tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81783992301359701452024-03-13T19:44:32.778-07:00JESSICA IGNITE12Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09744830092111963708noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8178399230135970145.post-71232460243621433072017-02-06T19:11:00.000-08:002017-02-06T19:11:46.848-08:00COLOSSIANS 1:11<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">STRENGHTHENED WITH ALL MIGHT, ACCORDING TO HIS GLORIOUS POWER,
FOR ALL PATIENCE AND LONGSUFFERING WITH JOY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Recently God has been showing me that I am absolutely
nothing without Him. It has been such a sobering yet reassuring blessing,
believe me. I learned the hard way that I cannot do anything within my own
power. But through the Lord alone, I find strength and courage to take on each
day. Before I knew this I don’t think I’d ever had an abundant source of joy in
my life. Not even when I got the part in the play, not even when the boy
finally liked me back, not even on my best day where everything was going my
way. Being someone who struggles with extremely pessimistic tendencies, this
made me feel hopeless like nothing would ever fill me the way I needed it to. I
never found peace in my way because my way wasn’t Gods way for me. This is an
everyday battle for me, but with the Lord on my side I know I’ll always come
out the other side stronger than the last time. Now here I am today finding
true, unexplainable joy in washing peoples dishes, making my bed, and cleaning
the toilet. The joy He’s given me is overflowing to the point where I can’t
help but want to pour out onto others. I’m not doing it my way anymore; I’m
doing it Gods way. “My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various
trails, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.” (James 1:2-3)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">NOW GODLINESS WITH CONTENTMENT IS GREAT
GAIN. FOR WE BROUGHT NOTHING INTO THIS WORLD, AND IT IS CERTAIN WE CAN CARRY
NOTHING OUT. AND HAVING FOOD AND CLOTHING, WITH THESE WE SHALL BE CONTENT.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">“Now godliness with contentment is
great gain.” Discontentment has lead me to actively move away from the Lord
because I didn’t think He was speaking to me so I naturally stopped seeking Him.
I want my walk to be developing quickly and effortlessly, but that thought
alone makes me realize that I have to take two huge steps back and realize that
way of thinking is only going to lead me straight back to the shallow,
convenient relationship I had always known with the Lord. That’s the opposite
of what He wants for me, He wants to shatter the limits I’ve set for myself,
push me beyond where I ever thought I could go, and take me deeper to where I have
no choice <i>but</i> to trust in Him and
find <i>all</i> my contentment in Him. So
that I can take one step at a time, one foot in front of the other, finding
appreciation in the process, going at the pace the Lord has for me. Being still
and waiting on Him rather than trying to force myself into a finished product I’ll
never become. “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out.” Knowing how little I matter to the world puts contentment
into perspective. I am nothing; I deserve nothing. That’s a hard pill for me to
swallow, but its critical for me to take it down in order to cure my crippling
desire for significance. “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I shall
return there, the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; Blessed be the name of
the Lord.” (Job 1:21) My value is found in Him. I need to get back to that. While
I feel so out of touch with myself, The Lord still knows my heart. He knows the
great amount of patience, faith, trust, and mercy I need. But until I’m content
with where He has me right now, I’ll always be blind to what He’s trying to
teach me. </span><span style="font-family: "abadi mt condensed light"; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM; A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HAVE ALL THOSE WHO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS. HIS PRAISE ENDURES FOREVER.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The
word fear is tricky because we immediately associate it with other words like
terror, worry, horror, fright, and dread. However, the fear of The Lord is so
different. We must know that God is in control of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">all</i> things, whether we like it or not. He knows the beginning, middle,
and the end. Every thought we’ve ever had and will have; move we’ve ever made
and will make. He set every single thing we know of in motion. He gifted us
with commandments because He knows our ways and what is best for us. Knowing
how all-powerful God is and that He holds all that we know as life in the very
palm of His hand is fearing Him. Deuteronomy 4:1-9, talks about keeping Gods
commands and how we will prosper and have life by holding fast to the Lord. The
word fear is not mentioned in this passage, but its clearly talking about what
it means to be wise in following God’s statutes and judgments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I
think the most effective way to take this verse is quite literally. God gave us
a book of instruction to navigate truthfully and uprightly through<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> His</i> world. Unfortunately, we constantly
over think all these things, or don’t listen all together, focusing solely on
what our puny minds think is best for us. But it’s simpler than we think; we
just have to do what He says in order to live in wisdom, righteousness, and
Light. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As it says in The Devine
Conspiracy by Dallas Willard, “The Bible is, after all, God’s gift to the world
through his Church, not to the scholars. It comes through the life of his
people and nourishes that life. Its purpose is practical, not academic. An
intelligent, careful, intensive but straightforward reading- this is, one not
governed by obscure and faddish theories or by a mindless orthodoxy- is what it
requires to direct us into life in God’s kingdom.” This is wisdom- knowledge
and understanding. This is Fear of the Lord.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">FOR OUR BOASTING IS THIS: THE TESTIMONY OF OUR CONSCIENCE
THAT WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES IN THE WORLD IN SIMPLICITY AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT
WITH FLESHLY WISDOM BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND MORE ABUNDANTLY TOWARD YOU.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Lord calls us to live in the world but not of the world. He
calls us to live a genuine, authentic, and straightforward life. Christians,
more often than not, get such a bad wrap for being judgmental, condescending, or
hypocritical. And something even more disappointing is that growing up, those
types of Christians were all around me. Personally this is what turned me of to
Christianity to begin with. Not God, but his “people”. I knew Him to be a
loving God, but was confused as to why all I saw and was treated with hate in
the church. I understand now that it is only because I was first the hateful
and selfish person. I was so quick to cast blame on everyone else rather than
myself. I listened to what other people had said about me and thought that was
what God was saying about me, instead of actually developing my own authentic
relationship with Him. Something really stood out to me when reading On Being a
Servant of God by Warren W. Wiersbe last week. In chapter 4 there’s a paragraph
that said, “Sometimes you feel like quitting and running away, and that’s the
worst thing you can do. Resigning from your church, giving up your Sunday
school class, leaving the committee, or abandoning the choir will never solve
the problems or meet the needs in your heart. You’ll probably meet the same
situation and same people (with different names) in the next ministry you
accept. Why? Because God won’t let His servants run away.” God puts difficult
circumstances in our lives to grow us not hinder us. If He brought them into
our lives He will surely get us out of them. So my prayer is that I can walk in
this truth He’s been so gracious to show me. To care for people and love them
the way He first loved me, persistently and sincerely. </span></div>
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