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Friday, August 20, 2004

GLEANINGS FROM THE WORD

Encountering an extraordinary God in ordinary life

Once we have accepted Jesus as our Lord and Saviour we become new creations and our old self is left behind. We started with a small but significant list, but over time readers have added their own favorites. Here is a taste of your new identity in Christ Jesus.

I AM:

I am Christ's brother (sister) Hebrews 2:10-12
I am able - Philippians 4:13
I am His witness - Acts 1:8
I am His workmanship - Ephesians 2:10
I am not of this world - John 17:14-16
I am His worshipper - Psalm 95:6
I am worthy - Revelation 3:4
I am yielded to God - Romans 6:13
I am yoked with Jesus - Matthew 11:29
I am heaven bound, guaranteed. - I Peter 1: 4
I am abounding in grace - 2 Corinthians 9:8
I am abounding in hope - Romans 15:4, 13
I am Abraham's offspring - Galatians 3:29
I am abundant - John 10:10
I have abundant life- 1 John 4:9
I have access - Ephesians 2:18
I am adequate - 2 Corinthians 3:5
I am adopted - Ephesians 1:5
I am alive - Ephesians 2:4-5
I am an ambassador for Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:20
I am anointed - 1 John 2:20
I am anxious for nothing - Philippians 4:6
I am the apple of His eye - Zechariah 2:8
I am appointed by God - John 15:16
I am the aroma of Christ - 2 Corinthians 2:15
I am not ashamed - 2 Timothy 1:12
I am assured of reward - 1 Corinthians 15:58
I am assured of success - Proverbs 16:3
I have authority over the devil - Luke 9:1
I am baptized into Christ - 1 Corinthians 12:15
I am delightful to God - Psalm 149:4
I am becoming a mature person - Ephesians 4:13
I am becoming conformed to Christ - Romans 8:29
I am a believer - Romans 10:9
I belong to God - John 17:9
I am betrothed - Hosea 2:19-20
I am blameless - 1 Corinthians 1:8
I am blessed - Ephesians 1:3
I am blood bought - 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
I am bold - Proverbs 28:1
I am a bondservant - Psalm 116:16
I am born of God - 1 John 5:18
I am born again - 1 Peter 1:23
I am bought with a price - 1 Corinthians 6:20
I am a branch of the True Vine - John 15:5
I am His bride - Isaiah 54:5
I am His brother - Hebrews 2:11
I am brought near - Ephesians 2:13
I am built up - 1 Peter 2:5
I am buried with Christ - Romans 6:4
I am called - 1 Peter 5:10
I am calm - Philippians 4:6
I am cared for - 1 Peter 5:7
I am carried - Exodus 19:4
I am changed - 1 Samuel 10:6
I am a child of God - John 1:12
I am cherished - Ephesians 5:29
I am chosen - 1 Peter 2:9
I am circumcised spiritually - Colossians 2:1
I am a citizen of heaven - Philippians 3:20
I am clay in the potter's hand - Jeremiah 18:6
I am clean - Ezekiel 36:25; John 15:3
I am cleansed - 1 John 1:7,9
I am clothed with Christ - Galatians 3:27
I am a co-heir with Christ - Romans 8:17
I am comforted - Jeremiah 31:13
I am complete in Christ - Colossians 2:10
I am confident - 1 John 4:17
I am confident of answers to prayer - 1 John 5:14-15
I am confident He will finish me - Philippians 1:6
I am confident He will never leave me - Hebrews 13:5- 6
I am a conqueror - Romans 8:37
I am content - Philippians 4:11
I am content with weakness - 2 Corinthians 12:10
I am continually with God - Psalm 73:23
I am controlled by the love of Christ - 2 Corinthians 12:10
I am courageous - 1 Chronicles 28:20
I am created in Christ for good works - Ephesians 2:10
I am created in His image - Genesis 1:27
I am crucified with Him - Galatians 2:20
I am dead in Christ - Romans 6:4
I am dead to sin - Romans 6:11
I am a delight - Psalm 147:11
I am delighted in - Isaiah 42:1
I am delivered - Psalm 107:6
I am desired - Psalm 45:11
I am determined - Philippians 4:13
I am a disciple - John 8:31-32
I am disciplined - Hebrews 12:5-11
I am drawing near with confidence - Hebrews 4:16
I am empowered to obey - Philippians 2:13
I am encouraged - 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17
I am enlightened - Ephesians 1:18
I am enriched in everything - 1 Corinthians 1:5
I am equipped - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
I am established Deuteronomy 28:9
I have eternal life - John 3:36
I am an evangelist matthew 28:18-20
I have every good thing - Philemon 6
I am exalted at His right hand - Acts 2:34-35
I am faithful - Revelation 17:14
I am family - Psalm 68:5
I am far from oppression - Isaiah 54:14
I am favoured - Job 10:12
I am a fellow citizen with the saints - Ephesians 2:19
I am a fellow worker - Colossians 4:11
I am filled - Acts 2:4
I am filled to the fullness of God - Colossians 2:9- 10
I am filled with the fruit of righteousness - Philippians 1:11
I am filled with the fruit of the Spirit - Galatians 5:22-23
I am filled with the knowledge of His will - Colossians 1:9
I am filled with joy - John 17:13
I am a finished product -in progress - Philippians 1:6
I am a first fruit - Romans 8:23
I am forgiven - Ephesians 1:7
I am formed in the womb by God - Jeremiah 1:5
I was lost, but now am found - Luke 19:10
I am a fragrance - 1 Corinthians 1:15-16
I am free - John 8:36
I am freely given all things - Romans 8:32
I am gifted - Romans 12:6
I am given His magnificent promises - 2 Peter 1:3-4
I am given His Holy Spirit - 2 Corinthians 1:22
I am glorified with Him - 2 Thessalonians 2:14
I am God's child - John 1:12
I am God's gift to Christ - John 17:24
I know God is for me - Romans 8:3
I am gracious - Proverbs 22:11
I am granted grace in Christ Jesus - Romans 5:17,20
I am guarded by God - 2 Timothy 1:12
I am guarded by God's peace - Philippians 4:7
I am guaranteed - Ephesians 1:13-14
I am guided - Psalm 48:14
I am guiltless - Romans 8:1
I am the head - Deuteronomy 28:13
I am healed - 1 Peter 2:24
I am healthy - Deuteronomy 7:15
I am an heir to eternal life - Titus 3:4-7
I am helped by Him - Isaiah 44:2
I am hidden with Christ in God - Colossians 3:1-4
I am His - Isaiah 43:1
I am God's handiwork - Ephesians 2:10
I am holy - Ephesians 1:4
I am honoured - 2 Timothy 2:21
I am humble -Philippians 2:24
I am the image of God - Genesis 1:27
I am an imitator of God - Ephesians 5:1
I am in Christ Jesus - 1 Corinthians 1:30
I am included - Ephesians 1:13
I am indestructible - John 6:51
I am indwelt by Christ Jesus - John 14:20
I am indwelt by His Spirit - Romans 8:11
I am inscribed on His palms - Isaiah 49:16
I am inseparable from His love - Romans 8:35
I am an instrument of righteousness - Romans 6:13
I am joyful - Philippians 4:4
I am a joy to the Lord Zephiniah 3:17
I am justified - Acts 13:39
I am kept - Isaiah 38:17
I am in a Kingdom of priests - Revelation 1:6
I am a king's kid - Psalm 44:4
I know all things work together for good - Romans 8:28
I know in Whom I believe - 2 Timothy 1:12
I am known - 2 Timothy 2:19
I lack no wisdom - James 1:5
I am lavished with riches of His grace - Ephesians 1:7-8
I am led in Christ's triumph - 2 Corinthians 2:14
I am liberated - Romans 6:23
I have life and peace in the Spirit - Romans 8:6
I have light - John 8:12
I am a light in a dark place - Acts 13:47
I have life flowing through me - John 7:38
I am like a watered garden - Isaiah 58:11
I am a living stone in a spiritual house - 1 Peter 2:4-5
I am the Lord's - Isaiah 44:5
I am loved - John 3:16
I am loved constantly, unconditionally - Isaiah 58:11
I am loyal - Psalm 86:2
I am made by Him - Psalm 100:3
I am a magnifier of God - Psalm 69:30
I am marked - Ephesians 1:13
I am a member of His body - Ephesians 5:30
I am mighty in God - Luke 10:19
I have the mind of Christ - 1 Corinthians 2:16
I am a minister - 2 Corinthians 3:6
I am a minister of reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18-19
I am a mountain mover - Mark 11:22-23
I am named - Isaiah 43:1
I am near to God - Ephesians 2:13
I am never forsaken - Hebrews 13:5
I am new - Ephesians 4:24
I am a new creation - 2 Corinthians 5:17
I have new life - Romans 6:4
I am part of a new race - 1 Peter 2:9
I am not condemned - Romans 8:1
I am no longer a slave to sin - Romans 6:6
I have not been given a spirit of fear - 1 Timothy 1:7
I am obedient - Isaiah 1:19
I have received mercy - Romans 9:23
I am obtained an inheritance - Ephesians 1:1
I am of God's household - Ephesians 2:19
I am on the winning side - Colossians 2:15
I am one with Him - John 17:23-24
I am an overcomer - 1 John 5:4-5
I am pardoned - Jeremiah 33:8
I am a partaker of Christ - Hebrews 3:14
I am a partaker of the Holy Spirit - Hebrews 6:4
I am a partaker of grace - Philippians 1:7
I am a partaker of the promise in Christ - Ephesians 3:6
I have passed from death to life - John 5:24
I am patient - James 5:8
I have peace - Philippians 4:7
I am one of the people of God - 1 Peter 2:9
I am being perfected - 1 Peter 5:10
I am pleasing to God - Psalm 149:4
I am God's own possession - Titus 2:14
I am possessor of all things - 1 Corinthians 3:21-23
I have the power of God behind me - Philippians 3:21
I have power - Acts 1:8
I have power over the devil - Luke 9:1
I am predestined - Ephesians 1:11
I am prepared beforehand for glory - Romans 9:23
I am prosperous - Psalm 1:3
I am protected - Psalm 91:14
I am provided for - Matthew 6:33
I am purchased - Revelation 5:9
I am purposeful - Psalm 138:8
I am qualified - Colossians 1:12
I am raised up with Christ - Ephesians 2:6
I am ransomed with Him - Isaiah 35:10
I am rare - Proverbs 20:15
I have received mercy - 1 Peter 2:10
I have received an unshakable Kingdom - Hebrews 12:28-29
I am reconciled to God - Romans 5:10
I am redeemed - Galatians 3:13
I am refined - Isaiah 48:10
I am reigning with Him - Romans 5:17
I am rejoicing - Romans 5:2-3
I am renewed - 2 Corinthians 4:16
I am His representative - Matthew 5:16
I am rescued - Colossians 1:13
I have rest provided - Matthew 11:28-30
I am rewarded by God - Isaiah 49:4
I am rich - 2 Corinthians 8:9
I am righteous - Ephesians 4:22
I am rooted and built up in Him - Colossians 2:7
I am royalty - Romans 5:17; 8:16-17
I am a royal priesthood - 1 Peter 2:9
I am safe - Psalm 4:8
I am a saint of God - Psalm 34:9
I am the salt of the earth - Matthew 5:13
I am sanctified - 1 Corinthians 6:11
I am satisfied - Jeremiah 31:14
I am saved - Ephesians 2:8
I am sealed by God with His Holy Spirit - Ephesians 1:13
I am seated with Him - Ephesians 2:6
I am secure - Deuteronomy 33:12
I am sent - John 20:21
I am set free - John 8:31-32,36
I am sharing Christ's inheritance - Romans 8:17
I am sharing His glory - John 17:22,24
I am His sheep - Psalm 23:1
I am sheltered - Psalm 91:1
I am shielded - Psalm 91:4
I am a slave to righteousness - Romans 6:18
I am His soldier - 2 Timothy 2:3-4
I am a son of God - Romans 8:14
I am stable - Isaiah 33:6
I am standing in His grace - Romans 5:2
I am standing firm in Christ - 2 Corinthians 1:21
I have my steps established by the Lord - Psalm 37:23
I am strengthened in Him - Ephesians 3:16
I am strong in the Lord - 1 Corinthians 1:8
I am amply supplied - Philippians 4:18
I am sustained from birth - Psalm 71:6
I am a temple - 1 Corinthians 3:16
I am thought about - Psalm 139:17-18
I am transferred into His Kingdom - Colossians 1:13
I am transformed - 2 Corinthians 3:18
I am treasured - Psalm 83:3
I am triumphant - 2 Corinthians 2:14
I am unafraid - Isaiah 44:2; 51:12
I am understood - Ephesians 1:8
I am united with Christ - Romans 6:5
I am upheld - Psalm 37:17
I am upright - Psalm 7:10
I am unblemished - Colossians 1:22
I have understanding - 2 Timothy 2:72
I am useful for His glory - Isaiah 43:7
I am valuable - Luke 12:24
I live in victory - 1 Corinthians 15:57
I am walking in His light - 1 John 1:7
I am a warrior - 2 Corinthians 10:4
I am washed - Titus 3:5
I am watching for His return - Luke 12:37
I am weak, then I am strong - 2 Corinthians 12:10
I am in a wealthy place - Psalm 66:12
I am welcome - Luke 11:9
I am being made whole - Mark 5:34
I put on the whole armour of God - Ephesians 6:11
I am wise - Proverbs 2:6

Never let the enemy tell you that you are worthless or insignificant. You have value in the eyes of God so great that it was worth dying for. You are a blessing to the world.

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I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

MY THEOLOGICAL TRAINING:

It brings to my face a unadulterated smile each and every occasion I am asked, “Elder Dre, What Theological Training do you have?”

My heart beams with joy at the opportunity to humbly give full glory to God as I reflect on on how the prophets, patriarchs and apostles of old would have respond: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua, Gideon, King David, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Matthew, Mark, Peter, James, John and the other disciples, not forgetting the Saviour Himself.

How would they have answered the question: “What theological training do you have?”

The words of the prophet Amos also came to mind: “Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:” Amos 7:14

I surely am not impliedly decrying theological preparation, education or training: I consider it essential, but not as much as some think. For the fact is, the Almighty raises up believers according to His own standards.

Educational qualifications, wealth, fame, talent, social standing, outward appearance etc. are useful; but they are secondary in His sight. Qualities like faith, obedience, holiness, humility, honesty, absolute loyalty to one’s spouse, the ability to raise one’s family to fear God and keep His commandments etc.; these are the things the Most High values.

“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Only on the Day of Judgment will it be known how truly educated, weighty and effective I have been. That is why I have to smile when the question arise.

The vanity of the question is only matched by the foolishness of my answer.

As the wise man wrote: “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1: 2 or as the apostle Paul commented in 2 Corinthians 11:16-30 when rattling off a long list of impressive qualifications “... I speak as a fool.”

Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 1 John 4:14-15 (NLT)

I am a preacher, but most of all, I proclaim that Jesus is the Savior with various applications of that truth in my everyday life. My dear friend, if you are a Christian, you are a preacher also. Whether you have been ordained or not, hired by a church or not, or ever been recognized as a preacher or not is beside the point. All who have God living in them are called to proclaim the Savior to the world. It is a Holy calling, and a demanding one. It will pull you out of your comfort zone, challenge your commitment, and help to develop you into the person God has created you to be.

John spoke as an eyewitness to Jesus' saving power. We speak as heart-witnesses; ones who have not seen Jesus with our eyes, but have experienced Him through personal transformation. I speak, and you speak, as a representative of Christ on earth. The message that we bring is simple, yet profound; that God the Father sent God the Son into the world to save those who are lost to bring them into relationship with Him. As you tell the story, and I tell the story, some will listen and receive the grace that God has sent us into the world to proclaim.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Father, what a privilege to be a spokesperson for You.

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