Life is but a stopping place,
a pause in whats to be,
A resting place along the road
to sweet eternity.
We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all are meant to learn some things,
But never meant to stay....
Our destination is a place
far greater than we know.
For some, the journey's quicker,
for some, the journey's slow.
And when the journey finally ends,
We'll claim a great reward
And find everlasting peace,
Together with the LORD
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Monday, October 18, 2010
Who are you?
Who are you Lord? I Am
Who is I Am? I Am love, I Am peace, I Am grace, I Am joy, I Am the way, truth, and the light, I Am the comforter, I Am stregnth, I Am safety, I Am shelter, I Am power, I Am the Creator, I Am the beginning and the end, I Am the Most High.
Who am I? "you are Mine"
Who is I Am? I Am love, I Am peace, I Am grace, I Am joy, I Am the way, truth, and the light, I Am the comforter, I Am stregnth, I Am safety, I Am shelter, I Am power, I Am the Creator, I Am the beginning and the end, I Am the Most High.
Who am I? "you are Mine"
Vices and Virtues
Vices -Gluttony -lust -wrath -greed -envy -pride -sloth
Virtues *temperance *chastity *patience *charity *kindness *humility *diligence
Virtues *temperance *chastity *patience *charity *kindness *humility *diligence
Thursday, October 14, 2010
VICTORY OVER DARKNESS
* PEOPLE RESOLVE THEIR PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL CONFLICTS THROUGH GENUINE REPENTANCE BY SUBMITTING TO GOD AND RESISTING THE DEVIL.
*nobody can solve your problems but you. You alone must initiate and follow through the process.
WHO ARE YOU? Who are you in Christ as a child of God? External appearance, accomplishment and recognition don't necessarily reflect or produce internal peace and maturity. When God created Eve He established human community, a meaningful open sharing relationship with one another. At the fall Adam and Eve lost their true perception of reality and the idea of knowing was no linger relational--they tried to hide from God who is omnipresent.
After fall attributes became needs: acceptance was replaced by rejection=we have a need to belong. Innocence was replaced by guilt and shame=need for legitimate sense of worth has to be restored
Dominion was replaced by weakness and helplessness= we have a need for strength and self-control
Who am I in Christ? I AM ACCEPTED Gods child, Christs friend, justified,one spirit with the lord, belong to God, member of Christs body, a saint, adopted as Gods child, have direct access to God through the Holy spirit, have been redeemed and forgiven, complete in Christ, I AM SECURE free from condemnation, assured that all things work together for the good, cannot be separated from Gods love, been established anointed and sealed by God, confident in the good work God has begun in me will be perfected, am a citizen of heaven, hidden with Christ in God, have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind, can find grace and mercy in time of need, born of God and the evil one cannot touch me I AM SIGNIFICANT
I am the salt of the earth, branch of the true vine, chosen, personal witness of Christ, Gods temple, minister of reconciliation for God, Gods coworker, seated with Christ in the heavenly realm, Gods workmanship, may approach God with freedom and confidence, can do all things in Christ who gives me strength
THE WHOLE GOSPEL It is not what you do as a Christian that determines who you are, it is who you are that determines what you do. WHO AM I salt of the earth, light of the world, child of God, part of the true vine, Christs friend, chosen and appointed, slave of righteousness, enslaved to God, daughter of God, joint heir with Christ, dwelling place of God, united to the Lord, member of Christs body, new creation, reconciled to God, heir of God, saint, Gods handiwork, fellow citizen with rest of Gods family, prisoner of Christ, righteous and holy, citizen of heaven, hidden with Christ in God, expression of the life of Christ, chosen of God, holy and dearly loved, son of light not darkness, one of Gods living stones, member of a chosen race, royal priesthood, holy nation alien and stranger to this world, born of God, and the devil cannot touch me. I am not the great I Am but by the grace of God I am what I am
SEE YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU REALLY ARE
Getting right with each other begins with getting right with God. Getting right with God always begins with settling once and for all the fact that God is your loving father and you are His accepted child. SINCE I AM IN CHRIST THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD I have been justified, died with Christ and died to the power of sins rule over my life, am free forever from condemnation, have been placed into Christ by Gods doing, have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God, have been given the mind of Christ, have been bought with a price, am not my own I belong to God, have been established anointed and sealed by God in Christ and have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing our inheritance to come, since i have died I no longer live for myself but for Christ, have been made righteous, have been crucified with Christ and it is no linger I who live but Christ who lives in me, have been blessed with every spiritual blessing, was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him, predestined to be adopted as Gods son, redeemed and forgiven, made alive together with Christ , been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven, have direct access to God through the spirit, may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence, have been rescued from the domain of Satan's rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ, have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins, the debt against me has been cancelled, Christ Himself is in me, I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built in Him, I have been spiritually circumcised, have been buried raised and made alive in Christ I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ, have been given a spirit of power, love, and self discipline, have been saved and set apart according to Gods doing, I am sancified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother, I have the right to boldly come before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in time of need, I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of Gods divine nature
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS BASED ON THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. WE ARE SAVED BY HOW WE BELIEVE, NOT BY HOW WE BEHAVE.
Others we treat people is how we perceive them. We affect others significantly by what we say about them and what we say is determined by what we believe about them.
EPH 4:29 "let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear"
BEING A SAINT PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR HOPE AND FUTURE GROWTH.I am a saint by the grace of God. Believing every thing does not make it true, God said it is true, therefore we believe.
SPIRIT FILLED WALK ACTS adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication
Prayer is a 2 way communication that requires listening as well as petitioning.
Freedom does not lie in exercising of choice, it ultimately lies in the consequences of those choices.
POWER IS IN BELIEVING THE TRUTH. faith is the basis for our salvation and the means by which we live. The critical issue is in what you believe and who you believe in.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN, YOU CAN
If you think you are beaten- you are
If you think you dare not-you don't
If you want to win but think you cant- it is almost a cinch you wont
If you think you will loose- you've lost
Out of the world we find that success begins with a fellows will, its all a state of mind. Life's battles don't go away to the stronger or the faster man, but sooner or or later the man that wins is the one who thinks he can.
20 CANS OF SUCCESS
1. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength
2. God will take care of all my needs
3. God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind
4. God has given me a measure of faith
5. The Lord is the strength of my life
6. He that is in me is greater than he who is in the world
7. God always leads me to victory
8. God gives me wisdom generously when I ask him for it
9. I have hope and can recall to mind Gods loving kindness compassion and faithfulness
10. I can cast all my anxieties on Christ who cares for me
11. There is freedom where the Spirt of the Lord is
12. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
13. Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me
14. The Bible says that Christ rescued me from the curse of the law that I might receive His Spirit by faith
15. learn to be content whatever the circumstances
16. Christ became sin for me so that I might become the righteousness of God
17. I know that if God is for me, who can be against me
18. God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His Spirit who lives in me
19. I am more tan a conqueror through Christ who loves me
20. Why should I let the pressures of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its problems
YOU CANT LIVE BEYOND WHAT YOU BELIEVE
your walk is directed by what you believe. God does not assign you goals you cant achieve. When you begin to align your goals with Gods goals and your desires with Gods desires, you will rid your life of a lot of anger, anxiety, and depression.
Trials and tribulations reveal wrong goals, but they can actually be the catalyst for achieving Gods goal for our lives, which is our sanctification.
GODS GUIDELINES
Success is accepting Gods goal for our lives and his grace becoming what He has called us to be. What is remembered for eternity is of great significance. Use our gifts and talents to edify others and to glorify God. Live righteous. Be happy with what you have. Gods peace is internal not external.
Beliefs and attitudes are first formed in our minds. You are responsible for the actions you take.
when you expose satan lies with truth his power is broken--fill you mind with Gods word
FORGIVNESS: REQUIRED BY GOD
means never use the past against us, resolving to live with the consequences of anothers sin. It sets us free and lets us heal
1. Ask teh Lord who you need to forgive
2. acknowledge the hurt and hate- be specific in what forgiving for
3. understand the significance of the cross
4. decide not to retaliate
5. decide to forgive
6. pray
7. destroy list
8. dont expect forgiveness will result in major changes in the other person
9. try to understand people you have forgiven
10 expect positive results in you
11.
Neil Anderson
*nobody can solve your problems but you. You alone must initiate and follow through the process.
WHO ARE YOU? Who are you in Christ as a child of God? External appearance, accomplishment and recognition don't necessarily reflect or produce internal peace and maturity. When God created Eve He established human community, a meaningful open sharing relationship with one another. At the fall Adam and Eve lost their true perception of reality and the idea of knowing was no linger relational--they tried to hide from God who is omnipresent.
After fall attributes became needs: acceptance was replaced by rejection=we have a need to belong. Innocence was replaced by guilt and shame=need for legitimate sense of worth has to be restored
Dominion was replaced by weakness and helplessness= we have a need for strength and self-control
Who am I in Christ? I AM ACCEPTED Gods child, Christs friend, justified,one spirit with the lord, belong to God, member of Christs body, a saint, adopted as Gods child, have direct access to God through the Holy spirit, have been redeemed and forgiven, complete in Christ, I AM SECURE free from condemnation, assured that all things work together for the good, cannot be separated from Gods love, been established anointed and sealed by God, confident in the good work God has begun in me will be perfected, am a citizen of heaven, hidden with Christ in God, have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind, can find grace and mercy in time of need, born of God and the evil one cannot touch me I AM SIGNIFICANT
I am the salt of the earth, branch of the true vine, chosen, personal witness of Christ, Gods temple, minister of reconciliation for God, Gods coworker, seated with Christ in the heavenly realm, Gods workmanship, may approach God with freedom and confidence, can do all things in Christ who gives me strength
THE WHOLE GOSPEL It is not what you do as a Christian that determines who you are, it is who you are that determines what you do. WHO AM I salt of the earth, light of the world, child of God, part of the true vine, Christs friend, chosen and appointed, slave of righteousness, enslaved to God, daughter of God, joint heir with Christ, dwelling place of God, united to the Lord, member of Christs body, new creation, reconciled to God, heir of God, saint, Gods handiwork, fellow citizen with rest of Gods family, prisoner of Christ, righteous and holy, citizen of heaven, hidden with Christ in God, expression of the life of Christ, chosen of God, holy and dearly loved, son of light not darkness, one of Gods living stones, member of a chosen race, royal priesthood, holy nation alien and stranger to this world, born of God, and the devil cannot touch me. I am not the great I Am but by the grace of God I am what I am
SEE YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU REALLY ARE
Getting right with each other begins with getting right with God. Getting right with God always begins with settling once and for all the fact that God is your loving father and you are His accepted child. SINCE I AM IN CHRIST THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD I have been justified, died with Christ and died to the power of sins rule over my life, am free forever from condemnation, have been placed into Christ by Gods doing, have received the Spirit of God into my life that I might know the things freely given to me by God, have been given the mind of Christ, have been bought with a price, am not my own I belong to God, have been established anointed and sealed by God in Christ and have been given the Holy Spirit as a pledge guaranteeing our inheritance to come, since i have died I no longer live for myself but for Christ, have been made righteous, have been crucified with Christ and it is no linger I who live but Christ who lives in me, have been blessed with every spiritual blessing, was chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and am without blame before Him, predestined to be adopted as Gods son, redeemed and forgiven, made alive together with Christ , been raised up and seated with Christ in heaven, have direct access to God through the spirit, may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence, have been rescued from the domain of Satan's rule and transferred to the kingdom of Christ, have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins, the debt against me has been cancelled, Christ Himself is in me, I am firmly rooted in Christ and am now being built in Him, I have been spiritually circumcised, have been buried raised and made alive in Christ I died with Christ and I have been raised up with Christ, have been given a spirit of power, love, and self discipline, have been saved and set apart according to Gods doing, I am sancified and am one with the Sanctifier, He is not ashamed to call me brother, I have the right to boldly come before the throne of God to find mercy and grace in time of need, I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises by God by which I am a partaker of Gods divine nature
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS BASED ON THE BLOOD OF CHRIST. WE ARE SAVED BY HOW WE BELIEVE, NOT BY HOW WE BEHAVE.
Others we treat people is how we perceive them. We affect others significantly by what we say about them and what we say is determined by what we believe about them.
EPH 4:29 "let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, that it may give grace to those who hear"
BEING A SAINT PROVIDES THE BASIS FOR HOPE AND FUTURE GROWTH.I am a saint by the grace of God. Believing every thing does not make it true, God said it is true, therefore we believe.
SPIRIT FILLED WALK ACTS adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication
Prayer is a 2 way communication that requires listening as well as petitioning.
Freedom does not lie in exercising of choice, it ultimately lies in the consequences of those choices.
POWER IS IN BELIEVING THE TRUTH. faith is the basis for our salvation and the means by which we live. The critical issue is in what you believe and who you believe in.
IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN, YOU CAN
If you think you are beaten- you are
If you think you dare not-you don't
If you want to win but think you cant- it is almost a cinch you wont
If you think you will loose- you've lost
Out of the world we find that success begins with a fellows will, its all a state of mind. Life's battles don't go away to the stronger or the faster man, but sooner or or later the man that wins is the one who thinks he can.
20 CANS OF SUCCESS
1. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength
2. God will take care of all my needs
3. God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind
4. God has given me a measure of faith
5. The Lord is the strength of my life
6. He that is in me is greater than he who is in the world
7. God always leads me to victory
8. God gives me wisdom generously when I ask him for it
9. I have hope and can recall to mind Gods loving kindness compassion and faithfulness
10. I can cast all my anxieties on Christ who cares for me
11. There is freedom where the Spirt of the Lord is
12. There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus
13. Jesus said He is with me always and He will never leave me nor forsake me
14. The Bible says that Christ rescued me from the curse of the law that I might receive His Spirit by faith
15. learn to be content whatever the circumstances
16. Christ became sin for me so that I might become the righteousness of God
17. I know that if God is for me, who can be against me
18. God is the author of peace and He gives me knowledge through His Spirit who lives in me
19. I am more tan a conqueror through Christ who loves me
20. Why should I let the pressures of life bother me when I can take courage knowing that Jesus has overcome the world and its problems
YOU CANT LIVE BEYOND WHAT YOU BELIEVE
your walk is directed by what you believe. God does not assign you goals you cant achieve. When you begin to align your goals with Gods goals and your desires with Gods desires, you will rid your life of a lot of anger, anxiety, and depression.
Trials and tribulations reveal wrong goals, but they can actually be the catalyst for achieving Gods goal for our lives, which is our sanctification.
GODS GUIDELINES
Success is accepting Gods goal for our lives and his grace becoming what He has called us to be. What is remembered for eternity is of great significance. Use our gifts and talents to edify others and to glorify God. Live righteous. Be happy with what you have. Gods peace is internal not external.
Beliefs and attitudes are first formed in our minds. You are responsible for the actions you take.
when you expose satan lies with truth his power is broken--fill you mind with Gods word
FORGIVNESS: REQUIRED BY GOD
means never use the past against us, resolving to live with the consequences of anothers sin. It sets us free and lets us heal
1. Ask teh Lord who you need to forgive
2. acknowledge the hurt and hate- be specific in what forgiving for
3. understand the significance of the cross
4. decide not to retaliate
5. decide to forgive
6. pray
7. destroy list
8. dont expect forgiveness will result in major changes in the other person
9. try to understand people you have forgiven
10 expect positive results in you
11.
Neil Anderson
ALL THINGS
Matt 19:26 "with man this is impossible, but with God ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.
Romans 8:28 "And we know that IN ALL THINGS God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called acording to his purpose."
Phil. 4:13 "I can do ALL THINGS through Christ which stregntheneth me."
Romans 8:28 "And we know that IN ALL THINGS God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called acording to his purpose."
Phil. 4:13 "I can do ALL THINGS through Christ which stregntheneth me."
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