BROTHER BOB RETURNS:

BROTHER BOB RETURNS:
Dear Friends in Christ,
Actually I never left, but my computer developed a condition in which I was sending out devotionals but no one was receiving them. It still is a mystery to me why this is so. In order to get emails to be received, I had to install a special software called "Thunderbird" which is a substitute for Outlook Express.
I am very grateful to God that He restored my ministry in this way. It was a very empty experience to know that I could not send out Gospel messages to my family and friends. Very frustrating. And not to know how to fix it. But thanks be to Jesus for His mercy so His word can go out to you from me and I can equally be blessed as I study and research His Glorious Word.
Thank you for your kind responses to my return. I now have a lot of "book-keeping" ahead to repair address books and databases, and to answer the backlog of requests and responses. and to learn how to better use the Thunderbird. But it is a happy thing to do it again.
God Bless you as you walk with the Savior and meditate on His Word.
In Christ...brother bob...<><
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You Have Extreme Value in the Eyes of God


CHRIST HAS PROVIDED ABUNDANT LIFE FOR YOU

(John 10:10-11 KJV)
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:
I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
{11} I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.

(Psa 23:5-6 KJV)
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
{6} Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH ALL SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS

(Eph 1:3-7 KJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
{4} According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
{5} Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,
{6} To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
{7} In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;

YOU HAVE ACCESS UNTO THE FATHER BY JESUS CHRIST

(Eph 2:18-19 KJV)
For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
{19} Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;


YOU ARE SEATED IN HEAVENLY PLACES WITH CHRIST

Eph 2:4-10 KJV)
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
{5} Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
{6} And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
{7} That in the ages to come
he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
{8} For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: {9} Not of works, lest any man should boast.
{10} For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them

YOU HAVE THE SUFFICIENCY WHICH GOD PROVIDES

(2 Cor 3:3-6 KJV)
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us,
written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God;
not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
{4} And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
{5} Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves;
but our sufficiency is of God;
{6} Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;
not of the letter, but of the spirit:
for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

YOU ARE ADOPTED CHILDREN OF GOD BY JESUS CHRIST

(Eph 1:5-7 KJV)
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,
{6} To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
{7} In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;

YOU HAVE BEEN MADE ALIVE BY THE GRACE OF CHRIST

(Eph 2:4-9 KJV)
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
{5} Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
{6} And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
{7} That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
{8} For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God: {9} Not of works, lest any man should boast.

YOU ARE MADE AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST

(2 Cor 5:20-21 KJV)
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us:
we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
{21} For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

(John 15:16 KJV)
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you,
that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.

YOU HAVE BEEN ANOINTED FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD

(1 John 2:20 KJV)
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

(1 John 2:27 KJV)
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you,
and ye need not that any man teach you:
but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things,
and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you,
ye shall abide in him.


WE ARE PARTICIPANTS IN THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD

(1 John 4:13-16 KJV)
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his Spirit.
{14} And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
{15} Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
{16} And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

YOU NEED TO BE ANXIOUS FOR NOTHING

(Phil 4:6-8 KJV)
Be careful{Grk=full of cares, distracted} for nothing;
but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
{7} And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
{8} Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,
whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report;
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,
think on these things.

YOU ARE THE APPLE OF GOD'S EYE

(Zec 2:8-10 KJV)
For thus saith the LORD of hosts;
After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you:
for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple{Heb=pupil} of his eye.
{9} For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants:
and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
{10} Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion:
for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.

YOU EXUDE THE SPIRITUAL AROMA OF CHRIST

(2 Cor 2:14-16 KJV)
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
{15} For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
{16} To the one we are the savour of death unto death;
and to the other the savour of life unto life.
And who is sufficient for these things?

YOU NEED NOT BE ASHAMED AT SUFFERING FOR THE LORD

(2 Tim 1:10-13 KJV)
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
{11} Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
{12} For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed:
for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able
to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
{13} Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me,
in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF REWARDS FOR YOUR LABOR IN CHRIST

(1 Cor 15:57-58 KJV)
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
{58} Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable,
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.


GOD EXALTS THE LOWLY AND HELPLESS

(Job 5:8-12 KJV)
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
{9} Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
{10} Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:
{11} To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.
{12} He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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