I had to reread this a few times before I commented on this.
As I read this I remember the one thing that has stayed with me. God is always with me even when I turn my back on him, or I worship in his glory. He is with me in the good and the bad. This is why he is my God.
“That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
It is his presence that protects me and guides my life. I may from time to time (ok more often than not) fall from his path, which does not mean that he left my side. He makes my heart know what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes my choices are the ones he wants and sometimes I am selfish for self. I feel in my life that is why I reach out to people. I think that god has a plan for me to help. I think that God has that in his will for me. I feel that God has blessed me with spiritual gifts of discernment and empathy.
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
This passage is what I think I have been called to do. I take the road less traveled yet I walk on the dark side of it. I feel that places that I go and the things that I do people can see what I have. It is during this time that I can make my testimony be known and they can make a choice by seeing my life being something that they wish they had.
It is not just his word or prayers or worship that can help us on our path, but a conscious choice to follow him unconditionally is a truth. He guides us to find our weapons to fight sin. It is up to us to remember to use it for his will and not our own.
This is just me
As I read this I remember the one thing that has stayed with me. God is always with me even when I turn my back on him, or I worship in his glory. He is with me in the good and the bad. This is why he is my God.
“That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
It is his presence that protects me and guides my life. I may from time to time (ok more often than not) fall from his path, which does not mean that he left my side. He makes my heart know what is right and what is wrong. Sometimes my choices are the ones he wants and sometimes I am selfish for self. I feel in my life that is why I reach out to people. I think that god has a plan for me to help. I think that God has that in his will for me. I feel that God has blessed me with spiritual gifts of discernment and empathy.
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
This passage is what I think I have been called to do. I take the road less traveled yet I walk on the dark side of it. I feel that places that I go and the things that I do people can see what I have. It is during this time that I can make my testimony be known and they can make a choice by seeing my life being something that they wish they had.
It is not just his word or prayers or worship that can help us on our path, but a conscious choice to follow him unconditionally is a truth. He guides us to find our weapons to fight sin. It is up to us to remember to use it for his will and not our own.