Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Exodus 3:12 God said [to Moses], “I will be with you.”
1 Peter 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Psalm 84:11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Romans 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
2 Peter 3:18 But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen.
May you be with the Lord in His intimate presence, hearing and receiving His truths and desires, for then you will be able to proclaim His words to others and show them how to turn in repentance from their evil ways and wicked deeds as they receive the life which the Spirit brings to them. Jeremiah 23
May you faithfully speak the word of the Lord which He has given you, for it will be like fire that consumes the chaff, leaving the grain, and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces, accomplishing all that the Lord desires and confirming His will on earth, convicting the world of sin and righteousness and judgment. Jeremiah 23, John 16
May your heart be toward the Lord and your thoughts ever on His word, desiring His will and obeying His command, for His eyes will watch over you for your good and He will bring you into His promise, building you up and not tearing you down, planting you and not uprooting you, giving you a heart to know that He is the Lord, so that you may be one of His people, and He will be your God, when you seek Him with all your heart. Jeremiah 24
May you turn to God from your own ways and choices, following His ways and receiving His promises, serving only the Lord of lords and worshiping only the King of kings, obeying Him with clean hands and an open heart, for then He will receive you and protect you from all harm. Jeremiah 25
My child, the Father sent Me to earth to do a job and accomplish a task. I willingly agreed and gladly obeyed. For that, My Father loves Me and has accepted the work I have done, granting salvation to you as you follow Me in faith, accepting that the Father has sent Me.
Yet, if you look at the work that I did on earth with your natural understanding, you would not see the love that the Father and I have for each other. I was born into poverty with rumors, gossip, and accusations following my birth and my earthly parents. I had no earthly wealth, nor did I achieve any worldly status. I was without a place to sleep or food to eat, dependent on the goodwill and generosity of others. All the ordinary, visible indications of a father’s love for his son were not to be seen.
The culmination of My work was arrest, beatings, false accusation, expressions of anger, hatred and fear, mockings, shame, and finally a painful, torturous death, alone, abandoned by My closest friends. Only the kindness of others provided a place My body would be protected from the ravages of wild animals and scavengers.
My Father’s love was never absent. He and I abide, dwell, remain in and with the other, just as I have sent My Holy Spirit to dwell in and abide with you so that you may have One within you greater than the one that is in the world. The work that I did, the office that I held, the responsibility I was given, is not where the Father’s love rested. His love is for Me, just as Our love is for you.
The work, the path, the assignments I give you to do will be hard, but the effort it requires and the pain that you feel, the despair that you experience is not a measure of My love, for I love not the tasks you accomplish – I love you in the midst of what I send you to do.
May you love the truth, and so be rescued, for from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth, calling you to this through the gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ; therefore, stand firm and hold to the truth of the teachings you have received, and you will be redeemed. 2 Thessalonians 2
May the Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God the Father, Who loves you and by His grace gave you eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your heart and strengthen you in every good deed and word. 2 Thessalonians 2
May your soul yearn, even faint, for the courts of the Lord, and may you let your heart and flesh cry out for the living God, for even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest, where their young may be near the altar of the Lord Almighty, your King and your God. Psalm 84
May you ever be praising God, desiring to dwell in the house of the Lord, for as you set your heart on pilgrimage to the city of God, passing through the valley of tears, it will become a place of comforting springs as you go from strength to strength in the joy of the Lord. Psalm 84
May you find more joy serving as a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord than with the finest furnishings among the dwellings of the wicked, for their house will come down as a tent in a windstorm, but the Lord God is a sun and shield for those who love Him and He bestows favor and honor, withholding no good thing from those whose walk is blameless, making one day in His courts better than a thousand elsewhere. Psalm 84
