Salutations to my beloved sisters!
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Colossians 3:12-15
Awesome scripture of God's holy ways to walk in! Hope you're striving on sisters!
And if anyone is reading and not striving to obey all of God's Word and live holy in all ways...I encourage you to repent and obey the gospel!
I wanted to read some scriptures on the 'Word of God' as it's so important to us to live by!
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Psalm 119:105
Thankful for one more day with health and strength and freedom to occupy in good works...
We're not locked in jail or bed ridden...but His will be done if that happens and He will have other things for us to do then!
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.Genesis 1:11-12
Yes it's the world's 'crazy season' as they call it and praise God we ourselves can be set free from it! That 'spirit of Christmas' is not of God. It's a season of the flesh...extra food and gifts and all sorts of extra traditions of all sorts...not found in the Bible of course.
It's always good to remember that our God is one of order. He gave commandments to humans from the very beginning and so we have them today also. When we are outside of His ways...it is confusion.
Therefore our lives also should be ones of order sisters. Our physical lives in Titus 2 areas and our use of time should be ordered to be best redeeming the time. Of course flexibility is also essential as it's all the Lord's time and He can have different things for us than we thought but we want to be good stewards of this gift of time that we have been given.
When you realize or remember the truth that all we have is the Lord's then it helps us let go of things whether that's possessions, time, or people in our lives etc. We should cleave unto the Lord. He is in control and all He gave is His. As Job rightly said..."the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." (Job 1:21b) Amen!
And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
Matthew 8:26
I always think of that scripture in stormy weather. We can trust in God in it all. Be wise and not tempt Him ourselves of course but leave the rest to Him and be at peace. Nothing can happen that He doesn't allow. He sees and knows where His saints are. If destruction or injury comes...remember Job and bless the Lord's holy name!
Next scripture reading...
Always things in Jesus' teachings to ponder on and make sure we have right in our own lives.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
Luke 6:31-33
We have a high standard to live up to. Let us do right to all no matter what they do or don't do to us. Let us be long suffering and patient and merciful. We each need to make sure we are doing what's right ourselves. And give to others whether that's physical things or edification and love etc and not expect anything back. The Lord will reward us on that day...
And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Luke 14:14
(Thank you sister for the awesome scripture and creation picture:-)
Hold fast in the battle sisters! Let's not grow weary in well doing!
Love in Christ,
Sister Chayil
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