August 2006 Archives of The Agape Letters

August 2006 Archive

Volume XI, Page VII Tuesday August 1, 2006       "Heirs of Hope!" "Through Mercy and Love!" Titus 3:3-7 (New International Version) ...But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done,...... Having lived in the foolishness and deception of this age, where hate, envy and strife abounds, only because of God's Mercy and Love that I have received my freedom from those things which for so long enslaved me. ....

Volume XI, Page VIII Thursday August 3, 2006       "A View of Glory!" "Behold HIS Majesty!" 2 Peter 1:17-21 (New International Version) ...We ourselves heard this voice that came from heaven when we were with him on the sacred mountain. And we have the word of the prophets made more certain, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns...... When considering the journey upon which this life carries me, these WORDs of the Apostle Peter ring even louder in my ears as I listen to Holy Spirit who guides me through each day's travel.....

Volume XI, Page IX Monday August 7, 2006       "By HIS Touch" "Wholeness of Life!" 1 John 1:1-3 (New International Version) The Word of Life That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life..... There will be countless opportunities in the days ahead, where I will be compelled to testify to others of how God wonderfully touched my life and changed me from the inside out, never to be the same as before....

Volume XI, Page X Wednesday August 9, 2006       "HIS Finished Work!" "God's Purpose and Grace!" 2 Timothy 1:8-12 (New International Version) ...join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace..... Every Believer in Christ must come to a deeper spiritual understanding of both God's purpose and will for their life and of the appointed time and place in which God has positioned them for serving HIS purpose and will....

Volume XI, Page XI Friday August 11, 2006       "The Trial Continues!" "Testimony of a Witness!" Acts 24:14-16 (New International Version) ...I admit that I worship the God of our fathers as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that agrees with the Law and that is written in the Prophets,..... The Apostle Paul, having been trained as a Pharisee, was quite capable of defending his Faith and Hope in Christ, offering extensive and compelling testimony of his own personal knowledge to the validity of God's provision of Salvation through HIS Son, proven both by the Law and the Prophets....

Volume XI, Page XII Monday August 14, 2006       "Consumed by God's Holy Fire!" "HIS Spirit Burns within my heart!" Song of Solomon 8:6 (New International Version) Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like blazing fire, like a mighty flame. The Sacrifice of my body, those desires of the flesh, is necessary in my life as an obedient Believer in Christ....

Volume XI, Page XIII Tuesday August 15, 2006       "Heavenly Blazes!" "Kindling for a Flame!" Luke 12:49 (New International Version) "I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!...." An alarm sounds, sirens wail in the distance and smoke billows skyward, this is a sure sign that something is ablaze, a fire is burning somewhere,....

Volume XI, Page XIV Wednesday August 16, 2006       "HE Burns Within!" "A Flaming Passion!" Luke 24:31,32 (New International Version) ...."Were not our hearts burning within us while he[Jesus] talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" What could be more exciting than to be reunited with a close and dear friend whom you thought to be dead, but was now alive ....

Volume XI, Page XV Thursday August 17, 2006       "Crown of Life!" "Beauty from the Ashes!" Isaiah 61:3 (New International Version) ....to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair.... ... and as God's Spirit continues to blaze in the hearts of Believers, HE is shaping and forming a Glorious Church to be a Righteous and Beautiful Crown....

Volume XI, Page XVI Friday August 18, 2006       "Alive in God's Spirit!" "For Power in Life!" Romans 8:11 (New International Version) And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you. The Apostle Paul was fully convinced that God is able to give Eternal Life to me by the same Power that raised Christ Jesus from the grave of death.....

Volume XI, Page XVII Monday August 21, 2006       "Powered by Love!" "Outpouring of Spiritual Oil!" Ephesians 3:14-21 (New International Version) ...I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Each day, as a Believer in Christ, I must become increasingly dependent upon God's immeasurable supply of Power through HIS Spirit.

Volume XI, Page XVIII Tuesday August 22, 2006       "HIS Spirit of Grace!" "Dispensation of Holy Spirit to Believers!" Hebrews 10:29 (New International Version) How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace? There are many scriptures in God's WORD that verify Holy Spirit to be God's Dispensation of HIS Grace....

Volume XII, Page I Wednesday August 23, 2006       "Blameless, NOT Flameless!" "HIS Purifying Fire!" 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 (New International Version) ... for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good.... A large portion of the Apostle Paul's teachings were written to remind Believers in Christ of the importance of God's Spirit as a living part of HIS plan,....

Volume XII, Page II Thursday August 24, 2006       "Separated by Holy Fire!" "HIS Kingdom of Believers!" 2 Thessalonians 2:13 (New International Version) ... because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth.... God chooses to save those who, through believing in Christ Jesus, HIS Eternal WORD, and through sanctification by Holy Spirit, HIS Eternal Power for HIS Glory,....

Volume XII, Page III Friday August 25, 2006       "God's Chosen Generation!" "Hope Revealed in Christ!" Colossians 1:25-27 (New International Version) I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the saints. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. Reading these 3 scriptures and understanding them, .... should they cause each Believer in Christ to take upon themselves this same commission from God?

Volume XII, Page IV Monday August 28, 2006       "HIS Glorious Bride!" "Anticipating HIS Arrival!" John 3:29-30 (New International Version) ....The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy....... The Apostle John gives a detailed account of the Prophet John's announcement, that the Bridegroom has arrived, and is expecting for HIS bride to be ready and prepared for their wedding hour

Volume XII, Page V Wednesday August 30, 2006       "Voice Lessons!" "Hear HIS Spirit Speak!" Romans 8:26-27 (New International Version) In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will. For the Apostle Paul, explaining how Holy Spirit intercedes for us when we pray, with WORDs that cannot be expressed by any language, this should also cause each of us to seek even greater Counsel from God's Spirit as we desire HIS Will to be done.

Volume XII, Page VI Thursday August 31, 2006       "Taught by God's Spirit!" "For Spiritual Instruction!" 1 Corinthians 2:11-13 (New International Version) For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man's spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God..... The Apostle Paul could only speak of God's Truth when explaining the appointed work of Holy Spirit.

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