TRUTH.
Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things
above, where Cherist is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds
on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:1-2
We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2
Corinthians 10:5
above, where Cherist is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds
on things above, not on earthly things. Colossians 3:1-2
We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2
Corinthians 10:5
THou wilt keep in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee. Isaiah 26:3
"when we fail to God's hand in our circumstances or when we content w/ Him
over His choices for our lives, we become candidates for emotional and
spiritual depression."
remind yourself of God
WHO God is
WHAT God is
WHAT God has done
WHAT God has pledged Himself to do
Deny the flesh.
Deny the flesh.
Walk in the Spirit.
Turn to Him and His words. Humble yourself to Him and others. Don't run for the quickest escape route. Embrace the emotional pain. Wrestle with it. Examine the heart and determine where the wrong feelings spring from. We often seek God to deflect the trouble. We are concerned
w/ ourself....and not what God might be trying to do through it.
w/ ourself....and not what God might be trying to do through it.
Security, prosperity, and physical well-being are seen as God's
blessings...and therefore suffering is misread. God is more concerned w/
our holiness then in our happiness. It is impossible to be holy w/o
suffering! Jesus had to suffer! YES...it was different. It doesn't
neccisarly mean you have to be in a dark jail cell being tortured for
faith. We can suffer in different ways...w/ unfullfilled longings, a
broken heart over separation of loved one, etc.
The God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after
you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and mkae you
strong, firm and steadfast. 1 Peter 5:10
God loves me...and why i am going through what i am going through right
now. it's so that i can become more holy. more like him. it's his
soverign plan. he loves me. this is what he wants. he's not angry or
upset w/ me...and wanting me to be upset. NO. those are lies satan wants
me to believe. what IS true....is that knowing God and becoming more like
Jesus is what will bring the most complete joy.
now. it's so that i can become more holy. more like him. it's his
soverign plan. he loves me. this is what he wants. he's not angry or
upset w/ me...and wanting me to be upset. NO. those are lies satan wants
me to believe. what IS true....is that knowing God and becoming more like
Jesus is what will bring the most complete joy.
posted by lp at 7:36 AM
1 Comments:
Wow. You seem to be posessed of all the profound thoughts that have ever occurred to me, and a hundred times the eloquence to express them. Keep going! And remember, the purpose of all of our relationships is to glorify God, and they work best when we remember that as our aim. I'm struggling right now with that, but I feel so much more peace and much less confusion. Does this make any sense? It's proibably oversimplifying things, but this is my train of thought.
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