Letters to Pearl

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The Greatest Desire

Wanting Jesus is the greatest desire you can ever have. To want Him is to want Truth, Love, Life, and freedom. Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  John 15:9-17   9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. 14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit-fruit that will last-and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. 17 This is my command: Love each other.

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Test Yourself

To know and Love someone is to be willing to die for them. Not just physical death but the pain-filled death of the self. This means changing from old life to new. This means changing your opinions, demands, lifestyle, and desires for the One you Love. Test yourself. Do you know and Love Me? John 3:16 For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 1 John 1:7, 9 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous, 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

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