Postby aliveinHim » Wed Aug 10, 2011 4:48 am
Hey everyone,
This is just meant to talk about how you're doing in your relationship with God in the positive way. This is not meant to be a boast or a brag but just tell how you've been growing closer to God.
God has been showing me the importance of first time obedience. In reality, you save yourself a lot of grief and pain. Even though it doesn't always feel good for being obedient, there are blessings in the end for those who obey. Haggai 1 is a good chapter which basically sums up everything I've been taking to heart this week.
"And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus." Ephesians 2:1-7
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