Monday, June 27, 2016

Monday's Musings

This is another day in which God has provided us with a choice to make. I can choose to draw closer to Him or I can choose to grow distant from Him. I don't believe that the day in which we are living will allow us to remain "spiritually neutral." We are either for Christ or we are against Christ. Jesus reminded us of this truth when He walked the face of this Earth. These words are not written from a harsh, critical attitude rather they are written from an attitude that sincerely believes that God is sending the "Church" a wake-up call. Don't you hear the alarm going off? Are we going to arise from our "sleepy spiritual" state or will we be content to hit the snooze button and roll back over and go back to sleep? I believe that it is spiritually dangerous to remain asleep. Let us arise and cast off the garments of darkness and put on the garments of Light. 

There was an awesome move of the Spirit in yesterday's service at New River. I prayed with many people who could hear the alarm bells sounding and they chose to listen to the voice of the Spirit and respond in obedience. God is calling for obedience to His directives. We have tried to replace old fashioned obedience with works, actions, offerings, service, etc. Each of these "actions" are good in and of themselves but they can never take the place of surrender and obedience to God. We must STOP AVOIDING the directives/mandates of God. We must do as Jesus reminded us, "...deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him." The part of denying ourselves can be very problematic in a world that is encouraging us to be independent, self sustaining, and exhibiting our freedom to make our own choices regarding our journey through life. That sounds very good to the fleshly side of us BUT we must also remember that there is an eternal side of us. We are a "living soul" that will spend eternity in the presence of God or we will spend eternity out of the presence of God. The choices we make on this earth will determine our eternal destiny.

I received a message yesterday afternoon from a young lady that was present in our Sunday service. As a matter of fact I was able to pray with this young lady during the altar prayer time of the service. The Lord is at work in her heart to say the least. She sent me a passage of scripture from the Message which is a transliteration of the Bible. I want to share the NKJV with you today as well as the Message. I encourage you to take a moment and allow the power of the Word to sink deep into your heart.

Hebrews 10:22-25, "let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."

Hebrews 10:22-25, "So let’s do it—full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out. Let’s keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. He always keeps his word. Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching."

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