Acts 24:16 " Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward God and toward men... 25 But as he (Paul) continued to argue about uprightness, purity of life (the control of the passions), and the judgment to come, Felix became alarmed and terrified and said, Go away for the present; when I have a convenient opportunity, I will send for you." (Amplified Bible)
Have we become numb to the bombarding of info that we see from murder, war, martyrdom, to purity of life issues that modern communication accepts and trows out there daily in all varieties of ways. We can just choose a desire to feed and make our selection and justify it by today's thinking. My desire is not to bring us back 100 years in our thinking, but 2000 years and search the heat of God in His thinking. In doing so it is a process that takes us from the worlds position and puts us in position to hear and be adjusted by God. Everything may seem to be operating just fine till we plug into God's diagnostic computer letting the Spirit of God make the necessary adjustments. Getting us running the race spiritually fit in all areas of our assignment.
People have put this off until a convenient opportunity presents itself since the beginning of time. God wants to complete a work in us in order to work through us. In this way the body of Christ will truly reflect our Lord and Savior who adjusted His schedule and came to be conformed to the will of the Father in order that we would have our condition transformed into the image of the one who paid the ultimate price. See Romans chapter 12 and begin the restoration that is only possible in Christ.
In Christ,
Dan
Have we become numb to the bombarding of info that we see from murder, war, martyrdom, to purity of life issues that modern communication accepts and trows out there daily in all varieties of ways. We can just choose a desire to feed and make our selection and justify it by today's thinking. My desire is not to bring us back 100 years in our thinking, but 2000 years and search the heat of God in His thinking. In doing so it is a process that takes us from the worlds position and puts us in position to hear and be adjusted by God. Everything may seem to be operating just fine till we plug into God's diagnostic computer letting the Spirit of God make the necessary adjustments. Getting us running the race spiritually fit in all areas of our assignment.
People have put this off until a convenient opportunity presents itself since the beginning of time. God wants to complete a work in us in order to work through us. In this way the body of Christ will truly reflect our Lord and Savior who adjusted His schedule and came to be conformed to the will of the Father in order that we would have our condition transformed into the image of the one who paid the ultimate price. See Romans chapter 12 and begin the restoration that is only possible in Christ.
In Christ,
Dan
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