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My Disciple
I love you. I love you with a greater love than you can comprehend. I set aside the perfection and pleasures of heaven to offer Myself as a sacrifice for your sins. I became a man so I could intimately understand your earthly battles with the flesh, the world and the evil forces that come against you day after day. I was despised, spit upon and beaten beyond human recognition. I was nailed to a cross where I shed my divine blood as atonement for your sins. I rose from the grave in three days victorious over every enemy of life you will ever face. I am your risen savior!
When you are facing trials and temptations of life, remember you are never alone. I have given the Holy Spirit to comfort, teach and guide you. He is in you and will empower you through every step of your spiritual journey. Read my word and pray at the beginning of every day. Be salt and light in a world of darkness and confusion. Boldly tell others of my love for them. Proclaim without shame the way of salvation trusting the Holy Spirit to draw hearts and souls unto me. Serve and worship me faithfully in the local body of believers I place you in. Do not expect the world to reward you for your obedience to me. I am storing your rewards in heaven where you will enjoy them throughout eternity. I am the bread of Life and the prince of peace! Satan will try to distract, discourage and defeat you. He will try to use difficult circumstances to plant seeds of hatred and bitterness in your heart. Resist him.
Give me all the pain, persecutions and problems in your life. They are not yours to bear. They are mine. Bring me all the bitterness, bondage, and brokenness of your past. I am not the author of the tragedies you have had to experience in life. But in my sovereignty I will work out all things for your good and for my glory. Stand firm in the authority of my word and trust me for the victory! Through me you can triumph over every challenge and trial of life. I am your counselor and conquering king! You will walk through many fires and trials in your life. Expect them. But at the same time, rest in the unwavering assurance of my power, my promises and my provision. I will lead you only where my grace will sustain you. You will not always understand the divine plan I have for your life, but trust me. In me and me alone lies your joy, your strength and your success in life!
Love,
Jesus
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