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Devoted ToThe Service Of God! 

1Th 5:23  God is the God who gives peace. May He make you holy through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept free from blame. May you be without blame from now until our Lord Jesus Christ comes. 1Th 5:24  The One who has chosen you is faithful. He will do all these things. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.              https://www.mljtrust.org/sermons-online/acts-6-1-4/why-the-apostles-prayed/ And the very God of peace —( Αυτος δε ο Θεος της ειρηνης, ) literally, May the God of peace Himself; that is, He who is ready to give you peace with Himself after all you have done; who is in Christ reconciling you to Himself, not imputing your trespasses unto you, if in repentance and faith you turn to Him, but on these terms preaching peace to you by Jesus Christ: sanctify you wholly — That is, may He carry on and complete the work of purification and renovation begun in your regeneration, redeeming you from all iniquity, Tit 2...

Holy Spirit Power to be Witnesses

You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. (Act 1:8) After the cross and the resurrection, the Lord Jesus taught His disciples for forty days before He ascended to the Father. One of His strategic messages of preparation concerned the Holy Spirit enablement they would need to fulfill their ministry. "You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you."  After this vital promise was given, Jesus was taken up into heaven to the right hand of the Father.  Ten days later, on the day of Pentecost, this promise was fulfilled by the outpouring of the Spirit. "And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit" (Act 2:4).  The grand result of this empowering would be the spread of the gospel, region by region, throughout the entire world. "You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the eart...

CALLED TO BE LIKE CHRIST!

1Pe 1:1-25.    I, Peter, am an apostle on assignment by Jesus, the Messiah, writing to exiles scattered to the four winds. Not one is missing, not one forgotten. God the Father has his eye on each of you, and has determined by the work of the Spirit to keep you obedient through the sacrifice of Jesus. May everything good from God be yours! Born Again to a Living Hope What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we've been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you'll have it all—life healed and whole. I know how great this makes you feel, even though you have to put up with every kind of aggravation in the meantime. Pure gold put in the fire comes out of it proved pure; genuine faith put through this suffering comes out proved genuine. When Jesus...

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent!

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent Psa 71:1-24.  LORD, I have gone to you for safety. Let me never be put to shame. You do what is right. Save me and help me. Pay attention to me and save me. Be my rock of safety that I can always go to. Give the command to save me. You are my rock and my fort. My God, save me from the power of sinners. Save me from the hands of those who are mean and evil. You are the King and the LORD. You have always been my hope. I have trusted in you ever since I was young. From the time I was born I have depended on you. You brought me out of my mother's body. I will praise you forever. To many people I am an example of how much you care. You are strong. You are my place of safety. My mouth is filled with praise for you. All day long I will talk about your glory. Don't push me away when I'm old. Don't desert me when my strength is gone.  My enemies speak against me. Those who want to kill me get together and make evil plans. They ...