I am exalted above the heavens. This means that I am above all things that I have created. I created you and I am above you. However, I have seated you next to Me in the heavens.
Just as I am with you, you are with Me in the Spirit. It thrills Me when you lift up your voice to Me to exalt Me through your praise and worship.
I look forward to this every morning.
PSALM 97:9
I am a God of recompense. I am a righteous God Who always recompenses tribulation on all those who trouble the righteous.
As you see the wars that are caused by evil people, understand that their evil will be delivered back to them. Those unrighteous, haughty makers of war will be destroyed at the end day.
You can have hope now that I defend the righteous and I avenge any evil that has been done to them. Have no fear, I see all and I know all. I have hosts of angels that are ready to defend the righteous.
2 THESSALONIANS 1:6
My servant Paul talked about the day when I will return and how all My saints will admire Me. I know that you and all of My beloved are looking forward to that day when they will see Me face to face.
Paul continued to talk about that day and then he prayed that on that day, God would count the saints worthy of their calling.
He continued and prayed that they would fulfill all the good pleasure of My goodness, and finish the work of faith with power so that My name would be glorified in them all. I am praying this for you also.
2 THESSALONIANS 1:10-12
My servant Paul wrote to Timothy these words: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus(1 Timothy 2;5)."
I had to become a man. I am both God and man. I am both divine and human. I had to come to earth and live and die as a human. In order to be the perfect sacrifice I had to have a body.
Because of My sacrifice, I can now reconcile people to My Father. I died for the remission of their sins. All who believe in Me can receive My gift of salvation. You can now call My Father "your Father."
1 TIMOTHY 2:5
My servant Paul's earnest expectation was that when he saw Me face to fact that he would not be ashamed about anything. His hope was that I would be magnified in his body as long as he lived on earth.
Paul exhorted every believer to offer their bodies daily as living sacrifices. When My beloved do this every morning, I rejoice.
Paul fulfilled his mission on earth, and I was magnified in his life on earth. I know your prayer also and the prayer of many of My beloved is that they also will magnify Me daily until I call them home.
PHILIPPIANS 1:20
When I return, I will be a refiner's fire to purify and to cleanse. Every man will have to give an account for the things they did in their bodies.
I want all My beloved to daily allow Me by the power of My Holy Spirit to refine their souls. Those who believe in Me and My atonement are already refined in their spirit because they have My Spirit within.
The soul is what needs refining. Every day I want you to surrender your mind, will, and emotions to Me and ask My Holy Spirit to refine those areas that need to be refined. I am conforming you to My image.
MALACHI 3:2
Only My Word has the power to renew your mind and change your heart. Paul wrote: "Be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind...."
My Word is living and has the "power to divide your soul and spirit...." It is your soul (mind, will, and emotions) that desires worldliness rather than godliness.
My Word can give you godly thoughts instead of worldly thoughts. My Word can give you godly desires rather than willful desires, and My Word can anchor your emotions with My hope.
ROMANS 12:1-2; HEBREWS 4:12
It is such a blessing to be accepted by others. Most everyone want to be accepted. Those who have experienced much rejection long for acceptance.
The good news is that you are accepted by Me. According to My will, you were predestined to be adopted as My Father's child by Me. Sadly many do not know this good news.
I want you to share My gospel with those who have never received My gift of salvation. Once they believe in Me and receive Me as their Savior, they are immediately accepted in My beloved family.
EPHESIANS 1:5-6
My servant David made a promise to Me that I desire for you and all My beloved to promise. He said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me."
Death and life are in the power of the tongue. What you speak daily can edify others or harm them. There is no way that you can train your tongue to say the words that are acceptable to Me.
The words you speak come from your heart. I want you to daily pray this prayer: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight." I will then be able to keep your mouth.
PSALM 139:1, 19:14
At My last Passover with My disciples after dinner, I lifted the cup of wine and said, "This is the blood of the new covenant shed for many for the remission of their sins."
The word, "remission," in English means forgiveness, a pardon of sins and crimes, and a a release from debt. When I shed My blood and forgave your sins at My crucifixion, I paid the debt that you owed.
At last, you could choose to walk out of the prison of unforgiveness by receiving My gift of salvation offered to you because of the remission of your sins.
MATTHEW 26:28
I want you to take communion often. Many churches only do this once every three months. However, it delights Me when people daily have their own private communion with Me.
I told My disciples at my last Passover with them that as often as they eat the bread and drink the cup, they remember My death until I come.
When I shed My blood, I atoned for the sins of the world. That atonement was also for healing. When I died, I took your infirmities and bore your sicknesses. Honor Me by remembering My sacrifice often.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:26; MATTHEW 8:17
You are worth to Me more than many sparrows, and I place a high value on sparrows. In fact, I see when a sparrow falls. I attend the funeral of every sparrow, and I even number the hairs on your head.
I am the One Who created you, and I was present at your conception. It was at your conception that My light shined upon you. I am the One Who lights every man who comes into the world.
Pray for those who do not yet know Me. I know each one of them, and I desire to fellowship with them. See every person as I see them. I see every person as My valuable treasures.
LUKE 12:7; JOHN 1:9
You are a new creature in Me. The old things are passed away and all things are new. I was the perfect sacrifice that made it possible for you to be reconciled to My Father.
You are now an ambassador for Me, and I have also given you the ministry of reconciliation. The people who believe that I died, was buried, and was raised from the dead can have their sins forgiven.
This is the good news that I want you to share. Those who receive Me as their Savior and LORD can also become new creatures in Me. Look for opportunities to share this ministry of reconciliation with others.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17
My servant Paul warned believers to not mind high things. He encourage them to be of one mind toward each other.
We are not to be wise in our own conceits. This is pride. I invited all who believe in Me to come to Me and learn meekness and lowliness of heart. Meekness is strength under control.
Pray for those believers you know to have godly wisdom, and to not set their affections on high earthly things, but the high things that are eternal. Paul exhorted believers to set their affections on things above.
ROMANS 12:16
You are My prized possession. I paid to possess you with My own shed blood when I became the perfect sacrifice that My Father accepted. You are now reconciled to My Father by the blood I shed on the tree.
I knew you before you were born. You are mine and I am yours. I dwell within you by My Spirit and with My strength I know you are going to run the race of life well.
Paul wrote that he pressed toward the mark for the prize of the high calling that I gave him. As you trust in Me, you will fulfill the high calling I have given you and you will receive your prize.
PHILIPPIANS 3:14
