One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the delightfulness of the LORD and to inquire in His temple. Psalm 27:4.
Dearly Beloved in Christ,
May the love of God the Father, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you! Yes, it is time for our March fellowship gathering as the Body of Christ, fellow citizens with the saints in light, of God’s household, having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom we also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. Ephesians 2:19-22.
We will gather on March 15, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the meeting room on the second floor of Kukui Plaza Diamond Head Tower at 55 S. Kukui Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813. The entrance to Kukui Plaza Diamond Head Tower is on Fort Street between Beretania and Kukui Street, just one block towards the mountains from the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace. You may park at Century Square parking lot for free since it is open to the public on Sundays at no charge. When you arrive in the lobby of Kukui Plaza, just tell the security guard at the reception desk that you are there for the meeting on the second floor. Hopefully I have put your names on the list, but if not, please answer this email that you are coming or register at www.EL2020.org.
You may feel like your life is dry and barren, full of empty cisterns. Do you know why? You have left your first love and let worldly life beat you down and drain you out. You have transferred your idea of glory from the LORD to you, to man. You are looking at works of man and not at the works of God. You are judging yourself by worldly standards. But often what the world holds in importance God holds in contempt.
God is enough for you.
But you have to understand what I am saying. That does not mean you are poor and deprived and God is enough for you. Not at all.
To thrive and have overflowing cisterns and well-watered gardens, to have strong bones and abundant life, to have no lack but more than enough for yourself and every good work, you need strength, wisdom, joy, direction, guidance to all truth, knowledge of things to come, and good health. You need counsel, you need provision, you need prosperity, you need shalom.
Are you beginning to see something and Someone? There is a Wonderful Counselor, there is a Spirit of Wisdom, Counsel, Understanding, Knowledge, Strength, Fear of the LORD, and Loving Devotion, there is fullness of joy in the LORD’s presence, He is the LORD who looks ahead and provides, He is the LORD your healer and there is so much more. And His plans for you are for shalom and not evil, to give you a future and a hope. To every need you have, God’s Word has an answer. But there is one answer that has them ALL and if you ask the Father for that answer He will give Him to you.
Your answer to everything in your life is simple. It is the HOLY SPIRIT. Be filled with the Holy Spirit and it is MORE than enough of everything you need and an abundance that will leap up as a living fountain to overflow and run out of you in rivers to all who lack.
All who are thirsty, all whose cisterns are dry, all who are weak and unable to keep going forward, COME and drink the water of life. Without cost.
The Holy Spirit is the answer to everything. You need skills? He teaches you all things. You need abundant life? The Spirit gives life, quickens your mortal body, and raises you to new life. You need regeneration and renewal? Have you read the words of the apostle Paul? “But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:4-7. You need wisdom? Ask for it and God will give it to you generously for He is the Spirit of Wisdom! You need life for your mortal body? The Holy Spirit in you quickens your mortal body. You need POWER? The Holy Spirit in you releases RESURRECTION power. The power which raised Christ from the dead and gave Him an immortal glorified body. For He is the Spirit of the ONE who raised Christ from the dead, that is, God, your Father, Creator and LORD. He sends forth His Spirit and you are created and He renews the face of the Adamah (the clay of the earth from which you are formed). Not by human might and power, but by His Spirit!
And how do you get the Holy Spirit? Easy. Have you never read, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?” Luke 11:13. You ask the Father and He gives you the greatest gift of all. And He is the Promise of the Father to you. Jesus told you that, He called the Holy Spirit in you and on you the “Promise of the Father.” Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4. And remember the words of the great apostle Peter on the day Pentecost was fulfilled and Jesus poured out the Promise into the hearts of those who believed in Him? “Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” Acts 2:38-39.
Jesus told the woman by the well of Samaria, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give Me a drink,’ you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” John 4:10. And “whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” John 4:14. And what was this living water? Jesus tells you, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.” John 7:38-39. Jesus had to die to remove all your sins, so your spirit could come back to life and join with His Spirit. And the Father kept that promise when Jesus was glorified at His right hand, as Peter spoke out to the astonished crowd on the fulfillment of Pentecost, “This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.” Acts 2:32-33.
Jesus told you the night before He died, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Paraclete (the one by your side to be your helper, counselor, advocate, comforter, teacher, leader and guide), that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:15-18.
God has not left you alone. He has given you the greatest gift He can give you. It is nothing less than Himself. The fullness of His divine nature in you so you can be filled with all the fullness of God Himself. The Holy Spirit that is His power, His strength, His very self who shares God’s deepest thoughts with you. The One who gives you revelation knowledge. The anointing that made Jesus the Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed. And what was He anointed with? God tells us: the oil of joy. Psalm 45:7, Hebrews 1:9. God wants you to be happy. All the time.
David asked for and sought just one thing, to dwell in the temple of the LORD all the days of his life. Guess what? You do and it is YOU. “Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Corinthians 3:16. So rejoice and be so happy you are you and in yourself, you don’t need to look elsewhere with jealousy, you have in yourself the one thing David sought. Be comfortable being in you, you are the Lord’s dwelling place and can inquire of Him 24/7. What a beautiful place to dwell, better than anywhere else. You are right where you should be. In you is where you long to dwell, do not torment yourself with regret, guilt and shame. Look in the mirror and exclaim, “How lovely (beloved) is Your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!” Psalm 84:1. Happy are they who dwell in your house, O LORD, continually they praise you! Psalm 84:4.
On another note, please do go to Spotify on your computer or on your phone. It is free. Enter “Bonnie L. Moore” or “Wonderful Songs” in the search and listen to my songs. It will help the ministry and costs you nothing. And it will fill your heart with the Word for the songs He gives me are full of nothing else but His pure Word right from the Scriptures.
Our place called grace goes along filled with good things, and please pray that we are able to acquire more space for there are many coming yet we have no more room to house them now. Our TV show is doing well and reaching hearts (we have so much fun filming it that we stay sitting around the table in the mini studio talking about God’s Word even after the show is over!), our prison ministry team is growing and thriving—we reached the biggest group this year at our last prison Bible teaching fellowship with many crying tears of joy and singing with beautiful harmony. And I sang my newest song, “How do you know?” to the women’s unit as they were eating lunch! It was like a musical play. Kashmira, Teresa and I had such fun! What a great way to spend two hours on a Saturday morning, delving into God’s Word to see yourself in the mirror of His Word as He gazes in it with you, to see yourself beloved, forgiven, and a champion! HUGS! And since then I have sung my new song to a group of nonbelievers who after hearing it became believers! People are a bit taken aback when I start singing to them but when they hear the words they are captivated. We will sing it at our March meeting. It will answer your innermost fears and doubts with the sign from the other side! Just as the Lord set me free by it too. If you were at our last meeting (February) you will understand, for we went into detail about the sign from the other side and the five steps of HUGS (Healing Under God’s Spirit).
God is with you and in you, that is, if you have taken Jesus as your Lord and believed in your heart God raised Him from the dead, for “the word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation.” Romans 10:8-10.
“Heavenly Father, thank you for Jesus. He died for me. I believe you raised Him from the dead. I confess that Jesus is Lord, Jesus is my Lord. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit and lead me in the beautiful life you prepared for me that I might enjoy it. Amen.”
The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD make His Face shine upon you and give you His grace! The LORD smile upon you and give you Shalom! Shalom, shalom, shalom!
The Lord is smiling at you, why don’t you smile back? “Look up at the LORD and smile so that your face may never be ashamed.” Psalm 34:5-6. Smile more at the Lord, it pleases Him and it will give you joy, for when you smile at Him, you will find He is smiling at you.
Hope to see you at our meeting! Bring something for the potluck if you can.
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Love and shalom,
Bonnie
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