Num 6:8
"All the days of his separation he shall be holy to the LORD"
What does it mean to be separated? that means sacrifice, and sacrifice is so hard sometimes. To be completely set apart for God there must be cost involved.
looking at the world we see that we are to an extent separated but what does it mean to "be holy to the lord"? have we really separated ourselves from the world? are we completely severed?
too often in my own life do I feel i honestly have not been separated enough, obviously we can deny that fact that we live in a dark world and live in a "fairy tale land" but we must make sure that our daily lives are not of the world and not in the world(1Jo 2:16)
I feel so over whelmed by this concept of complete separation and as I read the word daily I see more and more ways to be separated from the world, even in the christian walk we tend to be painted by the world and not reaching the total fullness of Christ. My hearts desire is for the body of Christ to not be tinted by the world but rather be shiners of light in a dark age to come. We are to be separated unto the Lord!
that my friend is a daily battle and only in Christ will we accomplish it, it all starts with seeking the lord and being convicted of how we as a body are painted by the world. We must take that vow mentioned in numbers and we must offer everything as loss.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
walking in the holy spirit: Prclaiming Christ as Lord
1Cr 12:3 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed, and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit.
This is such an important part of walking in the spirit, when we proclaim Jesus as lord is must be of the holy spirit! That basically summarizes the whole purpose of living the christian life, it makes me sad when churches today neglect to proclaim Jesus as Lord in the holy Spirit. they rather teach a different Jesus, and refuse to be even spirit filled.
The challenge is what are we as a body doing for Christ? are we proclaiming the gospel in the spirit?
This is so important, and those who do speak by the spirit know that their lives will shine as lights and denying Christ is impossible when you are filled with the spirit.
The spirit will direct our every move if we learn to submit to it.
My greatest desire is to live a life of the spirit, and to proclaim Jesus as lord in the spirit! That is also our greatest challenge! But oh how great it is when we have that boldness to proclaim Jesus as Lord! but first we must admit he is Lord and that means dying to our selves something I am so trying to do, I feel like I am so selfish in every aspect of my life and it's all talk and no walk. But I know in my own striving I can accomplish nothing. The spirit must be real! it must be active!
that is what we need to hear today! Seriously where has the spirit gone? what greater things can we do then live in the spirit and proclaim the word?
thats my challenge. God is so good, and he is moving in believers around the nation/world and I am so excited to watch it happen!
This is such an important part of walking in the spirit, when we proclaim Jesus as lord is must be of the holy spirit! That basically summarizes the whole purpose of living the christian life, it makes me sad when churches today neglect to proclaim Jesus as Lord in the holy Spirit. they rather teach a different Jesus, and refuse to be even spirit filled.
The challenge is what are we as a body doing for Christ? are we proclaiming the gospel in the spirit?
This is so important, and those who do speak by the spirit know that their lives will shine as lights and denying Christ is impossible when you are filled with the spirit.
The spirit will direct our every move if we learn to submit to it.
My greatest desire is to live a life of the spirit, and to proclaim Jesus as lord in the spirit! That is also our greatest challenge! But oh how great it is when we have that boldness to proclaim Jesus as Lord! but first we must admit he is Lord and that means dying to our selves something I am so trying to do, I feel like I am so selfish in every aspect of my life and it's all talk and no walk. But I know in my own striving I can accomplish nothing. The spirit must be real! it must be active!
that is what we need to hear today! Seriously where has the spirit gone? what greater things can we do then live in the spirit and proclaim the word?
thats my challenge. God is so good, and he is moving in believers around the nation/world and I am so excited to watch it happen!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Being broken
Hello all!
yes, I know it has been awhile but the Lord has really been breaking me and molding me and I really feel like I needed to take some time away from this blog.
Now that my focus is more so on Christ things from now on out could get radical(:
I wanna write about the process of breaking down, this is so important to fully understand what it means to walk in the spirit.
Jam 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."
Grace! this means that when we are humble (As many of us are trying to be) God actually gives us grace! how awesome is that? but the process is hard, and sometimes it is painful, or we may be broken down but then we rise up again and struggle with our flesh. But remember that God gives grace to the humble! those who trust him! that is so amazing.
a little bit off track here, but these past few weeks have been good/tough for me. As you all know i am in Highschool and at the age where I really am praying about all the Lord has for me. Lately I have been receiving the same burden that I had before I went to Honduras, a burden for the spanish people. A burden that I pray in the Lords timing would become real! please keep praying for this burden, that the light of god would come down upon the spanish.
anyways, Part of these past few weeks have been just being broken and humbled, I was reading Isaiah 61 yesterday(Read it if you can) and it really spoke to about the process of being broken down and how God uses it to rebuild! So in closing, sorry for not posting more, I just have been really broken down and the Lord is not done yet.
yes, I know it has been awhile but the Lord has really been breaking me and molding me and I really feel like I needed to take some time away from this blog.
Now that my focus is more so on Christ things from now on out could get radical(:
I wanna write about the process of breaking down, this is so important to fully understand what it means to walk in the spirit.
Jam 4:6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: "God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble."
Grace! this means that when we are humble (As many of us are trying to be) God actually gives us grace! how awesome is that? but the process is hard, and sometimes it is painful, or we may be broken down but then we rise up again and struggle with our flesh. But remember that God gives grace to the humble! those who trust him! that is so amazing.
a little bit off track here, but these past few weeks have been good/tough for me. As you all know i am in Highschool and at the age where I really am praying about all the Lord has for me. Lately I have been receiving the same burden that I had before I went to Honduras, a burden for the spanish people. A burden that I pray in the Lords timing would become real! please keep praying for this burden, that the light of god would come down upon the spanish.
anyways, Part of these past few weeks have been just being broken and humbled, I was reading Isaiah 61 yesterday(Read it if you can) and it really spoke to about the process of being broken down and how God uses it to rebuild! So in closing, sorry for not posting more, I just have been really broken down and the Lord is not done yet.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Walking in the spirit: Living the word
Hello everyone!
This topic is about "Living the word" I mean getting plugged into the word.
As part of the walking in the spirit plan, we must get plugged in the word,
we must hold fast to it and be aware of the power of the word(Tts 1:9, 2Th 2:15).
The word is so alive and it is sharper then a two edged sword. It is amazing how easy it is to get distracted from the word in our walking in the spirit. I have faced the same problems, but as I read I also know that as a servant of the Lord it is necessary to read the word and grow in it.
As we the spirit moves, we know the word that went out (By us or by others) will not return void but will do exactly what the Lord has planned(Isa 55:11). This means we could receive a specific word from the Lord in our walk and maybe two-four years later it comes true! How cool is it when we are walking in the spirit and then the Lord gives us a word!
My goal as walking in the spirit is to apply the word I received daily as part of the my plan for the spirit. That means that every decisions I make School/ministry/family etc. is all based on decisions. That means this very blog could be based on the word of the Lord. When we seek the Lord in prayer/reading we really start to get the picture.
It's time we get real about the word and make it a daily point in our lives, it is time to get real and plugged into the word. I was missing so much before I started seeking the Lord in my reading time and even the most boring parts of the bible became real!
so this weeks challenge; Get into the word! in spirit and in truth!
This topic is about "Living the word" I mean getting plugged into the word.
As part of the walking in the spirit plan, we must get plugged in the word,
we must hold fast to it and be aware of the power of the word(Tts 1:9, 2Th 2:15).
The word is so alive and it is sharper then a two edged sword. It is amazing how easy it is to get distracted from the word in our walking in the spirit. I have faced the same problems, but as I read I also know that as a servant of the Lord it is necessary to read the word and grow in it.
As we the spirit moves, we know the word that went out (By us or by others) will not return void but will do exactly what the Lord has planned(Isa 55:11). This means we could receive a specific word from the Lord in our walk and maybe two-four years later it comes true! How cool is it when we are walking in the spirit and then the Lord gives us a word!
My goal as walking in the spirit is to apply the word I received daily as part of the my plan for the spirit. That means that every decisions I make School/ministry/family etc. is all based on decisions. That means this very blog could be based on the word of the Lord. When we seek the Lord in prayer/reading we really start to get the picture.
It's time we get real about the word and make it a daily point in our lives, it is time to get real and plugged into the word. I was missing so much before I started seeking the Lord in my reading time and even the most boring parts of the bible became real!
so this weeks challenge; Get into the word! in spirit and in truth!
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