BLESSINGS THAT PROSPER YOU

My Dear Precious Child, In the apostle John the Beloved's first letter, he wrote it to the believers in the churches. In his second letter he wrote it to a special lady and his third letter he wrote to a person named Gaius whom he referred to as the ESTEEMED BELOVED whom he truly loved. We have talked several times about John and how he had written about the love that Jesus Christ felt for him, so he passed that divine love on to other people, even referring to them as Beloved. In the beginning of John's letter to Gaius, he addressed him as BELOVED, and then John blessed him by praying that Gaius might prosper in every way, that his body would be kept well even as his soul prospered and was kept well. That was spiritual Truth whether John realized it or not. When a person's mind is filled with positive thoughts, loving thoughts and kind thoughts, then his mind sends out beneficial hormones into his or her body which results in its being healthy. (III John 1:1-2) John wrote to Gaius that he, himself, rejoiced when he heard that other believers had arrived in his town and spoke very highly of Gaius's sincerity and love toward his fellow believers and that he also had been living and walking in the Truth of the Good News. John assured Gaius that the greatest joy in his life occurred when he heard that his spiritual children were living their lives in the Truth. Then John addressed Gaius again as BELOVED and then commented that it was faithful work that he was doing when he served his Christian brethren as well as strangers. He wrote that he had heard that Gaius had even testified in front of the church about his love and friendship and that he would do well to continue to forward them on their journeys in the same way that he had served other people in My name. John also wrote that the traveling ministers had gone out in the name of Christ and were accepting nothing from the Gentiles to whom they preached. He wrote that he and other ministers should support and provide for the traveling ones in order that they might become fellow workers in the Truth and cooperate with the teachers.(III John:3-4) However, in the third letter that John wrote, this one to Gaius, he reminded him that he had written briefly in the past about one of the elders who liked to take a lead among other men and put himself first, not recognizing John's authority in which he was refusing to accept any suggestions from John. The prophet John went on in his warning about the man Diotrephes. He wrote that when John came into the town where Gaius lived that he would call attention to the man's insulting language and his malicious reflections. He wrote that the man was not satisfied with doing only those fleshly works, but also that he refused to welcome outsiders and tried to even expel them from the church. John was definite in using his own authority to call attention to brotherly abuse. (III John 1:9-10) Again John addressed Gaius as BELOVED, encouraging him not to imitate evil, but instead to always imitate good. He wrote that a person who does good is of Me but the person who does evil has neither seen Me nor has the person experienced Me in reality. John passed on the news that Demetrius had warm commendations from everyone and from the Truth and wrote that he added his testimony also, confessing that his testimony was true. Like John wrote to the lady, he also wrote to Gaius that he has much more to say but not in words to put down in pen and ink, that He hoped to see Gaius soon and said that they would talk mouth to mouth, just like he told the Christian lady to whom he had written his second letter. (III John 1:11-14) John sent a wish for peace for Gaius, telling him that their friends with him sent their greetings, also, and then asked to be remembered by his name to his friends who lived in the same area as Gaius. (III John 1:15) In John's letter to Gaius, he encouraged love, kindness and discernment become evident in him. Instead of writing about false prophets, he named a false prophet who was leading the believers away from the Truth instead of bringing them into the church. Because John felt loved by Me and Christ, he referred to other people as Beloved. Your Father of the Beloved