I truly believe that this year is going to be a year like no other, changes are already on the way and though the process seems quite scary, just like Joseph, no matter what comes in my life I am going to hold on to the vision that God has given me and my husband. I realize that although certain things that happen in my life, never were truly made to keep me down, (although the devil meant it for evil) God has a plan for my life and everything that happened from now to my past has been a set up for my latter greatness, not for me to get the glory but for God to have all the glory.
Many people have so many ideas of what it means to be holy and righteous, but they forget about the relationship they are supposed to have with Jesus and begin to live in their own traditions and mindset that totally excludes battered and imperfect people like you and I. I no doubt feel that there are certain fruits that come from having a relationship with God (Galatians 5:19-25) and it's not only expressed outwardly, but more so inwardly. I thank God because I have a relationship with him, I feel free in him and his spirit lives deeply within me. I feel sorrow for those who are bound by keeping certain man made traditions to identify themselves as holy, but have no other fruits to show that they really have a relationship with Christ. I want to show the love of God to anyone, no matter who they are, because Christ did not pick and choose who he was going to die for on the cross, No the bible said for "God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16, but wait, the next verse says: " For God did not send His Son into the world to Condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
Our Service to the world is to love them and not condemn, even though we despise the act of sin in the world, we are commanded to be witnesses to the world and we are to go just as Jesus did, We are his vessels poured out into this world to show God's love. Can we as a church trust God's spirit to work in the new Christians, can we be patient, long suffering and merciful and gracious to baby Christians and to those that are in our life circle that God is dealing with without being judgmental and condemning? I pray that God's spirit has touched you by reading this, don't get me wrong, if you are thinking about giving your life to Christ, don't wait, he will take you as you are, but he does require a sacrificial life from you, he requires self-denial from you, there is a change that will occur if you let Jesus mold you and make you. You are fearfully and wonderfully made and God knows who you are, he knows your personality and your fashion, he wants you to count up the cost before following him, because once you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, there will be much work to be done in you as well as in the Kingdom.
Many people have so many ideas of what it means to be holy and righteous, but they forget about the relationship they are supposed to have with Jesus and begin to live in their own traditions and mindset that totally excludes battered and imperfect people like you and I. I no doubt feel that there are certain fruits that come from having a relationship with God (Galatians 5:19-25) and it's not only expressed outwardly, but more so inwardly. I thank God because I have a relationship with him, I feel free in him and his spirit lives deeply within me. I feel sorrow for those who are bound by keeping certain man made traditions to identify themselves as holy, but have no other fruits to show that they really have a relationship with Christ. I want to show the love of God to anyone, no matter who they are, because Christ did not pick and choose who he was going to die for on the cross, No the bible said for "God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life" John 3:16, but wait, the next verse says: " For God did not send His Son into the world to Condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved."
Our Service to the world is to love them and not condemn, even though we despise the act of sin in the world, we are commanded to be witnesses to the world and we are to go just as Jesus did, We are his vessels poured out into this world to show God's love. Can we as a church trust God's spirit to work in the new Christians, can we be patient, long suffering and merciful and gracious to baby Christians and to those that are in our life circle that God is dealing with without being judgmental and condemning? I pray that God's spirit has touched you by reading this, don't get me wrong, if you are thinking about giving your life to Christ, don't wait, he will take you as you are, but he does require a sacrificial life from you, he requires self-denial from you, there is a change that will occur if you let Jesus mold you and make you. You are fearfully and wonderfully made and God knows who you are, he knows your personality and your fashion, he wants you to count up the cost before following him, because once you accept Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, there will be much work to be done in you as well as in the Kingdom.
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