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Day 20: Birth Day

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No matter how OLD I get,

THE BIBLE never gets OLD.

Every time I open HIS WORD,

GOD teaches me

SOMETHING NEW.

It is as if I have never READ THE WORD before.

The OLDER I get,

the YOUNGER I feel,

as I get a

NEW BEGINNING IN HIM!

For GOD does ask us to

"Teach us to realize the brevity of life,    so that we may grow in wisdom"

Oh to number our days.

Oh to cherish our every ticking

SECONDS.

TICK. TICK. TICK.

For today I turn

2,019,686,400

SECONDS OLD!

Let me rephrase that.

Today I turn

2,019,686,400

SECONDS ANEW!

What a GIFT from GOD

for HIM to choose to knit me together

in my mother's womb

and to knit you together in your mother's womb!

PURPOSELY CREATED!

And what does GOD ask from us.

TO RECEIVE THE BIRTH GIFT OF HIS LOVE,

that is for

EVERYONE WHOM HE CREATED!

For no one wishes themselves into existence.

So if GOD is for us, then who can be against us!

So what is GOD'S BIRTHDAY GIFT for ALL OF US?

JESUS!

Yup!

Oh to experience

NEW BIRTH

in this OLD BODY,

because

IN CHRIST you become

AGELESS.

NEVER ENDING.

LIVE FOREVER. 

So what have you done with your waking SECONDS.

Oh I know I wasted a chunk of my

2,019,686,400 SECONDS,

before I RECEIVED my BIRTHDAY GIFT from GOD.

Actually 1,009,843,200 SECONDS

to be exact,

and exactly half my life.

YIKES!

So much time wasted,

BUT GOD REDEEMS ALL THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN!

Oh the REDEMPTION GIFT

of JESUS,

that erases all that was 

LOST,

because when you are

FOUND IN CHRIST

there is no ending,

only NEW BEGINNINGS.

How many SECONDS old are you?

I don't want to waste any more of my SECONDS,

even though I know I will

because I am way too human.

BUT oh how I get a

FRESH START every SECOND that I spend with JESUS.

Let's all RECEIVE our BIRTH DAY GIFT in this SECOND, 

even if you have RECEIVED it before.

Do you need a FRESH START? 

Do you need a REVIVAL?

And if you have never opened HIS GIFT,

will you in this SECOND?

Open up your

 HEART to

THE GIFT OF JESUS

like it is the first time.

TICK. TICK. TICK.

For GOD so [greatly] loved and dearly prizes me, ____________,

 that HE even gave HIS ONE & ONLY only begotten SON,

 so that I, ________________,

who believes and trusts in HIM as SAVIOR,

shall not perish,

but I, ____________,

have eternal life.

Because

GOD did not send the SON into the world to judge and condemn me, _____________,

 but so that I, _______________, might be saved through HIM.

Therefore,

I, ________________,

believe and have decide to trust in HIM as my personal SAVIOR and LORD.

I, ________________, am not judged,

I, ______________, not rejected.

I, ______________, and not condemned"

(*rephrased John 3:16, AMP).

TICK. TICK. TICK.

HAPPY BIRTH DAY to you all.

May you all experience

the

REAL HOPE,

REAL PEACE,

REAL JOY,

and

REAL LOVE

of

NEW BEGINNINGS IN JESUS! 

Thank you for sharing some of your seconds with me today,

as I celebrate my life of

2,019,686,400 SECONDS

that GOD has gifted me.

64 years old never felt so NEW!

THANK YOU GOD for the best

BIRTHDAY GIFT OF YOUR SON,

who SAVED my LIFE

and who is my LIFE. 

TICK. TICK. TICK. "Well, let the whole world hear me say

I'M UNASHAMED Of the gospel of JESUS CHRIST.

And the truth that changed my life.For the name above all names.

I'M UNASHAMED

And I will live my faith out loud,

Take a stand and stand my ground

For the ONE who took my shame

so that I live

"UNASHAMED"

(listen to the song below)



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