Sunday, August 5, 2018
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Released
Jesus opened the prison doors and let you out, but a lot of times we just don't feel the love as a result of that, so we contain ourselves where we are the strongest, and that is usually back where we are the most vulnerable.
Questionable behavior sprouts out of what we plant. If we are given grape seeds and throw them away in favor of planting thistles, then this is a replica of our life. The grape seeds are anything to do with the Word of God and the thistles are anything to do with the world.
Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Thistles may have beautiful flowers but you have to approach them carefully, whereas grape vines are very approachable and the fruit is very nourishing. When we lock ourselves back up in our selfish thinking then we are telling Jesus that what He did for us just doesn't matter. So we lose out out on a magnificent gift.
Questionable behavior sprouts out of what we plant. If we are given grape seeds and throw them away in favor of planting thistles, then this is a replica of our life. The grape seeds are anything to do with the Word of God and the thistles are anything to do with the world.
Matthew 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?
Thistles may have beautiful flowers but you have to approach them carefully, whereas grape vines are very approachable and the fruit is very nourishing. When we lock ourselves back up in our selfish thinking then we are telling Jesus that what He did for us just doesn't matter. So we lose out out on a magnificent gift.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at I Have a Question!
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Graceless
What
is the purpose of us being on this planet? Why are we supposed to live a law
biding life and always follow the rules? Why can't we just do what makes
us feel good and forget about everyone else? Lets look at life in a Petri
Dish for a moment. Mold and bacteria grow in there because there is
something to feed on, and there's enough sweetener or Agar in the dish to allow
the micro organisms to flourish. When the sweetener is gone the organisms
die.
Our spiritual life can be just like that too! We can take on these sweeteners that seem to make us a better person and spiritual person, but in the long run they are spiritual anchors.
Matthew 5:19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the
least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called
least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these
commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven
That's not the kind of people God wants in Heaven, one's that only feed on
sweetener. God wants people that can flourish on the word of God without
the sweeteners, the one's with bravery to withstand the world's taunts for
choosing what is right later instead of cheap immediate sweeteners.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at I Have a Question!
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Fear
When you don't know whats' coming next, when you see a facade that looks soo threatening standing in front of you, when others you love and admire are in trouble of some sort, those are some of the times when we experience the greatest amount fear.
So when we hear statements like "Fear the Lord", what goes through your head? When I was 10 or 12 years old I always thought to myself, "Why do I need to fear Him". He is a loving God! So I was confused. But over the years I've come to realize that if people are living a questionable lifestyle then that fear is a very present factor in their lives and something I've experienced personally.
Deuteronomy 6:13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
So what I've learned is that that "Fear" we are talking about for me personally, is that I fear not doing His will, so I fear the outcome of my wayward thinking and I fear how that will affect my relationship with God.
So when we hear statements like "Fear the Lord", what goes through your head? When I was 10 or 12 years old I always thought to myself, "Why do I need to fear Him". He is a loving God! So I was confused. But over the years I've come to realize that if people are living a questionable lifestyle then that fear is a very present factor in their lives and something I've experienced personally.
Deuteronomy 6:13 Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name.
So what I've learned is that that "Fear" we are talking about for me personally, is that I fear not doing His will, so I fear the outcome of my wayward thinking and I fear how that will affect my relationship with God.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at I Have a Question!
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Grace
When you are void of grace, the world appears to be your own personal canvas, a place where you can change and manipulate anything and anyone without recompense. Others emotions are simply an action of their own doing and not related to anything that you're doing. People appear 2 dimensional and if you wreck one then "its okay because they are not real anyway". You basically have no feelings for others except what they can do for you only.
It's when we suddenly become aware of this, how we have been treating others and then our conscience is activated that we experience grace for the first time.
Romans 6:14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Grace grants us peace in the midst of turmoil, gives us patience when we see ourself reflected in others, and opens our eyes when the real truth finally breaks through the dichotomy we have been surviving in.
It's when we suddenly become aware of this, how we have been treating others and then our conscience is activated that we experience grace for the first time.
Romans 6:14 For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.
Grace grants us peace in the midst of turmoil, gives us patience when we see ourself reflected in others, and opens our eyes when the real truth finally breaks through the dichotomy we have been surviving in.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at helpingmeheal@live.ca.
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Variables
Looking at a very deep spiritual life with Christ is a daunting endeavor and filled with variables. You need to strip away anything that doesn't magnify the message that He gives you. You need to remove all aspects of the world in order to increase the depth of the relationship that He so desires. You need to understand that when He calls you that there can be no hesitation in your step, no pondering whether it is worth the risk. When you speak, you must be in full adherence to the doctrine and teachings in the Bible.
Titus 2:1 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
Avoiding that commission, teaching anything that is false, and trying to steer clear of a single truth is only a path that leads you away from that relationship with Christ.
The hardest thing in the world is to say yes to a truth, something that will drag you through pain and hardship, but the reward is so much greater when you surrender to that truth, all the while walking away from those things that will trap you in the past.
Titus 2:1 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
Avoiding that commission, teaching anything that is false, and trying to steer clear of a single truth is only a path that leads you away from that relationship with Christ.
The hardest thing in the world is to say yes to a truth, something that will drag you through pain and hardship, but the reward is so much greater when you surrender to that truth, all the while walking away from those things that will trap you in the past.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at helpingmeheal@live.ca.
Sunday, May 27, 2018
Living in the Spirit
It's a hard thing to try and see if your own walk with the Lord is the way it should be. It's hard to look at yourself when you're always looking away from yourself. This requires some serious reflection time, a time when nothing else matters except your relationship with God.
God requires that time too, so that He can download what He needs you to hear, the places He needs you to go, and the next task He has for you. We may be completely unaware of that download and will only realize that it happened when we are in that unusual place and something miraculous happens. Something that we could have never orchestrated on our own.
1 Corinthians 2:13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
This is when we are speechless, when we see miraculous events taking place around us but have no control over it or input to make it happen. That's called living in the spirit.
God requires that time too, so that He can download what He needs you to hear, the places He needs you to go, and the next task He has for you. We may be completely unaware of that download and will only realize that it happened when we are in that unusual place and something miraculous happens. Something that we could have never orchestrated on our own.
1 Corinthians 2:13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.
This is when we are speechless, when we see miraculous events taking place around us but have no control over it or input to make it happen. That's called living in the spirit.
Why not start some new good clean habits today?
Do you have a question about your life, or a story to share? Email us at helpingmeheal@live.ca.
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