February 2008 'A Warrior's Daily Journal' The Agape Letters Ministry

February 2008 'A Warrior's Daily Journal'

Monday February 4, 2008       "Confronting Truth!" Acts 22:14 (Amplified Bible) And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips; The Apostle Luke records Paul's confession, as he gave testimony to his encounter with the Lord, the evidence that he offered to those who were listening, cutting deeply into their hearts, it was this 'Confrontation' with the Truth that day which today qualifies as the Power of God, stirring hardened hearts to move violently against those who seek to Proclaim Christ as Savior and Lord.

Tuesday February 5, 2008       "Be Encouraged and Strengthened!" Romans 1:11-12 (Amplified Bible) For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you; That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other's faith, both yours and mine. What the Apostle Paul is attempting to convey to his readers in this letter is this, that as a Believer, each and every desire of my heart must be like that of Christ, to encourage and strengthen others with the enduring and timeless Truth of God.

Monday February 11, 2008       "Thriving in HIS Present Glory!" Romans 5:11 (Amplified Bible) Not only so, but we also rejoice and exultingly glory in God [in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received and enjoy [our] reconciliation. Becoming a Believer in Christ begins with submission, an act of unselfish Obedience, as I realize what Christ Jesus did for me and all who seek to be reconciled in fellowship with God.

Tuesday February 12, 2008       "Purchased for Purpose!" Galatians 3:13 (Amplified Bible) Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); The ransom which Christ Jesus paid for my soul was the most important act of Love that HE displayed while hanging on a cross between two thieves 2000 years ago at Calvary.

Wednesday February 13, 2008       "A Leading Role!" 1 Corinthians 7:17 (Amplified Bible) Only, let each one [seek to conduct himself and regulate his affairs so as to] lead the life which the Lord has allotted and imparted to him and to which God has invited and summoned him. This is my order in all the churches. God has imparted into the lives of Believers an Anointing through HIS Spirit, and by that a desire is birthed to seek HIS thoughts and ways.

Friday February 15, 2008       "HE Reigns in Kindness!" Acts 14:15-17 (Amplified Bible) .....Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself, for He did you good and [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness. As Paul and Barnabus were fervently proclaiming the Gospel of Christ in the city of Lystra, they spoke of how God had permitted all of mankind to search for his own way in obtaining happiness.

Monday February 18, 2008       "Rendering my Soul!" 2 Timothy 4:1-2 (Amplified Bible) I CHARGE [you] in the presence of God..... Herald and preach the Word! As I read where the Apostle Paul instructs Timothy to continue proclaiming the Gospel of Christ, I commit my heart to continually search God's WORD for the undeniable and unrefutable Truth, leaning entirely upon God's Spirit for discernment, and by gaining an even greater understanding of Righteousness and HIS Kingdom, I must fulfill my appointed role as a witness and teacher of HIS Grace, Love and Power.

Tuesday February 19, 2008       "Rich and Powerful!" Acts 4:33 (Amplified Bible) And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all. God's WORD so beautifully records the many miracles performed by Christ Jesus, affording me a valuable insight into HIS Enduring Compassion, a possessing Love for HIS Creation written by hands that were directed and inspired by Holy Spirit.

Wednesday February 20, 2008       "A Generation Awakening!" Romans 13:11 (Amplified Bible) Besides this you know what [a critical] hour this is, how it is high time now for you to wake up out of your sleep..... The Apostle Paul gives a stern warning, that in such a critical hour when some were 'asleep' figuratively, he purposely draws my attention towards this unchanging fact, that as one generation passes, another generation draws nearer to redemption, sooner rather than later.

Thursday February 21, 2008       "This IS Possible!" 2 Corinthians 3:5 (Amplified Bible) Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God. Accepting of the many accounts recorded in God's WORD, of the Power of HIS Spirit and the appropriation of differing gifts and abilities upon those who Believed in Christ, I see sufficiency.

Friday February 22, 2008       "Remain Hopeful!" 2 Corinthians 1:10 (Amplified Bible) [For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that He will again deliver us [from danger and destruction and draw us to Himself], The Apostle Paul is reassuring of the Hope that I have within my heart, that Christ Jesus WILL deliver Believers from the danger and destruction of an eternal death.

Monday February 25, 2008       "Liberty and LIFE!" 2 Corinthians 3:17 (Amplified Bible) Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). As the Apostle Paul's journey took him over charted and well traveled routes as a Testimony and Witness of Christ Jesus, he was guided by God's Spirit at every turn, always proclaiming the Good News of Freedom and Salvation.

Tuesday February 26, 2008       "Reclaiming Spiritual Dominion" 1 Peter 4:11 (Amplified Bible) Whoever speaks, [let him do it as one who utters] oracles of God; whoever renders service, [let him do it] as with the strength which God furnishes abundantly, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ (the Messiah). To Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever (through endless ages). Amen (so be it). The Apostle Peter was told by Christ that all he understood had been revealed to him by God's Spirit and not by the learning of men.

Wednesday February 27, 2008       "HIS Spirit, a POWER Bath!" Titus 3:5 (Amplified Bible) He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done,but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath]of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Christ Jesus spoke to HIS disciples concerning the Pharisees, who considered themselves clean in God's sight by their righteous works, that no matter how many times they outwardly bathed themselves with water attempting to cleanse themselves of unrighteousness, only by the inward cleansing bath of Holy Spirit, can I or anyone else be transformed from a filthy 'cup' into a clean vessel to be used and filled with HIS WORDs of Truth.

Thursday February 28, 2008       "Messengers of LIGHT!" John 3:21 (Amplified Bible) (Jesus speaking) But he who practices truth [who does what is right] comes out into the Light; so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are--wrought with God [divinely prompted, done with God's help, in dependence upon Him]. Christ Jesus continually teaches me as HE did HIS disciples, by declaring that God has divinely appointed men and women who desire to know HIM to be HIS Kingdom Messengers, and by HIS Spirit does HE accomplish even greater WORKs through my total dependence upon HIM.

Friday February 29, 2008       "A Day of 'LEAPing' Faith!" Acts 16:34 (Amplified Bible) (Jesus speaking) Then he took them up into his house and set food before them; and he leaped much for joy and exulted with all his family that he believed in God [accepting and joyously welcoming what He had made known through Christ]. Today is not like any other day, it is a day which 'CORRECTS' our calendar, and it can also be a day when someone comes to know Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord, 'CORRECTING' their heart in submission towards God's WORD.

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