Good morning. Hope everything is going well. Remember from yesterday that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance: however he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. So it works both ways. Something that we fail to do too often – devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of Thanksgiving. Many times we only pray when we need something or we are in trouble. Few people devote themselves to prayer. Too often we just run off a string of requests, and don't even bother listening to God's response. Also He may have something He wants us to pray for, but we're so busy making requests for ourselves that we miss what He asks us to pray for. Our attitude as we pray should be – Thanksgiving. Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. Remember that we are to be gentle as doves, but wise as serpents. We don't bow to their pressure, but we also don't try to push our beliefs on them. We are to: let your speech always be with grace, seasoned, as it were, with salt, so that you may know how you should respond to each person. We don't fire back at each person – that would be seasoning our speech with pepper sauce. On the other hand our speech is not to be like grits with nothing on them (talk about tasteless). The Holy Spirit will give us what we are to say, if we keep our "ears" open to Him. And that is the end of the book of Colossians. Father thank You that the reader devotes himself/herself to prayer; he/she conducts himself/herself with wisdom towards outsiders; and his/her speech is always seasoned with grace.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God

  Good morning. While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. Jesus was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men. Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. It doesn’t say, but I assume it is still during this time of the Passover. This man came to Jesus by night. Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do the signs that You do unless God is with him. It just said that the people believed in His name because of the signs He was doing; yet it does not say what those signs were. Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. That is why unbelievers cannot tell what is of the kingdom of God and what is not – they’re not born again. Nicodemus doesn’t have a clue. How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he? Unless one is born of water and the Spirit ...
Read more

And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds

  Good morning. And men repented, right? And they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pain and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds. The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and the water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east. Previously, the 6th angel blew his trumpet and told them to release the four angels at the river Euphrates so that the army of 200 million could cross over. Back to the bowl: and I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great Day of God, the Almighty. Father continue to bring blessings upon the reader and his/her family every day  of their lives.
Read more

So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed

  Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
Read more