Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ Jesus,

The works of God are always proved effective in those who yield to Him in thought, word, and deed; these are they who do in keeping with His precepts. Abba Father withholds nothing from those made His sons and daughters by the blood of Jesus the Christ. We go up in the things of God by revelation of the Holy Spirit Who teaches and reminds us all things Jesus (see John 14:15-26). Faith is confidence that God hears us when we pray/ask in accordance with the WORD. Faith expects God’s answer to be both expeditious and positive because His Will  (delineated in the WORD) for our lives is always “yes” in Christ Jesus to which we say “Amen” (see 2Co 1:20 NIV). Faith trust that God gives every needful and joyous thing beginning with salvation by the blood of Jesus (see 1Ti 6:17; James 1:17; Acts 4:14). Believers live by faith in the Son of God – Jesus the Christ Who gave Himself so that we might (free-will) have fullness of life; and as our redemption was purchased with Jesus’ blood we are in Christ by free-will. Our lives are no longer our own because we died to self, went down in the water of baptism and raised-up in Jesus’ Name (see Romans 6:1-14). As ambassadors of Christ we live for God’s always good purpose by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and Christ Jesus’ anointing which individually empowers (see Phi 4:13 AMP) for the benefit of the collective or the church which is the Body of Christ. If the attacks of the enemy of God seems to ramp-up it is because the light of Jesus permeates through us; not in the visual sense of the natural realm but very clearly in the realm of the spirit. Those in Christ Jesus are “different”; no sense trying to blend-in . . . Jesus’ light cannot be diminished (unless the choice is made to deny or turn from Him). The enemy recognizes and sends against via his cohorts – the spirits who work through those that know not what they do; know that Satan is a defeated foe because our Lord Jesus dethroned him at the cross (see Col 2:9-15). Further, God won’t allow Satan to use any supernatural force to tempt (see 1Co 10:13; James 1:12-16). It remains that those in Christ Jesus are not the same, and not everyone (i.e., family, friends, foe) will be happy about the fact of that change. Yet, our strength is of God to overcome any attempt(s) to obstruct our “call” to establish His covenant on earth. In speaking about detractors who operate by stealth, Apostle Paul said “to whom we (do) not yield submission even for an hour, that the truth of the gospel (will) continue with (us)” Galatians 2:5 (NKJV). Sons and daughters of God move the gospel of Christ forward with clarity and gentleness because our struggle is against the enemy, and we must utilize the weaponry given unto us in order to evidence the victory (see Eph 6:12; 2Co 10:4) for the benefit of those caught in his snare. Our weaponry includes the Sword which is the WORD of God, the blood of Jesus, and authority in His Name. In Christ Jesus there is no condemnation (see Ro 8:1-2); hence when we fall down we can’t be kept down because when we mess-up we fess-up to God (Who, of course, knew about the thing before you told Him). It’s through the perfect work of Christ that Abba Father sees us in the perfect light of Jesus allowing us to run to Him.

Speak the promise . . . Harriet