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| EYE HATH NOT SEEN, NOR EAR HEARD... NEITHER HAVE ENTERED INTO THE HEART OF MAN THE THINGS WHICH GOD HATH PREPARED FOR THEM WHICH LOVE HIM+. 1 Corinthians 2:9 |
Meditations for
Pascha
(The
Passover Season, 2016)
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Meditations for the Monastic-At-Heart
Now is My+ soul troubled;
and what shall I+ say ...
FATHER,
save ME+
from this hour ?
but for this cause
came I+ unto this hour.
FATHER,
Glorify Thy Name.
Then
came there a Voice from Heaven, saying,
I have both glorified It,
and will glorify It again.
John12:27-28
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Meditation Verse
Ephesians 1: 6
To the praise of
the glory of HIS Grace, wherein HE hath made us accepted in the BELOVED+.
The
literal Greek:
Unto praise of the Glory of HIS Grace
in which HE favored us
in the ONE+
Having-Been-Loved+ .
translated by SJH
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MEDITATION
We have
been favored with an identity in CHRIST JESUS... an
identity that was established before the foundation of the world.
This new
identity makes us "acceptable," to receive the favor given to us by Our
Heavenly FATHER.
This new
identity for us, a new "definition" if you will, was set in motion
long before there were any of the Adamic race on the face of the earth. This new identity was given to us by The
FATHER, in love, an identity
available for all who turn to JESUS.
This new
identity was SONSHIP . We are invited,
now, to enter into SONSHIP through JESUS CHRIST. We are
invited to be adopted unto GOD the Heavenly FATHER, our true
Father.
Marvelous
and wonderful, this new "position" in life will last for all Eternity
in Heaven... for all who lay down their lives to follow JESUS.
This is
to the praise of the glory of Our FATHER'S Grace
that HE bestowed upon us through JESUS CHRIST, The BELOVED+.
It would
be unthinkable to throw away such a marvelous gift. No-one would, if he
could clearly see it.
However,
day by day, hour by hour, we make choices to indulge Self instead of to sow to
the Spirit. Each time we do that, we lose more of the true picture of what Our LORD JESUS CHRIST has procured for us... by the sacrifice of His+ Life.
Our
actions show our priorities more than our false promises and forsaken
commitments.
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Let
us pray:
O Dear Heavenly FATHER, I offer THEE my praise
and thanksgiving for calling me to a new identity, created for us within Thy
BELOVED SON+ , JESUS CHRIST... created for all who will follow HIM+.
Help
me to follow HIM+, in sincerity of heart and in spirit.
I
have wandered from Thy SON+ in my heart, in so many ways. I have not regarded
His+ Word. I have turned a deaf ear to
His+ SPIRIT.
I
have not quieted myself like a weaned child, in meekness, in order to learn how
to behave in CHRIST.
I
have done things not in line with the character of Thy Holy SON+ JESUS and destroyed my witness for HIM+ even with
my own tongue, at times.
Also,
O FATHER, THOU knowest my bad attitudes
even if no-one else does.
Cleanse
me, once again, O LORD. Take not Thy+ HOLY SPIRIT from me. Renew in me a right
spirit, that I may perfectly love THEE+ and worthily magnify Thy+ glorious
Name, O CHRIST.
In
Whose+ Name I offer praise and glory to THEE, Holy FATHER, for Thine
inestimable love in the redemption offered to the world through Thy SON+ JESUS
CHRIST. Amen.
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PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
be to The FATHER,
and to His Beloved SON+
JESUS CHRIST,
and to the Blessed HOLY SPIRIT.
ONE GOD:
FATHER,
SON+,
and HOLY SPIRIT,
both now and forever,
world without end.
Amen.
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Worthy is the LAMB+.
Worthy is The LAMB+
that was slain.
Worthy is the LAMB+,
slain
from the foundation
of the earth.
Revelation 13:8
