What
ever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, what ever is
pure,
Whatever
is lovely, what ever is admirable—
If
anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Whatever
you have learned or received or heard from me,
Or
seen in me—put into practice.
And
the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:8:-9)
Let
us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith,
Who
for the joy set before Him endured the cross,
Scorning
its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the Throne of God.
Consider
Him who endured such opposition from sinful men,
So
that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
In
your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted
To
the point of shedding your blood.
And
you have forgotten that word of encouragement
That
address you as sons [and daughters]:
'My
son [my daughter], do not make light of the Lord's discipline,
And
do not lose heart when He rebukes you,
Because
the Lord disciplines those He loves,
And
He punishes everyone He accepts as a son [or daughter].'
(Hebrews
12:2-6)
In
the midst of the chaos and confusion, rancor, lies, deception,
Empty
words and evil of this fallen world we live in,
There
is Christ Jesus calling us to Glory!
We,
His Bride, were the joy set before Him as He endured the cross.
Now,
He must be the joy set before us as we fix our eyes on Him--
Christ
who says to us:
'In
this world you will have trouble.
But
take heart! I have overcome the world.
(John 16:33)
And
we will overcome this world by the power of Christ in us:
By
the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony,
Not
loving this life so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11)
Therefore
we do not lose heart.
Though
outwardly we are wasting away,
Yet
inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
For
our light momentary troubles are achieving for us an ETERNAL GLORY
That
far outweighs them all.
So
we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen.
For
what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is ETERNAL.
(2
Corinthians 4:16-18)
How
great is the love the Father has lavished on us,
That
we should be called the children of God!
And
that is what we are!
The
reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
Dear
friends, now we are children of God,
And
what we will be has not yet been made known.
But
we know that when He appears, we will 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.
(1
John 3:1-3)
As
God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!
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