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“The supreme test of service is this: For whom am I doing this? Much that we call service to Christ is not such at all….If we are doing this for Christ, we shall not care for human reward or even recognition.”
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Arthur Tappan Pierson
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’ Psalm 34:17-22 💗
Satan cannot destroy your soul, but he can demolish your effectiveness. And he does so by building strongholds in your life that influence your thoughts and actions—ultimately enslaving you to sin. Thus he renders you ineffective for the kingdom of God. Don’t fall for his trap. Instead, defeat the enemy by declaring your trust in God. Allow the Lord to identify strongholds and deliver you from them. Remember who you are in Christ. The Lord is greater than any weapon the enemy can bring against you. So commit yourself to God wholeheartedly and let Him defend you.
Charles Stanley (via risinghopeandstrength)
Amen.
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Stop worrying about how you feel. You lied, you cheated, you lusted, you gorged. You snapped, you hated, you cussed, you masturbated. You killed, you manipulated, you rejected or ignored. You sinned. God doesn’t want just half of your heart. God doesn’t want you to talk to Him only when you’re in the mood to do so. God wants all of you. He wants you when you’re sinless and when you’re sinful. He wants you on the days when you’re strong and on the days when you relapse. He doesn’t want just your beautiful parts, He wants everything. Stop staying excuses. Stop listening to the devil. Stop thinking you can’t “go to God” because you feel you’re too unclean, ugly, or dirty. Stop worrying about how you feel because it’s not about you. Run to Him, even if you’d rather be dormant. Go to Him even if you’d rather hide in your guilt. Ignore your laziness, embarrassment, and shame and go spend some time with the One who died for every dirty thing you think keeps Him away.
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But my sin was this, that I looked for pleasure, beauty, and truth not in Him but in myself and His other creatures, and the search led me instead to pain, confusion, and error.”
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dear elijah, what are you doing here
continued from dear elijah, listen to me
God didn’t speak to Elijah in the business or the hustle and bustle. He spoke to Him in a still small voice that shook the bones.
And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” (1 Kings 19)
”What are you doing here?” Without censure, God invited Elijah to reevaluate the place he was in. You see, Jezebel did not drive Elijah to a cave, he did that himself. The truth is that God had everything under control in that situation - just as He does with ours. The opposition of a pagan enemy did not have the capacity to destroy God’s kingship or to harm God’s man - neither does our current predicament.
When God asks, “what are you doing here?”, He was really asking “What are you accomplishing here in this place you are in? What are you focusing on? What are you giving your attention to and what has your mind? Why are you isolation yourself here? Why have your brought yourself to this place to hide?”
God had a promise to Elijah, a promise He was going to see through. But now it was on Elijah to see through what the Lord had planned for him. No matter the opposition he was to face, Elijah had a race to finish, and a good race it was. (click to tweet)
Elijah took his eyes off himself and faithfully fulfilled all the Lord had for him to do. If Elijah could have seen the final exit that God had in mind for him, when he went through those dark days of running and despair, how foolish he would have felt. Elijah’s departure in 2 Kings 2 with a chariot of fire coming to take him to heaven is one of the most spectacular in the whole Bible. We truly serve an amazing God, who comes to us in our weakness and restores us and our destiny.
Determine today to finish magnificently, as Elijah did.
In our weariness, I hear God whispering “What are you doing here, child?” We have spent more than enough time and energy on the “why” of our situations. We have looked at our circumstances and what brought us to these caves of weariness and despair. If we allow them to do so, the “why” of our cave experiences will overshadow all our lives and cause us to be ineffective for the sake of God’s kingdom. They will shut us down at our cave’s door. It is time to move past these things, past our limitations and fears, to ask “What are we going to do here?”
God is inviting us to the table to reexamine our attitudes and goals. He already knows our “whys”. Let us stop exercising our problem in God’s Presence. Even better let us begin to look at God and ask Him, “What do you want to do here?” The possibilities are beyond comprehension.
Have I truly surrendered to you, Lord? Do I truly trust you to lead me? Maybe I don't or can't believe you will lead me? I am too afraid to believe that you will. I am scared of failing if I believe you will. Maybe what you have in mind for me is a whole lot different than what I had in mind. Am I OK with that outcome? Maybe I don't want to ask you to lead me because I know you will lead me where I would not dare go. You are there in the middle of the ocean and you say to me, "Come." I say in my heart, "You know I can't swim, Lord." Yet He replies, "I didn't ask you to swim. I said, 'Come.'" If I truly surrender to you, why am I still trying to fight to remain in control? Arrest my soul, Lord. I give you complete control. I no longer want to do this alone. Your ways are higher than my ways. You created the earth long before I was brought into it, yet here it is, still remaining in perfect orbit. I surrender. I will step out of the boat, Jesus. I will follow you.
It is essential to be alone with God, waiting at His door, hearkening for His voice, lingering in the Scripture. No number of Christian meetings, no amount of Christian activity, can compensate for the neglect of this still hour.” The life around us, in this age, is preeminently one of rush and effort. It is the age of the instant this and instant that.” This feverish haste threatens the life of devotion to Christ… We must beware that we do not substitute Christian activities for the authentic relationship with Christ. Mary understood this and chose to be at Jesus’ feet. There is only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it, and it will not be taken away from her.“ Luke 10:42
When God puts love and compassion in your heart toward someone, He’s offering you an opportunity to make a difference in that person’s life. You must learn to follow that love. Don’t ignore it. Act on it. Somebody needs what you have.
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I will lift others up, wrapping them in the words of Christ. I won’t tie knots in their shoe strings to cause stumbling. I won’t suffocate them with a smoggy presence, but I’ll share His love like it’s the last cup. Easy isn’t a word alongside effort, yet I’m willing to walk the road.
If you will give Me your body, I will come in, and make it My home. And I will take those hands of yours, and make them My hands. I will take those feet of yours and make them My feet. I will take that mouth of yours and it will speak My words. I will take those eyes of yours and they can now see what I need you to be seeing in this world. And I will take your heart of stone and make it a heart of flesh, so that it will beat with My burdens, and you will care for the very things that I care about. And your prayers will become My prayers, And your life, and your attitude and your behaviour, every minute of every hour of every day, will be the very behaviour of God. Will you allow Me, to overtake your life? Because then you go into this world, as little lambs - with the faces of lions; because the all consuming, all mighty Father goes out, within His children. - God
“Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.” Hebrews 4:16
“An idle mind the devils playground”. This is the theme of the #yondrpassion contest being run by @nathanyoder. It reminds me of the verse where Peter warns us to be self-controlled and alert, because our enemy the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion. If we’re not careful, the battleground of our mind can be easily turned into a playground of the enemy. He also says that we should be clear-minded so we can pray. It seems that mental discipline and prayer are key weapons against the the enemy.
That’s why I love this verse in Hebrews. No matter how far we feel from God and no matter how much our mind is being run amok by the devil—we can always go to God in prayer. He is ever-present, ever-faithful, and only a prayer away. His Word says that we can approach his throne of grace with confidence. And when we do, we’ll receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Living out this promise is one of the best ways to resist the enemy. And when we resist the devil, he will flee from us (James 4:7).
So when our minds go idle, and the devil pushes his way in—let us run quickly to our faithful God. He will give us the strength we need to focus our minds on that which is true, noble, lovely and pure. And may we develop our self-control so we can stand firm against the schemes of the enemy. An idle mind is the devil’s playground—but let us remember that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will also guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7)
God bless you 🙌🏼
Lesson Learned In 2015
Been trying to balance everything, and figuring out what is important and what isn't. Like discerning what has eternal value and what doesn't. Learning that just because a bus has God's name written on the side of it, doesn't mean I need to hop on every single bus. Like men's group, worship nights, events and so forth. I was stretching myself thin, and even though I was doing things for God, I didn't have enough time to be with Him alone.
Why are we more concerned with being socially accepted than with saving souls?
