"You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it." ~ Margaret Thatcher
Be sure to win it...in all the areas where you really need to win it. Yes, be empowered by the Spirit and walk in victory.
Plant seeds, water, reap.
Can you hear Him knockin'? Rev. 3:20
Good Friday, a week from this Friday. Good for us.
There’s nada, zip, null, nothin' that you can’t overcome with God on your side!
"For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith." See 1 Jn. 5:4, Jn. 16:33, Rom. 8:37
Glad for that tree (the Cross) and Him who rescued me!
"A God-centered God [Jesus] created a God-centered cosmos that He saves by a God-centered cross." ~ John Piper
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. If a grain falls to the earth and dies it bears much fruit." John 12:23
The cradle, the cross, and the tomb are all empty -- Jesus lives! He is risen. Completely done!
It ain't a time clock or work boots. "Our symbol isn't a ladder, it's a cross." ~ Burk Parsons
The Message isn't: Do, it's: Done.
Am readin' Luke 24:12. It happened. Alive. Him for you! Did you know.. there are 332 Bible prophecies that were fulfilled in the life of Jesus Christ. So Accurate. God knew long ago.
And how can we know God's love? Well, this verse, 1 John 4:9, tells us that, "in this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him." God is love.
This is good time to be and live classy.
Why live self-centered?
Be classy in the Lord, I mean live righteously without a self-righteous attitude.
Among other things.. I'd say having "class" is knowing what to say, how to say it, when to say it, and when to stop saying it.
It also has to do with maintaining right motives and listening well. Sure, knowin' what to believe because it's true, it’s right, it’s good. Know why you believe it.. know how to think like in general, how to (others-oriented) behave yourself, and what attitude to have as you do, or don't do, and just be what you were always meant to be. See Luke 6:3.
Musin’ on that. It's for heart to heart communication and lasting relationship.
You and I believer are God's workmanship -- we can listen, speak and live like that as well. Be His poetry. The Bible says..
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10
Back in the day when Paul said that you are God’s “workmanship” he meant it. So don’t think of your oldc ninth grade woodshop class project that had too many flaws. Think of The Odyssey, of Beowulf, of The Divine Comedy, of Paradise Lost, or of The Faerie Queen — great works of epic poetry.
Admit it. We all love excellent meaningful poetry! Might sound kinda strange, but there is poetic romance at the heart of the universe.. in God’s heart. There is a Bridegroom with pure motives that deeply loves you ..and more so than all who have ever loved you.
There is a real honest intimacy that we can cultivate in prayer (two way communication of love even today)
The Greek word Paul chose for this sentence is “poiema,” and what he had in mind is a work of masterful creativity. You can already tell that this is where we get our English word “poem.” Paul selected this word carefully. The only other time in Scripture he used it was in Romans 1:20:
"For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse."
You be a piece of work — God’s work. His beloved work.
There is nothing boring about you, or about Him. There is nothing boring about what God has given you to do today and in the future.
If you are bored, remember what Mr. Chesterton said: “We are perishing for want of wonder, not want of wonders.”
Muse on this true poetry as a good witness. God the Father has prepared just for you what He’s given you to do in this world (See Ephesians 2:10). No one you meet today is unimportant. Nothing you do today is unimportant. God is keenly interested in the smallest details. You don’t need a more sublime or wonderful calling; you may just need more insight, wisdom or strength to grasp.. to embrace.. to fully comprehend the wonder of God’s loving ways toward you (See Ephesians 3:17–19).
