Subject: “JUST As…” – October 2026 NM Prayer Connect/COG, NM, El Paso, TX & (SWIM) Southwest Indian Ministries Newsletter!
  

Amos 5:14 – “Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.”

      Yeshua/Jesus told us to “Ask, Seek & Knock!” If we are “Seeking First The Kingdom Of GOD,” which The Apostle Paul calls, “Righteousness, Peace/SHALOM & JOY In The HOLY GHOST/Spirit,” then we should be ‘finding’ IT, but it’s not going to be by our own might or power, because GOD says, “Not By Might Or Power, But By MY Spirit/Ghost.” We, as confessing born-again believers, followers, Disciples Of CHRIST/Messiah, are to be living, moving and having our being in HIM, of, by, for, through and to HIS Holy Spirit, working upon, in and through us, allowing ‘rivers of Living Water’ to flow out of us and speaking forth, as ‘Oracles Of GOD!’ HE’s with you/for you and HE Will NEVER Leave or Forsake YOU, even to the end of the ages.  

Matthew 20:28 – “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

      Abraham, called our Father Of Faith, took GOD at HIS WORD and obeyed HIM and it was credited to him as Righteousness.  The above-mentioned quote of GOD is in both the Old & New Testaments, so when it comes to reading “Just As” In The WORD, Let Us “GO & DO Likewise,” but we can only do and be what GOD has called us into ‘By HIS Holy Spirit/Ghost,’ in obedience to HIS WORD, Will & WAY.  JESUS/Yeshua came to show us The WAY to The FATHER and HE says, “Just As The FATHER Sent ME, So I AM Sending You!” HE Is our example and even HE could not accomplish The Work HE was called into, without being Baptized In The HOLY Ghost/Spirit.  HE’s, our example.  The Spirit rested on HIM and stayed on HIM, until HE gave up The Ghost/Spirit on The Cross of Golgotha/Calvary, crying out, “It Is Finished!” What was ‘finished?’ HE ‘fulfilled’ The Law of Moses, but HE did not ‘abolish’ it, it’s still a ‘schoolmaster to lead us to CHRIST/Messiah.’ JESUS/Yeshua ushered in “The NEW & BETTER COVENANT,” ‘JUST As,’ you and I are to be ushering in the second coming of CHRIST/Messiah.  Remember Moses declaring to Israel and the mixed multitude that came out of Egypt, “There’s ONE Coming…” & GOD, speaking to Peter, James & John, on the mountain of transfiguration, “This Is MY Beloved SON, Listen To HIM!” Be a Good Servant & SERVE/Worship HIM.  

Luke 6:36 – “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

      GOD’s ‘Mercies’ are New EVERY morning, HE rains & shines on the JUST and the unjust.  The FATHER Is ‘FULL Of MERCY,’ according to Luke and HE calls us to “Be MERCY-FULL, JUST As” HE Is.  How else could we do that, but By his HOLY Spirit/Ghost, which is why JESUS/Yeshua tells us, “You MUST Be Born-Again.” HIS John 17 Prayer was that we would be ONE, “JUST As,” HE and The FATHER Are ONE/Echad.  Like The Apostle Paul, each and every ONE of us should be able to say, “Follow Me ‘(JUST) As’ I Follow CHRIST/Messiah!” 

Romans 15:7 – “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”

      You and I are ‘Accepted In The Beloved,’ so should we not accept others ‘JUST As’ CHRIST/Messiah has accepted us, ‘In Order To Bring Praise To GOD?’ GOD ‘inhabits the Praises Of HIS People’ and He Is ‘enthroned upon the Praises Of Israel,’ so ‘JUST As’ The Psalmist wrote, “Let Everything That Has Breath, Praise The LORD/Yahweh!” Paul says that we cannot say to any member of The Body, I don’t need you or you’re not part of me.  Read that sentence again and repent on behalf of the times you have done such things personally or know of any confessing Christians ever saying such things! 

1 Corinthians 12:12 – “Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.”

      If you are a born-again Disciple Of JESUS/Yeshua, making Disciples to make Disciples, then you are The Body Of CHRIST/Messiah, an individual member, called to do your part, in order to come into The FULLNESS Of GOD.  We are many parts, internationally, yet ONE In JESUS/Yeshua, The Head Of The Church/Called Out ONEs.  

2 Corinthians 1:5 – “For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”

      Hebrews tells us to remember those in prison, ‘JUST As’ if we were in prison with them ourselves, because we are! If ONE member suffers, we all suffer, so the above-mentioned portion of HOLY Script should speak to the hearts and minds of all who believe, cling to, trust in and rely on JESUS/Yeshua, The Only WAY to The FATHER.  There’s more persecution happening in The CHURCH/Called-Out ONEs today, than ever recorded in history.  Our GOD Is A GOD Of ABUNDANCE, HE Gives LIBERALLY, HE So LOVED The WORLD That HE Gave Us HIS ONE & Only Begotten SON, so shouldn’t we give of ourselves freely to others.  Isaiah says to “Comfort, Comfort MY People!” 

Ephesians 4:4 – “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called.”

      Have you ever wondered if you were ‘Called?’ Well, Ephesians 4:4 confirms that! “There Is ONE Body/The Church And ONE HOLY Spirit/Ghost, ‘JUST As’ YOU Were CALLED,” but what are we ‘Called’ To? ONE Hope, The HOPE Of Israel, The WORLD, Nations, The Anchor within The Veil Of The Holy Of HOLIES & The HOPE That Will NOT Disappoint us, JESUS/Yeshua! 

Ephesians 4:32 – “Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.”

      Paul exhorts Timothy to “Preach The WORD/JESUS!” Kindness Is A Fruit Of GOD’s HOLY Spirit/Ghost.  We’re told to show ‘Compassion To ONE Another.’ Tell others that their sins are forgiven, ‘JUST As In CHRIST/Messiah GOD Forgave YOU!’ 

1 Peter 1:15–16 – “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’”

      “JUST As” can seem hard, especially if we’re trying to accomplish good and Godly things in our flesh, but JESUS/Yeshua says, “MY Yoke Is ‘EASY’ And MY Burden Is ‘LIGHT’!” Meditate on that statement for a while and reevaluate or change your WAY of thinking.  What exactly does it mean to be ‘HOLY’? It primarily means to be “set apart” or “separated” for a specific, sacred purpose.  In Hebrew (Qadosh / Kodesh) means to be cut off, separated, or uniquely different.  Greek (Hagios) means different, sacred,  or morally blameless and the English Origin comes from an old word meaning “whole” or complete.  GOD Is separate from creation and entirely unstained by evil.  HE’s above and beyond human experience, completely transcendent, Morally Pure.  HIS separateness includes absolute goodness, justice, and perfection.  Items in The Temple or The Sabbath Day in Genesis were made “HOLY” simply by being dedicated to divine service/worship.  GOD Called The Nation Of Israel a “HOLY Nation,” because they were separated from surrounding cultures to bear HIS NAME.  Believers in The New Testament are Called to personal HOLINESS by turning away from sin and living out CHRIST/Messiah-like transformation, so being transformed by the renewing of your mind and offering yourself up as a living sacrifice is your ‘spiritual service/worship’ unto GOD, In CHRIST/Messiah JESUS/Yeshua, by The HOLY Spirit/Ghost working upon, in and through you, working out your Salvation/Yeshua/JESUS In You, ‘The HOPE Of GLORY/Manifesting GOD in human flesh, “JUST As” JESUS/Yeshua did, leading us to The FATHER.  When GOD said, “Let There Be LIGHT” or literally, “LIGHT Be,” HE was speaking into your life, “Be HOLY” or literally, “HOLY BE” and so we are In HIM!

1 John 2:27 – “…just as it has taught you, remain in him.”

      In John 15, JESUS/Yeshua taught us to “Abide In HIM,” HE said, ” I AM The True Vine & YOU Are The Branch.” ALL GOD’s Promises Are “Yes & Amen” In JESUS/Yeshua! The Anointing which YOU Received From HIM Abides In YOU; HIS Anointing Teaches YOU about ALL things, and Is True & is not a lie, and “JUST As” It Has Taught YOU, YOU Abide In HIM.  Verse 28 says, “NOW, Abide In HIM, Have Confidence and Don’t Shrink Away from HIM” and vs 29 concludes with “Know that HE Is Righteous & Know that everyone also who practices Righteousness Is Born Of HIM,” so Let Us ‘Practice The Presence Of GOD.’ 
      If you or someone you know would like to hold a prayer gathering in or around New Mexico, don’t hesitate to contact me + October 6 starts Early VOTING in Rio Rancho, NM and elsewhere around our state + across America, so PRAY, before pulling that lever or filling in that ballot and be obedient to the leading and guiding of GOD’s HOLY Spirit/Ghost, as HE commands us to, “Choose LIFE!” 
THANKS & BLESSINGS with SHALOM,
Mark Tross
Prayer Coordinator for NM Prayer Connect
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