PLEASE READ! IT CONCERNS US ALL!)

Greetings of Peace and Love to all of us!

The purpose of this letter is to help us realize, that the teachings in the Holy Bible are very much applicable in today's time. We can also find answers on questions regarding the truth of the Words of God and salvation. I am not a writer and Theologian but I will try to put everything all together the basics of our Spiritual connection with God and to share knowledge that sin is the culprit of our life's woes. My reference of this information is in the Holy Bible and in my own personal experience too. I just want to point out that I am not a self-righteous person but just receiving grace and mercy from God , to resist acts of devil. It's time for me to share my living testimony to all and I hope I could be of help. I can't bear anymore to see people that were helpless and nowhere to run and nobody will help them. "For nothing will be Impossible to GOD".

Everything in here is a practical approach in finding answers on our questions about our existence and our connection with God. Our life is simple we shouldn't complicate it. At the end of my message you will find verses in the Holy Bible to support everything in here.

Before I go further, I want to emphasize that I am not promoting any religion here because in my belief "RELIGION CAN'T SAVE US". We can attain salvation only depends on how we live on earth. What matters most, is our strong faith to God. Believing that God is here with us and so we have to do good, because on judgment day He will take and bring all His faithful children to a place what He had promised, the eternal life and new earth.

In my mission, I preferred using the name Our Lady of Guadalupe because she contributed a big impact in my life. I just knew her just last year December 2007, 3 days before her feast day. (Every 12th of December). She was the one who inspired me and gave me encouragement to do this. She was the one who invited me to help her in inviting many people to come to Jesus Christ her Son for salvation. I'd never been so..bold and courageous in telling people about the truth of the Words of God and our salvation before. She made me realized that salvation is earned not given for free. She was the one who made me materialized the things that she intended to say to all of us. Her role in our Christian lives, is to help us. As a mother, she wanted her children to be happy, secured and safe from any sufferings, problems in our lives. She wanted us her children around the world "TO PRAY TO HIS SON JESUS BECAUSE FOR HIM ONLY THAT WE ALL BE SAVED". To those people who don't believe on her. We can't force you to believe but I only ask your respect on her.

We should own a Bible today and have time to read, reflect and most importantly apply it in our everyday living.

Did you ever wonder and observe, why many people suffered from various catastrophes, calamities, disasters, terrorism, illnesses (cancer), depressions, stresses, infidelities, chaos, misunderstandings between families and people, high temperaments, abortions, broken families, poverty, graft and corruptions, evil sexual desires, sudden deaths, high prices of commodities, hunger, accidents, anxieties, fears, various problems and tangled lives, people who were a stray, and many more bad occurrences that brought negative impacts in our lives. The root of these, is from a single SIN. Sins are undeniably works of the devil. Devil forces are scattered everywhere, trying to ruin and put us always in trouble, they smashed and try to confused our minds, for us, to hate and stay away from GOD. They were here long time ago and wanted to dominate the world. All we have to do is be strong, wise and alert. We don't stop learning the Words of God and apply it in our daily living. It is the only weapon to fight the forces of evil.

Many of us asked "Why God let all of our sufferings to happened, wherein He loves us?". The answer is this, God gave us freedom to choose which way to go. If we choose to stop sinning, sufferings stop. But if we continue doing it, life for us will be miserable forever, and God won't allow that to happen , that's why before God leaves us on our own to decide, He already offered many gifts, Gifts that we need to let us carefully pick the path that leads to His Glory! These are the gift of wisdom, (for knowledge and understanding of the truth of the Words of God and to recognize right from wrong),Love, (to live our lives peacefully), Hope, (an assurance that there is Someone very powerful God that ever ready to rescue us anytime), Faith, (belief that God is here with us, who loves us so much). Jesus is always helping us and giving us tips to the right path of life. He sent a lot of missionaries, preachers,The Holy Bible, spiritual books, our churches and many more people whom He made instruments to deliver His message of love and assistance for all human kind.

There are some misinterpretations of some of our brothers and sisters about the teachings in the Holy Bible that said, "WE WERE ALREADY BEEN SAVED BECAUSE JESUS ALREADY DIED ON THE CROSS AND REDEEMED OUR SINS" And because of that they kept on doing evil things. Their arguments, "WE ARE ONLY HUMANS AND WE WERE BORN SINNERS". They confidently contemplated in their minds, that they will be automatically be save soon, despite their disobedience with GOD.

My brothers and sisters, listen, the truth is Jesus died on the cross and redeemed only the sins of all people who humbly accepted their trespasses, repented , asked forgiveness and followed His teachings. The people that will be save, are those people who love Jesus. To love Him is to be obedient on Him, always doing His will , preaching His words to everyone and be a soldier to Him.

To be a soldier to Jesus is not easy task. Always ask God's Help to attain it. It is a decision, a sacrifice, surrender and offering of self, body and soul including your whole family's lives, obedience, acceptance: that He is our Savior. To be His warrior we must be willing to give up everything, giving up our weaknesses to sinning. Live a holy lives, doing good all the time. Doing good means you have to practice first the 12 basic virtues: 1. Honesty and Integrity 2. Morality and Ethics 3. Love, Hope, Faith and Belief 4. Self-Discipline 5. Trustworthiness 6. Forgiveness 7. Kindness/Gentleness/Cheerf
ulness 8. Humility 9. Courage 10. Good Habits 11. Patience 12. Unselfishness. And stay away from all kinds of temptations that leads to sin. We can acquire all of these by praying to God and ask His Mercy and grace. WE MUST ALL PRAY ATALL TIMES.

As a child of God, He promises as a good life all through out. He will live and will never leave us. He will dwell in our hearts, hearts that are clean. Stinky hearts are full of sin. He will be our shields. Fear no more. He will comfort us. There will be joy in our hearts always. He will sustain us with everything that we need, materially. He will protect us from any danger and harm. He will guide us the way to success, so that we can achieve whatever dreams we have and live a good life. LIFE IS A GIFT. The thing that most pleases God is preaching His Words to our brothers and sisters especially those people who never knew God at all. Don't be afraid what to say, He will teach us how to find words that people may understand what we are talking about. Spreading the truth that He is our Savior, the King of kings and the Judge until the Final Day.

This letter is timely, for we are facing such a frightening world. God loves us all, that's why we are still alive until this day, that we may be able to make a decision not so soon. Act now! Be His Soldier! Don't delay! Don't make it tomorrow for tomorrow may never come!

May God bless everyone who read this and share to their love ones, especially those people who are suffering right now of various uncertainties in their lives, desperate, confused and wandering. Be an instrument to touch their lives. Let's all make a difference for the lives of each other. God will loves us this way! Please we pray for each other so that we can have a better world and peace will reign forever!

OUR PRAYER FOR ALL OF US!

DEAR JESUS, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US! THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE! THANK YOU FOR STILL GIVING US TIME TO DECIDE WHICH WAY TO GO! THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'VE GIVEN ME, TO WRITE THIS LETTER TO UPLIFT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND GIVE HOPE TO THOSE DESPERATE CHILDREN OF YOURS! PLEASE ENLIGHTEN US SO THAT WE CAN GRASP THE DEPTH OF YOUR IMMEARSURABLE LOVE ON US. PLEASE GIVE US THE STRENGTH THAT WE NEED TO BATTLE FORCES OF EVIL HERE ON EARTH, THAT THEY WILL NEVER WIN AGAINST YOUR POWER. PLEASE HELP US TO DECIDE AND ACT NOW!

THIS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST! AMEN!

OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE PLEASE PRAY FOR US!

READ THE VERSES FROM THE HOLY BIBLE BELOW TO SUPPORT WHAT WAS JUST WRITTEN HERE. AND REFLECT AFTER.

Corinthians 13:5

Examine yourselves to see whether you are living in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you? – unless indeed, you fail to meet the test!

Matthew 7:24-27

"Everyone then who hears these Words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these Words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who build his house on sand, The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell- and great was it s fall!"

Matthew 4:10

Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan!" for it is written: 'worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him."

Matthew 18:3-5

And said, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me."

Matthew 22:36

"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" He said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind! This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

Galatians 5:22-23

By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

Galatians 5:25

If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6:1-10

My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a Spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. All must test their own work; then that work, rather that their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. For all must carry their own loads. Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher. Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. So then, whenever we have an opportunity let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.

Galatians 5:16-21

Live by the Spirit, I say and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Kingdom of God.

Matthew 16:24-25

Then Jesus told His disciples, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16:27

"For the Son of Man is to come with His angels in the glory of His Father, and then He will repay everyone for what has been done.

Luke 11:28

But he said, "Blessed rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey it!"

Luke 12:15

And He said to them, "Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one's life does not consist in the abundance of possessions."

Luke 13:23-24

Someone asked him, "Lord , will only a few be saved?" He said to them, Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able."

John 14:1-4

"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's home there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going!"

John 14:15-16

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to be with you, forever."

King 11:6-9

So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not completely follow the Lord, as his Father David had done. Then Solomon built a high place for Chenosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who offered incense and sacrificed to their gods. Then the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice.

John 8:31-32

"If you continue in my Word, you are truly my disciples; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

1 Peter 4:7-8

The end of all things is near, therefore be serious and discipline yourselves for the sake of your prayers. Above all maintain constant love for one another, for love cover's a multitude of sins.

1 John 3:4-10

Everyone who commits sin is guilty of lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him sins; no one who sins has either seen him or known him. Little children, let no one deceive you. Everyone who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. Everyone who commits sin is a child of devil; for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The Son of God was revealed for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. Those who have been born of God do not sin, because God's seed abides in them; they cannot sin, because they have been born of God. The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.

1 Peter 3:10 -12

"Those who desire life and desire to see good days, let them keep their tongues from evil and their lips from speaking deceit; let them turn away from evil and do good; let them seek peace and pursue it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers." But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.

1 Peter 3:13

Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good?

James 4:6-10

But he gives all the more grace; therefore it say, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

James 1:26

If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.

1 Timothy 4:4-5

For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, provided it is received with thanksgiving for it is sanctified by God's Word and by prayer.

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Timothy 4:1-2

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.

Sirach 17:25

Turn back to the Lord and forsake your sins; pray in his presence and lessen your offense.

Romans 10:13

For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Colossians 3:25

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for whatever wrong has been done, and there is no partiality.

Colossians 3:2

Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Colossians 3:4-9

When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will revealed with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed. Or account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. But now you must get rid of all such things – anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its Creator.

Luke 1:37

"For nothing will be impossible with God".

THANK YOU FOR READING MY FRIENDS. I HAVE STILL A LOT OF VERSES FOR YOU BUT IT MAKES THIS LETTER TOO LONG.

MAY GOD BLESS US ALL!

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