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Transcript of Embrace His Grace

EMBRACE

HIS GRACEGod’s Promises for You

IT’S WHAT YOUR SOUL IS LOOKING FOR

PRESENTED BY: LEN DI GIOVANNI

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Table of Contents

Introduction .......................................................i What your soul is looking for!

God Promises a Journey of Faith.......................... 1 Let’s consider Mary .

Embracing God’s Amazing Grace ......................... 7 Your Love never fails; it never gives up; it never gives up on me.

One Thing Remains .......................................... 22 Prayer

Jesus Culture: “Rooftops” ................................. 23 A Song of Grace

About the Author ............................................. 25

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INTRODUCTION

What your soul is looking for!

As we all know and have experienced, “Life” is full of

twists, turns, and surprises. As we live out our lives, we face

many hurts, doubts, and problems. The writer of the book

of Ecclesiastes states that time and chance happen to man,

but the Apostles Paul tells us that God works all things to-

gether for our good if we love Him and are called to His

purposes.

I’m sure you would agree that we have many questions

about what to do next, where to go, and why things hap-

pen the way they do. Life doesn’t always go according to

our plans and expectations; our souls cry out at times with

worry, doubt, anxiety, and fear, and “Life” seems burden-

some. So how do we keep moving forward with a positive

attitude, hope, peace, a spirit of joy and contentment in

spite of the unexpected circumstances along the road of

“Life”?

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Jesus tells us that HE has come to give us life and life

more abundant.

Years ago, while reflecting on my life and the legacy to

my family that would be pleasing to my Savior and LORD

Jesus, the Holy Spirit began ministering to me about legacy

(which, by the way, will be the next eBook I write, God will-

ing, whose working title is Illuminating the Paths of Those

that Follow Us), but I digress. In the process of thinking

about life and legacy, the Holy Spirit dropped this little nug-

get into my consciousness—LIFE = Living In Full Expecta-

tion.

“Living In Full Expectation of what?” I asked. “Of MY

Promises and Presence, which is MY Grace,” He replied,

“For MY Grace is sufficient for you, only MY Grace and MY

Presence will satisfy your soul, and are the pathway to the

abundant life.”

“Expectation,” as I understand it, is the act of looking

forward to a future event with at least some reason to be-

lieve the event will happen. God-given expectation is

founded on some reason, which renders the event proba-

ble, or in the case of God’s Word, certain.

Throughout the Word of God, the Holy Spirit has estab-

lished the expectation that only faith in the finished work

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of Jesus on the cross—not works or self-effort—is what

makes us righteous and justified in the sight of God, and He

describes faith in greater detail through the writer of the

book of Hebrews.

Faith, my friend, is real, and it is the only way we please

God (Hebrews 11:6). It is how we come to believe that He

is, and that He is the rewarder of those that diligently seek

Him.

Faith is substance and evidence, but only substance and

evidence of things that can’t be seen yet do, in fact, exist.

Some people have mistakenly thought that faith believes in

the notion that something is real when it really isn’t, and if

we believe it hard and long enough, it will become real.

That’s just misplaced fleshly desire and false hope.

There are spiritual realities that do exist, yet are un-

seen; they just exist in a realm that we can’t see or perceive

with our physical five senses. It takes a sixth sense called

faith to perceive them. The carnal mind thinks that some-

thing doesn’t really exist just because it can’t see, taste,

hear, smell, or feel it. (This characterizes walking by sight.)

We can’t see television or radio signals, but they do ex-

ist. All we have to do to prove that is to take a television,

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plug it in, turn it on, and tune it in to a broadcasting fre-

quency, resulting in the physical proof that something in

the unseen realm exists. The reality is that when we see and

hear the signal, is not the moment that it becomes real. It

was real before. It just existed in a realm that we couldn’t

perceive by our physical five senses, just like electricity or

TV signals. I’ll be the first to admit that I do not understand

electricity. All I know is that when I flip a switch, the light

goes on, or when I plug my TV into an electrical socket, it

turns on. The electricity was there, waiting for me to

EMBRACE it and take advantage of its reality. I don’t know

about you, but I cannot perceive TV signals or electricity

with my five senses; they only manifest their reality when I

plug in and tune in.

Likewise, Jesus has provided everything we will ever

need, which for us is already real. It does exist, but it exists

in a spiritual form and realm that we are unable to perceive

with our five senses; only with the sixth sense of faith can

we perceive, EMBRACE, and then appropriate the promises

of God. We have to believe that these things exist. I believe

that TV signals and electricity exist, confirming that belief

by plugging a TV into an electrical outlet and tuning it to a

station that is broadcasting.

Our faith then becomes that receiver that takes what is

already true in the spiritual realm and makes it physically

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manifest in the natural realm by tuning into what God has

promised us. So, in a way, faith is the plug and God’s prom-

ises are what we tune into.

Without going too deep in this, God says that, faith

gives substance to what we hope for (His promises). If we

lack hope, we can’t exercise our faith. Hope then is the ev-

idence of things not seen i.e., the promises of God—His de-

sired result for our lives. Hope involves our positive imagi-

nations; we desire what we do not yet see.

Therefore, putting all of this together, we have to first

see the desired result (His promise) in our imaginations be-

fore our faith can call it into existence. We all use our imag-

inations; but with most people, it has become a vain imagi-

nation. God gave us an imagination for a reason, and I

believe the Bible is referring to a positive imagination when

it uses the word “hope.” God says, “As a man thinks in his

heart, so is he.”

Just as we embrace electricity and TV signals by plug-

ging in and tuning in, so we “EMBRACE GOD’S GRACE —

HIS PROMISES” by plugging in with our faith and tuning

into His promises for us.

Now the “Ace” in our “Race” becomes His “Grace.”

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Thankfully, God keeps all of His promises, for He is not

a man that He should lie or say something that He cannot

deliver. His promises are made to YOU personally!

One of His greatest promises is that His Word will last

FOREVER (Isaiah 40:8, Matthew 24:35, 1 Peter 1:23-25). I

bring this up because human promises most often fail and

disappoint us (ask me how I know); God’s promises, how-

ever, sustain us. They are what our souls are looking for.

They provide guidance, teaching, encouragement, for-

giveness, joy, and the confidence of a secured future in

Christ. They cover EVERY area of our lives and number well

over 600, I’m told.

While this e-Book isn’t a complete, nor even an exhaus-

tive, presentation of God’s promises, the point is to aid and

encourage you in taking them personally. The hope is that

you will use this e-Book presentation as a springboard to

fully EMBRACE HIS GRACE and search out the depth,

height, and width of God’s riches toward YOU because this

is what our souls are searching for.

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GOD PROMISES A JOURNEY

OF FAITH

Let’s consider God’s servant Mary.

An old Chinese proverb states that a journey of a thou-

sand miles begins with the first step. For the purposes of

wanting to keep this simple, I am going to offer you this

simple overview of the process for the faith journey:

→ A WORD OF PROMISE

→ YOUR EXPECTATIONS

→ CONFUSION

→ WONDERING AND WANDERING

→ FAITH LEADING TO PROMISES FULFILLED

Generally speaking, when we start a journey, we start

with the end in mind.

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All of the Old Testament saints referred to in chapter 11

of the Book of Hebrews (Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sa-

rah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,

Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets) ex-

hibited faith that pleased God. They were all looking for-

ward to the promise of redemption that didn’t come in

their lifetimes. In a sense, all their faith was on credit (i.e.,

that God would come and redeem them in the future).

Today as participants in the New Testament, we have

already received our redemption. We, however, aren’t

saved by looking forward but rather by looking back at

what is already a reality. How much more, then, should we

trust in the Lord?

“It is written . . . It is FINISHED” WOW, that’ll preach!

Regarding the promises of God, let’s consider Mary.

The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have

found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a

son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will

be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give

him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over

Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end”

(Luke 1:30-33 NIV).

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Notice the Angel did not say:

Do not be afraid because most people will not under-

stand what I’m about to tell you and what you are about to

go through. Your whole life will be disrupted and your initial

joy will turn to sorrow before God is finished you. Your son

will be misunderstood, mocked, rejected by many and then

He will be beaten and crucified right before your very eyes.

No, the angel said to Mary,

“You have found FAVOR with God . . .”

“You will conceive and give birth to a Son . . .”

“He will be great . . .”

“He will be given a throne . . .”

“He will reign and His kingdom will never end.”

The Angel only mentioned the end game, not the jour-

ney.

None of us can really know what was going through

Mary’s mind as her life with Jesus unfolded , but given what

we’ve all experienced, we can only imagine what thoughts

may have flooded her mind at times: Confusion, fear,

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worry, anxiety, doubt, and perhaps questioning that she

might have heard God wrong. Or how about, “This isn’t

what I was expecting!”

Have you ever felt that way? Maybe you even do today?

(I know I’m driving in someone’s neighborhood right now!)

Here are a couple of things we can learn from Mary’s

life:

1] Just because what God has said to us doesn’t

look the way we might have pictured or ex-

pected, doesn’t mean it’s not real or won’t come

to pass.

Listen, we see that Jesus is indeed great and is in fact

the Central Person in all of the history of mankind. He does

have a throne and is actually sitting at the Right Hand of

the Father. He is reigning over a Kingdom—His Kingdom—

which will never end.

It just didn’t happen the way Mary probably expected.

So what got her through it all? We know that Mary was a

woman of great faith like Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Sa-

rah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,

Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets be-

fore her.

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2] Then Mary SAID, “Behold, I am the handmaiden

of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what

you have said. And the angel left her” (Luke 1:38

AMP).

One can only imagine Mary, in keeping with her human-

ity and cultural constraints, might have kept repeating

those same words to herself just as she did when the angel

first spoke to her. Perhaps she softly spoke them as she

leaned over the manger. Maybe she uttered it every time

she overheard rumors and gossip about Jesus as she stood

in the local market. I wonder if she offered it as a cry of

grief and surrender at the foot of the cross.

“I am a servant of the Most High God, an Ambassador of

Christ, let it be done unto me according to Your will” It is the

one prayer we must never stop praying on the road to our

God-given hopes and dreams.

I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO MAKE A CHANGE IN ORDER TO

ENCOUNTER THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH “EMBRACING HIS

GRACE.” OPEN UP TO HIS LOVE ENCOUNTER. RELEASE HIS SPIRIT

LIVING IN YOU TO TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE—THE WAY YOU THINK,

THE WAY YOU ACT, YOUR EMOTIONS, YOUR FEELINGS, YOUR

HEALTH, YOUR FINANCES, YOUR RELATIONSHIPS, ETC.

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Today is a new day to EMBRACE the Promises of God

for your life because it is salvation to your soul, health to

your body, and healing to your relationships. It focuses

your eyes on the LORD and keeps you in perfect peace (not

to mention our Joy being complete, John 16:23-24).

Regarding this change:

ARE YOU IN OR ARE YOU OUT? ARE YOU READY?

This Book of the Law [The Ways of God] shall not

depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate

on it day and night, that you may observe and do

according to all that is written in it. For then you

shall make your way prosperous, and then you

shall deal wisely and have good success (Joshua 1:8

AMP).

Now this is personal!

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EMBRACING GOD’S AMAZING

GRACE

Your Love never fails; it never gives up; it never gives up on me.

Nothing can separate me from Your great love! Your

Love goes on and on. It overwhelms and satisfies my soul .

This one thing remains—Your Love Never Fails. Your Grace

never fails. This is unfailing love that You would take my

place, that you would lay down Your life, that I would be

set free; worthy is the Lamb who was slain and the King

who conquered the grave. All that You’ve done for me . . .

You’re the One that guides my heart and satisfies my soul.

Lord, I need you! Where Grace is found is where You are.

You are my Portion, Provider, Provision, Hope, Righteous-

ness, Defense, Encourager, Comforter, Savior, and LORD.

Your love is better than life.

My heart is amazed from one day to the next. All of

Your promises won’t let go of me.

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In Your Presence, I am completely satisfied.

WHAT GOD IS SAYING TO YOU AND ME

"Come to Me, YOUR NAME , and I will give you rest"

(Matthew 11:28).

YOUR NAME , I am a NEW creation, the old things

have passed away (2 Corinthians 5:17).

And the Glory which The Father gave Jesus, Jesus has given

me, YOUR NAME (John 17: 22).

Since you are in Christ, YOUR NAME , I have made

you an heir of all My promises (Galatians 3:29).

YOUR NAME , I am an Ambassador of Jesus in this

world (2 Corinthians 5:20).

YOUR NAME , It is not by my might, nor by my power,

but by The Spirit of God, says the Lord Almighty—you will

succeed because of my Spirit (Zechariah 4:6).

Though the mountains vanish, My unending love will never

leave you, YOUR NAME (Isaiah 54:10).

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I will always build you up, YOUR NAME , not pull you

down (Jeremiah 24:6).

I will give you peace, YOUR NAME , at all times and

in every situation (2 Thessalonians 3:16).

The LORD your God will be with you al-

ways, YOUR NAME (Joshua 1:9).

I pray that you, YOUR NAME , being rooted and

established in love, may have power . . . to grasp how wide

and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to

know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be

filled to the measure of all the fullness of God (Ephesians

3:17–19).

I Know and rely on the love God has for

me, YOUR NAME . God is love; therefore, I live in love

and God lives in me (1 John 4:16).

I AM The LORD full of mercy and grace and I overflow with

love for you, YOUR NAME (Psalm 103:8).

My plan for you, YOUR NAME , and your future is

filled with hope (Jeremiah 29:11).

Trust in Me with all your heart, YOUR NAME , and I

will guide you (Proverbs 3:5–6).

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I AM at work in your life, YOUR NAME , through the

desires of your heart (Philippians 2:13; Psalm 37:4).

My steps are ordered by the LORD because

I, YOUR NAME , am righteous in His sight And He

delights in my ways (Psalm 37:23).

I will take hold of your hand, YOUR NAME , to keep

you from falling (Psalm 37:24).

My power will rest on you, YOUR NAME , when you

are weak (2 Corinthians 12:9).

If you search for Me with all your heart, YOUR NAME ,

you will find me (Jeremiah 29:13).

Cast all your worries on Me, YOUR NAME , for I really

care about you. (1 Peter 5:7).

I will not let you be tested beyond what you can en-

dure, YOUR NAME (1 Corinthians 10:13).

My love for you, YOUR NAME , will persevere through

every situation. (1 Corinthians 13:4–7).

I am your shelter, YOUR NAME , and a place of safety

from your enemies (Psalm 61:3).

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My love will never fail you, YOUR NAME (1 Corinthians

13:8).

I will keep you safe, YOUR NAME , because no one

can snatch you out of My hand (John 10:29).

I will heal your broken heart, YOUR NAME , and mend

all your wounds (Psalm 147:3).

You can know and depend on the love that I have for

you, YOUR NAME (1 John 4:16)

You can trust in Me, YOUR NAME , for I will never

forsake you, YOUR NAME (Psalm 9:10).

For whoever touches you, YOUR NAME , touches the

apple of My eye (Zechariah 2:8).

I AM all that you hunger for. I want you, YOUR NAME ,

to “Taste and see that I AM good; blessed are

you, YOUR NAME , because you take refuge in Me”

(Psalm 34:8).

I will never abandon you, YOUR NAME (Hebrews

13:5).

I see all your hardships, YOUR NAME , and I care

about your suffering (Psalm 31:7).

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I will cause all things to ultimately work for your

good, YOUR NAME (Romans 8:28).

I will protect and carry you, YOUR NAME , all the days

of your life (Isaiah 46:4).

Come close to Me, YOUR NAME , and I will come

close to you (James 4:8).

You can trust in Me, YOUR NAME , for I AM your

strength and your song (Isaiah 12:2).

Wait patiently for Me, YOUR NAME , and I will hear

your cry (Psalm 40:1).

LORD, You brought me, YOUR NAME , up out of the

pit of destruction (Psalm 40:2).

My Spirit made you, YOUR NAME , and My breath

gives you life (Job 33:4).

There is no place you can go to escape My pres-

ence, YOUR NAME (Psalm 139:7-10).

Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed,

yet my unfailing love for you, YOUR NAME , will not

be shaken (Isaiah 54:10).

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The Lord your God is with you, I AM mighty to save. I take

great delight in you, YOUR NAME , I will quiet you

with MY love and peace, I rejoice over you with singing

(Zephaniah 3:7).

Every good and perfect gift, YOUR NAME , is from

above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly

lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. (James

1:17).

Fear not, for I have redeemed you, YOUR NAME ; you

are mine (Isaiah 43:1).

I will not abandon you, YOUR NAME , for I am glad

to make you My very own. (1 Samuel 12:22).

No matter what happens, I will not leave

you, YOUR NAME . When you pass through the waters,

I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers,

they will not sweep over you (Isaiah 43:2).

No weapon created for my, YOUR NAME , harm will

succeed against me (Isaiah 54:17).

YOUR NAME , you are very valuable to Me. See, I

have engraved you on the palms of My hands (Isaiah 49:16).

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Be strong and courageous, YOUR NAME . Do not be

terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord my God will

be with me wherever I go (Joshua 1:9).

I want to provide for your needs, YOUR NAME . I

want you to trust Me enough to say with confidence, “The

[my] Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want” (Psalm

23:1).

My love for you, YOUR NAME , will last forever

(Jeremiah 31:3).

I will meet your every need, YOUR NAME , through

My eternal riches in Jesus Christ (Philippians 4:19).

Do not be sad, YOUR NAME , for My joy is your

strength (Nehemiah 8:10).

I will save you, YOUR NAME , in the midst of your

troubles (Psalm 138:7).

I AM near to you whenever you cry

out, YOUR NAME (Deuteronomy 4:7).

When problems arise, YOUR NAME , call to Me and I

will answer you (Psalm 86:7).

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You can trust in My faithfulness, YOUR NAME ,

because My Word is true (Psalm 33:4).

I have cared for you, YOUR NAME , from the moment

you were born (Psalm 71:6).

You are precious and honored in my sight YOUR NAME ,

and I love you (Isaiah 43:4).

Trust in Me, YOUR NAME , and do not be afraid of

what others can do to you (Psalm 56:11).

YOUR NAME , I AM your shield, your glory, and The

Lifter of your head (Psalm 3:3).

Do not worry, YOUR NAME , I will surely comfort you

and will look with compassion on all your ruins; I will make

your deserts like Eden, your wastelands like the garden of

the Lord (Isaiah 51:3).

Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I

am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not per-

ceive it? I am making a way for you, YOUR NAME , in

the desert and streams in the wasteland (Isaiah 43:18, 19).

If I AM for you, YOUR NAME , no one can stand

against you (Romans 8:31).

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Let Me lead you, YOUR NAME . Go out in joy and be

led forth with peace (Isaiah 55:12).

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I

will listen to you, YOUR NAME . You will seek Me and

find Me when you seek Me with all your heart I will be

found by you (Jeremiah 29:12–14)!

Your sadness may last for a night, YOUR NAME , but

joy will come in the morning (Psalm 30:5).

You can rest in My love, YOUR NAME , for I have

power to save you (Zephaniah 3:17).

My thoughts toward you, YOUR NAME , outnumber

the sand on the seashore (Psalm 139:17, 18).

All the days of your life, YOUR NAME , are written in

My special book (Psalm 139:16).

I will carry you in My arms, YOUR NAME , just like a

father carries his child (Deuteronomy 1:31).

For you, YOUR NAME , are honored in My eyes. I AM

your God and your strength (Isaiah 49:5).

I made you alive in Jesus simply because I love

you, YOUR NAME (Ephesians 2:4, 5).

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YOUR NAME , I will carry your burdens every day

(Psalm 68:19).

Whether you turn to the right or to the

left, YOUR NAME , your ears will hear a voice behind

you saying, “This is the way; walk in it” (Isaiah 30:21). (In

order to hear, we must listen.)

Because of Jesus, I, YOUR NAME , am free from all

condemnation (Romans 8:1).

I will forgive your sins, YOUR NAME , and I will

remember them no more (Hebrews 8:12)!

I will fulfill My purpose for your life, YOUR NAME ,

because My mercy endures forever (Psalm 138:8).

My Father looks after the sparrows, HE will certainly take

care of me (Luke 12:6, 7).

I will cover you with My feathers, YOUR NAME , and

protect you with My wings (Psalm 91:4).

My great peace will guard your heart, YOUR NAME ,

and your thoughts in Jesus (Philippians 4:7).

Jesus gives me, YOUR NAME , His peace (John 14:27).

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Jesus is my way, my truth and my life and there is no other

way that I, YOUR NAME , can come to the Father but

through Him (John 14:6).

I watch over you, YOUR NAME , and I listen for your

prayers (1 Peter 3:12).

Listen to Me. I have cared for you since you were

born, YOUR NAME . I will be your God throughout

your lifetime. I made you, and I will care for you. I will carry

you along and save you, YOUR NAME (Isaiah 46:3,

4).

I have chosen you, YOUR NAME , to be My own

precious possession (Deuteronomy 7:6).

Jesus bore your sins on the cross, YOUR NAME , so

you would be healed (1 Peter 2:24).

I will be your safe place in difficult

times YOUR NAME (Nahum 1:7).

YOUR NAME , I am your rock, in whom you find

protection. I am your shield, the power that saves you, and

your place of safety. I am your refuge, your savior, the one

who saves you from violence ( 2 Samuel 2:2, 3).

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You are fearfully and wonderfully

made, YOUR NAME (Psalm 139:14).

I will not let you fall, YOUR NAME , for I am watching

over you day and night (Psalm 121:3).

I will go before you, YOUR NAME , and fight your

battles (Deuteronomy 1:30).

You will have perfect peace if you keep focused on

Me, YOUR NAME (Isaiah 26:3).

Nothing in all creation will ever separate you from My

love, YOUR NAME (Romans 8:35-39).

And God saw me, YOUR NAME , and all that He had

made, and behold, it was very good (Genesis 1:31).

YOUR NAME , you are altogether beautiful, My love;

there is not flaw in you (Song of Solomon 4:7).

YOUR NAME , you are fearfully and wonderfully made

(Psalm 139:14).

YOUR NAME , those who look to (the LORD) are

radiant . . . (Psalm 34:5).

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He has made everything, including me, YOUR NAME ,

beautiful in its time (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

You, YOUR NAME , have been made in the image of

God, after His likeness (Genesis 1:26).

The LORD your God is in your midst, YOUR NAME ,

The Mighty ONE who will save me; He will rejoice over me

with gladness; He will quiet me by His love Zephaniah 3:17;

He will exult over me YOUR NAME with loud singing . . .

He will give me, YOUR NAME , peace (John 14:27).

See what kind of love the Father has given to

me, YOUR NAME , that I should be called a child of

God; and so am I (1 John 3:1)!

I will provide every good thing you need, YOUR NAME ,

to do My will (Hebrews 13:20-21).

You are more than a conqueror, YOUR NAME , through

My love in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:37).

In ME, YOUR NAME , you will live and move and have

your being (Acts 17:28).

I came to you, YOUR NAME , that you may have life,

and have it abundantly (John 10:10).

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When we actually confess (confess with your mouth and

believe in your heart) God’s promises over our lives, we set

the supernatural into motion. We walk by faith, not by

sight, as we walk from earth into eternity.

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ONE THING REMAINS

Prayer

Pray this with me:

“I want to tell you Jesus You are my heart’s desire . . .

You are the only One that can fill me up . . . only You

can fully satisfy the deepest places in my heart. You

are my heart’s desire & I choose to live to know You

more!

I want to know You, let Your Spirit overwhelm me let

Your Presence overtake my heart.

Great is your faithfulness.

I am yours . . . I belong to you . . . Seeking Your Truth as

Your servant and ambassador, forgetting what lies

behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I

press on toward the goal to win the prize belonging

to my calling from above by God.”

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JESUS CULTURE: “ROOFTOPS”

A Song of Grace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-gLdIO5G-Q#t=14

Here I am before You, falling in love and seeking

Your truth

Knowing that Your perfect grace has brought me

to this place

Because of You I freely live, my life to You, oh

God, I give

So I stand before You, God

I lift my voice cause You set me free

So I shout out Your name, from the rooftops I

proclaim

Jesus Culture: “Rooftops”

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That I am Yours, I am Yours

All the good You've done for me, I lift up my

hands for all to see

You're the only one who brings me to my knees

To share this love across the earth, the beauty of

Your holy worth

So I kneel before You, God

I lift my hands cause You set me free

So I shout out Your name, from the rooftops I

proclaim

That I am Yours, I am Yours

All that I am, I place into Your loving hands

And I am Yours, I am Yours

Here I am, I stand, with arms wide open

To the One, the Son, the Everlasting God”

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Len Di Giovanni… Christ Follower, Husband, Father,

Grandfather, Entrepreneur.

Founder of Impact Marketing and CO-FOUNDER of

Boresha International Inc., brings 43 years of success di-

recting multi-faceted business units, with a unique blend of

skills and a proven record of achieving results. As a results

driven leader, Len is passionate about "creating an organi-

zation and environment that allows people to succeed and

grow with the end result being revenue, bottom line and in-

terpersonal improvement."

Len's successful servant leadership approach to busi-

ness stems from his experience in various executive lead-

ership positions where he has created corporate teams,

customer service support, developed sales and marketing

strategic plans, and headed new business development. He

has been involved in the marketing of emerging solutions

within the Consumer Products, Hardware, Aerospace, Di-

rect Marketing, Floor Covering, Import, and Multi -Level

Marketing industries.

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Len graduated from St. Mary's College in Kansas with a

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration and

English. He served in the United States Army as 1st lieuten-

ant in the Vietnam War as a Forward Observer, received

two Bronze Stars for his exceptional service.

Len believes in community outreach and service volun-

tarily serving on several Board of Directors seats including

Board President of the Tri-Valley Learning Corporation,

Board member of The Floor Covering Installation Contrac-

tors Association, Just Say Y.E.S. Foundation, Shiloh Chris-

tian Fellowship, Global Education Partnership, the Advisory

Board of Floor Universe, and as a teacher of Biblical Studies

at the college level.

Len and his wife Sue live in Pleasanton, California. Hav-

ing raised four children they are now actively participating

in and speaking into the lives of their eight grandchildren.

To learn more about Len’s ministry, visit his website at:

www.transformationcafe.org.

You can also follow Len on Facebook at: www.face-

book.com/transformationcafe.