERE LIKE BRONZE OF GLOWING IN A FURNACE,

AND HIS VOICE WAS LIKE THE THE SOUND OF RUSHING

WATERS.

IN HIS RIGHT HAND HE HELD SEVEN STARS AND OUT OF HIS MOUTH

A SHARP DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, HIS FACE WAS LIKE THE SUN IN SHINING

IN ALL ITS BRILLIANCE.

WHEN I SAW HIM, I FELL AT HIS FEET AS THOUGH DEAD, THEN  HE PLACED

HIS RIGHT HAND ON ME AND SAID;

DO NOT BE AFRAID. I AM THE FIRST AND THE LAST.

I AM THE LIVING ONE; I WAS DEAD,

BEHOLD I AM ALIVE FOR EVER AND EVER!

AND I HOLD THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES.

REV 1:12-17

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; WHO DO YOU SEE WHEN YOU CLOSE THE DOOR TO YOUR PRAYER ROOM, WHO TOUCHES YOU WHEN YOU BOW DOWN? OH, MY BROTHERS IF IT IS NOT THE ONE WHO STANDS IN THE MIDST OF THE LAMPSTANDS, THEN YOUR FEARS WILL OVER TAKE YOU, YOUR DOUBTS AND SINS, WILL CAUSE YOU TO LIVE IN THE VALLEY OF NO REST, NO PEACE.

THIS GLORIOUS ONE, DESCRIBED BY JOHN IS THE ONE WAITING FOR YOU TO TRUST HIM, AND WITH HIM, NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE.

HE SAID TO JOHN, AND HE SAYS TO YOU; DO NOT BE AFRAID....AMEN

"WATCH OUT!"

AND THIS IS LOVE;

THAT WE WALK IN OBEDIENCE

TO HIS COMMANDS. AS YOU HEARD FROM

THE BEGINNING,

HIS COMMAND IS THAT YOU WALK IN LOVE.

WATCH OUT THAT YOU DO NOT LOSE WHAT

YOU HAVE WORKED FOR,

BUT THAT YOU MAY BE REWARDED FULLY.

ANYONE WHO RUNS AHEAD AND DOES NOT

CONTINUE IN THE TEACHING OF CHRIST,

DOES NOT HAVE GOD;

WHOEVER CONTINUES IN THE TEACHING

HAS BOTH THE FATHER AND THE SON.

2 JOHN

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; IF MY SOUL SERVES ME WELL THIS MORNING, AND TROUGHOUT THIS WEEK OF CHALLENGING VERSES. IT WOULD BE I HOPE, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS ME WEEPING BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIM WE BOTH LOVE. IN THOSE TIMES, I SENSE HOW SO MANY OF MY BROTHERS ARE  FINDING NO TIME FOR THEIR LOVER.

IS THAT YOU ?

"DEEPER WATERS"

IN THE ARK OF SALVATION WE FIND A LOWER'

SECOND, AND THIRD STORY.

MOST CHRISTIANS, AS TO THE RIVER OF EXPERIENCE,

ARE ONLY UP TO THE ANKLES;

SOME OTHERS HAVE WADED TILL THE STREAM

IS UP TO THE KNEES;

A FEW FIND IT BREAST-HIGH;

AND A FEW---OH! HOW FEW!

FIND IT A RIVER TO SWIM IN,

THE BOTTOM OF WHICH THEY

CANNOT TOUCH.

SPURGEON

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; GOD HIMSELF IS LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO WOULD SWIM IN THE DEEPER WATERS WITH HIM. HOW ABOUT YOU ?

"LOVE IN ACTION"

THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHAT LOVE IS;

JESUS CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US.

AND WE OUGHT TO LAY DOWN OUR LIVES

FOR OUR BROTHERS.

IF ANYONE HAS MATERIAL POSSESSIONS

AND SEES HIS BROTHER IN NEED BUT HAS

NO PITY ON HIM,

HOW CAN THE LOVE OF GOD BE IN HIM?

DEAR CHILDREN, LET US NOT LOVE

WITH WORDS OR TONGUE BUT WITH ACTIONS

AND IN TRUTH.

1 JOHN 3:16-18

"THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU."

DEAR CHILDREN; YOU ARE FROM GOD AND HAVE OVERCOME

THEM,(SPIRITS THAT DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE HIM),

BECAUSE THE ONE WHO IS IN YOU

IS GREATER THAN THE ONE WHO IS IN

THE WORLD!

THEY ARE FROM THE WORLD AND THEREFORE SPEAK

FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE WORLD,

AND THE WORLD LISTEN TO THEM.

WE ARE FROM GOD, AND WHOEVER KNOWS GOD,

LISTENS TO US.

BUT WHOEVER NOT FROM GOD,

DOES NOT LISTEN TO US.

THIS IS HOW WE RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF

TRUTH

AND THE SPIRIT OF FALSEHOOD,(LIES).

AMEN: MEDIATATE ON THIS.

"BORN OF GOD!"

NO ONE WHO LIVES IN HIM KEEPS

SINNING.

NO ONE WHO CONTINUES TO SIN

HAS EITHER SEEN HIM OR

KNOWN HIM.

DEAR CHILDREN, DO NOT LET ANYONE LEAD YOU ASTRAY.

HE WHO DOES WHAT IS SINFUL

IS OF THE DEVIL,

BECAUSE THE DEVIL HAS BEEN SINNING

FROM THE BEGINNING.

THE REASON THE SON OF GOD CAME,

WAS TO DESTROY THE DEVIL'S WORK.

NO ONE BORN OF GOD WILL CONTINUE TO SIN,

BECAUSE GOD'S SEED REMAINS IN HIM;

HE CAN NOT GO ON SINNING, BECAUSE HE

HAS BEEN BORN OF GOD.

DEAR CHILD OF GOD; YOU ARE BORN OF GOD?  WHY BE LEAD ASTRAY INTO THE ARMS OF ANOTHER LOVER? YOUR TRUE LOVER HAS DESTOYED THE WORKS OF YOUR ENEMY,THE DEVIL.  HE CALLS YOU TO RUN TO JESUS, INTO THE ARMS OF ONE WHO WILL NEVER LET YOU GO. DO YOU SEE HIM ? DO YOU KNOW ?  IF YOUR ANSWER IS YES. THEN KNOW HIS SEED IS IN YOU, MEANING THE POWER TO ESCAPE THE DEVIL'S HOLD ON YOU, IS ALREADY WITHIN YOU!

GREATER IS HE WHO IS IN YOU(JESUS), THEN HE,(THE DEVIL) THAT IS IN THIS WORLD.

1 JOHN 3:6-9

"THE FATHER'S LOVE"

HOW GREAT IS THE LOVE THE FATHER HAS

LAVISHED ON US, THAT WE SHOULD BE

CALLED CHILDREN OF GOD!

AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE!

THE REASON THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW US

IS THAT IT DID NOT HIM.

DEAR FRIENDS, NOW WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD,

AND WHAT WE WILL BE HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE KNOWN.

BUT WE KNOW IS THAT WHEN HE APPEARS,

WE SHALL BE LIKE HIM, FOR WE SHALL

SEE HIM AS HE IS,

EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS HOPE IN HIM

PURIFIES HIMSELF, JUST AS HE IS PURE.

DEAR BELIEVER; YOU ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD TODAY! HE LAVISHES HIS LOVE ON YOU NOW, THIS VERY MOMENT! THIS HOPE IN HIM MAKES YOU PURE, AS JESUS IS PURE. LET THIS BE YOUR PRAYER TODAY: FILL ME UP O' GOD, YOU PROVIDE THE THE FIRE AND I WILL BE THE SACIFICE.    FILL ME UP GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

OVER FLOW MY SOUL!!!!!!!!  RAPTURE ME TO YOUR THRONE!!!! YOU ARE SO LOVED!!!

2 JOHN 3:1-3

"HIS ANOINTING"

BUT YOU HAVE AN ANOINTING FROM THE HOLY ONE,

AND ALL YOU KNOW THE TRUTH.

I DO NOT WRITE TO YOU BECCAUSE YOU DO NOT

KNOW THE TRUTH,

BUT BECAUSE YOU DO KNOW IT AND BECAUSE NO LIE

COMES FROM THE TRUTH.

WHO IS THE LIAR ?

IT IS THE MAN WHO DENIES THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST.

AS FOR YOU,

HIS ANOINTING TEACHES YOU ABOUT ALL THINGS

AND AS THAT ANOINTING IS REAL, NOT COUNTERFEIT

JUST AS IT HAS TAUGHT YOU,

REMAIN IN HIM!

1JOHN 2:18-27

"WHAT DO YOU LOVE?"

DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD OR ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.

IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD,

THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM.

FOR EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD-CRAVINGS OF SINFUL MAN,

THE LUST OF HIS EYES AND THE BOASTING WHAT HE HAS DOES,

COMES NOT FROM THE FATHER BUT FROM THE WORLD.

THE WORLD AND ITS DESIRES PASS AWAY,

BUT THE MAN WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD LIVES

FOREVER!

1JOHN 2:15,17

DEAR BELIEVER; MY SON JONATHAN HAD PLACED UNDER THESE VERSES THE WORD; "THY WILL BE DONE!"  WHAT SAY YOU ?  NOW THE FOREVER PART OF THIS PROMISE WILL NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM.

IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND LET CHRIST RISE UPON YOU...AMEN

"LIAR,LIAR"

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE COME TO KNOW HIM

IF WE OBEY HIS COMMANDS.

THE MAN WHO SAYS;

"I KNOW HIM, BUT DOES NOT DO WHAT HE COMMANDS

IS A LIAR,

AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; THESE WORDS ARE A SURGEON'S SCAPEL, CUTTING AT THE AREA OF YOUR LIFE MOST SERIOUS. DO YOU SAY; YOU KNOW HIM, BUT LIVE IN SUCH A WAY, THAT SAYS YOU DON'T. THEN YOU ARE A LIAR.

THE PSALMS DECLARE; SEARCH ME, O GOD, AND KNOW MY HEART;

TEST ME AND KNOW MY ANXIOUS THOUGHTS.

SEE IF THERE IS ANY OFFENSIVE WAY IN ME,

AND LEAD ME IN THE WAY EVERLASTING.

SELAH.

"WALK IN THE LIGHT"

THIS IS THE MESSAGE, WE HAVE HEARD

FROM HIM AND DECLARE TO YOU:

GOD IS LIGHT,

IN HIM THERE IS NO DARKNESS AT ALL.

IF WE CLAIM TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM

YET WALK IN DARKNESS,

WE LIE,

AND DO NOT LIVE BY THE TRUTH.

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIVER;  WALK IN THE THE LIGHT, AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT,

FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS, HIS SON,

PURIFIES US FROM ALL SIN.

1JOHN 1:6-7

"THE FATHER'S VOICE"

WE DID NOT FOLLOW  CLEVERLY INVENTED STORIES

WHEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE POWER AND COMING

OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST,

BUT WE WERE EYEWITNESSES OF HIS MAJESTY.

FOR HE RECEIVED HONOR AND GLORY FROM GOD

THE FATHER WHEN THE VOICE CAME TO HIM

FROM MAJESTIC GLORY, SAYING,

"THIS IS MY SON, WHOM I LOVE,

   WITH HIM I AM WELL PLEASED."

WE OURSELVES HEARD THIS VOICE THAT CAME DOWN

FROM HEAVEN WHEN WE WERE WITH HIM

ON THE SACRED MOUNTAIN.

AND WE HEARD THE WORD OF THE PROPHETS

MADE MORE CERTAIN, AND YOU WILL DO WELL TO PAY ATTENTION

TO  IT, AS TO A LIGHT SHINING IN A DARK PLACE,

UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE MORNING STAR

RISES IN YOUR HEARTS.

ABOVE ALL YOU MUST UNDERSTAND THAT NO PROPHECY

OF SCRIPTURE CAME ABOUT BY THE PROPHET'S OWN

INTERPRETATION.

FOR PROPHECY NEVER HAD ITS ORIGIN IN THE WILL OF MAN,

BUT MEN SPOKE FROM GOD AS THEY WERE CARRIED ALONG

BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

2 PETER 1:16-21

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; IS THE HOLY SPIRIT SHINING HIS LIGHT IN A DARK PLACE IN YOUR LIFE ? YOU WILL DO WELL TO PAY ATTENTION. TODAY IF THESE VERSES HAVE SPOKEN TO YOUR HEART, DO NOT  LEND A DEAF EAR TO HIM. REPENT, AND LET THE LIGHT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEAL THE HIDDEN PLACES, THAT GRIEVE THE HEART OF THE FATHER. MAY HE SAY ABOUT YOU,

"THIS IS MY BELOVED CHILD, WITH WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED.  SELAH

"FOR THIS REASON"

HIS DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN US EVERYTHING WE NEED

FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH OUR KNOWLEDGE

OF HIM WHO CALLED BY HIS OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS.

THROUGH THESE HE HAS GIVEN US HIS VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES,

SO THAT THROUGH THEM YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN DIVINE NATURE AND

ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES.


FOR THIS REASON, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO YOUR FAITH

GOODNESS, KNOWLEDGE, AND TO KNOWLEDGE, SELF-CONTROL;

AND TO SELF-CONTROL, PERSEVERANCE;

AND TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS, AND TO GODLINESS,

BROTHERLY KINDNESS; AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS,

LOVE.

FOR IF YOU POSSESS THESE QUALITIES IN INCREASING MEASURE,

THEY WILL KEEP YOU FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE

IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

2 PETER 1:3-9

"WHAT FOLLOWS YOU?"

SURELY GOODNESS AND LOVE

WILL FOLLOW ME

ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE,

AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE

OF THE LORD

FOREVER!

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; WHAT FOLLOWS YOU ? TROUBLES OF MIND AND SOUL ? DOES PEACE FLEE FROM YOU ? DO YOU FEEL ALONE ?

FALL ON YOUE KNEES, AND LET THE BREAD OF HEAVEN FILLYOU AGAIN. WHEN YOU DO, GOODNESS AND LOVE WILL RETURN WITH HIS POWER TO SET YOU FREE!

GRIP THE ALTERS, BEYOND THE VEIL, THEN LOOK UP AND YOU WILL SEE JESUS IS ALREADY THERE, WAITING FOR YOU. YOUR HIGH PRIEST!

AMEN.

PS 23:6

"THE PROUD"

ALL OF YOU CLOTHE YOURSELVES,  WITH HUMILITY

TOWARD ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE,

"GOD OPPOSES THE PROUD

BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE."

HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE UNDER GOD'S

MIGHTY HAND,

THAT HE MAY LIFT YOU UP IN DUE TIME.

CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON HIM

BECAUSE HE CARES FOR YOU!

BE SELF-CONTROLLED AND ALERT.

YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND

LIKE A ROARING LION

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR.

RESIST HIM STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH,

BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THROUGHOUT

THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS.

AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE WHO CALLED YOU TO HIS

ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST,

AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE,

WILL HIMSELF RESTORE YOU AND MAKE YOU

STRONG, FIRM AND STEADFAST.


TO HIM BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND. AMEN!


DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; THE PROUD BRINGS THE PROWLER,THE ROARING LION. THE HUMBLE BRINGS THE RESTORER, THE LIFTER OF YOUR HEAD.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE, YOUR BROTHERS SHARE YOUR SUFFERING, AND JESUS IS YOUR VICTOR! BOW THE KNEE, CRY OUT IN HUMILITY AND THE ENEMY WILL FLEE. THEN THE ROSE OF SHARON WILL FRAGRANCE YOU WITH HIS PRESENCE AGAIN!

SELAH.

"LIVING STONES"

AS YOU COME TO HIM, THE LIVING STONE,

REJECTED BY MEN BUT CHOSEN BY GOD

AND PRECIOUS TO HIM-YOU ALSO,

LIKE LIVING STONES, ARE BEING BUILT INTO

A SPIRITUAL HOUSE,

TO BE A HOLY PRIESTHOOD, OFFERING SPIRITUAL

SACIFICES ACCEPTABLE TO GOD THROUGH

JESUS CHRIST.

"SEE I LAY A STONE IN ZION,

A CHOSEN AND PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE,

AND THE ONE TRUST IN HIM

WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED!!!

1 PETER 2:4-6

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; THE LIVING STONE(JESUS) IS PRECIOUS TO THE FATHER, AND YOU, LIVING STONES ARE AS PRECIOUS TO THE FATHER!  AMEN!!!

"WHO ARE YOU?"

YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE'

A ROYAL PREISTHOOD, A HOLY NATION,

A PEOPLE BELONGING TO GOD,

THAT YOU MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES

OF HIM

WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS

INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT.

ONCE YOU WERE NOT A PEOPLE,

BUT NOW YOU ARE THE PEOPLE OF GOD;

ONCE YOU HAD NOT RECEIVED MERCY,

BUT NOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED MERCY.


2 PETER 2:9-10

DEAR PRECIOUS BELIEVER; WHEN YOU FINALLY COME TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU WILL FIND THE ANSWER TO WHY YOU ARE;

PEOPLE BELONGING TO GOD,

THAT YOU MAY DECLARE HIS PRAISES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

SELAH!

"PERISHABLE THINGS"

FOR YOU KNOW IT WAS NOT WITH PERISHABLE THINGS

SUCH AS SIVLER OR GOLD THAT YOU WERE REDEEMED

FROM THE EMPTY WAY OF LIFE HANDED DOWN TO YOU FROM

YOUR FOREFATHERS,

BUT WITH THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST,

A LAMB WITHOUT BLEMISH OR DEFECT.

HE WAS CHOSEN BEFORE THE CREATION OF THE WORLD,

BUT WAS REVEALED IN THESE LAST TIMES,

FOR YOUR SAKE.

THROUGH HIM YOU BELIEVE IN GOD, WHO RAISED HIM

FROM THE DEAD AND GLORIFIED HIM,

AND SO YOUR FAITH AND HOPE ARE IN GOD.

NOW THAT YOU HAVE PURIFIED YOURSELFS BY

OBEYING

THE TRUTH SO THAT YOUR SINCERE LOVE FOR YOUR BROTHERS, LOVE ONE ANOTHER DEEPLY, FROM THE HEART.

FOR YOU HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN, NOT WITH PERISHABLE SEED, BUT OF IMPERISHABLE,

THROUGH THE LIVING AND ENDURING WORD OF GOD!

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