we shant!

So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled....... Thoughts on This Verse... So many sleepwalk through life. They never are awake enough to really live. But we are not going to do that with our lives! We are alive because we know Jesus has come and not only brought us life, but he has also showed us how to live. So we are going to be alert. We are going to be self-controlled. We are going to be fully alive, because we know Jesus' return is imminent and our day of salvation and deliverance is near. 



-1 Thessalonians 5:6-

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Great is Thy Faithfullness

''And so I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.''...... Thoughts on This Verse... ''They will know that I am the LORD'' is a familiar refrain in Ezekiel's prophecies. Here it is also a horrifying one to his people who have been rebellious, sinful, and wicked. God is holy. The people who claim him as their God had better reflect that glory and greatness. They had better magnify God's holiness. If they do not, God will do so even at their expense. God will be known as God. In a day when so many profane the name of God and use it so glibly in their reactions and frustration, this is a sobering reminder that even the name of God is holy. He will show his greatness and holiness. 


-Ezekiel 38:23-

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Spiritual Intimacy

Sun 6th March

Dan Harding

*Developing spiritual intimacy
*Can outlive suffering, emotional and physical intimacy
*Colossians 3:18-21: Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them. Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

*Where is the intimacy in this passage?
*You can disagree but try and understand why Paul talked about

1. Finding a Christian Partner
*Colossians 3:1-4: Since, then you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

*Colossians 3:10-11: and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator. Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all, and is in all.

*If your a Christian, something internal is living in you
*Spiritual intimacy can only happen through Jesus with another Christian because we Christians are given a new self
*We can't have spiritual intimacy with someone who does not have the Holy Spirit in them
*The Question is do you have God in your life to experience together then
*It's a joyous and a beneficial thing to share Christ in them
*God brought us together as Christians so we should not give up so easily

2. Sharing your commitment to become like Christ
*Colossians 3:12-15: Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

*It's growing out character to become like Christ
*His plan is to become like Christ
*Richard Foster said we should do these things to become like Christ
Prayer
Journaling
Meditation
Worship
Celebration
Studying
Devotions
Fasting

*Colossians 3:16-17: Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

*We can do things together if we have a Christian partner
*We have spiritual intimacy

3. Thinking responsibility, not rights
*When we think of submitting, we will think how dare they demand us to submit
*Its not common for husbands to say I love my wife
*They can be passionate about passion, job, hobbies, kids but we choose to ignore to love their wives and speaking politely
*Intimacy is always fostered and never demanded
*We should have passion to faithfully love our spouse, and the one who saves us
*That doesn't mean you have given up your right
*Jesus loved more than anybody else and willingly submitted to us so that we could experience his love. We never deserved it but He did.



**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Glorious!:)

And my God will meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus....... Thoughts on This Verse... Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that if our trust is in him and if we share his blessings with others, he will make sure we have all that we need. How can we be sure? Look at the confidence Jesus had in God! 



-Philippians 4:19-


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Its worth it!

 For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning....... Thoughts on This Verse... God is the God of all comfort (see 2 Cor. 1). Even when he deals harshly with our sin and rebellion, it is for our good. It will last only a short while and then it gives way to rejoicing. If you are in a time of discipline or facing the cruel consequences of sin, please don't give up. Morning will come, and on that dawn will come God's grace. It's more than worth the wait! 


-Psalm 30:5-


**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

Evil

Evil will slay the wicked; the foes of the righteous will be condemned....... Thoughts on This Verse... God has promised a closing time, a reckoning where human power and influence cannot buy out the truth and where each person will have to face up to what he or she has done. Evil will overtake those who have been partners with evil. Those that hate good people, righteous people, will be condemned in their own hate. God's righteousness, truth, and justice will not be short-circuited! 


-Psalm 34:21-

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**

[Jesus said]''Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.''...... Thoughts on This Verse... Eternal life begins, now! That is one of Jesus' messages in the Gospel of John. For sure, we don't get to enjoy all of the blessings that await us when we go home to the Father. But, Jesus wants us to know, to experience, his love and the Father's presence in our lives, now! He even prayed it for us! So let's seek the Father; not to just know about him, but to know him! He longs to draw near to us and will do so as we draw near to him! He is at work in us, so the real issue isn't his nearness, but our awareness of his presence and work. Let's open our eyes and our hearts to our Father, and ask him to reveal his presence to us! 


-John 17:3-

**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**