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Escaping Death...

This was just passing through my mind, and I wanted to offer it as encouragement to all who will read it:

2 Peter 1:2-4
Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue, through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Here's my paltry attempt at even beginning to understand what that really means:

1. We receive grace and peace on the principle of multiplication through a growing knowledge of God and Jesus.

2. This is the result of His power gives us everything that has anything to do with life and godliness (once again through our knowledge of Him--which give me the idea we really need to get to know Him better).

3. He has set us apart to exemplify glory and virtue.

4. Through Him, who set us apart, we receive EXCEEDING (I love that word) great and precious promises.

5. By these promises, we may receive the Divine nature (HAVE MERCY!).

6. By these promises, we may escape from this world, its corruption (which is ever-increasing through unsanctified desires), and the end result of it (death).

Praise God for the promises of The One who loved us to death, that we may escape death and receive again the sinless nature we lost in Eden!

What God Prizes

Sometimes it feels like the work we're trying to do for God is hardly making a drop in the vast ocean of need...I felt this way this week...and then a friend sent me a reminder that I thought I'd pass on.

"It is not the great results we attain, but the motives from which we act, that weigh with God. He prizes goodness and faithfulness more than the greatness of the work accomplished." 2T 510-511

"And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart." Gal 6:9

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Cor 15:58

bible worker opportunity

There's a position that's just opened at a church near to me (Portland, ME). Year long. Summer to summer. Please call or email me if the Lord is speaking to you about this. 

The Love of God

The revolting sound of my alarm clock called my name this morning at 6. -Forget it,- I muttered under my breath, -this is a black day.- I turned over, planning to skip devotions, cancel worship, and walk into work wearing a scowl and all black. Thirty minutes passed--6:30--the time when I usually awaken my housemates for worship. From my sleep a knock at the door called for my attention. No way. I knew I had to get up. I went to my door and no one was there. I knocked on my housemates' doors figuring one of them had done it, but they hadn't. -Might as well have worship,- I surmised.

The devotional verse was from Romans 8. The point was, no matter what comes into our lives, it cannot separate us from the love of God. Trials can come. Heartaches may befall us. Nothing can separate us. Read the chapter. I was in tears as I finished reading it in its entirety after worship. Nothing can separate us. As you read the end of the chapter, substitute in all the problems that you think you have and realize that nothing can separate you from His love that was manifested in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Preaching in Spanish

hey everyone, how are you? i'm preaching in spanish for the first time in my life tomorrow, so if you could pray for me it would be swell. 11am EST.

say, if you don't have a prayer journal, you should keep one! this week evan bambrick (the oldest of the three boys whose family came to the evangelistic meetings and some of the last ARISE classes) showed me that i really needed to get back into mine. (by the way, for those who remember him, he gave his heart to God in this last month!! He's oN FiRe!!) I basically write what i read and learn in my devotions, what's happening, what/who i'm praying for, and how God is leading in my life. it's really great to keep yourself accountable to God, and it's really important for later on to see how God is truly active in your life. i hope you're all doing well! God be with you! don't forget His promises!

-David Fernandez

Psalm 32:8- "I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you."

Prayer request

I also have a prayer request - Satan really seems to be attacking the members of our team at the moment - there have been muggings, road accidents and other issues both physical and spiritual to deal with, and we really need God's protection and strength.