Thursday, December 19, 2024

*I AM*

* Fear not, Abram: I AM thy Shield, and thy exceeding great Reward.
* And he said unto him, I AM the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
* I AM the Almighty God; walk before Me, and be thou perfect.
* I AM the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I AM with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for My servant Abraham’s sake.
* And, behold, I AM with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
* I AM the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto ME.
* I AM God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;
* I AM God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation.
* I AM the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
* And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and He said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
* And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I AM the Lord.
* I AM the Lord that healeth thee.
* I AM the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
* And it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I AM gracious.
* For I AM the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I AM holy.
* For I AM the Lord that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I AM holy.
* Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I AM the Lord.
* I AM the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
* I AM thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel.
* See now that I, even I, AM He, and there is no god with ME: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand.
* The Lord is God of the hills, but He is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I AM the Lord.
* Be still, and know that I AM God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
* Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I AM God, even thy God.
* I AM the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
* Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I AM Understanding; I have strength.
* I AM the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
* Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I AM He.
* Fear thou not; for I AM with thee: be not dismayed; for I AM thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of MY Righteousness.
* I AM the Lord: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.
* For I AM the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour.
* That ye may know and believe Me, and understand that I AM He: 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 saviour.
* Yea, before the day was I AM He; and there is none that can deliver out of My hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
* I AM the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.
* I, even I, AM He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
* Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of hosts; I AM the first, and I AM the last; and beside ME there is no God.
* Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I AM the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by MYSELF.
* I AM the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside ME: I girded thee, though thou hast not known ME.
* That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside ME. I AM the Lord, and there is none else.
* For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it, He created it not in vain, He formed it to be inhabited: I AM the Lord; and there is none else.
* Look unto ME, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I AM God, and there is none else.
* And even to your old age I AM He; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
* Remember the former things of old: for I AM God, and there is none else; I AM God, and there is none like ME.
* Hearken unto ME, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I AM He; I AM the first, I also am the last.
* Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I AM the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
* I, even I, AM He that comforteth you.
* But I AM the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: the Lord of hosts is His name.
* Therefore My people shall know My name: therefore they shall know in that day that I AM He that doth speak: behold, it is I.
* I AM merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever.
* I AM the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
* And I will give them an heart to know ME, that I AM the Lord: and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto ME with their whole heart.
* I AM a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
* Behold, I AM the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for ME?
* And ye shall know that I AM in the midst of Israel, and that I AM the Lord your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
* Behold, I AM pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
* This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand.
* Then spake Haggai the Lord’s messenger in the Lord’s message unto the people, saying, I AM with you, saith the Lord.
* For I AM the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

* This is my beloved Son, in Whom I AM well pleased.
* I AM not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
* Take My yoke upon you, and learn of ME; for I AM meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
* This is My beloved Son, in Whom I AM well pleased; hear ye HIM.
* I AM the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
* Lo, I AM with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
* And Jesus said, I AM: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
* And Jesus said unto them, I AM the Bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.
* I AM that Bread of life.
* I AM the Living Bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
* Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I AM the Light of the world: he that followeth ME shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of life.
* I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I AM He, ye shall die in your sins.
* Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I AM.
* And Jesus said, For judgment I AM come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
* Verily, verily, I say unto you, I AM the Door of the sheep.
* I AM the Door: by ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
* I AM come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
* I AM the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
* I AM the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep, and am known of mine.
* Jesus said unto her, I AM the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in ME, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
* I AM come a Light into the world, that whosoever believeth on ME should not abide in darkness.
* Jesus saith unto him, I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by ME.
* I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the husbandman.
* I AM the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in ME, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without ME ye can do nothing.
* As soon then as He had said unto them, I AM He, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
* And the Lord said, I AM Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
* For I AM with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.
* Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I AM holy.
* I AM Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
* I AM Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
* Fear not; I AM the first and the last: I AM He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I AM alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
* I AM He which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
* I AM Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
* I AM Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.
* I AM the Root and the Offspring of David, and the Bright and Morning Star.

Sunday, December 15, 2024

MY STRENGTH

I will love Thee, O Lord, my Strength. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen Thou me according unto Thy word. In the day when I cried Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. The Lord is my Tock, and my Tortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my Strength, in Whom I will trust; my Buckler, and the Horn of my Salvation, and my High Tower. Seek the Lord, and His Strength: seek His face evermore.  The Lord is my Strength and Song, and is become my Salvation. He weakened my strength in the way; He shortened my days. 

The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my Strength, and my Redeemer. But be not Thou far from me, O Lord: O my Strength, haste Thee to help me. The Lord is my Light and my Salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the Strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. 

The Lord is my Strength and my Shield; my heart trusted in Him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise Him. Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for Thou art my Strength. But the Salvation of the righteous is of the Lord: He is their Strength in the time of trouble. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present help in trouble. Lo, this is the man that made not God his Strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. Unto Thee, O my Strength, will I sing: for God is my Defence, and the God of my mercy. In God is my Salvation and my Glory: the Rock of my Strength, and my Refuge, is in God. 

Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. I will go in the Strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy Righteousness, even of Thine only. Blessed is the man whose Strength is in Thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the Strength of my heart, and my Portion for ever. Sing aloud unto God our Strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Blessed be the Lord my Strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight. A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. 

A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. The way of the Lord is strength to the upright. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am Understanding; I have Strength. Seek the Lord and His Strength, seek His face continually. Glory and honour are in His presence; Strength and gladness are in His place. 

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; and thy neighbour as thyself. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 

And He said unto me, My Grace is sufficient for thee: for my Strength is made perfect in weakness. That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me. Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness. But the God of all grace, Who hath called us unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept My word, and hast not denied My name. 

Friday, December 13, 2024

THEY MADE KNOWN

And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen itthey made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherdsBut Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heartAnd the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. Luke 2:15-20

CHRIST JESUS is the Lamb of God; The Savior of the entire world without end. JESUS entered into this world as a helpless Jewish baby in a manger, a filthy feed trough. The Creator became absolutely dependent on His mother Mary. His Majesty stepped down from His throne; The Dayspring from on high visited us; The Beauty of Holiness became Sin for us; The KING whose name is the LORD of hosts visited Earth; God was manifest in the flesh, and was found in fashion as a Jewish babe by the shepherds. The merciful Father sent JESUS; and He laid aside His Eternal Robe of Righteousness and put on swaddling clothes in Bethlehem's manger. Behold the humble Savior: He was RICH, yet for my sake, He became poor. He owns the entire universe, but He died a poor man, bleeding and naked on the Cross. The Great King of Glory became the meek and lowly Savior, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the Cross. 

The shepherds came with haste to visit the Lamb of God. JESUS' hands touched and healed despised lepers, and He also healed hopeless blind beggars. He was hungry and weary, but He is my Bread of Life and my Strength. The Maker became a man. He was thirsty on the Cross, but He is my Water of Life. He was weary, but He is my Rest and my Way. He was wounded, but His stripes heal my Soul. He had no where to lay His head, but He is preparing a mansion for me. He paid tribute, but He is the King. He was the Truth, but was accused of false witness. He was betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, yet He redeems us bankrupt sinners freely. He was forsaken by all, but He will never leave me or forsake me. The high and lofty One became meek and lowly. He who inhabits Eternity entered into time. 

The Creator Himself became one of His creatures. The Immortal One became a human being to die for human sin. The Father of mercies and the God all comfort was scourged and spit upon. Himself at the mercy of His creation. JESUS had to learn to walk and talk and learn a language. The Shepherd of the galaxies came to seek and save lost souls. The Sure Foundation was laid low in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea. The Creator crying in a crib; the Ancient of days sleeping in a manger. The God of all flesh, now dwells in human flesh in the person of JESUS of Nazareth: Nothing is too hard for HIM. The Ruler of the stars was born under the Star of Bethlehem. He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, but He is my Good Shepherd. Jesus died for my sins, and He eternally destroyed death for me. Jesus wept, but He will wipe away my tears eternally. JESUS came down here, so He could bring me up there. The shepherds heard, believed, and then through faith responded to the heavenly message delivered by the angel of the Lord, and they came with haste to see JESUS. 

Now understand: Believing is responding to the Gospel and receiving the Savior Himself into your heart through Faith in His Blood Atonement for your sins. The Holy Spirit makes JESUS known unto us through the Gospel; the Holy Spirit must give us the hearing of Faith. The shepherds spread the message everywhere about the Savior, because they couldn't keep JESUS a secret. The shepherds could not be quiet about the Lamb of God, because He would soon become the Good Shepherd Who would lay down His life for the sheep. 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

WALK WORTHY

I will call upon the Lord, Who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.  I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which THOU hast shewed unto Thy servant.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire. There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to HIM, saying unto HIM, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that Thou shouldest enter under my roof: wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto THEE: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance.

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

WORTHY IS THE LAMB that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. THOU ART WORTHY, O LORD, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.

I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called. For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness.

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto His kingdom and glory. They shall walk with ME in white: for they are worthy. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after ME, is not worthy of ME. Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness, and the work of faith with power.

The labourer is worthy of his reward. (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

ALL THE DAY

Lead me in Thy Truth, and teach me: for Thou art the God of my Salvation; on THEE do I wait all the day. And my tongue shall speak of Thy Righteousness and of Thy Praise all the day long. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. In God we boast all the day long, and praise Thy Name for ever.  Let my mouth be filled with Thy Praise and with Thy Honour all the day. My mouth shall shew forth Thy Righteousness and Thy Salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. My tongue also shall talk of Thy Righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. In Thy Name shall they rejoice all the day: and in Thy Righteousness shall they be exalted. O how love I Thy Law! it is my meditation all the day. Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Thursday, December 5, 2024

SET YOUR HEART

Saturday, November 30, 2024

THE STEPS OF LIFE

VITALITY
INFIRMITY
FRAILTY
*REALITY*
MORTALITY
ETERNITY
IMMORTALITY