Good blog my friend....Good questions...Food for thought ;o)

AMEN AND AMEN  I love this subject!!!!


LAY DOWN OUR PRIDE!!!!
All of sin can be boiled down to pride...
The devil's sin....Pride
Broken Marriages..... Pride
Materialism..... Pride
Broken relationships.....???? PRIDE

Butting heads with other believers.............................SAY IT WITH ME P R I D E

UHHHH I HATE IT.......
Crucify Pride..... And 
take up HUMILITY..... Love... Joy... Peace.... Patience....Kindness..... Goodness... Faithfulness.... Gentleness..... and Self Control....... Notice I didn't say the "P" word...........

As Christians we gave EVERYTHING to God when we asked to be His we traded this life for Eternity.... So we don't have anything that is off limits to Him What if God had set limits on His forgiveness of us? Freely given Freely Give Thanks for bringing this up......

Lately I have been abandoning my "rights" as much as possible, guess you could say crucifying the flesh. I have grown in the past few weeks in leaps because of renewing my mind in the Word. Stu-prince and I spoke of it yesterday. It is a simple recipe but sometimes I try to shortcut and use the wrong ingredients in my recipe and it just doesn't do justice to the end result.

I know what to do and yet have not always done it. 

Love, yeppers. 

By the way Sister Marcia,  I want to be blessed and if I have to crawl on my belly to get blessed so be it.  well, that made me giggle,  and want to know you more.  You have a strength in your convictions and no one will agree with you all the time.  You and I debated suicide and eternal salvation I believe once. I love you, say what you must and love harder. hugs and much love to you and all, juanita

Mike,

I tend to think that "laying it down" is a life long walk. That we never lay our life down all at once, how can we? As we walk on this path we grow and that part of us that grows has yet to be "laid down" we never actually lay it down all at once because how can you lay something down that simply isn't there yet?

As long as we are consciously aware, staying in tune with that part of us that is ever growing, and making an effort to lay down as much as we can at any given moment. Its all we can do. The  very fact that you are questioning if you have shows that you have grown and have become aware of a new part of your self that you have yet to lay down before the Lord.

Hows that for random thoughts?

Take Care of you Brother.

Blessings and peace

~ Jade

The Fellowship of the Ragged Coat

There is a ragged coat that he always wears
From the crowds come disapproving stares

This coat of many colors has seen better days
He seldom gets the understanding that he craves

He simply follows Jesus wherever He may go
There are many things he does not know

He humbly does the things that others will not
It doesn't bother him at all when he is forgot

Working harder than he should so he can give more
From his meager resources he gives to the poor

Carrying wood for the fire to warm the cold
Giving away his best clothes he keeps the old

Carrying a pail of water up the stairs to the feast
He often washes the feet of those the world calls least

He only takes his coat off to cover the undressed
Thankful for the opportunity to give his very best

If only he'd been careful his coat would look like new
Instead of seeking lost sheep pick from the fold a few

There is a ragged coat that he will always wear
Wherever this person goes Jesus will be there

.....peace.....


Mike, heartbroken not offended. In Psalm 22 Jesus said He was a worm not a man. The difference between a worm and a snake is what happens when stepped on, feels threatened, or space invaded. Do something to me and you see quickly what nature I have. A snake will strike out to protect itself. A worm will be hurt. By very nature the worm does not defend itself. Mike, how we react says much about about our true nature. You are a true brother in the fellowship of the ragged coat.

This morning was at McDonalds alone having bible study. In the booth behind me people sat "leaking GOD". It was refreshing. I heard one person say that she was giving up fast food for Lent. The others ordered food and GOD was present in their normal conversation.

As I went to get a coffee refill I shared The Fellowship of the Ragged Coat with what turned out to be an adult and three teens (off from school, spring break) meeting for devotions. I asked who was giving up fast food for Lent. It was the adult. I then asked her if she ordered food and asked them to cook it really, really slow if that would be okay.   

.....peace.....

You are a hot potatoe!

LOL Amy - sounds like you tripped over that plank, hehe

God is perhaps testing me at this time, to see how willing I am to lay it down.... There are practical concerns in our case, like concern for my children (#1), concern for my wife's emotional health, concern for the extended family.... We are in such a difficult position right now, wrt that extended family. Thankfully, though the family is on the edge of being torn apart, the grievous wounds inflicted on me are being supernaturally healed even as we speak. But the greater good may be calling me to take the hardest step(s) I've ever had to take in the arena of family....