Month: October 2009

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I want to go home now

Michael

I just discovered an awesome post by a good friend and godly brother – “Silver Trumpets” But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself. Philippians 3:20-21 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are … Continue reading I want to go home now

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Be a lover (of God, not the world)

Michael

I’ve been struck yet again by the power of God’s Word. Talk about a wake-up call to how I conduct my daily life!? My emotions, attitudes, thoughts, words, and actions are all affected by these powerful verses from “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the … Continue reading Be a lover (of God, not the world)

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daily exhortation to myself

Michael

Deny myself, take up my cross every day, and follow Christ. (Matthew 16:24; Luke 9:23) I died to my flesh and this world when I was saved. I now live as a doulos (slave) of Christ. (Galatians 2:20) I am to love Christ and people, not this world system or my flesh. (1 John 2:15-17) I am to excel still more in my pursuit of godliness! (1 Thessalonians 4:1, 10; Philippians 3:12-14; 1 Timothy 4:7-8) I need God’s Word. I should meditate on His Word day and night. (Psalm 1:2 ; 119:9-11) I am called to “rejoice always, pray without … Continue reading daily exhortation to myself