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Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!

His grace continues &
His LOVE endures forever!!

He is the God of gods, and Lord of lords.

He has done great and numerous things.

He is the Alpha and Omega
the beginning and the end.

THE GOD who made heaven and earth...

His grace continues &
His love endures forever!

I love God.  His name is Mighty and to be praised.
He is GREAT- and greatly to be praised.

I thank this wonderful God for His mercies
that are NEW (to me) every morning!

I thank Him for all His goodness toward me, mine & yours.
He is good!  That is all He knows how to be.

I thank Him for my salvation-
without His Son, Jesus, I would be eternally lost.

Thank you Lord, you are Good.  You are my Salvation.
You are God, and your mercies endure forever!

OUR FAITHFUL AND FORGIVING GOD

If we confess our sins, 

He is faithful and just 

and will forgive us our sins a

And purify us from

all unrighteousness.  

1 John 1:9

How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,

            Whose sin is covered!

  How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,

            And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

    When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away

            Through my groaning all day long.

For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;

            My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.

Selah.

   

I acknowledged my sin to You,

            And my iniquity I did not hide;

            I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”;

            And You forgave the guilt of my sin.

Selah.

Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found;

            Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

   You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble;

            You surround me with songs of deliverance.

Selah.

Psalm 32:1-7

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Thank you Heavenly Father

for your gracious LOVE that COVERS a multitude of sin;

my sin.

I am a sinner, and I need you!

I have sinned against you, Abba.

I WILL NOT KEEP SILENT!

I want to sincerely apologize

and ask you to forgive me

I was wrong, Lord.

I DO NOT WANT TO HIDE MY SIN.

Thank you for the scripture that says

when I confess my faults,

YOU take away all that is against me

and make me right, cleansing me

from all unrighteousness and making me right (pure) again.

Thank you for forgiving all my transgressions

and declare me not guilty because of Your Son, 

my heart is tremendously grateful.

In Jesus name, Amen

Victory through Christ

  2 Cor 2:14-17  

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in VICTORY

through Christ.  

God uses us to spread His knowledge everywhere 

like a sweet-smelling perfume.

Our offering to God is this:

We are the sweet smell of Christ among those who are being saved

and among those who are being lost.

To those who are lost, we are the smell of death that brings death.

But to those who are being saved, we are the smell of life that brings life!

So who is able to do this work???

We do not sell the Word of God for a profit, as many other people do.

But IN CHRIST we speak the TRUTH before God as messengers of God.

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We, believer, are a savoring fragrance to the Lord!  The Messiah leads us

in a triumphal procession, and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance 

of what it means to know Him!

For to God, we are the aroma of the Messiah, both among the saved and among

those who are lost. Death leads to more death, but to the former, we are the 

sweet smell of life, leading to more life!!!

We spread this message of LOVE to the world out of a sincere heart-

as people sent by God, standing in God’s presence, living in UNION

with the Messiah.

Jesus is our Savior- and we spread this good news.  Life, light bears fruit

to more LIFE & LIGHT.  Jesus Christ, our Savior, is the Light of the World.

The smart ones, who hear His call, are a sweet smell to our Father.  We heed

the call.  Remember, many are called, few are chosen!

Be the one who Christ says:  "I have chosen you!”  

We have a place prepared for us, by our Lord.  

A place of fragrance, a sweet perfume, set apart for our King.  

Let us heed to this truth, and find the lost, and allow the fragrance

to please our Maker, our Heavenly Father, leading us to Victory,

through His precious Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Messiah!

Jesus, thank you for this Truth. YOU are Truth, our Truth.  Thank you that we are

likened to a sweet smelling fragrance to the Father’s nostrils.  We are the smell that

brings Life, eternal life, thank you!

Bless our faith today, Lord.  Help us as we help others.  Shine on us Jesus.  

In Jesus name we pray,

Amen Jesus, our Savior and Victor.

Amen!!!

The Word for the day comes from the NCV version and Complete Jewish bible translation

Watch where your feet go, and be alert!!!

My son,

If sinners entice you, don’t go along with them.

Suppose they say, “Come with us: we’ll ambush somebody

and kill them.  

We’ll waylay some harmless soul, just for fun; 

 

We’ll swallow them alive, like Sh’ol, whole, like those

who descend from the pit.

We’ll find everything he has of value,

We’ll fill our homes with loot!

Throw in your lot with us, we’ll share a common purse.”

My son,

Don’t go along with them.

Don’t set foot on their path.

Their feet fun to evil, they rush to shed blood.

For in vain is the net baited.  If any bird can SEE it;

rather, they are ambushing themselves to shed their own blood,

waylaying themselves. 

So are the ways of the greedy for gain -  

it takes the lives of those who get it.  ((Prov 1:10-15))

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Isn’t it like evil, called the enemy to be subtle and enticing, to tease you into sin?

"Come on, go with us,“ they say!  "Look at the spoils- doesn’t it look easy to get?  It doesn’t matter if the “righteous” are crushed, let’s just get what they have.”  

The enemy, who we call the Devil, does the same thing with our souls.  HE WANTS TO DESTROY and CRUSH the Believer of Jesus Christ.  

 Do you know why???

We have VALUE!!!  This value, the enemy wants to stifle, snub and destroy!  We are clean, and righteous and valuable to the Father, and he isn’t.

Scripture says he kills, steals and destroys.  He tries every way he can to ruin all the goodness of God.  This devil is very real, and his evil is all around us.  He is a greedy one.  The more he destroys the better for him.

But, GREATER IS HE that is in you than he that is in the world!

You, Christian, were bought with a price.  The SHED BLOOD of Jesus Christ! The prayer Jesus prayed to the Father to PROTECT US BY THE POWER OF HIS NAME.  To SUBMIT to God, and the enemy will flee.  To ABIDE IN GOD- and God will ABIDE in us!

The enemy will fall into his own traps.  His path is crooked.  

God will deal with him for scripture states that:

Vengeance belongs to God.  

This is why scripture says: “they waylay themselves!”  No enemy can out power God!  We are covered by the Blood of the Lamb!

For the Christian who walk by faith, our steps are ordered by the Lord, you see.  Whereas, the enemies steps are 'in vain.”   

This enemy has NOTHING of value to share.  What he shares is DEATH, and TRAPS, and bait for the careless who aren’t aware that there is something MUCH BETTER for you.

Call on the name of the Lord, and you shall be saved!!!!

Scripture says in 2 Tim 4:18 that:  “The LORD will rescue me from every evil attack, and bring me safely into His heavenly Kingdom.

To God be the glory, forever and ever.  Amen!!!

Heavenly Father, we pray in Jesus name, a covering of protection that Yeshua prayed over us in 

John 17.  Thank you that YOU EMPOWER US by the Holy Spirit to recognize the pitfalls and traps and nets that the enemy sets before us every chance he gets to cause us to stumble and fall.  Sin is enticing, but YOU are MORE ENTICING, Abba.  Your Word is our prosperity, and peace, and the lighted path for our feet.  We will walk that Highway of Holiness with YOU as our guide!  We thank you for that, Halleluyah!  Praise Your holy name!!!  We pray the same prayer as Yeshua, keep us from the evil one.  In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit who is our guide.  Amen Jesus!!!!  Thank you. Amen.