God, the creator of the universe and all that is in it sees all of creation from the beginning to the end……all in one moment! In the beginning GOD spoke…..….
“Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over all the earth and all that resides within it”.
God’s eyes continuously go to and thro, always creating anew; seeking a moment-to-moment encounter to find someone whom to pour out his Loving-kindness over. He continually whispers, passionately seeking to converse & interact with each of us as he looks upon us with his loving gaze. He knew each of us from the creation of time; for he knew when we would be born because he created us in his likeness with all our unique characteristics while he placed us in our mother’s womb for such a time as this for each of us to dwell on this earth. He has told each of us “You are the Apple of my Eye”; a peculiar people, born with uniquely individual characteristics to be a people of destiny in this life; dwell in my grace and love.
In love, he created each of us in his image to have everlasting abundant life, to live by the law of the Holy Spirit, to be redeemed from the curse of the law and delivered from the power of darkness, sealed with the promise of the Holy Spirit. We were created through his workmanship for good works; being the salt of the earth & the light of the world; to be more than a conqueror, free from condemnation. Every human is the temple of the Holy Spirit being reconciled to God as an ambassador to co-labor with him in the world to bring forth the fullness of righteousness in all manners and to show his loving-kindness to others.
In his loving kindness, our creator’s greatest desire for each of us is for all to receive his son the Lord Jesus Christ, [Emanuel, meaning God with us] as our savior to intercede for us before our Creator that we may receive salvation, and forgiveness because we were all born into a corrupt world full of sin. God’s greatest desire is to have a personal relationship with each of his children and for each of us to know that he is our father who is pure Love and loves each of us with unconditional eternal love. While he created each of us with free will, he so desires that we know him and grow in the knowledge of his ways.
Through our free will and our heart’s desire to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are redeemed by the blood Jesus shed on the Cross for all of mankind. Each of us then is blessed with the mind of Christ; that our whole inheritance rests in Jesus. Therefore, through Christ, we will live victorious lives, gaining his greatest attributes of Love, Joy & Peace. as we grow in the knowledge of our father in heaven and our salvation in Jesus. We Become more Christ-like through our existence in Jesus. enabling us to overcome the world. He declares us to be his children, therefore we become partakers of His nature and can do all things through strength in Christ. We then have the peace of God our Father that passes all understanding, having all our needs met by God [the father] according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. We each become a joint heir with Christ and are established in him till the end. Each person becomes a disciple of Christ because for our salvation we love others, as he first loved each of us. We are then recognized as saints in the Family of God; we are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself being the chief cornerstone. We each who receive Christ as our Lord & Savior are raised up with him in heavenly places being partakers of His divine nature; therefore Father God can see us as Holy & Blameless and righteous in his sight through Christ Jesus.
Be Enriched & Edified & Blessings…..Reverend Lenna Cooke-Carpentier
If you have not joined the Family of God…receiving Christ as your Savior is as simple as resighting the following Prayer!
Lord Jesus, I believe that you are the son of God, I want you to come into my life and teach me, love me so that I may love others as God our father and you love me. Forgive me of all my sins and heal me so that I may live a victorious life through you. I also believe that you were crucified on the cross for all my sins; you died, buried, and rose again by the hand of God and you now sit on the right hand of the father. Please come and dwell in my heart that I may have a life of Love, Joy & Peace….AMEN