Encouragement for Today (5/5/24)

Godly love and greetings to my sisters who were bought with a price.
What price is that sisters?

Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Peter 1:18-19 

Those who belong to Christ, see the precious blood He shed and don't trample it.  (See the biblical gospel HERE.) Last night at a preach (you can see that HERE), we saw many 'so called' Christians trampling the blood of Christ by loving the world.  What does that make them? 

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 
​James 4:4 

Because we love God and stand for His glory and we love our neighbor, we call them to repentance, like we did.  And this morning we did it again outside a worldly church, you can see that post HERE. Let's also examine ourselves to make sure we're in the truth otherwise what does that make us?

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
​Matthew 6:16 

We don't want our reward today do we?

I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 
​Philippians 3:14 

Amen, let us all press toward the mark and endure all the way through for He is worthy!!!

It's spring time and most of the buds have new leaves on them, the violets are out (I used to make violet tea:-), the birds are making nests and the air is fresh and cool.  Everything feels and looks new and alive and we're blessed each year to see it happen again and again.  The cycle of life is right in front of our eyes, pointing to a great creator, like we see in Romans 1 we are all without excuse as there is so much evidence that how can one NOT wonder about Him?  It also makes me think of...

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 
2 Corinthians 5:17 

I love that the old is gone and the opportunity to be a new creation.  (And I love my new name -Aman- because it wipes away even that old residue and describes a new creation.) 
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We are so blessed to be allowed to know our Creator, what a wonderful God we serve!

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
1 John 2:3-5 

We will be heading back down the gospel road tomorrow, if we get the day, being faithful servants in the life the Lord has us.  Are you being faithful in yours? Doing all things unto Him?  Being thankful and content? Let us rejoice in this day of being a new creation, knowing our creator, having that blessed hope ahead of us.  

I hope your day goes well, be strong in the Lord....do you know the rest of that?

Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Ephesians 6:10 

For more edification, check out our daily (almost every day anyway) audios HERE  where we share many different topics and things going on that might be encouraging to the saints worldwide. 

Love to you all, who love and serve the one true living God.
​Sister Aman