By Joseph Ametepe
On October 19, 2024, in addition to my daily thanksgivings, I thanked my God for being the STONE OF ISRAEL, the SHEPHERD OF ISRAEL, the SELF-EXISTING, the SELF-SUFFICIENT, the SELF-SUSTAINING, the SOVEREIGN and SUPREME DEITY OF THE UNIVERSE, the SANCTIFIER OF GOD’S PEOPLE, for JESUS – the SUPREME EXAMPLE OF SELFLESS SERVICE, SACRIFICE, SUFFERING, SUBMISSION and SURRENDER to the will of the Father, for being SINLESS, SPOTLESS, the SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, the SON OF GOD, the SHEPHERD and GUARDIAN of our SOULS, the SON OF MAN, the SON OF DAVID, the SON OF MARY, the SON OF JOSEPH, the SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, the SAVIOR and SEEKER OF LOST SINNERS like myself, the SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. For being our SALVATION, and SANCTIFICATION, for SUMMING UP all things in Him, for SEALING US IN CHRIST with the HOLY SPIRIT OF PROMISE, for the SPIRIT OF GOD, the SAINTS OF GOD, the SCRIPTURES OF GOD, for SENDING HIS SON, for SENDING HIS SPIRIT, for SENDING HIS SERVANTS - the prophets, for SENDING His holy angels – who are ministering SPIRITS, for SPEAKING to us, for SHOWING us things, for His SPECIAL and SUPERNATURAL intervention in our lives, for SURROUNDING US, even as the mountains SURROUNDS JERUSALEM, for being our STRENGTH, SONG, SHIELD, SHELTER, STAY, SAFETY, SECURITY, SUPPORT, STRONGHOLD, STRONG-TOWER, for STRONGLY SUPPORTING those whose heart is completely His, for being of SOUND JUDGMENT for the purpose of prayer, for our SURE and STEADFAST HOPE, for the SAYINGS: “SURELY, I will help you”(Isaiah 41:10); “SURELY, I will SET you free for purposes of good” (Jeremiah 15:11a).