Set Free From The Old Me.

 When Christ came to live in our lives at the time of our conversion, the  Spirit of God took up residence.  The Spirit of God is now living within us.  We have His power.  That’s the power of the triune God living in us.  When He takes up residence, we are set free from our former master’s domination.  The Holy Spirit comes to give us a completely new kind of life…..a life lived on another plane.  Lived above guilt and shame, lived above the fears of life.  He enables us to live as victors and not victims.
 The old nature is still there but you don’t have to listen to it and you don’t have to spend time with it.  You certainly don’t have to yield to it or live under its control.  You can live above that level if you really understand and accept the benefits of the grace of God.  That’s what Romans 6:11 is all about:  “Consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
From the book, “Embraced by the Spirit”
By Charles R. Swindoll

 Does the Spirit free us from sin?  No!  The ugly truth is we sin because we want  to!  We give in to the old nature that we had been enslaved to so much of our life.

But thanks to the power of God, we can be forgiven.

True Worship

MICAH WAS A PROPHET DURING THE LATE 8TH CENTURY B.C. HE WAS BORN IN THE RURAL VILLAGE OF MORESBETH GATH IN THE LOWLANDS OF JUDAH. HIS HARSH CRITICISM OF THE WAY THE “POOR AND NEEDY” WERE TREATED LED KING HEZEKIAH TO REPENT.
MICAH’S WORDS RING TRUE TODAY, IF NOT MORE SO, THAN THEY DID 2698 YEARS AGO..

MICAH 6:6 “WITH WHAT SHALL I COME BEFORE THE LORD, AND BOW MYSELF BEFORE THE HIGH GOD?”

MICAH 6:8 “HE HAS SHOWN YOU, O MAN, WHAT IS GOOD: AND WHAT DOES THE LORD REQUIRE OF YOU BUT TO DO JUSTLY, TO HAVE MERCY, AND TO WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD”

DO YOU LIVE YOUR DAILY LIFE AS GOD “HAS SHOWN YOU”?
DOES GOD SEE “JUSTICE, MERCY AND HUMILITY IN EVERYTHING YOU DO??

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FROM UPPER ROOM JUNE 13, 2011:
“What am I doing today for GOD, for the Church, for other people?”

Volunteer Vacation

Remember Me

 

All I can say is WOW!!!

Lizzie Palmer who put this on YouTube is 15 years old.

The Four Spiritual Laws

Follow this link for a very insightful look at what the Author is calling "THE FOUR SPIRITUAL LAWS"

http://4laws.com/laws/english/flash/

http://4laws.com/laws/english/flash/

The Good Steward

By John Wesley

a portion of Sermon 51

 

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1. And, first, we are to inquire, in what respects we are now God's stewards. We are now indebted to Him for all we have; but although a debtor is obliged to return what he has received, yet until the time of payment comes, he is at liberty to use it as he pleases. It is not so with a steward; he is not at liberty to use what is lodged in his hands as he pleases, but as his master pleases. He has no right to dispose of anything which is in his hands, but according to the will of his lord. For he is not the proprietor of any of these things, but barely entrusted with them by another; and entrusted on this express condition, -- that he shall dispose of all as his master orders. Now, this is exactly the case of every man, with relation to God. We are not at liberty to use what he has lodged in our hands as we please, but as he pleases, who alone is the possessor of heaven and earth, and the Lord of every creature. We have no right to dispose of anything we have, but according to His will, seeing we are not proprietors of any of these things; they are all, as our Lord speaks, allotria, belonging to another person; nor is anything properly our own, in the land of our pilgrimage. We shall not receive ta idia, our own things, till we come to our own country. Eternal things only are our own: With all these temporal things we are barely entrusted by another, the Disposer and Lord of all. And he entrusts us with them on this express condition, -- that we use them only as our Master's goods, and according to the particular directions which he has given us in his Word.

Get Out.

I have always been one to point to the great outdoors to prove the existence of God. Such perfection could not happen by accident. I am also one to get out of doors as often as I can.  I feel closer to God in his creation.  I seem to "hear" him better without the noise and clutter of Man's stuff.  I would encourage all Christians to get out more.  Here in East Tennessee opportunities are abundant. Hiking, Hunting, Fishing, boating, Camping or just taking a drive in the mountains, are all good uses of free time.  I hope the rash of "Survival" Shows on T.V. do not discourage people from hiking and camping.  The wilderness is not as harsh and deadly as they try to make it appear, after all we are part of the Creation and God said it is good.  So if you don't do it regularly, step out of you comfort zone and explore God's creation more thoroughly.  Find someone who has experience in the outdoors and just go.  Their is nothing more spiritual than Bible study around a campfire. God bless.