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[IisJustMe]

One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple.
-- Psalm 27:4

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[JAS4Yeshua]

Hiya

 

[IisJustMe]

My counseling theory in a nutshell
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[JAS4Yeshua]

Praise the Lord in season and out of season.

 

[BustedFlat]

Been busy with work and other things so I have been lax in posting this, hope you have been keeping up on Blue Letter Bible
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The Work of the Holy Spirit unto Obedience
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I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. (Ezekiel 36:27)


When we placed our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, we were born again. We were made new in Christ. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new" (2 Corinthians 5:17). We received a new spiritual heart, as promised of old. "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you" (Ezekiel 36:26)....

 

[IisJustMe]

O my God, my soul is in despair within me;
Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me in the night,
A prayer to the God of my life.
-- Psalm 42:6-8

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[BustedFlat]

Obedience and the Lordship of Jesus
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But why do you call Me "Lord, Lord," and do not do the things which I say?…Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them…[and] teachingobserve all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. (Luke 6:46; Matthew 28:19-20)


As servants of the new covenant of grace, the Lordship of Jesus is part of our message. "For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord" (2 Corinthians 4:5). The early church proclaimed Jesus as Lord. "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ…The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ—He is Lord of all…believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved…Then Paul dwelt two whole years…teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ" (Acts 2:36; 10:36; 16:31; 28:30-31).... them to

 

[virtualgirl]

The Parable of the Donuts

http://www.clarion-call.org/extras/donuts.htm

 

[IisJustMe]

Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis
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[Nadiine]

God Bless your day today!

 

[IisJustMe]

Dilbert by Scott Adams
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[BustedFlat]

Obedience and the Life of Jesus
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And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him…Christ in you, the hope of glory. (John 8:29; Colossians 1:27)


Our Lord Jesus wants His followers to live in obedience to His will: "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:20a). Our Lord is also with us every step of our pilgrimage, granting us His grace unto obedience. "I am with you always…through whom we have received grace and apostleship for obedience to the faith" (Matthew 28:20b and Romans 1:4-5). This is also the way that Jesus lived here on earth in relationship with His heavenly Father. "And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him." The Father was with the Son, as the Son lived to please the Father....

 

[IisJustMe]

For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes,
His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen,
being understood through what has been made ...
-- Romans 1:20

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[BustedFlat]

God Working in Us unto Obedience
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Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12-13)


We have been considering from various perspectives the great truth that God wants us to grow in obedience to His will. The lordship of Jesus makes disobedience unacceptable. "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?" (Luke 6:46). Also, our Lord taught His early disciples to be instructing all future disciples concerning obedience: "teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you" (Matthew 28:20). Our present passage offers profound insight on this matter by describing God working in us unto obedience. "It is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure."...

 

[IisJustMe]

For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens
And Your truth to the clouds.
-- Psalm 57:10

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[BustedFlat]

God Working in Us Both to Will and to Do

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Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12-13)



Again, our meditation is from Philippians 2:12-13. Yesterday, we saw that God must be allowed to work within our hearts, if we are to walk in obedience. "It is God who works in you…for His good pleasure." Today, we will consider the extent to which He desires to work: "both to will and to do." In order to fully obey the Lord, we need His work within us for both the willing and the doing...

 

[IisJustMe]

Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him,
having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in
your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude.
-- Colossians 2:6, 7

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[JAS4Yeshua]

 

[IisJustMe]

Pearls Before Swine/Stephan Pastis
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[BustedFlat]

God Equipping Us to Do His Will
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Now may the God of peace... make you complete in every good work to do His will. (Hebrews 13:20-21)


Again, our devotional study is from Hebrews 13:20-21. In our previous meditation, we saw that the God of peace makes obedience available through the shed blood of the crucified, risen Christ. That shed blood forgives our sins, making friends out of formerly disobedient enemies. Furthermore, that shed blood establishes the new covenant of grace, which supplies God's sufficiency for all our needs, including, the developing of an obedient life....