Going deeper with Jesus
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner. Proverbs 25:4 Dross in the Bible is often referred to as the waste matter on silver, that build up that hides the beauty of its original or real object God referred to Israel as dross at timeswhen speaking […]
Being entangled is restrictionYou cannot serve God freely while you are entangledI think of thicketsOr a snake like a boa constrictorwho wraps itself around its victim, slowlyAnd how both of those can stop activity and even lifeOr quicksandThey all have qualities that can inhibit movementStop you from doing somethingFreedom in Christ is vital to our
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“That I may know him,and the power of his resurrection,and the fellowship of his sufferings,being made conformable unto his death“ Philippians 3:10 Feeling sorry for yourself and joining the Lord in the Fellowship of His Suffering are not the sameSaying in your heart: “woe is me for I am suffering” is not embracing it, looking
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SingWho me?Yes, you!Sing unto the Lord “O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he
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Jesus ascended into Heaven, the disciples saw Him disappear into the clouds:Which also said, Ye men of Galilee,why stand ye gazing up into heaven?this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven,shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.Acts 1:1 This writing is a bit hard for
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For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.2 Corinthians 11:4 Paul said above, “ye might well bear with him”, In other words, you might let it slide, you
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We all have themWe also have habits that we just do that aren’t necessarily badWe are creatures of habitThere are comforts in doing the same things that we always doWe might go to pizza every Friday night Read the paper or watch football or go to church or all three on Sundays We also have
“Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”Matthew 7:22-23 I’ve been asking
I used to play tether ball when I was youngThe motions were somewhat like volleyball, but not the same freedomThen again, it is you against the other player, nobody else was involvedThe ball was stuck on the rope, restrictedCouldn’t go anywhere but around the pole whoever got the ball around the pole in their directionhowever
Last night I saw an old friendDuring the course of our conversation, I patted myself on the back about somethingWhile this doesn’t sound significantI think it was significantThe reason I say that is because it was a difficult thing that I refrained from doingAnd I was telling my friend so that he would think I
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