Ephesians and Philipians
7-11-11
Eph Chapter 4 - Living Worthy I
The Lord calls us to live a life worthy of the calling that we'd received. There is responsibility for those who received the calling of being the sons of God. There are tasks to fulfill, there are reputation to keep, there are responsibilities to carry out, not of us, but to God the maker of heaven and earth.
God lay down detail way to carry this out:
1. Completely humble- to know who we are, we will live as one who is gentle. Treating others with sincere humility.
2. Keeping unity-
3. Edifying the church, his people
4. Do not live with hardened hearts - this is what keep us away from God, the gateway of all sin.
5. Put on the New Man in Holiness and righteousness
6. Speak words that benefits others
7. Don't grief the Spirit of God
8. Remember compassion and forgiveness
The Lord is calling me to live up to what He called me. To really walk in these ways
7-12-11
Eph Chapter 4 - Living Worthy II
1. Sacrificial life
2. Purity
3. Make the most of every opportunity (Time management)
4. Do not love the world, but be filled with the Holy Spirit by worshipping in the Spirit
5. Getting in right relationship with spouses/authority/children
6. Put on the Armor of God and fight the Spirit war in prayer
Here Paul basically list out every area of life that needs to be taken care off with great details. He urge us and pray for us to have the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation and then to walk it out in our daily lives. What does it look like to be truly spiritual and Sons of God? Here are the way we will live.
By positioning us rightly in these areas will help us to walk in greater authority and our prayer unhindered to become greater weapon in God's hand to shine forth the knowledge of God to the principalities. We will truly rule and reign with Him.
The right pattern to do this is to learn our identity and what the Lord has given us and thank God for them. Believing them and begin to wrestle upon these areas with the leading of Jesus. Catching the little foxes that ruins the vine and to shut all open door enable us to stand in the days of battle. True authority will come from Eph 4-5.
7/13/11
PHILIPIANS - The Wisdom of True Humility
Paul demonstrates the true poverty of the spirit and the hungry one. He lived as one full of holy fear and trembling working out his salvation and seeking to attain all the Christ laid hold of Him. This book will define humility and give us insight to the knowledge of humility of Christ and thrust us to live as one truly poor in the spirit and becoming that meekest of the earth like Moses and Paul.
Chapter 1 - Confidence in Christ through The Knowledge of God
The purpose of knowledge is for us to have understanding as to why we must undergo suffering and finding hope to live differently from the world, producing righteousness.
Through the living knowing life in Christ, Paul never ceased to live a life connected to Jesus. He boldly declare, "To live is Christ, to die is gain." The Knowledge of God has become his, and he live moment by moment by the living experiential knowledge-- the everlasting life that sustain Him.
Boldness is produced by knowing. When we have a view of a safe and big God, who is for us and will not abandon us to the grave, we will view all opposition as self-destructive forces that have little effect upon us. We live confidently and boldly shaming our enemies of doubt and intimidation. Paul put His faith in the one who will finish the good work that He started.
Let us be bold and stand firm in the knowledge of God. Only then this life will become real and come alive. The devil cannot hinder, men cannot stop, even death will have no hold over us. If we will Him more clearly.
God convicted me of not honoring my parents. That night I repented and made peace with them in prayer. God broke in bring peace and restoration. God begin to shine the light upon my parents. Change starts with me aligning with God's word. Truly this is the first commandment come with a promise. Doing otherwise I will be cursed.
Chapter 2 - The Star that Shines in the Night - Humble Servant
Remember the story of Joseph- Stars and moons bow down to him. He is one who learned humility in his life through suffering he learned obedience and humble himself under the mighty hand of God. Jesus demonstrates the greatest depth of the humility in all history -- the bright morning star. He did all things in complete submission without complaining, living a pure life without fault in a crooked generation.
Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus all demonstrates the life of Christ show forth God's love in their living and ministry.
The reason all these men and women can endure all suffering and achieved what they'd done, is because of the vision that burned in their hearts. Jesus longed for the promise and the vision of God as He walked. He had many promises from the OT, that one day he will reign and all nations will come to Him. With great desire and zeal he burned with this vision in his heart. He cried, Father I desire! Oh the vision that sustained our soul and hearts in time of darkness, because we now do not determine who we are. But the future dawn of the breaking of skies, we will sit and seated high above all is the true identity that we live by. What can men do to us? Circumstances cannot wipe out the vision in us. This is faith. Colosians says, faith and love that comes from hope. The certainty of our hope in the vision and promises God had given us kept up steady in the testing and training. Like the prohpets who burned with what they saw, they set their face like flint setting their soul upon the price. I know what I saw, I know what I see.
The vision and motivation of the prophets are to be seated with the King and be close to His government, their hope is in the raising of the dead and the liberation of all oppression. Their vision is higher than people saved and revival broke out. their hope is in the thousand reign when God revived all things. And all things are pointing to that, so our vision must aline to this. Or else we may get weary and quit.
Eph Chapter 4 - Living Worthy I
The Lord calls us to live a life worthy of the calling that we'd received. There is responsibility for those who received the calling of being the sons of God. There are tasks to fulfill, there are reputation to keep, there are responsibilities to carry out, not of us, but to God the maker of heaven and earth.
God lay down detail way to carry this out:
1. Completely humble- to know who we are, we will live as one who is gentle. Treating others with sincere humility.
2. Keeping unity-
3. Edifying the church, his people
4. Do not live with hardened hearts - this is what keep us away from God, the gateway of all sin.
5. Put on the New Man in Holiness and righteousness
6. Speak words that benefits others
7. Don't grief the Spirit of God
8. Remember compassion and forgiveness
The Lord is calling me to live up to what He called me. To really walk in these ways
7-12-11
Eph Chapter 4 - Living Worthy II
1. Sacrificial life
2. Purity
3. Make the most of every opportunity (Time management)
4. Do not love the world, but be filled with the Holy Spirit by worshipping in the Spirit
5. Getting in right relationship with spouses/authority/children
6. Put on the Armor of God and fight the Spirit war in prayer
Here Paul basically list out every area of life that needs to be taken care off with great details. He urge us and pray for us to have the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation and then to walk it out in our daily lives. What does it look like to be truly spiritual and Sons of God? Here are the way we will live.
By positioning us rightly in these areas will help us to walk in greater authority and our prayer unhindered to become greater weapon in God's hand to shine forth the knowledge of God to the principalities. We will truly rule and reign with Him.
The right pattern to do this is to learn our identity and what the Lord has given us and thank God for them. Believing them and begin to wrestle upon these areas with the leading of Jesus. Catching the little foxes that ruins the vine and to shut all open door enable us to stand in the days of battle. True authority will come from Eph 4-5.
7/13/11
PHILIPIANS - The Wisdom of True Humility
Paul demonstrates the true poverty of the spirit and the hungry one. He lived as one full of holy fear and trembling working out his salvation and seeking to attain all the Christ laid hold of Him. This book will define humility and give us insight to the knowledge of humility of Christ and thrust us to live as one truly poor in the spirit and becoming that meekest of the earth like Moses and Paul.
Chapter 1 - Confidence in Christ through The Knowledge of God
The purpose of knowledge is for us to have understanding as to why we must undergo suffering and finding hope to live differently from the world, producing righteousness.
Through the living knowing life in Christ, Paul never ceased to live a life connected to Jesus. He boldly declare, "To live is Christ, to die is gain." The Knowledge of God has become his, and he live moment by moment by the living experiential knowledge-- the everlasting life that sustain Him.
Boldness is produced by knowing. When we have a view of a safe and big God, who is for us and will not abandon us to the grave, we will view all opposition as self-destructive forces that have little effect upon us. We live confidently and boldly shaming our enemies of doubt and intimidation. Paul put His faith in the one who will finish the good work that He started.
Let us be bold and stand firm in the knowledge of God. Only then this life will become real and come alive. The devil cannot hinder, men cannot stop, even death will have no hold over us. If we will Him more clearly.
God convicted me of not honoring my parents. That night I repented and made peace with them in prayer. God broke in bring peace and restoration. God begin to shine the light upon my parents. Change starts with me aligning with God's word. Truly this is the first commandment come with a promise. Doing otherwise I will be cursed.
Chapter 2 - The Star that Shines in the Night - Humble Servant
Remember the story of Joseph- Stars and moons bow down to him. He is one who learned humility in his life through suffering he learned obedience and humble himself under the mighty hand of God. Jesus demonstrates the greatest depth of the humility in all history -- the bright morning star. He did all things in complete submission without complaining, living a pure life without fault in a crooked generation.
Paul, Timothy, and Epaphroditus all demonstrates the life of Christ show forth God's love in their living and ministry.
The reason all these men and women can endure all suffering and achieved what they'd done, is because of the vision that burned in their hearts. Jesus longed for the promise and the vision of God as He walked. He had many promises from the OT, that one day he will reign and all nations will come to Him. With great desire and zeal he burned with this vision in his heart. He cried, Father I desire! Oh the vision that sustained our soul and hearts in time of darkness, because we now do not determine who we are. But the future dawn of the breaking of skies, we will sit and seated high above all is the true identity that we live by. What can men do to us? Circumstances cannot wipe out the vision in us. This is faith. Colosians says, faith and love that comes from hope. The certainty of our hope in the vision and promises God had given us kept up steady in the testing and training. Like the prohpets who burned with what they saw, they set their face like flint setting their soul upon the price. I know what I saw, I know what I see.
The vision and motivation of the prophets are to be seated with the King and be close to His government, their hope is in the raising of the dead and the liberation of all oppression. Their vision is higher than people saved and revival broke out. their hope is in the thousand reign when God revived all things. And all things are pointing to that, so our vision must aline to this. Or else we may get weary and quit.
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