Mon, Sep 18th - 4:34PM

4 More

Beloved Family in Christ,

God is increasing the knowledge about Himself, that intimate, personal knowledge, to everyone who will go after Him to discover Him.  Here are 4 more of  His qualities that we receive as we partake of and meditate deeply, continually upon His Word:

PROMPTING:  Exodus 4:12 (NLT) "Now go!  I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say."  John 10:2-4 (NLT) "But the One Who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.  The gatekeeper opens the gate for Him, and the sheep recognize His voice and come to Him.  He calls His own sheep by name and leads them out. After He has gathered His own flock, He walks ahead of them, and they follow Him because they know His voice."

PREACHING:  John 14:10 (NLT) "Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?  The words I speak are not My own, but My Father Who lives in Me does His work through Me."  Acts 1:7-8 (NLT) "He replied, "The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.  And you will be my witnesses, telling people about Me everywhere - in Jersulem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

PROVOKING:  John 16:7-10 (NLT) "But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Comforter won't come.  If I do go away, then I will send Him to you.  And when He comes, He will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.  The world's sin is that it refuses to believe in me.  Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no more.  Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged."

PLEASING:  Philippians 2:12-13 (AMP) "Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling.  [Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire] both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and  delight."