For GOD -- SO Loved!

For GOD SO loved the world that He gave His only begotten SON, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

GOD has sent forth the SPIRIT of His SON into your hearts, crying out "Abba, Father!" (Galatians 4:6)

You must have the same attitude that CHRIST JESUS had. Though He was GOD, He did not think of equality with GOD as something to cling to. Instead, He gave up His divine privileges; He took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When He appeared in human form, He humbled Himself in obedience to GOD and died a criminals death on the cross. (Phil 2:5-8)

Greater LOVE has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends. (John 15:13)

On-going art project at Naselesele's Catholic Church (Taveuni, Fiji).

BIBLE STORIES -- Vosa VakaVITI

LOLOMA...

VAKABULAI...REKI...

VAKACEGU...JISU...

For GOD SO LOVED the world that He gave His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have EVERLASTING LIFE. (John 3:16)

Serenity -- IN CHRIST

Serenity -- the state of being serene, calm, peaceful, untroubled, composed...
Be anxious for NOthing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to GOD; and the peace of GOD which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through CHRIST JESUS. (Philippians 4:6-7)

IN CHRIST -- chosen...justified...

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of GOD is eternal life IN CHRIST JESUS our LORD. (Romans 6:23) IN CHRIST, we are born again and utterly loved!

For all the promises of GOD in CHRIST are Yes, and in HIM Amen, to the glory of GOD through us. (2 Corinthians 1:20)

For GOD SO LOVED the world that He gave His ONE and ONLY Begotten SON that whoever believes IN CHRIST should not perish but have EVERlasting LIFE! (John 3:16)

Serenity -- IN CHRIST...

GOD grant me the serenity
to accept the things i cannot change;
Courage to change the things i can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as HE did, this sinful world as it is;
Not as i would have it;
Trusting that HE will make all things right
IF i surrender to HIS will;
That i may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with HIM
Forever in the next.
AMEN!
(Reinhold Niebuhr)

rLn's NEWEST... TAVEUNI Creations

Taveuni, Fiji... Psalm 118:24 -- This is the day that the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24, front.

Psalm 118:24, back.

Taveuni...

Fiji's Garden of Eden...

John 3:16...

John 3:16, front.

John 3:16, back. (Ni sa lomani ira na kai vuravura vakaoqo na Kalou, me solia kena na Luvena e dua bauga sa vakatubura, me kakua ni rusa ko ira yadua era sa vakabauti koya, me ra rawata ga na bula tawa mudu... For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.)

Psalm 127:3, front.

Psalm 127:3, back. Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD.

Psalm 127:3, salusalu detail.

John 14:6, front.

John 14:6, back.

Sa kaya vua ko JISU --

OI AU na Sala, kei na Dina, kei na Bula; sa sega ni torovi Tamaqu walega e dua na tamata, e na vukuqu ga.

I AM the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.

For FRANCESS and JAMES

Francess... (a "princess" -- in GOD's sight)

For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

Child of GOD...

For my young friend, Francess, our neighborhood "princess." May our LORD JESUS teach you the things of GOD (our Father in Heaven), through the Holy SPIRIT.

James...

For my young pal just around the block, James...may GOD keep you in the safety of His almighty hands and grow you up to righteousness in the grace and knowledge of our LORD.

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. (James 5:16)

Perry: THRICE Loved

LOVE was Perry's chosen word to wear. When i gifted this rLn original to Perry, i showed her by the design that she is THRICE LOVED by the triune GOD -- the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.In the word LOVE is a heart with the word love, and in the smaller heart is also love.

GOD is love. (1 John 4:8)

GOD demonstrated His incomprehensible love for the world by giving His only begotten Son JESUS to die on the cross as Substitutionary Payment for our sin-debts, so that whosoever believes in CHRIST, shall not perish into eternal hell -- but have everlasting life in paradise with Him -- Almighty GOD and Creator, who gives and takes according to His perfect wisdom.

The GOOD NEWS on my Apron

Repentance -- the change of your mind and heart about the true nature of sin. Humbly ask GOD for forgiveness. Put your faith in the Person of JESUS, the CHRIST -- His finished work on the Cross -- as the only hope of finding Heaven.

Believe that CHRIST sacrificed His life out of His love for you... that you may be saved from the coming wrath of GOD -- Judgment Day. Believe that JESUS defeated death -- believe the fact of His resurrection. Believe that resurrection to eternal life in heaven is your eternal fate when you put your faith in Him.

Believe that when you surrendered your rights to your rights to follow JESUS, you have the GODhead -- the Father, the Son, the Spirit -- indwelling you, for the Son is in the Father and the Father in the Son, and the Spirit is of the Son and of the Father. They are equal and one and the same -- and when you are given the Holy Spirit at the moment of salvation, you have the three as one indwelling GOD, empowering you to accomplish the purposes of Him who created all. (John 14)

Out of the unfathomable heart of GOD, where grace and mercy flow, His children -- those who believe and declare that JESUS is LORD -- receive unconditional love, the joy of the LORD as their strength, peace that surpasses the world's understanding.

Because GOD is holy and righteous -- He must judge sin. But because He is Love, He gave His only...

Begotten Son...

...for GOD so loved the world. (John 3:16)

He so loved us, wretched clay wallowing in the world's mire -- that He died in our place. JESUS was the sacrificial Lamb who paid for the penalty of our sins.

The Good News is that we don't have to die into hell after we die on earth. JESUS the GOD-Man suffered the shame and brutality of the Cross so that those who repent and turn to Him as the only Way to eternal Life and believe the Truth that He is indeed LORD will be saved from eternal hell.

This is the apron i wear daily at work. Most of my co-workers are Spanish speakers... but for the SPIRIT of GOD, language is no barrier, for He works in the hearts of those He draws to CHRIST. This rLn "tract" is my loud declaration that i am JESUS' sheep -- speaking the Truth silently, unobtrusively... yet stylishly.