Grace for your spirit June 9, 2016

Grace for your spirit

Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things.  Ecclesiastes 11:5

Every once in a while, most people get a little to big for their britches. We think we know it all, and maybe even start correcting God.  Several times in Job, Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, God calls us to step away and look at things in a different way.  We don't know it all, in fact, we really know very little.  We need to trust in an everlasting, and all knowing God for His wisdom and His perspective.  When we get the picture, we will know we should trust in Him.

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Grace for your spirit

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.  Romans 8:6

Our mindset determines the road in life we will take.  When we are led by the law of sin and death, or any law that cannot save us, our mindset will cause us to be lost forever.  When we set our minds on the Spirit of life in Christ, His righteousness will set us free from sin and death.  If we can't shake ourselves loose from the flesh, it is time for the renewing our minds and a new mindset on Jesus.

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Grace for your spirit

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert.  Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour.  I Peter 5:8

If we are of sober spirit and on the alert, we will know that a roaring lion doesn't roar while he is stalking us.  He prowls silently towards his prey. The roaring starts when dinner is served.  The devil is like that.  If we're not careful, the devil will silently overtake us.  When we hear the roar, it may be too late.  Stay alert, and stay ready.  He is always hunting.

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Grace for your spirit

Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with the words and honor Me with their lip service, but they remove their hearts far from Me,  And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote.  Isaiah 29:13

How much of the last worship service you just left do we even remember?  We sang, prayed, took communion, didn't we?  Did we pray to start the day, and before we ate?  Yes, didn't we?  Rote is mindless repetition that means nothing.  It is a sure path to wandering off on our own.  Let's start tuning in before we fall out.  A thin reverence for God will certainly blow away.  Let's draw near with all we have.

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Grace for your spirit

To Him who loves us, and released us from our sins by His blood, and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father.   Revelation 1:5-6

 In every generation, God has saved His people from bondage, gave them a kingdom, and priests to minister to them.  The time we live in is no different.  Christ died on the cross to release us from our sins.  He set up a kingdom for us that will never be destroyed, and made us all a royal priesthood ministry. Do you think you are something special?  Well you are.  The revelation of our future is extremely bright.

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Grace for your spirit

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High, will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.  Psalm 91:1

Shade and shelter are valuable commodities in a hot and barren land. God promises the faithful that shelter and shadow.  The Almighty is big enough, and He is powerful enough to provide protection for all who seek it.  As we wander through the desert of sorrow and sin, let's make sure we keep the shadow and shelter of God close at all times.

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Grace for your spirit

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.  Matthew 11:25

Location, location, location. Big factors in real estate.  Chorazin and Bethsaida were coastal cities on the Sea of Galilee.  They had the presence of Jesus and His apostles in town all the time.  Tyre and Sidon where far away from the ministry of Jesus in Syrophenicia and enemies of Israel.  The Galilean cities had greater opportunities but the didn't do well.  Jesus is shaming them into paying attention.  Often we look at the sinful world with contempt.  If they had the exposure to the gospel that we have, would they be doing better?  Greater opportunities means greater responsibilities.  It time for the church to step up.