LIVE BY THE BOOK!

 THE BIBLE IS NOT JUST A BOOK. IT'S A MAP. IT'S SPIRITUAL FOOD. IT'S A LIGHT THAT SHINES ON OUR PATH. IT'S OUR DAILY BREAD. IT'S STRENGTH, SANITY, AND A WEAPON. IT'S A SHARP, TWO-EDGED SWORD. 

TO GAIN THE BENEFITS OF GOD'S WORD, WE SHOULD STAY IN IT.

STAY UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY. HOW? STAY IN THE WORD.

THE LIFE-GIVING WORD OF GOD WILL GIVE YOU HOPE, BANISH DEPRESSION, CLEANSE YOUR HEART AND MIND AND PREPARE YOU FOR BATTLE.

WE'RE NOT COWARING UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY. WE ARE RESTING UNDER HIS SHADOW BECAUSE WE TRUST IN HIM.

FOR EVERYTHING. ALL OF IT. FINANCES, YES, HEALTH, PROTECTION, GUIDANCE.

IT'S COME TO THAT, WE NEED GOD NOW MORE THAN EVER. IT'S COME TO THE POINT NOW WHERE THE WORLD IS IN SUCH A MESS AND SUCH ATROCITIES ARE TAKING PLACE THAT THE ONLY PLACE THAT MAKES ANY SENSE ANYMORE IS UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY. 

THAT'S WHERE MOSES TOLD THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO HIDE IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN WHEN THE PLAGUES WERE COMING ON EGYPT. 

THE LAND OF GOSHEN. IN THE LAND OF GOSHEN, ISRAEL WAS SAFE, UNTOUCHED BY PLAGUES, SICKNESS, POVERTY, HUNGER, OR DEATH. WHILE EGYPT WAS BEING TORTURED, GOD'S CHILDREN WERE MERELY SPECTATORS. THEY DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDGMENT OF EGYPT.

IN THE LAST DAYS, THE ENEMIES OF GOD WILL BE AFFLICTED AND JUDGED. NOT US.

WHEN GOD TELLS US IN REVELATION THE THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO HAPPEN, HE'S NOT SAYING THAT IT'S HIS WILL OR THAT HE ARRANGED IT OR WANTED IT TO HAPPEN. NO.

GOD IS TELLING US THE FUTURE BECAUSE HE CAN SEE IT BECAUSE HE IS NOT BOUND BY TIME. HE IS OMNIPRESENT AND OMNISCIENT --AND OMNIPOTENT. HE IS EVERYWHERE, ALL-KNOWING, ALL-POWERFUL. 

JESUS WARNED US BECAUSE HE LOVES US. HE WANTS TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH US, JUST AS HE DESIRED TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ADAM AND EVE, THEN WITH ABRAHAM, THEN ISAAC, AND ISRAEL. IT WAS ABOUT RELATIONSHIP AND LOVE AND MERCY.

WE HAVE A MERCIFUL, LOVING, GOOD, GOOD, GOD WHO LAID DOWN HIS SON'S LIFE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE RELATIONSHIP. THE GOSPEL OF SALVATION IS AN INVITATION TO RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WILL EVER NEED IN THIS LIFE.

AMEN.