HUMILITY.

DO NOT EXALT YOURSELF ABOVE OTHERS - DO NOT TAKE THE TOP SEAT AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE.

BUT GO TO THE BOTTOM SEAT AT THE END OF THE TABLE.

FOR WHOEVER EXALTS HIMSELF BEFORE GOD AND MEN - WILL BE LAID LOW BEFORE GOD AND MEN.

FOR EVERYONE WHO EXALTS HIMSELF WILL BE HUMBLED - BUT HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF WILL BE EXALTED.

DO NOT DO AS THE RULERS OF THE GENTILES DO - FOR THEIR HIGH OFFICIALS LORD IT OVER THE PEOPLE.

FOR THE SON OF MAN CAME NOT BE SERVED - BUT TO SERVE EVEN UNTO DEATH.

SO IT MUST BE WITH YOU MY CHILDREN - FOR WHOEVER SERVES IN MY KINGDOM IS THE GREATEST - YES FOR WHOEVER SERVES WITH TRUE LOVE IS THE GREATEST SAYS THE LORD.

DO NOT USE YOUR GIFTS - THE GIFTS THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU TO GLORIFY YOURSELVES - TO GLORIFY YOURSELVES ABOVE ALL OTHERS.

BUT USE YOUR GIFTS TO GLORIFY THE LORD IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS - FOR IT IS I WHO RAISES UP AND CASTS DOWN.

REMEMBER THAT I AM THE GIFT GIVER - FOR I GIVE MY GIFTS TO WHOEVER I CHOSE BOTH GREAT AND SMALL - RICH AND POOR.

WORSHIP THE GIFT GIVER - NOT THE GIFTS - BUT WORSHIP THE POTTER WHO MADE YOU. FOR IT IS THE POTTER WHO FILLS YOU MANY GOOD THINGS - IT IS THE POTTER WHO PLACES YOU HIS POTS WHERE EVER HE WANTS THEM - SOME IN THE SHOP WINDOW FOR ALL TO SEE - OTHERS HIDDEN AWAY IN THE SECRET PLACES - NONE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE OTHERS SAYS THE LORD.

FOR I GAVE SOME TO BE APOSTLES - SOME TO BE PROPHETS - SOME TO BE TEACHERS - SOME TO BE PASTORS AND EVANGELISTS.

DO ALL SPEAK IN TONGUES - DO ALL WORK MIRACLES - DO ALL HAVE GIFTS OF HEALING - CAN ALL BE ADMINISTRATORS.

FOR IT IS I WHO CALLS EACH TO THE WORK THAT I WOULD YOU TO DO - I WHO GIVES EACH ONE THE GIFTS THEY NEED TO DO THAT WORK.

SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU - WALK HUMBLY BEFORE GOD AND MEN - FOR EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE MANY PARTS TO MY BODY ALL WITH DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS - SO YOU ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER FOR MY BODY TO WORK JUST AS ALL THE ORGANS IN YOUR NATURAL BODY HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR YOU LIVE HEALTHY LIVES - FOR IF ONE DOES NOT WORK - THEN THE WHOLE BODY SUFFERS.

FOR YOU WERE ALL BAPTISED BY ONE SPIRIT INTO ONE BODY - WHETHER JEWS OR GREEKS SLAVE OR FREE - FOR I GIVE YOU ONE SPIRIT TO DRINK.

REMEMBER I DIED AND ROSE AGAIN FOR YOU ALL SO THAT YOU ALL COULD HAVE ETERNAL LIFE . REMEMBER THAT YOU WERE ALL SINNERS SAVED BY GRACE - SAVED BY MY BLOOD SAYS THE LORD.

SO DO NOT EXALT YOURSELVES ABOVE OTHERS - DO NOT TAKE THE TOP SEAT BUT GO TO THE END OF THE TABLE - FOR WHOEVER EXALTS HIMSELF BEFORE GOD AND MEN - WILL BE HUMBLED - WILL BE CAST DOWN - REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DEVIL WHEN HE TRIED TO EXALT HIMSELF - WHEN PRIDE CAME INTO HIS HEART - FOR HE FELL BECAUSE OF PRIDE - FOR PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL.

SO WATCH YOUR HEARTS MY PEOPLE - WATCH THAT PRIDE DOES NOT ENTER IN - FOR PRIDE CAN COME IN SO SLOWLY AND WITHOUT WARNING.

SO STAY HUMBLE AND DIE TO SELF - DIE TO YOUR OWN WAYS AND FLESHLY AMBITIONS.

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS DAY BY DAY AS I TOOK UP MY CROSS FOR YOU.

FOR HE WHO HUMBLES HIMSELF BEFORE GOD AND MEN - I WILL RAISE UP BEFORE GOD AND MEN SAYS THE LORD.

IF ALL NEED SALVATION - WHO CAN CLAIM TO BE SUPERIOR TO ANYONE ELSE.

MATT 20 - 20 to 28.

LUKE 14 - 7 to 14 - more.

WHEN PEOPLE SAY - I WISH TO SERVE YOU - so that others can hear them - THEY ARE REALLY EXALTING THEMSELVES - FOR A TRUE SERVANT DOES NOT NEED TO SAY ANYTHING - HE JUST DOES IT.

WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU FOR FORGIVENESS SO THAT OTHERS AROUND THEM CAN HEAR WHAT THEY ARE SAYING - THEY ARE REALLY ACTING LIKE THE PHARISEES - WHO LOVE TO BE HEARD PRAYING ON THE STREET CORNERS SO THAT ALL CAN SEE THEM - SO THAT ALL CAN SAY OF THEM - O WHAT A GOOD PERSON HE/SHE IS.

SUCH A PERSON IS LIKE THE PHARISEE WHO PRAYED ABOUT HOW GOOD HE IS

WHO SAID I AM NOT LIKE THIS SINNER OVER THERE WHEN HE WAS IN THE TEMPLE.

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT IF WE HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST ANOTHER - WE MUST LEAVE OUR OFFERING AT THE ALTAR - AND GO AND MAKE THINGS RIGHT - ONE TO ONE - IN PRIVATE - NOT IN PUBLIC FOR HIS FRIENDS TO HEAR AND ADMIRE WHAT HE/SHE IS DOING.

THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE ACTING LIKE SERVANTS - BUT ARE NOT - SAYING - LOOK AT ME - I AM A SERVANT - THAT IS PRIDE AND DECEPTION.

FOR THEY ARE DECEIVED THEMSELVES AS WELL AS DECEIVING OTHERS - MAYBE WITHOUT KNOWING IT.

FOR THEY ARE LIKE THE RICH PRIESTS IN TEMPLE PUTTING MUCH INTO THE OFFERING FOR ALL TO SEE - SO THAT THEY WILL BE PRAISED BY MEN.

I TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR REWARD ON EARTH - FOR THEY HAVE NOTHING STORED UP IN HEAVEN FOR THEM - BUT ONLY JUDGEMENT - UNLESS THEY REPENT.

LET NOT YOUR RIGHT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR LEFT HAND IS DOING - GO TO YOUR PRAYER ROOM AND CLOSE THE DOOR - FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER REWARDS THOSE WHO DO THINGS IN THE SECRET PLACE.

THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING THESE THINGS IN IGNORANCE OR WILFULLY I CALL ON YOU TO REPENT - FOR I WENT NONE TO PERISH - BUT FOR YOU ALL TO HAVE LIFE TO FULL..

FOR I CHASTISE THOSE WHOM I LOVE SAY THE LORD.

COME LET US REASON TOGETHER SAYS THE LORD - FOR EVEN THOUGH YOUR SINS BE RED AS SCARLET - THEY SHALL WHITER AS SNOW - FOR MY BLOOD SHALL WASH YOU CLEAN - IF YOU REPENT AND CALL ON MY NAME FOR FORGIVENESS SAYS THE LORD.

FOR I KNOW WHAT IS IN ALL YOUR HEARTS BETTER THAN YOU DO - FOR I WILL KNOW WHO IS TRUE AND WHO IS NOT - DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS DECEIVE YOU - FOR THE HEART OF MAN IS DESPERATELY WICKED IN ALL ITS WAYS - FOR I KNOW ALL THINGS SAYS THE LORD.

COME REPENT AND DO NOT BE DOUBLE MINDED - BUT HAVE YOUR MIND SET ON ME - YES LET ME CLEANSE YOU SO THAT YOU CAN BE SINGLE MINDED.

FOR I WANT YOU TO HAVE MY MIND - HAVE MY MIND SO THAT YOU TRULY UNDERSTAND MY WORD - FOR AS MY WORD SAYS - THAT MY SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS - FOR YOU WILL THEN NEED NO MAN TEACH YOU - FOR YOU WILL ALL KNOW ME - WILL KNOW MY MIND - WILL KNOW MY WORD BUT NOW YOU ONLY SEE THROUGH A GLASS DIMLY - THEN YOU WILL SEE FACE TO FACE AND UNDERSTAND.

FOR WHEN YOU KNOW MY MIND - AND ARE FILLED BY MY SPIRIT - HAVING THE WORD OF GOD WITHIN YOUR HEARTS - THEN YOU WILL NO LONGER BE DECEIVED BY THE CUNNING SCHEMING OF MEN - FOR YOU WILL KNOW FALSE FROM THE TRUE.

COME - REPENT - LET NOT YOUR HEARTS DECEIVE YOU IN THIS MATTER.

FOR I WISH TO RESTORE YOU - FOR I LOVE YOU SAYS THE LORD.

FOR WHOSOEVER WILL BE GREAT - MUST BE AS A SERVANT EVEN UNTO DEATH MUST DIE TO SELF - MUST DIE TO THEIR OWN FLESHLY AMBITIONS.

FOR TO TAKE UP YOUR CROSS IS LIFE - FOR THE FATHER REWARDS WHAT IS DONE IN SECRET.

COME - REPENT - FOR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION FOR YOU.

COME - REPENT - FOR I AM WAITING TO FORGIVE YOU - WAITING TO PUT YOU BACK UPON THE NARROW WAY SAYS THE LORD.

FOR IF ALL NEED SALVATION - WHO CAN CLAIM TO BE SUPERIOR TO ANYONE ELSE - FOR ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD - FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS DIRTY RAGS BEFORE THE LORD.

COME REPENT - LET ME TAKE THOSE DIRTY RAGS OF SELF RIGHTEOUSNESS FROM YOUR BACK - FOR WISH TO CLOTHE YOUR NAKEDNESS WITH MY RIGHTEOUSNESS - FOR YOU WILL BE CLOTHED WITH THE GARMENTS OF PRAISE.

COME - REPENT - FOR TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION - COME LET ME TAKE AWAY THAT HEART OF STONE - COME - REPENT - FOR A NEW HEART I WILL GIVE TO YOU THIS DAY - IF YOU REPENT . COME SAYS THE LORD COME - FOR I LOVE YOU..

DAVE - Feb 1.2000.