I asked God

I asked God to grant me patience. God said, No. Patience is a by-product of tribulations; it isn''t granted, it is learned.

I asked God to give me happiness. God said, No. I give you blessings. Happiness is up to you.

I asked God to spare my pain. God said, No. Suffering draws you apart from worldly cares and brings you closer to me.

I asked God to make my spirit grow. God said, No. You must grow on your own, but I will prune you to make you fruitful.

I asked God for all things that I might enjoy life. God said, No. I will give you life, so that you may enjoy all things.

I asked God to help me love others, as much as He loves me. God said...Ahhhh, finally you have the right idea.

Author Unknown

Who I am in Christ!

I so love God's timing. It was a weekend of challenges. God got me through it, I did not explode. I must say I came close this A.M. So, I turned on the computer to check my emails. A lady in my SOW yahoo group posted this, and again God was able to break down the walls that I put us this morning. I just so love God. He is my Jehovah-Nissi. He goes before and prepares a way. Knowing I would harden my heart and start going down the wrong road He put things in my path to tear them down and bring me back to where He wants my heart.

I am God’s child for I am born of the incorruptible seed of the Word of God
which lives and abides forever - 1 Peter 1:23
I am forgiven all my sins and washed in the blood - Eph. 1:7
I am a new creature - 2 Cor. 5:17
I am a temple of the Holy Spirit - 1 Cor. 6:19
I am delivered from the power of darkness and transformed into God’s kingdom
- Col. 1:13
I am redeemed from the curse of the law - Gal. 3:13
I am strong in the Lord - Eph. 6:10
I am holy and without blame before Him - Eph. 1:4
I am qualified to share in His inheritance - Col. 1:12
I am the head and not the tail; I am above only and not beneath - Deut.
28:13
I am circumcised with the circumcision made without hands - Col. 2:11
I am crucified with Christ - Gal. 2:20
I am raised up with Christ and seated in heavenly places - Col. 2:11
I am His faithful follower - Eph. 5:1
I am the light of the world - Matt. 5:14
I am the salt of the earth - Matt. 5:13
I am called of God - 2 Tim. 1:9
I am brought near by the blood of Christ - Eph. 2:13
I am more than a conqueror - Rom. 8:37
I am in Christ Jesus by His doing - 1 Cor. 1:30
I am an ambassador for Christ - 2 Cor. 5:20
I am beloved of God - 1 Thes. 1:4
I am the first fruits among His creation - James 1:18
I am born of God and the evil one does not touch me - 1 John 5:18
I am a king and a priest unto God - Rev. 1:6
I am a joint heir with Christ - Rom. 8:17
I am reconciled to God - 2 Cor. 5:18
I am overtaken with blessings - Deut. 28:2
I am healed by the wounds of Jesus - 1 Peter 2:24
I am in the world as He is in heaven - 1 John 4:17
I am a fellow citizen with the saints of the household of God - Eph. 2:19
I am sealed with the promise of the Holy Spirit - Eph. 1:13
I am complete in Christ - Col. 2:10
I am the apple of my Father’s eye - Ps. 17:8
I am free from condemnation - Rom. 8:1
I am the righteousness of God through Jesus Christ. - 2 Cor. 5:21
I am chosen - 1 Thes. 1:4
I am firmly rooted, built up, strengthened in the faith and overflowing with
thankfulness - Col. 2:7
I am a disciple of Christ because I have love for others - John 13:34-35
I am built on the foundations of the apostles and prophets, with Christ
Jesus Himself as the chief cornerstone - Eph. 2:20
I am a partaker of His divine nature - 2 Pet. 1:4
I am God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works - Eph. 2:10
I am being changed into His image - Phil. 1:6
I am one in Christ! Hallelujah! - John 17:21 - 23
I have all my needs met by God according to His glorious riches in Christ
Jesus - Phil 4:19
I have the mind of Christ - 1 Cor. 2:16
I have everlasting life - John 6:47
I have a guaranteed inheritance - Eph. 1:14
I have abundant life - John 10:10
I have overcome the world - 1 John 5:4
I have the peace of God which passes understanding - Phil. 4:7
I have access to the Father by one Spirit - Eph. 2:18
I can do all things through Jesus Christ - Phil. 4:13
I walk in Christ Jesus - Col. 2:6
I press toward the Goal for the prize of the high calling of God - Phil 3:14
I live by the law of the Holy Spirit - Rom. 8:2
I know God’s voice - John 10:14
I show forth His praise - 1 Peter 2:9
I always triumph in Christ - 2 Cor. 2:14
Christ is in me. The hope of Glory! - Col. 1:27
I am accepted in Christ - Eph. 1:6 I am
blessed - Deut. 28:1-14
I am a saint - Rom. 1:7
I am victorious - Rev. 21:7
I am dead to sin - Rom. 6:2, 11 I am
elect - Col. 3:12
I am loved with an everlasting love - Jer. 31:3 I am alive with
Christ - Eph. 2:5
I am established to the end - 1 Cor. 1:8
I am set free - John 8:31 - 33

Professing .....

"There are too many professing Christians who content themselves with saying, "I was saved on a certain date." They do not go further in their confession. Their accomplishments are nothing. They have not grown or developed. They remain as babes in Christ." Lee Roberson

"I now think I am bound never to preach a sermon without preaching to sinners. I do think that a minister who can preach a sermon without addressing sinners does not know how to preach" -C.H. Spurgeon


Have you ever found this to be true? Why do you believe a 'preacher' would preach and not preach abuout sin?

“We corrupt the Word of God most dangerously, when we throw any doubt on the plenary inspiration of any part of Holy Scripture. This is not merely corrupting the cup, but the whole fountain. This is not merely corrupting the bucket of living water, which we profess to present to our people, but poisoning the whole well. Once wrong on this point, the whole substance of our religion is in danger. It is a flaw in the foundation. It is a worm at the root of our theology. Once allow this worm to gnaw the root, and we must not be surprised if the branches, the leaves, and the fruit, little by little decay. The whole subject of inspiration, I am well aware, is surrounded with difficulty. All I would say is, that, in my humble judgment, notwithstanding some difficulties which we may not be able now to solve, the only safe and tenable ground to maintain is this, “” that every chapter, and every verse, and every word in the Bible has been “˜given by inspiration of God.´ We should never desert a great principle in theology any more than in science, because of apparent difficulties which we are not able at present to remove.

~ J. C. Ryle, Warnings to the Churches (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, reprinted 1992), p.
31.

This quote reminds me of the message in Haggai. (Thank you Becca) for your blog on Haggai. Our ways, are they God's ways? How are we leading people? I challenge you to read Haggai pray fully. Dawn

Strike

"The greatest sit-down strike in the world is in those churches where those who claim to be saved have never yet become fishers of me." Robert G. Lee

Failure/Success

"The reason why many fail in battle is that they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is that they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came... Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory." R.A. Torrey

Quote

“The gospel of Satan is not a system of revolutionary principles, nor yet a program of anarchy. It does not promote strife and war, but aims at peace and unity. It seeks not to set the mother against her daughter nor the father against his son, but fosters the fraternal spirit whereby the human race is regarded as one great ‘brotherhood.’ It does not seek to drag down the natural man, but to improve and uplift him. It advocates education and cultivation and appeals to ‘the best that is within us.’ It aims to make this world such a comfortable and congenial habitat that Christ’s absence from it will not be felt and God will not be needed.”

–-A.W. Pink (1886–1952)