This word is submitted by Joseph Todd (joseph@toddministries.org)

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                      Some Ways We Bless God

(Around the midnight hour I heard the Lord say, "Tell them how much I love
them." So this is what He told me to tell you in the wee, late hours.)

I love them for the way they give of their time and energy and for how 
much they go out of their way to help others. For the way they offer to
help when not asked and give more than was expected of them.

I love them because they trust in Me with all their heart no matter how
difficult their circumstances may be, relying on My word and My promises 
to deliver them over and through the most challenging of times.

I love them because they are true servants at heart and everything they 
do they do unto Me. For who can find a faithful servant as loyal and
trustworthy as them, no one can because they have the heart of Jesus?

I love them because they don't question the tests and trials, but instead
plow right into and through them because deep down inside they know I'm
waiting for them on the other side. They've never failed to trust Me, nor I
failed them.

I love them because they don't complain about anything but instead rejoice
because their name is written in the Lamb's book of life. They accept what
labor I put before them with an attitude of gratitude knowing that I chose
them and I would be at their side to help them complete the work.

I love them because they love Me and keep My commandments. I love them
because they are the hope of glory for a world by being living epistles. I
love them for their submission and obedience and the offering of their body
as a living sacrifice, as a sweet smelling aroma for My heavenly habitation.

I love them because they praise and worship Me in Spirit and in truth; they
honor Me with their lips and their prayers, and they know no limits when
their heart is melded with Mine, as one, in love with one another.

I love them not because I have to but because I want to because they are
My dearly beloved children.