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Twist those lids c'mon you can do it! Think of the calories you're burning!

visioncgbc | November 12, 2007 07:36

Well. I'm here. I'm tired. I'm sleepy. But, I'm here. I'm assuming you know that I'm referring to my current place of employment!

My weekend was good. Friday I was crazy tired. I don't really know why. But, Sat. was fun. We got some paint for the hall. We picked out a table. But that was window shopping, and window shopping was fine. The Bible says that He gives up hope for our future. That's what I had as we were looking, hope for our future. We had a meal and headed to the Southern Christmas Show .We didn't buy anything, and that was ok too. We were just enjoying samples and time together. Smelling candles is free, and just think of all the calories we burned by twisting those lids off!! My stent was giving me grief, and I think I went to the restroom 10,000 times!

Sunday church referenced I John, which is a very inspiring instruction book on living an outgoing Christian life. Roger talked about boldness before the throne! To know the will of God and be able to say "I'm ready for it! I want it, You want it. Let it happen according to Your will." According to this passage, we can have total and absolute certainty that Jesus Christ lives in us! Do you have that certainty right now? If you don't, you can.

I John 3:19-24 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence 20whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.21Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God 22and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. 23And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. 24Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us

You can know today beyond the shadow of any doubt.

http://www.billygraham.org/SH_HowToBecomeAChristian.asp

After the morning service Joel C. asked me if I'd sing Sunday night. My usual sickness in the pit of my stomach settled in after I'd said "Sure". But, I did want to share the song I'd taken to the Write About Jesus seminar. Nobody threw tomatoes at me or anything, so I'll take that as a good sign.

After the singing, I went to Vision for our lesson. I was reminded of one of my favorite passages in the Bible in the morning service as I turned my Bible to I John 4:18.

I John4: 17-18God is love. When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us. This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Day—our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. There is no room in love for fear. Well-formed love banishes fear. Since fear is crippling, a fearful life—fear of death, fear of judgment—is one not yet fully formed in love.

My prayer this morning for us both is:

God, help us to let love, becuase You are love, have run of our house.

Amen