“If Salvation is to achieve its work in us, then it must be everything to us.” ~ The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins: “Salvation must be everything or it does nothing”
It’s not what you SAY, It’s what you DO. It’s not how you START, It’s how you FINISH. It’s not who you ARE, It’s who you can BECOME. ~ The Parable of the Two Sons: “It’s not how you start… It’s how you finish!”
“The believer that humbles himself before The Almighty God will pray, because he recognizes that he must submit to the will of the Lord of Hosts. The believer that discerns the will of God through prayer must also ‘seek God’s face’, because to walk in the will of God is to walk in communion with God. And the believer that walks in communion with God cannot help but have his mind renewed.” ~ Four Steps For Spiritual Restoration
The real “prize” is not political/legislative power/influence, the real prize is the uplift of Jesus (John 12:32). And to do this effectively we must love each other. So let us always AFFIRM GOD’S PEOPLE; yes, even when our philosophies clash.
…we are God’s temple, the Spirit of God dwells with us…
His life wasn’t making sense anymore, but Job wasn’t about to leave God and Job wasn’t going to pretend he understood what God was doing.
Are you mourning, believer, because you are so weak in the divine life: because your faith is so little, your love so feeble? Cheer up, for you have cause for gratitude. Remember that in some things you are equal to the greatest and most full-grown Christian. You are as much bought with blood as he is.
Even when things are at their worst for us, God is yet showing us mercy because we are alive, we still have a chance to call on His Name.
Whatever the circumstance may be, the cause for depression is often the same: “hope deferred”…
It is our duty as Christians to train ourselves to see Christ in every event. Then, whether it is sorrow or joy which knocks at our door we shall give it loving welcome, knowing that Jesus Himself is veiled in whatever form it is, that He enters. Then we shall find, that when we welcome Him in the somber garments of affliction, He will always have a rich blessing for our lives!
Reflections in The WORD 