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Showing posts with label purify. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

I DID IT OR HE DID IT FOR ME

 
Proverbs 27:21
 
"The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise." ESV
 
We have learned how silver and gold are purified by the refiner's fire; how it separates the purity from the impurity. Will we show how purified we have allowed the Lord to make us when we speak of our own accomplishments and the good life we have. Are we prideful, feeling superior, self-satisfied that we have accomplished much? Or are we humble and speak the truth of how it is only by the grace of God that we have gotten to this place? Do we honor ourselves for what we have accomplished or do we give all the glory to God? That will tell our purified we are.
 
Heavenly Father, may we never be puffed up by claiming what we have achieved as being by our own talents and abilities. Instead, let the blessings we have in this life be motivation to tell the world it is by Your loving grace, and Your desire to bless Your children. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.
 
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Wednesday, November 21, 2012

RID OF THE OLD LIFE

 
1 Peter 2:1
 
"Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind." NIV
 
"Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings."



The Word of God is clear about getting rid of all remnants of the old life. This includes attitudes of the heart, such as: unholy ill will, intentional dishonesty, false spiritual appearances, resentful jealousy, and malicious gossip. These things linger and will surface if we do not make a clean break with our life as it was before we accepted Christ.


Heavenly Father, we stand in need of Your grace to get rid of the old things in our lives that keep us separated from You. Help us to be aware that these old ways will crop up in our lives again and again, but that You will help us by the power of the Holy Spirit within us. We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.


       
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