Born from above...

For we have been born of God; born of the Spirit; not of natural seed to inherit the ‘Tower of Babel’ that this world is building; but of spiritual seed to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. What fellowship can Light possibly have with darkness? We are no longer of the lineage left to us by our earthly forefathers(which will perish): We have been born again of seed incorruptible: 

The wind blows wherever it will. No one knows where it comes from or where it is going- so it is the same with everyone born of the Spirit. Now, like Melchizedek the Priest of Salem, we are a puzzle to this world; we leave no paper trail except to the Cross: We have no lineage except Christ, who is all and who is in all who believe: We have no identity except in Him - and we do not need one. All that matters is a new creation. God is our Father; He hems us in, in front and behind. Our past is under His Blood; our present is hidden in His Body; our future is in His Glory: We will not truly recognize ourselves until that Glory is revealed. My life is nothing, but Jesus Christ.

John 1:12-13;  1Peter 1:18-19,23;  John 3:7-8;  Hebrews 7:3; 9:14,22;  Romans 6:1-11;  Colossians 3:3-4;  1Cor 2:2;  Psalm139:5;  1John 3:2

#FollowingJesus

Whoever would come after Me must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me you will find true life. Matthew16:24-25. 

Strengthen yourselves and build up the wall;
Make the ramparts firm, raise your towers up tall!
Enlarge the place of your tent;
Stretch your tent curtains wide,
For you will spread out and go forth on every side.
Like a mustard seed, that starts out so small,
You will grow up to be the mightiest of all ~~~
And the birds of the air will come to your shade:
The sick and the weary; the lost and afraid.
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Stand side by side, and Fight the Good Fight!
Extinguish the darkness; ~ and Let There Be Light.
In One Purpose ~ and One Accord,
Fix your eyes firmly on JESUS your LORD,
Who, for the joy set before Him, endured the cross;
Despising it's shame; 
Baring its Loss;
Enduring those stripes ~ Again and Again!
So that you, My Child, may be Born Again
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So now STAND with your brothers,
For the second time round;
To fight for the Kingdom;
To re-claim the ground;
To show the world that I AM good;
To make My Ways straight, and understood!
Open My Gates;
Compel them to come in;
To acknowledge My Name; to repent of their sin;
For to YOU the Keys of Life have been given,
To draw people in to the Kingdom of Heaven:
So hold fast to your faith,
And put ALL TRUST IN ME;
For this, My Bride, is your destiny:
To boldly declare, in the fear and the strife
that I AM THE WAY
              and the TRUTH
                       and the LIFE.

Nehemiah ch 1-10, Isaiah 54:2-3, Matthew 13:31-32, Hebrews 12:1-3, 1Peter 2:21-24, Joshua 3, Mark 1:3-4, 2Corinthians 5:17-21

Fight – Fight, with weapons of love -

setting your sights on the One above;

Who’s Perfect Love casts out all fear;                               

Who’s perfect Grace draws the sinner near;

Who breaketh the bow and snapeth the spear.

Who takes the sword out of my hand; shattering hate like grains of sand.

Create O Lord, a pure heart in me;
bring salve for my eyes, that I can see what You see: -
To embrace the ones that You adore –
             for against such Love there is no law!
For a greater love none can ever know: -
That we lay down our lives – for friend or for foe.
Where do we do this? There’s only one place:  -
At the Cross, at the Cross, the birth place of Grace.
 How do we do this? One Way – only One: -
Through Jesus Christ, God’s only Son.
So do not consider your life anymore,
nor set your sights on what was before.
 But fix them on things as yet unseen; give Him your heart – let Him make it clean.

No weapon can stand against this Love;
none can destroy what comes from above.
Freely on us He lavishes grace, that the world through us may see His Face.
So consider yourselves dead to sin;
deny yourself, take up your Cross and FOLLOW HIM.

May Almighty God who covers,
cover you today,
and draw you deep into His arms;
"I Love You" says Yahweh xox

 May Almighty God who showers,
shower like the rain
his beauty for your ashes
his restoration for your pain
And may you know his comfort
as once again he draws
you deep into his Father heart
and new life he restores. ♥♥♥

That amazing moment as a Christian when you not only realize who you are, but WHO's you are.

Fight – Fight, with weapons of love -

setting your sights on the One above;

Who’s Perfect Love casts out all fear;

Who’s perfect Grace draws the sinner near; 

                    Who breaketh the bow and snapeth the spear.                    

Who takes the sword out of my hand;

and shatters the hate like grains of sand.

Create O Lord, a pure heart in me; 

          Bring salve for my eyes, that I can see what You see: 

    To embrace the ones that You adore –

For against such Love there is no law! 

    For a greater love none can ever know: 

That we lay down our lives – for friend or for foe. 

   Where do we do this? There’s only one place: 

     At the Cross, at the Cross, the birth place of Grace. 

   How do we do this? One Way – only One: 

Through Jesus Christ, God’s only Son.