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| Salvation is not in a trophy! |
This word stumble has the meaning to totter by decay!
When we are led by the world we get into some very complicated
things that lead to death. For the man or woman who chooses their own way can
find hardship, and of course, death!
Our Father’s
word teaches us that those who are in the flesh cannot please God found in
Romans 8:8. Those who walk in their own ways of the lust of the flesh, the lust
of the eyes and the pride of life find the paths of the destroyer.
Psalm 17:4 concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
So ultimately being away from God and His word, is being led away from life, truth and eternity with Him!
Psalm 17:4 concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer.
So ultimately being away from God and His word, is being led away from life, truth and eternity with Him!
John told
us in 1 John 2:16 for all that is in the world---the lust of the flesh, the
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life---is not of the Father but is of the
world. 17 And the world is passing away; and the lust of it; but he who does
the will of God abides forever.
There has
been evil operating in this world since Eve was deceived in the Garden of Eden.
And many, many people still fall to the schemes of the devil, although he has no new
material to try out on any one person! No he just listens to those times when covetousness speaking may be heard from our mouths and hearts! He pays attention to those times we whine and
complain and then he pulls out the same old trip-up he used some years ago.
God demonstrated His love toward us that we
might live for Him and have life!
Romans
5:8-10 NKJV 8 But demonstrates His own
love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much
more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath
through Him. 10 For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by
His life.
God
initiated that relationship with us. AND He made it possible, paving the way so that
we can have fellowship with Him. In this relationship, He made possible through
the gift of His Son, those things He desires to develop such as trust in us. So by His love, He gave
us His best gift. In this we respond by faith: that trust in God who has
purpose for us that is for good and not evil. Without that gift, without that
expression of His love, the relationship never would have begun. So without
faith there is no love of God present… and it ends up being about Me, Me and Me…!!!
We know God
continued the Message of His love by sending His prophets. He kept the
relationship alive by being faithful to see those created in His image would
hear truth and live by it.
The last
time He sent a Prophet, the Prophet was also the Son of God who was the example
of: Obedience, loyalty, & devotion
to Him the Father…… By His Son Jesus, He extended His hand forever beckoning us
to come back to the relationship. This is so clearly seen in the way God dealt
with Israel in the Old Testament. And from old testaments teachings, we find
the Israelites were reminded when they were brought out of Egypt, when they
were brought out of slavery to serve the living God.
Luke 1:70-75 NKJV 70 As He spoke by the mouth of His holy
prophets, Who have been since the world began, 71 that we should be saved from
our enemies & from the hand of all who hate us, 72 to perform the mercy
promised to our fathers & to remember His holy covenant, 73 the oath which
he swore to our father Abraham: 74 to grant us that we, being delivered from
the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear, 75 in Holiness & Righteousness
before Him all the days of our life.
While writing this, I was reminded of watching the video of Matthew, that story of Jesus in His ministry. And the young man who played the role of Jesus always makes me think of how Jesus is waving to us, still walking but beckoning us to come to Him and to know Him as He really is. Bruce Marchiano is the man who played that part of the Visual Bible Film series. With the smile he presents while walking and turning using his hands to wave us to come, I am forever thinking of Jesus' compassion for us. He died for us that we might have life through Him.
But rejection can appear when man becomes obsessed with the power of self and self worship. It can appear in those who really live on the edge of danger in life: like bull-riders, horse-tamers, high-wire walkers, Wall Street moguls, or even those with both feet on the ground as the mother with several children, the one who sings like a sweet nightingale, the basketball player who scores more points than any other player on the team. Yes, these can start to worship themselves and will not voluntarily submit themselves to God's rules or laws.
While writing this, I was reminded of watching the video of Matthew, that story of Jesus in His ministry. And the young man who played the role of Jesus always makes me think of how Jesus is waving to us, still walking but beckoning us to come to Him and to know Him as He really is. Bruce Marchiano is the man who played that part of the Visual Bible Film series. With the smile he presents while walking and turning using his hands to wave us to come, I am forever thinking of Jesus' compassion for us. He died for us that we might have life through Him.
But rejection can appear when man becomes obsessed with the power of self and self worship. It can appear in those who really live on the edge of danger in life: like bull-riders, horse-tamers, high-wire walkers, Wall Street moguls, or even those with both feet on the ground as the mother with several children, the one who sings like a sweet nightingale, the basketball player who scores more points than any other player on the team. Yes, these can start to worship themselves and will not voluntarily submit themselves to God's rules or laws.
The ‘terrible’
thing about this is that many die early and usually is the result of suicide. We have
known some people who have died in the last 15 years due to that suicide 'thing'. Both were friends, one of mine from my early years and high school and another, a young man we met at church.
Was that God’s plan for them? Certainly not, but the devil had his schemes and anything outside of God and His word of truth lies under the rule of the devil.
Sometimes people get caught up in the applause, the accolades, that cheer of the crowd, the cheer of the grateful husband who works all hours to make a living for the wife and children, or the cheer of the cowboy star who lives his latter years remembering his former glory days in the saddle as a star.
Was that God’s plan for them? Certainly not, but the devil had his schemes and anything outside of God and His word of truth lies under the rule of the devil.
Sometimes people get caught up in the applause, the accolades, that cheer of the crowd, the cheer of the grateful husband who works all hours to make a living for the wife and children, or the cheer of the cowboy star who lives his latter years remembering his former glory days in the saddle as a star.
We are
reminded in 1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be
deceived: "Evil company corrupts good habits" . Amplified Bible: 33
do not be deceived & misled! Evil companionship's (communion, association’s
) corrupt & deprave good manners & morals & character.
If our mind is clutter with yesterday, when do we think about God and His goodness? If our mind is in the gutter, we cannot live a virtuous life. If we have received Jesus as Lord of our lives, there is hope in seeing that part of our hearts healed in His name. As Christians, we can never escape all the negative influences of sin around us, such as that which is spoken over the news by fake media, or the negative of that which assaults another by intruding on the personal space of another like men against women in serious acts by sexually immoral people of the world.
If our mind is clutter with yesterday, when do we think about God and His goodness? If our mind is in the gutter, we cannot live a virtuous life. If we have received Jesus as Lord of our lives, there is hope in seeing that part of our hearts healed in His name. As Christians, we can never escape all the negative influences of sin around us, such as that which is spoken over the news by fake media, or the negative of that which assaults another by intruding on the personal space of another like men against women in serious acts by sexually immoral people of the world.
Paul said this in one epistle or letter he wrote to the church at Corinth in 1 Corinthians 5:9-10 I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people.
10 yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world,
or with the covetous or extortioners or idolaters, since then you would need to
go out of the world.
Now what
Paul wrote was that we were not to have associations with those known as a
Christian who have the lifestyle as sexual immorality. Yes, immoral people can
claim to be Christians! For a follower of Jesus will not openly persist in sin
& will not heed the corrective counsel….Jesus regards this in Matthew 5:27-30). Adultery in the heart is
wrong and a rigid moral self-denial should be in place.
God our
Father sent us a way out of the world, but it is to live for HIM through our
life here on this earth. He sent Jesus our Savior. God told us that He redeems our souls when we put our
trust in Him according to what is written in Psalm 34:22 The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, and none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
If your walk through this life has taken you in to the business arena, the life of the mother who is the nurturer, the doctor, the debater, the guidance counselor and meal maker, the cowboy who knows horses and wild rides, the basketball player who knows the court and players better than he knows God, then we can come under a funky thought like: not good enough, aging quickly, my body is out of condition and strength, will my kids remember me when I am older! It is then our thoughts are not good thoughts, and a person can fall into a pit where the controlling things like depression, anger, anxiety, jealousy, hopelessness, fear or even suicide can become a part of your demeanor. How does one come out of that 'funky thing'?
Funk has the meaning of being panicky! Also means to be overcome by great fear!
Suicide by ones own hand will end like Judas'. He hung himself when he had become a traitor to Jesus. For thirty pieces of silver he betrayed the Lord of glory. God is love and He loves all and will we receive His love or choose Me, Me and Me?
When someone's identity has been in themselves, they cannot possibly continue in that for long. I cannot have my identity in my husband. I must have an identity as Shelley, but must also be in Jesus who is life to me! My identity is within that which Jesus died to give me. But someone who has their identity in their children can suffer many bouts of anxiety, empty nest syndrome and even abandonment. The one who receives accolades from their sport ventures will find those trophy's cannot give back any love or remembrance of the winning moment when that point came to take that coveted gleaming silver cup!
Interesting that some of the games that people play all have the winning cup and I wonder how many end up drinking from the cup that provides nothing at the end.
Please take this seriously that any anxiety, any depression, fear or suicide is not of God. These are things the enemy can use against a man or woman made in the image of God. Please hear the voice of the Good Shepherd today and turn to Him who can deliver you from these terrible afflictions. Holy Spirit can guide you through the healing process. Find your identity in Him and not in other people or things.
If your walk through this life has taken you in to the business arena, the life of the mother who is the nurturer, the doctor, the debater, the guidance counselor and meal maker, the cowboy who knows horses and wild rides, the basketball player who knows the court and players better than he knows God, then we can come under a funky thought like: not good enough, aging quickly, my body is out of condition and strength, will my kids remember me when I am older! It is then our thoughts are not good thoughts, and a person can fall into a pit where the controlling things like depression, anger, anxiety, jealousy, hopelessness, fear or even suicide can become a part of your demeanor. How does one come out of that 'funky thing'?
Funk has the meaning of being panicky! Also means to be overcome by great fear!
Suicide by ones own hand will end like Judas'. He hung himself when he had become a traitor to Jesus. For thirty pieces of silver he betrayed the Lord of glory. God is love and He loves all and will we receive His love or choose Me, Me and Me?
When someone's identity has been in themselves, they cannot possibly continue in that for long. I cannot have my identity in my husband. I must have an identity as Shelley, but must also be in Jesus who is life to me! My identity is within that which Jesus died to give me. But someone who has their identity in their children can suffer many bouts of anxiety, empty nest syndrome and even abandonment. The one who receives accolades from their sport ventures will find those trophy's cannot give back any love or remembrance of the winning moment when that point came to take that coveted gleaming silver cup!
Interesting that some of the games that people play all have the winning cup and I wonder how many end up drinking from the cup that provides nothing at the end.
Please take this seriously that any anxiety, any depression, fear or suicide is not of God. These are things the enemy can use against a man or woman made in the image of God. Please hear the voice of the Good Shepherd today and turn to Him who can deliver you from these terrible afflictions. Holy Spirit can guide you through the healing process. Find your identity in Him and not in other people or things.
Today, we pray for you to hear, receive and know the Father’s love for your 'life' right now. We pray in Jesus’ name that you are delivered from controlling
emotions (Psalm 40:17)
We also
pray for you to be healed and restored to what the Father’s purpose for your
life is. We speak words of life over you right now and believe you to be free to
share your deepest feelings with those qualified to help. We pray for you to have the gift of laughter
and the ability to find humor in even serious situations.
May you take your
eyes off the circumstances that cause you dread or be in terror and be reminded
that God sent the Son of His love for
you to have salvation and that ‘relationship ‘with HIM! We pray you to have
patience to possess your soul and the ability to take charge of it. (Luke
21:19)
Father,
refresh your child now in the mighty name of Jesus. Refresh him with Your Holy
Spirit and set him free today from any negative emotions that would cause him
harm. We believe the best for Your child who YOU made for Your glory. May they
run and prosper in Your name. Amen.
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