Are You In the Fight for Your Better Life?

Imagine a soldier out on a torrential battlefield. He’s exhausted from fighting, charging, running and shooting. When he finally gets to a place where he can sleep for the night, he takes out his pencil and paper to write a letter to his family. Literally the stench of battle is still rising from his body. He writes in vivid paragraphs of description. Then suddenly a bomb goes off nearby and dirt from the explosion falls into the folds of his finished prose. When his mother opens the letter several weeks later, she sucks in that air. It’s air from the his night, air from his suffering and his joy. The end of the letter says, “I was able to stop the war and get the information we need to a new place for peace. Please know I love you all.” You can imagine the tears that flow as she reads, and the joy!

I imagine that the Philippians felt this way when they opened Paul’s letter. He was captured, laying in a filthy prison. He was accused and slandered like the warfare that was used by the Vietnamese or Germans. But they knew it would be okay because he had fought a good fight.

Even in those moments God hadn’t stopped working in him. Here are his words. (I’m backing up so we can read the whole sentence as one thought.)

“Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ: even as it is meet (right) for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.” Philippians 1:7

When I look at this wonderful sentence, I see heartfelt love and tenderness towards his family. They were fellow laborers along with him and members of the household of God. Paul yearned to encourage them in their work. He didn’t want them to stop just because he wasn’t there, and of course they didn’t.

You and I have to honor this work as well. It’s a work that was started in you the moment you were born again and will continue until the day of Jesus Christ. We don’t have to stay in the dirt, fear, worry or bondage of this life. God gave us a way out. He rescued us that day and he will continue His work in you until the day He sends His son back to gather us up. What will that day be like?

Every single person from the day of Pentecost forward, who believed Romans 10:9-10, will be raised from the dead with a new spiritual body. Those who are alive at that time will be changed instantly and meet us in the air. We don’t have to sit and wonder if this will occur, we know it will occur. God promises it will. He promises to continue working in this gift of Holy Spirit in us completing and perfecting it. Wow! What would I rather focus on? I’d rather focus on my better life and the great things that are coming in the future.

God Bless You Today!

God Sure Hands Out A Lot of Character These Days

Have you ever heard that? I told a friend of mine about some of the life lessons I’ve experienced and she smartly told me that God was just giving me more character. In other words He allowed those things to happen so I’d learn…right? Why does something feel so not right about that statement. Here’s our verse today.

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ:” Philippians 1:6

Does this verse make me feel better or worse? Worse! If I think God is going to hand out more character anyway. Doesn’t it make me dread the future and fear new situations. Wouldn’t it make me wonder when I’ll ever be worthy of the “CHARACTER” badge. I would know, down in the depth of my heart, I didn’t have enough character so every time something terrible happens, I’d jump in line just so I could grow in my character.  I’d want to let people know what I had just gone through too so they could repeat the mantra that God is just giving me character. I’d go home feeling better for a few minutes until I looked again at the sickness, disease, financial ruin, or general lack of happiness in my life. As I sat down and pulled out my Bible, I’d glare at it. Resentment would build and maybe even bitterness. This bitterness would callous until unbelief would sneak in. God isn’t going to change my circumstances, or make me an overcomer if He’s busy dishing out character.

Unbelief is the believers biggest enemy. If a believer isn’t believing, will they see miracles, signs and wonders? What has this “character” statement now done to me?

First, I won’t see these verses happening in my life.

“And these signs shall follow them that believe;” Mark 16:17a

“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.” Matthew 21:22

How can I believe for a miracle if I think it’s God’s will that I lose my pants financially, or physically, or mentally?

Okay, so where is this statement coming from if it makes a person a martyr for God. God only asked one man to die for us, Jesus Christ. How many of us are willing to live for God? If God is not done with “building our character” then we stay in our victumhood, oppression and depression.

Does the “character” statement hold any water with God?

First we need to expose the lie. Then we expose the liar. The devil wants to steal from you. He’s the Father of Lies. That alone should explain where this statement came from, but I think I should just take you to the Word of God.

“We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.” 1 John 4:6

There is a spirit of error out there and it’s our job to uncover it and know the truth. God helps because we are of Him. The biggest lie here is that you shouldn’t believe for miracles, signs and wonders in your life. The devil wants to talk you out of your abundance, protection, blessing and power. Christians who don’t stand up for themselves are powerless to stop the adversary from ruining their life. Better yet if they think they deserve to be stolen from, it makes the devil’s job that much easier. Why believe the devil? Why not believe your father, the God of Peace and Prosperity!?

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I (Jesus Christ) am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.” John 10:10

We have three promises in this verse. We are promised life, abundant life and a MORE abundant life. Wow! Jesus Christ won our life back for us. We’ll never have to do that again! We’ll never have to suffer until we bleed for our salvation. Jesus Christ did that already. Then we receive it as a gift of grace.

What else does God promise us for our life here?

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 3 John 2

WOW! “I wish above ALL things!” Wow! It pretty much knocks out the character building trauma doesn’t it. But wait Terri, doesn’t it say in the Word that I need to persevere and be tested?

That is two things.

“Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore,” Ephesians 6:13-14a

What do we stand on? The truth. The truth that God made us free, abundant and strong. We’ll believe we don’t deserve to be stolen from, killed or destroyed. We have the right to a more abundant life. We need to gird ourselves with the whole armor of God just to believe and keep standing on that truth because the devil’s sly lies will constantly try to talk you out of it. How do we keep standing? Let’s go back to our series in Philippians. I’m going to skip ahead.

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8

We think on the truth. What’s the truth?

“I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Phil. 4:13

And…

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” vs 19

These are the verses we believe. And the biggest thing is, of everything that God did for us when we got born again, the most important is He made us righteous in His eyes. Righteousness is our sonship right and a gift out of God’s grace. We can’t do more good deeds or survive more hard times to earn it. We just have it. I’d say righteousness tops character any day of the week.

God Bless You Today!

What is the Right Kind of Friendships to Have?

Aren’t good friends amazing? Believing friends are the best of all kind. So much so that God defined them in His word. There is as many different kind of people as there are molecules in the world. We’re all different. So how can we create friendships that will last throughout eternity?

Today we’re going to talk about fellowship and how good fellowship is at the center of any good friendship. We’ll talk about what kind of fellowship makes the best friendships. What kind is most profitable to us?

Here is our verse for today in bold.

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;” Philippians 1:5

Paul was obviously many hundreds of miles away while writing this heartfelt statement to the Philippians. He couldn’t be close physically, but one word in this verse indicates that he had an extremely close friendship with these people.

The word “fellowship” is the Greek word koinōnia. This word is intensely important when you want to talk about friendships. Koinonia means full sharing. I go over this word in greater depth in my book called the “5 Basics for Growth” in the chapter 6 called, “Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone lived this way?” What does God mean when He says full sharing? Full-sharing is a safe place to open your whole heart on any matter. God wants full sharing with us, and in fact He should be the only one who gets the fullest sharing in your life. But there are people who won’t condemn, complain or criticize you. You can share your dreams, your outlooks, your goals and your failures with. They do the verse above. They fellowship, koinonia, in the gospel to you and vice versa. This kind of fellowship is rich with possibilities and incredibly powerful.

Granted, there will be people in the world who never come close to this kind of sharing. Partial sharing around a craft, talent or skill can be very helpful, but it is only a partial sharing because you may not be able to share the gospel back to this person. Or, they may take offense if you start full sharing and they are only willing to partially share. There are also those who want you to full share just so they can use the information against you. These kind of full-sharings are not koinonia they are the devil’s twisted agenda and extremely dangerous. Why? Because the sacrifice is your heart. If the person with an evil agenda gets a fiery dart deeply embedded in your heart, you can lose everything. God says in Proverbs to…”guard thy heart with all diligence,”

It’s incredibly important to check in with God on who will genuinely koinonia with you. The element that is always present in koinonia is accurate, godly communication. They will point you back to the Word of God.

Let me show you what I mean. Each of the verses below has translated word from the Greek word koinonia in bold.

“That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.” Philemon 1:6

“If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.” Phil. 2:1

“If we say that we have fellowship with him (God), and walk in darkness, we lie , and do not the truth:” 1 John 1:6

“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7

Wow! These verses definitely help define koinonia for me.

The book of Philippians should almost be a study on friendships and fellowship. We’ll get in to that as the book unfolds but it’s helpful to know the scripture build-up. As we go along you’ll learn more and more Greek words. They will define and expand on themselves as the Word unfolds. I know for me, doing a little extra study helped to add layers upon layers of understanding. For instance, look up any scripture about David and Jonathan in the Old Testament. They are a perfect example of friends operating in koinonia or full sharing.

“Iron sharpeneth iron, so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.” Proverbs 27:17

We counsel with many,

We koinonia with few,

In the end we alone decide with God

which way we should go.

God Bless You Today!

What is the Catalyst to Growth?

“Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,” Philippians 1:2-4

Our verse today is the last statement starting with “always”. Have you struggled with your attitude? I know I have. There are times when I just don’t feel like praying, reading or doing anything.

It’s funny that I live in the freest country on earth, enjoy fruit and vegetables practically off the plant, have every need met almost as soon as I realize I have one and if Paul saw my life today, in comparison to what he lived through, he would think I already lived in heaven. We live in the time of touch-button convenience. We sit in a car instead of walk, we type instead of write, we pick up the phone instead of send a messenger to deliver our handwritten scrolls. Yes, we live in a wonderful time. I almost don’t want to mention that Paul was sitting in a prison cell while writing Philippians. He was falsely accused, beaten, alone, scorned by his old life and in this particular book he mentions wanting to be dead instead of living the life he was in.

And here I sit behind a beautiful 21 inch screen Macintosh, complaining? I don’t think so! Suddenly, my attitude changes. What is amazing about this verse?

“Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy,” Philippians 1:4

The gladness and joy. Paul had a light heart. He deliberately thought of things that made him thankful. How could Paul have joy? Have you ever heard the phrase..

“When the pressure is on, give.”

This statement seems contradictory. Almost like the statement, the faster you go, the faster you go. Or if you’re tired, run around the block. Why does this work? It’s all based on principle.

Giving equals receiving. But it’s not just any giving. It’s giving like God gives. God in all His knowledge and wisdom tenderly reaches out to give to a person whether they deserve it or not. He gives the right thing at the right time. This kind of action is above and beyond our human inclinations. It is a deliberate decision of our will to listen and then obey.

Why is giving so important?

Giving creates momentum for the soul and traction for our spirit or inner man.

Our soul, (our likes, dislikes and personality,) stays in a state of inertia (a constant rate of self-propelled growth) until it is struck by an outside force causing propulsion into faster growth, thus giving us momentum. When our soul has momentum, our inner man reaches out grabbing onto things like, hope,  agape or love and faith. All of these are spiritual principles. When our soul submits and gives (a spiritual principle also), it puts the pedal to the metal of our growth.

Most importantly, giving surrenders the pride of the giver. In order for the giver to deliberately ask God for the recipe of the right giving action at the right moment or the exact right thing, word, deed or prayer, they must surrender their pride. They must think outside of themselves. They must be humble and humility is the catalyst to growth. Every chemical compound needs a catalyst for change. To see the power of gun powder add the catalyst of fire. To see flour, sugar and yeast react, add warm moisture. These may see like silly examples but they relate. Humility is the catalyst to growth. Add humility to giving and boom you’re in a new time zone of growth.

WOW! What revelations could we learn tomorrow? Or the next day? Or the next?

And all this from a verse and a man, (Paul) who was so joyful and blessed that he could see past all the darkness in his situation. Wouldn’t that be a nice way to live, no matter how good or bad things were? I’d say so. What an inspiration! We can say he was an inspiration now, but he had to grow before he could do this too. On the road to Damascus he allowed humility to be a catalyst in his life. For that he changed the world. How powerful is this concept? So powerful that Jesus Christ died out of humility to a greater plan. I’m very thankful for that choice aren’t you?

God bless you today!

How Can The Art of Perspective Change My Life?

Have you ever heard of the “One Point Perspective”? It is the idea that from where you are standing, everything is at eye-level. IF you sit down, the perspective changes, but you still use your eye-level to see everything around you. When seated in a helicopter far above the city, things are still being viewed at your eye-level. When drawing a building or painting a scene of farm houses everything will be drawn from your eye-level and disappear somewhere down the row away from you. Such as railroad tracks which are parallel and never meet but if you are standing in the middle of a set of them and you look at the horizon, they look like they do. The one point perspective is all about how you see things. I learned this amazing concept in art, but in so many ways it’s also applicable with our spiritual sight.

Where is our eye-level for a believer? Where is our one-point perspective coming from?

“But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:4-7

If God in Christ saved us, then He raised us up together and made us sit together in heavenly places, then where is our one-point perspective? When God looks around Him, what does He see? It’s like He has us all seated at the dinner table with Him. We are His kids. Our perspective should emulate His as well and when we look around what should we see? Our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ seated around the table. As you think about that concept, read this verse from Paul remember that God was working within him to say this.

“I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,” Philippians 1:3

Our third verse in Philippians is written from the heart of God’s eye-level perspective with His kids. He seated us there, He made us holy and righteous, He gave us a new home for eternity. It doesn’t make us His equal, but it does give us His view-point. When God thinks of us, when He, God, remembers you He is thankful. Paul remembered his fellow brethren with that same heart.

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” Jeremiah 29:11

These are thoughts that God thinks of us.They are thoughts of peace, not of evil to give us a future and a expected end.

Funny thing is, the devil always condescends. He wants everyone to worship him and look up to him and he in turn looks down and on everyone else. Look at what he asked of Jesus Christ in the wilderness.

“And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Luke 4:7

He wanted Jesus Christ to kneel and worship him. Wow. I’ve met some big egos, but that takes the cake. One of the most common traits I’ve seen in someone with a huge ego is condescension. Ego is different from confidence. Ego is fake. It’s as if the person is trying to build themselves up to look big and wonderful. Someone with confidence knows, in the depth of their heart, they couldn’t have been great and wonderful on their own. They give all the credit to God because without Him they know they’d be nothing.

To me, condescension and arrogance are a red flag. It shows me the person is doing a huge cover up. Did Paul ever look down on his fellow believers? Did He condescend? Instead he propped them up, empowered them, blessed and comforted them. He calls himself a bond slave to Jesus Christ? Why? For the ministry to the saints. He respected and loved his fellow believers so much that he served them. He gave to them by ministering healing, miracles (special miracles were wrought by Paul’s hands) and he sacrificed his time over and over. In essence, Paul was just emulating God because God so loved that He gave.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son…” John 3:16a

God wants one-on-one fellowship with you so He can bless you. He wants to show you His tenderness and love. The devil just wants slaves to whom he can possess and corrupt. What is on the eye-level with the devil? Just his own reflection because of his pride. Pride is the devil’s lure. If his ministry is to kill, steal and destroy, he needs a really good lure. What do they say, our temper get’s us in trouble but our pride keeps us there.

On the other hand, humility is being willing to listen to what God says, meekness is being willing to do it. If our eye-level perspective is seated across the table from our Father in heaven, we’ll always want to know what He thinks and that will save our life.

Dear friend, I thank my God upon every remembrance of you!

God bless you today!

Why Don’t People Give Salutations Anymore?

Have you ever been hung up on?

Does it bug you too when a friend answers the phone or the door they saw it was you, so they skipped past the salutation so they can get right down to business? Salutations; is a noun; meaning a gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgment of another’s arrival or departure.

I’d like to observe here in our second verse of Philippians that not only is this a tender salutation, but it is also full of rich context and meaning. Every word in the Word of God is intended towards a purpose. If they are not, why would God say in Isaiah 55:11; “So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it.”  Holy men of God spake these accurately interpreted words, and everyone of them is as important as the last. Take a look at the salutations in the epistles, each has an eloquent salutation. It’s as if God was using respect and manners when talking to and addressing us, His adopted children, and members of the Grace Administration. We can look at them knowing that, “…holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost,” as it says in 2 Peter. What can we conclude from that simple observation? Salutations are important!

Well think about this. Can’t we tell everything by the way someone greets around us? We know if they take us for granted. We know if they treasure us. We deduce their mood, their situation, their self-esteem level-if meeting them for the first few times. We know how they feel about the art of communication and specifically how good or bad they feel they are at it. Emails and phone calls are no different. Salutations are amazing! In the Victorian era a man used to bow to a woman and likewise she would curtsey in formal settings. In the orient they still bow to each other. Wow! This is not just a hi, or bye, this is the whole body formally subjecting itself to the respect of a fellow human being. In this second verse of Philippians, I feel like I need to stand and bow down with utter respect. Look at these words.

“Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.” Phil. 1:2

And that is just the second verse of this marvelous letter.

Let’s break it down.

Grace, in Greek it’s the word charis meaning; that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech. It also means the unmerited favor. This is divine favor as if God Himself, out of His benevolent kindness, gives to us just because He can. This word is used 156 times in 147 verses. If you click on the Greek word above you’ll see the concordance listing all those places. It’s an awesome words study and a really big deal to God.

Peace. Peace is one of the fruits of the spirit as listed in Galatians, but it is also a condition of alignment. No, not the sun and moon alignment, alignment of your fellowship with God. When you’re in fellowship you have that peace that passes all understanding. When you are out of fellowship the anxiousness and fear penetrate even the silliest situations. Peace is afforded to those walking in divine favor. These two beautiful words and all their meanings be unto you from God our Father.

“from God our Father…” Who’s father? OUR father. This salutation and letter in its entirety are addressed to those who are children of the most high God.

“Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his…” 2 Timothy 2:19a

God knows who His children are. By logical deduction this also means some people are not His children. Which in turn means this epistle is not written to them.

Next, “…and from the Lord Jesus Christ.” Wow. This must mean that Jesus Christ is not dead somewhere in a resurrection hoax. This must mean that Jesus Christ is alive and seated at his rightful place on the right hand of God. Paul wrote this in 62 A.D. that date is after Jesus’s Death, but Jesus didn’t stay dead. Jesus Christ was raised up. Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Spirit, which means God, worked in Paul, and is witness to His own act of redemption through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Do you see how vital every word in the Word of God is? WOW! I have goose bumps right now. All of history was changed in the microsecond that it took God to raise His son from the dead.

How big of a deal is this salutation now?

These fifteen words, that most people read in passing, are words holding the cusp of magnanimous significance. They hold the genuine tenderness and respect God has for us. They also reveal the complex genius of God’s master plan. WOW! I’m over the moon with joy and rejoicing and this is just how God says “Hi kids”. I’m salivating over the salutation! Ha! We are to be imitators of God. Is there tenderness here? Is there love? Is there respect? Does God define the greatness of our relationship? YES! When I give salutations from now on, I will keep this in mind. How about you?

Tomorrow we have even more uncovering, more intensity and more love from God. I can’t wait.

God bless you today!

A Mysterious City, Golden Threads, and Seperated Brothers in Christ

Along the Turkish border there lays an ancient name carved in corrupted stone and washed with the annuls of time, blood, and tears. It is far removed from its original site of Philippi. Philippi was a Roman colony and situated about eight miles inland from the port of Neapolis or the modern-day Kavalla. Of all the epistles Paul wrote, Philippi was lauded high because of his tenderness and thankfulness towards the brethren there. They sent supplies time and again to them and cared for his needs while he sat in prison during 62 A.D. This is all great but how can you and I relate to some forgotten city?

When reading in the Word, we always look first at who the epistle or book is addressed to. That is important because some of them are not addressed to us some of them are. You’ll see if you look at the 7 church epistles that they are all addressed in a similar way. Philippians is no different.

“Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:” Philippians 1:1

It always helps me to go to the original Greek usages in a verse.

“Paul and Timothy, bondslaves of Jesus Christ, to all the separated ones in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, including the overseers and others who serve.” Phil. 1:1

The words “the saints” in the first verse are a Greek word hagios. Hagios means set apart, separated or a holy people. It also says to the overseers and others who serve. Who are those who serve? Those who are alive now and who serve the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul wrote to the people of Philippi with all the joy and love he would have written to you and I, living and serving God in our day and time in history.  Though we can not go visit the site of the mysterious city, the service those brethren did for Paul by tenderly reaching out to supply him at his time of need, will forever soak the earth under our feet through the spiritual history of God’s people. Walls, buildings, and the lives of people may come and go throughout history but spiritual truths never fade or crumble. God remembers each triumph and victory,  and when the award ceremony in heaven comes, He will hand out the crowns.

A thousand years from now, should the Lord tarry, our ancestors will wonder how we lived. They will read about our lives. Whatever they find will only be a partial truth, because it will only be the physical evidence of our lives. But God in all His knowledge will remember spiritual moment we lived. From the second we were filled with His priceless gift to every time we walked in His love. He remembers the spiritual journeys we never tell anyone about, these are woven like golden threads as far back to the day of Pentecost through every other believer. Each thread connects and unites us as a people set apart for God’s purpose.

Never underestimate the tiniest opportunity to do God’s Word. These are the passing moments when you received revelation from God and obeyed, though you didn’t feel like it. These moments bind you to the Apostle Paul, Timothy, John, Luke, Peter, and to the brethren at Philippi. You are one of “those who serve”. This epistle sits like a diamond in our midst. The truth and love from Paul’s heart in writing Philippians are words written to you from God Himself reaching out in history to all those beyond even our knowledge and understanding. This is how the Word becomes alive and rooted in our hearts. We must embrace it and make it our own. We must act on it as if we had just received the letter from God himself. By doing that we will start to see freedom and abundance.

I can’t wait to explore the rest of this book with you. Tomorrow we go to verse two. For today, embrace and ponder how much God loves you. He loved you enough to save this letter from Paul and the entire Word of God though the stones of the city lay mysterious and forgotten. These words pull us towards greater understanding of HIS-story. He set them apart so you would know how much every word means. If one small word means that much, how much more do you mean to Him?

Enough to set you free.

God bless you today!