Fresh Water! Life in the Spirit Part1. Bible Verse:Colossians 4:5-6. '' Make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with self, so that you may know how to answer everyone '' There are no random act of kindness, only intentional acts given the opportunity to happen. We have thought about kindness we can do. We have prayed for an opportunity to be kind. Then the opportunity presents itself and bingo! we act with kindness. Nothing random about that! This is true not just in deeds, but in words as well. More than trying to avoid poor speech, we are urged to use our speech to bless and help others to come to know Christ.
Fresh Water! Life in the Spirit Part2. Bible Verse :1Thessalonians5:16-18. '' Be joyful always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus''. Where does your heart live? That's what these verses are all about. It's about where we spend the most time with our heart. Is there a constant awareness in your life that God is present? Is he the unseen but always present companion in all your ups and downs? Or is God here when is convenient and gone when things are busy or we feel that everything is going okay? Joy comes from knowing we are never alone. Prayer is the ongoing conversation we have, spirit to Spirit, child to Abba, human with God. Thanksgiving and joy are the great remindness that we have been blessed no matter what the outward circumstances imply.
Fresh Water! Life in the Spirit Part3. Bible Verse :2 chronicles 7:14 '' If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked way, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land ''. Humility is not our culture's most valued asset or most desired character quality. But, humility is what is demanded not so much because it's commanded (though that would be enough), but because we've '' earned '' our need of it. Every year brings another wave of major failures in morality, character, and Spirituality. Even on our best days, we all fall short of God's holiness. Rather than progressing culturally, we find ourselves slipping. Our needs to approach God with humility is''earned ''! So let's be humble and call upon the Lord, throwing off our sin and seeking after him, God bless you.
Fresh Water! Life in the Spirit Part4. Bible Verse : Matthew 18:15 '' If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over ''. This just right thing is so hard to do sometimes. It seems so much easier to gossip about someone who has wronged us, or to mention them in a group prayer as needing help, or to pass around an innuendo when talking about struggling Christians. But only one thing is the right thing when we have been wounded by the action of another brother or sister in Christ! Go to the person who has wronged you, try to keep the damage contained to just the two of you, and work on being reconciled. This is God's desire,and should be our goal as his children.
Fresh Water! Life in the Spirit Part5. Bible Verse : Matthew 18:15 '' If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over ''. This just right thing is so hard to do sometimes. It seems so much easier to gossip about someone who has wronged us, or to mention them in a group prayer as needing help, or to pass around an innuendo when talking about struggling Christians. But only one thing is the right thing when we have been wounded by the action of another brother or sister in Christ! Go to the person who has wronged you, try to keep the damage contained to just the two of you, and work on being reconciled. This is God's desire,and should be our goal as his children.
"Whatever we touch, we leave fingerprints.. As we touch other's lives, we leave our identity. Life is better when you are happy; but life is at its best when others are happy because of you. Be faithful in touching other's hearts, be an inspiration. Nothing is more important and worth practicing than being a channel of God's blessing. Nothing in nature lives for itself. Rivers do not drink their own water ; Trees do not eat their own fruits.The sun does not shine for itself; and Flowers do not spread their fragrance for themselves. Jesus did not sacrifice for himself. Living for others is a rule of nature. We were all born to help each other. No matter how difficult the situation you find yourself in ; still do good to others."
Thought of the day
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