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| FOLLOWING GOD'S WILL |
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| JUST LIKE IN FOLLOWING ANY INSTRUCTIONS, WE SHOULD TAKE ONE STEP AT THE TIME. AND WHAT IS THE INSTRUCTION MANUAL WE USE? |
| AND THE TRUTH COMES FROM ONLY ONE TRUE SOURCE ~ ~ ~ ~THE BIBLE |
| SECONDLY, IF THE FIRST STEP WORKS, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP THIRDLY, WE HAVE TO BE OBEDIENT AND DO WHAT THE INSTRUCTION BOOK SAYS........... EXODUS: 14: 8 ~ 31, TELLS US THE ACCOUNT OF MOSES LEADING THE ISREALITES THROUGH THE RED SEA..............GOD HAD TOLD MOSES WHAT HE HAD TO DO, BUT THE ISREALITES FAITH WAIVERED AND THEY DID NOT WANT TO GO. THEY WERE AFRAID............GOD HAD TO SHOW THEM THAT HE WOULD INDEED TAKE CARE OF THEM, SO HE SENT MANNA FROM HEAVEN TO FEED THEM AND WATER FOR THEM TO DRINK............ |
| THE NEXT STEP IS TO DEVELOP CHARACTER.....BE WILLING TO DO THE HARD THINGS ....RIGHT THINGS... EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE IT. THE ISREALITES ALSO HAD TO NOT ONLY HAVE FAITH BUT DEVELOP THE WILLINGNESS TO DO WHAT HAD BEEN ASKED OF THEM. THEY KNEW THAT PHAROAHS ARMY WAS DOWN BEHIND THEM, AND HOW WERE THEY GOING TO ESCAPE, WITH THE RED SEA JUST AHEAD OF THEM. SO GOD GAVE MOSES THE INSTRUCTIONS............HE SENT AN ANGEL TO FORM A DARK CLOUD BETWEEN THEM AND THE ENEMY, BUT ALSO MADE IT SO THEY COULD STILL SEE WHAT WAS ABOUT TO TAKE PLACE............WHEN THE NIGHT WAS OVER, MOSES DID AS GOD COMMANDED HIM AND STRETCHED FORTH HIS HAND OVER THE SEA, AND CAUSED THE WATERS TO PART GIVING THEM SAFE PASSAGE ACROSS TO THE OTHER SIDE, AND JUST THEN THE DARK CLOUD LIFTED AND THE MIGHTY EGYPTIAN ARMY CAME MARCHING ACROSS AND AS THEY WERE ALL IN THE MIDST OF THE PARTED WATERS OF THE SEA, MOSES STRETCHED FORTH HIS HAND AGAIN, AND THE WATERS CAME RUSHING BACK AND ALL OF THE ENEMY WAS DESTROYED...........WHAT A WONDERFUL STORY OF FAITH AND WILLINGNESS TO DO AS GOD ASKED. |
| I DON'T REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE WILL COME UPON A REQUEST SUCH AS THIS ONE ABOVE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE TELL GOD THAT WE WILL BE OBEDIENT TO HIM, WHETHER IT IS IN FINANCES, READING HIS WORD, PRAYING FOR OTHERS, AND KEEPING HIS COMMANDMENT TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVES, THAT HE EXPECTS US TO KEEP THAT COMMITMENT TO HIM. EMOTIONS BELIEVE TRUTH OVER FEELINGS...............IF YOUR FEELINGS HAVE BEEN OFFENDED, BE FRIENDLY TO THAT PERSON. TALK TO THAT PERSON.......SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE. EMOTIONS TEND TO OPERATE TO THE EXTREME IN SOME CHRISTIANS LIVES, BEING OBEDIENT TO GOD MEANS LIVING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR FEELINGS. ............WALK THE WALK........TALK THE TALK.......... I CORINTHIANS 13:11 ~ ~WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I TALKED LIKE A CHILD. THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF MAN: * THE NATURAL MAN (SINNER) *THE CARNAL MAN( SAVED, BUT CONTINUES TO WALK IN THE FLESH--DOING THINGS HIS WAY *THE SPIRITUAL MAN -- ONE WHO OBEYS GOD, SOWS A SEED THAT WILL BREAKDOWN SATAN'S STRONGHOLD..........DO GOOD TO THOSE WHO OFFEND HIM.............THUS HE WALKS THE WALK..........AND TALKS THE TALK. NOW SO WHAT CAN THE CARNAL MAN DO? DECLARE WAR ON CARNALITY AND START WALKING IN THE SPIRIT, INSTEAD OF WALKING BY YOUR FEELINGS. DON'T TRY TO BE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, STRIVE TO BE LIKE JESUS. SEPARATE YOUR FEELINGS FROM YOUR SPIRITUAL LIFE.. SAVED PEOPLE DON'T FEEL GUILTY, ASHAMED....THEY FEEL JOY.......SOME NEED TO LET GO OF THEIR PAST, WHEN GOD SAVED YOU, HE DELIVERED YOU FROM GUILT, SHAME, CONDEMNATION. JESUS BORE OUR SINS, IF YOU WILL KEEP SAYING THIS, SATAN WILL GET TIRED OF HEARING IT. WHEN WE HAVE JESUS IN OUR HEARTS, SATAN HAS NO POWER OVER US. WALKING WITH JESUS IS ALWAYS GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, TOWARDS HIM, NOT AWAY ! |
| HERE ARE SOME SCRIPTURES TO CONFIRM YOUR SALVATION: 1 JOHN 2 , HEBREWS 10: , THERE ARE MANY MORE I COULD NAME, BUT THESE REFERENCES ARE A GOOD START IN THE INSTRUCTION BOOK. KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND, GOD LOVES YOU, AND IF YOU READ HIS WORD, AND LET THESE INSTRUCTIONS GO FROM YOUR HEAD INTO YOUR HEART, YOU WILL SEE THE CARNAL MAN VANISH. NOW I AM NOT SAYING THAT WE CAN'T MAKE MISTAKES, BECAUSE I DO EVERYDAY, NOT INTENTIONALLY, BUT WE ARE STILL HUMAN, BUT WHAT I AM TRYING TO SAY IS IF YOU REALLY GET THE WORD DOWN DEEP INSIDE, NOTHING CAN SEPARATE YOU FROM THE LOVE OF GOD (ROMANS 8) GET OUT OF NEUTRAL..........NEGATIVE THINKING GET INTO DRIVE..................POSITIVE THINKING CLAIM GOD'S BLESSINGS, PRAISE HIM FOR HIS BLESSINGS..............EXPECT SOMETHING GOOD EVERYDAY. BE POSITIVE ABOUT EVERYTHING. BE IN AGREEMENT WITH GOD; AMOS 3:3 ~ CAN TWO WALK TOGETHER, EXCEPT THEY BE AGREED? RELAX AND ENJOY YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE, BE CONFIDENT IN YOURSELF, GOD WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO CHANGE. STUDY, PRAY, I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IN ME. ........AND REMEMBER, KEEP A SONG IN YOUR HEART ! |
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| MUSIC: 'GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS SEQUENCED AND PERFORMED BY SAMUEL TOLBERT |
