Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Fear the Lord and Live!


Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, "Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere (fear) me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children."
Deuteronomy 4:9,10 NIV 

Married to Christ

"You also have become dead to the law through the body of Christ,
that you may be married to another -- to Him who was raised from the
dead, that we should bear fruit to God."
ROMANS 7:4

You may wonder how this union with Jesus was accomplished. I do not
have the answer to that, but I consider it to be so because God
says it is so. God placed us in Christ. I do not fully understand
how He did this, but I know that He did it, and I thank God for it.
The Bible says that "because of [God] you are in Christ Jesus" (1
Corinthians 1:30).

Disciples of Jesus are one with Christ because God has placed us
there. We are in Christ, and Christ is in us. We may not understand
how this can be so, but it is so. We are spiritually one with
Christ. This oneness, this union, this partnership and fellowship
with Him is the basis of our spiritual life and our walk with God.

Source: "Embrace the Cross" by Chip Brogden
http://theschoolofchrist.org/books/embrace-the-cross.html
Remember, when people do things to hurt you, instead of cursing them out, bless them and pray for them. Make a decision to walk in LOVE even if no one else does. Make no mistake, there will always be those who are difficult to LOVE. Allow anger to motivate you to speak the TRUTH in LOVE, and watch GOD back you up every time. Amen.

The end of a matter is better than its beginning,
And patience is better than pride.
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit
For anger resides in the lap of fools. - Ecclesiastes 7:8, 9