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into your spirit.

31} "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32} Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD:

33} But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

34} And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more." (Jeremiah 31:31-34 KJV).


You see God also orchestrating this through the prophet Ezekiel. 25} "Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26} A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

27} And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them." (Ezekiel 36:25-27 KJV).


Do you see a pattern of why you are so valuable to God? If you're an atheist, and you die in that state, you are going to witness what you chose over the close intimate relationship you could have had. (Revelation 20:10-15; 21:8; John 8:21-24).

Even when God decided to no longer speak through his prophets, he continued to follow his loving plan of wanting to be close to us through someone else. Care to guess who it was?

You see the evidence of how this was indicated through prophecy. God transitioned from speaking through prophets to speaking through his Son, marking the end of the old prophetic era (Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Chronicles 36:15-16).

God's relentless love and desire for us to come one step closer was prophesied before his Son arrived in great splendor and glory. What was his reason for coming? Here are the facts. Please read them slowly into your spirit.

Isaiah 7:14 (The miracle virgin birth), Micah 5:2 (His birth in Bethlehem), and Daniel 7:13-14 (His coming in glory). Fulfillment showed up in (Matthew 2:4-6). His lineage from Jesse (Isaiah 11:1; Romans 15:12).

Jesus showed up to be the suffering servant. (Isaiah 53:5). He started his ministry to deliver the brokenness inside humanity, which we could not see in ourselves. (Isaiah 35:5–6; Matthew 11:4–5).

Please read aloud slowly into your spirit, or family why Jesus left his glorious position in heaven to come down to us. (Luke 4:18-30). He only came with one enduring motive. Care to guess? Even the most religious didn't believe in him.

But if they had just looked back a ways and read about a prophet being like Moses. (Deuteronomy 18:15-18), they would have not been surprised by his arrival.

Even Elijah, a forerunner was fulfilled by John the Baptist (Malachi 4:5-6; Matthew 11:14), to announce the coming of the Messiah into this broken world. (Matthew 3:1-17). His arrival was at the perfect time.


21} And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.

22} Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,

23} Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. (Matthew 1:21-23 KJV).


God came down to his creation wrapped up in sinless flesh. His motive never diminished. His unrelenting agape presence and actions kept moving closer to us. This type of love was life changing for those who believed.

This penetrating piercing love was different than what the world, flesh, and devil (Satan) were offering. (Matthew 4:4-10). His whole ministry was motivated by love and sacrifice. You can see it in his words.


12} "This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 13} Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14] Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." (John 15:12-14 KJV).

His great love moves him to draw closer to his creation. He came full of unconditional mercy, grace, and sacrifice. He came to die for our sins even while we lived in spiritual darkness. Jesus wants to be close to you today.

7} "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

8} But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9} Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him." Romans 5:7-9 KJV).


Jesus loves us in spite of our rejection. He keeps loving closer, and closer. To get closer to us, God sent his only Son. But how did we treat his arrival? Have you ever treated someone badly as a guest in your home who traveled from a long distance?

Please read (Matthew 21:33-40) into your spirit to see if this fits your attitude about someone wanting to have a warm loving relationship with you. Many instead are exposed for their hatred of such amazing love and graced offered.


16} "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17} For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." (John 3:16-17 KJV).


But even as Jesus continued to face harsh persecution and hatred for just wanting to love his creation, he persevered through his own created people rejecting him. There is no greater love than Jesus.

10} He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 11} He came unto his own, and his own received him not. (John 1:10-11 KJV).

Please read more proof of Jesus' great love for you and me in his living love letter to us. (Ephesians 2:4-5; 5:1-2; Romans 8:38-39; 1 John 4:19-21; Galatians 2:2-21; Revelation 1:5-7 Philippians 2:5-11).

Remember beloved, the cross is the only way to salvation. That's where real true love went to die and shed blood for the washing away of your sins. You cannot achieve eternal life through Christian legalism, or man-made traditions.

No amount of works can redeem your soul. If your religious good works alone could save yourself, then Jesus would not have needed to come to earth to die for us. He could have just stayed at home. His love covers what we can't do.

Jesus kept proving his love on the way to die a horrible death on the cross for us. He demonstrated his love and power over death. When Lazarus died, the people could see how Jesus cared and loved those around him.


34} "And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35} Jesus wept. 36} Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!" (John 11:34-36 KJV).

But Jesus' love and power over death was displayed by his announcement of having power over death that was not originally intended for us when he created us. Not even death could stop his moving penetrating love.

25} Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26} And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25-26 KJV).

The love of Jesus kept moving toward that cross. The cross is the only bridge between us and the love God breathed into Adam. It's the same love that Jesus breathed on his disciples after he rose from the dead. This was a prelude to what was coming.

21} "Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22} And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost." (John 20:21-22 KJV).

After Jesus defeated death on the cross, he demonstrated his love through words and actions. His love towards his disciples and those whose lives he impacted would only deepen, and nothing would come between it.

The disciples were able to touch with their hands the pure love sent for their souls. (1 John 1:1-5). And yet God the Father and God the Son were still not done moving forward to bind their relationship with broken hearts.

Jesus told his disciples they would be sorrowful after his ascension to his Father (John 16:1-20). But this separation from his authentic believers would be but for a short moment. Jesus would be sending another person.

Not some energy source or magic ghost, but the Person of the Holy Spirit. Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as "He" Jesus promised the Holy Spirit as an Advocate, Helper, and Counselor who would live with us and dwell in us.

In your reading devotion time, please seek out the "This Person" in John chapters 14–16. Here are some vital important passages to read into your spirit. (John 14:16-17, 26; Acts 1:8). This would be God's love restored in us.

We are the paradise masterpiece that was lost but are now restored in love and oneness. (Luke 15:1132). The heart was always the destination of where God's loving presence wanted to take up residence in.

The Holy Spirit came in amazing power after the resurrection and ascension of Jesus. The Easter holiday is more than gathering together in our easter best outfits or engaging in Peter Cottontail boiled egg festivities.

Do they have a place next to the Resurrection Day? Think of it this way, if the Resurrection doesn't take place, we still lost in our sins and living misery filled lives destined to be separated from God in hell. (1 Corinthians 15:12-22

[Paul made it plainly clear how the bodily resurrection of Christ is the center of the Christian faith. Because Christ rose from the dead, as he promised, we know that what he said is true and that he is God.]

[The Resurrection affirms the truthfulness of Jesus’ life and words. Because he rose, he lives and represents us before God. Because he rose and defeated death, we know we also will be raised.]

The Person of the Holy Spirit coming is our sealed deposit that true born-again authentic believers belong to God Almighty. The Pentecost outpouring is the loving restored broken tragedy that took place in the Garden of Eden.

Now we see it here restored in (Acts 2:1-4). If you have the Person of the Holy Spirit dwelling in you, then you are sealed with God's precious promise to be with him for all eternity. No one can ever break that bond. (Ephesians 1:13).


🗣📢 Last words: Here's some simple truth to remember about the Holy Spirit dwelling in you. When you have a relationship with your spouse, children, sibling, or neighbor, you live in loving communication with them.

The Holy Spirit, Paraclete, counselor/helper, advocate, Spirit of Truth, Spirit of God and Christ, sanctifier, and Spirit of Life is someone you can engage in dialog with. How many of you have a conversation with the Holy Spirit?

If he's a person, why would you not want to engage with him in a caring loving back and forth verbal building relationship? There are many religious people and doctrines that do not even acknowledge that there is a Spirit.

Most false religions acknowledge there is a God. But once you get past the Father, the Son and the Paraclete are diminished from their spiritual authority in the God-head (trinity). What they failed to realize is, when you diminish one, you diminish all.

That's why God's commandments are set in the same way. If you break one, you break them all. The first two cover the other eight. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father (God) but through me."

Jesus is still knocking on the heart of the religious unsaved souls. Revelation 3:20; John 14:21). Understanding the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus is essential for the Christian belief.

God used the greatest tragedy in history to display his great love for humanity. Let's recap some things for our hearing. God has no problem repeating himself to us. Love secures us by telling us more than once.

Ever had to tell your kids something more than once? Sure, you have. Smile. Some, once again, God's great love that the heart allows him to enter into is one of sacrifice and unconditional love even when we were lost and rebellious.

God brings with him "Agape" love while seeking us out. It's never his will that we be separated from him in hell. That place was created for Satan and his fallen devils, not us. (Matthew 25:41).

God never sends people to hell, we send ourselves there by rejecting our only hope of salvation, Jesus. The Hebrew word "Hesed" is defined as loyalty in covenant love. God comes into our lives with unwavering loyalty, mercy, and loving-kindness toward his people.

God's agape love is the highest form of embracing love that is a selfless, unconditional love that seeks the best for others. It is a pure sacrificial love. Most of us are looking for. But as blind lost souls, we look for love in all the wrong places.

This is why God placed his love chapter (1 Corinthians 13:1-13) in between the gifts of the Spirit chapters in 1 Corinthians 12 and 14. Without God's love baked in our hearts, our spiritual gifts sound like a symphony of untrained musicians. Just noise.

Here's your Easter Sunday manna from heaven feast homework assignment. What is the difference between the words Agape and Phileo? And how do you put them into practice each day?

Are you ready for the second coming of Jesus? Will he know you are his disciple and Christian by the love that spills out if you? (Matthew 24:29-51; 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18). Don't reject this love targeted for your heart, embrace it!


🛐 Here’s a prayer you can pray to receive what is meant for your heart. "Heavenly Father, thank you for showing me today where I've neglected so great a love that my soul desperately needs. I need agape love that molds my heart.

Jesus, I fall short every day as I strive to love others the way you love me. I need you to fill me with your love, so full that it overflows through my words and actions to all those I come in contact with.
 
Show me the places in my heart that are bitter or hardened. Cleanse them so there's room for your Spirit to work. Teach me to love those in my family better. Teach me to love my church family.

Holy Spirit, my comforter, help me to see the needs of others and respond with your compassion. Forgive me for the thoughts, attitudes, or words that don't reflect your heart. Stop me when I’m heading down a negative path.

Keep my heart sensitive so I can understand those around me through your discerning power of love and influence. Help others to feel the love of Jesus as I let your shine in all my relationships.
 
Father, your love letter is the greatest love story of all time, and I want my life to echo that truth. Help me stand out in how I respond to this world. Let me love like you love, even when the world misunderstands it.
 
Help me to trust you, Lord. I believe your ways are true and your love is eternal. Use me as a vessel, overflowing with your love for a hurting world. In your precious name I pray, Amen."


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