“As Holy As You Want To Be”
Romans 12:1; Ephesians 1:4; 5:27
Deep thinking and meditating is good to a point, but there needs to be a time to get up and exercise what you are thinking about. If your life is not in order, grit your teeth together, look the devil in the eyes, and say I’m not sitting on this thing any longer. God has a plan for me and I’m giving Him right-of-way in the matter now. But your want-to must be greater than your not-wanting-to.
Start right now don’t let anything stop you: Have you never learned to tithe? Then do it now; start family devotions and prayer time, right away, wait no longer; work on getting your debts paid, and try ever-so-hard to not go in debt again; Make good on your promises, forgive that one and accept forgiveness from the ones that need to ask it. But if they don’t, never allow self-centeredness to dictate to you an ungracious spirit. Will you now surrender to be as holy as you care to be?
If you have unchristian habits, it makes no difference whether others do it or not, how holy will you be? Not for or against them, it is for God you decide. Others may have a lot of worldly habits, but they may not be willing to come as close to God as He wants you to. Never say others can, but I cannot, or I can, why won’t others? Don’t be a condemner, set yourself in front of God, and purpose in your heart to live closer than any other dare to do, and you’ll learn what the fulfilling Christ-life is all about.
Humble yourself before God and ask Him to fill you with His Spirit, to be as holy as a pardoned sinner can possible be made. Let no one stop you, you can be as full of the Spirit as you want to be.
“Bearing The Cross”
May I empty of myself, and may the Spirit fill me;
As a gift He comes, let nothing sway you,
From slavery be set free.
You can be as full of the Spirit,
as you truly want to be; It’s up to you,
To get closer to God, and to bear your cross faithfully.
~Tom Milam
Daily Jewel:
“You can be as full of the Spirit as you want to be.”
Bible Reading Schedule: Joshua 11-13
Weekly Memory Verses: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-10
Romans 6:1-6 ~ 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
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