February 2007 Archives of The Agape Letters

February 2007 Archive

Thursday February 1, 2007       "Possibilities in HIM, BOUNDLESS!" "Desire and Seek HIS Righteousness!" Luke 18:26-30 (New International Version) ...strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. "We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God," they said. Those who heard this asked, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus replied, "What is impossible with men is possible with God." Peter said to him, "We have left all we had to follow you!" "I tell you the truth," Jesus said to them, "no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God will fail to receive many times as much in this age and, in the age to come, eternal life."

Friday February 2, 2007       "Witnesses of God's POWER!" "In Obedience to HIM!" Hebrews 10:23-25 (New International Version) Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching. The unknown writer of the Book of Hebrews, tells of Christ Jesus' eternal devotion and obedience to God's will concerning HIS sacrifice whereby forgiveness might be granted by God to me through HIS unlimited and enduring Mercy and Grace.

Monday February 5, 2007       "God Values a Harvest of Souls!" "The Ultimate and Eternal Choice!" Galatians 5:1-6 (New International Version) It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all. Again I declare to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. You who are trying to be justified by law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the righteousness for which we hope. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love. There are many TRUTHs I have yet to learn of and about God, and it is by HIS Spirit, from whom I receive understanding of that which I have yet to learn and experience, butit is only because of my Obedience and Faithfulness to Christ, and HIS Spirit, both who bear Witness to the things of God, will I be blessed and favored in my receiving the understanding.

Tuesday February 6, 2007       "The Reward of Worship!" "Designed and Distributed by God!" Hebrews 12:28-29 (New International Version) Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire." As I read these scriptures, I think of the vast majority of people, both believers and non-believers, whose attempt at being justified in their lives, receiving a reward for any and all labors, are resolute in assuming that, JUST BEING, dictates their right to an eternal inheritance.

Wednesday February 7, 2007       "The Accused, Acquitted or Guilty?" "Believer's wRAP Sheet!" 2 Corinthians 1:12 (New International Version) Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God. We have done so not according to worldly wisdom but according to God's grace. By all verifiable records and accounts, the Apostle Paul spent his last remaining years of life, either in prison or under house arrest, sometimes bound by chains, being 'HELDOVER' for his 'C-A-L-L'. [Crimes Against the Lord's Law]

Thursday February 8, 2007       "Being of ONE Mind" "Transformed by Holy Spirit!" Ephesians 4:3-16 (New International Version) Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. There is ONE body and ONE Spirit—just as you were called to ONE hope when you were called— ONE Lord, ONE faith, ONE baptism; ONE God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. As I read this scripture today, I was carried in my thoughts back to my early, "being as(like) a child", to my days of infancy, that at such a young age, I had not yet begun understanding God's WORD in the maturity and fullness, which the Apostle Paul writes about in these 'Inspired' WORDs given by Holy Spirit.

Friday February 9, 2007       "Out of Grace!" "Seeking God's Love!" Hebrews 12:14-15 (New International Version) Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.. In God's WORD, the TRUTH suffered persecution, crucifixion and death at the hands of men, overcome and completely consumed by hatred and every form of evil, yet while hanging on that cross, Christ Jesus asked HIS Father to forgive them.

Monday February 12, 2007       "Multiplying by 7s!" "God's Warfare Plan for Believers!" 1 John 5:3-5 (New International Version) This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. The Apostle John in this chapter, is writing a Victory speech that proclaims God as Chief Commander in Charge of an army of Spiritual warriors, who must constantly be REJOICING in the Victory of Christ, VICTORIOUS over death, hell and the grave.

Tuesday February 13, 2007       "sWORDs of the Spirit!" "God's JUDGE Against Rebellion and Rejection!" Ephesians 6:17 (New International Version) Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. The coined phrase, so worn and weary, oftentimes used, and abused, by unnumbered thousands, maybe millions of people throughout centuries old, of trials and persecutions, 'Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but WORDs will never hurt me', lends itself to both humiliation and irony.

Wednesday February 14, 2007       "Resolve to Be Strengthened!" "Being God's Holy Warriors!" 1 Corinthians 14:8 (New International Version) Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? Every enlisted man or woman in the ranks of those who serve in the military, are taught, trained and thoroughly prepared before ever engaging the enemy in battle.

Thursday February 15, 2007       "Believer's Righteousness in Christ Jesus!" "Understanding God's Principle of Faith!" Romans 3:27-31 (New International Version) Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of observing the law? No, but on that of faith. For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from observing the law.... Every true Believer in Christ is, and ONLY because of God's WORD which states, Justification comes by Faith in Christ, not by the Law, that any Believer could or should boast.

Friday February 16, 2007       "God's Full-Time Labor Force!" "Reward Will Come AFTER Harvest!" John 4:31-38 (New International Version) Meanwhile his disciples urged him, "Rabbi, eat something." But he said to them, I have food to eat that you know nothing about." ..... "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. Do you not say, 'Four months more and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest...." Could the Apostle John maybe, have confered with the Apostle Paul through God's 'Spiritual eMail System', Holy Spirit?

Monday February 19, 2007       "Holding FAST to God's Promises!" "HE Loves to GIVE!" Matthew 7:11 (New International Version) (Jesus speaking) 'If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!' Believers in Christ must be ever mindful of this TRUTH, our Father in heaven desires more than anything, to GIVE, out of HIS abundant Love for HIS children.

Tuesday February 20, 2007       "Justification IS OBEDIENCE, IN Faith and Works!" "Christ Judges Righteously!" James 2:22-24 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) (Jesus speaking) You see that faith was active together with his works, and by works, faith was perfected. So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God's friend. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. Today, I am openly confessing to my Lord, that in 'Recent' days, my 'FLESH' has tended to 'Raise it's ugly HEAD', in response to false accusation and unjust persecution, .......

Wednesday February 21, 2007       "Hastening The 'DAY'!" "By Their Fruit, WILL You Know THEM!" John 5:16-18 (New International Version) So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working." As young teenagers, a close friend and I were hired by his dad to "hoe cotton and 'beans", to make a little extra spendin' money, and to also keep the unwanted weeds out of a very profitable crop.

Friday February 23, 2007       "Believers WILL Be Tested and Tried by FIRE!" "Becoming HIS Kings, HIS Priests and HIS Purified and Spotless Bride!" Hebrews 3:1-6 (New International Version) Therefore, holy brothers(and sisters)added*, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor...... Lately, I have undergone and passed through, a tremendous time of trial and testing, not unlike the trials and testings which many of my brothers and sisters in Christ have or are currently undergoing, yet my God is FAITH-full, to lift my head, having already seated me in HIS Heavenly Realm with The Lamb, who now sits at HIS Right Hand.

Friday February 23, 2007       "This Year of Jubilee!" "Shout from Zion's Hills, Salvation is Come!" 1 Peter 2:6 (New International Version) For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Each day I strive to dedicate time to the reading of God's WORD, expecting to learn more TRUTH of the Holy ONE of Zion, into whose Loving Hands, I have placed my daily course of life and my soul's eternal fate.

Monday February 26, 2007       "This Year of Jubilee!" "Shout from Zion's Hills, Salvation is Come!" 1 Peter 2:6 (New International Version) For in Scripture it says: "See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame." Each day I strive to dedicate time to the reading of God's WORD, expecting to learn more TRUTH of the Holy ONE of Zion, into whose Loving Hands, I have placed my daily course of life and my soul's eternal fate.

Tuesday February 27, 2007       "'Tree of LIFE', Eternal 'Kicking POST'!" "The TRUE Story of THE CROSS!" Hebrews 6:6 (Amplified Version) If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance--[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace. I am writing this message today with, 'ABSOLUTE Reverential FEAR, HONOR and ESTEEM', for my Lord, my Master, the King of Kings, and The Everlasting Son of God, Christ Jesus!

Wednesday February 28, 2007       "Christ, HIS Bride and HIS Glorious Appearing!" "What the WORLD DOES SEE!" Revelation 1:7 (Amplified Version) Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it). I am writing this message today with, 'ABSOLUTE Reverential FEAR, HONOR and ESTEEM', for my Lord, my Master, the King of Kings, and The Everlasting Son of God, Christ Jesus!

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