I have noticed that when we start a new beneficial thing that there is often opposition. Yet, prevail. There is a push and pull in this life. At times you push yourself through and at other times you are pulled. God tells us not to be weary in well doing, for in due time we will reap. This deals with the spiritual as well as the physical. All action has a reaction. Persevere.
May God bless you,
🌻Debbie
Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due time we shall reap, if we faint not.
Do you want to be changed or entertained? A simple question with a profound impact.
Repentance is a noun as well as a verb. Repentance changes how we think and how we act.
Repentance brings about a leaning into God and away from our own understanding.
The Word of God in scripture when applied in our everyday life changes us by the Holy Spirit imparting the mind of Christ unto us.
Repentance can be seen as a noun when there is clear contrition concerning our past or present actions.
It acts as a verb when our understanding becomes a change in action and character.
Repentance is a gift from God, it is the goodness of God that leads us to repent.
Repentance begins in the spirit and manifests physically in the Body.
The entire Body. The Body of Christ corporately and the individual body.
What we eat physically changes cells. What we eat spiritually changes minds.
Repentance is prefaced by our choices in our gatherings, in our churches, and in our homes.
A single choice lays a foundation and the choices that follow build the house.
When we accept Christ as our Savior the corner stone is laid for our future.
Our daily choices build upon this foundation
When a foundation is being built it is checked from several angles to ensure accuracy.
We too must be trained well and know how to build a firm foundation and be prepared to remove anything that does not match the Plumb Line of the Word of God, as in Taking Up the Cross and following Christ.
As a Nation and as a People we have great need to repent. To turn our whole hearts and attention to the LORD. We need to gather for God’s glory and His alone. Let us gather in His Presence to be changed, not entertained.
Jesus Christ was crucified and died on a cross. I thought about how beautiful it was that most bibles are made from paper from trees and how that my Savior was nailed to a cross and died and rose again after being nailed to a tree.
As I contemplated the Bible, the written word of God and my bloodied and beaten Savior, I heard in my heart, the scripture in Mark 10:21-“Take Up The Cross and Follow Me.”
I believe and have painted the art parable to reflect my current understanding.
I believe the written word of God is mine and your Cross. We are to pick it up, to read our Bibles and begin to live daily as God opens our eyes of understanding concerning His Word by His Spirit.
*Note: Christ had not been put on a cross as of yet, yet was instructing him to take up the cross and follow Him.
Mark 10:21 Then Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.”
Luke 23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
*The first thing written on the cross was the fulfillment of the scriptures in the written Bible about Christ.
John 19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS
1 Corinthians 1:17
For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be of none effect.
Colossians 2:14
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Never forget God loves you, we all have opportunity to start again, to call upon His name. Sometimes, obedience involves vulnerability. Mine. Overcoming fear.
I am singing 🎶 with Jeremy Camp’s song “Getting Started”
~Debbie
Prayer:
Father God, thank you for the wooing of your Holy Spirit. Thank you that you never forget us, thank you that you want us. Open our eyes to see ourselves the way that you see us in Your Son, Jesus Christ.
In Jesus name. Amen
Lyrics for this song
Getting Started
Are you running 'round in circles with no place to go?
Is there a person in the mirror you don't even know? Someone still sees who you are, yeah Were you the kid that was a dreamer, now you don't believe? Are you the lock that got so broken, now you lost the key? Someone still loves who you are, yeah
To anyone who ever lost your way To everyone who ever felt ashamed Here's a song for all the broken hearted I believe you're only getting started To anyone who trusts in Jesus' name Watch your world become forever changed Here's a song about light from darkness I believe you're only getting started
If you only knew the treasure that you really are If you could understand the measure of the Father's heart He loves you, He loves you, He loves you Fall in His arms and let Him wash you clean He'll tear off the chains so that you can be free A new life begins and the old is redeemed Oh, I believe, yeah
To anyone who ever lost your way To everyone who ever felt ashamed Here's a song for all the broken hearted I believe you're only getting started To anyone who trusts in Jesus' name Watch your world become forever changed Here's a song about light from darkness I believe you're only getting started
Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh Oh, oh
He loves you, He loves you, He loves you Oh, oh, oh, oh oh oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh He loves you, He loves you, He loves you
To anyone who ever lost your way To everyone who ever felt ashamed Here's a song for all the broken hearted I believe you're only getting started To anyone who trusts in Jesus' name Watch your world become forever changed Here's a song about light from darkness I believe you're only getting started
Praying the Word of God will settle the waves assaulting your peace.
The Word of God will reveal the false narrative that floats you into storm filled seas.
Be still and know.
Prayer can refocus us when we have been blown off course by the cares of this world and the spiritual intensity of daily life.
Spend time with God. He welcomes you and delights that you are seeking Him.
Prayer and worship can strengthen you in your journey here on this Earth.
Take time to be still and know that God is God.
The surrender of self to realignment will strip you of false layers, preparing you to rest in the warmth of the LORD’s peace and care.
A moment of prayerful focus can realign your day or night. Why not take a moment as you are reading or listening to this to agree in prayer with me for restoration and the hope filled peace given by God.
~Debbie
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Father God, thank you that nothing presents an impossibility to you.
You, Father are well able to accomplish every good work within me.
May your beauty of redemption be seen in me and my situation.
In Jesus name. Amen
Scripture resource:
Create in me a clean heart,O God: and renew a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
