MORE OF WHAT GOD HAS BEEN TEACHNG ME. SORRY IT IS ONLY WORDS BUT IT HAS TO BE WRITTEN EVEN THOUGH IT´S NOT IN DETAIL. IF I PUT DETAILS YOU WOULD BE READING MY JOURNAL!
1. THINGS GOD HAS SAID, “LEARN TO RECEIVE A BLESSING”, “STOP PLANNING”.
2. “FOR THE WORD OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING, BUT TO US WHO ARE BEING SAVED IT IS THE POWER OF GOD!” 1 COR 1:18
“BUT A NATURAL MAN DOES NOT ACCEPT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE FOOLIISHNESS TO HIM, AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY APPRAISED.” 1 COR 2:14
3. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO SUFFER FOR CHRIST? TO SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS? IF WE ARE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW HIM WHAT THEN SHOULD OUR LIVES LOOK LIKE? JESUS LIVED PERFECTLY, HE WENT AROUND PREACHING, TEACHING, BAPTISING, AND HEALING…HE WAS MOCKED AND BEATED, THEN HE DIED. IT´S INTERESTNG THAT ALL HIS DISCIPLES ALSO DIED BECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH IN JESUS…THEY FOLLOWED HIM. HOW DO WE FULLY LET GO OF OUR COMFORTABLE LIVES AND TRULY FOLLOW HIM? HOW DO WE WALK BY FAITH AND LIVE OUT THE LIFE CHIRST GAVE TO US AS AN EXAMPLE?
4. I MUST HAVE A NEW HEART!!!!! IT MUST OVERFLOW WITH THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT WHICH LIVES INSIDE OF ME. I MUST LAY DOWN MY RIGHTS, MY ENTITLEMENT AND WORSHP GOD THROUGH THE SPIRIT. THERE SHOULD BE JOY DURING FRUSTRATON, LOVE FOR THOSE WHO HATE ME, FAITHFULLNESS UNDER PRESSURE, PEACE DURING HARD TIMES, KINDNESS FOR RUDENESS, SELF-CONTROL DURING ANGER…MY FLESH MUST BE RIPPED OUT!!!! IT EATS AWAY AT MY HEART AND WHEN I LIVE BY IT IT STABS THOSE AROUND ME.
