Romans 8:11 “And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, then He Who raised Christ from the dead will also bring your mortal bodies to live through His Spirit who lives in you. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead can and does dwell in us! With this in mind, what power can hold us down?
Drifting
Hebrews 2:1 “Therefore, I must give more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.”The dangerous thing about drifting is that you don’t know you’re drifting until you have traveled far off course.
We must remain alert and mindful of what we know about the things of God so that we will not drift away from the truth!
Praying with all your heart
James 5:16 “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.” If I seek God with my whole heart, my whole heart will be in every prayer. God listens to every request with His whole Heart and I will expect to receive greater things then I asked for from Him!
Lose to Gain
Matthew 16:25 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.
What are you willing to lose to gain All? What are you not ready to hand over to God? So many of us are only willing to give so much to the Lord, but not our all. God the Father, gave His ALL! Jesus gave His ALL! The Holy Spirit gives His ALL! We must lose all to gain ALL!
God has given us his very best. Jesus, His only begotten Son was given for our salvation, freedom, hope, joy, and eternal life. How can we give anything but our best to God? Not as a payment but out of total love and appreciation! One thinks, of course. But how many of us are giving God from our first fruits and only the best? The priest in Malachi’s day were giving God the leftovers. They had no use for blind, Lane, or sick animals, so they give them to God on the altar. God tells them that He would rather that they close the doors of the temple then have them offer these cheap sacrifices to Him.
He is Willing
Luke 5:12-13 while he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy all over him. He saw Jesus, fell facedown, and begged Him: “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Reaching out his hand, he touched him saying “I am willing; be made to clean,” and immediately the disease left him.
Jesus is just is willing to date to touch us in our spiritual leprosy. Like the poor man in the text, we need to come to the understanding that Jesus is the only one who can make is clean! He is still willing!
Moving forward
Phil. 3:14 But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Luke 9:62 62 But Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
As believers, we deal with TODAY. Yesterday is a cancelled check. Tomorrow is a promissory note. Today is CASH. Move ahead! Never backward. Stay on course. March to Zion friend, the way is up ahead!
What if I told you that if you wanted to talk to God in person today, you could? You can!When Jesus gave up his Spirit on the cross, the curtain in the temple was torn in two. We now have access by the blood of Jesus.
Heb. 4:16 AMP Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].
Christlike
Christlike: To be like Christ comes from “abiding in Him and He in us.” “Abiding(staying, dwelling) in His love.” The apostle Paul said, “Christ is our life” and “to me to live is Christ” “I Live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me.” Do you see the common theme?It’s not us trying to live like or mimic Christ and failing, it’s Christ Himself living His life in and through us!