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Welcome to the Above All Love blog!   Above All Love Ministries is an online writing and creativity ministry and also includes the in person itinerant preaching ministry of David Holdsworth.   A Statement of Faith Dear friends in Christ,    There are many good statements of faith and mission out there, but here is my contribution to these voices. It hopefully sums up my ministry in some measure.    1. Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh, and apart from Him the true God can not fully be known, worshipped, or acknowledged. Jesus is fully revealed as the God who is love and whose gospel is peace.    2. Salvation is by faith in the atoning blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, apart from all human works and character. It is by Grace we are saved not by works, it is a gift from God, obtained through faith.    3. It is the supreme obligation of every saved person to obey the Lord Jesus Christ. We will fail no doubt often in this for...

Peace: The Annunciation

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Luke 1:30 “And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.”  Luke 1:31 “And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.” King James Version (KJV)

Peace: Mary's Song

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Luke 1:46 “And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,” Luke 1:47 “And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.” King James Version (KJV)

Hope: The Angels Call

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Luke 1:13 “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.” King James Version (KJV)

Hope: Trusting God's Plan

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Luke 1:37 “For with God nothing shall be impossible.” King James Version (KJV)

Hope: The Humble Beginning

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Micah 5:2 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” King James Version (KJV)

Hope: The Messenger

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Malachi 4:5 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:” King James Version (KJV)

Hope: The Root of Jesse

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Isaiah 11:1 “And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:” King James Version (KJV)