I have learned that a good life involves many conditions, such as LOVE of *GOD*, then, of self, then, of others, FAITH, endurance, perseverance, gratitude, thankfulness, training the mind to exist in as much wholesome goodness as is feasible, then, acting, and, reacting in that frame of mind, giving, caring, sharing, compassion, tolerance, acceptance, standing near, and, by, for others in their afflictions, and, challenges, not judging, condemning, nor, with prejudice, bias, and, well, basically, DEVELOPING the CHARACTER to a point where POSITIVITY in all instances prevails, NOT subject to the negatives in thought, emotions, or, actions, AND, PLACING *GOD* before ALL else in my life, along with TRUST IN the *GODHEAD*, that is, FATHER, SON, and, HOLY SPIRIT!!!
I awaken and thank *GOD* for this day, I thank HIM, and, turn to HIM throughout the entire day, and, evening, then, I thank HIM also, as I lay me down to sleep! HE is the foremost presence in my life, and, I am HIS 'WILLING' servant, thus, to please HIM, OVER self, IS the most imperative gesture I could hope to make to HONOUR, and, GLORIFY HIM! After all, it IS HE who gave, and, gives me life! It IS HIS approval, and, forgiveness I seek OVER all else! HE IS the reason I exist, and, the rhyme of my time in this life! All else is placed before me to test me, to teach me, and, to create in me, the kind of person worthy of HIM!!!
The world is a testing ground for the sure! Only the sure will arise from the weighty binds which take souls away from their CREATOR! Only the sure will SEE when all others are blinded by the deceptions of the world, which, truth be known, are numerous, extreme, and, can be something so simple as desiring this life OVER our promised inheritance! The ways to be tripped up are infinite, as the great deceiver himself IS well versed, skilled, and, determined to undermine the ALL-MIGHTY *GOD*! Thus, we are inflicted, afflicted, addicted, and, contradicted both, day, and, night, as he rushes to steal souls from *GOD*! It is in this way, that the sure are proven, for they, with *GOD'S* aid, are able to arise from the constant bombardment from the evil of this life, though, it takes great deliberation, understanding, and, conviction to do so, which, cannot happen UNLESS such a person TAKES the TIME to STUDY, LEARN, UNDERSTAND, EMBRACE, THEN, UTILIZE the instructions which *GOD* has placed before us! As well as, the strength it takes to have the ability to recognize the traps, then, evade them with FAITHFUL courage, endurance, and, BELIEF that there is more than what is seen!!!
When they speak of putting on the FULL armor (breastplate) of *GOD*, they mean to alter the character to the point of FAITHFULLY overcoming this world, in HOPES of reaching HIS world, eternally! They mean that we have to make concessions, we have to give up things, people, places, and, FOLLOW the lead of *GOD*! They mean we have to LEARN as much about *GOD* as is possible, then, LIVE in HIS WAYS, that HIS WILL IS! They mean we have to PERSEVERE, even if that means being alone, even if that means being without certain things, even if that means being ridiculed, for we KNOW our EFFORTS ARE IMPERATIVE to HIS approval! After all, what more COULD we offer up to HIM, besides our EFFORTS? We have nothing but our sincere, heartfelt EFFORTS to prove us!!!
EPHESIANS 6:10-18...
10/ Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power.
11/ Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.
12/ For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens.
13/ Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground.
14/ So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,
15/ and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace.
16/ In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all (the) flaming arrows of the evil one.
17/ And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18/ With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones
JAMES 1:2-8...
2/ Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3/ for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4/ And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5/ But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.
6/ But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.
7/ For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8/ since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.
Since humanity IS of two minds, this is the real testing ground for the sure! We, then, HAVE to alter that dual dimensional hold on our actions, that we ARE ABLE to react in the LOVE which *GOD* has bestowed upon us! Acting, and then, reacting in LOVE ARE POWERFUL measures of living in righteousness, as, LOVE holds NOTHING negative in it's design, core, or, expansiveness! This is WHY the LAW OF LOVE IS the FIRST, and, MOST IMPERATIVE LAW, AND, it IS the closest illustration of *GOD'S* own nature that we could hope to derive!!!
Ah, every day, I am learning, and, I am enjoying the lessons which *GOD* sets before me, as, they make so much sense, and, hold so many answers concerning life itself! I stand convinced that I CAN become a person worthy of HIM, and, of the eternal order! It only takes my confession, repentance, sincere servitude, in FAITHFUL HOPE, while persevering, and, enduring, in the face of all temptation, confusion, and, delusion, while keeping my heart in LOVE, and, my sights upon the LIGHT of world, my LORD, *GOD*, my SAVIOUR, my KING, my HOLY SPIRIT, my EVERYTHING! Am I up to the challenge? You bet I am, as, it is my choice, which I have come to believe, is the only WISE choice I have ever made, and, the only choice which will see me courageously walking the path to salvation! I LOVE the LORD, my *GOD* with all my being, and, the altering that I must do to please HIM, is NOTHING in comparison to what I would suffer if my choice were not for HIM!!! PRAISE *GOD* in every way, for HE, the GENIUS of ALL, and, EVERYTHING, 'IS' ALL, and, EVERYTHING, in which good resides, and, all else quickly fades away!!! AMEN!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
I awaken and thank *GOD* for this day, I thank HIM, and, turn to HIM throughout the entire day, and, evening, then, I thank HIM also, as I lay me down to sleep! HE is the foremost presence in my life, and, I am HIS 'WILLING' servant, thus, to please HIM, OVER self, IS the most imperative gesture I could hope to make to HONOUR, and, GLORIFY HIM! After all, it IS HE who gave, and, gives me life! It IS HIS approval, and, forgiveness I seek OVER all else! HE IS the reason I exist, and, the rhyme of my time in this life! All else is placed before me to test me, to teach me, and, to create in me, the kind of person worthy of HIM!!!
The world is a testing ground for the sure! Only the sure will arise from the weighty binds which take souls away from their CREATOR! Only the sure will SEE when all others are blinded by the deceptions of the world, which, truth be known, are numerous, extreme, and, can be something so simple as desiring this life OVER our promised inheritance! The ways to be tripped up are infinite, as the great deceiver himself IS well versed, skilled, and, determined to undermine the ALL-MIGHTY *GOD*! Thus, we are inflicted, afflicted, addicted, and, contradicted both, day, and, night, as he rushes to steal souls from *GOD*! It is in this way, that the sure are proven, for they, with *GOD'S* aid, are able to arise from the constant bombardment from the evil of this life, though, it takes great deliberation, understanding, and, conviction to do so, which, cannot happen UNLESS such a person TAKES the TIME to STUDY, LEARN, UNDERSTAND, EMBRACE, THEN, UTILIZE the instructions which *GOD* has placed before us! As well as, the strength it takes to have the ability to recognize the traps, then, evade them with FAITHFUL courage, endurance, and, BELIEF that there is more than what is seen!!!
When they speak of putting on the FULL armor (breastplate) of *GOD*, they mean to alter the character to the point of FAITHFULLY overcoming this world, in HOPES of reaching HIS world, eternally! They mean that we have to make concessions, we have to give up things, people, places, and, FOLLOW the lead of *GOD*! They mean we have to LEARN as much about *GOD* as is possible, then, LIVE in HIS WAYS, that HIS WILL IS! They mean we have to PERSEVERE, even if that means being alone, even if that means being without certain things, even if that means being ridiculed, for we KNOW our EFFORTS ARE IMPERATIVE to HIS approval! After all, what more COULD we offer up to HIM, besides our EFFORTS? We have nothing but our sincere, heartfelt EFFORTS to prove us!!!
EPHESIANS 6:10-18...
10/ Finally, draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power.
11/ Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the devil.
12/ For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens.
13/ Therefore, put on the armor of God, that you may be able to resist on the evil day and, having done everything, to hold your ground.
14/ So stand fast with your loins girded in truth, clothed with righteousness as a breastplate,
15/ and your feet shod in readiness for the gospel of peace.
16/ In all circumstances, hold faith as a shield, to quench all (the) flaming arrows of the evil one.
17/ And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
18/ With all prayer and supplication, pray at every opportunity in the Spirit. To that end, be watchful with all perseverance and supplication for all the holy ones
JAMES 1:2-8...
2/ Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,
3/ for you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
4/ And let perseverance be perfect, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5/ But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.
6/ But he should ask in faith, not doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed about by the wind.
7/ For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,
8/ since he is a man of two minds, unstable in all his ways.
Since humanity IS of two minds, this is the real testing ground for the sure! We, then, HAVE to alter that dual dimensional hold on our actions, that we ARE ABLE to react in the LOVE which *GOD* has bestowed upon us! Acting, and then, reacting in LOVE ARE POWERFUL measures of living in righteousness, as, LOVE holds NOTHING negative in it's design, core, or, expansiveness! This is WHY the LAW OF LOVE IS the FIRST, and, MOST IMPERATIVE LAW, AND, it IS the closest illustration of *GOD'S* own nature that we could hope to derive!!!
Ah, every day, I am learning, and, I am enjoying the lessons which *GOD* sets before me, as, they make so much sense, and, hold so many answers concerning life itself! I stand convinced that I CAN become a person worthy of HIM, and, of the eternal order! It only takes my confession, repentance, sincere servitude, in FAITHFUL HOPE, while persevering, and, enduring, in the face of all temptation, confusion, and, delusion, while keeping my heart in LOVE, and, my sights upon the LIGHT of world, my LORD, *GOD*, my SAVIOUR, my KING, my HOLY SPIRIT, my EVERYTHING! Am I up to the challenge? You bet I am, as, it is my choice, which I have come to believe, is the only WISE choice I have ever made, and, the only choice which will see me courageously walking the path to salvation! I LOVE the LORD, my *GOD* with all my being, and, the altering that I must do to please HIM, is NOTHING in comparison to what I would suffer if my choice were not for HIM!!! PRAISE *GOD* in every way, for HE, the GENIUS of ALL, and, EVERYTHING, 'IS' ALL, and, EVERYTHING, in which good resides, and, all else quickly fades away!!! AMEN!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
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