This is a VERY helpful summary and reference. If you find yourself praying for the same things over and over but never seeing the answer you're seeking, this is for you - and all the rest of us, too.
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
Showing posts with label instruction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label instruction. Show all posts
12 August 2024
21 January 2022
Friday's Instruction
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.
19 June 2018
God's Word for Tuesday, 6/19/18
Husbands, go all out in your love for your wives, exactly as Christ did for the church—a love marked by giving, not getting. Christ’s love makes the church whole. His words evoke her beauty. Everything he does and says is designed to bring the best out of her, dressing her in dazzling white silk, radiant with holiness. And that is how husbands ought to love their wives. They’re really doing themselves a favor—since they’re already “one” in marriage.
Ephesians 5:25-26 (MSG)
18 June 2018
God's Word for Monday, 6/18/18
Fathers, don’t exasperate your children by coming down hard on them. Take them by the hand and lead them in the way of the Master.
Ephesians 6:4 (MSG)
30 January 2013
Word of the Day
From Ephesians, chapter 4, verses 17 through 32:
But
that’s no life for you. You learned Christ! My assumption is that you
have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth
precisely as we have it in Jesus. Since, then, we do not have the excuse
of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that
old way of life has to go. It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of
it! And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a
life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as
God accurately reproduces his character in you.
What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
Did you use to make ends meet by stealing? Well, no more! Get an honest job so that you can help others who can’t work.
Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.
Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
~ The Message
And
so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along
with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd. They’ve refused for so
long to deal with God that they’ve lost touch not only with God but
with reality itself. They can’t think straight anymore. Feeling no pain,
they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of
perversion.
What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense. Tell your neighbor the truth. In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all. When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
Go ahead and be angry. You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge. And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry. Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
Did you use to make ends meet by stealing? Well, no more! Get an honest job so that you can help others who can’t work.
Watch the way you talk. Let nothing foul or dirty come out of your mouth. Say only what helps, each word a gift.
Don’t grieve God. Don’t break his heart. His Holy Spirit, moving and breathing in you, is the most intimate part of your life, making you fit for himself. Don’t take such a gift for granted.
Make a clean break with all cutting, backbiting, profane talk. Be gentle with one another, sensitive. Forgive one another as quickly and thoroughly as God in Christ forgave you.
~ The Message
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