THE LORD JESUS IS...

My RIGHTEOUSNESS and REST: There is None like HIM

My Eternal Salvation and Eternal Life and RESURRECTION

My Very Best FRIEND

My Grace and Glory

My AMEN

My SUSTAINER

My Goodness and Mercy

My Glorious POWER

My Faithful GOD and KING of Old

My Mediator, My Advocate, My Counsellor, My Defence

My ATONEMENT, My ALTAR, My PASSOVER, There is None Beside HIM

My RANSOM and The PROPITIATION for my sins

My SUBSTITUTE, SIN BEARER, and WORTHY LAMB OF GOD

My SURETY, My JUSTIFIER and My RECONCILER

My Sure and Stedfast ANCHOR 

My GLADNESS and JOYFULNESS

All My SALVATION and All My DESIRE

My PILOT, and my departure is at hand

My INTERCESSOR, DAYSMAN, PROTECTION, and KEEPER

The Good and Great SHEPHERD of my Soul

My LORD and SAVIOUR, There is None Else 

My Blessed HOPE and My TRUST

My Prince of Peace and REST Forever

My True and Living GOD

My TABERNACLE and COVERT

My SHELTER and STRONG TOWER

My Peace, Quietness, and Assurance

My REFUGE and My PORTION

My CONFIDENCE, Everlasting CONSOLATION, and SAFETY

My WISDOM and EVERLASTING RIGHTEOUSNESS

My Sanctification and Redemption

My LORD and My GOD

My PERFECT PEACE and EVERLASTING STRENGTH

My GREAT High Priest and The BISHOP of my Soul

My Great ROCK in a weary land

My GOD That Cannot Lie

My YESTERDAY, TO DAY, and FOR EVER

My VICTORY and My TRIUMPH

My HELP and My SHIELD

My GREAT MIGHTY TERRIBLE GOD

My Strength and My Song

My Dayspring and My Bright and Morning Star

My Faithful CREATOR, My MAKER, and My PRESERVER

My LORD God of TRUTH

My PRAISE and My TESTIMONY

My BELOVED and My PERFECTION

My God which fed me all my life long unto this day

My COMFORT and DELIGHT

The GOD of my life, and My Good HOPE

My Bread and Water of LIFE

My CHIEF CORNER STONE and My FOUNDATION

My FOUNTAIN of LIVING WATERS, My FOUNTAIN OF LIFE

My MAJESTY, My Living GOD and Everlasting KING

My PORTION and PAVILION

My GREAT GOD and SAVIOUR

My Rock and the Horn of my Salvation

My High Tower, My Fortress, My Strong Refuge

The LIFTER up of my head

My Light and My Salvation

My Shield, Buckler and Defence

My KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

My REDEEMER and My HELPER

My SUN and Shield

My Rock and Salvation, My SAVING STRENGTH

My God of All GRACE

My TREASURE, My PRIZE, My Exceeding Great REWARD

My Good COMFORT, My Strong CONSOLATION

My Heart's Meditation, and My EXCEEDING JOY

The Shield of my HELP, The Rock of My REFUGE

My Strength and Power

My HELP and My DELIVERER

My Rock, My Fortress, My Deliverer, 

My GOD, My Strength, My Buckler

My Hiding Place, My House of Defence, My RESTINGPLACE

My Dwelling Place and My Strong Habitation 

My Strength and My Shield

My Peaceable Habitation, Sure Dwelling, Quiet Resting Place

My Rock and Deliverer

My ALL IN ALL, My GO-TO, My EVERYTHING

THE POOR DOOR

JESUS said, I am the Door: by ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved. JESUS was Rich, yet for my sake He became Poor, that I through His poverty might be Rich. JESUS is The Poor Door, through whom you must enter into Eternal Life and the Kingdom of God. Jesus said, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, again, he cannot ENTER the Kingdom of God. JESUS is the Door; you can only enter into Eternity safely through HIM; He is the strait gate which leadeth unto Life. The POOR DOOR was covered with Precious Blood on the CROSS for you. You must humble yourself and enter through The Poor Door. Only the poor in spirit can enter there. The rich, that is, self-righteous sinners, cannot gain entry. 

Through the help and grace of the Holy Spirit, you must first be brought to the very end of your Self, and truly realize your sinfulness, guiltiness, inability, hopelessness, utter filthiness, altogether emptiness, bankruptcy, imminent danger, and lack of real Righteousness. Be not deceived; Be not highminded; Be not puffed with worldly wisdom, honor and advantage; Be not wise in your own conceits, that is, high thoughts of yourself and vainglory. The deeper sense you have of your unworthiness and sinfulness the better. You must enter in at the POOR DOOR a naked and poor pauper, and you cannot bring any of your self-righteousness through the Poor Door. Just like at the airport, before boarding an aircraft, you must be screened closely for possibly concealed items as you pass through the TSA security checkpoint X-ray machine, and walk-through metal detector. Likewise, The Holy Spirit will thoroughly scan and search you for any self-righteousness and bring you Very Low prior to you passing through the Poor Door. 

JESUS gladly stops and rescues broken-down sinners on the side of Life's road. When you sense your very emptiness, poverty and thirstiness inwardly, only then will you sincerely seek Christ's Water of Life, Fullness, and Riches. Your Self-conceit will deceitfully lead you to deception, disillusionment, confusion, disappointment, despair, despondency, doom, and ultimately to the horrible brink of damnation. You must first really feel the bonds of your iniquities (drunkenness, despair, licentiousness, cardiac filthiness, covetousness, despondency, mental madness, worldliness) and the gall of your sin's bitterness, and then you will seek Freedom and Sweetness from Christ Jesus Himself. Your Soul must first come to its senses and be emptied of self-righteousness, before your Soul can be freely given the Righteousness of Jesus Christ.

The LORD said, To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at MY word. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. The Spirit of the Lord is upon ME, because He hath anointed ME to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent ME to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Jesus saith unto him, I am the WAY, the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 

Gentle Reminder:  The POOR DOOR is open wide now, but only to helpless, bankrupt sinners. The Bleeding, Dying, Pardoning Love of JESUS and the free Grace of God still saves the hell-deserving sinner; The undeserved mercy of God saves utterly poor, lost sinners through faith in the Precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. No sinner could ever possibly deserve to be made Righteous and Accepted in God's sight, but God still forgives and saves sinners for JESUS' sake.

THE HOLY CHILD JESUS

The Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty which was, and is, and is to come, became a Holy Child to become sin for us, and die for the ungodly. The Most Holy became the most humble and poor. The High and Lofty One that inhabiteth Eternity, whose name is Holy; and dwelt in the high and holy place; He came into this evil world to save ruined, lost sinners. Marvelous things did the LORD in Bethlehem.

* The Sinner's birth (natural miracle), the unholy child

* The Savior's birth (virgin, divine miracle), The Holy Child

* The Second birth (supernatural miracle), God's child

In John 3, Nicodemus was very religious but lost and searching. Nicodemus went to JESUS by night, because He was interested in JESUS' miracles. But Nicodemus had not yet experienced the spiritual miracle of the New birth in his own heart through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

We are all born into the natural world, through the portal of our mother's womb. We are born into this natural world, and by nature we are bound for the sinful world, for in Adam all die, and by nature, we are all the children of wrath. In sin did my mother conceive me.

Religion is like cleaning and scrubbing a dirt floor: the more you scrub and try to clean up human nature, the more filth you find within yourself. For by the Law is the knowledge of sin. We are rotten to the core; we are sinners by birth, nature, choice, practice, and by self-bondage. You cannot improve your human nature. A man is not a liar, because he tells lies; a man tells lies, because he is a liar. You do what you do, because you are what you are. 

By nature, we are all Blind to the spiritual world, and we cannot perceive spiritual things. We cannot SEE the Kingdom of God until we are Born of the Spirit of God. Satan, the god of this world, hath blinded our minds. The Holy Spirit must turn the light on before we can SEE the Kingdom of God.  

Jesus wasn't a just teacher that was sent from God; JESUS was GOD who came into the world to reach and teach and save sinners. JESUS was born of a Jewish virgin through the power of the Holy Ghost: Isa 7:14; Luke 1:35, Matthew 1:18. JESUS was the only HOLY CHILD, that was ever born of a woman on planet Earth. He is Holy, Harmless, Undefiled, Separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens. Without the virgin birth, no one can be saved. JESUS was born a Jewish virgin, and He had the divine nature of His FATHER at His conception and at His birth; He was the only Holy Child, the ONLY Begotten Son of God, He was born without sin, He never knew sin, and He did no sin. 

Redemption, Revelation, Restoration is found in JESUS (Light came into the world, men love darkness); A thief will never find a policeman. Innocent children fear the dark, but guilty men are afraid of the Light of the world (JESUS), because they love darkness. 

All of us are born into this world blind and deaf spiritually, and only the words of God and the Word of Life, can bring sight and hearing and life of a sinner. The entrance of God's words into our hearts giveth light, and the entrance of The Word of Life (JESUS) gives Eternal Life. God expresses His Love to us through the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

We all must experience The Second Birth; John 3:7. Ye must be born again. No one is so good that he need not be born again, and no one is so bad that he cannot be born again. The common people heard JESUS gladly, will you?

A Supernatural Birth is required to ENTER into the Kingdom of God. A physical birth brought us into the kingdom of darkness, and a spiritual birth must bring us into the Kingdom of Light.

Conception: There are Two parents of the New Birth; The Water and the Spirit; the words of God and the Holy Spirit; the washing of the water of the word, the washing of regeneration; I Peter 1:23. being born again of incorruptible seed. The words of God are not enough; the Holy Spirit must give us Life inwardly. There is a Marvelous conception in the womb of Faith, whosoever believeth in JESUS; the divine miracle of the new birth happens the instant you trust in JESUS' Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness to rescue you from your sins, and ransom you from the divine justice your sins deserve. 

You must become a new Creature; If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; partakers of the divine nature; John 10:10; not just mere existence, but divine life. You must receive the Character of God, the Divine Nature. This not joining a church, or participating in rituals and ordinances. God came out of Heaven to enter man through the new birth of the Holy Spirit.

The Spirit of God bears witness with our spirit. Romans 8:16; I Corinthians 2:11.

The New Birth gives us a Love for Christ and His words; you will begin love JESUS and His words. The New Birth gives us an inward Desire for Purity; the Holy Spirit lives in us and He conforms us to JESUS' image. After we enter the Kingdom of God, we do not enjoy sinning anymore. The New Birth gives us a Desire to Witness: John 3:21; we become concerned about other's eternal safety. The New Birth is a Completion: we can Never be born twice physically, and we can never born twice spiritually. The New Birth begins a Commencement; we Begin to grow; we begin to learn to walk and talk and obey the Holy Spirit. The New Birth gives us a Certainty: Have you ever been born? Well, I'm doing the best I can. A birth is a Certainty; The New Birth brings us Salvation, and Salvation is an exclamation point, not a question mark. I can never take credit for my physical birth, but I am very sure it happened. The blood of my mother was shed at my first birth; the Blood of the Son of God was shed for my New Birth. I can never take credit for my new birth, but I am very sure it has happened. Ye MUST be Born Again; this is an absolute Necessity for going to heaven. The New Birth brings a Compensation: The Lord is rich unto all that call upon Him; we become joint heirs of Christ.

To understand God and His miracles, 

you must first become one of His Miracles. 

Until you are born again, 

you cannot understand the Bible, 

because you reading someone else's mail.

O GIVE THANKS

It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High. Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for HE is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. Therefore I will give thanks unto Thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto Thy name. Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name, make known HIS DEEDS among the people. O give thanks unto the LORD; for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto Thee for ever. So we Thy people and sheep of Thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever. At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous judgments. I will give Thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise Thee among much people. Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto Thy holy name, and to TRIUMPH in Thy praise. 

Unto Thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto Thee do we give thanks: for that Thy name is near Thy wondrous works declare. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for His mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks to the LORD of lords: for His mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for His mercy endureth for ever. 

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the VICTORY through our Lord Jesus Christ. Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to TRIUMPH in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of His knowledge by us in every place. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because HE is good, for His mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. 

Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift. Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light. In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. Be ye Thankful. By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to HIS name. 

We give Thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because Thou hast taken to Thee Thy great power, and hast reigned.

SENT LEANNESS

And He gave them their request; 

but sent leanness into their soul. 

But why?

• They forgot HIS works
• Walked not after HIS counsel
• Lusted exceedingly and tempted HIM
• Refuse and rebel
• Pride, Loftiness, arrogancy
• Speak wickedly concerning oppression
• Exceeding proud talk
• Arrogant mouth
• Hasten after another god
• Stouthearted, Stiffnecked
• Stubborn and rebellious, spirit is not stedfast with God
• Uncircumcised in heart, perverse heart
• Call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter
• Mouths are full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under their tongue is mischief and vanity
• Imprudent
• Practice wicked works
• Filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness, full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful
• Have pleasure in them that do evil
• The workers of iniquity boast themselves
• Bless the covetous
• Love vanity and seek after falsehoods
• Oppression of the poor
• Hardened their heart, Stony heart
• Hardened their neck
• Stopped their ears
• Refused to strengthen the hand of the poor and needy
• Resist the Holy Ghost
• Refuse to humble thyself
• Grieve the Holy Spirit
• Refuse to walk in His law
• Vanity and vexation of spirit
• Regarded not the word of the LORD
• Refuse reproof and instruction
• Refuse to receive correction
• Refused to return
• Refuse to know ME
• Forgetting God, Forgetting the poor
• Refuse to hear MY words
• Refused to hearken
• Pulled away the shoulder
• Regarded iniquity in their heart
• Set wicked things before their eyes
• Double heart, Double tongued, Double minded
• Proud heart, high look, haughty spirit, lofty looks
• Stretch forth their necks, wanton eyes
• Respect of persons; love the praise of men
• Turn aside after lucre
• Pervert Judgment and Justice
• Trust in oppression and perverseness
• Pervert all equity
• Pervert the right ways of the LORD
• Turned unto ME the back
• Have not hearkened to receive instruction
• But they rebelled, and vexed His Holy Spirit

"X" WORDS

Anthrax, Ax, Banjax, Blackbox, Botox, 

Carnyx, Cervix, Coax, Crucifix, Crux, 

Detox, Ex, 

Faux, Felix, Fix, Flummox, Flux, Fox, 

Hex, Hoax, Hox,

Jinx, Lax, Matrix, Mix, Netflix, Nix, 

Onyx, Perplex, Phoenix, Pollux, Pox, Pyx, 

Relax, Rex, Six, Sex, Sphinx, Styx,

Tax, Transfix, Trix, Unisex, 

Vax, Vex, Vortex, Xanax, Xerox

*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.

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. 

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 it, they 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 shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And 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. After the shepherds met JESUS, they were busy getting the Word out.

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. 

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?

SET YOUR HEART

There is none that seeketh after God. Human nature (the carnal mind) wants to enjoy safety, health, peace and prosperity (the mercies and goodness of the only wise God); but human nature will not seek after the person and will of God (The Father of our Lord Jesus Christ). But CHRIST JESUS came to seek and save that which is lost. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners from the wrath to come, that is justly due to human sin. The Father seeketh the Soul, that will worship HIM in spirit and in truth. Gentle reminder: There is no peace in Sin. You are seeking something: What are you seeking today? Is JESUS your heart's one object of pursuit?

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek Thee: my soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is. The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee: and let such as love Thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things. Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near. And ye shall seek ME, and find ME, when ye shall search for ME with all your heart. It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in HIM. The Lord is good unto them that wait for HIM, to the soul that seeketh HIM. I will go and return to MY place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek MY face: in their affliction they will seek ME early. 

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till HE come and rain righteousness upon you. Seek the Lord, and ye shall live. Seek HIM that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is His name. O that I knew where I might find HIM! Behold the Lamb of God! I will seek HIM Whom my Soul loveth.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His Righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?

For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye?  How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. Looking unto JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our Faith. Looking for that Blessed Hope and the glorious appearing and the Great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that He have Mercy upon us. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Psa 53:2; Psa 63:1; Psa 69:32; Psa 70:4; Prov 28:5; Isa 55:6; Jer 29:13; Lam 3:22-25; Hosea 5:15; Hosea 10:12; Amos 5:6; Amos 5:8; Job 23:3; John 1:36; SoS 3:2; Matt 6:33; Matt 7:7-8; Luke 13:24; Luke 15:8; Luke 19:10; John 1:38; John 5:44; John 6:24; Heb 12:2; Titus 2:13; Psa 123:2; Psa 130:6

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek HIM: your heart shall live for ever. When thou saidst, Seek ye My face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee: let such as love Thy salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

Psa 10:4; Psa 14:2; Psa 22:26; Psa 27:8; Psa 34:10; Psa 40:16; Rom 3:11;

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard Thy Voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Gen 3:8-10

Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the Lord God of their fathers. A generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

I Chron 22:9; II Chron 11:16; Psa 78:8; Ecc 8:11

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find HIM, if thou seek HIM with all thy heart and with all thy soul. Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord and His strength, seek His face continually. Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God. Know thou the God of thy father, and serve HIM with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek HIM, HE will be found of thee; but if thou forsake HIM, HE will cast thee off for ever. If My people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the Lord. The Lord is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek HIM, HE will be found of you; but if ye forsake HIM, HE will forsake you. Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek HIM; but His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake HIM. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause. If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty. Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek Thy name, O Lord.

Glory ye in His holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Seek the Lord, and HIS Strength: seek His face evermore. Blessed are they that keep HIS testimonies, and that seek HIM with the whole heart. And I will walk at liberty: for I seek Thy precepts. Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

I love them that love ME; and those that seek ME early shall find ME. A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Fear the LORD and His goodness. Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

Deut 4:29; I Chron 16:10-11; I Chron 22:19; I Chron 28:9; II Chron 7:14; II Chron 12:14; II Chron 15:2; II Chron 19:3; II Chron 31:21; II Chron 34:3; Ezra 7:10; Ezra 8:22; Job 5:8; Job 8:5; Psa 83:16; Psa 105:3-4; Psa 119:2; Psa 119:45; Psa 119:155; Prov 8:17; Prov 14:6; Prov 15:14; Prov 17:9; Prov 18:15; Isa 1:17; Dan 9:3; Hosea 5:6; Amos 5:14

And in that day there shall be a Root of Jesse, which shall stand for an Ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious. And they that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read. And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it. Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger. Let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also.

Isa 11:10; Psa 9:10; Isa 34:16; Amos 8:12; Zeph 2:3; Zech 8:21