"apply your heart"
Proverbs 23:12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12 Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:12 Commit yourself to instruction; listen carefully to words of knowledge.
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Get Your Confession Right!
It's better to speak it out loud.
"...For whatever is in your heart determines what you say." - Matthew 12:34b NLT
"For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved." - Romans 10:10 NLT
I started saying out loud to people at work, "I'm not here for the money; I'm here for character development."
"If I can look somebody in the eye that wants to destroy me and say, 'it doesn't matter; I love you anyway.' Then God can use me anywhere for anything at anytime."
I started saying that to everyone.
The next week my hours at work went from 20 to 35.
Then they went from 35 to 40, but the 40 actually went into overtime.
Amazing? Yes!
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Work, Slaves, Masters
After being called into question at work, ON MY DAY OFF, I had to go in, to explain myself. Sunday, God had said, "Above Reproach" and the Sunday before "Do Not Lose Heart".
After showing them I am indeed above reproach, and standing in defense of the real thieves, and suffering the the emotional pistol whipping, I figured I'd better get some scriptural foundations for this mess.
I ran to this scripture-
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 NASB
Ya! I can stand right up on my pride, beat my chest and misuse that scripture out of context and all my facebook buddies will know just how spiritual I am...
Maybe not.
What does the Bible say about "slaves" and their "masters"?
Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free. Ephesians 6:5-8 NASB
That wasn't what I wanted to hear.
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. Colossians 3:22-25 NASB
That still isn't helping.
All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against. Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. Teach and preach these principles. If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 1 Timothy 6:1-6 NASB
Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. Titus 2:9-14 NASB
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. 1 Peter 2:18-25 NASB
So, I have to not only endure, but patiently endure.
In so doing, I will find favor with God.
I... " have been called for this purpose"
hmm...
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After showing them I am indeed above reproach, and standing in defense of the real thieves, and suffering the the emotional pistol whipping, I figured I'd better get some scriptural foundations for this mess.
I ran to this scripture-
All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 NASB
Ya! I can stand right up on my pride, beat my chest and misuse that scripture out of context and all my facebook buddies will know just how spiritual I am...
Maybe not.
What does the Bible say about "slaves" and their "masters"?
Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free. Ephesians 6:5-8 NASB
Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. Colossians 3:22-25 NASB
That still isn't helping.
All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against. Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. Teach and preach these principles. If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. 1 Timothy 6:1-6 NASB
Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect. For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. Titus 2:9-14 NASB
Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. 1 Peter 2:18-25 NASB
So, I have to not only endure, but patiently endure.
In so doing, I will find favor with God.
I... " have been called for this purpose"
hmm...
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Circumcision, Ew!
it was when Moses' wife circumcised their son, threw the foreskin at his feet, and called him a bloody husband.
Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him [Moses] and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me." So He [God] let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision. Exodus 4:24-26 NASB
With everything that is going on, God is calling us to repent.
God is saying- get yourself in order.
God is saying- get your marriage in order.
Circumcision? What's that got to do with anything?
We as husbands have let our homes get in quite a disarray. Our children, our heritage from the Lord, our future... it's out of hand!
Moses was on his way to Egypt to set the Hebrew children free. He was doing what God told him to do. But he was still disobedient in that he had neglected some of the basic things. Thank God for Zipporah! God was going to kill Moses!
We husbands have left our job to our wives. Thank God for spiritual wives! But, we need to set things right!
Circumcision OF THE HEART has to do with repentance and a turning away from stubbornness and rebellion.
God is calling us to holiness and that includes our children.
Dads, it time to be the dad that God has called you to be...
... get your house in order.
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"So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. Deuteronomy 10:16 NASB
"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. Deuteronomy 30:6 NASB
"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds." Jeremiah 4:4 NASB
But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God... For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. 26 So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? 27 And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? 28 For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. 29 But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God. Romans 2:5, 25-29 NASB
and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; Colossians 2:11 NASB
When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, Colossians 2:13 NASB
for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, Philippians 3:3 NASB
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Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Heart vs Hope
Psalms 16:9 NASB Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely [in "hope" KJV].
Acts 2:26 NASB 'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;
Psalms 31:24 NASB Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD.
Proverbs 13:12 NASB Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Jeremiah 18:12 NASB "But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Knowledge is in the head; it has to do with what we see and hear.
Faith is in the heart. It makes us act and do things which are contrary to what we see, hear, and know in our head.
This study started with Proverbs 13:12.
If you "hope" for something and it doesn't come true, that will get to your heart- this is the origin of doubt.
We "hope" for things, but this is affected by our thinking (head).
The first 2 verses deal with the head (thinking) or "flesh". The "flesh" and "hope" are directly related here.
Also in the first 2 verses we see how the "flesh" benefits directly from the condition of the heart (faith, believing); if your heart (faith) is good, then the flesh (head, mind, body) are good too!
Heart - Faith - Believing
Hope - Head - Thinking - Flesh - Body
There are a lot of sick people today; many of them are Christians.
They "hope" that God will heal them. That's not enough. There is no healing in hope.
You hope with your head; it is a thought.
Jesus said,
Luke 12:25 NASB "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?
Can you worry or think about it, and add time to your life?
No.
So, why hope (think or worry) about a sickness or disease? It won't make you any better.
You have to believe; you have to have faith (heart) in God.
Hebrews 11:6 NASB And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Mark 11:23-24 NASB "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. 24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
You have to believe that you receive and THEN you receive it.
Thomas wanted to see the holes, then he would believe that Jesus was alive.
He had to see it before he would believe it.
We want to be healed, then we'll believe it happened.
It doesn't work that way. Just look around; there is proof everywhere.
If you are going to think about something, ponder God's Word. Read it, study it, memorize it, and ponder it. Dwell on it it the Presence of God. If you don't understand it, ask God: He'll explain it. If you don't understand the answer or think that God didn't give you one, He is probably preparing you so you will understand when He does give you one.
James 1:5-7 NASB But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
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Acts 2:26 NASB 'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE;
Psalms 31:24 NASB Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD.
Proverbs 13:12 NASB Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Jeremiah 18:12 NASB "But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Knowledge is in the head; it has to do with what we see and hear.
Faith is in the heart. It makes us act and do things which are contrary to what we see, hear, and know in our head.
This study started with Proverbs 13:12.
If you "hope" for something and it doesn't come true, that will get to your heart- this is the origin of doubt.
We "hope" for things, but this is affected by our thinking (head).
The first 2 verses deal with the head (thinking) or "flesh". The "flesh" and "hope" are directly related here.
Also in the first 2 verses we see how the "flesh" benefits directly from the condition of the heart (faith, believing); if your heart (faith) is good, then the flesh (head, mind, body) are good too!
Heart - Faith - Believing
Hope - Head - Thinking - Flesh - Body
There are a lot of sick people today; many of them are Christians.
They "hope" that God will heal them. That's not enough. There is no healing in hope.
You hope with your head; it is a thought.
Jesus said,
Luke 12:25 NASB "And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span?
Can you worry or think about it, and add time to your life?
No.
So, why hope (think or worry) about a sickness or disease? It won't make you any better.
You have to believe; you have to have faith (heart) in God.
Hebrews 11:6 NASB And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Mark 11:23-24 NASB "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. 24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you.
You have to believe that you receive and THEN you receive it.
Thomas wanted to see the holes, then he would believe that Jesus was alive.
He had to see it before he would believe it.
We want to be healed, then we'll believe it happened.
It doesn't work that way. Just look around; there is proof everywhere.
If you are going to think about something, ponder God's Word. Read it, study it, memorize it, and ponder it. Dwell on it it the Presence of God. If you don't understand it, ask God: He'll explain it. If you don't understand the answer or think that God didn't give you one, He is probably preparing you so you will understand when He does give you one.
James 1:5-7 NASB But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Walk & Pray in the SPIRIT
walk in the SPIRIT and pray in the SPIRIT
Ezekiel 36:27 LITV
(27) And I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall keep My judgments and do them.
Romans 8:1 LITV
(1) There is therefore now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to flesh, but according to Spirit.
Romans 8:26 LITV
(26) And likewise the Spirit also joins in to help our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes on our behalf with groanings that cannot be uttered.
1 Corinthians 14:15 LITV
(15) What then is it? I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the mind; I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the mind.
Galatians 5:25 LITV
(25) If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
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Monday Prayer Meeting-
John 16:33 LITV
(33) I have spoken these things to you that you may have peace in Me. You have distress in the world; but be encouraged, I have overcome the world.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 LITV
(17) Pray without ceasing.
Psalm 139, in particular verse 7
Psalms 139:7 LITV
(7) Where shall I go from Your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from Your face?
Psalms 119:2 LITV
(2) Blessed are those keeping His Testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:10 LITV
(10) I have sought You with my whole heart; do not let me wander from Your Commands.
Isaiah 26:3-4 ESV
(3) You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
(4) Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.
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