Wednesday, September 28, 2005

satisfaction in Christ

We are all looking for satisfaction. We try entertainment, food, sports, sex, and the like, but nothing fully satisfies. Satisfaction in Christ can be a reality. You can be complete in Christ, but only when we are not yoked to everything else. I'm not talking about a life full of activities, but a heart that is completely satisfied in Jesus. There is a huge difference between the salvation of our soul and the satisfaction of our soul. are we satisfied in Jesus...or just saved in Him? I think both is possible!ALL FOR YOU

flesh and spirit

where have you set your mind? For where your mind is set...is where you will walk. If your mind is set on the flesh, you will walk by the flesh. If your mind is set on the Spirit, you will walk by the Spirit. If walking by the Spirit, the Spirit will cause you to walk in His ways and your mind will be set on life and peace. But in the flesh, you are hostile towards God, unable to please Him at all.
The deeds of the flesh are evident....and if you are walking in the flesh, it is because your mind is set on the things of the flesh. If there is evidences of immorality, impurtiy, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing and things like these, you are walking in the flesh.
If we are living according to these things, you must DIE. But if BY the SPIRIT you are putting to death the deeds of the flesh, you will live. Our only hope...is to DIE-to by the SPIRIT of God, habitually put to death the deeds of the flesh. (romans 8) ALL FOR YOU

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

REPENT

Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand....this is what Jesus and his disciples preached. Seems simple enough, until you dig in and figure out what this whole repent thing is all about. It is not merely admitting sin and it is more than turning from it. In the root for repent is the idea that we abhor or hate the sin so much that we desire to turn from it and head another direction. We don't cling to it, return to it or long for it....repent means we abhor it. Wow, when I look at it that way, it makes we wonder how much sin I have repented from verse how much I am just sorry for. Repentance comes from a godly sorrow over sin-which is so much more than being sorry for my sin. Repentance means I can't tolerate it, I don't like it, I can't stand it, I don't want to be around it, I must get away from it, I don't want to look on it, I HATE IT. I guess this is why Jesus said many will call me Lord and not enter....because most have not repented...we are just sorry. REPENT...for the kingdom of heaven is a hand.ALL FOR YOU

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

ON PURPOSE

Everyone is looking for PURPOSE. We all want a "reason for being". Many think purpose is found in success and money. And yet God's ordained purpose is not usually found in success, it is found in a calling. Because we have been blinded by the world's thinking of purpose, we were never fully enabled to discover our Purpose in life. This is why we are all still searching for it. But what if we discovered that our Purpose/calling is not found in what we do...but in who we are made to be-reflections of the Creator? What if we found that Purpose is realized in not having to be something you are not....but in being what you were created to be...
God made us on PURPOSE, for HIS PURPOSE...we don't need to discover our PURPOSE, but be reminded of HIS....ALL FOR YOU