WORDS OF WISDOM

BELIEVING is: loving, trusting, giving of yourself wholly or "being apart of Him." It is the unqualified committal to believe that GOD is all in all and that HE will NEVER (NO, NOT NEVER) fail you...that HE IS SUFFICIENT for every need that you have! Believing then is acting on God's Word by faith by being obedient to His Word.

FAITH is: trust, confidence, reliance, and is belief-activated. God has given every man "a measure" of faith to be able to act like and imitate Him...to do things the way God does...by faith.

PRAYER: The effective prayer of a righteous person avails much with God. This kind of effective praying is from a pure heart before God. It is prayer that is persistant, stedfast, enduring, continual, constant, committed, unfailing, unchangeable, and unwavering. To pray without ceasing is to be in His Presence at all times with a "hearing" ear to hear what the Spirit of God says. For prayer is not a "one way street," but prayer is a "two way street." It is communication with God...to talk to Him and to "hear" His voice. Prayer is intimacy with God for the continual building of His kingdom in our hearts, and therefore in the earth. His desire is that His children continue to carry out His will on earth, as it is in heaven. Prayer is our "life support" line to our Source, Jehovah God, as we lift our voice to Him with our requests and needs and our love for Him! He is always there, Jehovah Shammah, to hear our prayers. It is up to us to seek Him early and hear what His guidance and direction is for us daily. He gives us our daily bread (our revelation of guidance, comfort, and exhortation) to take us through each day, as we come close to Him and live in His presence...as we live "in Christ" by abiding in His Word and obeying His commandments! HE IS A GREAT GOD to care for us so completely!

FOUR WAYS TO WALK IN AGAPE/HESED LOVE (unconditional love):

1. Walk in the Spirit of Christ (abiding in His Word)

2. Judge yourself (according to His Word) (Lest He have to judge & correct you.

3. Walk quickly in forgiviness - toward others...and toward yourself. God forgives all repented of sin with no condemnation.

4. Release your faith daily (by positive confession of His Word) to walk in love.

PERFECT: means "peace." We have a "perfect" God who is The Prince of Peace. Perfect also means full development into the maturity of perfect godliness (Philippians 3:12), not "sinless perfection." We all fail from time to time. Our anger gets the best of us or we get depressed about something. We fall from "walking in the Spirit" in our humanity at times. When we are quick to repent of our sins and short-comings, God gives us His "perfect" peace, as He reconciles us to Himself, and gives us His "perfect" strength to continue "in Him." Then He continues to grow us up in the "grace" afforded us by His Word to be "a perfect man (or woman) that is equipped to hear His Voice and do His bidding. He is a good God...all the time! And His desire is that we draw close to Him and run with Him to see His kingdom come in the earth! (Song of Solomon 1:4.)

I PRAY that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: that the eyes of your understanding be enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what is the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power , which He wrought in Christ Jesus when He raised Him from the dead, and set Him at His own right hand in the heavenly places. (Ephesians 1:17-20)