Dear Partner,
The month of May here in Fort Worth is a beautiful time of year with beautiful flowers like the Texas state flower, the bluebonnet. What a time to enjoy life to the full, until it overflows!
Jesus was answering some Pharisees in John 9:40-41, in the Amplified Bible Classic Edition:
- Some Pharisees who were near, hearing this remark, said to Him, Are we also blind?
- Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but because you now claim to have sight, your sin remains. [If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but because you insist, We do see clearly, you are unable to escape your guilt.]
Now let’s read John 10:10 in the AMPC:
- The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
The key issue here is found in verse 16, AMPC:
- They will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd.
I call that “PRACTICING THE PRESENCE of GOD”! Let’s look at an example of that in the First Covenant. Moses had departed this earth at 120 years old. Joshua is now in command. Jehovah said to Joshua in Chapter 1:8, AMPC:
- This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success.
First of all, satan is the thief! What has he come to steal? Remember to always let The WORD of God answer its own questions! Let’s look at Mark 4:1, AMPC:
- Again Jesus began to teach beside the lake. And a very great crowd gathered about Him, so that He got into a ship in order to sit in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the lakeside on the shore.
Now verse 3, AMPC:
- Give attention to this! Behold, a sower went out to sow.
Now verse 13, AMPC:
- And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables?
Now that’s truly amazing! Verse 14:
- The sower soweth The WORD.
THE SOWER SOWS THE WORD!
Remember now that Jesus said the thief comes to steal, kill and destroy. In that order! Now verse 15, AMPC:
- The ones along the path are those who have The WORD sown [in their hearts], but when they hear, satan comes at once and [by force] takes away the message which is sown in them.
There you have it. If the devil can’t steal The WORD, he can’t kill and destroy! But we still don’t have the bottom line to what the Master was teaching: “IF ANY MAN HAVE EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR”! That’s verse 23. Then verse 24 says: “Take heed what ye hear.” On to verse 25: “For he that hath [ears to hear], to him [more] shall be given: and he that hath not [ears to hear], from him shall be taken even that which he hath.” By whom? The devil!
Now let’s look at Philippians 4:19, AMPC:
- And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
That’s absolutely wonderful! Now turn with me to 1 Timothy 6:17. Does our God give us things to meet our needs? Yes, He does! The Spirit of the living God said to Timothy through the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 6:12:
- Fight the good fight of Faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
Now verses 17-19:
- Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
- That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
He gives us richly ALL THINGS TO ENJOY! How? Second Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we walk by faith and not by sight.” Faith is a spiritual force. Let’s look first at Hebrews 11:1:
- Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Now look at it in the AMPC:
- Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses].
The title deed, or ownership. Those are Covenant words backed by the sinless blood of Jesus. So is Matthew 6:31, AMPC:
- Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear?
Now look at verses 32-34 in the AMPC:
- For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all.
- But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides.
- So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble.
This is not only for the month of May, but it’s for the rest of 2024: “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name…. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:9-10). In every election? Yes!
My prayer at every meal is for you, my Partners—spirit, soul, body, financially and socially!
The word of The LORD came to me saying, You are standing on Victory’s Shore in 2024. Breakthroughs GALORE! The definition of the word galore is “in abundance, in plentiful amounts.”
As you sow your BLESSING seed this month, go back over the scriptures in this letter. Go back and read the letter several times. Do your own underlining and highlighting. No one can get these things deeply into their innermost being in one read. Read the scriptures from your Bible! So until next month, remember that God Loves you, we Love you, and Jesus is LORD!
