My Quest!

...to leave "I" out of so many of my sentences.

I have discovered (change that to: You have brought it to my attention) that the word "I" occurs to often in my writing. You Lord are preparing me for a new lesson, I can feel it and am ready to listen.

In following this quest it seems clear to me that there is a need for me to go back to basics here, not writing etiquette basics but Bible etiquette basics, hmmm is there such a thing Jesus? Here we go - me with question after question and You supplying answer after answer! We make a good team Lord when I stay in line!

BibleGateway is a site I often visit. My sister J introduced me to it when God laid it on my heart that "I" was using her too much for my research, I needed to learn to stand on His two legs not hers (and here's betting she was glad for that).

My first thought now is shifting from I-about me to I-about God. I looked in biblegateway to see all the "I Am's" in God Holy Word. I found 699 scriptures, 63 I used to make this list from that are references made by God and Christ to them selves. I am going to list them (can't stop myself). Bare with me, I enjoyed reading every one of these.

I am:

...The Lord
...God
...Thy Shield
...The Almighty God
...With Thee
...The God of Bethel
...God Almighty
...The God of Thy Fathers (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob)
...That I am
...The Lord your God
...The Lord their God
...The Lord in the midst of the earth
...The Lord that healeth thee
...Holy
...The Lord which sanctify you
...The Lord which hollow you
...Thine part and thy inheritance
...Thy Salvation
...God, even thy God
...The Rose of Sharon and the Lilly of the Valley
...He
...With thee
...The Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour
...Your Holy One
...The Creator
...Your King
...He that blotteth out thy transgressions...and will not remember thy sins
...The first and I am the last; and beside me there is no other God
...The Lord that maketh all things
...The Lord and there is none else
...The Lord that maketh all things
...With thee to deliver thee
...Merciful
...Married unto you
...The Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgement and righteousness
...The Lord, the God of all flesh
...With you to save you
...Against thee (Tyrus, False Prophets, Zidon, Pharaoh, Shepherds, Gog)
...Your God
...God, and not man
...with you
...well pleased
...The Son of God
...With you always
...Christ
...Risen
...The Bread of Life
...The living Bread
...The light of the World
...From above
...The Door
...The Good Shepherd
...The Resurrection of the Life
...Master and Lord
...The Way the Truth and the Light
...In My Father
...Not of the World
...Jesus
...Alpha and Omega
...He that Liveth
...Alive For Evermore


...I am The Bright and Morning Star

I believe the Holy Spirit was using my over usage of the word "I" to bring me to here, to find all these wonderful and magnificent verses with all of the powerful and beautiful references to where God tells us all, what He is, what He gives, what He represents.

What a powerful morning this is for me, just powerful. I pray you feel His power too!

I think I will be reading this list again and again - It feels good!