My Dear Beloved, on this day almost 2000 years ago, I committed the greatest act of LOVE I could, on your behalf. I knew that by me taking every stripe for your sins that we would have this day to speak to one another, but greater than that my Father would now be able to see me in you as you accepted me as your Lord and Savior. My Father delights in every discussion He has with you, and He wishes to have more of you today. Every word I spoke and every action I made was not in vain because you simply are here today in this relationship with me, the Father and the Holy Spirit.
I know that your decision to follow me was not an easy one, as my decision to die for you also carried a heavy burden. As my Father has shown the world through my Resurrection, I am the way, the truth and the light!!! I defeated death and the grave on that very day to atone for your life. Every sin that you committed before knowing me, after you came to me, and the ones you will commit tomorrow has been accounted for. They are as far from you as the east is from the west. They have been drowned into the sea of forgetfulness!!! I did this so that you may be set FREE from the penalty of sin and to live a life that would glorify my Father. Keeping my two commandments to Love my Father and to love one another will show the rest of the world my love that I had for you.
I know at times I may seem distant from you, but make no mistake, I am your High Priest who is sympathetic and empathetic to every temptation and tribulation that you will ever experience. The enemy has known since your birth that the day of your salvation would come to bare and he has tried everything to keep you from me, but the power of Love will always break the power of evil. He now seeks to keep you bound with the desires of your heart and the hurts of your past, but once again I am here to carry that burden. Cast every care today upon me and I will supply you with my Father's peace that surpasses all understanding, for His Grace is sufficient. My Father has created you for a particular purpose, just as He created my earthly body for the perfect death, and in love He wishes you to accept His Will not because He wishes to Lord over you, but because you desire to please Him knowing that He created your purpose for another's GOOD.
I am so delighted once again to speak with you today and whether we have spoken this morning, yesterday, a week ago, or longer, please know that I love to hear your voice and please never hesitate to call out to me, in the "good" or the "bad". I know you know my voice and anytime you wish to hear it, it is available to all my beloved sheep. I have all power and glory in my hand and I sit at the right hand of my Father's thrown. There is no request too small or tribulation too hard that I cannot bare, talk to me!!! I live in the WORD that was left for you by my other sheep. Read of me and my Father, many of your questions about my Father and I are answered there. What you read of this letter is from that inspired WORD!!! It gives you the power to stand against the enemy and to have comfort in hard times. My Father would not have left it for you if it was not for your GOOD. Study so that you may show yourself approved as a faithful student of my teachings and of the Father's love!!! Continue to bare your cross each day, for the journey is worth the body that you will receive when you see me as "I AM". Be Encouraged, for I am with you ALWAYS!!! Have a wonderful life of dying so that others may live on purpose!!!!!
John 10
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
1 “Very truly I tell you Pharisees, anyone who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” 6 Jesus used this figure of speech, but the Pharisees did not understand what he was telling them.
7 Therefore Jesus said again, “Very truly I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who have come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep have not listened to them. 9 I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved.[a] They will come in and go out, and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. 13 The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me— 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.”
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