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| Bible Study: 1 John 2:7-2:17 |
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1:2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; What an exciting time right now in our world, to be able to be pressed-in but not broken, to be able to be alive to see the hand-of God and to Know His words as they come alive in this day and age. Our God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. God is still in charge. Over and over this past week I have received "bad' news, dealt with difficult people, dealt with hostile people, dealt with the stigmatism of being a single mom and from Domestic Violence, not being able to finish school yet, {It is difficult when you are getting a child healed up, working on a new career for you have been stalked at your old employment, court dates, etc BUT God's grace ALWAYS was sufficient and He has brought us out of bondage to abuse. Living the life I have now is Amazing, wow, what God can do!} through all of these things, that grace and peace was multiplied. Gosh, I don't like to use the term 'was'...it is still happening, in present tense, a verb...showing action! God is showing action in your life by offering you this study to bring in His light. As I say that sentence, I am reminded about the verse: 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me. Through Jesus is our answers to life! For it is through Jesus that we have access to God after we accept Jesus as our Savior. Asking for salvation is not the last part of this walk with Christ, we are to daily pick up our cross {what God wants us to do} and bear Fruit of the Spirit so that our works show our heart condition and it is an offering to God. This offering is a gift and faithwalk of service to our Savior, our King! The Fruit of the Spirit: 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 5:23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law. Today's verses {as a recap}: 2:7 Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard. 2:8Again, a new commandment write I unto you, which thing is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away, and the true light already shineth. 2:9He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in the darkness even until now. 2:10He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him. 2:11But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes. 2:12 I write unto you, `my' little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father. 2:14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one. 2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 2:17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. These verses stand on their own for this study so I want to just add, I had a friend write me yesterday adn he mentioned, 'this is a time of the wheat being sifted from the barley i our world' and that is so true but I also want to add, when you are in abuse, your world is dictated by a different package than other peoples and the reference to being sifted is not about you doing something wrong in life. Those who are walking in the light have that deep peace despite this chaos in the world. When you enter the love relationship with God, He covers you with his cloak...just like Boas did Ruth when she was at His feet. Walk worthy of the name of Jesus! have a wonderful week, I appreciate the messages with prayer requests, what a blessings. As always, questions are always welcome. Blessings and love, Battleoffaith.org  Thank you lady for the pic! ;) |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Amen. It is written in Acts: "It is through much tribulation that we must enter into the Kingdom of God." This goes along with all those other verses in 2 Corinthians that tell us that the purpose of tribulation is to bring us into that place of weakness where we will stop trying to depend upon our self to produce the life, and we will begin to expect the Spirit to produce the "fruit" through us. A HUGE difference in who gets the glory, and about our expectations of what comes from us! When we do see "badness" in our self and fall apart, it is because we unknowingly are still expecting something from our "self" rather than from Christ. The "badness" is merely our weakness and our opportunity to expect Christ to be all that He can be...through us! Power made perfect [brought to maturity] in our weaknesses. Our weaknesses then become something we actually glory in then!!! Think about it! Yours in Him,
Craig |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Exactly Craig!!!
When we are weak, He is strong!! Weakness is the perfect spot! |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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My husband and I have been going through a lot too these past few weeks. My mind always wants to question why. but as they say, "God didn't promise me a rose garden". But I am his rose! |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| Crystal, that is beautiful...you are His rose! |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| It is good to remember thar Jesus went through most of the things thatwe go through |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| All I can really say is Amen & Amen & God bless you, Cheryl for your faithfulness to the Lord. You are truly a blessing. If I were there I would give you a big ole hug. |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Kisses from NC to OK I am consistantly blessed by your" open for all to see who Cheryl is and what Cheryl is doing and thinking and being"and look forward to reading each time you do it. I am looking forward to being financial support to your work. I will be mailing a check tomorrow with the book I told you about. After I am back to work, I should be able to do more. Working off of half pay right now while on short term. hugs and much love juanita |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| Just thinking about grace & peace being multiplied, ever increasing as we grow in our knowledge of the LORD...and thinking about how, when we get a physical wound, we clean it, apply ointment and a bandage. We check it each day, cleaning and reapplying ointment and bandages as needed until it is completely healed. If it becomes infected we seek medical attention. Isn't it odd then, that we aren't as full of grace toward ourselves when we receive an emotional wound? We all get hurt -- but why do we expect for that hurt to heal up the moment we say, "I forgive"? We certainly do have to come to the place that we can say that! But it is just the first step in addressing the wound! We also have to be gentle with ourselves -- cleaning that hurt, applying the ointment and then covering the wound with God's Word and ample time spent in His presence. Some of those wounds will leave a scar, some won't. But the more we fellowship with the LORD, the better we will become at properly caring for those wounds. |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Liz, amen lady, He went through it first...
Pandabear, thank you, God is good! Blessings~
Higherground, wow, thank you! Financial donations is an answer to prayer. I do know I am suppose to be in full-time ministry and have received confirmation on it. Thank you so much for helping to spread His truth and His light to others through SpeakUpMinistry.ning.com! Kisses right back lady!! xoxo
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| Grammy, you are a blessing, thank you for the analogy, so true! |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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“Grace groweth best in the winter,” and we can testify with the psalmist, “it is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psalm 119:71). One thinks, for example, of Fanny Crosby, blind since early childhood, yet enabled to write 8,000 beautiful hymns in her 95 years. http://www.icr.org/article/21126/ 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Amen gojolly63, I like that: 'Grace groweth best in the winter'
Ladies/ gentlemen, even in life and death situations, get help and go to safety, God does not wish abuse on His people, you are to live an resurrected life. Then you count it all joy!!
1:2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; 1:3 Knowing that the proving of your faith worketh patience. 1:4 And let patience have `its' perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing. 1:5 But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. 1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing doubting: for he that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. 1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord; 1:8 a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| Amen Sister great word! |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Thanks for sharing sister Cheryl...
In the words of a song, "If I didn't have a problem I wouldn't know that He could solve them."
I guess sister Cheryl that we are continuously enduring into the end and it seems some weeks more then others... Amen?
But He does give us a song in the night season... Hallelujah!
Blessings In Him... :o)
Herman |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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The verses I've never heard preached from a pulpit or on TV: 2 Corinthians 4:7-18 (ESV)
7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12So death is at work in us, but life in you. 13Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, "I believed, and so I spoke," we also believe, and so we also speak, 14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. 15For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God. 16So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. The only way we are building up that weight of glory is when we are looking at the "unseen" and eternal things. If we focus on the seen they we end up suffering for nothing. Derek Prince is the only one I know of who speaks to these verses in his book Faith to Live By. Also another book by Billheimer called Don't Waste Your Sorrows Best regards,
Craig |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Doyle, amen bro!! You still owe me a dance! lol!! I'll meet you at the nursing home!~
see ya brother~
Evangelist Herman, what a blessing...singing with ya!
{{Craig!!}} You have got to co-author with me!!! Thanks bro!! :)
Mike, I'm singing too!! Lovin the song...JOY, JOY, JOY, JOY DOWN IN MY HEART, DOWN IN MY HEART, DOWN IN MY HEART TO STAY!!!!
Blessings bro~
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| February 19, 2009 |
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Cheryl,
Our prayers go up non ceasing. Thanks your most indepth insights and your geniune love and care.
Bro. Chuck |
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| February 19, 2009 |
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| u remain to be the great blessing i have come to know in my life. God bless you mightry. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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Bro. Chuck, blessings brother, thank you. God is good!
Willy, thank you brother, God is faithful and good! |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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1 Corinthians 14:26 (ESV)
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. Let it happen! :-) |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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I have to repost this Craig, thank you brother for your blessings!
Let it happen in your life family of God!!
1 Corinthians 14:26 (ESV)
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up. Let it happen! :-) |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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Cheryl, your teaching of Gods word and the sharing of your own life is
a blessing. I think about my own life and remember to do what is pleasing in the sight of God.
I know where I have been in my past, and how Gods grace has given me a new beginning, taking the old me and making me new. I have to say in the beginning of my journey with the Lord, I thought I had peace but it was just that, the beginning of what I have now. A deep inner feeling of trust in God, no longer leaning on my own understanding. No longer having a feeling of worry or hurt, not saying those feelings don't come, it's knowing to give everything to Jesus and quickly. I believe the fruit of the spirit is a gift, a cultivation of our love towards God and His love within us. We must walk worthy of this gift. Which produces the peace we need for everyday living, every situation, every circumstance. Too many people are living without this. If and when I can share what God has done for me with others in this chaotic world, and the Lord draws them, then they too will find peace.
God bless you and thank you. |
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| February 20, 2009 |
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Sis Cece, amen lady! amen! it is giving all things to Jesus, moment-by-moment!!
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