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  • i am NOT ashamed!

    Sermon notes. Pastor Kobe Orr

    16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. Rom 1:16

    We are ambassadors! 2 Cor 5:20 Disciples of Jesus are not ashamed of the gospel because we understand and have experienced the power of God that can save anyone. The Gospel is the power of God! Disciples of Jesus recognize the need for the Gospel. GOSPEL- Jesus came and died and then rose again. Destroying sin and death. ANYONE who believes will be saved. For all have sinned and fall short! Romans 3:23 Wages of sin is death! Romans 6 Unless God in His mercy and kindness intervenes we will spend eternity in hell. We are desperate and hopeless without Christ! 1 Cor 6:9-11 Without Christ we will burn! But we were saved and washed by Christ. His mercy and kindness saves us when we don’t deserve it. We cannot be ashamed! Out of our love and thankfulness we should tell others about what God has done in our lives and God will use our testimony to help bring people to Him. Sin=Cancer= Death We come to Jesus because we are desperate and we refuse to forget our need for the Gospel!

    Disciples of Jesus believe in the power of the Gospel- for EVERYONE! I have seen the Gospel work in my life and I know that He can definitely save others! So have hope! The Gospel is hope. Hope for all the broken and the lost people for all of eternity. Romans 8:18 The Gospel is strong enough to save anyone! Take your eyes off the temporal and look to the eternal! True disciples of Jesus believes in the power of the Gospel!

    Disciples of Jesus share the Gospel. How could you withhold that hope from anyone? Don’t stay silent! How much do you have to hate someone to withhold the Gospel from them? Trust God for the harvest! Stay faithful and plant His seeds! The Gospel calls us to step out of our comfort zone. It is not our job to save but to be obedient and speak. Join God in His miraculous work! You only need to share your testimony. Echo the words of David in Psalms 34:8 Do not under estimate God and His plans. We are His ambassadors. 2 Cor 5:20 Share the hope that we get from what God has already done!

    APPLY TRUTH/APPLICATION:

    Pray personally for specific people. Corporately pray for your leadership! Sign up for the prayer calendar. Pray for Gospel eyes. EPH 3:20 God can do way more than we can possibly imagine! God answers the prayers of His people through His people! Pray for new believers and speak boldly. Talk about Jesus at work. Don’t be scared. Stay humble. Thank God for the privilege of being His ambassador today! Forgive me for all the times I let my pride keep me silent. I pray for courage and boldness. I refuse to be ashamed! Its all because of Your blood. Thank you Jesus!

    IN HIS NAME!

    i am NOT ashamed!

  • Are you so foolish?

    3 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. 2 Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? 4 Did you suffer so many things in vain—if indeed it was in vain? 5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— Gal 3:1–5

    The amplified version says ” O you poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians!” At the first moment I thought yes, how foolish are they? They were taught straight from Paul himself. Salvation was from Christ alone and by faith alone. How could they so easily forget His teaching? But then I’m instantly reminded of my life and the many times God has stepped into my life and pulled me out of the depths of Hell only for me to go running right back into the flames. Paul wants to remind us of how we were saved. Remind us who did all the work. And remind us what to do once we have exposed teaching that doesn’t line up with God’s Word! But most importantly Paul was disappointed by their disobedience to the real Gospel. The only true Gospel!

    When I think more about how I could possibly do these same things as the Galatians, I see the steps that sin takes to neutralize the truth. Something happens to me or to someone close to me and in my sinful flesh I go to my memory and I pick from the past the things that brought me comfort. I start to use them over and over until I think and act like I no longer need the Lord. Sometimes I travel down that path longer than others but lately God has been changing me so that I don’t have to stay on that road as long. There were times in my life that I would travel so far and forget so much that the Lord would have to break my legs to get my attention. Thank the Lord that today I have His Spirit to guide me!

    My accountability partner, who is definitely as close to the modern day Paul as we will ever get, showed me a drawing and it made perfect sense. When things happen we always resort to our memory. And from there we have 2 options. Take the redeeming path or go down the corrupt path. The corrupt path is controlled by our flesh and sin and it always ends up with the same disappointing results. Why do I keep choosing that path? Because the other side is the redeeming path. The one controlled by Christ. This one fills you with the Holy Spirit and the power of God. You start to think and act differently. You realize how important God’s Word is and you make it a priority to spend time dwelling on it and letting it take over your life. Without it I would be lost!

    Paul is reminding us of the true Gospel. Don’t get doped by false teaching. John MacArthur says,” The notion that sinful, weak, fallen human flesh could improve on the saving work of the Holy Spirit was ludicrous to Paul”. And it needs to be ludicrous to us as well because it is not the truth. Don’t bend the truth to fit how you feel! Change your thinking and be obedient to Christ. He saved us when we were absolutely undeserving! He stepped off His throne so that we could have a relationship with Him. Grab His Word and fill yourself with truth. And hold on to it like your life depends on it. Because it does!

    APPLICATION:

    Stay completely surrounded by God’s Word. Let it permeate everything I do! Stay humble. Do not defend myself. Let the Lord speak and act for me. Stay true to Him and trust that He is working and that He will not stop until His work is complete in me. Stay dependent on Him! Be obedient in all things and at all times! Pray Pray Pray! God I need you! Thank You for everything! Holy Spirit fill me up!

    IN HIS NAME!

    Are you so foolish?

  • Put on Humility

    Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Col 3:12–14

    Pray through 1 Cor 13:4-7 Jesus washed the feet of all the disciples! Extreme service. Sacrificial service! The greatest leaders will always serve first! True disciples of Jesus will grow in humility! Christ came to serve/ not be served! It is impossible to grow in godliness without humility. Pride is the root of all sin. A daily battle we will fight everyday. Pride: Elevation of self above God and others. Your being your own God. Humility: Gladly recognizing that God is God and we are not and treating others as more important than ourselves.

    Recognize that God is God and I am not! We are not God, we were created! Because of our sin we are corrupted! In our brokenness that’s where the Gospel will find us! We are objects of God’s mercy. We are all broken and deserve Hell. But God gives us undeserved grace only because of His kindness! Humility is the glad recognition that Christ gives us our identity! Pride says that I am God. At the root of every sin we are saying that we are better than God. We choose to live that way. We are to put our sin to death.

    Humility toward God starts with contentment and gratitude. Do not long for the things that I don’t have. Humility says I am thankful for all the things that God has already done. Trust in God! Remind yourself of God’s character. I do not actually deserve anything better! Don’t get bitter either! Peace comes from recognizing that God is in control. I am not! Prayer at the core is an act of dependence. Prideful people neglect prayer and are too arrogant to ask for help. Humility is gladly recognizing that God is God and that He is in control!

    Humility is treating others as more important than ourselves. Causes us to understand our equality with all people. There is zero discrimination with Christ! The only thing that saves us is God’s kindness. Titus 3:5 Your sin of arrogance is the same as the sin of murder. All sin requires a payment. Humility causes us to understand the expectation of obedience. If Christ will wash the feet of His followers then we are without excuse! Phil 2:3-6 No selfish ambition. Jesus modeled perfect humility through His obedience. He stepped down from His throne for me… He deserves to be worshiped! Tortured and abused and ridiculed all for me… If Jesus could do that for me then there is nothing that I shouldn’t do for others!

    What does humility toward others look like? Peace and patients. Meet others needs with kindness. Joyfully accept criticism and authority. Always want to be better. It is about meeting God’s expectations and not my own. Graciousness and forgiveness! Constantly reminded of my own sin. Quickness to repent. A humble person will own their sin and forgive others without expectations. Quickness to serve. No hesitation. Humble people make a habit of service while prideful people are always full of excuses. Close friendships. Pride pushes godly people away while humility draws godly people in.

    God will complete His work! Phil 1:6 Why put on Humility? James 4:6 If you stay proud you will be rejected by God. But God loves you too much to leave you that way. He will bring you to your knees! All good things come from walking in humility with God! Everything is built on humility!

    How do we grow in humility? Application:

    Look to His Word! Apply it to your life and allow it to change you. Listen to His voice. Be humble enough to hear Him and act. Listen to His people. God speaks through His people. I pray God will expose my prideful actions and that He would use His Word to change me from the inside out! Say sorry first! Ask others to expose my prideful actions! Listen and apply what they say to my life and change! Pray always! Be Thankful!

    IN HIS NAME!

    Put on Humility

  • crucified

    20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Gal 2:20

    Every single day I have opportunities to crucify myself and let Christ live in me and everyday I fail. Thank God for God’s promises that give me the hope I need to keep moving forward! This verse is one that I have been saying to myself often lately. I need to remember to die to myself. To not worry about what anyone thinks about me. This verse humbles me to tears. When struggles come and things get hard you can look to Christ and think He died on a cross for me. Is what I’m going through really that bad? It gives me hope for the future. Gives me strength to know I can face anything and the fact that nothing can take me out of His hands gives me faith! And from that faith He gives me peace!

    I have been crucified! What I feel really doesn’t matter. I need to surrender it all! This life I now live in the flesh I live in a way that brings Him honor and glory. He sees all of me and He loves me anyways. There is no other love like it! How could you not want to serve a God like that? Lord please give me the courage to follow Your lead! You gave Your life for me and now I want to return mine back to you in service! Change me and use me! You deserve it all!

    APPLICATION:

    Use this verse as a weapon against my flesh! Soak myself with scripture. Stay humble! Without Christ I’m a worthless carcass! Not capable of anything good. Die to myself minute by minute, day by day, until Christ takes me home. Stay positive and happy. Think about what Christ has done for me and let that bring me all the joy and peace and comfort that I need to get through the day. I am truly blessed! Thank You Jesus!

    IN HIS NAME!

    crucified

  • Putting on Kindness

    12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. 14 And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Col 3:12–14.

    Sermon notes Pastor Kobe Orr

    First I want to say how much I love my church! The worship today just brought out so many emotions! The first words I saw on the screen were “Why would I pray really small prayers to a really big God?” and oh did I need to see that. After going through my own valley and through the struggles of change I needed to be reminded of the God I serve and pray to! It was so nice to be surrounded with people that love the Lord and will do anything and everything to bring Him glory! And thanks to the pastors that unapologetically preach the truth! I never leave that place not chewing on a big piece of Gospel meat and seeing practical ways I can become more like Jesus! Thank You!!!

    Disciples of Jesus must put on kindness. If we have truly been saved and transformed by Christ then why would we return to our old life? Take off the old self and put on Christ! This is who you must be! Doesn’t matter where you came from, your old life is dead and now it is Christ living in you. Disciple-One who follows and is transformed by Jesus! Kindness- Active kindness towards the undeserved. Kindness is always rooted in compassion. Its active, never passive, so it will always cost you something. Luke 10:30

    Who are we being called to be kind to?? We are called to be kind to the needy! Are we aware enough to even see the needy? We are surrounded by people who are suffering. Jesus was never too busy to talk to homeless beggars! So neither should I!! Am I going to step up and do something? We are called to be kind to our enemies! You need to be kind to the people that have hurt you and slandered you and cheated you and even when you feel they don’t deserve it! What does this kindness look like? True kindness will cost you! Kindness could cost you everything but that’s OK because everything you have is a gift from God! He has entrusted us with this stuff so that we can help Him build His Kingdom! Don’t get selfish and greedy! 1 Tim 6:17-18 Our resources should be spent expanding His Kingdom. And when you give don’t expect anything in return. Luke 6:34-35

    Your kindness must be active! Kindness does not wait for the needy to initiate anything. The Gospel compels us to help those who need it most! Active engagement! God will use our kindness to restore people back to him. Go from enemies to brothers through one act of kindness! What is it that this person needs most? Can I meet that need? What is best for this person before the Lord? How can God empower me to meet their needs? IS THIS NOT EXACTLY WHAT GOD DID FOR ME?? We were dead and enemies of God but because of God’s kindness He chose to save me! Isaiah 53:5 Romans 2:4 God’s kindness is meant to lead us to salvation! There is no one beyond our kindness! Never forget how kind God has been to me! James 1:17 Use kindness to spread the Gospel! God’s kindness was not intended to make us comfortable so get to work!

    APPLICATION:

    Engage in Kindness by serving, praying for other people, at the food bank, giving money, and helping the needy! It’s easy to be moved to empathy… Do the hard work and get active! Stay locked inside God’s word. Listen to Him when He speaks. Its no coincidence that this scripture is directly lining up with my personal study! Gal 2:20 God is telling me that my old self, my entire old life and all its identities are dead! Stop trying to go back to the old ways for comfort. The old is dead and gone and now it is Christ who lives in me! It is no longer I who live but Christ is living in me! Act accordingly!!! Praise the Lord for those truths! I am going to smother myself with His Word until it becomes the most important thing in my life! God’s Word is the oxygen that truly keeps me breathing and alive! Lord please give me the courage to be kind! Never let me forget the kindness you showed me! Thank You Lord!!!

    IN HIS NAME!

    Putting on Kindness

  • justified by FAITH alone

    16 yet we know that a person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, so we also have believed in Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified. Gal 2: 16

    The closer you get to Christ the more you will see the things in your life that you need to change. After a while you get so focused on removing those things that it’s easy to forget some of the truths of God’s Word. You forget that you have already been justified by what Christ has done. You forget that God knows every single thing that you have done or will ever do! You start to do these things on your own power and you don’t understand why it is so hard or why you’re not moving as fast as you think you should. In my life when that happens it is because I have taken the controls back and I have started to do what I think is needed or is best. I forget that my choices and my great ideas are what got me into the mess in the first place. If the enemy can get you to forget the promises of God then he has enabled you useless and you will spin around trying to fix yourself instead of surrendering it all to Him and letting God do the work that only He is able to do. Once you start to compromise and rely on your own strength that is when the enemy starts licking his chops and starts executing our destruction. Most of the time our sinful flesh will take us out and the enemy just sits back and enjoys the show… So don’t fall into the trap! Stay connected to the source!

    Paul is telling us that NO one will be justified by works! There is no way to earn your place with God. There is nothing you can do to make God accept you or love you more than He already does. Salvation is a gift that comes from God. You have to truly believe and with faith accept all the promises of God. God’s Word says that we only have to believe in Him and will be justified and sanctified and brought into His family. He says He will give us the power to change and He will be there to help every step of the way. He will help us in times of temptation and in time of pain and suffering. He will give us the strength to keep fighting and the hope to keep going when everything else can seem hopeless. It can be easy to believe and trust in God when things are good but what happens when things are not so good? When something bad happens are you going to run to the substance or thing that you have always went to for comfort? When sin is exposed in your life will you continue to make excuses and rationalize why it’s not so bad or will you eradicate the sin from your life like God’s Word tells you to do? God doesn’t change and His grace and love will always be covering me but I still have to make a choice. Who am I going to serve? Christ or myself? Lord Help me to keep my eyes always on You!

    APPLICATION:

    Stay hopeful!! As I walk with God and sin is exposed in my life and those around me, help me to keep my eyes on Christ. This can be very hard and things can start to seem hopeless and not even possible but remember, that is a lie from hell. There is nothing we cannot do with Christ and that removing sin is a part of our sanctification. God does not want to share us with all the little idols we put in our hearts. He deserves it all! So give it your all when it comes to doing what His Word says regardless of what you’re thinking in your head. Do not let my feelings control my actions! Stay connected to God by spending time in His Word. You cannot have a relationship with Christ without being in His Word! You cannot have a proper view of the world and your sin without being in His Word! You will not feel the power and the love and the comfort of His forgiveness and guidance without being in His Word! Lord help me to remember your promises! To truly believe in You and to turn to you when I need to be comforted. Help me to remember that Your ways are so much better than mine! Be with my family and I as we push closer to You! I need Your power and Your love and Your forgiveness! Help me to be hopeful when everything seems dark and hopeless! May I keep my eyes on You and may You shine Your light into all the dark places in my life! May I stay humble and keep myself at the foot of Your cross! You did all the work so I could be with You! I am truly unworthy!

    IN HIS NAME!

    justified by FAITH alone

  • Clothed in Compassion

    Sermon notes. Pastor Dustin Slezak

    9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. 11 Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Col 3:9–13

    Who are you wearing? “OLD self or NEW self” Christ is asking us to always be compassionate! Followers of Christ are called to show compassion to those who are suffering. Compassion: a deep internal stirring of mercy that moves a person to act for the good of those who are hurting. It wont come naturally to most! Compassion flows when we are walking with Christ daily! No one was as compassionate as Christ. EPH 4:32 1 PET 3:8 The closer you get to Jesus the more you will start acting like Him.

    Compassion grows out of our own suffering. 2 COR 1:4 Without suffering you will lack character. Those who have suffered in similar ways have more compassion and find it easier to relate or have empathy towards the person suffering. God will not waste your suffering! Great rewards come to those who suffer for the Gospel. Compassion knows how to extend mercy even when it’s undeserved! Christ expects us to extend mercy to everyone, especially those who do not deserve it! MARK 6 JOHN 8 MATT 18:33 MATT 5:7 LUKE 6:36 Saying the words is a whole lot easier then actually doing something! Compassion has to include action! Christ expects us to be compassionate no matter what the situation.

    What happens when compassion runs into justice?? MATT 18 Let justice be for the Lord to decide. We should always have mercy toward others just like the Lord has mercy on us everyday we are alive! My job is to be merciful and trust that God will bring Justice when necessary!

    APPLICATION:

    LEARN TO LISTEN!! Don’t compare their situation to my own. Don’t devalue their experience. Don’t give unsolicited advice. LEARN TO ADVOCATE for the hurting. Words are insufficient without action! JAMES 2:15-16 Compassion requires action! ROMANS 12:9 LEARN TO SERVE. Learn to serve those who are different from me! Instead of unfriending and unfollowing people that are different, try serving them! Have compassion and empathy for those in need just like Jesus reached down and helped me when I didn’t deserve it! WHO AM I WEARING?? Do I have the courage to be compassionate even when I don’t see it or want to…? Lord please help me to serve and to put OTHERS FIRST!

    IN HIS NAME!

  • actions speak louder!!!

    5 to them we did not yield in submission even for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might be preserved for you. Gal 2:5

    For Paul, the truth of the gospel is more than an abstract concept; it is a new life of faith and love in Christ. This is where the rubber meets the road. If you say you believe in the saving grace of Christ but you keep returning to the piles of bones, that are pieces of your idols that God has smashed, then how can you really believe that anything has changed? Christ didn’t save you so you could return to your vomit and eat like pigs in the slop! He pulled you out so that you could live a different life. One that honors Him and brings Him glory! One that gives you hope and a purpose!

    Lately I have been so focused on other people in my life, praying for them and thinking about ways to help them. But inside of it all the Lord was working on my heart and my life. Showing me there are idols in my heart that I’m still serving. I am returning to the piles of bones from my past and I’m picking them up and trying to use them like I can, all of the sudden, control myself and I don’t need God anymore. Basically telling Him I have a better way and I can control myself… I couldn’t be more wrong!! Thankfully the Lord has removed most of the big sin from my life but there are things that still remain that I’m not OK with carrying. Like King Josiah did when the Lord revealed his sin I want to smash them all to pieces! Turn them into dust and into something that is unrecognizable!

    and burned it at the brook Kidron and beat it to dust and cast the dust of it upon the graves of the common people. 2 King 23:6

    God showed King Josiah what was going on in his heart and he knew he had to do something! So many times God rescued His people and almost every time they would forget and return to there sin. Thank God for His Holy Spirit! We have Christ living in us so we have more help then they had but it still doesn’t make it any easier! Our hearts are idol factories running 7 days a week, 24 hours a day! Without Christ you are fighting a losing battle! Without the hope and faith that come from Christ it would be impossible! Saying you believe is the first step. But that needs to be followed by action! Even with the Holy Spirit filling you with Christ you will have to make a choice! Because sin will always be sitting on your shoulder waiting for you to slip and forget about Christ! Let the truths of Christ dwell inside you and make it your goal to focus on Him. Take your eyes off of yourself and your situation and choose to believe in something greater than yourself! Dwell on those truths until they become facts and staples in your life! Keep fighting even when you slip! Gods grace and love covers anything that you can do! There is nothing that God doesn’t already know about you. Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God and He will restore you! Let Him fight your battles and just focus on filling your mind with His Word!

    APPLICATION:

    Read my Bible. Spend time in prayer! Believe and with faith change the things that need to be changed! Fill my mind with God’s Truth! Use God’s Word in everything I do! Talk about the Lord and what He has done in my life! Humble myself and be patient. Let the Lord lift me up. Let the Lord do all the defending and give Him all control! Pray Pray Pray!

    IN HIS NAME!

  • not from man

    1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— Gal 1:1

    As I start Galatians Paul starts by telling us that he didn’t come up with this Gospel. Reminding us that there is only one God and one Gospel. There is only one way to get to Christ. You cannot just change it to fit your life. When things get hard, God’s Word remains the same. Christ gave His life so that we could have a relationship with Him. You cannot have it both ways. As soon as you turn from the truth and start adding and subtracting so that it makes you feel better or makes you more money or comfort you are in sin. You have removed Christ from the throne and put yourself in that place. Your actions will expose what you truly believe. Are you going to be patient and pray and allow God to move or will you just do what you want to get yourself into the best place possible. I don’t believe trying to improve yourself is sinful but it comes down to the attitude of your heart. Who are you serving? Why are you doing the things your doing? So quickly I turn from Christ and serve myself. It happens all day long. But I believe with prayer and study and living it out, pushing into Christ, that it will get easier to keep yourself off the throne. God has given us everything we need. We just have to believe it and put those beliefs into action and those actions will increase your faith! The God of power and comfort has everything you need!

    who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age- Gal 1:4

    Next Paul hits the very reason we change and pervert the Gospel… To please man…

    10 For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. Gal 1:10

    Like I said earlier He is reminding us that we cannot serve two masters. No matter what we put on the throne, whether it be ourselves or other people or money or success or power or even your own family, it is making those things more important than God’s Word. And once you put anything over that you are going in the wrong direction. You are trusting yourself and your wicked heart will slowly take over and you wont like where you end up. I cannot tell you how many times I have tried to do this on my own… It doesn’t work! You run and chase all the things that you think you need until you’re lost and too afraid to even look up because your pride is in control and the truth of God’s Word couldn’t be further from your mind. Lord please forgive me for my sins and all the ways I put myself on the throne of my life! Give me the strength and the faith and the power to be different! You are King and i am not!

    24 And they glorified God because of me. Gal 1:24

    Lord I pray that Your Will be done and one day my life will be a depiction of that verse! I want people to see my life and GLORIFY GOD! That is my prayer and what I want! Lord please give me the strength to make that happen! May You be glorified! May I stay humble! May I spend the rest of my life in service to You! May I never forget what You did for me and how much I absolutely did not deserve it! May your grace and love cover me as you change me from the inside out! Thank You for everything!!!

    APPLICATION:

    Stay in God’s Word. I cannot rely on my heart and my thinking! Do not defend myself! EVER! God is my defense and He will take care of everything. I don’t need to worry about anything but being faithful to Him. Turn God’s Word into action. Live it out and use it in my everyday thinking! Don’t be scared to talk about Jesus. Especially at work. Your are the King and i am not. Don’t let me forget that!

    IN HIS NAME!

  • final appeal

    17 I appeal to you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and create obstacles contrary to the doctrine that you have been taught; avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites, and by smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. 19 For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil. 20 The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Rom 16:17–20

    As I finish my study of Romans I’m reminded by Paul to always keep on guard. Don’t allow myself to get complacent. I am not sure who said it first but walking with the Lord is like swimming in a river. If you are not actively swimming up stream and putting in the effort then you will be instantly swept backwards. You will lose control and just crash into anything that crosses your path. When you choose to live for the Lord your choosing to be different. Believe me when I say that it is a whole lot easier to just go with the flow and follow everyone else. It is a daily battle that sometimes feels unattainable. Thank God for the hope that comes from knowing Christ!!! Knowing He has already had victory regardless of how I feel!

    13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. Rom 15:13

    At the end of the day that is what we hold on to. Faith in Christ and the hope that one day we will be with Him in paradise. The more you read His Word and the more you pray, the more your faith will grow. And with that comes more belief and more hope and that is followed by true lasting peace. Even in the worst of times God has comforted me with that peace. Lord may I remember that you are the God of all comfort and that You are the only thing I need. Help me to actually materialize that prayer and physically turn to you in my time of need! Thank You for Your Word!

    APPLICATION:

    Stay in the Word. Read and pray. Think about my actions and use God’s Word as my filter. When I’m needing comfort go to God’s Word and pray. Allow Him to fill me with the lasting comfort that can only come from Him. Pray Pray Pray!

    IN HIS NAME