Merry Christmas to you and yours!
I have a high expectation that this will be the very best Christmas you have ever experienced.
Thank you so much for BLESSING us at EMIC with your supply of the Spirit. I have been praying over the congregation and am expecting the manifestation of Psalm 65:11-13 to come alive before the end of this year.
The New Living Translation declares, “You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the wilderness become a lush pasture, and the hillsides blossom with joy. The meadows are clothed with flocks of sheep, and the valleys are carpeted with grain. They all shout and sing for joy!” Say, “I receive that in Jesus’ Name!”
“2025 Will Come Alive” is a word The LORD gave Brother Copeland regarding this upcoming year.
John 10:10 tells us, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” I like the Amplified Bible, Classic Edition that says, “I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).” The Message tells us that Jesus was born so we “can have real and eternal life, more and better life than [we] ever dreamed of.”
In the Greek, the word life is zoe. It is defined as “the God kind of life.” It expresses the highest and best which belongs to us in Christ. It is “life in the absolute sense.”
There are no imperfections to the life of God—it is perfect, total and complete.
There are no limitations to the life of God—it is over, above and beyond.
There is no contamination to the life of God—it is pure, clean and holy.
There is no darkness, death, disease, lack or fear in the life of God.
There is only light, life, health, prosperity and faith.
Jesus said in John 10:10 that He was born so we could
have the gift of eternal life.
The main theme in the Gospel of John as well as 1 John, is eternal life. The words “eternal life” appear 17 times in John’s gospel. For instance, John 3:15-16 (New King James Version) tells us “that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” The reason Jesus was born was to bring the very life of God into our spirit man.
Mark Hankins once said that if we could have a spiritual X-ray, we would see the very same life in us that’s in Jesus. The life that is in our spirits is the same life that’s in God. It’s called “Resurrection life.” It’s the God kind of life dwelling inside us that makes us overcomers!
We know that “eternal life” is living with God forever. However, we experience eternal life right here on earth. It is in both the number of years we live as well as the quality of those years. There is a quality of life God wants us to experience today. Psalm 91:16 in the NKJV declares, “With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.”
We receive the gift of eternal life when we make Jesus Christ The LORD of our lives. It is the life of God Himself that comes into our spirits and makes us new creations. It is a new kind of life. The very moment God’s life comes into our spirits, our lives begin to change. Acknowledge the life of God that is inside you right now by saying this out loud:
I received Jesus as my LORD and Savior.
His life has been imparted into my spirit, soul and body.
The absolute life of God is working in me right now.
I am getting stronger every day.
I am supercharged with eternal life.
The length of my life is increasing.
The quality of my life is improving.
2025 is coming alive in me RIGHT NOW!
Galatians 2:20 in the NKJV reveals that we “have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer [we] who live, but Christ lives in [us]; and the life which [we] now live in the flesh [we] live by faith in the Son of God, who loved [us] and gave Himself for [us].”
Remember, Jesus was born so we could experience the fullness of the life of God right here on earth.
Celebrating Christmas with YOU!
Pastor George
