I was in bed doing my study and thinking hard about my assignment and my real life example of people who are truly wholehearted followers of Christ. I had several different people come to mind that have touched my life by example throughout my many moves and adventures. The Lord, however, has not led me to share any of those people tonight. He has brought me to tears by leading me to scripture...yes scripture that I have read before.. to guide me to begin to be one of those people. So that is what I want to share.
First, I MUST stop just hearing the word and letting the worries of life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making (ME) unfruitful. (Mark 4:18-19)
I must TURN from worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them!!!(Acts 14:15)
I must consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord!
I must FORGET what is behind and strain for what is ahead..I must follow Paul's example, who was following Christ's example!!
I must truly understand that my citizenship is in Heaven. (Phil:3 12-20)
I must Rejoice in the Lord always..yes REJOICE!!
I must be content whatever the circumstances because I can do everything throught Christ who gives me strength.
I must let my gentleness be evident to ALL! (including my children)
I must not be anxious and I must think about true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy things.
I must let the Peace of God be with me. (Phil: 6-9)
God is there, waiting, loving , blessing me. I ask you all pray for the courage to truly let God change my life. Thank you.
Annette
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That is so awesome Annette! Nothing like being beat up and encouraged at the same time by the Word of God! I have to say I love your boldness and vulnerability in your writing. It really is time for all of us to take a stand for Christ trusting that the benefits will always outweigh the risks. Thanks for the reminder that God's Word is alive!
ReplyDeleteAnnette, I think this is just the kind of stuff we have been talking about and I am glad you had written this post. Sometimes, God wants us to go in a certain direction at a certain time or put things on our hearts. I appreciate your sharing what was put on yours and letting us in on what was going on.
ReplyDeleteI can't speak for anyone else, but I think this openness helps us to grow stronger.
The goal of any of the assignments isn't necessarily the product of the assignment. So the goal of this assignment was not for you to just write about someone else. The goal was for you to step outside of the normal flow we "exist" in and try to look at life through God's eyes. The goal for us reading is to benefit from your experience, be able to see life from more than our own eyes, and to grow closer as a group.
So there will be some things that will be more impactfull than others (is that a word?) but the fact that you are stepping out is what will take what we are reading into action that can be life changing.
i really love this post... thank you for sharing this with us Annette (net)... simply awesome - "I MUST stop just hearing the word and letting the worries of life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word" -- so stinking true!!!
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