I REVEALED THE LIFE IN CHRIST GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THROUGH HIS WORD. I UNDERSTAND THAT GOD'S WORD IS THE TRUTH I STAND UNDER. GOD'S WORD IS MY SHEILD AGAINST DOUBT, FEAR AND UNBELIEF. WITH GOD'S WORD I RESIST THE DEVIL AND THE DEVIL MUST FLEE FROM ME. WITH GOD'S WORD I DRAW CLOSER TO GOD AND GOD DRAWS CLOSER TO ME. WITH THE WORD OF GOD, GOD WASHES MY HANDS OF MY SINS AND PURIFIES MY HEART OF MY DOUBLE - MINDEDNESS.
TODAY GOD'S WORD IS MY FOCUS, MY SPIRITUAL MIND AND MY HUMAN MIND ARE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS.
"RULES FOR HOLY LIVING"
GOD'S RULES FOR ME ARE GOD'S LOVE TO ME! I SAY THIS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND GOD DOES NOT MAKE UP RULES TO TAKE LIFE AWAY FROM ME. BUT BY OBEYING GODS RULES I CAN LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST. JUST AS A PARENT IN THE KITCHEN WITH A CHILD WOULD WARN HIM OF A HOT STOVE, GOD'S RULES WARN ME OF SIN SO I DON'T HURT MYSELF. BY OBEYING GOD'S RULES I AM LIVING HOLY!
PAUL SAYS: SINCE, THEN, YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST, SET YOUR HEARTS (THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, ATTITUDES) ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD. SET YOUR MINDS (LOGIC AND REASONING) ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY THINGS. FOR YOU DIED, AND YOUR LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS YOUR LIFE, APPEARS, THEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH CHRIST IN GLORY. PUT TO DEATH, THEREFORE, WHATEVER BELONGS TO YOUR EARTHLY NATURE: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY, LUST, EVIL DESIRES AND GREED, WHICH IS IDOLATRY. BECAUSE OF THESE, THE WRATH OF GOD IS COMING. YOU USED TO WALK IN THESE WAYS, IN THE LIFE YOU ONCE LIVED. BUT NOW YOU MUST RID YOURSELVES OF ALL SUCH THINGS AS THESE: ANGER, RAGE, MALICE, SLANDER, AND FILTHY LANGUAGE FROM YOUR LIPS. DO NOT LIE TO EACH OTHER, SINCE YOU HAVE TAKEN OFF YOUR OLD SELF WITH ITS PRACTICES AND HAVE PUT ON THE NEW SELF, WHICH IS BEING RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE IN THE IMAGE OF ITS CREATOR. HERE THERE IS NO GREEK OR JEW, CIRCUMCISED OR UNCIRCUMCISED, BARBARIAN, SCYTHIAN, SLAVE OR FREE, BUT CHRIST IS ALL, AND IS IN ALL. THEREFORE, AS GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE, HOLY AND DEARLY LOVED, CLOTHE YOURSELVES WITH COMPASSION, KINDNESS, HUMILITY, GENTLENESS AND PATIENCE. BEAR WITH EACH OTHER AND FORGIVE WHATEVER GRIEVANCES YOU MAY HAVE AGAINST ONE ANOTHER. FORGIVE AS THE LORD FORGAVE YOU. AND OVER ALL THESE VIRTUES PUT ON LOVE, WHICH BINDS THEM ALL TOGETHER IN PERFECT UNITY.
LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST RULE IN YOUR HEARTS, SINCE AS MEMBERS OF ONE BODY YOU WERE CALLED TO PEACE. AND BE THANKFUL. LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU RICHLY AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER WITH ALL WISDOM, AND AS YOU SING PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS WITH GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS TO GOD. AND WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN WORD OR DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS,GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH CHRIST. (Colossians 3:1-17)
WHATEVER YOU DO, WORK AT IT WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AS WORKING FOR THE LORD, NOT FOR MEN, SINCE YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL RECIEVE AN INHERITANCE FROM THE LORD AS A REWARD. IT IS THE LORD CHRIST YOU ARE SERVING. (Col.3:23-24)
MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE ETERNAL COVENANT BROUGHT BACK FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP, EQUIP ME WITH EVERYTHING GOOD FOR DOING GOD'S WILL, AND MAY GOD WORK IN ME WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, TO WHOM BE GLORY FOR EVER AND EVER." AMEN! (Heb.13:20-21)
"CHRIST IS THE PATTERN FOR MY LIFE, AND GOD IS TRANSFORMING ME TO THE PATTERN. SO I SAY THANKS BE TO GOD." AMEN!
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