3.16.11

John 20:31

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.


Dear friend,

Here we are midweek. How are you doing so far?

We just want to keep encouraging you to press on. We are praying that today would be a day that you remain 'All In' for Jesus!

Jesus the Christ....

He is the author and finisher of our faith. The beginning and the end. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He is the only hope for a fallen world. He is the bread of life. He is the light of the world. He will call us out of the graves and up from the earth by His power. He spoke the world into existence by His mighty word. He sustains and holds all things together. He said before Abraham was born "I AM!" He held little children in his arms and cleared a temple with a whip. He hung out with prostitutes and tax collectors. He came for the sick who need Him. He opened eyes and raised the dead. He was homeless at times, hungry at times, sad at times and tempted at times, so that we could relate to Him and Him to us. He is the true vine and we are His branches. We need to remain in Him or we will wither and dry up. He commanded that we make disciples of ALL nations. He told us that He is the master and the servants should expect similar treatment (a cross). In order that we do not faint from fear, He said that He would send a helper in His name....Holy Spirit. He is the Way the Truth and the Life and no person goes to the Father but through Him. He and the Father are one and yet he chose to become a human and a servant. He became a curse for us in His death, so that our curse would be removed and we could live. To kick off His ministry at a wedding He changed water into wine, and he will finish with His angels announcement and return as King to have a wedding feast with His children. Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. The law came through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

He offers you and I grace today through His death on the cross and continued strength and hope through His Spirit. He made the payment that we could never afford to pay and sustains it with a power that we could never harness on our own.

His life for yours.....That's GRACE!! That's JESUS!!!

Remain in Him. Amen.

Ty

P.S. If you want to look up the verses that I pulled these thoughts from here are most of them that I can think of: John 1, John 8, Colossians 1:17, Revelation 1:8, John 14:6, Mark 2, Revelation 19, Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 5 and others.