I, YAHWEH, with the first of them and with the last, I AM HE. MY love endures forever.
I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon ME and come and pray to ME, and I will listen to you. You will seek ME and find ME when you seek ME with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the LORD. MY love endures forever.
I took you from the ends of the earth, from the farthest corners I called you. I said, You are MY servant; I have chosen you and not rejected you. So do not fear, for I AM with you; do not be dismayed, for I AM your GOD. I will strengthen you; I will uphold you with MY righteous right hand. All who rage against you will surely be ashamed and disgraced; those who oppose you will be as nothing and perish. Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I AM the LORD your GOD, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid for I MYSELF will help you, declares the LORD, your redeemer, the HOLY ONE of Israel. MY love endures forever.
MY grace is sufficient for you, for MY power is made perfect in weakness. I brought you into the kingdom of MY SON, whom I love, in whom you have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. I, even I, AM HE who blots out your transgressions, for MY own sake, and remember your sins no more. MY love endures forever.
Put on MY full armor, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the SPIRIT, which is the word of GOD. And pray in the SPIRIT on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. Clothe yourselves with the LORD JESUS CHRIST. As MY chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Bear with one another; forgive one another as you have been forgiven; and over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. MY love endures forever.
Do not merely listen to MY word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Pay attention to what I say; listen closely to MY words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them with your whole heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to your whole body. Do not follow the statutes of your fathers or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols. I AM the LORD your GOD; follow MY decrees and be careful to keep MY laws. Keep MY Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I AM the LORD your GOD.
Love the LORD your GOD with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no commandment greater than these. Yet, obey all of MY commandments. If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your GOD and do what is right in MY eyes, if you pay attention to MY commands and keep all MY decrees, I will not bring on you any diseases for I AM the LORD who heals you. Remember the LORD your GOD, for it is I who give you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirm MY covenant, which I swore with your forefathers, as it is today. MY love endures forever.
Trust in ME with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge ME, and I will make your paths straight. Fear the LORD your GOD, serve ME only, and take your oaths in MY name. Fear ME and give ME glory. To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength. Rejoice in ME always. Again I say, rejoice! Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances. Praise MY HOLY NAME.
Love one another as I love you. Your love must be sincere, as MY love endures forever. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Share with MY people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in CHRIST I forgave you. Be imitators of ME, THE ALMIGHTY LORD YOUR GOD, therefore, as dearly loved children, and live a life of love, just as CHRIST loved you and gave HIMSELF up for you as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to ME. I AM not unjust; I will not forget your work and the love you have shown ME as you have helped MY people and continue to help them. Just as each of you has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in CHRIST you who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the LORD JESUS, giving thanks to GOD your FATHER through HIM .
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. Have faith in ME, the LORD your GOD. MY mercies are new every morning. Great is MY faithfulness. I, YAHWEH, do not change. Submit yourselves to ME. Resist the evil one, standing firm in the faith, and he will flee from you. Come near to ME and I will come near to you. Humble yourselves before the LORD, and I will lift you up. Cast all your anxiety on ME, because I care for you. MY love endures forever.
Thus is the word of GOD. All MY words are flawless and true; all MY righteous laws are eternal.
Love Always,
YOUR FATHER
P.S. Let the word of CHRIST dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to GOD. JESUS CHRIST is the same yesterday and today and forever.
I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. Romans 1:11-12
