SEEK JESUS:THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE WEEKLY DEVOTIONAL JANUARY29, 2014 HELLO! LETS PRAY: DEAR PRECIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU FOR LOVING US SO MUCH THAT YOU SENT YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS CHRIST, TO SHED HIS BLOOD AND DIE FOR US. WE THANK YOU FATHER THAT WE ARE GROWING AND MATURING IN YOU. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN HERE ARE YOUR SCRIPTURES TO HELP ENCOURAGE AND EDIFY YOU IN YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD. THEY ARE FOUND IN ROMANS 12:1-3 I BESEECH YOU THEREFORE, BRETHREN, BY THE MERCIES OF GOD, THAT YE PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY, ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE. AND BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD; BUT BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD, AND ACCEPTABLE, AND PERFECT, WILL OF GOD. FOR I SAY, THROUGH THE GRACE GIVEN UNTO ME, TO EVERY MAN THAT IS AMONG YOU, NOT TO THINK OF HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY THAN HE OUGHT TO THINK; BUT TO THINK SOBERLY, ACCORDING AS GOD DEALT TO EVERY MAN THE MEASURE OF FAITH. WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS OR LORD AND SAVIOR ,AS A NEW BELIEVER WE ARE SANCTIFIED. SANCTIFIED MEANS TO BE SET APART FOR GODS PURPOSE.WE ARE NO LONGER OUR OWN, BUT WE BELONG TO GOD! GOD GIVES EVERY MAN A MEASURE OF FAITH, THIS IS SO HE CAN COME TO KNOW GOD, TO ACCEPT JESUS AS SAVIOR.DEEP DOWN INSIDE EVERY MAN HAS THIS MEASURE OF FAITH, TO KNOW THAT THEIR IS A HIGHER POWER THAN HIMSELF, A CREATOR! GOD! SALVATION TAKES PLACE IN A SINGLE MOMENT, BUT SANCTIFICATION IS A LIFELONG PROCESS. THOSE WHO HAVE TRUSTED IN JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR AND ARE FOLLOWING THE GUIDANCE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ALLOWING HIM TO INFLUENCE THEM, ALLOWING HIM TO CONTROL THEIR LIVES, ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING SANCTIFIED. WE ARE SANCTIFIED THROUGH CHRIST JESUS: 1 COR. 1:2 UNTO THE CHURCH OF GOD WHICH IS AT CORINTH, TO THEM THAT ARE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS, CALLED TO BE SAINTS, WITH ALL THAT IN EVERY PLACE CALL UPON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, OUR LORD, BOTH THEIRS AND OURS; GRACE BE UNTO YOU, AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER, AND FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF GODS CHURCH WE HAVE TO BE SANCTIFIED IN CHRIST JESUS. HE TELLS US WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING,WHAT IS IT THAT WE HAVE TO DO? H SAID WE ARE TO PRESENT OUR BODIES AS A LIVING SACRIFICE, HOLY AND ACCEPTABLE UNTO GOD, WHICH IS YOUR REASONABLE SERVICE. BECAUSE OF GODS PROFOUND MERCY TO US IN CHRIST, BELIEVERS SHOULD WILLINGLY OFFER THEIR BODIES TO GOD AS A LIVING SACRIFICE FOR HIS HONOR,PRAISE AND GLORY. OUR GREATEST DESIRE SHOULD BE TO LIVE LIVES OF HOLY WORSHIP AND DEVOTION TO GOD. WE HAVE TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM THE PATTERN OF THIS WORLD AND PURSUE GOD WITH A HOLY PASSION AND LET HIM BE OUR FOCUS. EVEN OUR BODIES ARE TO BE CONSECRATED TO GOD FOR A LIFETIME OF WORSHIP AND SERVICE. WE ARE TO OFFER OUR BODIES AS DEAD TO SIN, AS INSTRUMENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND AS THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE ARE TO BE TRANSFORMED BY WHAT? THE RENEWING OF OUR MIND, SO WE WILL KNOW RIGHT FROM WRONG, WHAT IS GOOD AND WHAT IS EVIL AND WE WILL KNOW THE PERFECT WILL OF GOD. WHEN WE ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO INFLUENCE OUR LIVES, WE ARE BEING SANCTIFIED, EVEN IF WE DONT FEEL THAT WE ARE OR HOW OUR ACTIONS MAY APPEAR TO OTHERS.WE ARE PROGRESSIVELY MATURING IN OUR FAITH. SOME PEOPLE ARE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF MATURITY THAN OTHERS, BUT IT IS BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT WE GO FROM LEVEL TO LEVEL, HE WORKS WITH US INDIVIDUALLY. SO IF WE ARE PROGRESSING WE MUST BE WORKING OUR WAY TOWARD SOMETHING. PAUL SAIDFOR THOSE WHO GOD FOREKNEW, HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BECOME CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON. OUR CHARACTER, OUR CONDUCT, AND OUR CONVERSATIONS AS A BELIEVER ARE TO REFLECT CHRIST, WHO LIVES WITHIN US THROUGH HIS SPIRIT. WE NEED TO STOP AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF OUR WORDS, OUR ACTIONS, WHAT IMAGE ARE WE PROJECTING TO OTHER PEOPLE. WE, AS BELIEVERS, ARE BEING WATCHED! ARE YOU CONDUCTING YOURSELF IN A CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER TO OTHERS? IT TAKES THE HOLY SPIRIT TO PRODUCE THIS CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER IN US. ARE YOU LISTENING TO AND OBEYING HIS LEADING? SEE ON OUR OWN WE WOULD END UP PLACING TO MUCH EMPHASIS ON CONDUCT AND GET CAUGHT UP IN FOLLOWING RITUALS AND RULES, BECOME RELIGIOUS(RELIGIOSITY). THESE RULES AND RITUALS LOOK CHRISTIAN, BUT IN REALITY THEY DO NOT ACTUALLY REFLECT CHRIST. THE HOLY SPIRITS WORK IN OUR LIVES IS TO TRANSFORM OUR MINDS AND OUR HEARTS SO OUR CHARACTER IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM THOSE WHO ARE UNSAVED. ONLY BY ALLOWING THE SPIRIT TO INFLUENCE AND YES EVEN CONTROL US CAN WE ACTUALLY SPEAK AND ACT ACCORDING TO WHO WE TRULY ARE MEANT TO BE, AND THAT IS GODS SONS AND DAUGHTERS! FATHER GOD WANTS HIS CHILDREN TO BE LIVING EXAMPLES AND REFLECTIONS OF HIM. HE DOESNT EXPECT PERFECTION FROM US, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT YET PERFECT, HE KNOWS THAT WE CANNOT BE TOTALLY SINLESS AS LONG AS WE REMAIN IN THIS HUMAN BODY. THUS THE NEED FOR A SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. IT IS THROUGH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE THAT WE ARE MADE RIGHTEOUS! IN OURSELVES, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS AS FILTHY RAGS! HE SHOWS US HOW TO THINK AND HOW TO ACT SO THAT WE MAY WALK IN A MANNER WORTHY OF OUR CALLING TO WHICH WE HAVE BEEN CALLED. (EPHESIANS 4:1) WE MUST TAKE AN ACCOUNT OF OURSELVES AND OUR ACTIONS, WHAT KIND OF CHARACTER AM I PROJECTING TO OTHERS. PLEASE REMEMBER TO SHARE THESE DEVOTIONALS WITH OTHERS, WE ARE ALL CALLED TO SHARE THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. I WILL BE BACK FRIDAY WITH MORE ON OUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY HAVE A SAFE AND BLESSED NIGHT IN THE LORD! VICKIE CAUDILL
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 00:40:06 +0000
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