HERE "I AM"

And Moses Cried out
from the desert...
"Whom shall I say sent me, God?
What is Your name?
These thousands of Jews
who are waiting for their
grand exit, their deliverance,
they will want to know...
Who are You?"

And very interestingly,
God answered...

Moses,
tell them...

"I AM" sent you.

I AM????

What kind of name is that??

I can picture the Father saying...

I'll tell you what kind of name that is, dear one.
The name of One who is very very close.
Take off your sandals...
you are on holy ground...
now I will tell you.

First of all,

I AM your Creator.
I AM your God.
I AM the Lover of your Soul.





















Then, by necessity

I AM your Saviour.
I AM your Redeemer.
I AM your Sin Bearer.













Also, delightedly,
I AM your Heavenly Father.

























And,
I AM your Friend.
I AM also your Peace.
I AM the Joy you need.
I AM ALL that you need...
Truly need...


I AM not only "I AM",
but "I AM HERE" as well.
I AM HERE for you...
not as servant,
though I am servant...
but as Father,
Helper,
Purifier,
Sanctifier,
Redeemer,
and your Lord.

I AM all these for you...
Here and now...

in whatever situation you find yourself.





















"the adulteress, protected"

PROMISES, PROMISES, PROMISES

"There are no promises, you know..."

We say there are no promises in this life...
promises that all things would go just as we wish.

Things do not always go
the way we want them to
and there are no promises that
guarantee 100% success...

But there are promises,
another Kind of "promises"...
as a matter of fact,

A whole storehouse of them...

a wharehouse of them...

waiting for the taking.

























Would that I would take them
for myself more often!

Here are some examples:

Heaven-anchored Thoughts:

"Commit thy works unto the LORD,
and thy thoughts shall be established. "
Prov 16:3

Peace of Mind:

"Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on Thee
for he trusteth in Thee." Isaiah 26:3

Internal Fortitude:

"Cast thy burden upon the LORD,
and He shall sustain thee..."
Psalm 55:2

Providence for Needs:

Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and all these things shall be
added unto you... Matt 6: 25-33

Direction in Life:

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart;
and lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge him,
and he shall direct thy paths." Prov. 3:5,6


This is only the tip of the storehouse.
The Bible is Big on Promises...and God does not lie.

So I say...

Yes! ... there ARE promises...


























And I Will Help Myself!




Grace and peace be multiplied unto you
through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things
that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge
of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises:
that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

2 Peter 1:2-4


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GOD IDENTIFIED

I have a God who has made
Himself known, Who has clearly
identified Himself.  At the perfect time,
and at the perfect place.
































There is no question
that He has
reached out
to touch every
single one of us.

In this account (Luke 14:16-21),
He makes Himself fully known
and goes about His minstry
in deliberate and great fashion...
though many whisper and wonder.

Nevertheless, he continues
to touch and heal
and love and redeem lives.





















I wonder... why is there such confusion
as to whether there is a God or not,
and Who He is?

A Loving Father is not anonymous.

A Loving Father does not say...

"OK, dear ones, I could be any one of
the many gods out there... and you
know, there are many ways to get to me.
I'm sure you can figure it out. 
Just keep trying... "

If we don't know God,
it is not because
He hasn't identified Himself,
it is because we don't want Him.

They didn't want Him back then either.










Love must be wanted.

"For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish,
but have everlasting life."

John 3:16

POWERFUL WORD

by Jocelyne Sade


Oh to know the full impact of words,
to see the damage they can wield.
As fear stricken cattle, wild running herds,
Battering down souls without shield.

Consider the blood, brutally strewn
When words are shot without thought.
Consider the lives meeting ruin
By a man's tongue when bridled not.

Consider the child rendered weak...
Or the spouse with heart now broken
By the words we choose to speak,
Laced with poison, hastily spoken.

Tongue untamed, charged with fire,
Like a flame doth quickly destroy
All sign of life, and then retires,
Soul now smoldering, devoid of joy.

There was One who took the blows
Of tongues lashing, wishing death.
He looked upon them not as foes,
for did He not give them breath?

Sneers of men, taunts, stabs and jeers,
blasphemies and false verdicts...
Thou didst absorb them all, and with tears
Embraced the assaults of derelicts.

"Forgive them!" Thou didst cry,
For all men are cursed with guilt.
"It is finished!" Thou didst cry,
then died as thy blood was spilt.

Thy bruised, battered and disfigured face...
A Derision no other man has known.
Yea, thy Soul and body were disgraced...
And death Thy Love did not shun.

But Thou hast risen... true and bold
for Truth and Life cannot be stilled
And the story is forever told
That God, as man, for man was killed.

Yet hast resurrected as predicted;
Death destroyeth not This Life.
Death, though to men's souls addicted,
could not extinguish This Life.

May our tongues give Thee praise,
May our words reflect Thy Grace,
dispensing mercy and gracious ways
granted us from Thy Holy place.

These are the words that heal...
These are words that reveal...
to man the very heart of God.
Use them, I shall, and to men appeal,
for Thy words are words that heal...
Selah, Thou art The Word of God.



But these (Words) are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God; and that believing
ye might have life through his name.
John 20:31

FAMILY AFFAIR

Christianity is Exclusive.
So is my family, by the way.

I come from the Morency family.
There is no other family like my family.
I mean, Dad is Claude, Mom is Rolande,
and Serge, Danielle and Christian are my siblings.
You cannot be a part of my family
unless you were born into it.

That's just the way it is.

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Now, about another family.


Jesus explains to Nicodemus:

"Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Nicodemus saith unto him,
How can a man be born when he is old?
can he enter the second time
into his mother's womb,
and be born? Jesus answered,

Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee,
Ye must be born again. "

John 3:3-7

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And to the woman at the well...

Again, He speaks explicitly...

"But an hour is coming, and now is,
when the true worshipers
will worship the Father
in spirit and in truth;
for such people the Father seeks
to be His worshipers.

"God is Spirit,
and those who worship Him
must worship Him in Spirit and truth."
-John 4:23, 24

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That's just how it is.

You must be born INTO God's family.
Then and only then can you call Him Father...

All are born of the water of the womb. (physical)

All are called to be born of the spirit of God. (spiritual)

But not all respond. They just don't want to.

So, a Father is an exclusive Thing -
He does not impose Himself on anyone.
He's looking for those who will Love Him...
He is not interested in pre-programmed,
cold, heartless, and mindless children.

So there is a choice to be made -
all for the sake of true love.

It's a family affair...
And it's totally,
lovingly,
fair.

"The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee."

Jeremiah 31:3


.

YES LORD?

"Do not worry about

your ability to hear God,

trust in God's ability

to speak to you."

Prayer is two-way conversation, after all.

And if I think Him too small to talk to me...

and His ability to make Himself heard too weak,

than I am of all men most miserable.

I've had enough one-way conversations in my

lifetime. This is one place, one conversation,

where I cannot settle for tid bits.

If I need take an hour to quiet my soul,

then that is what I must do.

God help me not settle for crumbs.

For it is not You Who is not able to speak,

but I who will not settle down

and be spoken to.

"Samuel... Samuel..."

"Yes, Lord, here I am..."

-1 Samuel 3:10

FROM NO LIMBS TO NO LIMITS

Would you like to witness someone who loves God
in the midst of most excruciating circumstances?

Ugh... excuse me.

No - from what I gather from his testimony,
excruciating would not be the right description.
This gentlemanly soul has learned to live life
trusting God through it all.

Would that I could do as well.

After 3 minutes of preliminary video snippets,
he gives a combined interview/message that will
inspire anyone. Well, hopefully... anyone...

Enjoy...