My hope is that I do nothing out of selfish gain in the Name of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ gave His all for me. He died for me. Jesus a sinless man, the Son of God, died so that I could live eternally. That is worthy of me doing my all, my best, to the best of my ability. We live in this world but are not of this world. We get caught up in the things of this world when we should be getting caught up in the things of God. Those works that He set aside for us to do before He ever saved us are many times sitting on the sidelines while we go about our daily lives. We smile and laugh and have a good time when we do those things that make us happy...I want to be that person that smiles and laughs and has a good time when I do those things that makes God pleased. Help us to have a heart for You God. Help our "want to" to reflect You more and ourselves less until we are consumed with Your Will for our lives. Help us LORD to be empty vessels that You and You alone fill with Your desires and that my desires and Yours will become one. Help me to live by faith and faith alone IN You. IN Jesus Name I pray.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me."Galatians 2:20
My hope is that I do nothing out of selfish gain in the Name of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ gave His all for me. He died for me. Jesus a sinless man, the Son of God, died so that I could live eternally. That is worthy of me doing my all, my best, to the best of my ability. We live in this world but are not of this world. We get caught up in the things of this world when we should be getting caught up in the things of God. Those works that He set aside for us to do before He ever saved us are many times sitting on the sidelines while we go about our daily lives. We smile and laugh and have a good time when we do those things that make us happy...I want to be that person that smiles and laughs and has a good time when I do those things that makes God pleased. Help us to have a heart for You God. Help our "want to" to reflect You more and ourselves less until we are consumed with Your Will for our lives. Help us LORD to be empty vessels that You and You alone fill with Your desires and that my desires and Yours will become one. Help me to live by faith and faith alone IN You. IN Jesus Name I pray.
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Ephesians 2:10"For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." How do we do the good works that God prepared in advance for us to do if we remain stuck in a rut and do the same things each and every day? Never changing is what God is...we are to supposed to change. 2 Corinthians 3:18"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." So, I will ask again, how can we do the works that God wants us to do if we always do the same thing without allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us? Change didn't begin and end at salvation. SHADRACH, MESHACH, ABEDNEGO...and Nebuchadnezzar These men had faith totally resigned to the will of God. Three men unwilling to bow down to a another man...three men unwilling to obey a man over God. Three men willing to die if that was what God willed. Faith. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abegnego didn't have perfect faith, but...they had faith enough to walk through the fiery furnace. I love this story. I appreciate how these men stood up to the tyrant king and did not deny God. I hope I would do the same. I was told the other day that I don't love God perfectly. I imagine I don't do anything perfectly, but I do try to love God with all of my mind, my heart and my soul...and I try to love my neighbor as myself. I am not perfect so perfection will never come in this life but I must try and strive towards perfection. Daniel 3:13-18; Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.” Men and women of faith God is still in control...no matter what happens in this world. Stand firm in your faith. God bless you all. People disappoint me...quite a bit...I am sure I disappoint people as well. As hard as we might try people will always disappoint us and it won't always be on purpose. Sometimes we forget, we get too busy, we become ill and don't feel good...who knows? We are not perfect people and as hard as we might try we will never be perfect. We can strive for perfection. Jesus, who is perfect, is the one that we are supposed to strive after. Each and every day we are supposed to try to be more like Jesus. Hard isn't it in a world that is hell bent? So much sinfulness, so much hatred, so much selfishness...But we must. We are in this world but we are not of this world. We must remain a yielded vessel, set apart for God to use for His purposes. Are we doing this? Are we too busy that we can't put God first in all things? Are we talking the talk but not walking the walk? LORD, help us to remain separate from this world. Help us to remember why You saved us and help us to never forget that we are to be Your witnesses and that You want us to have a relationship with You...Thank You LORD for your love and for Your forgiveness. Help us to be a Holy people. When everything else seems to be falling apart around us we can look to You and know it doesn't matter...because we are not of this world, we are just passing through. IN Jesus Name I pray. John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." 2 Timothy 2:21 "Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from what is dishonorable, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart as holy, useful to the master of the house, ready for every good work." |
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