How to Receive A Prophet's Reward

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  In The Gospel of Matthew, Jesus Christ says something that The Holy Spirit has used repeatedly in my life over the years to ensure that I receive God's spoken Word, a prophet's reward, no matter who is preaching or teaching at any given moment. He said, "He that receiveth you receiveth Me, and he that receiveth Me receiveth Him that sent Me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward (Matthew 10:40-41)."

          One day after I (Keith) had finished reading those verses in Matthew 10, The Holy Spirit whispered to me the last verse, but a bit differently, in a way that would change my life. I heard Him say, "He that receives 'a prophet' in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward; and he that receives 'a righteous man in the name of a prophet' will receive a prophet's reward." Right then, The Holy Spirit revolutionized my pursuit of being made one in Jesus Christ. 

          God's wonder-full Holy Spirit had profoundly displayed for me, in real time, how important it is for us to pursue The Holy Spirit whenever we open God's Holy written Word and begin reading. In fact, having God's infinitely wonder-full Gift of His Holy Spirit makes all the difference in our lives when it comes to our being in God's perfect Will for our lives! The Holy Spirit, and Him alone, IS Who leads us to "believe", and ultimately become a "Believing Believer", in Jesus Christ. If we "ignore" The Holy Spirit, we will find ourselves tragically outside of God's Will, even if we are faithful in giving tithes, are "a good person", and/or have perfect church attendance, the best we can ever expect to be is an "unbelieving-Believer." The Holy Spirit made that point evident to me one evening as I was reading in 2 Corinthians, chapter 3, and particularly verse 6.

          In Apostle Paul's second letter to the Corinthians in chapter 3 and verses 2 through 6, Paul teaches us a crucial life-or-death truth, "Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; Who also hath made us able ministers of The New Testament; not of the letter, but of the (Holy) Spirit: for the letter kills, but the (Holy) Spirit gives Life (2 Corinthians 3:2-6)."

          It was that evening, while I was reading and listening for The Holy Spirit's sweet and still, small voice, that I received a priceless gift, a revelation, a Life-giving truth, that God's Holy written Word, in and of itself, is not "an end" but is "the means to an end". As we call on the matchless Name of Jesus Christ, we can meet with and receive, as we read, The Holy Spirit's teaching, a Prophet's Reward. 

          Now, here is where The Holy Spirit clarified it for me. This is what He whispered into my spirit's ear, "If God's people will receive a pastor, a preacher, or a teacher of God's Word in the name of a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher, God's people will receive a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher's reward, ultimately cheating themselves out of receiving all that God has for them. On the other hand, if they will receive a mediocre pastor, preacher, or teacher of God's Word in the name of 'a prophet'... then they will receive 'a prophet's reward'." 

          Perhaps one of The New Testament's most appropriate examples of someone who desperately needed "a prophets reward" is the miraculous account of the woman that received healing from a twelve-year-long issue of blood. Luke 8:40-48 reads, "And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received Him: for they were all waiting for Him. And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought Him that He would come into his house: For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as He went the people thronged Him. And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, Came behind Him, and touched the border of His garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. And Jesus said, Who touched Me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng Thee and press Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Me? And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched Me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of Me. And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before Him, she declared unto Him before all the people for what cause she had touched Him, and how she was healed immediately. And He said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace (Luke 8:40-48)."

          Question: Out of all of the people who were pressing against Jesus in the crowd that day, why did the woman who suffered from an issue of blood for twelve long years receive healing? Simply put, she was desperate! She "believed" Jesus Christ was Who she had heard other people say He was... and believed it! Most people in the crowd that day, sadly, viewed Jesus Christ as "a good or even a righteous man" at best. If we truly w-a-n-t to personally receive a prophet's reward for ourselves, God's spoken Word delivered to us by way of The wonder-full Holy Spirit, we must desperately "want Jesus Christ". We must "reach" for Him.

          Sadly, in my years of walking i-n Jesus Christ, I've heard far too many church folks complain behind their pastor or elder's back that they were "not being fed" spiritually under the teaching and/or preaching of their pastor or teachers. We must remember, when Jesus Christ explained why the lady with the issue of blood was healed, He accredited it to "her faith." Her money was gone, spent on physicians that had no success at healing her at all, and she had reached the end of her rope, so to speak. Here is what compelled her to have the faith enough to be healed: She was at the place in her life where all of us must come to; She not only "reached" for Him with her hand but she "reached" for Him with her heart. She was determined to receive "a prophet's" reward that day. And she was determined she would not stop until she received it. 

          We must remember, when Jesus Christ explained why the lady with the issue of blood was healed, He accredited it to "her faith." Here is the catalyst for why she was healed: she was desperate; She was at the place where all of us must come to; She was determined to receive The Lord's "reward". If we w-a-n-t to personally receive God's Word, delivered to us by way of The wonder-full Holy Spirit, we must desperately "want Jesus Christ". I can say this with all confidence that "every" time that I have reached for Jesus Christ out of desperation He has always responded to me, and in ways that built my faith in God exponentially.

          We would like to conclude with a life-changing piece of advice. Despite what any local church member personally thinks about the pastor --how knowledgeable he may or may no be, or how well he understands or delivers God's Holy written Word-- if we receive a pastor in the name of a mediocre "preacher", we will only receive a mediocre preacher's reward, at best. On the other hand, if we will receive a pastor (or preacher or teacher) in the name of 'a prophet', we will receive 'a prophet's reward'. The Holy Spirit will see to that.

          If we will go, believing and expecting to "receive from God" what He gives Jesus Christ to relay to The Holy Spirit to give to us, personally, in real time, we will receive "the prophet's reward"... the priceless Word of God delivered to us, for us, by The wonder-full Holy Spirit. People who do not know and walk in this are understanding are putting an undue load of their pastor's, teachers and preachers by looking to them for what only God can give to us by way of His Holy Spirit. That is why God sent Him, to bring to us want He gives Jesus Christ to relay to The Holy Spirit Who then gives God's message, to us... personally.

          As Brenda and I have learned and hold onto is, anything of value is worth fighting for and will be challenged by Satan. This especially applies to our pressing our way in-to God's Holy Presence. The Holy Spirit once emphasized to me how "anxious spirits" are the arch enemies to our obtaining and walking in the kind of "faith" that pleases God. As we prepare to enter through God's gates with thanksgiving and enter into His courts with praise, we must be equipped, in The Name of Jesus Christ, much like clearing a path through a spiritual jungle, to cut through, using the sword of The Spirit, any and all obstacles that come to hinder us from arriving at our Father's feet. 

          We pray that our message encourages you to reach for Jesus Christ like you never have before. We would also like to mention that, perhaps, the most challenging conflicts that I have ever found myself in have been those that come when I begin my journey into God's presence. Shortly after I find a quit place, get alone, relax, and slowly begin reading God's Holy written Word they arrive, memories, noises, ideas all come in an attempt at hindering our pressing our way into God's wonderful presence.  I say that to point out, that it takes work to focus solely on pursuing audience with God, but be encouraged, learn God's protocols, increase your time, from now on, to meeting with The Holy Spirit in the pages of God's Holy written Word and trust us, you will soon receive a prophets reward, God's spoken word delivered to you personally through Jesus Christ by way of God's wonder-full Holy Spirit. 

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The Bible Love Letter from God ...

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This Pressin' IN Toward The Mark blog post is written to aim our sights on God's Holy written Word, The Holy Bible, provided to all of us so that every person can seek God by investing themselves and their time inside of it. The Holy Bible, The Holy Scriptures, God's written Word, is so much more than “a book”. It is a collection of "Love Letters from our Father” and our LORD and Savior Christ Jesus, written by the leading of The Holy Spirit. This “The Bible Love Letter from God” message is our re-take of the “Love Letter from Your Father… in TWO Parts” blog post. We wrote both posts to proclaim how we have read, re-read, studied, and met with The Holy Spirit in the pages of God's Holy Scriptures, each time waiting as long as it takes to "hear" the voice of The Holy Spirit.

Now, to expound on the way we get to enjoy hearing the teaching, the voice, the words of comfort, and the leading of The Holy Spirit of Jesus, we’ve put a detailed instruction together. As we pray you will find for yourself what you may not know already, let’s get INto The printed Scriptures and rendezvous with The Holy Spirit there to experience the real “Life” He is always ready to bring... just like God repeatedly promises in His written Word - The Holy Bible.
"Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, The LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? [there is] no searching of His understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon The LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:28-31)."

Thank you for joining us for another fun and encouraging journey as we, once again, set out to show GOD big in a world that sees Him small. We're writing about something that's really cool – one of our favorite subjects, “Love Letters from our Father” about the collective group of Love Letters God has had written to us through His apostles, prophets, and scribes down through the years - The Holy Bible... where we find “Home” i-n The Holy Trinity. There’s nothing like it! “Love Letters from our Father (God)” in The Holy Bible help us to, over time, "become one" in Him, through Christ Jesus, by the leading of The Holy Spirit.

Now letters can be a funny thing. We can tend to leave them lay on our desk where things can pile up around them, and they can disappear kind-of like our Holy Bible can. As an example, Brenda was in her closet the other day and told Keith about a big box of letters she forgot about up there. It is a box full of letters that she held on to during her military career, 20 years in the Air Force. While she was working her different assignments across the country and around the world, sometimes deployed away from home, sometimes in the foxholes, the closest thing to “home” she could put her hands on was a letter.

If you don't know who we are, don't know where we've been or what we're about, we'd like to share with you that, since she was a little girl, Brenda dreamed of serving in the United States Air Force. Now, with a 20-year career of serving our country under her belt, she in deed followed through with that dream. She used her skills in BioEnvironmental Engineering, Military Personnel management, and ambassadorship as she sang and danced with premiere music groups world-wide. Keith often commends Brenda for being one of the rare few who had a vision as a young person and actually saw it all the way through. Most of us don't know a whole lot of people that have kept with their visions they’ve had since they were a kid. One of them that we do know is Keith’s dad. And, actually, if somebody in your life is going to be steadfast at keeping that vision, and walking it through, it's good if it's a parent, and you get to see that.

When Brenda found those letters in that box, she saw them as a reflection of how the “Love Letters from our Father” are represented in The Holy Bible. A lot of people seem to look at The Holy Bible as “a book of do's and don’ts” but we look at it, especially these days, as a wonder-filled “Love Letter” that God provided for us to have and to live by. The Scriptures, The Holy Bible, has been preserved and passed down through all of The Old Testament and The New Testament history, which is longer than any book has ever lasted... over 3,600 years. It is definitely miraculous, only by God’s superintending Ways, that The Holy Bible, The Scriptures, God’s written Word to us, has been preserved and provided for the world to have, to study, to read, and most of all to be able to use as “a place of meeting with The Holy Trinity”. Because of God and His apostles, prophets, and scribes, we can read the “Love Letters from our Father” printed in The Holy Bible that is available to almost everybody in the world in almost every single language. We must cherish the “Love Letters from our Father” in our Holy Bible in our hearts, much like Brenda cherishes the letters she received from loved ones while she was working away from home.

Now, let’s get into some of the main reasons that we wanted to sit down and write “The Bible Love Letter from our Father” message for this blog post. Being able to get alone with our Heavenly Father to receive His Word of prophecy and wisdom for us, this is a most wonder-full reason for reading The Bible. In The Holy Bible, The Holy Spirit comes to meet with us. We ask Him to come and define God’s written Word for us as we read it with Him, together. He also defines what our Heavenly Father has for us, personally, at the very time we are reading it. God's written Word, The Holy Bible, is for intimacy, quality time, between us and our Father.

It's really cool that we're talking about our Father because there's a huge difference between “our dad” and “our Father”. I love my dad greatly, but The Love of my Father is even greater because my Father is God. Your Father is God. And, if you're reading this and you want to hear from your Father, we hope that you'll take from this message the way you can obtain the ability to hear The Voice of your loving Father speaking to you. It is a fact that your Father, God, is always wanting to talk to you. And The Holy Bible “Love Letters from our Father” plays a key part in “our communication”. The military used to use the term “communiques”. What is that? A communique is a written letter from one office wanting to correspond with another, often containing “personalized” and “confidential” messages. That's what The Bible is, written “Love Letters from our Father” containing personalized messages between God and us, personally.

Keith has always enjoyed watching old World War II movies. He and his dad had that quality in common. Often, in old war movies, you’ll have a scene where you hear somebody in the camp scream out “Mail call!” Everybody lit up because they were hoping to receive some mail, especially a personal letter from back home. For those individuals who were deployed, receiving those letters loved ones sent in the mail connected them by allowing the bonds to stay in place between them and their family. That is just what meant so much for Brenda and her loved ones. And she remembered it clearly when she ran across that box of letters from friends and loved ones back home... letters from her parents, sister, children, and precious family, as well as notes and letters she saved that she had written to her children when they were little.

Maybe you, like Brenda, have kept a collection of personally valuable letters too. Or maybe you didn’t keep personal letters and you wish you had. Brenda explains how, when she has low times in her life, when she has doubts about love or hope in her life, she would open those letters and remember how others care for her and how she loves and cares for others. Wow; How appropriate that we are doing this message about The Holy Bible, the greatest book of letters filled with The Love of God, “Love Letters from our Father” relaying to us His tender loving care and where we relay to God our care by simply w-a-n-t-i-n-g Him enough to spend time with Him there!

We think of The Holy Bible as “communication” from our Father, God. Our Father relays His instruction to us, but His Love for us is relayed to us first and foremost. He uses The Bible to also relay to us His correction as well as His direction about the boundaries we best set up in our Life so that we can stay “between the lines” so to speak. Especially think on how much we can learn about God by the way that He moved in the Lives of His people in The Bible that committed to Live by His blessed boundaries. Because of their love for God and His ways, the people and their testimonies tell us everything we need to know. Each time we start reading a few pages of the accounts written by God’s people, we wish we had all day to stay there reading and learning with The Holy spirit! It makes us wonder why our Bible so often sits on the shelf so long that it collects dust. Why aren't we in it more often?

More important than a million love letters from our parents, our brothers, sisters, friends, or anyone else in our lives, God’s written Word, The Holy Bible provides for us “one big Love Letter” from God that is a collection of the most blessed gift of all -- “communication” between us and Him! The Holy Bible messages are what God has had on His Heart for His children – us! These are the things He wants us to know so that we can have a full Life -- a Life filled with one-ness in Him in The Spirit. That is exactly what The Holy Bible is.

A lot of times we don't know what we don't know… until we find out. The Holy Bible is not “just a book”. So, when we begin to read The written Word of God, listening for The Holy Spirit to speak to us, things we hadn’t even thought about before suddenly “pops off of the page”. All distractions removed, noise and clutter removed, and it's “just us and God”... there we are positioned to hear His Word. We are set to expect to really hear Him tell us what He wants for us to know. It's a time for Him to talk with us and us with Him, a sweet exchange that nothing else compares to! We'll talk about this until the day God takes us Home because The Bible is God's “place of meeting with us” that is indescribably priceless to all who love Him and w-a-n-t Him and His Will for our lives.

God’s written Word is “the only book” that becomes “a place of meeting” when we open it to read God’s letters written to us with Love. This is why God has gone to great lengths to make sure that The Bible, The Scriptures, were protected and preserved down through history, “His-story” in the world for over 3,600 years. And, as a side-note here, something that’s got to be said because we don't hear it enough: “The Holy Spirit comes to meet with us in the pages of The Holy Bible, to bring to us God’s Word for us, personally.”

People ask over and over, “Brother Keith, you've heard the voice of The LORD; How do I get to hear the voice of God? What am I not doing that you’re doing?” Keith explains it in the way The Holy Spirit best leads him into it, basically using the following eight steps:

• You get your printed Bible out;
• You find a quiet place where you can relax;
• You make sure the phone and electrical devices are off;
• You make sure there is no TV noise or other distractions in the background;
• You open The Bible in your hands and, as you are relaxing, begin to pray and ask for The Holy Spirit of God, in the name of Jesus Christ, to please come and meet you there;
• You ask The Holy Spirit to read with you and interpret for you what God had in His Heart when He entrusted these words to His apostles and prophets to write down in these passages;
• Then, as you relax and read, you focus on listening for The Spirit to upload what God has for you in that hour;
• And, remember, “But they that wait upon The Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).”

Once you experience “meeting” with The Holy Trinity in the pages of The Bible, you will see for yourself the indescribable blessing that comes in your time of reading “with Him” and you’ll only want more! There’s no better way to read a letter from someone who loves you than having it on printed pages you hold in your hands. God knew this and set the example for us to follow; He wrote us a Love Letter we call The Holy Bible. Our Father did that for us "as a gift". Now we get to read His written Word and follow after His example by sitting down and writing personal letters “as a gift” to bless others.

To read more about the personal notes Keith and Brenda gathered in “meetings” of the heart with The Holy Trinity over recent years, click to read the “Love Letter from your Father… in TWO Parts” Pressin’IN Blog post. Then consider writing your own “Love Letter from your Father” to read over and over, and to print copies you can send to friends and loved ones by mail. Be encouraged to write the following words on your heart, part of a Love Letter from Scriptures God has emphasized to Brenda from His written Word... and watch what God will do.

Hear God saying to you, today...

Dear child of Mine,

You may not know Me but I know you. I AM familiar with all your ways and everything about you, even the number of each hair on your head. For you were made in My Image.

Nobody in the world knows when you are lying down or rising up to the deepest parts of your being like I do. I AM with you every place where you sit. I understand your thoughts, whether big thoughts or small.

In Me you live and move and have your being, for you are My Offspring. I knew you even before you were conceived.

I chose you when I planned Creation. You were not a mistake, for all of your days are written in My Book. I determined when you would be born and where you would live.

You are fearfully and wonder-fully made. I knit you together in your mother's womb and brought you forth on the day you were born.

I have been misrepresented by those who don't know Me; I AM n-o-t distant and angry, but I AM the "Complete Expression" of Love. And it is My desire to lavish My love on you, simply because you are My child and I AM your Father.

I offer you more than your earthly father ever could, for I AM The omnipotent Father, your Heavenly Father. Every good gift you receive comes from My Hand. For I AM your provider and I meet all your needs.

My plan for your future has always been filled with hope because I Love you with an Everlasting Love. My thoughts toward you are countless as the sands on the seashore.

And I rejoice over you with singing! I will never stop doing good to you, for you are My treasured possession. I desire to "establish you" with all My Heart and all My Soul and I want to show you great and marvelous things.

If you seek Me with all your heart, you will find Me. Delight in Me and I will give you the desires of your heart, for it is I Who gave you those desires to begin with.

I AM able to do more for you than you can possibly imagine, for I AM your greatest encourager. I AM also The Father Who comforts you in all of your troubles. When you are broken-hearted, I AM close to you.

As a shepherd carries a lamb, I have carried you close to My Heart. One day I will wipe away every tear from your eyes, and I will take away all the pain you have suffered on this earth.

I AM your Father, and I Love you even as I Love My Son, Jesus. For in Jesus, My Love for you is revealed. He is The Exact Representation of My Being. He came to demonstrate that I AM for you, not against you, and to tell you that I AM n-o-t counting your sins.

Jesus died so that you and I could be reconciled. His death is The Ultimate Expression of My Love. I gave up every-thing that I love that I might "gain" your love. If you receive The Gift of My Son, Christ Jesus you receive Me, and nothing will ever separate you from My Love again.

Come Home and I will throw "the Biggest Party" that Heaven has ever seen. I have always been your Father. I will always be Father.

My question is, will you be My child? I AM waiting for you.

When you draw close to Me, I AM drawing close to you.

I love YOU!
Eternally yours, your Father,
God

Halleluia and Amen!! “The LORD gave The Word and great was the company of those who published it Psalm 68:11.” We encourage you to publish "the word" God lays on your heart also, writing it on letters to send out to those you know, love, and who need an "encouraging word" from God's Word.

Begin to read The Holy Scriptures slowly, with focus, with determination, as you listen quietly with your spirit's ear for The Holy Spirit to arrive. Read slowly and intentionally focus on God's written Word written on the pages. As you read, listen intently for His whisper into your spirit, personally... waiting to "hear Him" no matter how long He takes. If you truly w-a-n-t to hear God's Word for you, "spoken" to you, The wonder-full Holy Spirit w-i-l-l come and deliver The Word God give Him for you, and with gladness, personally.

Someone said to us once that God speaks by way of His "still, small voice". We have found that to be a very accurate description of how He sounds when He speaks to us. We would also add from our personal experience that, once you hear Him begin to speak to you in your spirit, you will begin to continually listen for Him with ever-growing zeal! Selah.

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sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that are recounted in each and every written and recorded project of TTM.

We couldn't do this without the help of our friends!
This blog message, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of the TTM Sponsorship Family. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the TTM Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, who desire to know more of the love, truth, and salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

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GOD IS... so much bigger than you think HE is!

"WOW... what exciting times we're in! What some people might call 'tragic' we Believers in our soon-coming Lord and Savior Jesus Christ call PRICELESS opportunities'!" #StayFocused -- Keith, Brenda, and TTM Team

Are there wars, rumors of wars, record-breaking storms, earthquakes in new places, signs in the heavens, new diseases, increases in rage, bitterness, hatred and prejudice, and more prophetic signs just like Jesus tells us to be expecting and watching for? Sure, all of those things are at hand in these recent days... just as The Holy Spirit and Christ Jesus is "at hand", soon to return for The Church-The Bride of Christ. Staying focused is our aim, not merely on doing good things but, doing all that is RIGHT for fulfilling ALL of God's Will during these times. We are taking every opportunity to lead folks from living on a fleshy foundation where they are separated from God to a place of pursuing one-ness with God through Jesus Christ.

Our Father's loving arms are open and waiting to embrace each individual He has created. How do we lead His people into his open, loving, and waiting arms? It starts at... ALL YOU REALLY HAVE TO DO IS TELL 'EM WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU!

"The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise (2 Proverb 11:30)."

NOW... Let's get to "A Journey Together through The Scriptures:  The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (reading with audio actor Alexander Scourby) and COUNTING and NAMING our MANY BLESSINGS, one by one!  Selah and Halleluia!

Once you daily pursue ONEness with God, your wisdom and understanding *in Him* changes everything! Your focus on working *with God* will lead you to beyond your greatest expectations! Watch and see!!!

Print this message and read repeatedly 'til it becomes permanent on the tablet of your heart.

If you have yet to invite Jesus Christ into your heart to be your Lord and Savior, or if you have allowed something or someone to come between you and God, now is your time to get right with God. Right there where you are, pray this prayer to God, then relax and watch what God does...

          "Dear Father God, in the precious Name of Jesus Christ, the King of kings and The LORD of all lords, I lay my life at Your Feet. I come before You, confessing that I am a sinner, and I ask for You to forgive me of all my sins - those that I know I have committed, as well as those that I am not even aware of.  I ask that You come into my heart and be my Lord. I lay my life, and everything in it, at Your Feet, and ask that You please take me and begin to change me to be like YOU. I ask that You redeem the time that has passed, and allow me the opportunity to become exactly what You have predestined me to be, from before the foundation of the earth. I commit my life to You now, and thank You for receiving me as Your own. In the wonderful Name of Jesus Christ, the Son of the Living God, I pray, Amen."  And AMEN!!!

            WELCOME HOME!

            If you have just prayed this prayer, we want to congratulate you for making the greatest decision that you'll ever make! By accepting Jesus Christ, or rededicating your life to Him, as your personal Lord and Savior, you have begun the wonder-full process of being grafted into the family of God, and we welcome you "Home" to God's Family. We would also like to invite you to contact us so that we can send you information that will help you begin growing in your relationship and daily walk with God. We would encourage you to begin attending a Holy-Spirit-filled, Bible-believing church right away.

            We advise you to begin reading The Holy Bible daily, whether you understand it or not. Always remember, God's written Word in The Holy Bible is LIKE NO OTHER BOOK that has ever been written! When we rendezvous with The Person of The Holy Spirit as we read what God has written there, it becomes stored in our heart for The Holy Spirit to access it to bring to our remembrance.  You will find that the Scriptures will become applicable to whatever you are going through, at any given time!

            There are wonderful Bible teachers on television and on the radio that can, especially early in your walk with God, help you to begin receiving good teaching, and encouragement, right away. Although very informative, these programs are never to be a substitute for close relationships with people who love and serve God. At times, the transformation process that you have now begun will be difficult, and you will be tempted to go back to your old ways of living your old life. It will be during times like these that hanging out with strong Christian friends and mentors will be crucially important. There really IS strength in numbers! (Selah)

            And remember, no matter what, Keep PRESSIN' IN...  learnin', and growin' *with* our Lord and Savior.  You might consider using our book  LETTERS FROM THE FRONT, the special collection of keys to defeating hindrances that have kept many of God's servants from walking with the confidence and authority that Jesus Christ died to give us! Twelve life-changing teaching chapters:

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Sin Makes Ya Stewpit!	The Cart's Before the Horse
The Crisis of Eroding Integrity	The Fruit's on the End of the Limb
Too Quick to Compromise	The Rarest of All Breeds!
Please...Stop Stinkin'	Three Keys to God-Pleasing Faith
Let It Go	Understanding the Fear of The Lord
Into the Secret Place	Give to Give

  To help you further your fight to victory through the battles that confront every one of us in these turbulent times we live in, get your copy of our book, " LETTERS FROM THE FRONT." In this collection of 12 letters written from the front lines of battle fought in the spiritual, natural, and theater of the mind, Keith's Scripture messages will build your faith and help you reach God's full potential for your life.
"LETTERS FROM THE FRONT"
available at TowardTheMark online.

We pray God uses this message, and all of our resources, to fan the flame in your heart for Christ Jesus, His wonder-full Ways, and His Plan and Purpose for you in this life. If you have any questions about our work, or if you would like to make a special tax-deductible donation, place a special order for any of our books, magazines, or CDs, or to share a testimony or prayer request with us, please  e-mail us. Also feel free to write a letter and mail it to TOWARD THE MARK, P.O. Box 1152, Yorktown, VA 23692-1152.

May God bless you greatly as you listen to our continuing podcast messages with Alexander Scourby reading the Holy Scriptures to be written on your heart. We are eternally grateful for our loving Toward The Mark Family of sponsors who make this blog, and all of our resources, possible by their faithful prayer and monthly financial support!

Stay focused, Your friends and servants in Christ Jesus,

    

To Show GOD BIG in a World that Sees Him small… 
sums up the reason Keith stepped out in faith to focus on reaching the lost and strengthening believers everywhere, through Toward The Mark, Inc.  Keith and Brenda's prayer is that you will be encouraged and edified by the Secrets from God's Word that Keith recounts in our written and recorded products.

We couldn't do this without the help of our friends!
This blog message, along with the complete collection of original podcasts, music, blogs, books, CDs, and other Bible-based resources of Toward The Mark, Inc. is made possible by the faithful prayer and financial support of the TTM Sponsorship Family. We'd like to invite you to come on-board, to become a part of the TTM Family as well, by becoming a monthly financial partner. Your support will go toward fulfilling our God-given calling to help provide effective, contemporary outreach tools that are available to everyone, the churched and un-churched alike, who desire to know more of the love, truth, and salvation of Jesus Christ. We invite you to partner with us, as we, "press Toward The Mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3:14)

Keep PRESSIN' IN!

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Take me to Keith's MINI-Series of *Keep the FAITH* book, Chapter TWO.

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Take me to Keith's Journey through Chapter ONE of *Keep the FAITH*.

"Blessed be The LORD my Strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and He in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me (Psalm 144:1-2)."

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