The way of the spirit is clear...
When I walk in the spirit I am departing from the works of the flesh (sin)
the works of the flesh (sin) will destroy your: life, family, your brother or sister (people you associate with), and your community..
when i walk in the spirit, I bear the fruit of the spirit -- the fruit of the spirit is Love, you can tell when your walking in the spirit by whether or not there is some love coming out of your life...
Galatians 5:16-17
16 But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God).
17 For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do.
In Other Words, our flesh wars with the Holy spirit...
How do you know if your walking in the spirit of God??
It will be contrary to your fleshly nature...
It's gonna be what you don't want to do...
If it agrees with your flesh and makes your flesh feel good, and you really want to do it, more than likely that's not the spirit of God...
If it hurts your flesh, if it's a sacrifice to do it, and you really don't want to do it, more than likely, that's God...
That's how you know...
If it appeals to your flesh, and you really wanna do it, and your mind is coming up with ways you can get it done and not pay the price, That's not God...
But if your mind says, you ought not to do that, and your body says, i don't wanna do that, that's God...
By nature our flesh is in opposition
for example:
when God tells us to study the word; we don't want to... when God tells us to witness to somebody; we don't want to...Everything that God wants us to do is against our fleshly desires...
You had enough to eat...That's God
but i got a lil more room for a slice of pie...that's our flesh
If somebody on your job is treating you bad and God says why don't you to invite them to church...That's God...love the unlovely
but I don't want to, we'd really rather give them a piece of our minds...that's our flesh...
when your spouse gets on your nerves, and you hear something on the inside saying "don't say nothin"...that's God
when you just have to get the last comment out and have the last word...that's our flesh...
Alot of times we say we "missed" God and we really didn't...We just check the caller ID and decided not to answer...
Works Of The Flesh
Galatians 5:18-21
18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Here's A Breakdown
(Adultery) - being married and sleeping with somebody that's not your husband or wife -- (Fornication) - being unmarried and sleeping with anybody no matter the age, stage, gender, sex, race, color, or belief system -- (Uncleaness) - just plain nasty -- (Laciviousness) - a bigger word for nasty, and stuff you just know you ought not to be doing -- (Idolatry & Witchcraft) - serving things other than an almighty God; i.e. the house you live in,the money you want, the friends you want -- (Hatred and Variance) - discord -- (Emulations) - trying to be like something other than Christ -- (Wrath, Strife, and Seditions) - being boisterous and dissentful about the things of God -- (Heresies) - fractions or creating divided motives -- (Envying) - a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc.-- (Murders) - murder is more than just killing somebody; you can kill a person's purpose, or joy, or witness, or enthusiasm, you can murder somebody without physically killing them -- (Drunkenness) - All types of highs -- (Revellings) - partying -- (And Such Like) - all the other stuff you while you partying...All these things will destroy your life, family, your brother or sister (people you associate with), and your community... These Shall Not Inherit The Kindom Of God...
Fruits Of The Spirit
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
Here's A Breakdown
(Love) - walking in God's unconditional love-- (Joy) - the emotion of great delight or happiness caused by God from the inside -- (Peace) - that passes All understanding -- (Logsuffering) - hanging in there, day after day and week after week and month after month -- (Gentleness) - kindly, amiable, easily handled or managed, polite,and refined -- (Goodness) - integrity, honesty, uprightness,moral excellence, and virtue -- (Faith) - committed to something; faithfulness is a time tested attribute, but not just "time"; just because you've been somewhere a long time doesn't mean you've been faithful; so you can't be faithful without time, but time alone doesn't mean faithfulness -- (Meekness) - when you have the power to destroy somebody but instead you use that power to defend them; You have the power to just wipe them out but use that strength to uphold them -- (Temperance) - self control... Against such There Is No Law...In Other Words -- there is nothing stopping you from having these fruits...
If You want to know if your hearing from God, the best question to ask yourself is:
Is My Flesh In Opposition??? If so, That's God!!!
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Casting Down Imaginations
2 Corinthians 10:3-6
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Imaginations paint a picture in our minds with evil intent. Your Imagination is where ideas, thoughts, and images are formed. Images of arguments, reasonings, and theories.
Arguments are attempts to prove or disprove ideas thoughts, or images that have formed in our minds. They are the first sign of an incorrect image in our minds. They set out to prove a stronghold that has exalted itself against the knowledge of God.
When arguments happen they are born out of pride. They want to win a position, or prove a point; arguing our own truths. Arguments are also concluding proof of our selfishness. Arguments are usually over WHO'S right instead of WHAT'S right and are an indication of a flaw in our character, insecurities, and low self-esteem. Arguing is a lack of Patience!
Reasoning is the mental process to draw a conclusion from presumed. Reasonings are always on the presumed and not the known [Truth of God].They seek to justify our human nature. When we want to justify what we are doing cause we don't wanna quit. Reasonings happen when we don't factor in GOD and take HIS stand because when we do, we have to stop what it is we are doing. Reasonings also happen when we justify ourselves to others to get their approval for what we are doing... saying things like well "at least" i'm not doing this or "at least" i'm not doing that... the term "at least" is being at the bottom of the barrel; being in the "least" is not a standard for us as Christians! We shouldn't measure ourselves to the "least" of THIS WORLD, but we should be comparing ourselves to the "BEST" of God's Word because that is what our standard should be, God's Word, NOT the patterns of this world!!
Theories are arguments and reasonings that have turned into theories. Theories are a plan or scheme that exists in the mind of man and man only! [mankind, that is]. We try to justify our theories by stating that God understands; Trying to make God a partner in our theories saying things like "God understand why i don't tithe, he knows i gotta pay my cable bill" or "God understands why i fornicate, so i won't be lonely, ain't nobody gonna want me if i don't offer my body" or "God understands why i lied, I didn't want to be exposed." God is unchanging and nowhere in the bible does it say that God understands Sin or Disobedience!! Theories are conjectual, hypothetical, theoretical. They are speculative without evidence of a positive outcome. They also cause anxiety and The Word of God says to be Anxious for NOTHING!!
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Titus 3:1-2
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander NO one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
Psalm 119:8-9
I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Imaginations paint a picture in our minds with evil intent. Your Imagination is where ideas, thoughts, and images are formed. Images of arguments, reasonings, and theories.
Arguments are attempts to prove or disprove ideas thoughts, or images that have formed in our minds. They are the first sign of an incorrect image in our minds. They set out to prove a stronghold that has exalted itself against the knowledge of God.
When arguments happen they are born out of pride. They want to win a position, or prove a point; arguing our own truths. Arguments are also concluding proof of our selfishness. Arguments are usually over WHO'S right instead of WHAT'S right and are an indication of a flaw in our character, insecurities, and low self-esteem. Arguing is a lack of Patience!
Reasoning is the mental process to draw a conclusion from presumed. Reasonings are always on the presumed and not the known [Truth of God].They seek to justify our human nature. When we want to justify what we are doing cause we don't wanna quit. Reasonings happen when we don't factor in GOD and take HIS stand because when we do, we have to stop what it is we are doing. Reasonings also happen when we justify ourselves to others to get their approval for what we are doing... saying things like well "at least" i'm not doing this or "at least" i'm not doing that... the term "at least" is being at the bottom of the barrel; being in the "least" is not a standard for us as Christians! We shouldn't measure ourselves to the "least" of THIS WORLD, but we should be comparing ourselves to the "BEST" of God's Word because that is what our standard should be, God's Word, NOT the patterns of this world!!
Theories are arguments and reasonings that have turned into theories. Theories are a plan or scheme that exists in the mind of man and man only! [mankind, that is]. We try to justify our theories by stating that God understands; Trying to make God a partner in our theories saying things like "God understand why i don't tithe, he knows i gotta pay my cable bill" or "God understands why i fornicate, so i won't be lonely, ain't nobody gonna want me if i don't offer my body" or "God understands why i lied, I didn't want to be exposed." God is unchanging and nowhere in the bible does it say that God understands Sin or Disobedience!! Theories are conjectual, hypothetical, theoretical. They are speculative without evidence of a positive outcome. They also cause anxiety and The Word of God says to be Anxious for NOTHING!!
Philippians 4:6
Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Titus 3:1-2
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, to slander NO one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.
Psalm 119:8-9
I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.
2 Timothy 2:22
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Fulfilled Obedience
2 Corinthians 10:6
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Fulfilled obedience means staying ready to punish disobedience. To punish the things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God. In order to fulfill disobedience, we must know how to stay ready, why to stay ready, and how to punish disobedience.
For us to stay ready to fulfill obedience, we must arm ourselves with the full Armor of God, gird our loins with the Truth, put on our Breastplate of Righteousness, shard our feet with the Gospel of Peace, use our Shield of Faith, have the Sword of the Spirit in our hand & heart [the Word], put on our helmet of Salvation [ Jesus], and pray at ALL times in the Spirit. We must also have the mind of Christ. Philippians 2:5 says - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 4:1 says Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind. We stay ready by humbling ourselves, setting joy before us, enduring the things of this world, and knowing that we are FREE!! We cannot hold onto the things of this world AND pull down strongholds!! Accepting Christ has freed us from the law of sin and death!! We as Christians are FREE!! We are free to not fornicate... We are free to not commit adultery... We are free to not do drugs... We are free to not have to come up with schemes or kiss butt to climb the corporate ladder!! Promotion comes from God, not man!! God lifts us up!!
Why should I stay ready to punish disobedience?? 1 Peter 4:2 says - That he [I] no longer should live the rest of his [MY] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. So, we stay ready so our lives are not bound by the lusts of man [or our flesh]. Also, to avoid the sinful pleasures and lusts of this world described here in verse 3 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. These desires of the flesh and of this world are temporary and will pass away... Christ is eternal!! We stay ready so that we can be a witness for Jesus Christ... 1 Peter 2:4 pertains to the people you USED to hang around - Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. Which means They lookin at YOU crazy because you choose to not run with them do the sinful things that you used to do with them. So they talk about you... Lastly, you stay ready so that you can preach the Gospel to them that are dead. Not meaning dead in a physical sense, but dead meaning separated from God. Verse 6 says - For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Now that we know WHY to stay ready, we need to know how to PUNISH disobedience... 1 Peter 4:7 says - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. So, we punish disobedience by staying sober. We stay sober by being alert, attentive, and watchful. The best way to stay alert is in our prayer life! When we pray, we are alert. Prayer is not telling God what we want and then we're done and go on about our business... Prayer is the constant communication between You and God. It's when you go to God with concerns and pray for guidance and waiting to hear back from him... When your prayer life slips, your alertness is not there because your constant communication with God is gone. The more you pray, the less you sin... The less you pray, the more you sin... [just a thought] We stay sober by having a sound mind and using the Word of God to discipline our thoughts. Discipline is forced obedience done over and over again... [memorizing Romans 6,7,8 will give us a strong thought life and take away our dependency on "things"]... To punish disobedience and Fulfill Obedience, we have to have self-constraint and line ourselves up with the Word of God. 1 Peter 4:8 says - And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. In other words, we need to share OUR experiences to help others to pull down strongholds, and let others share THEIR experiences with us to help us pull down our strongholds...
6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
Fulfilled obedience means staying ready to punish disobedience. To punish the things that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God. In order to fulfill disobedience, we must know how to stay ready, why to stay ready, and how to punish disobedience.
For us to stay ready to fulfill obedience, we must arm ourselves with the full Armor of God, gird our loins with the Truth, put on our Breastplate of Righteousness, shard our feet with the Gospel of Peace, use our Shield of Faith, have the Sword of the Spirit in our hand & heart [the Word], put on our helmet of Salvation [ Jesus], and pray at ALL times in the Spirit. We must also have the mind of Christ. Philippians 2:5 says - Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus. 1 Peter 4:1 says Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind. We stay ready by humbling ourselves, setting joy before us, enduring the things of this world, and knowing that we are FREE!! We cannot hold onto the things of this world AND pull down strongholds!! Accepting Christ has freed us from the law of sin and death!! We as Christians are FREE!! We are free to not fornicate... We are free to not commit adultery... We are free to not do drugs... We are free to not have to come up with schemes or kiss butt to climb the corporate ladder!! Promotion comes from God, not man!! God lifts us up!!
Why should I stay ready to punish disobedience?? 1 Peter 4:2 says - That he [I] no longer should live the rest of his [MY] time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. So, we stay ready so our lives are not bound by the lusts of man [or our flesh]. Also, to avoid the sinful pleasures and lusts of this world described here in verse 3 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. These desires of the flesh and of this world are temporary and will pass away... Christ is eternal!! We stay ready so that we can be a witness for Jesus Christ... 1 Peter 2:4 pertains to the people you USED to hang around - Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you. Which means They lookin at YOU crazy because you choose to not run with them do the sinful things that you used to do with them. So they talk about you... Lastly, you stay ready so that you can preach the Gospel to them that are dead. Not meaning dead in a physical sense, but dead meaning separated from God. Verse 6 says - For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
Now that we know WHY to stay ready, we need to know how to PUNISH disobedience... 1 Peter 4:7 says - But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. So, we punish disobedience by staying sober. We stay sober by being alert, attentive, and watchful. The best way to stay alert is in our prayer life! When we pray, we are alert. Prayer is not telling God what we want and then we're done and go on about our business... Prayer is the constant communication between You and God. It's when you go to God with concerns and pray for guidance and waiting to hear back from him... When your prayer life slips, your alertness is not there because your constant communication with God is gone. The more you pray, the less you sin... The less you pray, the more you sin... [just a thought] We stay sober by having a sound mind and using the Word of God to discipline our thoughts. Discipline is forced obedience done over and over again... [memorizing Romans 6,7,8 will give us a strong thought life and take away our dependency on "things"]... To punish disobedience and Fulfill Obedience, we have to have self-constraint and line ourselves up with the Word of God. 1 Peter 4:8 says - And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. In other words, we need to share OUR experiences to help others to pull down strongholds, and let others share THEIR experiences with us to help us pull down our strongholds...
The Wheels On The Bus
I was just reminded about a song my kids used to sing in Pre- School called "The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And Round" and it just reminded me of how sometimes we need to just abandon things around us that do not Glorify Christ!! UnGodly people, UnGodly ways, and anything that identifies with the "world" instead of Christ...
So I think of the song like this -- the words are: the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all thru the town...So I decided this is how my life is!! I am the bus, and the wheels on THIS bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...This bus don't stop for nobody, detour for nobody, it don't park for nobody, and don't slow up for nobody...The wheels on THIS bus go round and round...My bus only has 7 seats, One for Me, My Husband, and our 5 kids...Now, if You have a bus, You can roll with me, but the minute you stop rollin, don't be confused and get it twisted, cause the wheels on my bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...the wheels on my bus go round and round all thru the town...
I don't love anything in this world so much that i'm gonna park my bus...One year you may see somebody with me or talkin to me, or kickin it with me and assume that's my friend or associate, and the next year you may be wondering where that person is at, or where'd they go, why they not around anymore...well you can just start singing that song in your mind, the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...and while i'm driving i look to the left or the right, and see that your rollin with me, then we can roll on, but the minute you wanna take a detour, go thru a drive-thru, take a look at something, open up and let some additional passengers on, just realize that we will no longer be on the same path, cause the wheels on my bus keep going round and round...
That is how serious I am about abandoning worldly people, places, and things...Paul says in Philippians 3:14 -- I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
So the next time you find Yourself about to take a worldly option or approach to something, remind yourself that the wheels on Your bus are supposed to be going round and round, round and round, round and round...Cease from holding onto worldly people, places, and things...
1 John 2:15 says -- Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Be Blessed...<:((((><<
So I think of the song like this -- the words are: the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round, the wheels on the bus go round and round, all thru the town...So I decided this is how my life is!! I am the bus, and the wheels on THIS bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...This bus don't stop for nobody, detour for nobody, it don't park for nobody, and don't slow up for nobody...The wheels on THIS bus go round and round...My bus only has 7 seats, One for Me, My Husband, and our 5 kids...Now, if You have a bus, You can roll with me, but the minute you stop rollin, don't be confused and get it twisted, cause the wheels on my bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...the wheels on my bus go round and round all thru the town...
I don't love anything in this world so much that i'm gonna park my bus...One year you may see somebody with me or talkin to me, or kickin it with me and assume that's my friend or associate, and the next year you may be wondering where that person is at, or where'd they go, why they not around anymore...well you can just start singing that song in your mind, the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...and while i'm driving i look to the left or the right, and see that your rollin with me, then we can roll on, but the minute you wanna take a detour, go thru a drive-thru, take a look at something, open up and let some additional passengers on, just realize that we will no longer be on the same path, cause the wheels on my bus keep going round and round...
That is how serious I am about abandoning worldly people, places, and things...Paul says in Philippians 3:14 -- I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
So the next time you find Yourself about to take a worldly option or approach to something, remind yourself that the wheels on Your bus are supposed to be going round and round, round and round, round and round...Cease from holding onto worldly people, places, and things...
1 John 2:15 says -- Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Be Blessed...<:((((><<
About Me
I Hate my sins, but never hate myself....
I am quick to repent....
When God gives me light, I walk in it....
I don't say negative things about myself. God loves me and it's wrong to hate what He loves. He has great plans for me, so I'm in conflict with Him when I speak negatively concerning my future....
I'm not afraid to admit that I've made mistakes, but I don't always assume that when things go wrong, it must be "my fault"....
I don't meditate excessively on what I've done, right or wrong; both of these activities keep my mind on self! I center my thoughts on Christ....
I try to take good care of myself physically, and make the best of what God gave me to work with, but I don't obsess over my appearance....
I will never stop learning, but I won't allow my education to become a point of pride. God doesn't use me for what's in my head: He uses me for what's in my heart....
I realize that my talents are my gifts, not something I have manufactured myself; I never look down on people who can't do what I can do....
I don't despise my weaknesses they keep me dependent on God....
I am quick to repent....
When God gives me light, I walk in it....
I don't say negative things about myself. God loves me and it's wrong to hate what He loves. He has great plans for me, so I'm in conflict with Him when I speak negatively concerning my future....
I'm not afraid to admit that I've made mistakes, but I don't always assume that when things go wrong, it must be "my fault"....
I don't meditate excessively on what I've done, right or wrong; both of these activities keep my mind on self! I center my thoughts on Christ....
I try to take good care of myself physically, and make the best of what God gave me to work with, but I don't obsess over my appearance....
I will never stop learning, but I won't allow my education to become a point of pride. God doesn't use me for what's in my head: He uses me for what's in my heart....
I realize that my talents are my gifts, not something I have manufactured myself; I never look down on people who can't do what I can do....
I don't despise my weaknesses they keep me dependent on God....
Who Am I?
I am no longer searching for my identity or looking to find myself, the word of God tells me that i am a chosen generation, a royal priesthood...and God has called me to further his will in the earth...
He did not make me a commoner, therefore I a not governed by common sense, I don't dress like a commoner, you won't find me in common places, doing common things...I am distinctively different from the world...I am a holy nation, God has called me to be a part of HIS body, and I am a peculiar people, in other words I am GOD's own possession...
1.) I am not what others think of me...
Many times we take our eyes off of Jesus because of what other people think of us...if people have a negative opinion of me based off of how I used to live, or are offended by the fact that now I'm living right, that's not me... I'm not what others think of me...
2.) I am not my past...
whether my past was great or terrible, whatever it is it has passed!!! So if somebody wants to keep reminding me of my past, it doesn't even matter, my past is things that happened to me or regarding me, or around me, but it is NOT me...I am not my past...
3.) I am not my environment...
whether my environment is great or horrible...my environment may affect me, and it is around me, but it's not me and i will not succumb to it...i will not use my neighborhood, household, parents, family, or friends as an excuse as to why I can't live according to the standard set by Jesus to govern my life...I am not my environment...
4.) I am not my current situation...
my current situation may be great or terrible, but whatever it is i am not it...see when I think I am my current situation, when things get good then I feel good about myself, then when things get bad I feel bad about myself... when I like my current situation, then I'm filled with pride, when I don't like my current situation then I'm filled with low self esteem...
5.) I am not how I have been treated...
how people treat you can be deceiving...many times we have friendships / relationships with people that we lower our standard for to have a friendship / relationship with, and we are deceived by their treatment... Jesus chastised Peter, and kissed Judas... sometimes the people who chastise us and are hard on us love us, sometimes people you snuggle up with in a kiss will betray you...I am not how I have been treated...
6.) I am not my social status..
one of the main things that will lure you away from keeping your eyes focused on Jesus is trying to elevate your social status...wanting to be known, wanting to be noticed, wanting to be important, wanting to be this and that... or...feeling like your nothing and on the bottom of the totem pole, but I'm not the totem pole either...I am not my social status...
7.) I am who God says I am...
people can define me any type of way they want to, but I am who God says I am...and the ONLY opinion that matters about who I am is HIS...and he has told me that I am a chosen generation so it doesn't matter how the world AND the people in it want to label me... He also said that i am a royal priesthood, so it doesn't matter if my environment is common, it doesn't matter if the people in my family don't act right, it doesn't matter if everybody around me is living crazy, I am who God says I am...the only thing I have to concern myself with is how does HE defines me...in every place or situation I remind myself that I am who God says I am... when you let the things around you BECOME you, you DEVALUE yourself... If you are who God called you to be long enough, in the end, you'll be what HE said... Not only do we have to be who we are, we have to live according to our faith, and our faith is Jesus; the author and finisher of our faith, he is the beginning and the end, and we are supposed to live and move and have our being in Him....
He did not make me a commoner, therefore I a not governed by common sense, I don't dress like a commoner, you won't find me in common places, doing common things...I am distinctively different from the world...I am a holy nation, God has called me to be a part of HIS body, and I am a peculiar people, in other words I am GOD's own possession...
1.) I am not what others think of me...
Many times we take our eyes off of Jesus because of what other people think of us...if people have a negative opinion of me based off of how I used to live, or are offended by the fact that now I'm living right, that's not me... I'm not what others think of me...
2.) I am not my past...
whether my past was great or terrible, whatever it is it has passed!!! So if somebody wants to keep reminding me of my past, it doesn't even matter, my past is things that happened to me or regarding me, or around me, but it is NOT me...I am not my past...
3.) I am not my environment...
whether my environment is great or horrible...my environment may affect me, and it is around me, but it's not me and i will not succumb to it...i will not use my neighborhood, household, parents, family, or friends as an excuse as to why I can't live according to the standard set by Jesus to govern my life...I am not my environment...
4.) I am not my current situation...
my current situation may be great or terrible, but whatever it is i am not it...see when I think I am my current situation, when things get good then I feel good about myself, then when things get bad I feel bad about myself... when I like my current situation, then I'm filled with pride, when I don't like my current situation then I'm filled with low self esteem...
5.) I am not how I have been treated...
how people treat you can be deceiving...many times we have friendships / relationships with people that we lower our standard for to have a friendship / relationship with, and we are deceived by their treatment... Jesus chastised Peter, and kissed Judas... sometimes the people who chastise us and are hard on us love us, sometimes people you snuggle up with in a kiss will betray you...I am not how I have been treated...
6.) I am not my social status..
one of the main things that will lure you away from keeping your eyes focused on Jesus is trying to elevate your social status...wanting to be known, wanting to be noticed, wanting to be important, wanting to be this and that... or...feeling like your nothing and on the bottom of the totem pole, but I'm not the totem pole either...I am not my social status...
7.) I am who God says I am...
people can define me any type of way they want to, but I am who God says I am...and the ONLY opinion that matters about who I am is HIS...and he has told me that I am a chosen generation so it doesn't matter how the world AND the people in it want to label me... He also said that i am a royal priesthood, so it doesn't matter if my environment is common, it doesn't matter if the people in my family don't act right, it doesn't matter if everybody around me is living crazy, I am who God says I am...the only thing I have to concern myself with is how does HE defines me...in every place or situation I remind myself that I am who God says I am... when you let the things around you BECOME you, you DEVALUE yourself... If you are who God called you to be long enough, in the end, you'll be what HE said... Not only do we have to be who we are, we have to live according to our faith, and our faith is Jesus; the author and finisher of our faith, he is the beginning and the end, and we are supposed to live and move and have our being in Him....
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The next few blogs posted will be my blogs from MySpace... I'm transfering them over here so i can delete my MySpace profile... So you may have already read em...
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