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Oh, thank you. Our Heavenly Father takes good care of me, and I am very grateful and work to keep my life FULL of the Joy of the Lorx YOUR ACCOUNT HELP CENTER HELP FORUM This email was sent to you because you indicated that you'd like to receive email notifications for text messages. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please update your email notification settings . Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 USA

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY-tomorrow- Madhvi!-Something that is bright, and that I hope you will like, should arrive tomorrow. Praying that your day is very special and abundantly blessed. Love you, MomEllen To respond to this text message, reply to this email or visit Google Voice. YOUR ACCOUNT HELP CENTER HELP FORUM This email was sent to you because you indicated that you'd like to receive email notifications for text messages. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please update your email notification settings . Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 USA

Well, my "walking with Jesus" friend, do you think that the Galatians are understanding the serious implications for their lives of the SPIRITUAL choices they are making? Spiritually tied to religious laws, OR blessed with the grace of God to respond freely to the leading of the Holy Spirit ( who INDWELLS everyone who BELIEVES in Jesus Christ, the Son of God). Here's how Paul continues his letter:"So then, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, the Scriptures foresaw that God would justify/ put IN right standing with Himself, all Gentiles/ non-Jewish persons, BY FAITH, foretold the good news of. Coming Saviour to Abraham. And God gave Abraham this promise: "In/through you, Abraham, shall all the nation's of the earth be blessed."(Genesis12:3) SO then, those who are people of FAITH are blessed and made happy and favored by God as partners in fellowship with Abraham who believed and trusted God IN FAITH." (Galatians 3:8-9) FAITH is a gift of God. FAI...

Hi, my "Walking with Jesus" friend. So, Paul continues his direct approach the Believers in Galatia. " My friends, please, think about it: what was your PURPOSE in coming to Christ? Does the Lord God Almighty, Who supplies you with His marvelous Holy Spirit, work powerfully and miraculously among you because you try to please Him by keeping the Law? NO. certainly NOT. His power and miracles come because of your BELIEVING IN and fully trusting the Gospel message! Remember Abraham. He BELIEVED IN, fully trusted in and relied on God, and his BELIEVING was counted for righteousness/right standing with God. You need to know and understand that it is REALLY the people who live by Faith, not by the law, who are the true sons and daughters of Abraham."( Galatians 3:5-8) Lord God Almighty, You are faithful and true, Holy and Righteous, increase our Faith in Your promises. Strengthen our will to live by dynamic faith in Our Risen and coming again Savior. Be with all thos...

To get the attention of someone, do you sometimes have to be very direct? I think so, my " walking with Jesus" friend. And obviously Paul thought so. Here is how he continues his letter to the Galatians:"O foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you and cast an evil spell upon you? You used to see clearly the meaning of the death of Jesus Christ. Look, let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the Holy Spirit by trying to keep the Jewish religious laws? Of course NOT. The Holy Spirit came upon you after you heard about Christ and trusted him to save you. But now, listen, have you gone completely crazy? Don't you realize that, since trying to obey the Jewish laws NEVER gave you Spiritual life in the first place, WHY do you now choose to think that going backwards into the law again is the way to go? That makes no sense. I know that you have gone through a lot to have accepted Christ as your Savior. Are you throwing all that away to go back to the old, unsatisfy...

How are you, my " walking with Jesus"friend? May I ask you a question? Have you ever wanted to strengthen the beliefs of someone you care about? Anyway, Paul duper cares about the Believers in each of the churches he established in the region of Galatia ( modern day southern Turkey). Now, in his letter to strengthen the faith of the Believers, Paul gives a personal testimony:(Galatians 2:20-21 "I, my personal ego, has been crucified/put to death with Christ: and I myself no longer live, but Christ/ the Spirit of Christ, lives in me. So that the REAL LIFE I now have within my body is a result of my decision to trust in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I am certainly not one of those who thinks the death of Christ has no meaning. For if we could have found peace with God by keeping the Jewish laws, then there would have been no reason for Christ to die for our sins and by paying for our sins, to make a way for us to have peace with God through his res...

Good Morning, my "walking with Jesus" friend. We have thankful hearts for the POWER of God poured out to us in His Word as we continue our "walk" with Paul in his letter to the Galatian Believers. We know that when you truly BELIEVE something your ACTIONS must conform to what you believe/ your actions must agree with your beliefs. "We know," Paul writes, "That a man is not justified/brought to right standing with God by works of the law, but ONLY through Faith in and absolute reliance on and trust in Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One. Therefore we have believed on Christ Jesus, so that we will be justified, that is accepted by God through Christ alone. There is NO WAY to be made right with God through keeping Jewish religious laws. Please, think about it. Can anyone perfectly keep all those laws? No. Nobody can. So, do not fall back into following Jewish rituals. Let us stand firm in our belief that only through Christ, can we come into a r...

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Thank you, thank you for the cheerful, thoughtful Thanksgiving card and kind note. Such treasured, happy memories of Thanksgiving with you and your precious family in 2015. I will go out to Paul and Monica's for Thanksgiving dinner again this year. Rejoicing to be reasonably well for 86. Praying that you four are also well. Love, Mom To respond to this text message, reply to this email or visit Google Voice. YOUR ACCOUNT HELP CENTER HELP FORUM This email was sent to you because you indicated that you'd like to receive email notifications for text messages. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please update your email notification settings . Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 USA

Of course, my "walking with Jesus" friend, the question of whether or not a non-Jewish person/aka, a Gentile had to accept and follow Jewish laws...along with Jesus...would NOT EVEN have come up, EXCEPT for some, "so-called" Christians came and spayed on us, seeing the freedom under GRACE that we enjoy in Christ. They tried to convince us to get all tied up in their 600+ rules, like slaves in chains. But, we did NOT listen to them for a single minute. We know, from Christ, that salvation can NOT be earned by observing Jewish laws. Salvation is only by Grace, through Faith, which is the gift of God. And when Peter, James and John, the "pillars of the church" learned how greatly the Lord had used us to win many Gentiles to Christ, they praised God, just as we praised God at how greatly Peter had been used to win many Jews to Jesus. Confirming to us that God calls each one to his/her own ministry. The only thing they did suggest was that we should always re...

"O Lord, our Lord, how EXCELLENT is Your Name in ALL the earth, You have set Your glory above the Heavens...you have made man and crowned him with glory and honor."( Psalm 8:1&5 b) Praying that we will always let the Lord lead us to think, speak and act in "Crown-worthy" ways that bring glory to His Name. To respond to this text message, reply to this email or visit Google Voice. YOUR ACCOUNT HELP CENTER HELP FORUM This email was sent to you because you indicated that you'd like to receive email notifications for text messages. If you don't want to receive such emails in the future, please update your email notification settings . Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043 USA

How do you feel, my " walking with Jesus" friend, when you find that you ARE in agreement with someone? Feel pretty good/ have a sense of Peace. Right? Finding that he and the believing disciples in Jerusalem were 100% in agreement on teaching about the Gospel rejoiced Paul's heart...andd very specially rejoiced the heart of a Gentile named Titus who was with Paul and Barnabus in travelling and teaching. Why was Titus specially pleased? Because, when he came to faith in Jesus Christ, he had not been required to be circumcised/ in other words he was notvreuired in any way to comply with Jewish religious law. He was as completely accepted in Christ without having had to accept Jewish law...He was free from the law...as free to follow Christ as any Jewish person. This was revolutionary thinking ! Jesus had said, "I came, not to destroy the law, but to fulfill/ to provide fulfillment of the law."(Matthew 5:17) With Jesus, we live under GRACE not religious laws. D...

Time to " worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth."(John 4:23-24) Please, my " walking with Jesus" friend, let's drop in to Psalm 91 today and worship the Lord in Spirit and in Truth. " He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High, shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God. In Him will I trust. Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the Fowler, and from the noisier pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings shall you trust. His Truth shall be your shield and buckler."(Psalm 91:1-4-out of 16 verses) What IS "The secret place of the Most High? And how do we "dwell" there? Considering all the rough circumstances that Paul suffered: stoning, imprisonment, shipwreck, snake bite, forced March seven days from the port to the city of Rome. Under house arrest there for two years, during which, amazingly, he wrote strong letters full of Jo...

Is it often wise to be informed/to have some background information in order properly to understand a situation? I think we can agree, my "walking with Jesus"friend, that it is. So, Paul had found 100% agreement with the leaders of the church: Disciples Peter, James and John as to the preaching and teaching Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, there were some Jews who insisted that anyone converted to Christ, MUST then, ALSO, be taught to follow Jewish law. BUT, the Lord Jesus Christ declared:" I came not to destroy the law [the law of Moses, which had 631 Commandments, according 3rd century A.D. Rabbi Simlai] I came to FULFILL the law."(Matthew 5:17) So, of course, Peter, James, John and Paul taught that: Jesus is all you need for salvation. Salvation comes by Grace of God, through Faith, which is the gift of God, so that no man can boast that his good works or his keeping of laws brought salvation. You Galatians KNOW how clearly I preached and taught THAT, Paul wrote...

Good Morning, my "walking with Jesus" friend. Yes, writing to Believers in Galatia, he has reviewed for them his strong credentials in the faith of Jesus Christ. Then, he tells them: After fourteen years of preaching and teaching about the grace of God and salvation by faith, which is the gift of God, the Lord told me, by revelation, that I should go to Jerusalem to meet with the disciples of Jesus. Why go to meet with the leaders? It seemed wise to discuss with them what I had been teaching, to make SURE that we were all "on the same page" about Jesus, the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God, his salvation and promise of Eternal Life to Believers. I met with the disciples who had been with Jesus: Peter, James and John privately. I rejoice that they completely agreed that what I had been teaching and preaching was 100% correct. And it was the very SAME message that THEY continue to preach. So, we praised God for our "...unity of the Spirit in the bond of Pea...

Good Morning, my "walking with Jesus" friend. Yes, writing to Believers in Galatia, he has reviewed for them his strong credentials in the faith of Jesus Christ. Then, he tells them: After fourteen years of preaching and teaching about the grace of God and salvation by faith, which is the gift of God, the Lord told me, by revelation, that I should go to Jerusalem to meet with the disciples of Jesus. Why go to meet with the leaders? It seemed wise to discuss with them what I had been teaching, to make SURE that we were all "on the same page" about Jesus, the Messiah, the Christ, the Son of God, his salvation and promise of Eternal Life to Believers. I met with the disciples who had been with Jesus: Peter, James and John privately. I rejoice that they completely agreed that what I had been teaching and preaching was 100% correct. And it was the very SAME message that THEY continue to preach. So, we praised God for our "...unity of the Spirit in the bond of Pea...

Please, my Galatian brothers and sisters in Christ, Paul writes, remember, at that time the brethren in Judaea didn' t even know what I looked like. But, they DID know, and were saying:' Our former enemy is now preaching the very faith that he tried to destroy.' And they gave glory to God because of me. (Acts 1:22-24) Yes, my "walking with Jesus" friend, God got hold of Paul and transformed him through the power of our Risen Lord Jesus Christ. God transformed him form an angry, vengeful enemy of Christ, into an enthusiastic, energetic, determined, faithful proclaimer of the Gospel of Christ: And He still can transform people today! Turn away from sin and darkness. Turn toward the Light of the Lord in Jesus Christ, and BE transformed! Jesus said:"I am the Light of the World. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life."(John 8:12) and he also said: "My sheep hear My voice, and THEY follow Me, and I give them Etern...

Good Morning, my "walking with Jesus" friend. Paul is making his case to the Galatians. He continues:" Please, understand that the Gospel preached to you, by Me is NOT according to any man. I received the Gospel by revelation from Jesus Christ. Please, remember what you heard about me, how that I was a zealous Pharisee, committed to keeping the Jewish laws, so, I persecuted believers in Christ, and tried to destroy the fellowship of Believers. BUT it pleased God...to reveal His Son to me, so that I might preach the Gospel among the Gentiles(all non-Jewish persons). To do this, I did not consult with flesh and blood/ with human sources. Instead, I was three years under direct instruction of the Holy Spirit. After that, I went up to Jerusalem to see the Apostle of the Lord, Peter. I only saw and conferred with Peter, and James, the brother of our Lord Jesus, being with them for fifteen days. I am absolutely telling you the truth. When I left Jerusalem, I went to the regio...

"There is ONLY ONE WAY to Heaven, as we told you. Do not be fooled or confused by people who are talking to you about another way, or other requirements. Christ alone is our cornerstone. He is all we need. God has made this SO very clear, that I even will say, ' Let the curse of God come upon any who tell you another way, that the way of believing in Christ that we taught you. In fact, even if an angel were to come from Heaven and try to preach a different Gospel, let THAT one be cursed.' Look here, I am not trying to please YOU with sweet talk, my whole purpose is to please God and make sure that His plan of salvation is clearly understood by all of you dear brethren. My purpose is to please God, so that I may be counted as a servant of Christ."( Galatians 1:7-10)Heavenly Father, purify our purposes, that we may pleaseYou in all that we say and do, we pray and ask in the mighty Name of Jesus. Amen. To respond to this text message, reply to this email or visit Google...