From: "Beverly French" <frenchb@vcss.k12.ca.us>
To: "C & P Greene" <greenehouse72@juno.com>
Subject: Glorious Blessings to All
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 7:52 AM

Jesus said to the women who had gone to the tomb, "... go and take word to
My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they shall see Me."  Matthew
28:10

"The eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had
designated.  And when they saw Him, they worshipped Him..."  He said, "Go
therefore and make disciples of all the nations...I am with you always, even
to the end of the age."  Matthews 28:16-17; 19-20.  (I have only stated this
Scripture in part, be sure to read all of chapter 28 for the whole account
of that first Easter morning and days following.)

"I am with you always, even to the end of the age."  Matthew 28:20

Always with us!
"...He Himself has said, 'I will never desert you, nort will I evedry
forsake you.'"  Hebrews 13:5

As born from above Believers, it can be no other way for Christ Himself
prayed in John 17:22-23, "...that they may be one, just as We are one; I in
them, and Thou in Me, that they may be perfected in unity..."

And Colossians 1:27 makes know the mystery that was hidden,  "...Christ in
you, the hope of glory."

Therefore, Believers are:
Accompanied by His presence, as seen above in Matthew 28:20

Held in His hand,
"And I give eternal life to them, and they shall never perish; and no one
shall snatch them out of My hand...and no one is able to snatch them out of
the Father's hand."  John 10:28-29

As branches on a vine,
"Abide in Me, and I in you.  As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me."
John 15:4

Never separated from our Lord,
"For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."  Romans 8:38-39

This new life in Christ is not a haphazzard one, God has a plan for each one
for Scripture says,
"For we are His workmanshi[, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which
God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."  Ephesians 2:10
And,
"It is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good
pleasure." Philippians 2:13

Be sure to take notice of the admonition of Vs 14-15 of this same chapter,
"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 light in the
world."

Remember Jesus said in His sermon on the mount,
"You are the light of the world.  Let your light shine before men in such a
way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in
heaven."  Matthew 5:14 and 16

Let us close with the prayer in Hebrews 13:20-21 and give glory and thanks
to God; Father, Son and Holy Spirit --
"Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of
the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord,
equip you in every good thing to do His will, working in us that which is
pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever
and ever.  Amen."