DID YOU LEAVE YOUR FIRST LOVE? ARE YOU SURE?

                                               

  DID YOU LEAVE  YOUR FIRST LOVE?  

“…I KNOW THY WORKS, AND THY LABOR, AND THY PATIENCE, AND HOW THOU CANST NOT BEAR THEM WHICH ARE EVIL: AND THOU TRIED THEM WHICH SAY THEY ARE APOSTLES, AND ARE NOT, AND HAS FOUND THEM LAIRS… [however,]… you hath left your first love…” (REVELATION 2:2 KJV).

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“…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…you have left your first love…” (revelation 2:4) NASB). What does God mean that YOU have left "YOUR" FIRST LOVE?

The truth “IS” no one experiences a true “first” love until they have had an experience with LOVE; FIRST. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).  FIRST LOVE (God) didn’t REQUIRE you to love him before choosing to love you. He loved you FIRST.   

That is WHY he is FIRST LOVE. “…Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that HE [first] LOVED US...” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “We love, because HE “FIRST” LOVED US…” (1 John 4:19 ASV). ^“….God SHOWED HIS GREAT [first] LOVE FOR US by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “… [Nothing]…will be able to separate us from the [first] love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:31-39 NASB). He has “….loved [you]...with an everlasting  … [first] love….” (Jeremiah 31:3 KJV). “…God is … [first] love…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…There is no greater  … [first] LOVE …” (John 15:13 NLT). Thus, God “IS” your FIRST LOVE. Therefore, “…This is REAL LOVE…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…This is REAL LOVE—NOT that we loved God…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he loved us …” (1 John 4:10 NIV). “…THIS IS LOVE: NOT that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 4:10 NIV). 

God’s LOVE fueled him to send his son. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God SO LOVED the world that he gave his only begotten Son…e” (John 3:16 KJV). “…He loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 4:10 NIV). 

God loved you BEFORE you ever even thought about loving him. You were STILL a full-time sinner. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God demonstrates his …love for us in this: While we were STILL sinners, Christ died for us…” (Romans 5:8 KJV). “…God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were STILL sinners...” (Romans 5:8 NLT).

God doesn’t require your love in return BEFORE deciding to love you. “…God is LOVE (first)…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). God doesn’t benefit (profit) from loving you, but loves you anyway.  You BENEFIT from his LOVE for you. “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).  “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT).

Human relational love usually requires love in return. Would you love someone if they didn’t love you back? Human relational love usually wants to benefit or profit from loving others. Would you love someone if you didn’t get anything out of it?

God loves like that. It’s called unconditional love. You don’t have to do ANYTHING to deserve his love, to be worthy of it, or earn it. His GRACE (undeserved and unearned favor) is fueled BY his LOVE! “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

His LOVE fuels his GRACE which eliminates any prerequisites or requirements for FREELY receiving the FULLNESS of his unconditional love. “…Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were STILL sinners…” (Romans 5:6-8 NLT).

“What kind of “POWERFUL” LOVE is this?” indw“…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB). “…God is Spirit …” (John 4:24 KJV). “…God is [the HOLY Spirit of]… LOVE…” (John 4:24 KJV). 

God is both the Holy SPIRIT and LOVE. God’s Holy LOVE is the POWERFUL SOURCE that FUELS “EVERYTHING” he SAYS and DOES by GRACE.

FIRST LOVE (God) is a HOLY LOVE. Love is God’s MOST GLORIOUS supernatural attribute!!! “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).indw“… “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

God expresses and demonstrates the standard and EXAMPLE of a “FIRST” LOVE. It is unconditional. “…This is real love—NOT that we loved God, but that he loved us …” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “… HE “FIRST” LOVED US…” (1 John 4:19 ASV). TRULY meditate on that. 

Whatever you knew or know, or have known of love it is “nothing” compared to God’s LOVE. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…This is real love…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). indw“…Love … is the perfect BOND of unity...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…He… remains faithful [to his love for you]… [He can’t “ever” DENY who he is]...” (2 Timothy 2:13 NLT). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).   “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB). Love’s only agenda is love.

This is what I have personally learned about God’s love FOR ME: God’s love covers over a lot of offenses. His love is fully forgiving and doesn’t keep a record of my wrongs towards him. His love is enduring. His love suffers long over me sometimes, which gives me sufficient chances to get it right with him. God’s love is faithful. God’s love is loyal. God’s love involved a sacrifice and therefore it was costly for him to love me. His love continues for me, even when I don’t fairly and equitably love him in return. God’s love does not come with a wage attachment, where I have to earn it. God’s love does not come with a partiality tag, where I have to be worthy of it. God’s love does not come with a merit tag, where I have to be deserving of it. God’s love is free towards me always and has never demanded anything in return. God’s love won’t ever change for me, even if I change, walk away, reject it, follow after another, am unfaithful, offend him, or totally forget about Him. “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT).

“…This is real love…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). What is “real” love? “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV).

God’s “real” LOVE “…is patient … is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [God’s]…love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [God’s]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).  

Nothing will ever separate me or YOU from God’s “real” love. “….neither death, nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate [you]… from the love of God which is “in” Christ Jesus our Lord…” (Romans 8:38-39 KJV). 

“Real” love is God. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).  God’s “real” love FUELS him to ACT. “…God SO LOVED he GAVE…” (John 3:16 KJV). 

The reason God GAVE his son is because SIN created a barrier or chasm between you and him and he couldn’t LOVE you like he SO desired to love you. God’s eyes “…are TOO pure to look on evil…” (Habakukk 1:13 NIV). “… [God]… can not look on wickedness with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). 

 AND human eyes are too sinful to look upon his holiness. “…Moses said, “…show me your glory … [God said,] …When my GLORY passes by, I will …cover you with my hand until I have passed by …” (Exodus 33:16-23 NIV). “…You (sinful flesh) cannot see my face, for no one may see [my holiness]… and live …” (Exodus 33:16-23 NIV). 

The barrier between God and SINFUL mankind existed because HOLINESS can NOT and will NOT “EVER” MIX with SIN. SIN and HOLINESS naturally SEPARATE instead; just like oil and water. “…Your INIQUITIES (sin) have separated between you and your God (holy) …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “…It’s YOUR SINS that have cut you off from God (who is HOLY)…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT).

However, God’s FIRST LOVE for you fueled him to GIVE Jesus, his son, who is like an EMULSIFIER that enables the mixture or emulsion of two unlikely substances. “…He that is joined (MIXED) unto the Lord (Jesus) is ONE spirit… [united with the HOLY God]” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). 

If an emulsifier is added to oil and water it will miraculously enable them to MIX together. “…He that is joined (MIXED together) unto the Lord (Jesus) is ONE Spirit… [miraculously enabled to unite with the Holy God]” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV).“…. Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). 

Jesus miraculously enables the HOLY God and SINFUL mankind to MIX together and become ONE [unbreakable] SPIRIT. “…What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate…” (Mark 10:9 NASB). “…Love … is the perfect BOND of unity...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB). “…He that is JOINED unto the Lord is ONE Spirit…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). “…Let no one split apart what God has joined together…” (Mark 10:9 NLT).  

God’s FIRST LOVE for sinful man was FULLY expressed when he SENT his son. “…He loved us and sent his Son …” (1 John 4:10 NIV). 

SENDING his SON was an act of GRACE fueled by his LOVE. Sending his SON also enabled him to be reconciled into a covenant relationship with SINFUL mankind again. “… [He sent the ] …one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).

The barrier of SIN is REAL!!! It PREVENTS God’s HOLY LOVE from being FULLY expressed, or accessed, or reached. “… [Only]…one … can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “….Apart from [the man Christ Jesus], you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV). 

God MADE a way for YOU to experience his FIRST LOVE toward you through salvation. God God “….[was] …not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9 KJV). “… AS MANY as received him, to them GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name…” (John 1:12 KJV). “…WHOSOEVER shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved...” (Romans 10:13 KJV). “…YE ARE “ALL” CHILDREN OF GOD BY FAITH “IN” (or dependence upon) CHRIST JESUS. …There is NEITHER Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for YE ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS…” (Galatians 3:26-28 KJV). “…God SHOWS NO FAVORITISM.  In every nation HE ACCEPTS those who fear him and do what is right. This is the message of Good News for the people of Israel—that there is peace with God through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all…” (Acts 10:34-36 NLT). “…Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no RESPECTER OF PERSONS: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)…” (Acts 10:34-36 KJV).

 The significance and IMPORTANCE of being made HOLY is about removing the barrier so you can experience having an uninterrupted, bonding relationship with FIRST LOVE (God)! “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [FIRST]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…God is [HOLY]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “… “I AM” WHO I AM…” (Exodus 3:14-15 NASB).  

FIRST LOVE (God) has highly expressed his love by MANY acts of GRACE. “…[He could]… not look on wickedness with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB).  “…YOUR SINS … hid his face from you … he [could]… not hear… [you] …” (Isaiah 59:2 KJV). “… [SO He sent- through an act of GRACE - the] …one … who [could]… reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT).

When there is a BARRIER it separates the natural realm from the supernatural realm, it creates an impenetrable chasm. This chasm separates you from God, cuts you off from him, and he can’t even hear you. FIRST LOVE’S (God) holiness WON’T allow him to mix or show favor with SIN. “…You can not look on wickedness with favor…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “…Your eyes are too pure to approve evil…” (Habakukk 1:13 NASB). “…Because of YOUR SINS, he … turned away and can… not listen anymore…” (Isaiah 59:2 NLT).

HOLINESS simply can NOT bond, MIX, or be yoked together with SIN or SINNERS. The HOLY God desired to be yoked together with mankind, but SIN created a chasm. “…Be ye NOT unequally yoked together with unbelievers for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? And what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?” (2 Corinthians 6:14-15 KJV).

Remember the biblical story of the poor man and the rich man? “…The poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm (barrier) has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us…” (Luke 16:22-25 NASB).

Without Jesus, there “WILL” ALWAYS remain an impenetrable BARRIER or CHASM between mankind (SIN/oil) and God (HOLY/water). However, because of FIRST LOVE’S (God’s) act of GRACE: “…There is … one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…The grace of our Lord was poured out (transferred) on [mankind]… abundantly, along with faith and love that are in Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 1:13-14 NIV). “…BY GRACE have [mankind]… been saved THROUGH FAITH; and that NOT OF … [them]SELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF [FIRST LOVE]…GOD…” (Ephesians 2:8-9 ASV).

Jesus - God’s GREAT act of GRACE - OPENED the way for FIRST LOVE (God) to express his love to mankind by providing a WAY for them to unite with him in a bonding and intimately connected, covenant relationship!  “…By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place…” (Hebrews 10:19-20 NLT). “Jesus saith…I am the way, the truth, and the life…” (John 14:6 KJV).

“… [There is] … one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “… Apart from Me, you can do nothing…” (John 15:5 NIV). “… [You] … can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth … [you]…” (Philippians 4:13 KJV). “…It is God who works in [you]… to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13 NIV).

Jesus’ sacrificial death was FIRST LOVE’S (God’s) act of GRACE that atoned for mankind’s sins, removed the barrier, and enabled them to receive, access, and benefit from the MANY blessings of his love. “He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins…” (1 John 2:2 NIV). “…Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29 KJV). .“…God so loved the world, that HE GAVE his only begotten (specially created) Son …” (John 3:16 KJV). “...Whosoever believeth in him (depend upon him) should not perish, but have everlasting life…” (John 3:16 KJV). “… [There is] … one … who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus…” (1 Timothy 2:5 NLT). “…This is real love…” (1 John 4:10 NLT). “…God is [REAL]… LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT).

This act of GRACE - when chosen and received - REVEALS God “AS” FIRST LOVE. “….HE FIRST LOVED US…” (1 John 4:19 ASV).  “…not that we loved God, but that he loved us and SENT HIS SON to be the propitiation for our sins.” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…[God] … SPARED NOT his own Son, but DELIVERED him up FOR US ALL…” (Romans 8:32 KJV). ^“…God SHOWED HIS GREAT LOVE FOR US by “SENDING” Christ to die for us WHILE we were still sinners…” (Romans 5:7-9 NLT). “… the just for the unjust, that he might BRING US to God…” (1 Peter 3:18 KJV).  “…There is no greater love …” (John 15:13 NLT). “…There is no GREATER LOVE than to lay down one’s life…” (John 15:13 NLT).

Jesus became THE WAY to bring us to FIRST LOVE (God). “… Jesus saith…I am the way…” (John 14:6 KJV). “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…Christ …suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to [FIRST LOVE] …God…” (1 Peter 3:18 KJV). 

FIRST LOVE chose to love you. FIRST LOVE chose to show GRACE and MERCY to you. FIRST LOVE chose to remove the barrier of sin. FIRST LOVE chose to bring you into a covenant relationship with him. “…I chose YOU....” (John 15:16 ASV).  ^“…You are a chosen people…” (1 Peter 2:9 NIV). “…As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name…” (John 1:12). 

There is “… [No]….greater love…than [FIRST LOVE (God)]…” (John 15:13 KJV). “…God is (FIRST) LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “FIRST” LOVE “…is patient … is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. [God’s]…love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres, [God’s]…love never fails…” (1 Corinthians 13: 4-8 NIV).  

Therefore, “…He that is joined unto the Lord is ONE Spirit (or miraculously united with the HOLY God)…” (1 Corinthians 6:17 KJV). HOW? “…The Lord is … Spirit…” (2 Corinthians 3:17 KJV). “…God [sends]… forth the Spirit of His Son “INTO” [YOUR]… HEARTS…” (Galatians 4:6 NASB). “…Jesus Christ is … [NOW] … in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…if Christ be in you… [then] …the Lord …[is] … in your presence (and “YOU” are in his presence) …” (Romans 8:10 KJV & Exodus 33:16-23 NIV).  “… [Jesus sets]… me in [god’s] … presence forever…” (Psalms 44:12 NASB). 

 There has been and will NEVER be “… [any]….greater love…than this…”(John 15:13 KJV). “…God SO LOVED he GAVE…” (John 3:16 KJV).  “… By GRACE [you are] … saved through faith; and that not of [your]selves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast…” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV). 

 “… God, through Christ]… freely give us all things?...” (Romans 8:32 KJV). “…For all things are your's [in Christ]…” (1 Corinthians 3 KJV).

 “…He first loved us…” (1 John 4:19 ASV). “….not that we loved God, but that he loved us…” (1 John 4:10 KJV). “…For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16).. "You did not choose … [him]… but [He]… chose you…” (John 15:16 ASV).  God is the Chooser.  “…By GRACE [you are]… saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the [FREE]…gift of God…” (EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV).  

God’s LOVE fuels his many acts of GRACE. All his promises are yes and amen to those who belong to him in Christ Jesus. “…As many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes …also … Amen …” (2 Corinthians 1:2 NASB). 

God will keep every one of his promises because loves you and his GRACE never changes toward you. “…He has granted to [you]… His precious and magnificent promises…” (2 Peter 1:4 NASB).  “…I am the Lord, I change NOT…” (Malachi 3:6 KJV).  ^“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8 NIV). 

God is your FIRST LOVE and DESIRES to EXPRESS his HOLY LOVE to YOU by also GRACING you with his indwelling Spirit. “…God is LOVE…” (1 John 4:4-8 KJV). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV). “…God’s love has been poured out INto our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us…” (Romans 5:5 NIV). “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV “…[Spiritual]… Love [is]… the perfect BOND of UNITY...” (Colossians 3:14 NASB).

God's LOVE is "IN" you through the indwelling Holy Spirit who has been given to YOU. “…God’s love has been poured out INto our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us…” (Romans 5:5 NIV).

God is “IN” love (in YOU), “…I … [am] … “IN” YOU (the one god loves)…” (John 15:4 KJV) with you (the indwelling presence) forever. “…I AM “WITH” YOU ALWAYS, to the very end…"(Matthew 28:20 NIV). God is IN love with you forever. “…If … [you] … are unfaithful, he remains faithful…” (2 Timothy 2:13 NLT).

“ … [You] … have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the [indwelling]…POWER may be of God, and not of us...” (2 Corinthians 4:6-7 KJV). “…Know ye not your own selves …that Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians KJV). “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?” (1 Corinthians 3:16 KJV). “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:19 KJV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV).

“… We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves…” (2 Corinthians 4:7 NLT).

God said: “…I will put a new spirit in you . …” (Ezekiel 36:26 NLT). “…GOD IS SPIRIT…” (John 4:24 KJV).  “…The Spirit of God dwell[s]… in you…” (Romans 8:9 KJV).  “…May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and whole, make you holy and whole, put (or MIX) you together [with]— [his indwelling Holy]…spirit, soul, and body …” (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 MSG). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…Jesus Christ maketh thee whole ( and HOLY)…” (Acts 9:34 KJV). NLT).

 “…Ye shall be holy unto me: for I the Lord am holy…” (Leviticus 20:26 KJV). “…Jesus Christ is in you…” (2 Corinthians 13:5 KJV). “…That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God. But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.)….” (Romans 8:8-11 NLT).

“…by the Grace of God … [you are what you are] …” (1 Corinthians 15:10 NIV). 

^“…It is God who works IN YOU to will and TO ACT…” (Philippians 2:13 NIV). “….Apart from [Jesus]…YOU CAN DO NOTHING…” (John 15:5 NIV). “…God hath said, I will dwell in them…” (2 Corinthians 6:16 KJV). ^“…May … God … WORK IN [YOU]… what is pleasing to him, THROUGH Jesus Christ…” (Hebrews 13:20-21 NIV).

 “…God will supply all [your need through his Holy Spirit]…” (Philippians 4:19 NASB). “…God will generously PROVIDE (give) all you need (through the Holy Spirit). Then you will always have everything you need  …” (2 Corinthians 9:8 NLT). “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…” (Psalms 23:1 KJV).