From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "Barbara Warren" <bjw18@csufresno.edu>
Subject: Greetings to All
Date: Sunday, March 22, 1998 8:53 AM

Christ Jesus, my Creator.

"All things came into being by Him and apart from Him nothing came into
being that has come into being."  John 1:3

"For Thou didst form my inward parts; 
 Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb.
 I will give thanks to Thee, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
 Wonderful are Thy works,
 And my soul knows it very well. 
 My frame was not hidden from Thee,
 When I was made in secret,
 And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth.
 Thine eyes have seen my unformed substance;
 And in Thy book they were all written,
 The days that were ordained for me,
 When as yet there was not one of them."  Psalm 13-16

For the Believer, {those who are born again}  there is a different
relationship with Christ Jesus, our Lord; a very personal relationship. The
following are some Scriptures to ponder before the Lord.

"For in Him we live and move and exist...for we are His offspring."  
 Acts 17:28

 "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow    
 citizens with the saints, and are of God's household."  Ephesians 2:19 

 "Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ, (the Messiah) he is a
new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and
spiritual condition] has passed away.  Behold, the fresh and new has
come."  2 Corinthians 5: 17 Amplified Bible

We are livingly related to the Almighty God, the great I AM!  He is our
Father and as the perfect parent, He is involved in every aspect of our
lives.  It is He who is conforming us to the image of Jesus by His Holy
Spirit.  Ephesians 2:10 tells us:

"For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works,  
which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."  

Did you catch that "prepared beforehand"?  Nothing by chance!
 
"For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good
pleasure.  Do all things without grumbling or disputing; that you may prove
yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in
the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as
lights in the world."  Philippians 2:13-15.

It is God who is at work in us, therefore, Paul can say "I am confident of
this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until
the day of Christ Jesus."  Philippians 1:6

Let us do as the Psalmist encourages in Psam 95:6-7

"Come, let us worship and bow down;
 Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.
 For He is our God,
 And we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand."
 Hallelujah!  Praise His name forever.