Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth....... Thoughts on This Verse... With joy, let's praise and make a joyful noise to the LORD of lords and the King of kings today. Let's find short moments during our day, seize them, and use them to give thanks and praise to our Father in heaven. When we are blessed, let's take a moment and pause for praise. In every good thing, let's share a phrase of praise to our gracious Father.
-Psalm 100:1-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Friday, March 11, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
My Child!
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them [those who deny that Jesus is from God and who have the spirit of the world], because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world....... Thoughts on This Verse... The world can often be a hostile place for believers. God wants his spiritual children to know, however, that they are not alone. He lives in us through his Spirit. We can be assured, therefore, that no matter what spirit someone else may have, the Holy Spirit of God is greater, more powerful, and more glorious. The victory is ours because God's presence in us is greater than any force that we will ever face. We have our victory assured over all forces, powers, spirits, or opponents.
-1 John 4:4-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
-1 John 4:4-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Forget me not..
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it....... Thoughts on This Verse... How warmly do you personally welcome visitors at your church or in your Bible study group? When was the last time you invited someone new in your congregation over for dinner or included them in a gathering of your Christian friends? While some have the gift of hospitality, all of us need to be warm and open to folks we don't know who join us for Christian worship and fellowship. Why not make a commitment to meet and welcome one new person at church each week. In a cold impersonal world, we can make a huge difference in the lives of those seeking the shelter and grace of Jesus and his people.
-Hebrews 13:2-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
-Hebrews 13:2-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
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**
-1 Thessalonians 5:6-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Monday, March 7, 2011
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**
-Ezekiel 38:23-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
Sunday, March 6, 2011
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**
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**
-Philippians 4:19-
**Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path**
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